Society & Culture - 15 October 2007

You all agree that God gave Jews Holy scripture in the form of His perfect word, and in his perfect word he gave them specific details about what a messiah was, and what THE Messiah was supposed to do. So why is it that when Jews say Jesus didn't fullfill the prophecies God gave to them about THE Messiah, you all say they don't know what they're talking about?

Weren't they the ONLY ones who accepted God's Torah? Weren't they the only ones who had to live by it? Aren't they the only ones who wrote anything at all in the Tanakh? Didn't God give it to them, as opposed to the Greeks and Romans that spread Christianity?

This link shows what God told Jews about THE Messiah: http://www.messiahtruth.com/details.html
To deny that these prophecies are the real ones, as opposed to these: http://www.messiahtruth.com/psalms.html for example, which are simply misquotations and outright deception, is essentially to call God a liar. Are you sure you aren't being misled?

2007-10-15 10:28:04 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

whne some one asks u to describe thanksgiving what do u say

2007-10-15 10:27:45 · 18 answers · asked by me 5 in Thanksgiving

i really need some help... can someone type up a spanish paragraph of like 7 sentences about a disaster.... it can be made up or like a real disaster...

pleasee i dont know how to do this.

2007-10-15 10:27:17 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

I am studying the Bible, seeking and praying a lot. I have some friends who are Jehovah's Witnesses, and of course are totally open to me asking them questions along my search. My background is pretty ecumenical, I am kind of crunchy granola in my viewpoints. I really love the teachings of Jesus and i am following the way as much as I can. I am open to learning, but would it be a mistake to ask my JW friends?

2007-10-15 10:25:41 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If so, to whom do they confess? If not, why don't they?

Thanks...

2007-10-15 10:25:24 · 10 answers · asked by whitehorse456 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-15 10:24:58 · 4 answers · asked by stfreddy77 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Would you approve of nukes being controlled by a delusional freak?

What's really the difference between Ahmadinejad and GWB?

2007-10-15 10:24:57 · 11 answers · asked by Lex Fok B.M.F. 3 in Religion & Spirituality

why is it black comics can make fun of white person and call them all kinds of names like cracker? but no one protests those comics .

if a white comic makes a black joke or say the n word hes automaticly racist?

why is there a double standard about racism why dont some black ppl addmitt they can be as racist or some times even more then whites in general ?

i am neither white or black just doing a social study on topics thanks for your input

2007-10-15 10:24:32 · 11 answers · asked by djominous20 5 in Other - Society & Culture

What was your favorite song off the Beatles'65 Album?
What was your favorite song off Simon & Garfunkel's Sounds of Silence album?
What is your favorite classical piece/conductor?

Mine are: I'm A Loser
Richard Corey
Sibelius Finlandia Op. 26 No. 7 - Horst Stein (imported)

2007-10-15 10:23:36 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

Or do Pastafarians see them as an illegitimate offshoot of the original belief system?

2007-10-15 10:19:31 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

slamo 3aleko/peace 2 u

my bio mother is not Muslim, but Christian...she goes against Islam as i go against Christianity...she is throwing Bible verse to me telling me about Honor thy father and thy mother...ok but according to Islam i do not have to honor here if she is against Islam...i want to tell her this but i first must have proof...and i can't remember if it is a hadith or if it is in the Quraan...By Allah, will some1 help me? thanks

2007-10-15 10:18:03 · 20 answers · asked by baba where art thou 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-15 10:17:37 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

being that many religious believe homosexuality is an sin, have any of you had any luck in turning a gay man straight and keeping him straight through through the power of your gods?

2007-10-15 10:16:33 · 11 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5 in Religion & Spirituality

or naughty Dorothy for a Halloween costume. What do you think? no preaching please.

2007-10-15 10:16:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Halloween

I don't want to spend money on a costume for a friend's house party, so I thought I'd wear a dress in my closet. It's floor-length and purple with spaghetti straps and rouching around the bust. I'm just worried about how to answer people who ask me what I'm meant to be. Any ideas?

2007-10-15 10:13:09 · 5 answers · asked by la-la-lauren 4 in Halloween

2007-10-15 10:13:05 · 48 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I met this guy through family friends, when I was dating someone else. After we broke up, I started going out with this new guy, and things were great. We would go out to really nice dinners and he was always a gentleman. Within 2 weeks of ending a 7 month relationship, we started dating, mainly due to fam pressure. We live 2 hrs apart so seeing each other is restricted to once every week or every 2 weeks. After he met a few of my best friends, a few days after we started dating, they alerted me to the fact he is gay. He talks with a "girly" accent. He's going to school for design, dresses better than I do, and has even commented on the A line skirt I was wearing was making my waist look small. He can talk design terms with my mom (an interior designer), and the really kicker, is that he's never even tried to kiss me. (I've only seen him 2 times since we started dating 3 weeks ago) He comes from a very conservative & religious (Baptist) family, he's very non physical. So, is he gay?

2007-10-15 10:12:49 · 12 answers · asked by kr D 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Catholic doctrine teaches that when the pope speaks a word concerning the church or things pertaining to God that you must take that as Christ speaking to you, his word is the infallible word of God.

My question is, why do Catholics still believe this? You can look back to the days of the inquistions and say, "that was a sorry time in our history," yet Pope Paul lll ordered them. It is very obvious to us now that the torturing and murdering of innocent people that didn't agree with the Catholic Church was not of God, so there is an example of the pope's word not being from God. And this is just one example. So my question to you is, how can you today believe that each pope automatically receives the infallible word of God when He speaks to his church.

This is not meant to bash Catholics. Please don't be offended. Anyone with a truly thought out answer won't insult me for asking. If you do, I'll take that to mean you can't think of a real answer.

2007-10-15 10:12:44 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Please share any facts regarding anything in this version of the bible .. no snide remarks please. I truly thank the Lord for those that laboured to put this version forward for us.. but I just wanted to find out from some who have done some research about any inaccuracies in this version of the Bible.

ty so much for taking the time to put any verses forward and for any research..

A sister in Christ
sandy

2007-10-15 10:11:59 · 33 answers · asked by Broken Alabaster Flask 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Or do you think that other religions and beliefs are just plain wrong?

Truthfully, I don't.

2007-10-15 10:11:14 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

What I mean by that is, can you tell me the individual positions that exist within a lodge and their realistic and symbolic functions if any. I've read several books, but I haven't memorized it, or found about some of the people's lodge functions.

2007-10-15 10:10:53 · 2 answers · asked by milthistagent 3 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Apparently 60% of the American population is overweight and half of those are obese. I'm pretty sure that these statistics are correct; why is this so? I find it disgusting that one of the richest nations on earth, one of the few in which good nutrition is attainable, has descended to gluttony and sloth. Millions of people are gorging themselves on cheap snack food while hundreds of thousands are dying every week from lack of food/nutrition in poor countries. I realize that there are some genetic diseases that cause obesity, but seeing as this problem is only confined to America and several other countries (methinks the UK is also experiencing this problem), it is not the main root.

2007-10-15 10:10:00 · 11 answers · asked by mannzaformulaone 3 in Other - Society & Culture

2007-10-15 10:09:30 · 23 answers · asked by Linz ♥ VT 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-15 10:09:19 · 13 answers · asked by karla M 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-15 10:09:16 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I'm leaving personality out for a reason, so pretend you are a giant sponge with no thoughts of your own.

2007-10-15 10:08:43 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

There is this group of people in my town, who think they are "community leaders" but really , they are just jokes. One guy is a realtor who deals exclusively with skanky people, and sells crap houses. He gets on the radio (free open mic in the mornings) twice a week to toot his own horn on how he's doing "million dollar transactions this month". First of all, this is BS, because he lives in a crappy old victorian house and drives a rusty old Ford Taurus. He also gets in the newspaper all the time to talk about "business" and his church's "youth group" which he runs.
There is another group who run the local evangelical church (of which the aformentioned person is a member), and they were just in the paper for being "The ultimate high school sports family". The article talked about how great they are, how they went to Oral Roberts University and how their kids are great at sports. Is this weird? Do they call the newspaper and say "do a story about me"?? This is disturbing to me.

2007-10-15 10:07:16 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

2007-10-15 10:06:36 · 9 answers · asked by strpenta 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-15 10:05:56 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I mean everywhere I look on R&S its Chuck Norris this and Chuck Norris that.

I thought the dude was dead. WTH is going on?! Is it just me?

2007-10-15 10:05:15 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality