Religion & Spirituality - 4 August 2006

Here in the UK we have religiously segregated schools which are supported in part by public money - e.g. CofE schools, RC schools and now (I believe) even Muslim schools.

Should we work towards a situation in which the state only funds secular schools, and the law requires children to attend one of those schools? That doesn't mean that we should make private religiously segregated schools illegal, but that all children should have the same standard of secular education, and that any attendance at religious school would have to be out of normal school hours. If not, why not?

I think we will be failing our children and creating conditions for a more divided, intolerant society if we don't work towards this goal. We *must* learn the lessons of places like Northern Ireland.

2006-08-04 04:15:43 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Mine is to give grace to God and to take care of the planet.

2006-08-04 04:15:26 · 16 answers · asked by GoateeBoy 3

Ok-so this may sound insane-and I'm not even sure if I believe in this, but last night-some man was camped outside my bedroom window at my apartment in his car with his lights on for several minutes-and when I opened my window to ask him to please turn them off, he slowly creeped away while staring at me.after he left I got this horrible feeling in my stomach like something bad was going to happen and I went to check on my 6 month old son.I felt this horrible evil presence in his room and my husband was so freaked out that he agreed that we could let the baby sleep with us for the night. I called the please to alert them of the weird man who neither met up with anyone, nor dropped anyone off, but the evil presence is still in my son's room and I feel life it's spreading in my apartment. Is it possible that this man may have been like an evil spirit or a demon or something (like I said-I don't know If I belieieve this)by the way, my son is getting babtised Sun,and can I get some prayers

2006-08-04 04:12:55 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Because they all claim to be the path to completeness and joy, but as soon as you ask them a question they can't categorically answer, their members get nasty and start calling you blasphemer or tell you that you should just believe it and not question.

2006-08-04 04:12:44 · 21 answers · asked by JeffE 6

Im not talking about infiant baptism or sprinkling. Im talking about evangelical christians/evangelical churches. Is one saved and born again when we believe in and recieve jesus christ as our Lord and Saviour or are we born again WHEN we are baptized in water? Why or why not?

2006-08-04 04:11:28 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

Regardless of our creed, gender, race etc........that we believe in the same God regardless of the way we pray whether in a church or to a statue or to a person????

2006-08-04 04:08:49 · 33 answers · asked by frogette 1

lol!!!! yea it doesn't work so that means there isn't one!!!!!! but seriously there really isn't a heaven or hell I know this makes people mad but I just felt like it!!!!!!

2006-08-04 04:08:15 · 8 answers · asked by lucyj 2

im scared of death! Some people think it is a happy place if God exists some people are just as terrified as me! i NEED your help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-08-04 04:07:02 · 23 answers · asked by emy 2

And we assume that duality is factual, isn't God the cause of the darkness as well? That being said, "without light, there can be no darkness", could this be true if God's light was removed from the equation?

2006-08-04 04:05:47 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-04 04:04:30 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Aren't Christians supposed to not worship idols and such? Isn't praying to a cross or having paintings of Jesus a form of idol worship? Wouldn't any religious symbol be considered an idol?

2006-08-04 04:04:27 · 21 answers · asked by Icy U 5

My father is one of my closest friends, and I like to ask him to be the godfather of my child... I see uncles and aunts standing in as godparents all the time, has anyone seen or heard if Grandparents are eligible too?

2006-08-04 04:03:23 · 2 answers · asked by rorschach1881 2

2006-08-04 04:02:17 · 4 answers · asked by hawkeyes 3

Let's assume that the majority of atheists and christians are good people although we know there are people on either side that just do not make their group look very good.

Atheists and Christians both live their lives, follow the rules (common sense or biblical depending your point of view) and if they do something wrong they both feel remorse and try not to do that something wrong again.

The core difference then lies in that Christians ask a spiritual being God/Jesus/Holy Spirit to forgive them for what they just did, while atheists feel bad and more or less forgive themselves.

Is this real difference? It seems such a small insignificant thing. We are all basically the same, so we should stop judging each other based on the difference within this one small point.

2006-08-04 04:02:14 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-04 03:59:59 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-04 03:59:43 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

I HAVE AN IDEA THAT WILL DO AWAY WITH PROVERTY AND SUFFERING OF CHILDREN, if you are willing to help mail me.

2006-08-04 03:58:38 · 2 answers · asked by JCJC 2

2006-08-04 03:57:39 · 27 answers · asked by kytho 3

Trust me the anwsers he gives you is not going to be the answers you are want to hear espicially if you are a christian.

2006-08-04 03:57:29 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

do you know any reputable palmist in London?

2006-08-04 03:56:50 · 4 answers · asked by oazir 1

For me, it was "Finnegan's Wake"

2006-08-04 03:56:32 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

My friend, if you think it is hot here, can you imagine what hell is going to be like?Praise God I am not going there. How about you. Do you knowThat you will spend all Eternity in Heaven?

2006-08-04 03:54:23 · 9 answers · asked by concerned 5

I mean Evil cult, trying to disturb people’s way of life & culture by converting them.
An example I can quote is Mother Theresa, whose dirty work has made a calm place into a war grounds for communal violence.
Do not reference me her helping ideology, it’s very obvious what she did.

2006-08-04 03:53:37 · 5 answers · asked by 100Hertz 2

The more I look at the questions and answers on here I continue to see people making the claim they are being forced by others to accept their ideas. Excuse me, but exactly who is standing there beside you forcing you to sit down at the computer.? Who is manipulating your fingers beyond your control so that you get on the internet and go to Yahoo Answers? Who is holding your head facing it toward the computer screen and forcing your eyelids to stay open and look at the computer and read the comments that you don't like? What is really cute, is that on top of accusing other people of forcing their ideas on you is the sarcasm, and demeaning comments. C'mon guys lets be reasonable, are all the news casters in the world forcing their opinion on you? Just because someone talks to you about something, is not forcing anything on you. That is even more so if you are the one putting yourself in a position where you know you are going to be reading and seeing ideas from other people.

2006-08-04 03:53:10 · 15 answers · asked by Daniel L 2

Jesus is Son of God.
Prophet Muhammad is a Prophet sent by Allah (God).

Who is God then?
What are the qualities of God?
Where does God reside?

Please quote from authentic scriptures only.

2006-08-04 03:53:09 · 36 answers · asked by CompassionateSoul 3

I find it odd that people use air in their analogy in trying to prove the existence of God. They say things like you can’t see the air that you breathe but you know it is there. Is it me or don’t they know about the other senses that we as humans possess, you can’t see air but you have a sense of touch, you can feel it. That would be like saying you can’t see stink in the air but you know it’s there. Of course I know it’s there because it stinks! I can’t see the flow of electricity through a bare wire either, but if I touch it, I will sure as hell know it’s there. Is there some other analogy that we may use instead of these old ones that make no nense?

2006-08-04 03:52:06 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

CHristians (KJV) ask why do I deny God?

I think its the same reason they deny the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

2006-08-04 03:52:00 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-04 03:51:19 · 2 answers · asked by butnozzle 2

I will be in New York-Times Square Area-all next week.
Any ideas of where I can hear a lecture, browse a shop or mediate on-the-run next week during my vacation?

2006-08-04 03:49:01 · 2 answers · asked by Crispy_Frog 4

I go to my childrens church with them to eat dinner on wednesday nights. It is a potluck dinner, I bring food and also make a free will donation at the start of the meal. After dinner there is a service which I do not attend, the girls stay with the grandma for the service. I believe it is important for my kids to learn about all different religions in order to make an informed desicion later in life about their faith or lack there of. Do you think this makes me a fence straddler in my convictions. Or do you think that I need to be one of the rude in your face atheists in order to be a "real" atheist?

2006-08-04 03:48:22 · 16 answers · asked by ? 6