Society & Culture - 8 September 2007

2007-09-08 06:01:38 · 5 answers · asked by **kayraa(: 2 in Other - Society & Culture

There is no end to the Christian response to abortion, but the silence is deafening in response to war and other atrocities resulting in the loss of life.

God hates abortion, somewhere in the Bible it must say so because we hear it all the time. In that great big book of love it doesn't say that killing people in war is wrong? That men who send others to fight and die for poitical reasons are evil?

How is one person decidng for themselves to terminate their own pregnancy more egregious than 1 man who is responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands?

There's a thunderous outcry coming the religious community for the loss of any fetus through abortion, however the many wives, husbands sons and daughters who die as a result of war garner barely a whisper of disdain.

Why the disparity?

2007-09-08 06:01:14 · 29 answers · asked by Equinoxical ™ 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-08 06:00:24 · 15 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6 in Senior Citizens

So, how can all these non believers pretend to think they know what they are talking about where the Scriptures are involved?

2007-09-08 05:59:03 · 57 answers · asked by Indy 5 in Religion & Spirituality

red and white costume on?

2007-09-08 05:58:33 · 8 answers · asked by ☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻ 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Inquiring minds want to know ?

2007-09-08 05:58:12 · 14 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6 in Senior Citizens

2007-09-08 05:54:45 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

2007-09-08 05:52:50 · 11 answers · asked by ☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻ 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-08 05:50:55 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

2007-09-08 05:49:55 · 21 answers · asked by ☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻ 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-08 05:49:13 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I absolutly love french, but was wondering what it is about this amazing language which makes it feel so romantic?

2007-09-08 05:49:09 · 4 answers · asked by Adam! 1 in Languages

Isn't is enough to say I am going to the bathroom, I'll be right back. No one is interested in which bodily function will take place in there.

2007-09-08 05:48:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

There's a lot of chaff with the wheat.

2007-09-08 05:48:17 · 1 answers · asked by Fr. Al 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-08 05:48:15 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Gossip, idle talk, is a bad thing....it is often malicious. What do you see the Bible saying about it?
I have seen references to idle talk....
in the Book of Revelations, "those who love lies and make lies."

2007-09-08 05:46:36 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If this is so what about the thief on the Cross?

2007-09-08 05:43:43 · 24 answers · asked by Bible warrior 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I got to thinking that if G-d is Omnipotent and Omiscient then one would assume that he already knows what you want and what is best for you and what is actually going to happen. So, to prayer anything but the Lord's prayer would be questioning G-d's judgment...right?

2007-09-08 05:41:54 · 20 answers · asked by doorofperception13 2 in Religion & Spirituality

the answer is not because there isnt necessarily one. do you remember when you were little? little children do things like hit their sisters, right? what happens? their parents still love them, correct? but yet they send them into their rooms or the corner. hell is punishment from god. and if you dont understand that i will be surprised.

2007-09-08 05:38:03 · 60 answers · asked by triskaidekaphobia 3 in Religion & Spirituality

As Salaam Alaikum
I have seen many Muslimahs kiss eachother right cheek to left cheek and back to right cheek, which is 3 times whenever they meet eachother ever time, but is this Islamic correct or culture? I was taught that Muslimahs should shake hands and say as salaam alaikum, or as salaamu alaikum wa rahmatuAllah wa barakatuhu , and it's okay to hug your sister if you have not seen her in along time, but kissing cheek to cheek 3 times is incorrect and it's culture verse Islamic correct. Am I right? I think this act can become confusing to new Muslimahs into thinking this greeting is apart of Islam instead of culture.

This is my source:
A person asked the Prophet (pbuh): When one of us meets his brethren or his friends should he bow for them? The Prophet said: No. He asked: Should he hug them or kiss them? The Prophet replied: No. He asked: Should he shake their hands? The Prophet (pbuh) said: Yes. (as reported in Tirmidhi)
http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/hadeeth/riyad/05/chap143.htm

2007-09-08 05:38:01 · 7 answers · asked by ? 1 in Religion & Spirituality

What are the best four different words about persons and relationships to fill in the four blanks in this important sentence ?

True religion is knowing ----- as your ----- and ----- as your -----.

2007-09-08 05:36:36 · 13 answers · asked by ? 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Is it True the word ' RANA ' means toilet in hebrew or pimple in punjab?

2007-09-08 05:35:33 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

2007-09-08 05:33:18 · 6 answers · asked by MASTIFF MOM 5 in Religion & Spirituality

for those of you who are atheist dont even bother to answer becuase i wont pay attention to your answer

im having a problem, im a single female 21, and i have accepted the fact that i will be single for the rest of my life, now considering sex, i dont really think about it much, but since im single is it still a sin to be fantasising about it, like lets say i just MAKE up a man in my head, he doesnt exist in real life okay, but i imagining him having sex, is that wrong?

2007-09-08 05:32:46 · 29 answers · asked by A Decade Ago 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Those people that clean up animals after an oil spill...do they al volunteer, or is there a career in it? cuz id really like to do that, but I want to know if its strictly volunteer work.

2007-09-08 05:31:31 · 4 answers · asked by Raven S 3 in Community Service

i will label your answer as the best answer if...you actually answer what i asked for...

2007-09-08 05:31:16 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

I'm 14, Atheist, and I have yet to tell my strict Catholic family [so they call themselves - my parents haven't been to a chruch in years] that I don't believe in god.
I'm afraid that if I tell them, they'll start making me go to chruch. And that truly is the last thing I want.
My grandparents spend majority of their time helping out their chruch, and I'm afraid of losing their respect if my parents tell them.

Any advice? Do my parents really have the right to make me go to Chruch?

2007-09-08 05:30:23 · 28 answers · asked by suburbiab0mb 3 in Religion & Spirituality

You know there are things out there that condoms can not prevent you from getting. I mean getting pregnant is not always the worst thing that can happen.

2007-09-08 05:30:21 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Please read the whole question. I have noticed this being a problem here lately.

I asked a question the other day about penance and had several Catholics answer. As I now understand it you confess to the priest and are given penance. Doing the penance is necessary in order to be forgiven. To me this seems to be a doctrine of works. That you earn your salvation. That if you do not do these works you are not saved. This seems to go against what is taught in the Bible.

To preempt this gambit being used. I know James teaches works and I agree we should have works. If you have faith the works will naturally follow. Not works that save us but works that we do because we love God.

So on to my question since the Bible is clear that salvation is by faith alone. Then why do catholics and some others believe they have to earn their salvation by works? Penance is works.

Scripture to follow in additions.

2007-09-08 05:30:12 · 8 answers · asked by Bible warrior 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-08 05:29:47 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality