Society & Culture - 28 November 2007

At last count, Christians made up 26 % of population but reports are that they are growing.

I was wondering if they are more devout than the hypocrites who call themselves Christians in the U.S., in regards to issues like beliefs, abstaining from sex till marriage, family values, etc...

2007-11-28 05:00:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Are we at war for:

control of oil
control of the land in the middle east
money (haha)
political power

or is it a fake war, where real fighting and real terrorist (but who were the terrorists) are used to scare the american people (and others) into begging for a war, (with this theory another terrorist attack would have to happen soon) and then soon, when the idea is proposed, begging for a central government to stop the fighting (or that could happen now) that central government would be the UN and slowly the United States would dissapear.

Just a theory, play around with it and tell me what you think.
:)

2007-11-28 04:59:31 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

LOL!
seriously though, how could you convince people of something that sounds too crazy to be true (esp. if it was)?

2007-11-28 04:59:28 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Prophecy: where in the bible?
Wishful thinking: what do you think will be the outcome for the rest of the world?

2007-11-28 04:58:59 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Today seems to be the day of the dragon,
I see dragons wherever I look !

Tell me your thoughts about dragons, what do they represent to you and what role do they play in your religion ?

2007-11-28 04:58:18 · 15 answers · asked by Laff -Hugs 4all- 5 in Religion & Spirituality

in response to the following article

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20249628/>1=10252

wouldn't you rather be wrong about god, if you knew that scientists discovered a way to create life and from this discovery eventually found a way to cure millions if not billions of people's suffering? or do you pray that you're right?

2007-11-28 04:57:20 · 7 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I was watching the Today Show today and I saw the piece on Muslims buying up US companies.
They are 'investing' and buying large parts of companies.
Soon will they own the entire US?
If you have ever seen pictures of Dubie (idk how to spell that)
you would be shocked at the sheer amount of money they have.
Are you slightly frightened by this new trend?
Or are you excited by it?

Tell me your point of veiw on how it will effect the market and America's freedom.

THANKS

2007-11-28 04:54:30 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Why do they waste their time if they believe that?

2007-11-28 04:52:40 · 2 answers · asked by Tom C 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Robert L. Short, argues that the typical portrayal of God - and the ideas of heaven and hell- by mainstream churches is incorrect and not in line with Biblical teachings, the concept of a heaven that only some can enter, and the alternative of a burning eternity in Hell, presupposes God not as a being of love, but an entity who torments people out of pure sadism, and as such, is more likely to drive people away from Christianity. Short argues that the Bible provides that all persons get into heaven (not just a select few), and the hell the Bible speaks of is not a place one goes to after one dies, but the suffering one goes through while alive if they become separated from God. This misreading of the Bible is the type of error, Short argues, that for those who believe in the goodness of people, would therefore be more likely to encourage them to choose atheism. "If I had to believe in that sort of monster God that most mainstream churches are proposing, I'd still be an atheist, too."

2007-11-28 04:52:07 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

A lot of countries in the world say : it's enough , we must do something . China & Egypt are two examples .

2007-11-28 04:51:27 · 13 answers · asked by citizen high 6 in Other - Society & Culture

can. She is starting to ask a lot of questions about the world around her and the answers that I would give her would confuse her more than her original question. (You know, why are trees green, why is the sun warm, etc) So me and my wife, who is a christian, decide that saying "God did it.", was a better option.
I figure when she gets older she can make up her own mind.
Did I cop out, or did I do the right thing?
What will (did) you do with your kids?

2007-11-28 04:51:06 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

The evolution of the earth is based on the assumption that the key to the past is the present (things continue as they always have- this is used for earth processes), yet evolution of genetics is all about change. Also, how odd is it that the evolution that is observed is the degredation of organisms and loss of genetic information, yet evolutionists believe evolution has built up and gained genetic information. How odd is it that Evolution is considered to be fact when it is based on assumptions (the processes of yesterday are the same as today) that can not be proven to be false and are not possible to be verified as truth, while Creationism is based on the truth of the bible (which if it is true means Creationism is based on fact) and creationism is not considered fact. The point is Creationism is based on fact statements while Evolution is based on assumed statements and the only argument evolutionists have is that the bible is made-up. That of course is their only hope.

2007-11-28 04:50:25 · 13 answers · asked by wiley16350 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Would you believe in God if someone gave you an extra 10% of your income, under condition that you must believe an old guy with a long beard created the cosmos? I'm thinking about founding a religion that pays people to believe it rather than visa versa.

2007-11-28 04:50:17 · 22 answers · asked by 2 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I've heard from Mormons that it wasn't really wine back then, which is absolute B.S. I've also heard from them that wine was healthier back then which is also weird. We know wine in normal amounts is healthy today, an anti-oxidant, so why are they so against it? Jesus turned water into wine. Wine was used as communion from the very beginning of the church. My theory is that the early Mormons had to ban any luxury item such as alcohol and tobacco in order to prosper because they were poor. Is that true? If wine is bad for you, even small amounts (which is not true), then why don't Mormons ban red meat, super sugary snacks, fast food, high sodium snacks, etc.? Lots of people die of obesity as well as alcoholism. Can a Mormon or a mormon scholar please answer me this question? Your own God drank wine!

2007-11-28 04:49:07 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i have seen alot of questions and answers by atheists.
they all seem to be eighter bitter or rude to any one with any sort of faith.i dont having anything against them or want to annoy them
but iam new here and i every time i go into the RELGION AND SPIRT SECTION for some reson they are all there al the marjority
of them. say there is no god it is only us.

2007-11-28 04:47:49 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i don't understand it.

2007-11-28 04:47:38 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-11-28 04:47:16 · 4 answers · asked by ryan c 2 in Languages

isn't that some kind of labeling of some sort?

2007-11-28 04:46:35 · 20 answers · asked by Ťango 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I work as a receptionist/swtichboard operator, and today has been a very bad day indeed. I'm getting into trouble because of some phone calls that have been coming into the office.

The first call that's been causing problems is an elderly client who needs to speak to one of my co-workers urgently. I've sent him e-mails and even told him in person to call her back ASAP but she keeps calling and saying he still hasn't gotten in touch with her! The last time she called, I made double sure he was in his office before I transfered the call. HE STILL DIDN'T PICK UP! And I'm pretty sure the client is blaming ME for it!

Here's the second problem. Anytime I'm away from the phones, I push a button that makes calls ring to other people in the office so that they can answer for me. I've made double sure that I've done this all day today. A very big and important client claimed he called twice this morning and no one ever answered. Guess who's to blame? ME!

What's going on? What do I do?!

2007-11-28 04:44:13 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

Can't kids just pray when they get home?

2007-11-28 04:43:20 · 49 answers · asked by ~Smirk~ Resurrected 6 in Religion & Spirituality

It seems a lot of you are associating "faith" with "religon." Come on now, I thought you were suppose to be "logical." I got this from dictionary.com

faith
1. confidence or trust in a person or thing: faith in another's ability.
2. belief that is not based on proof: He had faith that the hypothesis would be substantiated by fact.

So now that you all have been enlightened about what "faith" really is. Is is safe to say that atheists have very strong "faith." I mean gez, they even use a science example for the 2nd definition, come on now.

2007-11-28 04:42:21 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If islam lets you people marriage two wifes it is because men has more sex need. Look at american county for example. People rape milions of wemen or buy prostitiutions or becoming gays or change their wifes all this is because they have needs. Islam is a scientist religen knows about this based on men need1500 years ago. Even doctors of west agrees this.

So instead of denying facts . think about truth of this and open your hearts to the light.

Save yourselfs and find only way to go paradize.

Wake up to truth

Allah Akbar

2007-11-28 04:42:04 · 10 answers · asked by Ahmed 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Let's assume for the sake of argument that evolution is 100% fact as it is now known, no issues, controversies, etc. Anyways.. The idea states that evolution is a system that should speed up as time passes. For the most part this is seen to be true. It takes forever to get past simple cells, a long time to get complex life, bla bla bla you get the idea. The more time passes, and when the system gets going, it speeds up. However, if we look at our world now, it seems evolution has come to a halt or a crawl. Animals are still complex, but we haven't seen anything that is pushing the limits beyond what we have known for a while. No matter what creature, nothing is improving by leaps and bounds like what the theory suggests and shows.

This theory also is shown through 'human evolution.' Our inventions started slow, fire, wheel. Took some time making tools, advancements, etc. But now we are doing electronics, and all that. It isn't slowing down, we are advancing rapidly.

2007-11-28 04:41:06 · 12 answers · asked by sir_richard_the_third333333333 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Think of it like a hole in a donut.

If we believe these premises:

a) God is everywhere
b) We are not God
c) These molecules which make our earth (air, water, plants, animals etc) are not God.

Then God must be everywhere we (and everything else) are NOT. But before we were, God must have been there. Therefore, God must have retracted part of himself in order to make room for us - and everything else.

Makes you think, huh? Even if you don't believe the premises, try to answer as if you did! ;-)

2007-11-28 04:38:47 · 12 answers · asked by Purple_ giraffe 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-28 04:37:45 · 3 answers · asked by E 1 in Languages

why do you find religion uninspiring?

2007-11-28 04:35:29 · 14 answers · asked by Miche 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Did Jesus say "Let a hundred religions proliferate."? as he passed around the muffins and jelly?

Was this on the same day that he rode a donkey in the parade, and they waved fronds at him?

2007-11-28 04:34:25 · 27 answers · asked by Saint Nearly 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Becoming a (train) conductor is a conscious decision....

To not drive a train isn't.... (unless perhaps your father was a conductor and said to you one day "Son, how about joining me in the family business?)

2007-11-28 04:32:28 · 12 answers · asked by I'm an Atheist 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I'll ask my other question once again. I asked this question like 3 minutes ago:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071128092223AAu6UZ6&r=w

Now, after reviewing the answers, the general consesus is "I don't know." So I will ask once again.

Doesn't it take a lot of faith to be an atheist, when you simply "don't know," and neither do any of us.

2007-11-28 04:31:53 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Some of the questions on here are entirely racist and offensive, and sometimes they get deleted. Same with answers - people say things they'd be mortified to say in public. It doesn't seem to do any good to report them, it seems random whether they are deleted or not.
How does Yahoo decide which reports to take seriously?

2007-11-28 04:31:19 · 3 answers · asked by Jen 5 in Other - Society & Culture