Society & Culture - 22 December 2007

Islam calls these people 'mortad' or apostate and the spilling of their blood is 'halal' or accepted by religion.

2007-12-22 08:46:35 · 16 answers · asked by Reverie 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I thought poor people are always hungry and in need of more government help, yet they are the ones who are the fattest slobs around!!
Isn't it time that we take away some, if not most, of their food so that they can at least be thin and presentable if a burden to society?

2007-12-22 08:44:52 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

is it some kind of a miracle?
How?!

Does smokin have any relation with being Holy?

2007-12-22 08:43:57 · 20 answers · asked by ? 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-22 08:43:50 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

-Jesus conceived by the holy ghost making him the father.

-father is greater -- so is holy ghost for you can come against
Jesus and it can be forgiven, but if you come against the holy spirit it is not forgiven.

-holy ghost will teach you all things : only the father knows all things.

so it appears to me that holy ghost and the father are the same being.

2007-12-22 08:39:55 · 12 answers · asked by just because 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-22 08:38:53 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I grew up Catholic but could not answer this question that my husband asked last night. He asked, "I understand why people worship Jesus, but why do people also worship the Virgin Mary just as equally?" (I must have fallen asleep in CCD while they were talking about that!)

2007-12-22 08:38:20 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Have you noticed that all you need to do to learn more about a person here at Epinions is to look at their profile and then glance at the questions they have asked? The questions we ask here tell the world a whole lot more about us than our Myspace profiles -- which can be faked and tweaked.

I don't mean to sound paranoid but when we read the novel 1984 we are appalled by the invasions of privacy -- and yet in real life we are simply willing to post all of our inner most thoughts here and literally have zero privacy.

Example: Someone mentions an interesting political perspective here. I'm curious about them and click their profile. I click their questions asked link. I find out that one question might have been interesting but the rest of their account is interested in cosmetics or tamagatchi or erectile dysfunction. Stupid stuff or stuff that is far too personal.

Even in this question I can be profiled as a paranoid curmudgeon, do-gooder. How much privacy will we sacrifice?

2007-12-22 08:37:37 · 4 answers · asked by snowexam 2 in Other - Society & Culture

I've never really been into religion. I want to be though, I am a buddhist but I don't know much about the religion. My grandma is really into it, but I don't live anywhere close to her. Tell me some reasons why religion is important.

I just want to know.

2007-12-22 08:37:18 · 14 answers · asked by faisdebeauxreves 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Belief in no god, one god or multiple gods? Worship of yourself? Gatherings at regular intervals? Moral rulings? A single "think for yourself" commandment? Nothing at all (a vacuous religion that included no teachings/duties/benefits)? An afterlife or afterlives or reincarnation?

2007-12-22 08:37:12 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If not then why do many Christians learn about Islam using the same methodology?

2007-12-22 08:34:40 · 13 answers · asked by shaybani_yusuf 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-22 08:34:32 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

also do you know how long the mail is gonna be held for before it's returned to the sender???
Thanks for answering!

2007-12-22 08:33:09 · 3 answers · asked by Dr.Meow 4 in Other - Society & Culture

that there'll be one single currency (money) for the entire world?

I remember hearing about this and other things and I just can't come up with anybody else corraborating it now. Some religious groups that did belief and preach this have gone back on their word now.

Can anyone tell me what's going on with this?

2007-12-22 08:31:58 · 9 answers · asked by 1-2informationalways 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Like the word spirit? Which simply means "invisible to the naked eye, or without material form". And can refer to many things. Like forces at work, as well as many different forms of Life that exist on multi-dimensional levels?

2007-12-22 08:30:16 · 19 answers · asked by THE NEXT LEVEL 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I recieved an invitation to an acquaintance's 18th birthday party. On the invitation it says "Guys find a nice shirt and tie. ladies please find a nice dress to wear"

Can I get a couple pictures of what kind of dresses you think would be appropriate?

2007-12-22 08:27:16 · 18 answers · asked by graceygranger 2 in Etiquette

ok my grandma bev and grandpa larry sent me a christmas card and a check for 40$ and i dont talk to them like every day just on holidays
and i wanted to know wat i should put on the card im gona send back to them they put on the card they sent me this:

We hope you have a nice Christmas!
Love you,
Bev and Larry




ok since i dont talk to them that much i need 2 know wat to put on the card and idk if i want to put thank you for the card adn 40$
cuz i think that would sound kinda cheesy
ya know?
do u think it would sound cheesey
plz just tell me everything i should put on the card?!!?!
plz!

2007-12-22 08:26:18 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

I know it is stated in the Bible (Isa. 14:9, 15: Ezek. 32:18-21) that Hell is located in the core of the earth but is there concrete evidence for that?

2007-12-22 08:25:46 · 29 answers · asked by fatamorgana1989 2 in Religion & Spirituality

bitter hatered feelings toward would you say something or just walk away. Say these people made you sick to your stomach when you knew them. Thank you

2007-12-22 08:25:41 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

since you have no partaked in honorable combat

2007-12-22 08:25:14 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Christmas is the day when Christ was born... Atheists don't believe in God or any of the Bible's stories, right?
P.S. i'm not mean, just curious... merry christmas to all

2007-12-22 08:24:24 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

2007-12-22 08:22:51 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

By now I saw it being used in a restaurant review, in a property review.... and when I googled it, there was also a novel with that title. What does the word mean?

2007-12-22 08:22:42 · 3 answers · asked by Yellow Dango 4 in Languages

I'm sure that some of you know that there was a systematic massacre of an earth-based religion called the Gnostics. They possessed certain documents that would have unseated what the Church had built around Jesus and the Bible. If the early Church didn't have anything to hide then why did they massacre a people and destroy the documents. You can find this in a book called 'Not In His Image' and no this is not written by an atheist. What if everything that has been written about is only half of the information available about Jesus? I am asking this in the spirit of inquiry and not condemnation. Thank you for your thoughts. Blessings to everyone.

2007-12-22 08:22:04 · 22 answers · asked by Yogini 6 in Religion & Spirituality

i believe in destiny a little bit so how can you be sure it will all work out or that something else won't intervene. what does the Bible/your religion say about it. if i understand this right, our thoughts are the most powerful tool but then there are also some people who don't mean well. so how do you know you/your plans are always protected. thanx

2007-12-22 08:21:56 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

She already has an ipod and I-home. I was thinking about buying uggs....She is a girly girl

2007-12-22 08:21:46 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

Catholics or Jews? Drug dealers or politicians?
and do you expect it to happen within the next 10 years?

2007-12-22 08:21:25 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Is it like some history or something?

2007-12-22 08:20:32 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

I mean im african and if u go to any african country they will look at u like wtf is that, and yes i've asked people. So, is this just another made up holiday for blacks to feel equal?

2007-12-22 08:19:44 · 10 answers · asked by *who knew..* 4 in Kwanzaa

I know this isn't a "biblical" question per se.

But to borrow from the event in history where God asked Solomon if he could have ANYTHING, he wanted, and it would be given to him.

If you were ever offered wings (like an angel) and thereby the ability to fly like one. And healing powers as well wherewith to heal whatever you touched. Would you take it? Would it change your mind if you knew ahead of time that your choice would be permanent?
(Example: to remain as you were till you die, or accept this offer and live that way till you die)

2007-12-22 08:19:41 · 5 answers · asked by Cherub 3 in Religion & Spirituality