Society & Culture - 4 September 2007

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2007-09-04 08:53:20 · 8 answers · asked by ateo 2 in Religion & Spirituality

It is described in the Bible so many times. I never believed it at first but then I actually started reading my Bible. I saw a documentary about it on the History Channel. They even had Catholic Priests on there that believed in it. I don't get why Churches shun the belief if it is scriptual. What did they have to lose if they taught it? Now everyone is against it so it will never be a widespread Christian belief.

2007-09-04 08:52:13 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-04 08:51:31 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-04 08:50:44 · 9 answers · asked by Nadia S 1 in Religion & Spirituality

how do we KNOW the people who wrote it are credible???
what are thier credentials??

2007-09-04 08:50:04 · 9 answers · asked by slopoke6968 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Why does it seem that the more technologically advanced the human race becomes, the stupider we get?

2007-09-04 08:49:35 · 8 answers · asked by BrothaAli 3 in Other - Society & Culture

I'm not trying to offend, just curious.
How do you (Catholics) justify the following:

1.The Pope - Why is he the holy father? Isn't God the holy father? What makes an elected official holier than anybody else and why is he allowed to change the rules?

2.Confession Booths - When Jesus tore down the curtain, wasn't that so we can all talk to God? Why do we need a priest as a medium if we can all talk to God?

3.Virgin Mary - Why isn't praying to Mary the same thing as idolatry? Mary isn't God. Also, why do Catholics say Mary is with God in Heaven and everybody else is in purgatory? That's not scriptual.

4.Rosary beads. What's the deal with those? They aren't scriptual.

Thanks for the honest answers.

2007-09-04 08:49:09 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If not why do you choose to ignore it? if you do how do you explain these facts??? i'm honestly intrested in your opinions and answers.

please give a proper accountable answer, not God said so !!!!!

http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/
http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/
http://www.godisimaginary.com/

2007-09-04 08:48:44 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

That seems really creepy now

2007-09-04 08:48:34 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

http://img63.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kfckv6.jpg

Isn't that Kirk Cameron in the van?

2007-09-04 08:47:27 · 7 answers · asked by Dharma Nature 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Have you ever prayed and received an answer right away. Or have you prayed for something and it took a very long time to respond back.....Does God only respond to prayer quick according to how much faith you have just curious....
and how does faith work........serious answers please...

2007-09-04 08:46:01 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Drive thru latte stands, Krispy Kreme donuts, Aerobics classes called "Firm Believers," children playing X-box during services, sermons about reaching your professional goals, how to reduce debt, "Living your best life now..."
what happened to "I was hungry and you fed me, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was in prison and you visited me, I was sick and you took care of me...?"

2007-09-04 08:44:55 · 16 answers · asked by keri gee 6 in Religion & Spirituality

It's very interesting from whichever side of the fence you are on.

I would recommend the article section called "Objections to evolution's scientific acceptance" but really, the whole things is quite good.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_evolution

Have you read it and what are your thoughts?

2007-09-04 08:43:08 · 13 answers · asked by Patty 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I learned on ABC news that today we opened our first Arabic speaking PUBLIC SCHOOL! Does anyone seriously think this is O.K.? Does anyone seriously think that Islam is not going to be taught in this school? Has our goverment not been digging it's heels in on the so called separation of church an state since 1948? What, does this only apply to Christianity? I believe America as we have known it, is no more. She's being taken over from within. I think we may have reached the point of no return.God help us.

If you put"Arabic public schools" in your search engine you will find the news articles.

2007-09-04 08:42:32 · 19 answers · asked by BERT 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I was Baptized Baptist and attend a Baptist church. Currently I am not happy at the church I attend and I am looking for another. I am not unhappy with the doctrine, it is more of a feeling that this is not where we are supposed to be. I dont feel my kids are getting all they need out of it, nor am I. There is another church nearby that has a great program for children, it is AOG. I am wantiing to know what the differences are. Thank you.

2007-09-04 08:40:20 · 6 answers · asked by Question Addict 5 in Religion & Spirituality

ok-so I am one confused person right now.Grew up,parents christians,rebelled against it,anxiety/depression led me to think about christianity and for the past 2 years I have gone thru phases of being v.faithful to my faith as it were,to pretty much forgetting about it completely.
I love lively worship,I do believe the basics but here are my probs:
-non christians going to hell-all my mates/some family members are going to hell then and I refuse to believe that-i think it is a v.unlogical silly idea and only god knows their fate
-the whole every sin being equally bad and punished for- so rape and swearing are equally sinful?WHAT?
-homeosexuality being wrong and homeosexuals going to hell-again their cld still be lots of love in a gay r'ship+gay people can be amazing characters v.undeserving of hell!
-sex b4 marriage being wrong-sex strengthens a r'ship,brings it closer,is important and again,def not worthy of goin to hell for in my view!

any thoughts/opinions welcome!

