Religion & Spirituality - 6 October 2006

In Berkeley, Michigan, a nativity scene has sat at city hall for 65 years. The ACLU has filed an objection to that specifiying it violates the separation of church and state.

Three alternatives have been mentioned - place the nativity on a nearby business property, establishing a free-speech zone or letting religious leaders put it elsewhere.

The mayor of Berkeley said that in her own opinion the city should not be putting up religious displays.

What are your thoughts and views on the situation?

2006-10-06 09:25:14 · 16 answers · asked by genaddt 7

Do you think that if I needed it enough... and if I thought it was meant to happen... and if I prayed to God every day and never could stop thinking about it... if it kept me up at neight and never left my head.... do u think it could happen?

2006-10-06 09:24:39 · 24 answers · asked by flyboy711672005 1

2006-10-06 09:21:23 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Are we clones of Him? Do we look like Him? Do we think like Him?

2006-10-06 09:19:59 · 14 answers · asked by Snowth 4

How can you claim that an atheistic life is pointless when you place all importance on a 2,000 year old dead man?

Since so many of you are so fond of Pascal's wager take a look at it from another angle. What if YOU are wrong? What if there is no god or afterlife. If you waste your one chance to do anything of substance on wishing for an afterlife, doesn't that remove all meaning from the one life you know to be true for certain... namely this one?

The atheistic outlook, in which one lives one life and then is extingushed forever, seems to be much more meaningful in this respect. You have one life, it shouldn't be wasted.

2006-10-06 09:19:04 · 15 answers · asked by ChooseRealityPLEASE 6

i must have went on a web site and it had all these miracles but people told me that they are not true but people told me they are i don't know which side to belive which is true?

2006-10-06 09:17:36 · 17 answers · asked by Adam B 2

Christianity has historically tended to be brutal and judgmental in its assessment of other faiths; Buddhism has tended to create fatalistic cultures which do not have a deep existential sense of the worth of the human person. Why not take the best of both worlds?

2006-10-06 09:17:32 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

if you are christian, how much time spent learning the Word each day?

2006-10-06 09:16:57 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

....if Laws were enacted making such unions legal?

This is a serious question; it is not meant as a joke. If you don't know the answer, please do not post insulting answers. And no, I am not Gay however, I believe there are many people, myself included, who do not understand the legal issues (wills, property, children, etc) which would result if Gays were allowed to
marry..legally. Or, if legalized, if it would simply mirror the same issues as we find in a heterosexual marriage.
Thank you.

2006-10-06 09:16:24 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

please please dont send me scripture or bible verses! In your own words.

2006-10-06 09:15:38 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

"It is true that God created us in his own image. but that image was twisted by the Fall (when humans sinned and turned away from God)" [from an answer to a previous post]

SURELY He wouldn't have expected anything else? He made Adam and Eve, and He knows everything, therefore He KNEW they were going to sin....?

2006-10-06 09:15:00 · 18 answers · asked by Snowth 4

I was shocked and amazed to see this reply to a question. It says that the Jews being killed was a lie.

Anyways, view for yourself.....
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AtMjHyE2IaDRd1aA_P8IDabsy6IX?qid=20061006120502AAyEjlZ
....the reply by Mark Bingham.

What do you think of the reply or someone with a reply like that????

2006-10-06 09:14:34 · 31 answers · asked by Christi 2

I hope I don't offend anybody by asking this question but it are they? Serious answers only please.

2006-10-06 09:11:53 · 11 answers · asked by ecwboy212 1

Life is definitely the greatest story every told. How do you keep yourself going through the bad times, lonely times, sad times and time in general?

2006-10-06 09:10:12 · 12 answers · asked by metwo 1

2006-10-06 09:06:44 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-06 09:05:06 · 13 answers · asked by Midge 7

The ship Noah had was just longer than a football field (end zones included), 25 yards wide and 15 yards tall. It had 3 levels. Noah was not instucted to get every form of each species, just the kinds of animals. He didn't need to get every breed of dog, just dogs. Also, he didn't need to get any fish for obvious reasons. The range of species we have today are a result of the more realistic form of evolution so to speak. I am not saying that evolution is what created these species because that is absurd and scientifically considered so unlikely it is impossible. Just like some breeds of dogs were breed in China that through intentional breeding altered the look of the dog. The point is that the genetic material was already there because God created it the animal, not because a massless pond scum evolved into a human with 60,000 nerve endings in their eye alone. Also I believe the animals came to Noah.After all he lived several hundred years, he had plenty of time to get all the animals

2006-10-06 09:05:00 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi,
As part of a school project, I want to find out about different religions.
I would appreciate it if any answers are as full as you are able!
Specifically, I would like to know about:

1. Number of gods worshipped
2. Description or purpose of said god(s)
3. Contact practised with the god(s)- prayer, sacrifice, visions, omens, or other
4. What do you do with your religion at home- any daily rituals?
5. Names and descriptions of festivals
6. Views of other religions

Thanks very much for what I am sure will be very helpful!

ps, also see
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ap0n4zUBV9vsD.X0H7pWHV_sy6IX?qid=20060928133650AAcY0y6

2006-10-06 09:01:13 · 10 answers · asked by sarahstar111 2

Quran 4:24 "And all married women (are forbidden unto you) save those (captives) whom your right hands possess." http://cwis.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/004.qmt.html

So the Quran instructs good Muslims that its illegal to have sex with married woman unless they are slaves, and of course, slaves are slaves thus, by definition, any sex you have with a human you have also enslaved is rape (obviously).

PS - I noticed on my last question a Muslim who was stupid enough to try an claim that I made this scripture up even though I provided an exact link and citation! People, you cant do better than this, I provide the exact link from a University site that has three of the best translators listed side by side!

2006-10-06 09:00:52 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-06 09:00:42 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am agnostic and currently (and recently) single. While getting back into the dating world I'm finding that I am asked quite frequently about my religiouis orientation. Many of the men (and boys) I know are and meet Christian. It seems as if I tell them that I am agnostic, it sends up red flags for them since most people do not necessarily understand (or care to understand) agnostic and atheist beliefs.

I always want to be upfront and honest because I do not want to pretend to be something that I am not or believe something that I don't but once I say that I am agnostic, it seems I instantly get labeled.

How does one go about dealing with this? And, once in a relationship for example with a Christian, is it possible to have a lasting relationship and/or marriage? My last serious relationship was with a Southern Baptist and, needless to say, this caused a lot of problems therefore I am hesitant about getting into relationship with another person who will not accept my beliefs.

2006-10-06 08:59:45 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Bow down in the platinum maze
Twilight cathedrals spread the system plague
Forging sacred thrones in the void unseen
Merciless judgement in the church of the machine

I'm the master, looking down from the edge of space and time
Flesh and steel intertwined
I am the future, sacrifice your soul and succumb to me
Nailed to your faith, you'll believe

Scream-and no one hears my pleas
Faceless masses falling to their knees

Bow down in the platinum maze
Twilight cathedrals spread the system plague
Forging sacred thrones in the void unseen
Merciless judgement in the church of the machine

Pyramids in the sky, playing out their cosmic games
Rulers of us all, forever cursed we live in pain
Cursed-we live in pain...

The creator, 'Neath the darkened sun, my empires rise
Artificially devised
The destroyer, fierce intentions flow from a virtual rage
Forever lost and enslaved

Total mesh of soul and steel
Life-force force under my command
Twisted baptism of fire
Between machine and man

Scream-and no one hears my pleas
Faceless masses falling to their knees

Bow down in the platinum maze
Twilight cathedrals spread the system plague
Forging sacred thrones in the void unseen
Merciless judgement in the church of the machine

Bow down in the platinum maze
Twilight cathedrals spread the system plague
Forging sacred thrones in the void unseen
Merciless judgement in the church of the machine

2006-10-06 08:57:24 · 1 answers · asked by Corey 4

2006-10-06 08:56:43 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-06 08:56:38 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Would we still do yahoo answers, there wouldn't be much competition for best answer.

2006-10-06 08:56:05 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hate, or does everyone have hatred inside of them? If you can be taught to hate, can a person that goes through life hating others, ever find redemption? Does the fact that they harbor hatred lie with them, or their parents? If the person was born into hate, raised to hate, and lived amongst those that hate, what is to be said for their subsequent actions? How can they fight or opress a feeling that has always been instilled inside of them....something that they've always known to be right, and have never been told different? I guess this is more of a question on spirituality.......

2006-10-06 08:55:05 · 11 answers · asked by LibraT 4

2006-10-06 08:54:09 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why is that?

2006-10-06 08:53:39 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

It is written "Jesus answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me." John 7:16

2006-10-06 08:52:28 · 13 answers · asked by House Speaker 3

2006-10-06 08:51:38 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous