Society & Culture - 3 September 2007

do ? Try to convert him, her, fight your feelings, convert to atheism,...

2007-09-03 04:15:56 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

but these same unbelievers will take their family to the church for a free meal or they will bring home clothes for their children from the church.

Or they will seek a favor from the church during a natural disaster.

I cannot make sense out of this.

2007-09-03 04:14:17 · 19 answers · asked by Bad Boy 300 3 in Religion & Spirituality

The news shows that prayers can help with getting over post-holiday Monday blues:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20070903/tuk-lifestyle-britain-a7ad41d_1.html

What tips do you have that can help people get back into the routine of daily life after a break?

2007-09-03 04:13:59 · 53 answers · asked by Yahoo! Contributor Network 2 in Other - Holidays

An alleged Christian contributor to this forum stated in one answer that:-
"Christianity is not a religion. It is a relationship with our Savior."
What are we to make of that statement?

2007-09-03 04:13:08 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Lets face it folks when it comes right down to it. No matter what the religion you prefess to beleive they are all the same. As in they all share a common belief of a devine spirt or god. Once you strip them all down to the base level the song remains the same. Everyone just sings it in a different pitch. True or false ?

2007-09-03 04:10:03 · 14 answers · asked by West 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-03 04:08:41 · 9 answers · asked by Umm Ali 6 in Religion & Spirituality

And i mean competing for the most publicity and the most attention? It's seems that most love the media attention (royals of UK) whiles others are forgotten and you hardly hear anything about them (royals of monaco). Others however, don't particularly like media attention (royals of Japan). But what do you think the royals are thinking whenever they swith on their TV and see another monarch on their channel? do they get jealous? or feel that they need to also get some attention???

2007-09-03 04:08:22 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Royalty

2007-09-03 04:07:55 · 5 answers · asked by Umm Ali 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Dog.. Does anyone find this odd?

2007-09-03 04:07:23 · 38 answers · asked by Libra ♎ 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Start practicing what your religion tells you. I don't know any religions that tells you to act like this.

2007-09-03 04:06:55 · 30 answers · asked by Umm Ali 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Uptight xians who like to use it as a negative word, abuse it, and call mormons cults, etc, because it makes them feel superior. but in fact, xianity is a cult.

look at the definition:

Source(s):

from Merriam Webster:

cult
Pronunciation: 'k<
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: French & Latin; French culte, from Latin cultus care, adoration, from colere to cultivate -- more at WHEEL
1 : formal religious veneration : WORSHIP
2 : a system of religious beliefs and ritual; also : its body of adherents
3 : a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious; also : its body of adherents
4 : a system for the cure of disease based on dogma set forth by its promulgator
5 a : great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work (as a film or book); especially : such devotion regarded as a literary or intellectual fad b : the object of such devotion c : a usually small group of people characterized by such devotes.

2007-09-03 04:02:13 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

dont mind the accents n stuff.

je vous presente Paris Hilton. Elle a ete soutenue Fevrier 1, et elle est une celebrite/actrice qui aime a la partie. Paris a ete a Cologne, Allemagne quand cette photo a ete prise. Elle porte une robe grise, avec une veste noire. Elle aime beaucoup des vestes, ceintures, et bandeaus maintenant. Paris porte les chaussures jaunes mignonnes pour aller avec son ensemble. A mon avis, j'adore sa robe, et comment elle a melange le jaune dans l'ensemble. C'est un ensemble cool pour l'Allemagne.

THANK YOU SOO MUCH

2007-09-03 04:00:47 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

"LOVE YOUR ENEMIES?"

"PRAY FOR THOSE WHO CURSE YOU"

"TURN THE OTHER CHEEK"

"IF A NEIGHBOR ASKS FOR A TOOL, DO NOT ASK FOR IT BACK, FOR IT IS HIS"

"LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS IF HE WAS YOUR BROTHER"

I think some of you need help understanding the bible.
I am more the willing to educate anyone who seeks my favor.
Email me.

2007-09-03 03:59:08 · 21 answers · asked by Bad Boy 300 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Wait one second...If we couldn't play competitive sports, Why can they?
If you are an active Jehovah's Witness, it is against your religion to play competitive sports, namely to Keep score.

No little league..No after school football..tennis..or any organized sports, what so ever...

Occasionally the Brothers will have a Ball game, but there is never a score kept..Fact...


So...Explain the Williams sisters being active Jehovah's Witnesses and being able to play competitive sprots.

Any run of the mill Witness would be brought before the Elders for this.....and if the competitive sports did not stop, probably disfellwoshipped.

How can this not be a double standard?

