Society & Culture - 12 December 2007

I don't believe in God. It's not that I despise my life or anything in it. I'm actually quite satisfied with the love and relationships that I've cultivated.

I suppose I'm tired of being looked at like I'm missing something, because I know that I'm not.

I was a Christian for the first 2/3rds of my life, mostly because I wasn't given much of a choice. I spent that time being as faithful as I could to the cause, but I just never felt like it was right. As I got older in the church, I became more and more depressed. I thought that I was missing out on some clue or link that would explain everything I was being taught. From an objective point of view, the stories in the Bible are nonsense.

Perhaps I'm just not as good at lying to myself as the rest of you are. I honestly don't think I'm evil or have problems with "Demons". I love, care and work to help those around me. I don't try to pull people away from God, if they feel that religion works for them. I just try to be reasonable.

2007-12-12 07:00:58 · 32 answers · asked by Cosmodot 5 in Religion & Spirituality

that's what my mom told me.
i'm Christian.
:)

2007-12-12 07:00:44 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

do they have hell 4 kids who spill soda
hahaha....
hulk hogan will knock your god out...

2007-12-12 07:00:27 · 17 answers · asked by WINDIWS VISTA ULTIMATE RULES!!!! 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Before you call this question stupid, check this out.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7089707.stm

I have mixed thoughts on this one, but I'm interested to hear yours.

2007-12-12 07:00:18 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

How is it that you all believe that Noah actually gathered 2 animals of every species and put them on this tiny boat. Does it ever cross your minds that the story like many other stories in the bible is made up.

2007-12-12 06:59:43 · 7 answers · asked by TopContributorModerator 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I was accepted into my church choir last night. How should i celebrate?

2007-12-12 06:58:54 · 25 answers · asked by Semp-listic! 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Who would agree Al-Quaeda is our modern day analogy of barbarians, they hold their religion as the absolute truth, fact, and indeed guide to how everyone should live, and those that don't agree are infidels only worthy of destruction.....seems quite barbaric to me, your thoughts?

2007-12-12 06:58:12 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

The NT describes itself as a "better testament", but what's better of good/better is only better for some, not all.

Perhaps His Grace is eternal and has neither beginning nor end, so what's best of good/better testaments is neither.

In the beginning God? Eternal God has no beginning of days nor end of life. Only what began can end. Law began.

Beginning of NT: it's the beginning of sorrows.

If NT finds fault with OT, but NT is contained in OT as one of twain: Law or Grace, does it then not also find fault with itself?

Perhaps it's a shew about Law vs Grace prevails; a two part shew about a third part: the grace of JC is not Noahic grace. Hence the clarity in the end written: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all (against none of you). Amen.

When the Holy Bible containing Old and New Testaments is ended properly, as written, then perhaps it never happened.

What are your thoughts about such allegoric mystery?

2007-12-12 06:56:58 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

My dad and I had this talk last night about illogical arguements about Christianiy (He is a Christian by the way) and my biggest "I just don't get it" thing was why everyone prayed to Jesus instead of God. If Jesus WAS God then wouldn't it make sense to pray to God instead? Wouldn't Jesus be sort of a middle man? Even what I was Christian, I never prayed to Jesus. It wasn't a concious decision or anything, it just didn't make any sense. I always figured if I was going to pray to GOD then I should pray to GOD. What was your top "I don't get it"?

2007-12-12 06:56:39 · 53 answers · asked by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I mean it wasn't the Mormons who started the Inquisition, ran the Crusades, burnt witches or operate the Ku Klux Klan (yeah, I'm looking at you Mike Huckabee,) nor were they involved in the Holocaust, the 30 Years War or a thousand other atrocities committed by Protestants and Catholics in Europe over the centuries.
In fact, it may be that Mormonism is one of the only decent forms of Christianity that has ever existed. Maybe you ought to be adopting whatever it is about them that keeps them from regularly getting involved in the hateful garbage that bogs down so much of the rest of Christianity.
Nobody's religion gets to be immune from scrutiny and criticism. NOBODY'S. If Huckabee thinks he can attack Romney without having to play defense, he better think again ... or does he think he walks on water?

2007-12-12 06:56:32 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

We have a 4 year old boy and a 1 year old girl....they are getting 11 gifts each, not counting the stocking stuffers.

2007-12-12 06:55:57 · 30 answers · asked by honeybear 5 in Christmas

2007-12-12 06:54:26 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-12 06:54:18 · 4 answers · asked by Doubledown 2 in Other - Society & Culture

2007-12-12 06:53:13 · 45 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I ask this question in follow up to a response from a question I posted earlier whether or not Muslims believe Jesus was born of a virgin. It appears Muslims believe Jesus was born of a virgin.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Avkb9vY7eZ4w.N2Ktbipkfnsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071212104616AALcKBM

In particular, look at this response by Kimo.

Yes, and we believe he was the Messiah.

[3:45-47]
Behold the angels said: O Mary God giveth thee glad tidings of a word from him: his name will be Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, held in honor in this world and the hereafter and of (the company of) those nearest to God;
He shall speak to the people in childhood and in maturity. and he shall be (of the company) of the righteous.
She said: O my lord how shall i have a son when no man hath touched me? he said: even so: God createth what he willeth: when he hath decreed a plan, he but saith to it, be, and it is

How can Jesus be called Christ if He is not the messiah?

2007-12-12 06:52:57 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-12 06:52:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

Or do you try to convey the sights and sounds so that the person you are talking to can get a feel in their minds eye of what you are describing themselves?

2007-12-12 06:52:41 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

form is emptiness and emptiness is form

does this make your mind tingle?

2007-12-12 06:52:17 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

the Denver health department shut down a perfectly good noodle house?

2007-12-12 06:52:05 · 11 answers · asked by STFU Dude 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I know "secularism" is supposed to be the great Bogey to people who fancy themselves to be "religious." But consider Christianity as it was even 100 years ago, as compared to today. "Conservative" Christians in 2007 would've found the atmosphere among "liberal" Christians in 1907 to be absolutely stifling and oppressive.

Go back 300 years, and Christians were still hanging witches. Why? Because they could. Because religion and law were so identified that if you developed the religious conviction that your neighbor was a witch because her clothes were nicer, you could go to the law and expose her, and they'd hang her as was proper.

So what changed? Was it just an organic development within Christianity that caused people to wake up and realize that they were actually working wickedness - or at least nonsense - in the name of good? No. It was the influence of rationalism, humanism, secularism - all the things that "religious" people still pretend are the great plagues of society.

2007-12-12 06:51:44 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-12 06:51:30 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Right now, do it?

How did you score?

Be honest, you are always honest, right?

2007-12-12 06:51:19 · 34 answers · asked by Bajingo 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I was wondering if anyone can translate, “Hey (name) hope your dad feels better real soon. Produce department.” Thanks.

2007-12-12 06:50:55 · 4 answers · asked by yep8778 1 in Languages

I used to listen to a very good instrumental song, but when I watched the video of it I noticed that the song projects satan or evil symbols. Should I stop listening to it?

2007-12-12 06:50:52 · 20 answers · asked by ? 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-12 06:50:23 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

My extended family has some strange practices. Due to a couple of divorces, some of them have decided that spouses shouldn’t be allowed in group photos. (They are a *strange* bunch…) I disagree, but I don’t care enough to fight them and my husband doesn’t really care. My sister-in-law (an excluded spouse) has whined about to me, and sometimes makes comments about the practice when photos are being arranged.

Here’s the issue:

I have two brothers and three nephews (two were born this year), and I don’t have any pictures of just my brothers and their kids. When we celebrate Christmas in a couple of weeks, I want to take a pic of just my five boys. My other sister-in-law won’t care, but the complainer from above probably will.

How should I explain this to the complainer? Or should I just tell my brothers to pose and hope she says nothing?
Or am I actually being as nuts as the extended family?

2007-12-12 06:50:19 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

i some cjhristian close them eyes an wonder y they do that.
your stupid...
y yoo cant be like me and not beleve in stupid gods.
i will knock out your christian god..

2007-12-12 06:49:41 · 20 answers · asked by WINDIWS VISTA ULTIMATE RULES!!!! 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I watched both episodes last night. Im not sure how I feel about them. Some of it seems pretty acted out although they claim to be real. What does everyone else think?

2007-12-12 06:49:36 · 5 answers · asked by Tay 3 in Mythology & Folklore

2007-12-12 06:48:56 · 63 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

2007-12-12 06:48:16 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality