Society & Culture - 12 November 2007

Suppose there are 2 people who have accepted Christ as their Saviour. One does right for sometime and then does evil and dies during his evil deeds. The other does the exact same thing, but in a different order and dies during his good deeds. Would the first go to hell and the second to heaven simply because of the order in which they did it?

2007-11-12 01:15:36 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

is this a sin? i remember in a movie i saw jesus parents were looking for him jesus was in a temple talking to all thoes weird men and he said he was somewhere i couldnt understand much of it anyway he disobeyed his parents which is A SIN therefire he violated the "thou shall honor your father and your mother" commandment so yea jesus did sin once atleast thats how i see it how do you see it?

2007-11-12 01:15:36 · 15 answers · asked by ? 5 in Religion & Spirituality

If athest say they are not a religeon then why come to the R&S section? No bashing please, I'm just curious and thought I might get an understanding as to why. I have not been on R&S much but the little bit I have has seem to be very negative toward people like me that love the Lord. I never bash someone because they are not like me but I have hesitated to ask questions here because I have read so many hate answeres toward christians from proclaimed athest.

Don't get me wrong, I am not saying all athest and I know that a few bad apples and ruin the whole bunch because it's the same way with christians. Have I just been on when the few bad apples were here or do most athest really truly not like us christans? And if it has just been the few bad apples, boy I sure hope there not on right now so I can get an educated answer.

Thank you!

2007-11-12 01:14:33 · 14 answers · asked by Alliance Kicks Horde Butt 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I dont literaly mean like a rockstar like the Rollingstones... but like a celebrity in a way?

I mean think about it like this... He was very influencial with the people around him... just like the celebrities of hollywood today. People looked up to him for guidance... people of today look up to celebrities for the latest trends... People crucified him when the going got tough.. like how society is looking down on celebrities that have "fallen from grace" just like Britney Spears.

Since more and more people now are turning away from religion and becoming atheists... are there more and more people now looking up at other people (celebrities) for an idol/for their role model?

When it comes down to whether which path would you rather follow in life... would you rather choose the path of your favourite celebrity to be socially rich and famous or the life of a man whos teachings are which got him killed in the but still heard off today. which one would you really choose?

Explain yourself

2007-11-12 01:14:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-12 01:14:05 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

How do you go from being friends to being more without scaring the person off?

2007-11-12 01:13:53 · 15 answers · asked by Embarassed R&S Regular 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Wife: I'm pregnant.
Me: WTF?

Granted, she has to get officially tested and all that but... holy crap! Where do you start?

Pray for the world as I am populating it with my spawn!

mwahahahahahaha! ;-)

Now that's a Monday morning! What do you think?

2007-11-12 01:13:40 · 18 answers · asked by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I am an Evangelical Christian, but do not believe the world is coming to an end.
I believe the world as we knew it has already changed.
We are already living in the post-apocalyptic age, with the prophecies of the Book of Revelations fulfilled and behind us.
Now we have to look to the future.
What would you call that type of belief?

2007-11-12 01:10:36 · 23 answers · asked by Digital Age 6 in Religion & Spirituality

here's an example...
If lions didn't exist, you could put your hand in a lion's cage grasping a chunk of raw meat?

2007-11-12 01:09:25 · 11 answers · asked by I'm an Atheist 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I am being respectful in my question, so I assume and expect the answerers to be respectful in their answers too.

Here is my question:

Before you type any further, move your eyes from the monitor and look around you. A number of things, objects, equipments may be placed around the room where you are currently at, from the truly amazing electronic machines like the computer itself, a refrigerator, a T.V etc. to the minor everyday objects like, say, a pencil, a paperclip, a tableclock etc.

It is definitely true that each and every objects that you see has a creator or an inventor behind it, wouldn't you agree?

So why wouldn't a human body, something so complex and so amazing, have a Creator?

Or why wouldn't this beautiful planet with all the trees, mountains, oceans, animals etc. have a Creator?

(This is a piece of intellectual question obtained from a speech of the late Ahmed Deedat.)

2007-11-12 01:08:39 · 33 answers · asked by Devilishly Sexy MasterMinD 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-12 01:07:32 · 23 answers · asked by non active 2 in Mythology & Folklore

arose on the 3rd day triumphant over death and that the only way to be saved is for us to believe this good news, repent and trust in what God did in Christ at Calvary to redeem us?

Apologies if that sentence is too short to encapsulate all the nuances of the gospel. Yahoo has its limits! I just want to see the extent of Christian unity on this core issue. Orthodox, R.Cs, Pentecostals, Anglicans, Evangelicals of every hue - come on and identify your group, please! I'm in the Reformed Presbyterian one.

This is NOT a Q about differences re. the finer points of the gospel but is about the extent of our unity on this essential doctrine. It's also NOT inclusive of what believers must do AFTER they've turned to Christ and away from their sin. I'm not looking for identifying marks of a Christian. This is NOT about denominational distinctives. So, do you agree this is the gospel, and if so (or not) what's your denomination?

2007-11-12 01:07:15 · 15 answers · asked by Annsan_In_Him 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Guy Fawkes was a terroist of the 17th century so does that mean in another 500 years will we be celebrating the 9/11

2007-11-12 01:05:48 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Halloween

2007-11-12 01:03:06 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

I am an associate pastor in a slum area church. I joined the ministry in June last year. Before I joined the ministry, a pastor friend called me from my hometown and told me to be careful with the pastor am joining because he is a known immoral person. I have since received information from various church members concerning his sexual behavior but I always pray and keep the information to myself.

We had a Church Board meeting yesterday in which our pastor suggested we build a small house in the church compound to accommodate a young sister who lost her husband last year. The late husband was a senior deacon of the church. We agreed but when I mentioned it to my wife, she told me that she had received information that our pastor is not only having an affair with the sister, but also her younger sister whom they are staying together. This latest information has shocked me a lot because, besides the sister being a key leader in our worship team, she is also a needy person whom I feel if it is so; the pastor is just taking advantage of her vulnerability.

I am now very confused. What do I do?

2007-11-12 01:02:30 · 32 answers · asked by Kaka M 2 in Religion & Spirituality

this is for wicca. is christmas and yule almost the same thing?

2007-11-12 01:01:51 · 6 answers · asked by shadow 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Have you started yours yet? Are you done? How do you get organized? Do you write a list, or swing it? Help me get ready!!! PLEASE!!!

2007-11-12 01:00:18 · 9 answers · asked by lee 5 in Christmas

The fields are white unto harvest, but the laborers are few.

2007-11-12 01:00:16 · 13 answers · asked by Horton Heard You! 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-12 00:59:40 · 15 answers · asked by Grandma 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I think not we dont want another uprising like the amazons be happy with the vote and get back in the kitchen

2007-11-12 00:57:43 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

ghosts or spiritual beings

2007-11-12 00:57:42 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

would there be no place to stand on earth?

2007-11-12 00:56:55 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

I think it was Friday...?
(I live right by a really really big temple. All the Indians who live in my complex go there - I'm not sure of the religion and I don't want to assume...)
anyways, there was a super HUGE celebration with fireworks and it was obviously a really important day for that religion. I was just wondering if anyone knew what it was.

2007-11-12 00:56:49 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

When driving home on friday evening I saw the first Christmas decorations of the season up in a house window, lights and all!

Part of the estate i live on is rented accomodation to the USAAF (I live in the UK just to clarify!) and I know a lot of them put up the decs for Thanksgiving (next week i think it is) but I think that the 9th November is a bit early!

Your thoughts on the matter? Anyone else seen any Crimbo decs up yet? Other than in the high street of course!

2007-11-12 00:54:28 · 23 answers · asked by Andromeda Newton™ 7 in Christmas

... at least they can't blame the Israelis (Jews) for this... or can they?

2007-11-12 00:54:13 · 11 answers · asked by I'm an Atheist 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Is Satan real or is he just made up for those who believe in god to have something other then themselves to blame all the bad things on?

2007-11-12 00:53:44 · 33 answers · asked by Celtickarma 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Is this true? If so, why do people recommend that atheists pray to God or ask God to reveal himself to them?

2007-11-12 00:53:34 · 20 answers · asked by Eleventy 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I was thinking about this question because I think some people just don't see God as even a possiblity of existing. Why does God ask us to have faith? Couldn't we just choose Him after he made clear He is God and whatever else we didn't understand? I see an advantage in ignorance since you cannot be blamed for what you don't know. But I don't think this entirely answers the question. What is the dead-on answer, if there is any? Thanks for the thoughts. If you have sources, please let me know.

2007-11-12 00:51:54 · 10 answers · asked by Ed H 4 in Religion & Spirituality

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r45/acodotcom/1894bigfoot.jpg

2007-11-12 00:51:19 · 5 answers · asked by Yahoo 4 in Mythology & Folklore

2007-11-12 00:51:00 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality