Society & Culture - 2 November 2007

I'm writing a book and I'd like to include some passages from the Bible. I already have Deuteronomy 6, 10-13 and Numbers 16 8-10, but it'll be a rather long book which focuses around greed quite a bit.

2007-11-02 18:17:39 · 10 answers · asked by pixiecat_girl 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-02 18:15:26 · 34 answers · asked by bnyxis 4 in Religion & Spirituality

According to the book "The Secret", the creative power of belief is a common principle taught in major religions by prophets such as Jesus, Buddah, Zoroaster, etc. Having such a diverse background, how come there are such similarities in their teachings? Was there a common inspiration for all?

2007-11-02 18:14:48 · 27 answers · asked by Joe 1 in Religion & Spirituality

if i said somehting like "forza natalie" what would that mean?

2007-11-02 18:14:27 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

Do we pick and choose morality and obediance to laws like we pick and choose what we like to follow from the Bible ?

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2007-11-02 18:13:58 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I'm a Catholic teen and I always feel bad when i'm watching South Park or some other show and they start making fun of Jesus or representing him the wrong way (like in South Park where he's shooting a machine gun or represented as 'imaginary').
I really enjoy watching these shows, and if it's bad, then everyones gonna be asking me why I can't watch them.

Is it a okay to watch these shows?



[PLEASE only respond if your Catholic/Christian too or you actually know the answer! I don't want ANY haters in here!!!]

2007-11-02 18:13:38 · 33 answers · asked by ♥Tami 3 in Religion & Spirituality

or Muhammed? or Confucious?

How about Jesus?

2007-11-02 18:12:37 · 13 answers · asked by Suzi♥Squirrel 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Obviously, gross generalization is wrong. But how can we discuss the pros and cons of religion and its practitioners if we don't generalize a little bit?

2007-11-02 18:12:14 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

And how do you pronounce Lugh anyway??? O_o lol

Thanks!

2007-11-02 18:10:04 · 3 answers · asked by Bobby The Wolf JPA 3 in Religion & Spirituality

By being brainwashed by the church Christians thwart their brain development. This has been going on for centuries. Over time they are getting less and less intelligent through a process of selective breeding. In centuries to come will they devolve their brains so much that they revert back to apes, thus proving the very thing they have so blindly believed?

2007-11-02 18:08:42 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Well, I was raised Catholic, and like Catholicism (Just because all of the rituals, and how steeped in history it is, I'll always like it) but lately, I've felt that you don't need a book, nor an institution to tell you how to not only believe, but how to behave.
In fact, I just believe that there is something out there, and in the Catholic Saints...but ultimately, religion is up to you to discover it, not have someone tell you.
Would that be agnostic?
Because I also believe that nature is the truth, the only truth...I dunno. I just don't believe in how people (Especially the Fundies) use religion to **** everyone over.

2007-11-02 18:08:19 · 6 answers · asked by WalshyFerdinand 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-02 18:08:18 · 11 answers · asked by kamelåså 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-02 18:08:10 · 14 answers · asked by vajo 5 in Etiquette

My best friend has lost a lot of people in his life, including his mother and father, both of them tragically right before his eyes. His dad when he was in his teens and now his mom. He doubts God so much, and he is questioning why death always happens to him and why his mother had to suffer. If God is so great why didn’t he make it painless for her...I don’t know how to answer these questions he has. I try to tell him about God's mercy and how he wants us to have faith through these things but he always has a come back. Like why does god make people suffer anyways...

Any help I appreciate it.

2007-11-02 18:07:42 · 3 answers · asked by bella11356 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-02 18:07:35 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

like you believe god just snaped his fingers and all humans wer on earth or do you believe in the science of revolution??

is there any proof of a god?? and where do you believe your soul or body goes once you die??

2007-11-02 18:07:02 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-02 18:06:39 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

Do we have grounds for a lawsuit?

2007-11-02 18:05:55 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

The laws of thermodynamics state"Energy can be changed from one form to another, but it cannot be created or destroyed" does this mean that something must happen to our energy at the moment we die. Will we ever be able to scientifically proove there is an afterlife? Just the thought of non-existance sends shivers down my spine.

2007-11-02 18:05:17 · 43 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I have heard it said that the Bible is holy. The Bible is the Word of God and is infallible. But there is only one thing in or out of this universe that is perfect. There is only one that is infallible, God. How can a mere object be holy? Even the bible itself often condemns idolatry. Would this not apply to worship of the same scriptures you read from? How could you not call such praise like "infallible" and "holy" worship?

The bible was penned by humans. The books within were voted by men to be included and some books were voted to be kept out. How different would our bible seem today if those old men had voted differently? This doesn't sound very divine to me. Sure, it might be reasonable to say that God had some influence upon the writers. There is some great advice within the pages of this fascinating collection. I wish more people would follow the path of Love. But to call it holy and perfect? It is just an object. Doesn't that mean the bible has become an idol?

2007-11-02 18:04:33 · 20 answers · asked by Starmark 4 in Religion & Spirituality

so the project was i was going to write a rap about the christmas carol, and present it to the class. but after sitting down for about a week i cant come up with anything. so if you can write a rap about the movie the christmas carol, that would be great.

2007-11-02 18:04:26 · 1 answers · asked by killak 1 in Christmas

I don't like doing any kind of propaganda but I thought it would be interesting to get some opinions about an e-mail I just received.
All of the e-mails I receive are subject to scepticism on my part, you know, the ones that talk about sick children, for example. This one in particular appears authentic and talks about the experience of a Christian minister.

What do you think about his story?

This is the URL: http://www.charityadvantage.com/missiongateministry/AllahorJesus.asp

The story is the first section and it won't take you more than two minutes to read.

Thank you.

2007-11-02 18:02:27 · 17 answers · asked by Papucho 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-02 18:02:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

"Find Jesus first, then God", he said.
Do you agree with that?

2007-11-02 18:00:12 · 32 answers · asked by kamelåså 7 in Religion & Spirituality

am I morally required to?

If I stop you, I have violated your self-determination.

If I do not stop you, however, you will be severely burned, possibly disfigured or maimed.

Stopping you will cost me nothing except a few calories to lift my arm and physically stop you.

So considering the cost is trivial to stop you, and the consequences of not stopping your are as good as allowing you to maim or harm yourself...

Should I stop you?


(And if so, how is this God fellow any different who would allow us to supposedly choose to go to Hell when he could stop us at no cost to himself...?)

2007-11-02 17:58:03 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I need help finding books on the God Anubis and the Goddess Bast.........I can only find books with minor descriptions. any ideas?

2007-11-02 17:57:16 · 1 answers · asked by Trickster 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Such as how the Westboro Baptist Church did in Topeka, Kansas?

2007-11-02 17:55:09 · 29 answers · asked by Sarah Wally 2 in Religion & Spirituality

According to christian theology, satan is the adversary and there is no greater evil. In many instances on this forum, christians refer to pagans and wiccans as satanic, and insist that their deities are really satan or his demons in disguise.

Why is it alright to express this, but its not appropriate to draw a comparison between the christian god and Adolf Hitler? Someone likening your god to Hitler is no different than you accusing someone else's god of secretly being the devil. Hitler is probably the epitome of human evil in most people's eyes.

What's the difference, christians? What makes one okay and the other not?

2007-11-02 17:54:34 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Someone got offended by my question and decided it was notgood for Y!A audience.
Anyway...

Why would someone get offended for a question about seeing God if you go to heaven?

2007-11-02 17:52:44 · 18 answers · asked by kamelåså 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Any of my fun and fabulous Christian friends will get that.

2007-11-02 17:52:10 · 6 answers · asked by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 in Religion & Spirituality