2007-09-04 08:39:45 · 22 answers · asked by spanna9 1 in Religion & Spirituality

my friend is a born muslim... but he doesnt believe in God. forget islam. he doesnt believe in GOD. the supernatural being and such. he is thinking of converting when he's older. i tried to teach him what little i know... but to no avail. i think its an inborn belief...so ive given up.

my question is: if he chooses to convert away from islam... will i be allowed (while being a practising muslim) to remain friends with him? or will i have to break off contact? please keep in mind that he is my closest and only friend, so this is a pretty hard thing for me. I think you get to choose your religion at age 16 in the UK (legal adult)... and he is moving to the UK in 3 years... by which time he will be 16.
Are there any exceptions?

thank you for your help. it means a lot that you read and at least tried to answer this. Im torn between friendship and religion here.

Thanks again

Shame

2007-09-04 08:39:29 · 13 answers · asked by Rastafarianhobo 4 in Religion & Spirituality

A sacrifice is an offering or an act of appeasement given to a deity in an effort to procure favor and avoid impending disaster. Christ is our righteous sacrifice. He lived a sinless life.

The heart, the core, the kernel, of the everlasting gospel is that the Creator died for the creature, the potter for the clay, the judge for the criminal, the innocent for the guilty.

Ellen G. White wrote "painful process, mysterious to angels as well as to men"
---SDA Bible Commentary Vol.7, p. 915

We believe it, but we cannot truly comprehend it. We behold it, but we cannot adequately explain it.

Christ took our place. He paid our debt on Calvary.

Behold the Lamb of God. He died to save us from our sins.

John 3:16
Romans 10:9

Your response.......

2007-09-04 08:38:41 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I just saw a few questions, protestants againsts catholics, woow, they fight like crazy, and we are supposed to believe in their religion????????(rolling my eyes)
When do people start to understand that all religions are false?

2007-09-04 08:37:58 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Is Jesus listed as one of the top most inluential people? If he is not then does that say anything about Christianity?

2007-09-04 08:36:35 · 18 answers · asked by vanessa 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Hebrew scholars have known for centuries that the first 5 books of the bible were not written by Moses but rather by 4 individual authors and, through the study of the language, can even say in which century and kingdom each lived.

If the church honestly didn't know who wrote them, why should these books be considered reliable?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentary_hypothesis

2007-09-04 08:36:14 · 9 answers · asked by Patty 2 in Religion & Spirituality

You give me a link to a source about this I will instantly give you ten points

2007-09-04 08:35:38 · 8 answers · asked by Tom B 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-04 08:34:19 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Royalty

To all enlightened ones, Today we will look at a fellow atheist who in his wisdom cast off the bonds and chains of religion as so many of you have. Our free thinker featured today single-handedly helped insure the death of at least 50,000,000 people. Thats million, just in case you missed it. Who is our star today? Non-other that MR. Frederick Nietchze. Now for 10 whole points, who can name me one of those evil Christians who can top this list for slaughter. Come on now, dig deep, and find me a Christian who cost the lives of 50,000,000. Be sure to tune in tomorrow to see part 2 of this question.

2007-09-04 08:33:51 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-04 08:33:05 · 5 answers · asked by agoodboy 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I thought the theory had been abandoned, due to the time line of when Diana first met Hewitt, that she was pregnant already or something??

2007-09-04 08:32:56 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Royalty

2007-09-04 08:32:23 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

2007-09-04 08:31:06 · 43 answers · asked by Grotty Bodkin is not dead!!! 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I ran out of answers and couldn't respond to the last hate attack, so I shall pose my point as a qustions: Do you know what "catholic" means? It means "universal" or "all-encompassing". In the Bible, particular local churches are spoken of )in Corinth, Ephesus, etc) but the Church is also spoke of in the "whole" sense; the Body of Christ - all believers. In this sense, the church is Catholic. Catholics usually prefer the name Catholic to Christian ( though not always) because the idea that the Church is of ALL believers everywhere is appealing. (Why would I want to call myself a "southern" Baptist - what about the "northern" ones?) The Church Jesus established was known by its most common title, "the Catholic Church," at least as early as the year 107, when Ignatius of Antioch used that title to describe the one Church Jesus founded. The title apparently was old in Ignatius’s time, which means it probably went all the way back to the time of the apostles.

2007-09-04 08:30:55 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-04 08:30:25 · 30 answers · asked by Pussycat 1 in Religion & Spirituality