Society & Culture - 11 September 2007

If they think there is no God, why be so passionate about people who do good in God's name? (Feeding the homeless, helping other countries, etc...)

2007-09-11 18:32:04 · 28 answers · asked by betternher 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Okay, im really trying to figure out why it feels like God wants nothing to do with me. My husband and friends keep telling me about these wonderful experiences they are having in their prayer time im in the same spot ive been in for 2 years. Is it possible that God is done with me. Seriously, i feel like He has no concern for me whatsoever...theres so much more i could say but i wont....of course family and friends say it will be okay but i want to know....when i pray, it feels like my words are hitting the ceiling and bouncing back, in church, the people are caught up in some serious worship and i feel nothing...i need some answers, could it be something i did, all i do is work church and home...?

2007-09-11 18:29:42 · 32 answers · asked by panini 2 in Religion & Spirituality

boxing gloves ???? rofl....... I mean for real here, Christians that guy , what's his name, that says we are gonna quarel amongst ourselves over his real or un-real question....... sorry, guys......... I just had to ask........ go in peace.... God bless
PS- if you do not want gloves, how about some good old hot apple pie ?? Yummy !!!!!!!!!!

2007-09-11 18:29:18 · 7 answers · asked by Annie 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Another controversial statement dropped by the R&S community in a response I read. What are your opinions on it?

2007-09-11 18:27:23 · 11 answers · asked by eV 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-11 18:26:43 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Mine lets you think as you wish, rather than as some dusty old book tells you to. Mine doesn't care whether you believe in anything or not, and will never try to send you to some eternal torture chamber for not agreeing. Mine calls it as it is, rather than as we'd like it to be. Come to think of it, mine doesn't exactly qualify as a cult! Does yours? You know the answer, but probably won't give it.

2007-09-11 18:26:15 · 16 answers · asked by Enigma®Ragnarökin' 7 in Religion & Spirituality

It is almost fall/autumn season. What are ways to get into the spirit of fall and halloween season? What do you do to make it feel fall? you can give any ideas or anything that you like to put.

2007-09-11 18:24:55 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Halloween

2007-09-11 18:21:09 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I don't get mad if I bump into a table. Similarly, I don't get mad if a person destroys my house and spits in my face. Both do their own thing and do it for natural reasons, I don't see what the big fuss is about. Any comments?

2007-09-11 18:16:47 · 5 answers · asked by Someone 2 in Other - Society & Culture

- The Good Atheist -

2007-09-11 18:16:40 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-11 18:15:28 · 5 answers · asked by daz l 1 in Mythology & Folklore

Did I not tell you earlier that a Jew is such a noble, precious jewel that God and all the angels dance when he farts?---Martin Luther (Germany)

“What then shall we Christians do with this damned, rejected race of Jews?
First, their synagogues should be set on fire, and whatever does not burn up should be covered or spread over with dirt so that no one may ever be able to see a cinder or stone of it. And this ought to be done for the honour of God and of Christianity, in order that God may see that we are true Christians.
Secondly, their homes should be likewise broken down and destroyed.
Thirdly, they should be deprived of their prayerbooks and talmuds in which such idolatry, lies, cursing and blasphemy are taught.
Fourthly, their rabbis must be forbidden under threats of death to teach anymore.” – Martin Luther

“If I find a Jew to baptize, I shall lead him to the Elbe bridge, hang a stone around his neck, and push him into the water, baptizing him with the name of Avraham!.. I cannot convert the Jews. Our lord Christ did not succeed in doing so; but I can close their mouths so that there will be nothing for them to do but to lie upon the ground.” – Martin Luther

“I hope I shall never be so stupid as to be circumcised; I would rather cut off the left breast of my Catherine and of all women.” --- Martin Luther

“If we are to remain unsullied by the blasphemy of the Jews and not wish to take part in it, we must be separated from them and they must be driven out of the country.” – Martin Luther

Jesus did not call them Abraham's children, but a "brood of vipers" [Matt. 3:7]. Oh, that was too insulting for the noble blood and race of Israel, and they declared, "He has a demon' [Matt 11:18]. Our Lord also calls them a "brood of vipers"; furthermore in John 8 [:39,44] he states: "If you were Abraham's children ye would do what Abraham did.... You are of your father the devil. It was intolerable to them to hear that they were not Abraham's but the devil's children, nor can they bear to hear this today.------Martin Luther

Learn from this, dear Christian, what you are doing if you permit the blind Jews to mislead you. Then the saying will truly apply, "When a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into the pit" [cf. Luke 6:39]. You cannot learn anything from them except how to misunderstand the divine commandments...------Martin Luther

St. John Chrysostom: “I know that many people hold a high regard for the Jews and consider their way of life worthy of respect at the present time... This is why I am hurrying to pull up this fatal notion by the roots ... A place where a whore stands on display is a whorehouse. What is more, the synagogue is not only a whorehouse and a theater; it is also a den of thieves and a haunt of wild animals ... not the cave of a wild animal merely, but of an unclean wild animal ... When animals are unfit for work, they are marked for slaughter, and this is the very thing which the Jews have experienced. By making themselves unfit for work, they have become ready for slaughter. This is why Christ said: “as for my enemies, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them and slay them before me’ (Luke 19.27).”



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2007-09-11 18:14:39 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

.. for those who would describe themselves as sincere!

2007-09-11 18:14:30 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

A friend just ask me if you have to beLieve in God to have moraLs. I thought yes, but now I wonder ~ is it possibLe to not beLieve in God and stiLL have moraLs and vaLues ?

2007-09-11 18:13:19 · 19 answers · asked by Jamie D BABY! 1 in Other - Society & Culture

A friend just ask me if you have to beLieve in God to have moraLs. I thought yes, but now I wonder ~ is it possibLe to not beLieve in God and stiLL have moraLs and vaLues ?

2007-09-11 18:12:50 · 21 answers · asked by Jamie D BABY! 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I think that human beings often disagree over language, when the ideas behind the language are the same.

2007-09-11 18:09:57 · 40 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-11 18:09:44 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

2007-09-11 18:09:13 · 4 answers · asked by Lonewolf 4 in Mythology & Folklore

Do you think heaven is segregated by which religion and denomination people are? Muslims, Jews, and Christians all believe in the same God of Abraham with different versions on how to get into heaven. Denominations have different teachings on the matter also. Does it stand to reason that with all these differences heaven will have to be segregated to accommodate all?

2007-09-11 18:08:35 · 8 answers · asked by tremonster 4 in Religion & Spirituality

man.and the old hag should give her money to reduce the tax,the palace should be sold and the money divided to reduce taxes..............

2007-09-11 18:07:52 · 2 answers · asked by john doe 5 in Etiquette

What if you are born in a non English speaking nation? Let's say you are Russian and all you can speak or read is Russian. Obviously you will not be able to read the King James Bible because it is an English Language version. So are you doomed if you can not read the King James version?

2007-09-11 18:07:24 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

The "Scuola Metafisica"--Metaphysical School--of Modern Italian painting attempted to allow actual visual impression of the mystical, at least within the reference of the artist's creation for the viewer. Dominated by the painter De Chirico, the School made a dynamic contribution to early to mid-twentieth century modern art.

De Chirico's work may be described as dreamlike, but to me the use of mannequins and empty space produces a feeling of sterility, not spiritual connectedness. Carlo Carra and Giorgio Morandi appear a bit more accessible to me, but spiritual aspects of the school as a whole are lost on me. As an Atheist, perhaps I am lacking in some capacity to glean this experience from a painting, even if such a painting self-consciously tries to produce it.

What do you think? Did the "Scuola" manage visual innovation & spiritual insight, or simply a variation on the theme of light & shadow in more modern interpretation? Is appreciation for such limited by self/belief?

2007-09-11 18:04:52 · 7 answers · asked by Jack B, sinistral 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I've heard Buddhists say before, that Buddha is higher than God.

If its true that Buddhists believe this, can any them please exlain how he, a mere mortal can possibly be higher than God?

Note: I know that Buddhists have their own deities. eg: Avolakitsvara, etc.

2007-09-11 18:00:53 · 21 answers · asked by clusium1971 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm getting quite annoyed of hearing people say "all religions are the same" or "all religions are great" or "all religions get you to heaven". To relativists, do you have any substancial proof behind these statements?

If all religions are the same, then why does it matter which one you choose? If all religions are the same, why do they preach completely different doctrines? Why do many religions say that only their religion will get you to heaven?

The best analogy is that of the chair. Either it is here, or it isn't. It can't be both. Either Christianity is right or Atheism is right or Islam is right. It can't be all three. And if you're molding your religion to say whatever you want like some of the statements above, is it really a religion or your own personal beliefs in another entity?

2007-09-11 17:59:29 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-11 17:56:06 · 28 answers · asked by Nick Carter 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Here is what I think: I have been raised as an orthodox jew and have been essentially secluded from the outside world. That is exactly why I am 19 right now and I am still a virgin. I am pretty much apathetic to religion right now, and if anything, I am more of an atheist than a theist. The problem is that I am suffering right now to change the way I was raised. I believed that I was fed propaganda which I never chose to be a part of.

So my proposal, my stance, my question is the following: Do you agree with me that children should be raised in a very neutral and objective manner and when they grow up they can choose their own path? What's the point of feeding them information which they can't validate or discredit? It's really not doing them a favor, and if anything, it might harm them.

All thoughts on this are welcome.

2007-09-11 17:54:59 · 9 answers · asked by dosahyd f 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I read in Dr. James Dobson's book "Bringing up Boys" that there are studies showing Gay guys have poor or non-existant relationships with their Dads or have had no dominant male influences around them growing up (like an uncle or father figure). How true is that? I would like to hear from the Gay guys out there it this is generally true.

2007-09-11 17:53:47 · 22 answers · asked by Kevin T 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-09-11 17:48:57 · 3 answers · asked by dogpatch USA 7 in Religion & Spirituality

4 out of 5 Christian Divorcees wish that gays would stop undermining marriage.

2007-09-11 17:48:13 · 18 answers · asked by Speak freely 5 in Religion & Spirituality

If one don't reply when being insulted randomly or for no reason, or whatever reason, does it mean one is acknowledging and accepting what the insulter says?
What are your thoughts about that? What do you think?

2007-09-11 17:47:33 · 14 answers · asked by carlosdavid 5 in Etiquette