Religion & Spirituality - 16 August 2006

is it true that in 1000 BCE ISrael army had 1million and 300.000 solders?
2 Samuel 24
24:9 And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
1 Chr.21:5 ( this even better, 1.5 million)
21:5 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.

(The United States had about 1.37 million active duty soldiers in 2001.)
Wow and that is only 2 tribes....

2006-08-16 07:23:30 · 10 answers · asked by PicassoInActions 3

Males, they say for keeping a clean sceen, however, the female organ is always self cleaning from the inside out. Natures way.

2006-08-16 07:23:28 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm really unlucky i think there could be some connection here!

2006-08-16 07:22:28 · 10 answers · asked by Puzzled 3

a pastor tell us that if one were to take anothers life that that person (the one who died) would go to heaven. kind of like getting a free ride. can this be true? please see my last question to understand why i am asking this.

2006-08-16 07:22:20 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-16 07:21:09 · 7 answers · asked by kittengirl20042005 1

Please no one word answers. I know most will say faith and the like but I'm looking for more along the lines of individual explanations of why they think there is an single absolute truth that applies to everyone.

2006-08-16 07:20:07 · 20 answers · asked by PaganPoetess 5

2006-08-16 07:19:36 · 29 answers · asked by †ᴰᴲᵛᴵᴸ† 5

2006-08-16 07:19:15 · 5 answers · asked by Joeng 3

2006-08-16 07:18:38 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is there anyone that can post the passage in the bible which specifically states that suicide is a sin?

2006-08-16 07:16:39 · 27 answers · asked by Butthole Jesus 1

I've never inflicted harm on my son to test how much he REALLY loves me, or because somebody dared me to;

I've never abandoned him or thrown him out of the house because he didn't listen to me;

I've never told him that he was unworthy of my love or that he "owed" me for giving him life;

I've never punished him for playing with other adults or showing them respect while in their homes;

When he's misbehaved, I haven't held it over his head for the rest of his life;

Does this make me a better father than the Christian God?

2006-08-16 07:16:37 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

Yesterday I saw a question where the person asked if anyone could help with a ghost deal. I remembered when I was working at a local mall third shift, I used to see a ghost myself. It was a little white girl with brown hair and a white dress who liked to run in front of a store at 1 am. But when I'd get close, she'd disappear. I decided it would be best to leave her alone, but I liked to watch her play, she always had so much fun. I was wondering if anyone else had seen ghosts like I and the other questioner did?

2006-08-16 07:15:53 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-16 07:14:44 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-16 07:12:58 · 35 answers · asked by Marc B 3

This is exactly what happened. Read the story for yourself and see just how far down the slippery slope we have gone with this one. Disrespecting life at any stage leads to continuely more blatant violations of ethics.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060816/ap_on_re_us/pastor_slain

2006-08-16 07:11:49 · 29 answers · asked by Love of Truth 5

2006-08-16 07:10:53 · 32 answers · asked by i4u_001 1

2006-08-16 07:10:15 · 16 answers · asked by overseas and broke 2

For example, tribes that live in the amazon jungle and the like.

2006-08-16 07:09:22 · 36 answers · asked by Butthole Jesus 1

I know, I know, you're going to say "you're not the messiah", but what if people had said that to jesus? we'd be one messiah short of eternal salvation, that's what. sometimes you just have to have faith my children.

2006-08-16 07:09:05 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

Let's try this again, shall we! :)

Just to let you know, I shall choose 'best answer' in around 4 hours to minimise the chances of this question being deleted again before I get the chance to allot points!

(how it could possibly cause offence to any sane person is beyond me!)

2006-08-16 07:08:38 · 24 answers · asked by googlywotsit 5

Most Muslims believe that Americans should understand "true Islam" and thus despite their Islamic governments invitations, should know enough not to accept those invitations and thus not have any troops in Islamic lands.

Of course, almost every muslim believes that there should never be any non-muslims in the holiest of islamic lands.

What about non-muslims who dont appear to be "troops"? Well, if your a "guest" of someone, then it should be ok and you shall be "protected". However, even this is not fool proof, because there are still many fatwas outstanding which demand the outright murder of non-muslims, so there appears to be no fail safe method of being strictly within narrow Islamic allowances for dimmi (lesser people or non-muslims) in Islamic lands.

Muslims, advise people, who may want to visit Islamic lands, how their lesser presence can be most safely assured from the very fine religious sensiblities of all Muslims in the area.

2006-08-16 07:06:34 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

let me just give you some background info:
i've been "christian" all my life (born that way...i guess) but only recently have i opened up a bible and really get interested in the christian religion

my question is...how can all these tales be believed?

it's so unbelievable that i can't believe people really believe in this. i believe there is a God...there are so many miracles that has happened with no reasonable answer and so we call it "God's work". i've been talking to my pastor about these stories and how crazy these tales are (splitting of water, food for millions from just a piece of bread...etc)

i feel like it is very odd that we (anyone who believes the words of the bible) believe in this stuff. i know there is a God, and there's definetly a Satan...but what's what about these stories?

i'm definetly not trying to defame christianity, i'm just questioning like any other confused person.

2006-08-16 07:06:33 · 17 answers · asked by annie 2

located right next to a church. i think its hilarious, its called pure pleasure. And whenever anyone walks out of church they have to go out the front door that faces the sex shop. who do you think should move the sex shop or the church?

2006-08-16 07:06:25 · 20 answers · asked by ? 6

Who, if anyone, would complain?

2006-08-16 07:05:36 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

k i'll start with one. some atheists belive Jesus never existed so they belive in the miracle of the date of the world changing because of an imaginarry person. c'mon b real ppl. what will make u change the date today? certainly not something imaginarry... any other miracles u know?

2006-08-16 07:04:55 · 27 answers · asked by James Blond 4

i used to attend church but i stopped attending a few years ago. is it enough to believe in God or do i have to go to church?

2006-08-16 07:04:06 · 15 answers · asked by Light 3

2006-08-16 07:01:31 · 26 answers · asked by Mike 1

Any ideas as far as intros, ice breakers, etc go...

2006-08-16 07:01:17 · 12 answers · asked by Zach S 2

2006-08-16 07:00:21 · 19 answers · asked by mememe 2

Not interested in short yes or no answers. Please back up your opinions with websites, book titles, facts, etc. if you have them. I am just beginning my quest to find the real answer after a VERY strange thing happened in my life! Please help. P.S. I've been an ambiguous agnostic my entire life.

2006-08-16 06:59:28 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous