Religion & Spirituality - 19 September 2006

Somebody posted a question on here that got me thinking...

Why is it more socially acceptable to "bash"/make jokes/generalize, about some religions (Christianity, Islam, Mormons, etc) but it is in no way socially acceptable to do the same to Judaism and Jews? Many, if not most religions have also faced genocide, slaugher, and persecution througout history. However, one can pick apart the faults and actions of religious leaders (molesting priests, bombing muslims, etc) but if one does the same in regards to the Jews, then one is immediately labeled "Anti-Semite".

Can anyone give me a clear-intelligent answer to this? I keep telling myself it's the holocaust, but there are things just as bad and worse going on right now!

2006-09-19 20:01:12 · 9 answers · asked by artnerd 1

only that the act of same-gender sex is a sin.

In other words, they don't try to force homosexuals to be straight, but only ask for celibacy.

Do you think this is a better response to Homosexuality than the general Protestant one?

Do you think that the Church is right to say that being homosexual itself is not a sin?

Do you think that the Church is right to ask homosexuals to be celibate?




I myself am a Catholic homosexual who lives celibately, and I’d like to know what other people think of it. Especially other homosexuals.


(And don't tell me that "the Catholic Church is not Christian"! I've heard it ad-nauseam)

2006-09-19 20:00:46 · 12 answers · asked by Dysthymia 6

While stories tell us disciple die for Gospal!

2006-09-19 19:59:40 · 11 answers · asked by aslam09221 6

Where have all the BibleBelievers gone? Where are the Christians that stil call sin what it is.....SIN. Christians need to find their backbones again!

2006-09-19 19:59:33 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Its not much when compared to the witch craze, mainly perpetrated in Protestant countries.
The Spanish Inquisition was a buissness of the Spanish state.

How come people exaggerate and always want to blame the Catholic Church for every conceiveble evil?

To me it seems like anti-Catholic propaganda from Protestants and scoffers at religion.

2006-09-19 19:58:49 · 9 answers · asked by carl 4

And don't give me that crap of "god wouldn't ask me to do that." Just use a little bit of your imagination and pretend this would happen. This is a purely hypothetical situation.

This is a yes or no answer. I really would like to know how much you're willing to compromise for your love to god.

2006-09-19 19:57:13 · 26 answers · asked by Alucard 4

or would it make them go completely beserk?

2006-09-19 19:51:33 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-19 19:50:42 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why can't people just own up to the fact that they are Hell bound sinners in need of a Savior?

2006-09-19 19:48:50 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

if you're in eastern US

2006-09-19 19:48:44 · 12 answers · asked by stanza 2

although Muslim are allowed to build Mosque in Rom. Where is the freedom of religon in Islam

2006-09-19 19:48:10 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

This topic is in regards to the ongoing controversy regarding gay marriages and the right winged response that it should not be allowed because the bible defines marriage as a union between man and woman. I've searched electronic bibles and have had no success finding a definition.

2006-09-19 19:47:56 · 12 answers · asked by swimmer55 2

2006-09-19 19:45:10 · 10 answers · asked by alfred jarry jnr 2

2006-09-19 19:44:25 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

1 Timothy 2:11-13
A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent. For Adam was formed first, then Eve.

2006-09-19 19:41:37 · 29 answers · asked by KREAL1 2

2006-09-19 19:41:31 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-19 19:32:46 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

...Why so many homosexuals insist that I am going to fail at being celibate?

Why do they assume that I'm just going to snap one day and run off to find a female lover?

(Many people who answered my last question posted their answers before they read my EDIT that spoke of my own experiences. Just so you know.)

2006-09-19 19:29:13 · 27 answers · asked by Dysthymia 6

dogma aside,
religious texts and iconography aside,
history aside,

....
what is sacred to you?

2006-09-19 19:28:46 · 24 answers · asked by ỉη ץ٥ڵ 5

2006-09-19 19:26:35 · 28 answers · asked by KREAL1 2

http://www.towardsislam.com/dan_1988/2006/03/does-quran-promote-killing-of-innocent.html they are brain washed bec they just take verses out of context

2006-09-19 19:26:33 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you feel the same thing regardless of your faith?

2006-09-19 19:26:07 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you believe that satan can read our minds? I was told he couldn't,so I now pray to God silently so as not to tip him off to what I'm saying.Satan intrudes enough in our lives.I like to think that he can't hear what's being said during my prayers,because that's my special time with God,and satan has no place in that conversation.

2006-09-19 19:25:41 · 17 answers · asked by ? 6

1 thessalonians 4:14
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again even so them also which

**Sleep in Jesus will God bring with him**

1 Thessalonians 4:16
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the

Dead in Christ shall rise first

Was the sleep in chirst
the one's that died before Jesus Christ died on the Cross?

And the Dead in Christ the one that are believes that Died/Die after Christ?

So Jesus will raise up the dead in Christ Twice? once already done....

2006-09-19 19:24:42 · 7 answers · asked by ? 4

are Rave parties evil/from the devil?

2006-09-19 19:23:29 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have read something that had arose my memories about the secret activity like freemason..anyone could explained just turn up such of issue..not for real...

what do you think bout it...the freemason. does it already exist such the issue blows up?

2006-09-19 19:22:49 · 7 answers · asked by teza A 1

We are Christians and just moved 5 wks ago to a new home 35 miles away from the old one. My oldest boy who is a high school junior HATES his new school. Our other 4 kids are ambivalent about their new schools. Now my wife wants to take the oldest boy back to his old school (35 miles away) to complete his last 2 years there, because she thinks he will do much better. This is tearing our family apart! Please offer considerate Christian, Biblical advice if you can.

2006-09-19 19:22:18 · 15 answers · asked by ebemdpa 3

My husband of 8 years died at a young age unexpectacily.i want to know who believes in ghost?if you do how do you talk to them?ive had some strange things going on since he died.

2006-09-19 19:21:50 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.towardsislam.com/dan_1988/2006/03/does-quran-promote-killing-of-innocent.html

2006-09-19 19:19:40 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-19 19:18:13 · 3 answers · asked by cbt92083 1