2007-09-03 03:56:29 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I see those testimonies in the church: "I was a bad person, I was an alcoholic, I used drugs, I was selfish, I was a criminal (just a few examples of what I have heard), and then I found Jesus and I am saved"

Those kind of people tend to be the most devoted ones. Do you think it is because they feel guilty and have problems dealing with their own conscience, therefore they find refugee in religion? Do you think they find forgiveness in religion when in fact they can't forgive themselves? Why we can't see testimonies of people just saying "I turned to Jesus because He sounds plausible to me", not because of the sin trip?

2007-09-03 03:55:45 · 13 answers · asked by Janet Reincarnated 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-03 03:55:16 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If that's true, what does it mean?

2007-09-03 03:54:58 · 5 answers · asked by Kirkylee 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-03 03:53:46 · 15 answers · asked by Steve G 3 in Senior Citizens

But these same unbelievers will go to the church during a natural disaster like Hurricane Katrina and eat church food, sleep in church beds, shower using the church soap and shampoo provided and most importantly, these same unbelievers that get angry at the church going from door to door will wear the clothes donated by the church.

Hmmm??

How can you sleep at night knowing you're an unbeliever of the church.

Shame on You!!

Peace and God Bless!
Atheism has been refuted simply because the human mind is not powerful enough to completely and fully understand the entire universe.

Have a great Labor day!!

Unbelievers are to hypocrital.

2007-09-03 03:53:40 · 7 answers · asked by Bad Boy 300 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I am a Chritian (Church of Christ) and I have struggled with this question for years. Each religion (Baptits, Methodists, Catholic, etc) think that their religion is the "correct" religion. Do they think that everyone else is going to hell if they don't share in their beliefs? I mean, I try to follow what the Bible says to a T and when I slip up, I ask for forgiveness. But these other religions are trying to do the same thing. Does this mean that they are going to hell in the end because they are not sharing my same beliefs? I would like to think that if we all try to do our best we will share a home in Heaven. What do you think?

2007-09-03 03:51:06 · 24 answers · asked by jovet218 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Everytime I see this, I simply want to hurl: Answerers whose source is something like "Proud wife of a U.S. (insert armed force)," etc.

Pride in one's spouse is one thing, but come on!

1. That block is to credit the source of one's answer...the site you researched if you surfed the net, the book you read if applicable, etc.
2. It's irrelevant to all the answers I've seen where people do this.
3. It's 2007: Have your own identity and your own credibility. Answer the question, cite it if necessary and go on with life.

Proud man who has achieved things besides marrying a member of the armed forces (although I've done that too).

2007-09-03 03:51:00 · 5 answers · asked by Bill 6 in Etiquette

differences between a god and a saint, other than they were once alive? do you pray to saints?

god:
god - any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
....same as a saint, surely? saint christopher is the 'patron saint' of travel, how is the meaning different from the 'god' of travel?


idol:
An image used as an object of worship

....different from a cross, or an image of Jesus in what way?

2007-09-03 03:50:09 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Can anyone please show me the verses where Jesus spoke about killing someone in the name of God or molesting small children in the Church of God will be acceptable? How about showing me one single verse where Jesus waged a bloody and violent war.

An unbeliever showed me in Luke 19:27 where Jesus said "Bring the enemies to me and kill them" ----

If you start reading from Luke 19:1, you will see Jesus was telling a story about a nobleman.

This is why unbelievers do not understand the bible, but they would tell me over and over that Jesus was talking about killing people if they didn't believe in him. That is so untrue!

Unbelievers have read the bible, I give them that much, but they do not understand what they are reading.

Peace and God Bless!
Devoted to Christ has refuted atheism.
"In order for atheism to be true, we would have to be omniscient."

2007-09-03 03:46:34 · 44 answers · asked by Bad Boy 300 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Is this false or true?

2007-09-03 03:45:23 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Why then do we say they differ so?

2007-09-03 03:44:24 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

but they want only their religion taught by Christians only...like that makes sense

why can't their teachings be read by any person, will it sound plausible or stand the reason test if not read by a guru?

2007-09-03 03:43:28 · 16 answers · asked by voice_of_reason 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Here in the South, we pride ourselves on good manners and a proper upbringing. We try to teach our children how to properly behave toward others. Slowly, these cherished values are eroding. What is causing this? What do you think?

2007-09-03 03:42:08 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

I always had a doubt ...Don't know whther askin is proper...As far as I know in bible Adam and Eve is first man and woman in the history of mankind....they had kids ....but then how did their kids have kids....?Does any one know....

2007-09-03 03:41:36 · 11 answers · asked by angela 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Why these discussions were not held centuries ago?

2007-09-03 03:41:34 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Do you shovel yourself, hire someone, or have a snowblower? I keep money in the house to pay kids to do it now.

2007-09-03 03:41:14 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens