Religion & Spirituality - 24 July 2006

i saw the south park episode about it, but good gosh surely thats not really what scientologists believe?
This is a sincere question, not an insult or a debate.
Scientologists especially---please answer.

2006-07-24 17:33:00 · 14 answers · asked by kitty is ANGRY!™ 5

So, I havn't been on Yahoo Answers in a while, and I finally decided to visit. I was excited when I found this section again, but was slightly disturbed when I noticed all of the questions (and statements) agaist Christians. Being a Christian myself, I was wondering why almost everyone seems to have it in for us. I don't hate you or scorn you for your religion, race ect. I never have. Thanks in advance for explaining this to me calmly and thoroughly.

2006-07-24 17:32:11 · 17 answers · asked by revl92 2

2006-07-24 17:32:01 · 18 answers · asked by EasterBunny 5

2006-07-24 17:28:52 · 7 answers · asked by SL 1

I saw 3 symbols hanging outside of a building. The top one was Freemasons compass and level.

The 2nd is a 5 pointed inverted star with the colors white, green, red, blue, yellow starting in the 6 o clock position. Inside the star is an alter with an open book on it. The alter is surrounded by the letters T,A,L,F,A starting at the 6 o clock position.

The other sign of the 3 is a half circle with the letters B,F,C,L. There is a triangle at the bottom with an R in it and 2 arms with hands shaking underneath that.

Here's the pics/URL http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g201/Crystaleyes123/symbolsMediumWebview.jpg

2006-07-24 17:26:54 · 5 answers · asked by Media Geek 1

2006-07-24 17:26:39 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

This is what I was told by a very pious Jewish scholar, and I believe it is true. Is it possible that this is the full meaning of the concept of "chosen people" or do they have rights that supercede other humans?

2006-07-24 17:25:43 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-24 17:25:01 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-24 17:24:56 · 18 answers · asked by Katrina 5

For maintaining family & treatment for my parents I need some extra financial support. As I am the only earning member of my family earing only $100 per month doing a job in a private company in Dhaka, Bangladesh, I can not support my family & my parents treatment. I need $200 for medicine & good food for them. As we have no other source, How Can I apply some rich & kind hearted person for financial help.

Please advice by e-mail.

Shuhan
25.07.2006
E-mail: kiamotorsltd@yahoo.com

2006-07-24 17:24:39 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

are you wiccan and how long have you been and why did you choose Wicca?

2006-07-24 17:23:49 · 13 answers · asked by naightengale 3

If the world comes to the point of planetary suicide wouldn't that bring jesus back?

If this is the position of most Christians wouldn't you be the one rooting for wrld war 3 ? I mean IF it hastens the return of god wouldn't Christians be the big supporters of nuclear war?

I do not believe in jesus but I can see how the belief in him affects world politics and it frankly scares me that some Christians might want to try to commit global suicide in the belief god is coming back.

Hw does this affect your thinking and perception of war?

Is world war a good thing - will it bring world peace are you secretly hoping it will all "blow -up " s god can take over ....does this affect how "christian" leaders think?

2006-07-24 17:23:17 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

alot of priest think the apocalypse is coming soon because of the war in the middle east and sighns in the bible

2006-07-24 17:22:47 · 25 answers · asked by pinkpanther6@sbcglobal.net 1

I am fourteen, and I believe in God. I am a Christian, and I am not a terrible person, but I find myself looking at porn sites and I can't stop. Please help!

2006-07-24 17:21:55 · 39 answers · asked by John B 1

And can I just throw them all away and think for myself?

2006-07-24 17:21:45 · 6 answers · asked by EasterBunny 5

2006-07-24 17:20:46 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can anyone of you deny the fact that only Quran is the book which is memorized whole, cover to cover, by millions of people around the world(myself being one of them Alhamdulillah), and that it is impossible to change even one letter of the Quran? Also the people who memorize the Quran, most of them are not arabs nor do they understand even a word of arabic, and you will find even small children, 6,7,8 year olds who have memorized the whole Quran. What does this tell you about the Quran?

2006-07-24 17:20:42 · 21 answers · asked by mmfmmk 2

And if you do the same to an Atheist, will they turn Christian?

2006-07-24 17:18:46 · 14 answers · asked by TommyTrouble 4

On another question someone posted this as An answer :

since in the Bible it states that forgiveness comes only through Christ that the Catholic church is wrong to believe that you can have forgiveness by paying a penance or asking a Priest instead of Christ. Since this goes against what Christ said, that is why a lot of people think the Catholic Church is "not Christian".

So that we are clear, the Church states that Christ is the one that forgives the sin....the Priest acts 'in persona' of Christ. It actually IS biblical for the priest to act in this capacity.----"As the Father has sent me, even so I send you. . . . Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained" (John 20:21–23).

So, any better reasons why people think that Catholics are not Christians?

2006-07-24 17:18:31 · 14 answers · asked by Michelle A 4

God bless everyone who reads this for some who May thing that Hell is fake and God is not real please think it over read Matthew 24 it talk about stuff we go through now in life the bible is so real please think it over God Loves you he wants you to accept him. 1 Corinthians 2 vrs14-16 14The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man's judgment: 16"For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.Colossians 3 vrs 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.2 Corinthians 5vrs 7-10 7We live by faith, not by sight. please Accept God don't wait until the last minute God Loves you he Loves you God is love email me respond to me write back he wants you to be saved God bless anyone who reads this

2006-07-24 17:17:58 · 14 answers · asked by ereyes7089 3

In Matthew 16:28 Jesus says to his disciples, "Verily I say unto you, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom"... So jesus is telling them he would come back before the last of them were dead which would have been in the 2nd century CE at the latest.
So what happened was Jesus lying, wrong, did he come back and nobody noticed? To those of you who claim the Bible is the infallible word of God how do you explain this. To those of you who curse threaten ans write obscenities to my questions, I thank you
sincerely and turn the other cheek :)

2006-07-24 17:16:02 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

...what do you want to happen to people who disagree with you about religion, politics, lifestyle or anything else?

Recent studies show that when we think of our own deaths, we want all others who disagree with us to suffer, burn in Hell. Studies also conclude that those who have discovered that love is the balm for all wounds, and not power, want just the opposite for their enemies. But these people are very rare in the world.

2006-07-24 17:14:51 · 16 answers · asked by Beorh House 6

2006-07-24 17:14:27 · 17 answers · asked by stacyda20 2

I recently asked if "deeds" or "born-again" or both are the key to attaining heaven. Interestingly, it seemed only Christians answered and all gave reference that "knowing Jesus" was the answer and nearly all gave reference.

I would still like to hear opinions and interprutation of Matthews 25, 31-40. It seems to me that Jesus returns and seperates those who will attain heaven from those that will not and basically tells them that it was "deads" that they performed. In verse 37, one of the righteous asks, when did we do good deeds for Jesus. This seems to me to indicate that some did not know Jesus. So how is it that Jesus was willing to "save" them and offer heaven?

I'm curious to responses. Just trying to generate some discussion. What do you think it means? Why was it inserted into the Bible. It must have some relevance.

2006-07-24 17:12:30 · 20 answers · asked by Randy L 2

do you believe in angels cast to earth or crashed aliens?

2006-07-24 17:10:40 · 8 answers · asked by jacks_insanity 3

2006-07-24 17:06:43 · 5 answers · asked by carrozzeria 2

2006-07-24 17:03:18 · 11 answers · asked by Red Yeti 5

Also why do people not want to live right to go to heaven? How can people be so dumb and let the devil decieve them the way he is doing (and getting away with it right now for the time being)!

2006-07-24 17:03:11 · 34 answers · asked by Ellie Grace 2

Is blind faith in a god who cannot be questioned a good thing? Should we not question our beliefs and faith systems? Could it not be possible that things we believe are true are also contradictory, and therefore not right for us?

A god that is omnipotent surely can be questioned, as there will only be answers improving our understanding of that god, right? So by being unquestionable, does that mean that that god is fallible?

2006-07-24 17:02:16 · 12 answers · asked by ...o(_insert witty comment_) 3

Is there anything in this earth better than the Lord?

Remember he made everything!

2006-07-24 17:01:55 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous