Society & Culture - 1 October 2007

I've heard that we shouldn't reuse the idol. Is that true?

2007-10-01 11:30:08 · 2 answers · asked by PA 1 in Mythology & Folklore

think that if they post a paid ad in a newspaper, their prayer's will be answered?

I didn't know God charged a fee for blessings?

2007-10-01 11:28:43 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

No wonder they are trying to give it away for free.

2007-10-01 11:27:31 · 6 answers · asked by capekicks 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-01 11:26:07 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I've never thought of this but I heard somone state that they wanted as many Jews and non Jews cut so because during Nazi Germany, anyone without foreskin was sent to the camps. Would not have been the case if everyone else was circumcised.

Have you heard things like this? Know anyone who thinks this?

2007-10-01 11:25:16 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I recently met a friend I haven't seen in Years. I found out she has Huntingtons, a disease her Mother had. Violets Mother passed away a few years ago.
Violet is in her early 30's and her brother R.J who also has Huntingtons is a little older. It pains me to see two beautiful people such as they are, afflicted with this disease, I am praying that God will heal them both, Please help me with your prayers.
Thank You and God Bless.

2007-10-01 11:24:59 · 7 answers · asked by rufus_t 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Here was my previous question on God's intention with these creatures that are so similar in form and intellect to humans...

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ApauKTGL.o_UD3Nrx5BBFR_d7BR.;_ylv=3?qid=20071001142705AAzdpnc

I'll paraphrase some of the responses...

1) Neanderthals didn't have spirits, so they were only animals
2) They never existed
3) Neanderthals were all disabled humans
4) Some of the groups from Babel lived in caves until they got arthritis and diseased
5) Neanderthal skeletons are a hodge-podge of various animal's bones
6) Result of demonic experiments

Anybody else have some input?

I'm not really happy with the answers thus far... mainly because we know they existed and that they weren't human or a variation of human (I guess nobody bothered to read the two links I had).

Actually the first answer I paraphrased was the only real answer I got... even though it didn't answer my question: What was God's intention with them!

2007-10-01 11:24:18 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

did yahoo change the page setup. anyone elses stuff look different?

2007-10-01 11:23:51 · 4 answers · asked by fullofideas4u 4 in Religion & Spirituality

not both you can't be bi in this answer (lol!)

a kiss or

a cuddle?

...from somebody who you love romantically

2007-10-01 11:23:39 · 26 answers · asked by ♥SPARKLES♥™ 5 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-10-01 11:23:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

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I do not like being on a site where I have absolutely NO IDEA what I did wrong!

I have participated in various forums on the internet for years and know how to phrase things so as not to cause dismay among others...so....I guess this one just won't work for me.

2007-10-01 11:22:43 · 20 answers · asked by sage seeker 7 in Senior Citizens

That way non-Christians can study it, and maybe find a cure for some diseases. And Christians can be cured by God. Everyone wins.

2007-10-01 11:21:52 · 24 answers · asked by bandycat5 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mind-bogglingly useful could have evolved purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen to see it as a final and clinching proof of the non-existence of God. The argument goes something like this:
"I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing."

"But," says Man, "the Babel fish is a dead giveaway isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves that you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. Q.E.D."

"Oh dear," says God, "I hadn't thought of that," and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.

"Oh, that was easy," says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing.

2007-10-01 11:20:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Its kinda embarrassing but here it goes I love guys to death sexual wise and I like dating them also but sometimes I swear I just wanna get ahold of a girl but i don't wanna date them what should I do does anybody have any advice thanks

2007-10-01 11:19:38 · 16 answers · asked by Mommy! 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

I keep hearing differing opinions from people especially with the trial of the false prophet Warren Jeffs. I DO know the LDS abandoned it in 1890 for Utah to become a state, correct? Need clarification please?

2007-10-01 11:17:39 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-01 11:17:01 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

The late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin (died 11-14-96), also gay. In some photos he displays an extremely strange & perhaps sinister hand gesture--a symbol of his membership in the occult or secret society. Think there are other Cardinals, or Bishops of the Catholic faith into satanic practices? Would every Mass be considered invalid in which he presided over? How would that effect the people who attended Mass?

2007-10-01 11:15:18 · 11 answers · asked by ZORRO 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Virginia Slims
Eve (they had flowers on them)
Marboral light
Something in a white box that was menthol! I forgot!! Isn't that great?

I smoked from 18 - 41 quit for seven years and started again at 49 - 51. Now I am done forever!

2007-10-01 11:13:35 · 30 answers · asked by Granny 6 in Senior Citizens

Generally speaking, how do atheists view paranormal phenomena, such as telepathy, telekinesis, or any other type ESP? I know you cant speak for all, but I would like your opinion.

2007-10-01 11:13:31 · 2 answers · asked by ☼ɣɐʃʃɜƾ ɰɐɽɨɲɜɽɨƾ♀ 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Thanks

2007-10-01 11:12:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

"All who die in God's grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven" (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1030).

Purgatory is simply the place where already saved souls are cleansed of the temporal effects of sin before they are allowed to see the holy face of Almighty God.

Revelation 21:27 tells us that "...nothing unclean will enter [Heaven]."


Purgatory is His way of ensuring that Revelation 21:27 is true and that nothing unclean will see Heaven. It is only through Christ's sacrifice that we are shown this mercy! It is Christ and Christ alone Who allows us access to the Father.

It's isn't in the Bible, but neither are the words "Trinity," "abortion," "lesbianism," and "cloning" (or "Rapture," for that matter), and it doesn't matter whether you call the process of purgation "purgatory" or the "Final Theosis": the concept of a "final cleansing" or "purgation" for those who require it is very evident in the Bible, in the writings of the early Church Fathers, and in the Old Testament religion whence Christianity sprang.

Daniel 12:2, Matthew 12:32, 1 Corinthians 3:13-15, 2 Timothy 1:16-18, Hebrews 12:14, Hebrews 12:22-23, 1 Peter 4:6 and Revelation 21:10, 27 all speak of Purgatory in their telling of the need for purification, prayers for the dead, Christ's preaching to the dead, or how nothing unclean will see God.

Archaeology also indicates the antiquity of the Christian belief in Purgatory/the Final Theosis: the tombs of the ancient Christians were inscribed with words of petition for peace and for rest, and at the anniversaries of deaths, the faithful gathered at the graves of the departed to make intercession for those who'd gone before.

Orthodox Jewish practices, which branched off from the Old Testament religion, to this day reflect belief in this "place" of final purification which they call Gehenom: when an Orthodox Jewish person dies, a ritual called the taharah is performed by the "Chevra kaddisha -- gmilat khessed shel emet," the "Holy Society" or "Burial Society" of Jews knowledgeable in these traditional duties. They cleanse and prepare the physical body and recite the required prayers (Chevra Kadisha) which ask God for forgiveness for any sins the departed may have committed, and beg Him to guard and grant eternal peace to the departed. For eleven months after the death of a loved one certain members of the family pray a prayer called the Mourner's Qaddish (or Kaddish) for their loved one's purification.

Even the The Talmud1 speaks of Purgatory:

Sabbath 33b:
"The judgment of the wicked in purgatory is twelve months."
Rosh HaShanah 16b-17a:
"It has been taught that the school of Shammai says: "There will be three groups on Judgment Day (yom haDin):
(1) one that is completely righteous,
(2) one that is completely wicked,
(3) and one that is in between."

Jews, Catholics, and Eastern Orthodox have always proclaimed the reality of the final purification for those who need it. It was not until the Protestant Reformers came in the 1500s that any Christians denied the idea of a final purgation before seeing the face of God.

2007-10-01 11:11:20 · 13 answers · asked by cashelmara 7 in Religion & Spirituality

if i asked you out on a date?

2007-10-01 11:10:46 · 11 answers · asked by ♥SPARKLES♥™ 5 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Every Christian religion believes in the Bible and they all use it to "prove" their religion is true. I take this to be proof that the Bible is not a reliable measure of truth. Surely not all Christian religions can be 100% true.

Other than your knowledge of the Bible, why do you believe your religion is true?


Please don't answer if you believe that truth is subjective.
For example: If you believe it doesn't matter what religion
you are, all religions are equally true, or truth is in the eye of
the beholder.

*Sorry to leave anyone out, it's nothing personal*

2007-10-01 11:10:38 · 22 answers · asked by atomzer0 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-01 11:08:39 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Why are the first two question of each page in "answers" in bold and larger letters? It's starting to bother me!

2007-10-01 11:08:08 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

lets meet in 15 minutes after lunch.
lets meet 15 minutes after lunch.

which one is correct one ?
(explanatioin : the lunch time ends at 1:00. and i want to meet at 1:15 )

Thank you very much

2007-10-01 11:07:42 · 6 answers · asked by xiangshei 1 in Languages

well at least sometimes! :)
bee honest it's a sin to lie! LOL

2007-10-01 11:07:04 · 12 answers · asked by sisterzeal 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-01 11:06:48 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

(Matthew 7:21-23) 21 “Not everyone saying to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but the one doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens will. 22 Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and expel demons in your name, and perform many powerful works in your name?’ 23 And yet then I will confess to them: I never knew YOU! Get away from me, YOU workers of lawlessness.

(James 2:14-17) 14 Of what benefit is it, my brothers, if a certain one says he has faith but he does not have works? That faith cannot save him, can it? 15 If a brother or a sister is in a naked state and lacking the food sufficient for the day, 16 yet a certain one of YOU says to them: “Go in peace, keep warm and well fed,” but YOU do not give them the necessities for [their] body, of what benefit is it? 17 Thus, too, faith, if it does not have works, is dead in itself.

(1 Peter 2:21)

2007-10-01 11:06:22 · 11 answers · asked by zorrro857 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-01 11:06:17 · 8 answers · asked by Libelula 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups