Society & Culture - 18 September 2007

...people, especially women, to your church? Thus saving that many more souls?

Many of you have said that your God is not male or female, and that the pronoun "He" is just a default pronoun, and that you could refer to your deity as "It." Have you ever done so? Why not if not? If you have, what was the reaction among your friends?

If you realized that to do so would bring many more followers to your parishes, would you take a proactive stance on the issue and start suggesting that EVERYONE do so?

2007-09-18 13:02:44 · 10 answers · asked by Lady Morgana 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Im getting married but my fiance and i dont have a house.
We will be staying with my parents after we marry.
We dont have anywhere to put gifts so we were thinking of recommending money as a gift. We dont know how long we will be at my parents house, and we dont want to have to put things in storage.
Are there nice ways to suggest this

2007-09-18 13:02:22 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

2007-09-18 13:01:35 · 18 answers · asked by wwhy 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Hi,

I am married and have a child.
I have strong gay feelings. I searched internet to know if gayness is in harmones or it could come accidentally or by any other circumstances.
I can still remember very clearly, when I was a child of 5-7 years old, i use to think to make love with a male and that feeling is still with me up to now when I am 34 and my feelings became more gay as I grew up and never stopped.
I hate my gay feelings and always wanted to get rid of it but couldn't !! I often asked myself where did these feelings come from ????? then I can find only one answer, "I am GAY by birth" as I can still remember my gay feelings for the first time when I was 5-7, when I was 8, 9, 10 and then throught out my whole life up to now. If it is not by birth, how comes I was a gay when I was just 5-7 years old when a child have no sense of sexuality??

Your answer may help me to sort myself out, Thanks

2007-09-18 13:01:21 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Check out what someone answered to my question about the impact of religion on government:

"Oh, by the way, separation of church and state, if you were to bother to even read the constitution in the first place, was to keep government from interfering with religion, giving people the freedom to worship how they want. It wasn't designed to keep religion out of government, but rather to keep government out of religion."

Your thoughts?

2007-09-18 13:00:59 · 28 answers · asked by Linz ♥ VT 4 in Religion & Spirituality

when I type a word with 2 o's, only one o appears.
Such as good = god !!
Is this the big sign I have been waiting for or -
is my keyboard knackered?

2007-09-18 12:59:57 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Well of course we all know the answer to that..right? NO...we don't. The new "darling" of THE VIEW does not know..yes...that is right Sherri Shepherd evidently does not know this.

SSOOO how was that she got her job...sure wasn't for the brains.

This morning as I flipped through the channels I caught the tail end of a debate going on about evolution/religion, and when she was asked about the Earth being flat or round she said she did not know. At first I thought it a joke!! But no, she went on to admit that, if asked by her son, she would have to take him to the library and they find out. She went on to hedge about the sun warming the Earth, but not vocally.

I mean come on!!! That has nothing to do with religion/evolution(which was what the debate was about)....it is fact! We have pictures of this..Do we of God?

So what is your thought....Is the world still round or is it square???

2007-09-18 12:57:39 · 15 answers · asked by myrrh67 2 in Religion & Spirituality

"Evolutionary Theory Challenged By Fossils"
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/09/tech/main3151006.shtml

"Lost in a Million-Year Gap, Solid Clues to Human Origins"
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/science/18evol.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Or do you respond like the quote in this parody:
“Finding little physical evidence to substantiate the theory only means there must still be a great deal of supportive evidence out there to be found,” said an unnamed editor of the journal Nature, which plans to publish a paper on the African skulls this week. “The more we realize how little we know, the more certain we are that we’re right. As I once read in a scholarly paper somewhere, ‘faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen’.”
http://www.scrappleface.com/?p=2688
"New Lack of Evidence Boosts Certainty of Darwinism"

2007-09-18 12:56:55 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If he is not all powerful how do we know that he is the one that will lead us to heavan?

2007-09-18 12:56:23 · 15 answers · asked by returning videotapes 3 in Religion & Spirituality

doing this and that is considered a sin but they are enjoyable so christians commit the sin anyway, then they acknowledge "I am a sinner, so god forgive me and bla bla bla" everything is fine and until next time...

