Society & Culture - 29 December 2007

Moses is also referred to as Elohim in Exodus 7:1. Does this mean that there were three of him?

Dagon is also referred to as Elohim in ISam5:7. Does this mean that Dagon was a trinity?

Nehemiah 9:18 uses the term Elohim to describe the molten calf that was made by the Jews when they left Egypt. How many calves did they have? Were there three, or were there three persons in the calf?

There are many other verses that use the term Elohim to refer to a singular person or idol, with no hint of plurality to it.

Why is it that when the same term is used for God, that it suddenly means that there are three of them?

2007-12-29 13:22:10 · 7 answers · asked by Southern Apostolic 6 in Religion & Spirituality

wat is it about.i feel sorry 4 will smith .tom cruz is brain washing every celebrities

2007-12-29 13:22:10 · 9 answers · asked by ms.libra09 1 in Religion & Spirituality

but she recently thinks it would be alright for us to be seen in public dressed fem honestly i can pass asa girl but im a littel unnerved im 123lb 5'8tall with a slender build and stylish cut hair my question is should i go this far oh for xmas i got my belly piericed happy new year

2007-12-29 13:20:09 · 4 answers · asked by ? 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

When God put the tree of knowledge and the tree of life in the garden of Eden, didn't God KNOW that A&E would do it?

If God knew it would happen, why did he punish A&E and everybody after them?

And if God knows that there is going to be a great falling away, as the Bible says, does that mean that God is responsible for it? Does God control everything? If he knew I would not be able to find reasonable evidence or a significant compelling in my spirit to believe the Bible, even before I was born, How can I be judged for that?

I would like to believe the Bible, but I have absolutely no compelling reason to, aside from emotionalism, or an extremely faulty and cumbersome apologetics!

God foreknew, did He not? Before God created the first being, he knew that some of them would rebel. God put within the creature the seed of rebellion.

Even Lucifer, who was closest to God rebelled. God knew this, yet created Hell and destruction for him to die in.
Where did this evil come from?

2007-12-29 13:19:57 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Why is there food which we can only eat after it has been cooked, for example meat which may contain parasites or cannot be digested raw without making us ill or plants which are not platable or digestible raw? Examples: eggs, potatoes, swedes, nettles.
Someone else asked and it got deleted so I thought I'd try and ask it again.

2007-12-29 13:19:27 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-29 13:18:48 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-29 13:17:46 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

I had a friend who was Mormon. When she passed (too young, I'd say), her close friends were not allowed to come to the temple for services. Later, they had a viewing of the body at a local funeral home. We went there and we saw her dressed in this Wedding Dress-Like get up. It was disturbing. When I looked closely at her, I saw little gold triangles all over it. What does this mean, please?

2007-12-29 13:17:09 · 17 answers · asked by Talkstress 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I know we're supposed to have joy and peace and be happy, but what if you're just miserable? Is that so wrong?

2007-12-29 13:16:10 · 21 answers · asked by Consuming Fire 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-29 13:15:24 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Is demonic possession running rampant or something? Wouldn't investing in flu shots for the impoverished be a better way to ward off "demons" (a.k.a. germs)?

2007-12-29 13:15:21 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Do you believe in life after death? Why?

2007-12-29 13:14:22 · 51 answers · asked by Arian 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Christian is the big title that contains all other groups (catholics, protestants, mormons, anglicans....), so anyone who considers him/herself just a christian means he accepts and agrees with all the differences contained in the dogma of the different christian subgroups

2007-12-29 13:13:48 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

First off--- its a _rare_ occasion when something good happens to me. I get my hopes hope on somehing... and everytime they come crashing down every time. But for some reason i have a good feeling about this one... i think it just maybe might come true.

Okay soo... my 2007 New Years Resolutions were to make a new best friend [i made two]. And then my second was to come out to a person [i came out to both of my best friends and they were completely okay with it]

2008 Resolution is to find a boyfriend. I finally got the courage to go to my guidance counseler and ask abou a Gay/Les/Bi club at our school. At the begging of the year i thought it was just a rumor... but so many people have talked about it, i dont think it is. So anyways... i finally got the courage to go and ask and one of my best friends is coming with me for support [which i think is completely awesome =D].
I hope to join the club, and in doing that, i hope it will make things easier talking to other gay guys.....

2007-12-29 13:13:44 · 5 answers · asked by soccerstud110 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-12-29 13:13:39 · 13 answers · asked by John W 6 in Religion & Spirituality

...wear short shorts?


[Asked in honor of a dear friend]

2007-12-29 13:12:07 · 24 answers · asked by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Why do great teachers and even Prophets use Parables?
Why would they resort to this type of teaching, and do humans even understand there significant meanings today?

2007-12-29 13:11:21 · 26 answers · asked by WillRogerswannabe 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Might be the wrong spelling.

2007-12-29 13:10:15 · 10 answers · asked by ? 1 in Languages

My opinion- We can't always blame technology when it comes to leadership of the future generation. Although.... some people are sick in the head to begin with and some games out there do help contribute them to "snap" that much more. These kinds of games haven't been around for all that long so it might take a few more decades to see what damage they do or don't do.

2007-12-29 13:08:55 · 12 answers · asked by Porcelain Sky 4 in Other - Society & Culture

2007-12-29 13:07:02 · 2 answers · asked by Simon A 2 in Other - Society & Culture

Whenever I try to watch shows like Project Runway or A Shot at Love, my dad makes me turn it off because there's gay people on it.

I don't see anything wrong with gay people and I have nothing against them whatsoever. And I get really mad when my dad says mean stuff about them.

And please don't get mad at me for posting this or anything, but I really hate that my father is like this.

Do you guys have any ideas to help me make him you know, not like, mean?

2007-12-29 13:04:15 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-12-29 13:04:09 · 26 answers · asked by Steff 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Germs being bad for the planet, white blood cells being good for the planet.

2007-12-29 13:03:21 · 15 answers · asked by Big Will 4 in Other - Society & Culture

Do you think god exists? Why makes you think that god exists?

It doesn't really matter if you're religious...just want your opinion as an individual...

2007-12-29 13:02:59 · 26 answers · asked by Arian 2 in Religion & Spirituality

worshipped a higher power of some kind, whether it be a Sun God, a Thunder God, maybe an Apollo, maybe Totems, maybe a Rainbow Serpent, maybe the God of Israel, maybe Allah (the same??), or maybe even the Virgin Mary, Egyptian Pharohs etc. etc. Do human beings have an inate drive to worship something that maybe cannot be Scientifically proved??? and why in this day and age does it seem a lot think it is an either/or question re God and evolution. Please explain.

2007-12-29 13:02:45 · 11 answers · asked by veraswanee 5 in Mythology & Folklore

Can a Christian be for the death penalty?

The Bible says, Thou shalt not kill.

Should God have added something to that commandment like, "except for death penalty cases"?

Or should God have rather said, "Thou shalt not murder."
In 1611 when they wrote the KJV, didn't they know that "murder" would be a little more accurate than "kill"?
God commanded his people to kill all kinds of people (witches, gays, false prophets, unclean people, etc.) Today, those things would definitely be considered murder.

It seems that human morality has simply changed with the NT being a "moral update." Like the Mormon racist updates.

But I know you cannot change the Bible, because the Bible says that anyone who changes the Bible should be killed...

So can we kill insane murderers or not?

How about witches and homosexuals, like the Bible says. Are we supposed to read the Ten Commandments and then later read the things that contradict the earlier things and just go with the "latest" information?

2007-12-29 13:01:53 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-29 13:01:14 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

How do we know God exists? The Greek myths were written down, and we KNOW they were fake, but on the other hand, the bible was a book, how do we KNOW that those events even took place. What does going to church do.

By the way: I am a Christian and I am not stupid to know what you do in church. But WHY???/

i just don't get it..

is there any PROOF any of this even happened???!!!

please help me

2007-12-29 13:00:15 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-29 12:58:43 · 11 answers · asked by Vengance 3 in Religion & Spirituality

You can answer this question in any way, in any language, in any answer from a source, in any Biblical Scripture, or in any of your beliefs. I'm just very curious about the answers that will appear in this question that you guys will put.


Let me share my answer of in my view for this question, ( I believe in the bible) by reading and contemplating the bible in Genesis chapter 4, I believe that Cain was the first human murderer because he killed his brother Abel.

"But who taught Cain how to kill and if they were one of the earliest humans then how do they know what is death?" I strongly believe that only Satan/Lucifer or the devil could have told him or tempted him or gave him that instant knowledge to know how to kill.

2007-12-29 12:57:55 · 18 answers · asked by Arcen 1 in Religion & Spirituality