Society & Culture - 20 September 2007

mark 4:10-12
11And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
11And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
12That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.


Romans 11:8-10
8(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
10Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

Isaiah 6:9-10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed

2007-09-20 13:03:34 · 24 answers · asked by hh 1 in Religion & Spirituality

lous Christian nonsense? (P.S. I hope Christians take the time to understand the last statement before they respond with a crackpot answer!)

2007-09-20 13:00:21 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

it might be Aramaic, but ... What is Aramaic !?
any people still speak it nowadays ? .... and who did translate the Bible to english ? when ?

2007-09-20 12:59:47 · 21 answers · asked by Alian 1 in Religion & Spirituality

If we are to believe its by God's faith that He gives grace, as it boldly says in Ephesians 2, and even if we are faithless, He remains faithful for He cannot deny Himself (2 Timothy), then who does He not give this grace to?

If we do not choose Him, and He chooses us (John 15) and He is not a God who shows favoritism (Romans 2), then whom does He not choose?

If no one comes to Him unless the Father draws him (John 6), and Jesus said when He died, He would draw all men unto Himself (John 12), then whom does He not draw?

Do we serve a Savior of all men, and especially those that believe (1 Timothy 4) or a Savior of all men, but only those that believe?

2007-09-20 12:58:46 · 4 answers · asked by web_trace 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Go ahead, challenge me, and then check back for my added details disproving every one of your points.

2007-09-20 12:58:06 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

If so, what made you change your mind?

I was raised in a church didn't believe a word of it then when I actually studied the bible for myself it was almost completely different from what my church was telling me so I then decided to become a christian.

2007-09-20 12:57:34 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

When my girls were about 2,3,4, a Norwegian friend, visitng South Africa, bought them a rabbit , that was dyed blue. The girls asked what his name was, and he said "Vanka". The Norwegians could not pronounce "W".

Well Vanka became a good family pet, and used to go and sleep, curled up in one of the cooking pots. Or he would come and lie over my shoulder and have a snooze. He was very tame.

Sometimes friends would come to visit, and I used to get such a kick out of this. They would have a drink or two, and then Vanka would go hopping by, and I and the girls would just pretend we had not seen him. But my friends would get this very strange look on their faces, look at their drink, or snacks, look up again, say nothing. Eventually someone would say, "i keep seeing a blue rabbit hop past, am I going mad, or what?" Then we would tell them, and introduce them to Vanka.

2007-09-20 12:57:21 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

just wanted to know since im going to be one for halloween.

2007-09-20 12:56:59 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

2007-09-20 12:56:46 · 15 answers · asked by Hot Coco Puff 7 in Religion & Spirituality

With one voice cry out for the return of Jesus Christ?

2007-09-20 12:55:28 · 19 answers · asked by A Voice 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I am a Christian, just to clean that one up.

But Christmas....a lot of Christians need to get it through their heads that...they might celebrate is as "the day jesus was born".
But that is not the original root of the holiday.
It may have the word "Christ" in it. But that is not where is came from.

Christmas is a Pagan* holiday.


I just figured you should all know that.

And if anyone says "Where is your source of this?"
Its called taking a effing history class.

2007-09-20 12:53:07 · 17 answers · asked by Megan 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-20 12:52:24 · 8 answers · asked by Linz ♥ VT 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I challenge each and every one of you (theists) to research atleast three religions other than your own. Then research evolution and natural selection. Are you up for it?

2007-09-20 12:51:26 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I mean did God create them and then got them down to the earth or they were created on the earth like everybody ?
then what came first, Christianity, Islam or Judaism ? and how did they came .....

sorry for my english .

2007-09-20 12:49:54 · 10 answers · asked by Alian 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Why is it society looks at that like it is something very wrong but thinks nothing of an old man with a very young woman?

2007-09-20 12:49:28 · 17 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6 in Senior Citizens

You know what I mean. Personally my most embarrassing story involves being escorted out of Target on a Saturday night at 11pm by store security after getting caught in the fitting room with my girlfriend. How about you?

2007-09-20 12:43:34 · 11 answers · asked by Legs 6 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Alright, I'm having problem with some German I'm trying to say. I've had 21/2 years of German in school, and I've studied on my own, and I know alot of the basic rules (or I know how to find them), about word order and such, but I don't know how to apply the rules in a broad sense. For example, I'm trying to say "I’m very excited about having the experience of building from the ground up in a new country and experiencing things I never have before." in a letter, but I don't know how to make it work. Basically, I need some advanced German Syntax or something, cause I don't know where to put the excited in the sentence, I don't know if there are any clauses in here (besides the and) and such. I need help with this, but I also don't want someone to tell me what to say, but maybe give me a link or something so I can figure out WHY it's said the way it is. Any help would be great, thanks
Sarah

2007-09-20 12:39:57 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

What should be the name of a lightning god, What should his weapon be, what is his strentgh, what is his weakness and what animal represents him, what flower or tree should represent him, what did he rule, who were his parent (gods), what birth did he have natural or unusual birth, also what were his siblings (gods), his marital status ( married if so include name), and finally did he have any children (gods).

2007-09-20 12:38:30 · 8 answers · asked by chris c. 1 in Mythology & Folklore

Where specifically is it indicated in the Bible that someone committing suicide automatically goes to hell? To give a meaningful answer, please cite a chapter and verse.

2007-09-20 12:38:20 · 33 answers · asked by Candidus 6 in Religion & Spirituality

My Dad, told me never to say or, do harm to any child as that child will never forget that which was done! Those were such wise words and very true too!

2007-09-20 12:37:28 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

Like a Christian I thought evolution took as much faith to believe in than creation was. Boy, was I wrong. There's many lectures on explaining how evolution works and many other courses in anthropology and microbiology that explain distinct parts of evolution.

Was anyone else surprised that evolution actually has tons of evidence supporting it?

2007-09-20 12:37:18 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Discernment is a fruit of the Holy Spirit, a gift of the Holy Spirit, for us Evangelical Christians. How would you describe discernment? Is it spiritual discernment? Intellectual discernment? What is going on there?
It is a very useful gift...God Bless

2007-09-20 12:37:09 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I sometimes take rolls of toilet paper, extra sugar and condiment packets from various places.

2007-09-20 12:35:15 · 4 answers · asked by reallyfedup 5 in Other - Society & Culture

Im not trying to judge, but do you believe people intentionally act ignorant? It seems that way to me. I know no one is perfect, but people just seem to be good actors in a sense.

2007-09-20 12:31:48 · 5 answers · asked by pljohnson2 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Don't say that those possessed are Not true christians, look at the Emily Rose story. There have been many well documented cases where true faithful christians have been possessed and they begged God to help them as well as priests, but God didn't. Why?

2007-09-20 12:31:43 · 4 answers · asked by sonyvet2002 3 in Religion & Spirituality

how old do you think a person should be before they stop playing video games? Do you think that people who play video games should get a life? And on a similar note, where can i find a real life talking dog?

2007-09-20 12:31:16 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2007-09-20 12:29:53 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-20 12:28:25 · 5 answers · asked by Why So Serious =] 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I am a Christian...yes, tell me I am an idiot, and shower me with abusive words for all I care.
I took a class on Evolution to better understand it and...personally I still think its a amazingly stupid concept, but...to each his own.
My main question is...If every evolved from something else...how come we stopped?
How come we dont see monkeys turning into people???
How come no one has ever seen a fish become a Shark?
Did we just get to one point and say "You know what? We have evolved enough, now lets take a break"????
Everything is about faith.
You can have faith in evolution.
You can have faith in...the whole "we came from the muck and goo" story.
You can have faith in God.
You can have faith in nature.
Everyone has faith in different things. None of these "faiths" make full sense. Admit it.
In my own opinion, "God" is the only "faith" that has ever been able to answer all of my questions.

2007-09-20 12:27:10 · 29 answers · asked by Megan 3 in Religion & Spirituality

How was it?

2007-09-20 12:27:07 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Halloween