2007-09-18 12:54:39 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

can anyone mark this question as interesting?

2007-09-18 12:54:32 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-18 12:53:18 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

The mercy killing done in good faith should not be considered homicide. i.e. Dr. Kevorkian.


HOW CAN YOU BE THE DEFENSE OF THIS, HOW CAN YOU SHOW EVIDENCE THAT YOU THINK THIS IS CONSIDERED HOMICIDE?

2007-09-18 12:52:02 · 3 answers · asked by scorpion 1 in Religion & Spirituality

i believe in god and jesus and heaven and all that but is that enough? do i have to go to church? i went once and that was it?

2007-09-18 12:51:33 · 13 answers · asked by Bill T 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Matt. 12:31, 32, RS: “Every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. And whoever says a word against the Son of man[JESUS] will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.”


John 14:28, RS: “[Jesus said:] If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I go to the Father; for the Father is greater than I.”


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2007-09-18 12:51:22 · 4 answers · asked by Mithrianity 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-18 12:50:07 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

I know that the Younger Futhark is a writing system but the old Norse Germanic peoples believed the Runes held magical powers, i was wondering how do you use the Runes???

Thanks!

2007-09-18 12:49:53 · 8 answers · asked by Bobby 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Obviously I know the former is Jewish, the latter Muslim - but do they signify that the animal has been killed in the same way? Or do they involve different practises?

Many thanks for any answers.

2007-09-18 12:47:21 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Hello, I must write an essay about this topic. Please tell me your reasons to why you agree or disagree.

2007-09-18 12:45:37 · 11 answers · asked by booyouwhore 2 in Other - Society & Culture

2007-09-18 12:45:15 · 35 answers · asked by ? 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-18 12:45:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Dear God:
I know that I'm a sinner. I deserve Hell. But You sent Jesus to die for my sins. I believe that He died and rose again. I ask you now to forgive my sins, once an for all. I now receive Jesus Christ as my Lord and Personal Saviour. Please come into my heart and save me, Help me to know I am saved and live for You, the rest of my life. In Jesus' Name I pray, Amen.

2007-09-18 12:43:56 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Also, that some will experience outer darkness?
And sometimes these are people we love, but who just were self righteous, critical of God & people obedient to Gods call. Or calling the Holy Spirit evil.

I believe these are two different locations. But both are separate from God so a type of hell.

2007-09-18 12:42:48 · 7 answers · asked by t_a_m_i_l 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Just wondering what everyday folk thought of pagan/neopaganism? And really, don't come here telling me that all pagans are going to hell or are Devil worshippers, cause really, you're just putting your foot in your mouth.
I want real, educated answers....if you can actually handle that, that is.


...and yes, before anyone asks, I am in fact Neopagan. Again...I'm not going to Hell, because I don't believe in it.

2007-09-18 12:41:13 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

A Child's perspective of Heaven

"Look, Mom, the moon's still up!" my young son exclaimed while looking out the window one morning. "Why is it so high?" he inquired.

"God put it up there for many reasons," I said, rattling off a few.

Still trying to figure it out, he looked up at me and asked, "Did God put it that high so little kids can't touch it?"

2007-09-18 12:39:54 · 21 answers · asked by ? 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-18 12:39:44 · 17 answers · asked by Mithrianity 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I thought at one point in my life I was saved and going to heaven; but until God showed me, of what being reborned agained meant; not man; I was lost!

2007-09-18 12:38:27 · 16 answers · asked by † White-Eagle Prayer Warrior † 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-18 12:37:26 · 2 answers · asked by manith_bk 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm sorry! I just HAD to ask.

Senior Citizens on their best behaviour...

I have this gem saved in 'My Favouries' on my computer, and if I feel a little 'down' with things not going right, well I just look and see how the other half are living, and I feel a whole lot better.

THIS is what I want to be doing when Im their age...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbYHPJMxjI4

2007-09-18 12:37:12 · 19 answers · asked by ? 5 in Senior Citizens

This one was released a few years back in the UK and did surprisingly well! It's by a group called The Hazzards and it always makes me laugh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT1e3aj7irU

2007-09-18 12:37:09 · 16 answers · asked by ? 3 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender