Society & Culture - 3 September 2007

2007-09-03 02:57:26 · 16 answers · asked by anil m 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Reading in my daily devotional today from ACTS 4:34-35 "All who possessed land or houses sold them and brought the proceeds to the apostles, and the apostles distributed to each as anyone had need."

So my questions: Were the early Christians socialists? Should the church be more socialist today? And would Christianity attract more liberals and atheists if we practiced more socialism?

2007-09-03 02:56:48 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Because the (GOOD) book by most accounts is heepum (Malaprop) full of a angry GOD. HE has killed HIS people for whining and what seems to me minor transgressions. If so did he send a space chunk (Malaprop) to wipe out HIS creations because they were incapable of worship, 65 million years ago. If so why didn't HE speed up the evolution process and get HIS worshipers sooner. I mean christians want us to believe that our 24 hour day is important to GOD, that every hour could be spent doing HIS work. Now we've established that christians are definatly diveded into two camps, ones that believe in evolution (NOW) and ones that believe the earth is about 6000 years old and evolution starts with Adam&Eve in HIS likeness, not microbial. Now should we humans fear GOD'S wrath, I mean HE could easily send another asteroid (space chunk) and let us all know HE'S still in charge. Now don't be offended that I refer to HIM,HE,HIS I do that out of a profound knowledge that all religious text are male.

2007-09-03 02:56:41 · 7 answers · asked by wakemovement 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-03 02:56:35 · 11 answers · asked by anil m 6 in Religion & Spirituality

What do you think about Indonesia?
the people...
their habbits....
their religion...
etc....
best answers receive stars

2007-09-03 02:49:34 · 4 answers · asked by Hank 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Did he choose how we were born?

2007-09-03 02:49:28 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Then why do christians have a significantly higher divorce rate than atheists and agnostics?

2007-09-03 02:48:35 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

For the past couple months I've been toying with the idea of giving up all foods that are banned by all major religions.
Due to my proximity to Muslims and in the name of religious sensitivity I have given up eating pork. But I was wondering what each religion considers wrong to eat?

2007-09-03 02:46:40 · 4 answers · asked by Jon 4 in Religion & Spirituality

And once we agree on that, can we also agree that anyone past, present, and future who claims to be speaking for god is full of sh-t?

2007-09-03 02:45:07 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I'm a Mormon and they said that when I posted some Bible verses about Santa.

2007-09-03 02:44:22 · 11 answers · asked by Nijg 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Jesus is based on Mithras
Jesus was a gay (see Secret Gospel of Mark)
A cross is an 'idol'
a 'saint' is a god
why is murder is wrong, but killing is fine, even if you join the army and invade a country, it is premedatated....is it just because it isn't personal? so serial killing is fine?
there's more than one god (Deu 8:19)
The devil must be as powerful as god, or in league with him, otherwise he would have defeated him

2007-09-03 02:44:18 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-03 02:44:17 · 16 answers · asked by JanJan 7 in Royalty

Why is it that people try to say that I am African-American? I am NOT from Africa, and neither are my ancestors. I am BLACK.

And why is it that only Black people can African-American? A white person could be born in Africa, and come to America, and technically, they would have to be considered African-American right?

I'm just tired of people trying to be politically correct all the time and calling me something that I am not (not that I am offended, I have nothing against African-Americans).

2007-09-03 02:43:03 · 17 answers · asked by . 4 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-09-03 02:42:03 · 12 answers · asked by brazil -boy 1 in Mythology & Folklore

i am having a really hard time and need to know about my future. I am female and i was born on august the 5th 1986.

2007-09-03 02:39:02 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-03 02:37:33 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i'm an italian girl but my heart strikes for united kingdom and for punk....there is perhaps a punk on line that it wants to make friendshp with me...pardoned the writing I do not know if or written well......however my e-mail is:
very_punk_girl@katamail.com

2007-09-03 02:36:15 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-09-03 02:36:11 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-03 02:35:14 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-03 02:34:18 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

I believe that we are all connected and a part of God which to me is the sum of everything in the universe.

I actually think Jesus said that, as a matter of fact if you read about Jesus from details of his life other than the Bible (which was not written by Jesus) you would discover he was an amazing man. He was a child of God like the rest of us. And his message was about love.

Anyway my point is I think God is Love - and your afterlife is based on the concious thought and effects that you created while you were physically alive and the love you created becomes part of God (Good) and the negative things you have done in your life becomes part of the Devil (Evil).

I don't think you live in clouds and play a harp, or burn for eternity in hell. You are absorbed into the group conciousness. Every action you take effects this.

2007-09-03 02:32:37 · 13 answers · asked by Robert B 2 in Religion & Spirituality

If he doesn't help babies in Africa and sends floods and earthquakes that demolish churches?

2007-09-03 02:31:12 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-03 02:30:59 · 4 answers · asked by lovergirl 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Everytime, I hear a black person say I prefer to date this race of people or that race people, I always wonder whether or not that truely is their prefrence and they are truely looking for love or if they have other motives and insecurities. I always feel like some of them are defending their prefrence but if that's your prefrence then it is, you cant control who you are attracted to. So, why do people feel the need to defend their prefrence or broadcast it to the world?

2007-09-03 02:30:13 · 17 answers · asked by MJMGrand 6 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Please think and be honest.

2007-09-03 02:21:45 · 31 answers · asked by Link , Padawan of Yoda 5 in Religion & Spirituality

are sickening to watch, so shouldn't the public be protected from the agony of having to see them in action?

2007-09-03 02:18:32 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-03 02:17:05 · 7 answers · asked by moanalisa 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-03 02:12:18 · 23 answers · asked by Brendan G 4 in Religion & Spirituality

what if it all happens for a really *!%$'d up reason?

2007-09-03 02:11:37 · 12 answers · asked by Brendan G 4 in Religion & Spirituality

you're dying of a disease that medicine has a 40% success rate in curing. Your choice is praying to God only or going for the medical treatment.

Which do you choose? (Remember: lying is a sin)

2007-09-03 02:09:30 · 15 answers · asked by Brendan G 4 in Religion & Spirituality