Society & Culture - 1 October 2007

I came across this news report, and it opened my eyes. If Romans 13 wants us to surrender our civil liberties and follow George W. Bush, it is our duty as Christians to do so.

http://www.ksla.com/Global/story.asp?S=6937987

Won't you Christians do your patriotic duty and surrender all your liberties so that our country can stay Christian.

2007-10-01 09:26:54 · 5 answers · asked by Pull My Finger 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-01 09:26:13 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I heard about a kid who was beaten senseless on the street, then stripped naked and robbed of all his possessions, then thrown in the lake to die. I can't believe that an all-loving God would send this poor young man to hell, if he wasn't a Christian.

I'm a believing Christian by the way, it's just this has been nagging at me.

2007-10-01 09:25:22 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Jewish Festivals And Their Laws

2007-10-01 09:24:54 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

1 John 1:9 says we have to confess our sins, in order to be forgiven by God. However forgiveness of our sin is based on what Jesus did on the cross and was therefore unconditional. There seems to be a dilemme here. However I was recently told that the epistle John was written to the gnostics and not the Christians....has anyone else heard this or does anyone have any constructive comments.

2007-10-01 09:22:05 · 18 answers · asked by Andy 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-01 09:21:56 · 7 answers · asked by <3 my nut brown maiden 1 in Halloween

2007-10-01 09:21:20 · 5 answers · asked by ME 2 in Royalty

What about the night before, you know its called "devil's night"

do you sit in your closet with your cross reciting versus from the Bubble?

2007-10-01 09:20:54 · 30 answers · asked by Hippie Man Aka Penguin Crusade 3 in Religion & Spirituality

(Deuteronomy 21:10-14 NAB)



"When you go out to war against your enemies and the LORD, your God, delivers them into your hand, so that you take captives, if you see a comely woman among the captives and become so enamored of her that you wish to have her as wife, you may take her home to your house. But before she may live there, she must shave her head and pare her nails and lay aside her captive's garb. After she has mourned her father and mother for a full month, you may have relations with her, and you shall be her husband and she shall be your wife. However, if later on you lose your liking for her, you shall give her her freedom, if she wishes it; but you shall not sell her or enslave her, since she was married to you under compulsion."

2007-10-01 09:19:24 · 18 answers · asked by Page 4 in Religion & Spirituality

If your life was a movie, what would it be about?

What would it be called?

Why would people want to see it?

Who would be the actors?

2007-10-01 09:19:06 · 14 answers · asked by [192882] 5 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

I wasn't close friends with them but they were popular regulars...they've seemed to dissapear. Anybody know what happened to these two individuals?

2007-10-01 09:19:04 · 7 answers · asked by Moxie! 6 in Religion & Spirituality

for halloween i'm wearing a sexy dragonfly fairy costume . my husband and i are going to a halloween party and would like to wear costumes that go together. what should he be?

2007-10-01 09:17:47 · 23 answers · asked by mimi 1 in Halloween

What answer did he receive?

a) Yes
b) No
c) Wait
d) None of the above

Now relate that to prayer. If you get no response, how do you know God's not just gone?

2007-10-01 09:16:46 · 18 answers · asked by Meat Bot 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Seems like a devil costume would be quite boring.............

2007-10-01 09:15:46 · 16 answers · asked by inbetweendays 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-01 09:15:39 · 12 answers · asked by shyfello 1 in Religion & Spirituality

The people who are so bent on vocalizing how much America is wrong...are only able to do so because we live in such a great country???

2007-10-01 09:14:24 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

Someone asked god “God why there are so many religions in the world? If you want you can put all the verses in our brain while we take birth”.

God tells him “I love diversity that is why I have not created anything similar to each other. You watch grass; it might look similar, go near and see everything is different. That is why I have created this world. Everyone is different. Everything is different. It is my wish that there are so many religions and so many beliefs.”

“I am in the centre of the circle. You are given birth and made to stand on the circumference. Each of you have a radii to reach the centre (i.e., to reach me). You should move forward and try to reach me as soon as possible, on the given radii.. Instead you don’t make one set forwards. I keep on standing on the circumference and comment on every radii.

2007-10-01 09:13:48 · 18 answers · asked by ? 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Four rabbis engaged in theological arguments, and it was always three against one. Finally, the odd rabbi out appealed. "God!" her cried, "I know I am right! Please, a sign to prove it to them!" Suddenly, from a sunny day, it poured. "A sign from God! See, I'm right!" The other three disagreed, saying storms often cool hot days. So again: "Please, God, a bigger sign!" Lightning slammed a tree. "Is that not a sign from God?" cried the rabbi. "A sign of nature!" they insisted, again making it three to one. Just as the rabbi is about to beg for an even bigger sign, the sky blackened and a booming voice intoned: "HEEEEEEEEE'S RIIIIIIIIIIGHT!" The rabbi, hands on hips, said, "Well...?" The others shrugged: "So now it's three to two."

2007-10-01 09:11:27 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I have had four violations today alone. I guess it just goes to show that people are able to dish it, but they can not take it. Heck, I am the one confined to a wheelchair...the ones who report me are probably walking around...dancing and jogging as I am writing this. Sad...just sad!

2007-10-01 09:11:09 · 5 answers · asked by Poindexter 3 in Other - Society & Culture

2007-10-01 09:08:57 · 21 answers · asked by Lile J 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I don't understand how people at my school sin and don't repent, and then they get all the girls, the friends, the general "better" life, if you know what I mean. Don't get me wrong, these people aren't bad people, quite the opposite really. They just aren't Christians and say and do things that would be sinning to a Christian.

But how can God give these people the things I, a Christian who's trying his hardest not to sin, have prayed to have for a long time? And I still don't have it! I don't get it.

2007-10-01 09:06:58 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i am an athiest and i just cant see how people can beleive in something without solid povable facts. i dont mean to offend anyone, but i just think its ridiculus that you beleive in something you cant see unless (supposedly) your dead.

2007-10-01 09:04:11 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

This is an expression I have heard in churches.

2007-10-01 09:03:31 · 12 answers · asked by ? 7 in Religion & Spirituality

who call themselves Christians, on here are ridiculously ignorant of your religion?

For example, I have seen two who claim to follow Christianity, reply oddly about All Hallow's Eve (Hallowe'en) as being satanic and they steer their children far away from the holiday because in their mind it is "Hell"-oween.

One went on to further state that Christmas is the true holiday.

Doesn't that tick you off?
The primary Holy Day of Xianity is, of course, Easter and the days that accompany it. Not Xmas. And someone actually claimed that "shooting stars" are NOT meteors!

2007-10-01 09:02:10 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

The First Charter of Virginia (granted by King James I, on April 10, 1606)
• We, greatly commending, and graciously accepting of, their Desires for the Furtherance of so noble a Work, which may, by the Providence of Almighty God, hereafter tend to the Glory of his Divine Majesty, in propagating of Christian Religion to such People, as yet live in Darkness and miserable Ignorance of the true Knowledge and Worship of God
William Bradford
• wrote that they [the Pilgrims] were seeking:
• 1) "a better, and easier place of living”; and that “the children of the group were being drawn away by evil examples into extravagance and dangerous courses [in Holland]“
• 2) “The great hope, and for the propagating and advancing the gospel of the kingdom of Christ in those remote parts of the world"
John Adams:
“ The general principles upon which the Fathers achieved independence were the general principals of Christianity… I will avow that I believed http://www.eadshome.com/QuotesoftheFounders

2007-10-01 09:01:53 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If the Mormons believe in one God and only one God... why do they say "in the name of Jesus Christ" and why do they worship Jesus Christ so much?

2007-10-01 09:01:17 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-01 08:59:16 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Here's link to the story.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071001/ap_po/mccain_religion;_ylt=Amtp7H6MW_xtZ57zcxXbJpBh24cA

McCain feels that the best candidate for the United States would be a Christian, as he believes that our country was founded on the values of that faith.

Here's that I think: A candidate's religion has nothing to do with their competence. Politicians use "faith" publicity to get votes based on platforms that are absolutely irrelevant to performing their job. In some cases, they allow religious ties to dilute the line between the separation of church and state, especially in taxpayer funds.

What do you think? Bring on any disagreement you wish; I'll choose the best answer based on the quality of the response.

2007-10-01 08:57:50 · 37 answers · asked by Dalarus 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Or even the zoo? My city zoo has information on the ancestry of all the animals on display (ie. evolution!!!).

2007-10-01 08:57:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

My wife and three kids have been exploring different holiday customs and this year we decided to tackle the Mexican Day of the Dead celebration. What size shovel makes short work of the digging? A true spade or trench shovel?

And how long does it take to dig up a grave given that my wife and I will be spelling each other off while the kids simply use their garden trowels?

If the weather looks bad, is it prudent to start digging up my grandpa a few days in advance and cover up the site with a tarp? And if so, should we clearly mark the area so that nobody falls in?

2007-10-01 08:56:16 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Halloween