Society & Culture - 11 September 2007

Do you ask the girl/guy their religion?
Or what would you do if you fell in love with a devout christian?

2007-09-11 06:36:14 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-11 06:35:54 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

There are some people who say something you could agree with, but then they go and ruin it by being an arrogant, classless, jerk and saying something profoundly stupid.

Both in the religious ("God is love. Now BURN IN HELL!") and the secular (Reason is good. If you don't think exactly like me, you are incapable of reason and are an idiot!)

Know anyone who you think should just shut up so that you can agree with them?

(Yes, I realized I just opened myself up wide with that one, take the obvious shot if you must.)

2007-09-11 06:35:46 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

It was September 11, 1857. A wagon train of 160 settlers on their way to California was massacred by a bunch of Mormons dressed in Indian clothes. 17 children under the age of 8 were spared and lived to tell their story.
1st. They dressed as Indians but after five days they changed tactics.
2nd. Then they went a bit away ,dressed back into normal clothes and acted like the Rescue Party who had negotiated a deal with the"Indians".
3rd, Then confiscated all the guns as part of the deal for "saving" the travellers and Mormon dissidents( who were the reason for the attack in the first place).
4th. Took everybody off a mile or so and shot them all. 2 men got away but were eventually tracked down and killed a day or so later.
5th. Took the 17 children they had not killed back with them to Salt Lake City.
6th. Got away with it. After a publicized trial, with the childrens own testimony admitted into the court, only 1 man was convicted and shot, John D. Lee. ( pardoned by Church 1960) The church even protected over 100 other killers involved in this massacre from Federal prosecution thus making them guilty of Murder as accessories after the fact. Then they say "Thou Shalt Not Kill " doesn't apply to them . Only everyone else.

It ended up being called the Mountain Meadows Massacre. The first time in U.S. history that U.S. citizens were massacred on U.S. soil by religious wackos. This event is even more significant because the total U.S. population at the time was much smaller.(I dont know the exact numbers, maybe only 30 million or so) In todays numbers it would be around 1400 dead.

2007-09-11 06:35:44 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-11 06:35:40 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

why isn't Islam declaring Jihad on former Soviet republics?

2007-09-11 06:35:11 · 8 answers · asked by csucdartgirl 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I see a lot of false information being spread about Martin Luther. But do Protestants know:

1. Luther added his own words to his German translation. For example he added "alone" so that Scripture read "justified by faith alone apart from works of the law."

2. Luther called the book of James a "book of straw" and wanted to have it removed from the New Testament

3. When questioned about tampering with Holy Scripture his response was: "Dr. Martin Luther will have it so! And he says that a papist and an *** are one and the same thing."

4. He took faith alone to the extreme writing "No sin will separate us from the Lamb, even though we commit fornication and murder a thousand times a day"

5. His arrogance was unbounded: "“I have greater confidence in my wife and my pupils than I have in Christ” and Not for a thousand years has God bestowed such great gifts on any bishop as He has on me"

Anyone have any other historical information or quotes from Luther to help us better?

2007-09-11 06:34:56 · 25 answers · asked by Veritas 7 in Religion & Spirituality

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20713025/

The moment you think this "world" can't possible dig itself deeper into sin, it finds a way.

What, in God's name is the matter with these people?

Stay in the Word, brethren. This world in NOT our home.

2007-09-11 06:33:55 · 30 answers · asked by JayDee 2 in Religion & Spirituality

The Dalai Lama said:

"I see all the different religious traditions as paths for the development of inner peace, which is the true foundation of world peace. These ancient traditions come to us as a gift from our common past. Will we continue to cherish it as a gift and hand it over the the future generations as a legacy of our shared desire for peace?"

Do you agree that mankind is pursuing a common goal which ultimately desires peace?

2007-09-11 06:33:23 · 12 answers · asked by Samurai Jack 6 in Religion & Spirituality

http://trf.org.au/The_Inspiration_of_the_Scriptures_Scientifically_Demonstrated.asp

2007-09-11 06:32:53 · 4 answers · asked by joer80 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I am very proud of my Scottish Ancestry..Bards, Poets,Druids,Warriors and Warrior Queens, Inventors.....

2007-09-11 06:32:21 · 12 answers · asked by Fae 4 in Mythology & Folklore

"Exit Stage Left"? Who is first to get those 10 points.

2007-09-11 06:31:47 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

World War 2 pitted mostly-Christian German soldiers against mostly-Christian opposing forces given the religious trends of the time? Or do you just dismiss one entire side as "not real Christians" (say, the German side, close to 16 million soldiers)

How do you fit your moral absolutes here?

2007-09-11 06:31:14 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

my mate told me a scary real story once she and my other mate where walking home and she got grabbed and pulled along and this thing held her but there was nothing there,?? she couldnt get away from this thing.. untill my other mate seen it. they said it was a figure with a black cloak on was it a ghost off some sort?? or some bad demon type?? she swears she aint lying and it spooked her.. what is this thing do u guys no???

2007-09-11 06:30:19 · 19 answers · asked by only me !!! 5 in Mythology & Folklore

In my spanish class, other than me + another student, they are all portugues.

4 of them can't speak much english, and 2 are respectful and speak english.
however, 7 of them talk portugues to eachother, knowing that the teachers or english students don't understand what they're saying.

i know that they are proud that their portugues and everything, but i find it unneccesary for them to not speak english and to swear in portugues.

what do you think?

(i apologise for being unable to spell haha!)

2007-09-11 06:30:03 · 30 answers · asked by ohbutimagine 2 in Etiquette

For Eg.

How much vaccines and cures for diseases come from countries, such as Pakistan or Turkey?

Where the prevalent belief is creation, and this is what is taught in school.

Do these countries contribute to WHO ?

Is this where United States is heading, if they continue to try to teach Intelligent Design?

2007-09-11 06:28:52 · 13 answers · asked by Sapere Aude 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-11 06:28:26 · 10 answers · asked by Jerry M 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I read a bit on this and understand that conventional Christian thinking holds the God-head as being the Trinity, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. That God, Jesus and the Spirit are three entities co-existing as one sentient Divinity, but that the God-head is three conscious elements. Trinity.

I struggle with that.

The way I see it, there is God (Yahweh/Jehovah). He is the Big Boss. He SENDS the Arch Angel (the only one), Michael, to be his Son on Earth (Yeshua) , to deliver a message, die, deliver a message and RETURN to Heaven. Jesus is not God. He is God's SON on Earth. Jesus recognises Yaweh as his Father and that Jesus does His Father's bidding.

The Spirit is the representation of the Power. The power that God wields, it is a tool.

So, I have found references to the Trinity in older religions. Was the Trinity as a concept picked up to pacify and integrate older religions?

If so, does that not undermine a lot of the Churches teachings?

2007-09-11 06:26:22 · 12 answers · asked by mathias 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Don't you feel sad on your birthdays?
Or like your missing out on holidays?
WHY don't Jehovah Witnesses celebrate anything?

Like independence day, its a day to celeberate YOUR freedom, why can't you even celebrate that?

2007-09-11 06:25:31 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

best guy she has met by far and they are both madly in love but her religion says she can not marry a guy from another religion except hers and no sex b4 marriage. He is athiest. what would you do if you were in such a state. should they both give up? she wasnt even meant to date in the 1st place but you cant help who you fall for!

2007-09-11 06:24:53 · 38 answers · asked by allgiggles1984 6 in Religion & Spirituality

A Rocky Start

During the late 1500's and early 1600's Christianity was spreading throughout the vast lands of Europe, England being included. In 1531, the English Church (Church of England) breaks away from the Roman Catholic church. King Henry VIII was in reign and head of the newly developed church. The Church of England did not allow any other religious toleration or practices on the soil of England. Christianity, spreading like wild fire, blazed throughout the English/Irish continent. Many citizens professed their faith as Anglican, which is the Church of England, and Puritans. The king being the leader of the Church of England, persecuted the any other branches of Christianity. The Puritans were not allowed to practice their religion freely, therefore resenting the king.

2007-09-11 06:24:52 · 5 answers · asked by John C 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Is it arrogance or lack of language skills...(No offence)!!!

2007-09-11 06:24:20 · 20 answers · asked by skypower 2 in Languages

Do you think if we got every GLBTQ individual in the world together we could use our bodies to spell out the word love big enough to be seen from space? If it was started would you participate?

2007-09-11 06:24:19 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Salem
I want to know how do you see hijab (not Niqab) in USA because i live in France and most of people don't approve of wearing hijab
(sorry for my bad english)

2007-09-11 06:21:46 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-11 06:19:58 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

religion using the Jewish Bible as its foundation?

2007-09-11 06:19:53 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

In Islam woman wear clothes to cover their body so they look respectible, not like western woman who wear very reveiling clothes, why does it offend people?

2007-09-11 06:18:53 · 41 answers · asked by HI 2 in Etiquette

im a jehovah's witness and when i was in the room watching tv, the door opened and closed slightly every minute. Please help. and my cousin who sleeps there encounters the same thing. the windows are always closed and its always hot. my cousin also hears taps on the window. we have two cats and moved in 2 years ago. im Really close to God. please help me get this away

2007-09-11 06:18:41 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

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2007-09-11 06:18:28 · 21 answers · asked by Bubbles 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Peace and Love

Namaste

2007-09-11 06:18:15 · 16 answers · asked by digilook 2 in Religion & Spirituality