Society & Culture - 15 September 2007

Abortion
Creationism vs Evolution in schools
Gay marriage
Global Warming
Iraq
Ties to the Republican party
Prayer in Schools
Separation of Church and State
etc etc etc

Without compromising their religious views, how do you wish Christians would handle this issue? You can't just say, "Accept Evolution, endorse abortion and homosexuality, become Democrats and move away". Be realistic. How can they still be Christians, and keep their principles, but compromise on these issues? Would you be willing to compromise on the issue, or are you absolutely not waivering? If you are not willing to compromise, why should Christians?

Remember, compromise is supposed to be small, not an entire conversion.

2007-09-15 20:16:48 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

By OCD I mean Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

I say and wonder about this cos many of them fixate on salvation and ONLY ONE way and their behaviour on becoming "saved" seems curiously reminsicent of OCDers who have achieved anxiety relief from expressing a fixation?

Anyone wondered about this?

2007-09-15 20:15:14 · 12 answers · asked by J V 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Seorsum Nocens , Una Mediocris

2007-09-15 19:59:16 · 3 answers · asked by nodoubt2002002 1 in Languages

2007-09-15 19:57:10 · 15 answers · asked by Safeway 2 in Other - Society & Culture

...Ok - I know I said I wouldn't touch R&S with a 12 foot pole this evening, but I feel like stirring the cauldron tonight ...


Bring it on !

2007-09-15 19:54:00 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

telling me that the majority of americans will dislike me because i'm french?
how do i respond to these hooligans and degenerates, these brits who say these things and make me feel this way?

one brit hooligan said that all the americans side with the british and would like her..but they would dislike and outcast me..
i felt so angry that words even failed me.
has anyone got an opinion on how i should deal with this or how to respond? without becoming enraged with fury?
thanks

2007-09-15 19:41:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2007-09-15 19:40:07 · 10 answers · asked by lablover2 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I mean i see people on here saying some of the most ridiculous things and they actually think its an intelligent question/answer i mean both atheist and christians alike...I just dont get it....why do people have so much fear of being less then the next person that they make themselves look stupid to try to be better/smarter?

2007-09-15 19:37:33 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Come on, get creative.

2007-09-15 19:36:10 · 20 answers · asked by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I have... he was shouting bible verses

2007-09-15 19:35:49 · 33 answers · asked by How Soon is Now? 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I really would like this information because I am loooking to get a tattoo done really soon of a Chinese Fenghuang. All my friends are Korean so if anyone can help I would really appreciate it.

2007-09-15 19:33:16 · 2 answers · asked by perranapitufo 1 in Languages

The MOST famous name for God in the OT is called the Sacred Tetragrammaton –It is YHWH.

Yahweh was changed into Jehovah by Christians -- Mark 12:29

Harpers Bible Dictionary says that the name JEHOVAH was "the result of the translators' ignorance of the Hebrew language and customs" (1985 edition , p. 1036)

Jehovah is a mistaken name of YHWH.

The Book "World Religions From Ancient History to the Present" says : "The name Jehovah is a medieval misreading and does not occur in the Hebrew Bible" (edited by Geoffrey Parrinder, p. 386)

The Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible says the name Jehovah is "an artificial name" (vol. 2, p.817)

Asimovs Guide to the Bible says that the name Jehovah "arose by mistake" (vol 1, p. 135). The author further says : "This mistake has persisted and will probably continue to persist" (p.135)

"When it came to God's name instead of putting the proper vowel signs around it, in most cases they put other vowel signs to remind the reader that he should say "Adonai". From this came the spelling Lehouah, and eventually Jehovah ...(pg. 8 ,Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, 1984)

"The truth is , nobody knows for sure how the name of God was originally pronounced". -(page 7- Watchtower Bible and Tract Soceity, 1984.)

The name Yahweh is derived from the statement God made to Moses in Exodus 3:14. Moses asked God as to what his name was and he got the reply -- "ehyeh esher ehyeh" .

The editors of the NEW JERUSALEM BIBLE explain this as : "The Hebrew can be translated literally 'I am what I am' , which would mean that GOD did not wish to reveal his name to them" (p. 85)

"The truth is , nobody knows for sure how the name of God was pronounced" (Pg. 7 - Watchtower Bible and Tract Society)

Below is the true name of God for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear…….

Type down the word "God" in this Aramaic dictionary to find out what Jesus used to call God:
http://www.peshitta.org/lexicon/

Look at the name used here :
http://www.learnassyrian.com/aramaic/church/church.html


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2007-09-15 19:28:36 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-15 19:27:16 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i think everyone has one in some form..
so what are your's? and why do you believe in it or do it?

personally i'm one of those knock on wood people.. i can't help but to do it lol..

2007-09-15 19:26:35 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

I have a really cute purple mardi gras mask....and I want to use it for halloween...but I dont know what to wear with it....Ideas?

2007-09-15 19:26:27 · 6 answers · asked by iluvvball213 2 in Halloween

we can start a club or something

2007-09-15 19:22:37 · 24 answers · asked by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I never heard about him having a romantic relationship or a kid. Some might say don`t be ridicoulous he is God, he wouldn`t have sex with a women like a man would. For he is spiritual being and we are mere mortals. But you see therein lyes the problem, you Christians made God a Man? Weird!

2007-09-15 19:20:53 · 30 answers · asked by Future 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Quote: "It should be expected that the Lord would have a means of communication to his people on the earth, and he has clearly shown that the magazine called The Watchtower is used for that purpose." (1939 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses, p. 85.)

Funny, I always thought it was the bible.

2007-09-15 19:20:34 · 22 answers · asked by Graham 5 in Religion & Spirituality

thats all, i just want to know about it.

2007-09-15 19:20:12 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-15 19:19:05 · 17 answers · asked by Choqs 6 in Etiquette

What is the "holy calling"?

2007-09-15 19:16:53 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

who drank my Hefeweizen???

2007-09-15 19:16:50 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Jesus is the Jewish Messiah but he was not the "Prophet like unto Moses" who was to come from the "brethren of the Jews".

The Holy Ghost is not someone who has not come… according to bible he has always been around.

Therefore who is the Comforter or “That Prophet” who John said he was not when asked (JOHN 1:19-21) ?

Moses replied : "And the Lord said onto me, they have well spoken that which they have spoken, I will raise them up a Prophet from among ‘their brethren’, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him." (Deuteronomy 18:17-18)

The Bible refers to the Ismaelites (Arabs) as the Brethren of the Israelites :

(Gen 16:12) ....and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

(Gen 25:18) And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that [is] before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: [and] he died in the presence of all his brethren.

In this verse God specifically says from “their brethren” meaning that this a significant change to the usual lineage of the Prophets. The Final Prophet would com from the “brethren” of the Israelites which means the Ishmaelites in Arabia. This is why many Jewish tribes moved to Arabia to await the Final Prophet. The Quran were verses literally put in the mouth of the Prophet in the new tongue (Arabic) which was then memorized and repeatedly recited by all the companions.

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Jesus said someone will be sent after him -- he will leave so the Final Prophet or “Comforter” can come with a final law that would JUDGE and establish legal commands of God to follow.

"But now I go my way to Him that sent me and none of you asketh me, 'Wither goest thou?' But because I have said these things unto you sorrow hath filled your heart. Nevertheless, I tell you the truth, for if I go not away, the [Last Prophet/Comforter] will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and approve righteousness and judgement" ----- John 16:5-8

To approve righteousness and Judgement means a new LAW would be sent through the Last Prophet.

Obviously Jesus is not talking about the “Holy Spirit” being the comforter/Prophet because the Holy Spirit has already come as once as a dove and many times before that.

The Holy Spirit has already come many times --- (Luke 1:15,Luke 1:41,Luke 1:67,Luke 2:25-26) and it is a divine “favor” or understanding….. not an actual person or Prophet.

And I will pray to the Lord, and he shall give you another [Prophet/Comforter/Spirit of Truth], that [his example] may abide with you for ever. (John 14:16-17)

As a mercy unto mankind God has promised to send down and protect a final complete message(Holy book) and code of life (human example) before sealing the Prophethood.
The Sunnah (example of the Prophet) is kept alive by every Muslim copying the life of the Prophet Mohammed.
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"But the Comforter[Prophet/Comforter/Spirit of Truth], whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things and bring all things to your “remembrance”, whatsoever I have said unto you."—John 14:26.

The true message of Jesus, Moses and the Last Prophet is kept alive forever through the memorization and daily recitation of the Quran.

"I have yet many things to say unto you, but you cannot bear them now. How be it when he, the Spirit of truth , is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear that shall he speak- ----- John 16:12-14 -

This shows that the disciples were not given a full code of life nor a full message of absolute truth. Rather they were given glad tidings that a final Prophet would come who would teach them all the truth which would not only confirm what was said before but would tell of much more to come.

Holy Quran 5:48 To thee We sent the Scripture in truth, confirming the truth of whatever there still remains of earlier revelations, determining what is true therein, and guarding it in safety:
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This Final Prophet will come as Isaiah predicted ………. From the land of Kedar (Arabia) and from the branch of Jesse (Ishmael)


“And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out his roots. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge, and of the fear of the Lord.”--- Isaiah 11:1-2

The Quran calls the Angel of Revelation (Angel Gabriel) the Ruhool Qudoos “Holy Spirit” who is sent down to “strengthen” the Prophets.

According to Encyclopedia Biblica, we read: “Jesse is contracted from Ishmael”. (Cheyene , Encyclopedia Biblica under “names”)
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Isaiah tells of the Prophecies of a “Servant of God” who will come from the land of Kedar with a divine Law and he will be victorious over his enemies in battles.

He will bring a new law and message in a new tongue(language) and the villages of Kedar will sing the praises from the mountain tops.....

“Sing unto the Lord a new song , and his praise from the end of the earth…” (V.10)

“another tongue” (Isaiah 28:11)

Let the desert and its towns lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar inhabits; let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy, let them shout from the tops of the mountains. 12 Let them give glory to the Lord, and declare his praise in the coastlands. --- (Isaiah 42:11).

Ishmael dwelt in the wilderness of “Paran”(Gen.21:21) He beget twelve sons one of whom was named “Kedar”. (Gen.25:13)
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******** The reason Muslims use the bible to prove several points is because it is mentioned in the Quran that Allah sent down glad tidings of the Last Prophet to come in the Torah and Injeel (bible).


HOLY QURAN - 007.157 "Those who follow the messenger, the unlettered Prophet, whom they find mentioned in their own (scriptures),- in the Torah and the Injeel (Gospel);- for he commands them what is just and forbids them what is evil; he allows them as lawful what is good (and pure) and prohibits them from what is bad (and impure); He releases them from their heavy burdens and from the yokes that are upon them. So it is those who believe in him, honour him, help him, and follow the light which is sent down with him,- it is they who will prosper."

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2007-09-15 19:15:17 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I've been thinking about tons of costumes. But I want something really funny (for a girl) that isn't too embaressing.
I've heard everything from Gotti to a baked potato to a mormon. Surprise me =].

2007-09-15 19:08:59 · 13 answers · asked by K 4 in Halloween

I'm not even being sarcastic. I actually had that happen and I had to try really hard to keep a straight face which of course made me feel really bad. Just wondering if anyone else has had this.

2007-09-15 19:06:09 · 20 answers · asked by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Abraham was chosen to be a Great Prophet of the Creator of the Universe.

Abraham had two sons who were both to be blessed with a Holy Covenant at separate times.


The Holy Covenant are promises from The Lord of Abraham in return for taking on the responsibility to "Make Allah/God known to the World" and establishing the “laws of God” on the Earth.

Ishmael - first son - ISLAM
Issac - second son - JUDAISM & Christianity

JUDAISM is the covenant through Isaac.
ISLAM is the covenant through Ishmael.


The Romans and Greeks could never conquer or Hellenize the children of Ishmael.


Rabbi Frand points out additionally that the Ishmaelite are armed with a potent weapon, a supreme weapon --the power of prayer. After all, Ishmael is born as a result of the power of prayer. The angels tell Hagar (Genesis 16:11) --- "Hee'nach harah v'ya'ladet ben," behold you are going to bear a child, "Kee sha'ma Hashem et ahn'yaich," for G-d has heard the cry of your travail. In the wilderness of Paran (Arabia), Ishmael himself is saved by the power of prayer and granted a miraculous spring of water. Genesis 21:17, "Kee sha'ma Elokim et kol ha'na'ar," G-d heard the cries of the infant (Ishmael), the angel tells Hagar.

Muslims have a great love for prayer and they pray with zeal to the Lord of Abraham--five times a day. They are willing to march for thousands of miles to visit Mecca and Medina in order to show their commitment to their love of G-D in prayer and sacrifice.

The Hebrew verses in Genesis (which were revealed hundreds of years before the Quran) say that the Ishmaelite will be a “perah adam”… a WILD man, a free man.
Modern commentators now interpret the above as : They will constantly raise their hand against all other men who have authority. As if freedom is the only honor. They will forever be “men who kick like wild donkeys against those who come to shackle them”. They will be the most difficult people on earth to conquer and oppress, but the perfect people to entrust with a divine message.


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2007-09-15 19:02:22 · 17 answers · asked by kloneme 3 in Religion & Spirituality

The following is a quote from "Quest Study Bible," published by Zondervan, the same publisher who is in charge of publishing the NIV Bibles.

"Who wrote this book [Genesis] and when? Moses probably wrote this book around 1440 B.C. But since he was not an eye-witness to the creation, he relied on revelation from God and, perhaps, earlier oral or written records."

Do you still think people who question the validity of Creationism are overacting?

2007-09-15 19:01:42 · 21 answers · asked by Good Kid 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-15 18:57:12 · 3 answers · asked by tolstoi1 3 in Other - Society & Culture

I am going to get a tattoo, and it is going to say "everything happens for a reason" in Latin and i want to make sure i have the right translation, ive been searching and i came up with..

Quadam de causa omnia eveniunt

does that sound right?

2007-09-15 18:56:57 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

like the spanish word "vamos"... pronounced as "ba-mos" instead on "va-mos"?

2007-09-15 18:52:25 · 9 answers · asked by bluberry 3 in Languages