Religion & Spirituality - 18 August 2006

Laws of Rape

"If a man is caught in the act of raping a young woman who is not engaged, he must pay fifty pieces of silver to her father. Then he must marry the young woman because he violated her, and he will never be allowed to divorce her." Deuteronomy 22:28-29

2006-08-18 16:44:16 · 27 answers · asked by thom_j32 3

I was baptized as a baby but never confirmed. I did go to confession a few times as a child but I don't remember much. Anyway, I'm in college and I kind of feel guilty & not sure I'll be welcomed in church, will I?

Also I'm in a new city & I don't know anyone Catholic here, how do I start? Will any church welcome me? How do I know which one to go to?

One more thing, sorry, if I can't prove I was baptized will I have to be baptized again? Thank you

2006-08-18 16:44:03 · 16 answers · asked by angie m 1

God is a nepotisitic dictator isn't he?

2006-08-18 16:43:03 · 2 answers · asked by Nerdly Stud 5

even after the Ten Commandments said “Thou shall not kill”. For example, God kills 70,000 innocent people because David ordered a census of the people (1 Chronicles 21). God also orders the destruction of 60 cities so that the Israelites can live there. He orders the killing of all the men, women, and children of each city, and the looting of all of value (Deuteronomy 3). He orders another attack and the killing of “all the living creatures of the city: men and women, young, and old, as well as oxen sheep, and asses” (Joshua 6). In Judges 21, He orders the murder of all the people of Jabesh-gilead, except for the virgin girls who were taken to be forcibly raped and married. When they wanted more virgins, God told them to hide alongside the road and when they saw a girl they liked, kidnap her and forcibly rape her and make her your wife! Just about every other page in the Old Testament has God killing somebody! In 2 Kings 10:18-27, God orders the murder of all the worshipers of a different god in their very own church! In total God kills 371,186 people directly and orders another 1,862,265 people murdered

2006-08-18 16:42:38 · 24 answers · asked by thom_j32 3

**"In order to enter the kingdom of heaven you must accept Jesus Christ as your lord and saviour."
This is a repeat: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aghjw3inC93Gf3S2420OVmvsy6IX?qid=20060818172643AAcMHxW

First of all, similar statements are made in judaism and islam, but those are separate posts. We're only talking about Cristianity here.
I am amazed at how hard it is for people to see how this statement is the source of great suffering and hatred in the world. Think about this logically:
1. "I accept JC as my Lord and Saviour. Because of this, God smiles upon me and therefore, I am going to heaven." Isn't this a valid interpretation of the first line in this post**? If no, why not?
2. "If you do not accept JC as your Lord and Saviour, you are NOT going to heaven." Is this statement not implied by the first line of this post**?
3. If Mr. White is going to heaven, and Mr Black is not, then isn't Mr. White BETTER than Mr. Black. If not, why not?

2006-08-18 16:42:32 · 14 answers · asked by l00kiehereu 4

2006-08-18 16:42:22 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Could it be that Jesus was not the true messiah, but one of Johns many students and wanna be messiahs?

2006-08-18 16:42:18 · 9 answers · asked by gf17gr 2

I'm a Christian and Christians believe that the more we follow Christ the more Satan attacks us. Well a year ago I suffered through an emotional and mental and physical(slight) trauma, and I don't know if it's satan or my psyche haunting me and calling me a liar. I told the truth! Help? Ok ok maybe I white lied on a couple of details but he's in jail now and he won't hurt any more women! like he has in the past. Any suggestions? God says to confess to someone I will.

2006-08-18 16:39:18 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous

We're just evolved piles of carbon-based organic matter.

We have no real purpose, as far as the universe is concerned. (To think otherwise is just silly)

Why do people want to feel like you are part of something "bigger"?

Why not just have fun and live peacefully?

Why must you feel the need to have an afterlife? Deep down, you know it's logically impossible. Why not accept it and just live your life without trying to score points with a god?

Dude, I love my life and I love life in general because it's fun. I seriosuly doubt that there is any real point to any of it, but that doesn't bother me. I've never connected with or even wanted to connect with a god and 20 bucks I'm happier right now than you are.

Why are you so scared of dying that you must look for some god to comfort you? Nothing bad happens after you die. Nothing happens. It's not at all depressing, just incomprehensible to a human mind.

I just want a peaceful world dude.

2006-08-18 16:37:47 · 20 answers · asked by JokerBlitz 1

2006-08-18 16:36:39 · 18 answers · asked by Nerdly Stud 5

2006-08-18 16:35:42 · 21 answers · asked by Pushy Buttafly 2

Did you transfer from one church to another, changed "religion", or what..
I love my church but I'm thinking of leaving and not go to church anymore because I get really upset with some people. I find it harder to forgive 'christians' who hurt me than others. Though it doesn't change my faith, I just want to be alone.

2006-08-18 16:35:35 · 55 answers · asked by Muffin 4

2006-08-18 16:35:00 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Or should I talk to the Father more or what? Help me out here.

CHRISTIANS ONLY PLEASE!!! =)

2006-08-18 16:34:42 · 18 answers · asked by hope_floats95 1

That's a fact not a question they just throw aside religous text, which are actually scientific (social science= history). An people are stupid they say well if the Bible is true why is the Torah or Koran not true. Hello Torah first 5 books of the Bible. Anyways back to my statement of fact, you can't disprove God as much as you can prove that the big bang or whatever happened. Anyways if you pathetic evolutionist want to show you aren't complete cowards and idiots step up to the table and show me your "proof". I have no proof for God's existence both of these theories require faith. Then again you can't see the wind blow but you believe in it, oh wait you see it's effects like I see the effects of God in everyday life. Anyways prove evolution is true or possible w/o God. That's my question. I can disprove any secular evolutionist claims it will take a while but I will. If I left anything out that I wanted to say, I'll puy in my next post. Thanks, good luck secular cowards

2006-08-18 16:32:58 · 26 answers · asked by Jonathan S 2

http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/gospel/index.html

2006-08-18 16:27:45 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

why would any one want to kill him? Whats he been doing that they dont tell us about?

2006-08-18 16:27:29 · 25 answers · asked by CJunk 4

2006-08-18 16:24:51 · 5 answers · asked by Ronilo D 1

I have found that going through hard times brings a large bounty when I have learned to "deal" with the reality that I had avoided.

I see more and more everyday that there are actions I can take to be a more adventurous guy.

Adventure to me covers all aspects of life. I can be adventurous by testing peoples emotions.

I can tease people and run as fast as I can, hoping they don't have a gun.

I can go to a mental shack and help with the patients.

Scarier still, my mind drifts into helping out the most depraved individuals until I share their view on life, and they share mine.

I really want to go to prison. Just to see if it really will change me, and if so how.

I have a view that being a masochist can be good for you if you are strong enough to recover

2006-08-18 16:23:28 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

What is the origin of evil? Could it be that God was Lucifer’s serpent? If Lucifer turned evil on his own, then he was as powerful as God to give into something that God never meant to exist. Or God made him part evil to be able to choose, so God was the first to plant evil into someone and triggered a reaction.

2006-08-18 16:19:24 · 29 answers · asked by gf17gr 2

cheers. thanks a lot.

2006-08-18 16:18:44 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

is he real?

2006-08-18 16:15:29 · 58 answers · asked by Did You SERIOUSLY Just Ask That? 4

Tolerance.....

2006-08-18 16:15:19 · 2 answers · asked by Regan N 1

Why do people who believe in creation still say that the missing link has not been found?

First off there is no such thing as a missing link in science. That term came to be when early on just after Darwin a scientist thought that evolution from a single cell to us had 25 stages. Stage 23 was an ape like a chimp while 24 was something inbetween and 25 was us.

Evolution has many more stages going into the millions so in science there is no missing link. However there are transition fossils. Fossils that are between stages. We have found over tweny species of hominins that are between apes and modern man.


This is a list of some of them found. Many of skeletons are relavtivly intact and for ones such as Neanderthals we have mtDNA that shows they were a totally different human species.

Australopithecus afarensis
A. africanus
A. garhi
A. aethiopicus
Homo habilis
H. erectus
H. neanderthalesis

2006-08-18 16:14:26 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-18 16:14:05 · 21 answers · asked by Ari A 4

Or sell, would you take the mark?

2006-08-18 16:13:04 · 11 answers · asked by ? 7

i believe in heaven and hell and the trinity but i dont have a religion do you think thats wrong?

2006-08-18 16:12:39 · 38 answers · asked by jesus freak 2

I REACHED LEVEL 2

2006-08-18 16:12:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

What does the word Christian mean to you? What do you think of when you hear that word?????

2006-08-18 16:11:58 · 24 answers · asked by Alyssa s 2

Did you ever think that maybe this wasn't meant to be taken literally. Ever think that maybe its a metaphore for a state of mind after death?

2006-08-18 16:11:36 · 26 answers · asked by Tamsin 7