Religion & Spirituality - 26 July 2006

Does anyone know of a church in mn? I've been looking but haven't found anything good yet...

2006-07-26 10:04:40 · 3 answers · asked by Jack 2

Someone told me all mortal sins condemn a person to Hell.

2006-07-26 10:04:03 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

If you guys have the name of that drug or herb let me know i want to try too.
It seems more powerfull than lsd or mushrooms.

2006-07-26 10:03:58 · 5 answers · asked by PicassoInActions 3

Lance Bass of `N Sync reveals he's gay :

"Lance Bass, band member of 'N Sync, says he's gay. Bass ... tells People magazine that he didn't earlier disclose his sexuality because he didn't want to affect the group's popularity."

Larry King Live [Transcript]: 'N Sync Discusses Their Rise to Stardom"

...KING: Are all of you religious?
BASS: I'm very religious.
(CROSSTALK) KIRKPATRICK: Yes, we're all very religious. We've all grown up around religion, I think. You know, I'm Lutheran.
FATONE: I'm Catholic.
KING: Joey's Catholic.
TIMBERLAKE: I wouldn't -- I think the term for me would be more spiritual than religious. I think ...
KIRKPATRICK: What [religion] are you, J.C.?
CHASEZ: I'm a Christian -- Mennonite, but...
BASS: Christian. I think God has definitely been a part of our career. I mean that is -- I mean, a huga huge part of our career.
KING: Do you feel like he is watching over you?
BASS: Defitinitely. Definitely.

2006-07-26 10:03:08 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Inspired by the-jim-darwin.

Christains, why are you a Christian? Share your stories. Often times we dont come together on this board for fellowship, cause we are so busy de-bunking atheist. So Christians, share your stories, and if you want to contact me, email me through my profile, or is you want to be contacted by others, let us know!!

Atheists, go to the-jim-darwins question to answer for your own, dont post bunk here, it will be ignored.

2006-07-26 10:02:33 · 16 answers · asked by sweetie_baby 6

2006-07-26 10:01:55 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I grow weary of reading the sarcastic, bitter responses to some peoples honest questions. Is there another outlet for answers?

2006-07-26 10:00:37 · 10 answers · asked by peachiegirl 2

I've been to them all and finally decided that the Church of Scotland is perhaps the best. There seems to be so many controlling people in churches, too much hype/so called miracles/so called gifts but I can't find simple christianity where people genuinely love each other without plastic smiles and are there for each other with a mutual love for Jesus. I can't find people who will talk about God outside of church......what's happening to the church.....has anyone else come across this in the UK ? At least in the church of Scotland people come across as normal and not oddballs.

2006-07-26 10:00:10 · 8 answers · asked by Andy 4

Hubble's discovery that the universe was expanding led to the emergence of a model that needed no fiddling around with to make the equations work right (Einstein's "cosmological constant" ). If the universe was getting bigger as time advanced, going back in time meant that it was getting smaller; and if one went back far enough, everything would shrink and converge at a single point. The conclusion to be derived from this model was that at some time, all the matter in the universe was compacted in a single point-mass that had "zero volume" because of its immense gravitational force. Our universe came into being as the result of the explosion of this point-mass that had zero volume. This explosion has come to be called the "the Big Bang" and its existence has repeatedly been confirmed by observational evidence.

2006-07-26 09:58:46 · 11 answers · asked by Biomimetik 3

Why are you an atheist. Share your testimony. Maybe one theist will click on the question and scroll down and be inspired to disconvert by reading your well thought out and intelligent answers.

2006-07-26 09:57:58 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been going through some difficult times this year, and I feel like it might help to go to church. I have not went for years, and don't even know where to start looking. I want a church that has alot of singing and praising, a place where they won't look down on you if you are not dressed a certain way. Can someone please help me?

2006-07-26 09:57:34 · 2 answers · asked by no1blondbwa 1

Is it also a sin if the person getting weighed 370 pounds? Is being obese a sin also, to the point where you can't tell the titties from the extra rolls? Is it a sin for a 90 pound guy to try to take that on for his spiritual and sexual knowledge?Is enlightenment achieved when a guy is able to put on a raincoat and explore a cavern that isn't necessarily a geological formation? Is it spiritual to fist someone?

2006-07-26 09:55:56 · 26 answers · asked by EbonicPlague 1

Why that date?
You see, Ahmadinejad (Iranian leader) is a strong believer in the Shi’ite tradition of a 12th imam, the so-called “hidden” Imam Mahdi who Allah has miraculously kept alive since his disappearance in 874 AD. As the story goes, Imam Mahdi will return at a time of great global chaos, oppression and bloodshed and usher in an era of (Islamic) justice.

Ahmadinejad sees himself as Allah’s instrument to pave the way for Imam Mahdi, and constantly uses public appearances to urge his countrymen to prepare to back him in this task.

Rumor is, Imam Mahdi could be returning this August (or shortly thereafter), Ahmadinejad has made clear his confidence that he and other true believers can affect this apocalyptic timetable, and will use all means at his disposal! Anyone here about this? any more info?

2006-07-26 09:55:40 · 15 answers · asked by betterthanrating 3

All I am seeing is snide remarks form the "velvet underground."

All puns intended.

Peace and Love

2006-07-26 09:55:38 · 3 answers · asked by digilook 2

2006-07-26 09:55:10 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I asked if God could predict the future people said he knows the future after all he is the creator of everything right, he is the creator of time itself. If this is the case why would he create somebody that he knows wont believe in him and then punish them?
You might say he gave us freewill but if he didnt give us any signs or indications of his existance strong enough to make a person believe wouldnt it then be his own fault? And if he created everything does this mean he is nothing? Where did God come from because he could not create himself but still he created everything!

2006-07-26 09:54:53 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've been on a spiritual journey since I was 12 and over the years, I have educated myself in the tenets of the various world religions and schools of spiritual thought.. I want to find out more about paganism as it seems to be the most congruent with what my nature tells me is the most righteous path for me. I am not interested in the Wiccan Faddish teeny bopper bullshit. I want to hook up w/ purists. Anyone out there?

2006-07-26 09:53:47 · 12 answers · asked by laura4ca 1

all the Bible,criticise it.ignorant to the facts

2006-07-26 09:52:59 · 15 answers · asked by stefan 3

What will the religious preference demographics of the United States look like in 2099?

A) The percentage of those who are "religious" will be a higher one then in 2006.

B) The percentage of those who are "religious" will be a lesser one than in 2006.

C) About the same.


My friends, we've seen a lot of stuff in the first 6 years of this Century. Intelligent design is a big issue, Gay rights is also a big issue.

I for one am prepared to dig in my heals and fight the good fight.

2006-07-26 09:52:35 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I personally believe that it has very little place. What do you guys think? Quite a broad one!

2006-07-26 09:52:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

"The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve." Albert Schweitzer.

2006-07-26 09:51:41 · 4 answers · asked by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7

From God’s so called Bible - Isaiah 13:15-18

“Anyone who is captured will be run through with a sword. Their little children will be dashed to death right before their eyes. Their homes will be sacked and their wives raped by the attacking hordes. For I will stir up the Medes against Babylon, and no amount of silver or gold will buy them off. The attacking armies will shoot down the young people with arrows. They will have no mercy on helpless babies and will show no compassion for the children.”

How any decent person can believe and follow the Bible is beyond imagination, or do you just ignore the bits you dislike and twist the rest into a happy delusion, much like the behaviour of drug addicts?

2006-07-26 09:50:58 · 44 answers · asked by Brenda's World 4

2006-07-26 09:48:56 · 40 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have seen visiting Christian missionaries taunting Hindus for being polytheistic. Agreed, in Ten Commandments, it says not to worship more than one God; however, is it correct to ridicule people who, generally, do not confront you in any other way? Furthermore, then what is the difference between such missionaries and the terrorists who kill in the name of their religion?

2006-07-26 09:48:18 · 11 answers · asked by peter p 1

Leviticus 17:11: “For the life of the body is in its blood. I have given you the blood on the altar to purify you ... It is the blood, given in exchange for a life that makes purification possible.” For centuries after these words were written, scientists were bleeding the sick with leeches.

Job 28: 24, 25: “For he looked to the ends of the earth, and saw under the whole heaven, to make the weight for the winds; and he weighed the waters by measure.” Long after these words were written, scientists maintained that air is weightless. Eventually they caught up to the Bible and realized that air has weight.

Job 38: 19, 20: “Where does light come from, and where does darkness go? Can you take each to its home?” When God asked these questions of Job, he was showing him that light travels. It would take scientists many years to figure that out.

Isaiah 40:22 says, “God sits above the circle of the earth." For centuries after Isaiah, scientists thought it was flat.

2006-07-26 09:47:33 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-26 09:47:11 · 15 answers · asked by pablo 2

2006-07-26 09:46:41 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you consider matter to be imperfect because it changes?

If matter didn't change and adapt we would have no solid, no liquid and no gas. Matter can exist in any time, place, environment and yet you consider it imperfect because it adapts in order to do so.

Perfect matter would support your argument about a perfect god as a perfect god could not create imperfect matter.

Following this anything made of matter would be perfect, meaning life is perfect.

You claim the soul/spirit is not made of matter so if you want to say it is imperfect that wouldn't hurt the argument either.

Please explain for me.

Thank you.

2006-07-26 09:45:57 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

To voice against religious beliefs is understandable. The religious do so every day. However, when the anti-religious speak with desire to eliminate religion, and begin to blame much, (if not all) of society's or the world's problems on religion, are they not becoming a fascist themselves? Is this not an irony?

2006-07-26 09:45:19 · 6 answers · asked by man_id_unknown 4

No it is not. the root of all evil is mankind. Who created money? who created a sense of compromise that is a sentimental vibe? who created the split in society between those who have and those that don't have, which is the main source of every negative action that happens in this world? mankind did. people say greed is the root. well, who has greed? human beings. who puts all the 7 deadly sins into full motion? human beings. you don't see animals doing the things we do don't you? we are the only species on this planet who does good and bad things for all types of reasons, to fullfill all types of pleasure. as long as there are human beings on this earth, there will always be evil. now without human beings, will there still be evil? will there still be money?

2006-07-26 09:42:34 · 24 answers · asked by The Truth 2006 1