Religion & Spirituality - 11 July 2006

a God in their heart and are going to appear before Him on Judgement Day! Is this the reason they attempt to discredit the Bible and Christ's followers?

2006-07-11 06:41:00 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hath I not taught thee to love thy neighbor as thyself? And yet ye in America are unwilling to bear the burden of Mexico's poverty and illegal immigrants even though you art the richest nation in the world. Why dost thou not follow my teachings? Rememberest thou the Good Samaritan? Will ye do nothing?

2006-07-11 06:40:27 · 18 answers · asked by Tofu Jesus 5

There is help for the insane thinking of Christians. See The Skeptical Review Online for cures.

2006-07-11 06:39:48 · 4 answers · asked by theagitator@sbcglobal.net 2

If so, how?

2006-07-11 06:38:47 · 35 answers · asked by Socastee_Angel 2

2006-07-11 06:38:37 · 41 answers · asked by Anonymous

When you pray at night, does somebody really hear you? I pray as much as possible, but sometimes I just feel so lonely like nobody listens or even cares about what I have to say. I do believe in God. I just wanted to know how you feel about this.

2006-07-11 06:37:53 · 18 answers · asked by Socastee_Angel 2

I grew up in a Catholic church that played traditional hymns on an organ. Four years ago, I moved to another Catholic church-with a whole different sound. We have a singing group that plays with guitars, drums, tambourines, and even maracas. I absolutely hate it and don't think it belongs in a Catholic church. Is there anyone who has had the same experience or shares my opinion?

2006-07-11 06:37:43 · 5 answers · asked by kid_at_heart 3

Some say its the highest form of devotion.

2006-07-11 06:36:24 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

After reading the reasonable answer in my last question (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=20060711100532AAbqum1&r=w), it appears that there does not seem to be a real argument over the fact that DEC 25 was adopted as Jesus' birthday to coincide with a Pagan holiday to, lets say, 'ease' the transition to Christianity.

Works for me, no argument there - but.... as a logical conclusion, does this not almost force one to at least entertain the possibility that other 'things' were altered to achieve the same effect and that, hence, the practice of literal interpretation of the bible seems a bit risky?

Again, I am interested in FACTUAL DISCUSSIONS and I do not care for fire and bristone from EITHER side (yes, atheists, you too.....)

2006-07-11 06:36:13 · 10 answers · asked by elwoodo0oo 3

Why can't I have sex at 15, I look like 21 with on D cups and women's body ? I need it daily, I don't want to play with myself. Help me, Jesus !

2006-07-11 06:35:10 · 20 answers · asked by ( Italian accent,say 4 Q U U 812 1

I want to be a true Christian and follow the preachings of Exodus, but I have no slaves. Where do I get some so I can serve God by complying with the following:

EXODUS
21:1 These are the laws that you must set before [the Israelites]:
21:2 If you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve for six years, but in the seventh year, he is to be set free without liability.
21:3 If he was unmarried when he entered service, he shall leave by himself. But if he was a married man, his wife shall leave with him.
21:4 If his master gives him a wife, and she bears sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall remain her master's property. [The slave] shall leave by himself.
21:5 If the slave declares, 'I am fond of my master, my wife and my children; I do not want to go free,'
21:6 his master must bring him to the courts. Standing [the slave] next to the door or doorpost, his master shall pierce his ear with an awl. [The slave] shall then serve [his master] forever.

2006-07-11 06:33:27 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I always read on this Yahoo!forum the opinion that "homosexualy is not natural, because when the whole world would be gay, then we can't reproduce and the world would and."

of course the whole world won't be gay, but let's work this out a little bit.

hmz, what about Artificial insemination. That would mean no unwanted pregnancies, it would lower the amount of abortions spectacularly. Most religious people hate abortions, so they would be happy.

can we from now on agree that the argument "being gay is wrong because then the world would end" is a kinda silly argument?

(btw, when i post these sort of questions, i always seem to have to mention that i'm straight and that i love my girlfriend. It seems that my questions are read differently when people wrongly assume that i'm gay, which is also strange...)

2006-07-11 06:32:47 · 25 answers · asked by Thinx 5

2006-07-11 06:31:18 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

A recent question asked about the logistic ramifications of The Flood.

One of the answers was: "It's easier not to question. Just believe it. Hurts your head a lot less."

Is this seriously how some of you think? Isn't this an acceptance of ignorance and a refusal to challenge anything?

When an atheist says that Christians have no mind of their own, I think that this is where that stereotype originates.

Obviously most of you do not feel this way, but I'd like to hear from those of you who do, who accept blindly whatever you are told, so as to have your "head hurt a lot less."

Do you not see the error in this way of thinking? Defend this position.

2006-07-11 06:31:01 · 10 answers · asked by wrathpuppet 6

Just wondering if anybody knows for sure, and if so, how did you find out?

2006-07-11 06:29:59 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-11 06:28:25 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

As such does that make it more fun?

2006-07-11 06:27:04 · 29 answers · asked by Almont00 3

in my opinion, i will pray to die. what do u think?

2006-07-11 06:25:11 · 6 answers · asked by labo 2

2006-07-11 06:25:09 · 7 answers · asked by YESHUA Y 2

2006-07-11 06:23:26 · 15 answers · asked by YESHUA Y 2

2006-07-11 06:21:29 · 22 answers · asked by labo 2

Essentially, the term is used to describe any one of a number of activities where a non-Christian (or person not involved with a particular sect of Christianity) indulges or imerses themselves in activities, literature, and media of a given sect of Christianity which they perceive as strange, bizarre, or off-beat, for the sole purpose of having fun at the expense of that sect of Christianity.

2006-07-11 06:21:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Right now I'm about 98% sure God and Jesus are non-existant. But that 2% keeps nagging "what if you're wrong". Can I still call myself Agnostic or do I have to commit to Atheism?

2006-07-11 06:20:58 · 41 answers · asked by Kenny ♣ 5

When they vote against certain issues because it goes against thier religious beliefs, yet they do not even follow thier own religion? Why do some people hold so fast to a religion they only subscribe to on sunday between 9-12am?

2006-07-11 06:20:07 · 21 answers · asked by m 3

there is family who are JWs, a man and his wife and children and for some reason the father decides he no longer wants to live his life as a Witness and all of a sudden his children are to have nothing to do with him....where is the forgiveness and the love...family is important

seems like it is hurting the children and the father

i don't understand

the bible talks about forgiveness, didn't Jesus to forgive 77 times...meaning to forgive unendingly?

2006-07-11 06:20:00 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

How can it be said that God is a forgiving God when he wiped out over 99.999999% of the world's population with the great flood?

Were they all bad people?

And if so, why couldn't some of them have been forgiven?

2006-07-11 06:19:17 · 8 answers · asked by M 1

Assuming that the story of Noah is true, and that there were a limited number of people (likely from the same descent/ethnicity), animals and plants on the boat:

* How can we account for variety of races (black, white, Chinese, Spanish, Indian, Mongol, etc. etc. etc.) if we all came from the same few people in Noah's immediate family?
* How can we account for the millions and millions of species of animal, reptile, insect and plant life on the earth today, assuming that Noah didn't have access to life in disparate parts of the world and thus would not have been able to save all of the diversity of land-based life that existed on land before the great flood?

2006-07-11 06:17:42 · 28 answers · asked by M 1

Universal moral law has obviously changed over the last couple of thousand years.

God's moral laws haven't changed, but the universal morals have.

That means our morals are not anymore like the way God created us? have morals evolved? did God plan that? or is this simply caused by evolution?

2006-07-11 06:16:56 · 8 answers · asked by Thinx 5

Why have so many different species in so many different parts of the world? Why not just one species of ant, fly, mosquito all over the world? They all serve the same function, so why all the variety?

2006-07-11 06:16:10 · 5 answers · asked by Kenny ♣ 5

If Eve came from Adam's rib and everyone that's ever been born had to have come from the initial union between Adam and Eve:

* How can we account for the fact that everyone born since then wasn't born with genetic defects, which at some point very early on, would have let to the extinction of our species?
* How can we account for variety of races on the planet (black, white, Chinese, Spanish, Indian, Mongol, etc. etc. etc.) if we all came from the same two people (really one, when you consider that Eve came from Adam)?
* Basically, how can we account for so much genetic diversity in people if the initial gene pool was so small to begin with?

2006-07-11 06:16:00 · 10 answers · asked by M 1