Society & Culture - 30 November 2007

Some guy that walks, talks, eats and drinks with Jesus and witnesses first hand his miracles still doesn't believe Jesus could rise from the dead....and he is given ample proof.

2000 years later, those of us who have never walked, talked, eaten, drank or saw jesus do a miracle are told we are going to burn in a fire lake for not believing.

why are we asked to believe with more conviction than his own disciples...all along with less proof?

2007-11-30 09:42:36 · 11 answers · asked by Jeff S Phoenix_AM 3 in Religion & Spirituality

sooooooo, I have been thinking :-) Bible tells us that Adam and Eve were the first humans created by god.
Science tells us that our ancestors evolved from primates. These two contradict each other. Which one is right? Evolution has to right. right? Because science has evidence like fossil records, human anatomy (humans have a tail bone like primates and yet no tail), and also genetically similar to primates. Humans share 99% of their DNA with primates! On the other hand, the only evidence for "Adam and Eve" is the Bible which was written thousands of years ago and no one knows for sure where it came from. Interesting.....

2007-11-30 09:42:25 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Can prayer and praying for others change God's will? Looking at Genesis 18 I see God is going to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah out right. Then Abraham pleads with God to spare the towns if righteous people are found there. God and Abraham continue to negotiate in this story so it appears that God changed his mind or did he. The towns were destroyed, but the righteous were spared after Abraham's pleading.

Was it God's will for Abraham to plead for the people he did not even know? We are called to pray for others in the new testament, so we do out of obedience to the word. The question comes down to,(A) do our prayers change God's will or how God reacts to us humans? or (B) Do our prayers simply set God's plan in action? Any thoughts?

2007-11-30 09:41:13 · 25 answers · asked by thundercatt9 7 in Religion & Spirituality

wouldnt he be in jail right now for all the things he did. I mean, read the bible, he did some pretty awful things. Now, you may say "he didnt actually do them" , well Hitler, Stalin etc didnt kill those millions of people either, but we look at them as criminals because of the laws they created. Wouldnt god be subject to the same moral standards and laws, which by the bible alone would incriminate him on numerous accounts?

2007-11-30 09:41:10 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

as gifts for Christmas??
Or do you know one or two things of what you are getting???

2007-11-30 09:39:18 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

young girls in particular? It seems like kids these days attempt to solve all of their problems with violence.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=dNZj4-uemPw&feature=related

http://youtube.com/watch?v=MOilc8GKsAk&feature=related

2007-11-30 09:37:38 · 23 answers · asked by roy_rogert 1 in Senior Citizens

Und wenn die Zeit nun stillsteht
Du bist das was mit mir geht.
Wenn sich die Welt rückwärts dreht
Das was mich vorwärts trägt.

Doch was wär wenn`s so nicht wär?
wo käme mein wenn schon her?
wie würde mein Lied sich reim`n?
wo und würd ich sein?

Was wäre wenn
uns`re Welt sich trennt?
Will nicht probier`n
ohne dich zu existier`n.

Was wäre wenn
will es mir nicht vorstell`n.
Denn nichts macht Sinn
was ich ohne dich bin.

Und schon Gedanken tun weh.
Und der Kopf bleibt leer
wenn ich versuche zu seh`n
wer ich ohne dich wär.

Was wenn du mich nicht mehr kennst?
Was wenn ich mich hier verrenn?
Was wenn nichts bliebe als der Schein?
Nichts als Leere kann es sein.

Was wäre wenn
wir ins leere renn?
Was wäre wenn?
Ich will’s gar nicht kennen.

Dankeschoen.

2007-11-30 09:37:33 · 1 answers · asked by Luis DLC 2 in Languages

All of my friends do it but i don't know how and i am affraid to ask them. I want to be like them. I am from Philipenes and don't really know much about it. Don't say it is bad for you and stuff because i know. Do you use it? If so are you boy or girl and how old.

2007-11-30 09:36:22 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

2007-11-30 09:36:21 · 26 answers · asked by Sara_Splendor 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

1; Atheistic evolution (naturalistic evolutionism)

2; Deistic evolution

3;Theistic evolution

4:Old-Earth Creationism, The Day/Age Theory:

5:Old-Earth Creationism, The Gap Theory

6:Young-Earth Creationism (Scientific creationism, Creation Science)

7: can't say but I believe in Creationism based on Genesis 1

8: can't say but I believe in Creationism based on Genesis 2

9: none of the above (please explain)

Intelligent answers only!! please be respectful this is a serious question about a serious problem.

2007-11-30 09:36:14 · 26 answers · asked by Sly Fox [King of Fools] 6 in Religion & Spirituality

why are there so many denominations and a variety of different beliefs? Why doesn't God speak to everyone and let them know the correct way to believe so that the denominational barrier is broken? I know that most of them have the core belief that Jesus is God and died for us and rose again from the dead, because that is the central belief for christianity. But, there is still division and a house divided against itself can not stand. Churches of Christ believe you must be baptized to be saved, Most Baptists believe you have to be baptised in a Baptist church for it to be a true baptism, Pentecostals believe the gifts of the spirit are still active today, Catholics have their whole range of different beliefs, etc.

2007-11-30 09:35:51 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-30 09:35:48 · 20 answers · asked by ....... 5 in Religion & Spirituality

So how are you non-believers gonna get that out of my contract ?

2007-11-30 09:34:58 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

And have they seen the error of their ways.

2007-11-30 09:34:52 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

without in depth answers do you think homosexuality is natural or unatural?

2007-11-30 09:34:37 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

I am not talking about the bible
but the words of Jesus , the teachings
is there anything that has been put together that concentrates soley on his words alone ?

2007-11-30 09:33:59 · 21 answers · asked by ☮ Pangel ☮ 7 in Religion & Spirituality

On the news recently, its common knowledge now that a woman was arrested for calling a teddy Mohammed. Now to me - this is disgusting. But i realise that when you are in a land different to your own - you must abide by THEIR laws. i.e in my uni years when i went to Egypt, i had to abide by the country laws. However, isnt Christianity responsible for Guantanamo Bay? holding people behind closed doors without a TRIAL - god knows what going on - some may even be innocent by standers? Now as a Buddhist - i see that everyone views injustice differently. Its sick that this teacher was jailed but hey - you have to respect the laws of the land otherwise people in the UK could be doing all sorts.

2007-11-30 09:33:39 · 14 answers · asked by Den 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I always thought that when families said grace before eating on the television it was just a ridiculous exaggeration. I was truly shocked when I saw questions regarding grace on this site.

Does anyone actually say grace?

2007-11-30 09:33:36 · 72 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Or less?

2007-11-30 09:32:16 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

And do you find it decreases/increases/has no effect on your belief in a god?

Why?

2007-11-30 09:30:45 · 19 answers · asked by MumOf5 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I wanted to know what others think.

2007-11-30 09:29:51 · 21 answers · asked by Betty 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I really hate this time of year, I can't stand going to stores and seeing people with their manufactured smiles on their dullard faces.

2007-11-30 09:27:14 · 12 answers · asked by Lonewolf 4 in Christmas

I just hope the christians will stop moaning. They're just as bad...

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10477451

http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/christian/blfaq_viol_modernamerica.htm

A very quick google search showed these examples and many, many more.

Atheism, the only logical choice.

2007-11-30 09:25:47 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-30 09:21:31 · 25 answers · asked by Zadok Hines 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-30 09:20:59 · 16 answers · asked by curiousjenn55 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I don't believe this tale but I think it would be funny if he's wearing cloths from 2000 years ago.

Wouldn't Nike, Reebok or New Balance feel better then leather sandles. What about a nice Versace suit? George Clooney makes it look good.

2007-11-30 09:20:54 · 19 answers · asked by ItsMeTrev 4 in Religion & Spirituality

A. The questions about the teddy bear,
B. The questions about the questions about the teddy bear
or
C. The questions asking about the annoyingness of questions?

2007-11-30 09:20:31 · 28 answers · asked by Senator John McClain 6 in Religion & Spirituality

It seems like no matter what I ask or answer sometimes, people automatically dislike me because I'm a christian. I happen to be a pretty awesome person. :) I have alot of friends. They aren't even all christians. Just wondering if anyone here feels that way and why? If you do, I'd like to talk to you about it, maybe we could be friends.

2007-11-30 09:19:00 · 28 answers · asked by Teha4 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I am learning he researched so extensively that he realized the truth. Why is it then that everyone won't see the truth? Why would people follow darwinism and have that fish of his? Wouldn't they be promoting becoming a Christian? Or do they not realize this?

2007-11-30 09:18:50 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-30 09:18:46 · 13 answers · asked by Al Qiyamah{top lawyer inshAllah} 5 in Ramadan