Society & Culture - 5 November 2007

What I'm looking for are beliefs that people outside your religion/denomination/movement have about your religion, that members of your religion know aren't true.

I'll go first:

"Judaism and Christianity are just alike, except Jews don't believe in Jesus"

2007-11-05 04:23:05 · 39 answers · asked by Cathy 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Protestants owe their "heritage" to reformers like Martin Luther, who said:
"It is, then, fundamentally necessary and wholesome for Christians to know that God foreknows nothing contingently, but that He foresees, purposes, and does all things according to His own immutable, eternal and infallible will. This bombshell knocks 'free-will' flat, and utterly shatters it"
(Bondage of the Will, Luther's magnum opus)

Should "Protestants" who don't believe this return to Catholicism?

Or should they slip down their slippery slope from arminianism into universalism, or become a "newager", pantheist, or polytheist?

Or perhaps such "Christians" should simply reject Christianity all together and become deists, like Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine ("The Age of Reason") - what do you think?

I just don't know. Maybe they should just embrace their "practical atheism" and become full-fledged atheist!

I mean if God is not sovereign, and ABSOLUTELY sovereign, then is He God?

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2007-11-05 04:22:20 · 19 answers · asked by yachadhoo 6 in Religion & Spirituality

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs

The link is to Maslow's hierarchy of needs. The base of the pyramid is what a person needs for basic survival, and when a person completes that level, (or so says Maslow) they can then move to the next level. Check the image in the link to see what I mean.

For those that don't consider themselves to be spiritual and/or religious, do you see anything on the pyramid that you feel you might need to address? (you don't have to say if you don't want to)

For the spiritual and/or religious: do you feel you have already met every level?

I'll explain why I asked certain groups certain questions a bit later. Thanks in advance for your answers :)

2007-11-05 04:22:14 · 12 answers · asked by Southpaw 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I know Moses didn't sit down with a bunch of papyrus and write it all out himself.

2007-11-05 04:22:10 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

In as many languages as possible, I would like:

Your heart has found a place next to mine, but now I must give it back.

Definitely need Gaelic - The most languages - 10 points!

2007-11-05 04:22:09 · 21 answers · asked by Once B 3 in Languages

Obviously, you can look at this issue from two side: 1) He is being treated unfairly (in terms of media criticism) because his phone conversation with his son was a private family matter; or 2) He is being treated fairly (again, in terms of criticism) because his language was so offensive. What are your thoughts?

2007-11-05 04:21:34 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2007-11-05 04:20:36 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

In my family, we give each other lists of the things we want, and often those things are gift certificates, so that we can be sure to get exactly what we want and to make the process as easy as possible on the gift-giver.

My wife says that that's not the spirit of Christmas, that you're supposed to figure out what would be a good gift for someone. It's OK to ask for sizes and such, but she thinks that the thought and effort that go into the gift is what is important. You should give people things you want them to have.

Most importantly, she thinks most people think the way she does. I think most people have started being more practical and try to help each other out. What do most people do?

By "most people", of course, I mean "most people who celebrate Christmas".

2007-11-05 04:20:26 · 10 answers · asked by Glenn S 2 in Christmas

I sure do!!! God is good all the time!

2007-11-05 04:20:18 · 17 answers · asked by Tx Guy 3 in Religion & Spirituality

The constant reference to them being terrorists , snide comments about their breeding patterns , misunderstanding of separation of males and females in all but the essential procreation acts- to name but a few.
How can the UK build bridges towards this peace loving and hard working group of people. Whose only crime appears to be that they are too nice to their fellow man(and woman)

2007-11-05 04:19:19 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Not to mention the oldness of them. If you didn't know any better, one would infer that fluffy mullets had some kind of spiritual preference or something.

2007-11-05 04:19:09 · 12 answers · asked by Brandon's been a dirty Hore 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Did my insurance company send it to spy on me?

2007-11-05 04:18:31 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

In the dream I told him that he was dead.

2007-11-05 04:17:38 · 9 answers · asked by Nes Fan 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-05 04:17:04 · 10 answers · asked by BooBooshanubo 1 in Religion & Spirituality

He is , You Are , She is , He Is ,You Are.

2007-11-05 04:16:41 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

I am needing some gospel songs for church that would be easy to sing w/out musical accompaniment or very little (i believed i spelled that wrong). We have a small choir of maybe 10 people. If you could name me a good website to look any up or type the songs (if short enough) I would really appreciate the help.

2007-11-05 04:15:23 · 5 answers · asked by Ms. Independent 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Does Science as it is perceived by Society today disprove the existence of a Higher Power/ God?
Can Science as we know it today (without comparing it to the religions or religious Higher Powers of today) actually DISPROVE the existence of a Higher Power/God?
Can Science as we know it today (without comparing it to the religions or religious Higher Powers of today) actually PROVE the existence of a Higher Power/God?
Can Science and a Higher Power/God exist simultaneously in Harmony?
Can Science exist alone without a Higher Power/God?
Did a Higher Power/God create Science and use Science to create the Universe as we know it today?
Do the Religions of the World today practice so dogmatically and rigidly, in their beliefs, that it is the religions themselves, which do Negatively Impacting the Concept of a Higher Power/God and Science co-existing?
Please present your logical opinion/belief on some or all of these above questions. Thank you!

2007-11-05 04:15:19 · 5 answers · asked by Chuck 2 in Other - Society & Culture

JOKES
Baby, You're a Rich Man

An eighteen-year-old girl tells her mom that she has missed her period
for two months. Very worried, the mother goes to the drugstore and buys
a pregnancy kit. The test result shows that the girl is pregnant.

Shouting, cursing, crying, the mother says, "Who was the pig that did
this to you? I want to know!"

The girl picks up the phone and makes a call.

Half an hour later a Ferrari stops in front of their house, a mature and
distinguished man with gray hair and impeccably dressed in a very
expensive suit steps out of it and enters the house.

He sits in the living room with the father, the mother and the girl, and
tells them, "Good morning, your daughter has informed me of the problem.
However, I can't marry her because of my personal family situation, but
I'll take charge.

If a girl is born I will bequeath her 2 retail stores, a townhouse, a
beach villa and a $1,000,000 bank account.

If a boy is born, my legacy will be a couple of factories and a
$2,000,000 bank account.

If it is twins, a factory and $1,000,000 each. However, if there is a
miscarriage, what do you suggest I do?"

At this point, the father, who had remained silent, places a hand firmly
on the man's shoulder and tells him, "You'll try again!"

2007-11-05 04:15:07 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

2007-11-05 04:14:49 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-05 04:14:30 · 19 answers · asked by G's Random Thoughts 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Or is that just God's deal?

Proverbs 1-24
"Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention, And you neglected all my counsel, And did not want my reproof; I in turn will laugh at your disaster; I will mock when calamity overtakes you like a storm"

2007-11-05 04:13:48 · 14 answers · asked by JWill 4 in Religion & Spirituality

This is a different way of thinking..!! Jesus considered as God was curcified..!! along with Jesus many other men were crucified..!! Then was is the difference Jesus and men at the time of death..??
So God can die ?? and God born just like humans..!! Then what is difference between God and Human??

2007-11-05 04:13:47 · 7 answers · asked by Legolas 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-05 04:13:40 · 8 answers · asked by mm_leviner 1 in Languages

Who's words had and have impact of every person who has ever lived and died? other than *Jesus Christ* who said *MY WORDS WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN*

Luke 21:33, Jesus said that regardless of what happens to the world, His words will never be forgotten. Here we are 2000 years later and the words of Jesus are all around us: Christianity has spread to people around the world and the Bible is the world's most circulated book. Of all the people who have ever lived,

2007-11-05 04:13:10 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

follow: Before the woman was set apart from the creature that was established as "in the likeness of God".

2007-11-05 04:11:54 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

if you cant find it give me a web site or resdearch on him

2007-11-05 04:11:51 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

Always looking for friends in the area, how many are really out there....There is more of us then you think?

2007-11-05 04:11:01 · 5 answers · asked by Cher 4 in Religion & Spirituality

http://www.bible.ca/tracks/textbook-fraud-original-haeckel-drawings-1974.gif

2007-11-05 04:09:58 · 26 answers · asked by geeks_gadgets 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-05 04:09:44 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If you do not know please give me a web site or research on.

2007-11-05 04:09:26 · 4 answers · asked by mayalazaravilla 1 in Mythology & Folklore