Society & Culture - 31 December 2007

1.) Did his body vanish, disappear, disintegrate, dissolve, and dematerialize?
2.) Did Jesus say he was going to raise his spirit or his body?
3.) Why/How did his body vanish and how did it happen in 3 days?

Finally, is there scriptural proof for the answers to these questions?

2007-12-31 06:18:21 · 12 answers · asked by Jereme K 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Watched Jesus Camp last night, and I have to give my vote to it hands down.

Poor kids.

2007-12-31 06:17:47 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I have heard very conflicting statements that state either time for this tradition to be done. In many other cultures they have food to be eaten on the eve, midnight, or the day. Does anyone know the "real" way this southern tradition should be celbrated and why?
Thank you

2007-12-31 06:17:21 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Holidays

You know the ones who believe that their denomination is going to heaven and everyone else is not. Or do you just feel they are misguided?

2007-12-31 06:17:19 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Please serious answers

2007-12-31 06:16:27 · 24 answers · asked by Bishop Rashad 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Here are some that I've noticed:
1) In The Legend Of Zelda: The Wind Waker, One of the major characters is a tree. The Celts (Druids) worshiped trees.
2) In "Twilight Princess" you turn into a "sacred beast". The druids also believed in sacred beasts.

2007-12-31 06:14:54 · 5 answers · asked by Patrick 2 in Mythology & Folklore

This follows on from another question I asked.

As I understand it, Christians believe that non-believers will go to Hell.

I want to understand this point clearly.

If a non-believer led a good life, never hurt anyone, did charity work...you know, a generally good guy, they would go to Hell.

Along with this a Christian, who worshipped God but really didn't do anything for his fellow man, perhaps was even obnoxious or unhelpful...but believed with all their Heart in God, they would go to Heaven..


I know this is a loaded question, as the hypothetical situation suggests, but I wanted to give an extreme case to understand the Christian view on this.

(All due respect to people of all faiths (non-faith)...this question is borne out of interest in this faith (I am not a Christian).

2007-12-31 06:12:08 · 23 answers · asked by Mancloud 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Serious answers only! If you are going to answer just to mock me or judge me you will be reported!!
Lets say i was to invoke Brigid , after i recite the invocation and i feel her presence, do i proceed to ask to what i called her for , or what is it that i need to do , im confused when it comes as how should a treat a deity /god /goddess specially if this my very first time any tips will be appreciated
Oh and how should tell her to go after its all over?
Does any of these deity speak back at you ...?

2007-12-31 06:11:22 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Matthew 5:31-32 (NKJV) "Furthermore it has been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.' 32 "But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.




According to the answers to this question:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071231105657AArwMBJ&r=w#PJd9K1i6UHdNz72f2SRD


You can twist he bible to say what you want it to say.

2007-12-31 06:10:06 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Can someone explain that mantra?

If cleanliness is next to Godliness, are there consequences for not being clean?

Where are the boundaries drawn ~ I mean ~ what is considered "clean"?

Peace and many thanks for your opinions.

2007-12-31 06:08:54 · 20 answers · asked by No Chance Without Yo Mama 6 in Religion & Spirituality

(motion) i'm not sure what they are called, but the hand movements. what is it called, and what does it represent?

2007-12-31 06:08:19 · 7 answers · asked by Ames 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Hes just plain creepy looking.

2007-12-31 06:08:13 · 11 answers · asked by say what? 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Hi how are you too day? Ok am thinking dateing outside of culture. should i try out? Scard little

2007-12-31 06:07:55 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Why did all the homosexuals who answered this question say that they were BORN with homosexual urges and it just came naturally to them?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=As4B66hNp3IQ2Qq_tBWNvLjsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071226203217AAuu1bh

NONE of them said that they were sexually abused by anyone of the same sex. They said that they started to develop homosexual urges around the time one starts puberty. Because of this we can conclude that they were BORN homosexual. And since God supposedly determines all your characteristics, we can only assume that God MADE them homosexual. Am I wrong?

2007-12-31 06:06:51 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

As a christian what do u do on holidays like Christmas and New years Day? Do you go to church or just blow it off as another day

2007-12-31 06:05:54 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I'd like to take a random sampling of all users, so please get out a coin and flip it, letting it fall to the floor. If it comes up heads, you'll answer the question below, if tails, you won't. I know this is not a true random selection, but it's good enough for my purpose, which is to determine the ratio of believers to unbelievers in this forum. The question, therefore, is are you a believer or an unbeliever? One word answers, if you please.

2007-12-31 06:05:44 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

it is something i do on a regular basis and i have asked this before but am reposting it in repsonse to a question that was just asked if atheist ever ask why of themselves-apparently it got missed-and many other questions were missed also-

any thoughts----smile and enjoy the day----happy new year to all

2007-12-31 06:03:24 · 10 answers · asked by lazaruslong138 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm a liberal socialist. As I am the only one of them I know, I don't if they support my sexuality.

2007-12-31 06:03:02 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-12-31 06:02:55 · 2 answers · asked by born2ride 1 in Other - Society & Culture

I've asked questions in yahoo answer and most Christian says the reason "some" of them hate gay ppl are because we CHOOSE to be gay?. If you're straight can you "choose" to be gay?, when you're born can you choose to be male or female?. Forgive me but I can't seem to remember I "choose" to be what I want when I'm born.

For straight people, imagine gay is the "norm" in this world, can you choose to be gay?? can you turn gay if you're threatened?

2007-12-31 06:01:24 · 32 answers · asked by levis_88 2 in Religion & Spirituality

After discovering that the claim that Mary was a virgin when giving birth to Jesus was just a mistranslation for the Hebrew word for "young woman", do you still believe in the virgin birth? If so, who's authority supersedes the bible and tells you that the virgin birth is true, when the bible says nothing about a virgin birth (in its original tongue of course).

2007-12-31 06:01:05 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Our (new) Australian government is intending to force all ISPs to remove porn and other "unsuitable" material from all Internet service. In order for people to access such material, they would have to register with the ISP, give their details, and then they could get what they liked. I don't like porn and such like, but I do like that the Internet is a free forum for all people, with no censorship except what we place on ourselves.
This is obviously to protect children from predators, but I believe that parents should be doing that job.
What would you feel about your government placing such consorship on the Internet?

2007-12-31 06:01:00 · 13 answers · asked by Stella 6 in Senior Citizens

Love, a being, a whimsical Thunder God...?

2007-12-31 05:59:35 · 10 answers · asked by voice_of_reason 6 in Religion & Spirituality

yaoi is, for those who dont know, a japanese manga/anime term for a subgenre of shoujo (manga/anime targetted at girls). its guy-on-guy homosexual relationships drawn and written.depending on what im reading, it can be just kissing and then full blown explicant scenes/pictures...yeah...
so anyway, i know that homosexuals are against God and i also know that pre-marital sex is against God, but is reading about and looking at that kinda stuff wrong? like spiritually immoral? if you could give me some bible verses or references id appreciate that very much.
as always,g'bye!

2007-12-31 05:59:01 · 5 answers · asked by labyrinth_solved 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Luke 16:18

So--a divorced woman is supposed to wait around until doomsday, that's all she gets for putting up with the jerk her ditched her?

What about the guy who is saintly enough to marry a woman with emotional baggage and perhaps a ready-made family--is he actually doing something that conflicts with the word of God?

2007-12-31 05:56:57 · 22 answers · asked by colebolegooglygooglyhammerhead 6 in Religion & Spirituality

please quote Jesus and Paul or others with scriptures that match

I'm tired of dogma and doctrine based on your opinions

2007-12-31 05:56:27 · 12 answers · asked by voice_of_reason 6 in Religion & Spirituality

The only things that still leave me stumped is that they say the universe goes on forever. How in the hell is that possible when everything we know has a beginning and an end? And if thats possible, then whose to say there aren't other dimensions of existence?

2007-12-31 05:56:15 · 32 answers · asked by Sammy 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-31 05:55:29 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

2007-12-31 05:55:25 · 15 answers · asked by LolaMola 4 in Etiquette

Where are the questions on R&S that are not the "Why do theists do this or that?" or "Why are they (_____) me?"

Where are the questions from atheists asking "why of themselves?"or "Why do some atheists do this or that?"

So is it always why of Christians, Jews, Muslim, and Pagans?

2007-12-31 05:54:42 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality