Society & Culture - 9 December 2007

out side of the jokes when folks really ask a question how many of you folks really read the question and try to answer it -- i ask questions and look at some of the answers and just shake my head -- am i just dumb or do they just go over folks heads or do folks just want the two points and will put down anything!!! just not my questions i have noticed it on others!!!i

2007-12-09 03:26:33 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

2007-12-09 03:26:01 · 12 answers · asked by brutus 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-09 03:25:38 · 19 answers · asked by Elaine 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Okay- will somebody explain to me how these unrealistic generalizations of christians came to be? Do you think we're all gay-bashers, ignorant to the rest of the world? My next-door neighbors were lesbian, and I wasn't throwing trash at their front door.
Seriously, why do the big names in atheism feel like they have to devote their lives to telling us how stupid we are? Do they realize most people aren't really going to be convinced to abandon their faith for some guy hurling insults in their direction?
I personally think that the Big Bang theory is perfectly sensible, and in my own right, that God made it to happen. He formed people out of the earth- and just as easily from organisms in the earth. We aren't all crazy fire-and-brimstone evangelists. Who here actually believes we are?

2007-12-09 03:24:30 · 11 answers · asked by mradrz4evr 2 in Religion & Spirituality

So, what's everyone's thoughts on this movie. I wonder why churches are so threatend by a movie that promotes free will. Are they afraid of their congregation thinking for themselves? If what they teach is logical and correct, then wouldn't it take more than a movie or a book to completely change people's firmly held beliefs? Please, don't judge the story if you haven't read the books or seen the movie.

2007-12-09 03:20:25 · 20 answers · asked by skeptic 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-09 03:16:53 · 25 answers · asked by blueendred 5 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-12-09 03:16:33 · 8 answers · asked by LOl 1 in Religion & Spirituality

and Sola Fide are enough to enter heaven?

it cannot be found even in their Bible that they claim they religiously obey.

2007-12-09 03:16:04 · 9 answers · asked by Ťango 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Please dont give any neutral responses!I know that for most people both are equally important....but I'd like to take a note of which is more important to the people of this century...and its a question i've always wanted the answer to...

2007-12-09 03:15:43 · 51 answers · asked by dg04 2 in Religion & Spirituality

...YOURSELF, and/ or OTHERS, to make THIS World a better
Place...or ignore it all "...and keep driving by".

2007-12-09 03:13:48 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

2007-12-09 03:13:30 · 13 answers · asked by LOl 1 in Religion & Spirituality

So how many of you believe that the Eucharist is the actual body and blood of christ? I know it has something to do with the metaphysics and such but I just want to know how many of you believe that and if you don't why not?

2007-12-09 03:12:55 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-09 03:11:57 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-09 03:11:39 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

I have read several questions this morning that state things such as: given that, go with me on this, etc. that are taking unfounded or uniformed positions and stating them as if they were fact. Especially about Christianity. And many answerers go along with this.
We probably should check out heresay or bias before putting it out there and getting more misinformation.
Have you noticed this also?

2007-12-09 03:10:38 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-09 03:10:30 · 9 answers · asked by The Girl 2 in Languages

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2007-12-09 03:09:12 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Both can not be true because if he is immaculately conceived then he is from the bloodline of Marry and she is not from the bloodline of David. Joseph was from the bloodline of David but he is not the biological father. Your forefathers who created this fictitious story did not think it through properly!!! Neither did you!!!

2007-12-09 03:08:47 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

After Judge Jones issued a ruling on the Intelligent Design case in Dover PA, he received hundreds of death threats from Christians.

One of the parents of the children named in the law suit received several letters threatening her family and claiming that people against creationism were rewarded with murder.

I understand that most Christians don't justify the murder of other humans, until Jesus does it at the end of time, but can you help us understand what drives some Christians to do threaten death over Intelligent Design vs Evolution. It seems crazy, and no Darwinian proponents have ever issued death threats in the name of Evolution.

Why is this?

2007-12-09 03:08:36 · 16 answers · asked by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7 in Religion & Spirituality

my husband saw a nice sweater he loved but wouldnt buy it because it was too expensive ($130.00) i wish i could get it for him but we are broke! Any ideas? (I dont work, have been looking but no luck yet!.)

2007-12-09 03:07:33 · 2 answers · asked by me 4 in Christmas

and saw me wearing a shirt that said "Jesus loves you, but I'm his favorite" would you think I was poking fun at my own piety, or seriously trying to insult you?"

Any Christians who read this, relax, I don't really have a shirt that says that.

2007-12-09 03:05:35 · 26 answers · asked by ? 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Homosexuality is unnatural, sick and perverted! God's position paper on this is in the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. This man made religious idea is sending people to Hell by the buckets, I'm sure! It's sick because it mocks God's created natural order! The sun, moon stars, planets and even galaxies follow a natural order, and so should people!

2007-12-09 03:04:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Drum circles are very popular today and crosses religious bounderies. It is a way for community to come together and make music with the drums and shakers and such and does not require musical experience or background. Many churches are getting in this and it is a very spiritual experience.

2007-12-09 03:04:36 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I must say I have been approached at work by Jehovah's and I wonder how they can be out Prostletizing asnd not working. I have to work to make ends meet at home and would love to be out spreading the word of God but I have not got funding for it I also teach lessons to children and most of the time the mom and dads are at the lessons so who is earning the money and who pays your bills. I am always trying to make ends meet yet you see Jahovah' s out walking around and they are being funded some how . tell me how. I know you are doing the work of Jesus but you need to be paid to do this everyday or you would not be able to eat put gas in the car have a home. take lessons. ect. and you have to work to contrubute to your church who is doing the secular work.

2007-12-09 03:01:29 · 22 answers · asked by mairszee 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm middle class. You know, in that 40k-60k barely insured, working poor income range. I bought 20 acres of rural land down in Missouri and abandoned the city cesspool. I love my new life. I hunted and killed two deer this year. They are now in my freezer. I have substituted venison for beef for the whole year. Why would you gun control fanatics take away my ability to do this? The nearest police station is an hour away. They can't protect me from criminals. Why would you take that right away as well? I just don't get it. If you want to ban guns on city streets, fine. I avoid cities like the plague. (been there, done that, hated it) But why should your rules and morals apply to me?

2007-12-09 03:01:26 · 9 answers · asked by speed__phreak 2 in Other - Society & Culture

EINSTEIN:

I believe in mystery and, frankly, I sometimes face this mystery with great fear. In other words, I think that there are many things in the universe that we cannot perceive or penetrate and that also we experience some of the most beautiful things in life in only a very primitive form. Only in relation to these mysteries do I consider myself to be a religious man. But I sense these things deeply. What I cannot understand is how there could possibly be a God who would reward or punish his subjects or who could induce us to develop our will in our daily life.

BUCKY:

You don't believe in God, then?

EINSTEIN:

Ah, this is what I mean about religion and science going hand-in-hand! Each has a place, but each must be relegated to its sphere. Let's assume that we are dealing with a theoretical physicist or scientist who is very well-acquaintcd with the different laws of the universe, such as how the planets orbit the sun and how the satellites in turn orbit around their respectivc planets. Now, this man who has studied and understands these different laws-how could he possibly believe in one God who would be capable of disturbing the paths of these great orbiting masses?

No, the natural laws of science have not only been worked out theoretically but have been proven also in practice. I cannot then believe in this concept of an anthropomorphic God who has the powers of interfering with these natural laws.

2007-12-09 03:01:25 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i dont believe you can lose your salvation according to the scriptures so my problem is not in there preaching because
they dont bring up on there sermons but when i started to go to there bible study on the book of romans i saw they were teaching in a way that you must hang on to christ for dear life and if you let go you lose your salvation now my problem is
how can learn the scriptures from a church who teaches the scriptures on there once save not always save. and iwas taught once save always save. so for me i dont think i could learn from there teaching of scriptures because the must twist the book of romans to come up with that believe. now im thinking of finding another church .what should i do?

2007-12-09 03:01:11 · 20 answers · asked by Prodical Son 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-09 02:57:43 · 22 answers · asked by Macy 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Given that a major tenet of most mainstream Protestant denominations relies on a "personal interpretation of the Bible".

2007-12-09 02:56:58 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I'm into gay sex and the more I read about Satanism the more it makes sense. Can I still enjoy gay sex if I give my life to Satan?

2007-12-09 02:55:49 · 31 answers · asked by Randy K 1 in Religion & Spirituality