Religion & Spirituality - 14 September 2006

2006-09-14 15:36:50 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-14 15:35:15 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

Serious answers only, please.

First, a little background. I am a better-than-average tenor who has sung solos in most churches I've ever attended. I was on scholarship in my college choir, and I've performed in front of groups ranging from 20 to 2,000. Last summer I joined a new church and plugged into the choir. I auditioned for the then-director, who told me I had a good voice, and that he was interested in using me. Within a few weeks, I was an alternate on the worship team, but that didn't last long. This summer, he took a job with a college, and our new director seems to be a nice guy. I auditioned for him, and again was told I have a good voice. However, he stopped short of telling me that I have solo quality.

At the same time, we have about six different people who sing solos. Rarely, if ever, do we rotate outside that core group. And I know that I'm good enough to sing solos, but I'm never given the chance.

The question -- stick it out, or find something else to do.

2006-09-14 15:34:51 · 9 answers · asked by CapnPen 6

Check the link and -then- answer the question.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=20060914191717AATqtTh&r=w

2006-09-14 15:34:40 · 4 answers · asked by bobkgin 3

has anybody other than me spoken to god face to face? Or am I alone on this one?

2006-09-14 15:33:28 · 13 answers · asked by Long_live_God 2

How does God answer so many prayers at once? I mean? Is he like Santa Claus or something? Does he have helpers?

LOL

2006-09-14 15:32:26 · 20 answers · asked by Whatever 5

I have found on in.answers.yahoo several posters who have suggested what the proper Hindu prayers are. As someone who does not know Sanskrit (though I speak Hindi), I would like to find a source -- preferably online--where I might be able to both learn more about prayers and hear recordings so that I can correctly recite them.

2006-09-14 15:32:01 · 2 answers · asked by Nikhil O 3

(and this we know based on many different forms of data, not just carbon dating, so don't bother trying to attack just that.)

2006-09-14 15:29:33 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-14 15:28:56 · 17 answers · asked by cascadingblue 1

2006-09-14 15:28:52 · 15 answers · asked by Mrs. Curious 3

I heard that brainwashing took on a negative connotation during the Vietnam War. So it's not all bad. I think that the positive type of brainwashing has been renamed to an Attitude Adjustment.

I'm a Protestant. And I have my grievances towards Roman Catholic Doctrine. They get a lot wrong, and I don't care how big they are, they are just plain wrong scripturally.

The type of brainwashing they get is sometimes referred to as "dinning in", in the sense of that word:
To instill by wearying repetition.

The example in the dictionary : dinned the Latin conjugations into the students' heads.

So the brainwashing in itself isn't bad. It's a technique in learning. What's being learned can be bad. And in this case it's bad, it's learned with rigorous training, and it's difficult for the student to break the habit of the errant lesson.

It's good to know that not all of us agree with their doctrine, and have escaped the training of errant doctrine.

2006-09-14 15:26:28 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I recently heard that 40% of people do and I wanted to see if that is really the case.

2006-09-14 15:25:28 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am serious.

I became Muslim as a result of a statement by my pastor, which led me to study the Quran. According to Christians, is he held accountable for my departure from the Church?

2006-09-14 15:18:09 · 23 answers · asked by Smiley 5

2006-09-14 15:17:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

"No innocents", except Socrates, Aristotle, Gandhi, Buddha, Confucious, Lao Tzu...

...Dalai Lama...

...six million Jews from the Holocaust...

...Hippocrates (you know, the guy who wrote the Hippocratic Oath that every doctor takes to perform medicine)...

...the victims of Tianemen Square (sp?)...

...Africans who died on Christian slave ships while being transported from their homeland to Washington...

...Muslim women and children who sought refuge in Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre when the Crusaders took Jerusalem...

Why are these not considered "innocents in hell"?

2006-09-14 15:17:17 · 13 answers · asked by bobkgin 3

Your definition?

Here is mine...

A friend will come bail you out of jail.

A TRUE friend will be in the cell with you, saying, "damn, that was fun!"

2006-09-14 15:16:23 · 21 answers · asked by Pablito 5

2006-09-14 15:16:06 · 12 answers · asked by Ahmad H 4

If u heard that there was a replacement being trained, to replace Lucifers spot as the twelth archangel would u belive it?

2006-09-14 15:15:19 · 16 answers · asked by Long_live_God 2

when the rapture comes.

2006-09-14 15:14:15 · 15 answers · asked by redivy 1

I started Monday night and I will be attending every Monday night from 6pm-9pm. This will last untill end of May. I was told that this study of the book of Romans is life changing. Are there experience Christians that know this wonderful book in the bible and can tell me what I can expect to learn and get from the study. People tell me, I will get closer to God. That is my greatest desire to love God more and get closer to Him. Please keep your answeres involved with your Christian experience with what Romans did for you. Thank you and God Bless all. with love.<3

2006-09-14 15:14:02 · 11 answers · asked by Knucklehead 2

Read:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060914/ap_on_go_ot/same_sex_marriage

My reaction to this article was you've got to be kidding me.

2006-09-14 15:12:17 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Quote your favorite Bible contradiction. Answer only if you really have a contradiction to quote. Here is mine.----Jeremiah 32:27
Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for the Lord?-------------------------------------------------- Judges 1:19 and the Lord was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.

2006-09-14 15:12:03 · 15 answers · asked by jedi1josh 5

Is it just me, or do religious people (ahem, Christians) seem to get a hell of a lot more "thumbs down" on their answers than anyone else? I just find this interesting. Any thoughts?

2006-09-14 15:10:31 · 18 answers · asked by Squirrel 4

2006-09-14 15:07:41 · 28 answers · asked by star 1

2006-09-14 15:04:39 · 18 answers · asked by Whatever 5

Please by all means have at it. What are they?

2006-09-14 15:03:36 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Jesus is seeking to save you today.

2006-09-14 15:03:21 · 15 answers · asked by I-C-U 5

Are there Goths that have faith in god, or do goth hate god?

2006-09-14 15:03:16 · 16 answers · asked by Long_live_God 2

2006-09-14 15:02:50 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do they not realize they are basing their beliefs on a science fiction writer? It is a sorry excuse for a cult,

2006-09-14 15:02:41 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous