Society & Culture - 19 November 2007

2007-11-19 15:20:23 · 28 answers · asked by Queen of Pentacles 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-19 15:19:44 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

the Apostles to speak and write about Christian unity???

Theirs was based not on a monolithic organizational structure but on love.

All JWs many millions who attend their meetings read the same material, hear the same music, sing the same songs and learn to think the same thoughts.

"...love, for it is a perfect bond of union" ...love which bonds all things together in perfect unity." ( Col 3:14 NWT, TEV )

2007-11-19 15:15:53 · 15 answers · asked by Nina, BaC 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-19 15:15:04 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

Is really a difficult world to live, some say this , some say that, Anyway, Can somebody proof it scientifically, If you cannot proof what is the point of believing, Hey, is Jesus blood can wash away
the Bad Karma. Where is Jesus, Is already dead long ago,only human being got the blood.Hey, the society is some sort confused between right and wrong, Anyone can help the Mass madness?

2007-11-19 15:12:49 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

A man defeats sin with Jesus. He Learns to walk like Jesus, and "become" perfect as him. So lets just say I sinned till I was 20, then sin went under my feet, with Jesus...not his blood(means you look to him to carry you but you are still a sinner) So if I lived 1000 yrs old...the last time God saw a sin in me was before 20. So for 980 yrs I did not sin once and I would never sin agian because I learned to love like the father. Do you think a man has found a way to defeat sin, and make it into heaven, with Jesus. instead of being a sinner and sacraficing Jesus and getting into heaven.

So I did defeated sin? do you think this is possible, for all things are possible with our God.......and I think this is possible and it is the only way Jesus makes sense to me. No one called on heaven for his righteousness, and that is why he sent his son to die for you.

2007-11-19 15:10:12 · 15 answers · asked by THEGREATSEEKER 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-19 15:09:05 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-19 15:08:07 · 2 answers · asked by tonie r 2 in Religion & Spirituality

find similar books, thank you.

2007-11-19 15:07:00 · 7 answers · asked by ♥♥♥ H☮TMAMA ♥♥♥ 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Why do many Christians believe that faith must be the basis of morality, despite the fact that the vast majority of atheists are upstanding citizens? How do they reconcile this apparent paradox?

2007-11-19 15:06:47 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-19 15:06:35 · 4 answers · asked by tonie r 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-19 15:06:03 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

My family - pretty commercial. We give gifts, eat dinner, go home. There is no sitting around for hours enjoying each other & playing cards, there are no gifts from the heart - mainly a bunch of gift cards flying around.

If I were to give something philanthropic like a donation to feed the hungry in their name - they'd look at me like I was crazy.

If I suggested we do something more - they'd tell me that 2 hrs was enough & they wanted to sleep.

So this holiday has me thinking deeper. Should I stay here in our home town (big suburban city), or should we move to a smaller close knit community? Should we give the gift cards bc that's what people want or should we THINK about the gift & give one of meaning (material or non-material)? I have been questioning my family and the way things are done and how I want my kids to "get" Christmas.

Just wondering if the holidays have others questioning things as well?

2007-11-19 15:03:16 · 13 answers · asked by mkt 5 in Christmas

do you think our minds could ever grasp (with any degree of success) the reality of god? i hope our god isn't simple enough that we could describe him in a book.

what is your faith and how are you sure the brains of your faith have encompassed the nature of god?

2007-11-19 15:02:15 · 22 answers · asked by Jeff S Phoenix_AM 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-19 15:02:04 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Pat Robertsom believes in God's punishments. he once said that 9/11 was a punishment from God for tolerating gays. And now it turns out he himself had a prostate cancer. I wonder, what kind of sin did God punish him for?

2007-11-19 15:01:59 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I have heard they wrote their own Bible, are controlling of their members, and the organization is a cult as apposed to a Religion such as Anglicans, Lutherans, etc. I have checked the internet but would like some first hand experiences shared with the populous.

2007-11-19 15:00:10 · 17 answers · asked by Peter B I 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I heard that they went from free love to the most capitalistic, $$ grubbing "me me me" generation of all. Is this true? That seems to defeat the purpose of Woodstock and all that.

2007-11-19 14:59:40 · 4 answers · asked by Jason 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Christians, doesn't it seem kind of harsh after all the good he's done and the life he's been leading?

Couldn't he at least get a temporary Visa?
just to have a look around... P)

2007-11-19 14:59:13 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

stems from the organization's power over them?

Here the WT Society quotes a loyal JW as saying"
" I have discovered that there is only one religious organization on earth capable of clearly defining the boundaries or relative freedom. What particularly convinced me during my study with Jehovah's Witnesses is the fact that this organization has the strength to require of its members that they stay within these boundaries" Awake, March 8, 1988, page 19

2007-11-19 14:57:24 · 15 answers · asked by Nina, BaC 7 in Religion & Spirituality

All of the Christian bashing ...
More than 30 people showed up today at my church, giving their own time, to put together baskets of complete Thanksgiving meals for those who otherwise would not have them. They were very grateful, and it is incredible to do something like that.
Does that get missed here?
Grateful attitudes and hearts live in that gratitude and realize what they have rather than being focused on bashing others. And that goes for both sides of this forum.
How do you serve one another? If you don't maybe you can think about how you can, rather than spend energy just tearing at the beliefs of others.

2007-11-19 14:56:58 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

This past Sunday I was baptized for the first time and was prayed over. I suddenly had a fit of uncontrollable laughter. I didn't understand what was happening. This is a first for me. What does this mean? I have read a lot of conflicting views on this.

2007-11-19 14:56:45 · 22 answers · asked by Gelle 2 in Religion & Spirituality

is he/she a blasphemer?

2007-11-19 14:56:00 · 20 answers · asked by harry killwater 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I've often heard the argument that if homosexuals are permitted to have sex, then what's the difference in allowing pedophiles to molest minors.
Putting aside the "Is homosexuality OK?" debate aside entirely, there is a MASSIVE difference between homosexuality and pedophilia. Pedophilia is not sexual relations between to consenting parties...it is forced and without consent.
Why do so many people not see the difference?

2007-11-19 14:55:47 · 20 answers · asked by . 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-19 14:55:43 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

The book series that the "Golden Compass" is based on is supposed to be pro-atheism if I am correct. In the third book God is killed, so the question is:

Why put God in a book that is supposed to support atheism?

God Bless.

2007-11-19 14:55:39 · 8 answers · asked by ? 3 in Religion & Spirituality

'Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.'
(Psalm 121:4)

The above passage says that God never sleeps nor slumbers.


'And the same day, when the evening was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. And he was in the hinder part of the ship, ASLEEP on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?'(Mark 4:35-40)

Now THIS passage is saying Jesus was sleeping on the ship. Question. If Jesus was God in the flesh, why was He sleeping on the ship when Psalm 121:4 says that God never sleeps nor slumbers?

2007-11-19 14:54:33 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-19 14:53:31 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

and you think this is absurd, do you really respect my beliefs?

2007-11-19 14:52:56 · 27 answers · asked by harry killwater 4 in Religion & Spirituality

do you respect my belief?

2007-11-19 14:50:56 · 9 answers · asked by harry killwater 4 in Religion & Spirituality