Religion & Spirituality - 15 October 2006

2006-10-15 14:52:49 · 22 answers · asked by Thinx 5

"We should always be disposed to believe that which appears to us to be white is really black, if the hierarchy of the church so decides."
- St. Ignatius Loyola
A fair number of people are aware of the pagan origins of many Christian rituals. A couple of the better known ones are a celebration around the winter solstice that involves symbols of life (evergreens in the dead of winter), and a celebration around the spring equinox that involves fertility symbols (rabbits, eggs).

So, surely, if I was talking about a God in the middle east that was born of a virgin birth on December 25th, was visited by shepherds and magi, traveled the countryside, performed miracles including casting out devils, healing the lame and restoring sight to the blind, had a group of twelve disciples, was known as the "Light of the World,"

2006-10-15 14:52:00 · 16 answers · asked by ina_nutshell 2

2006-10-15 14:51:53 · 14 answers · asked by Mike S 7

I have noticed quite a few answers here are under the mistaken impression that Muslims..wish to attack Christian or Western cullture and want to ban it.
A few people have even said that because of Muslims christmas is not allowed to be celebrated openly in the UK...

Well I want to make it clear.. I love Christmas..I can't wait for that time of year.. I love the lights in the streets and I always but Christmas presents. I went to a Christian school. And want my child to learn Christianity as well as every other religion and belief system (including atheism)

And a few have even said that Muslims only defend their own, and are happy for other religions to be persecuted..
Look at this question. I make it clear that I defend the right for a Christian woman to wear a cruxifix
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ago.6x1OKpIMrfArlDc6DnEgBgx.?qid=20061014052915AADDHVZ

2006-10-15 14:47:05 · 33 answers · asked by Baaad Dokhtar 3

OK, we'll make this religious. How 'bout those Padres, Angels, or Holy Cross, Notre Dame, there.

2006-10-15 14:46:19 · 11 answers · asked by Hellsdiner 3

but there are none that haven't already been practiced for centuries by Christians. What should I do?

2006-10-15 14:46:06 · 19 answers · asked by Miss_Ann_Throap 1

Why should we teach more than one side of things? Why do people say 'teach both sides, and let the kids decide for themselves'?

Should we just teach kids that 1+1=2, or maybe 3 or 4, and let them figure it out for themselves? Maybe we should teach them the colors backwards and see how long it takes them to figure it out.

Should we really be crippling our children by telling them that maybe science doesn't actually work, maybe you shouldn't bother going to the doctor?

2006-10-15 14:45:34 · 9 answers · asked by eri 7

I just got saved recently and I am a smoker. I have been trying to quite and everytime I have a cig. I always feel guilty but its really hard. and I dont know what to do. Am I a sinner for smoking?? I need some advice please.

2006-10-15 14:43:05 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-15 14:42:51 · 16 answers · asked by Road Trip 3

I think this church teaches the kids to do this. Is this situation normal. It seem like som of he most advanced brainwashing I have ever seen.

2006-10-15 14:42:07 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

An atheist asked me this question and I didn't have an answer. If God os omnipresent, then shouldn't he be in Hell too? And what about the separation we have from God through sin, doesn't he dwell with unbelievers as well as believers? Any insight would be greatly appreciated. No non-Christian responses are solicited please.

2006-10-15 14:39:08 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

That my perfectly valid explanation for the beginnings of the universe, are attacked quite mercilessly by Christians, yet they expect me to go with they're "unfounded emotional beliefs" - for the beginnings of the universe?

They also point out flaws in my Theory, that could be easily turned around and pointed at they're own..but they refuse too.

Why is that?
Is it fair?

2006-10-15 14:38:32 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

and my friends are my 'Disciples', then bury it for 1000 years, will someone dig it up and start a new religion based on me?
isnt that what happened with the bible?

2006-10-15 14:38:01 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Like those guys holding signs telling everyone they are going to hell. We should be allowed to slap them once in the face. I threw a water ballon full of pee on one once.

2006-10-15 14:37:29 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

It is sad that religions would like to stamp out knowledge and corrupts the brightest of minds and introduce creationism in schools.

2006-10-15 14:36:37 · 14 answers · asked by toietmoi 6

I just wanted to know if most you have opened your hearts to Jeuss.

2006-10-15 14:35:57 · 25 answers · asked by golferstt407 1

2006-10-15 14:35:47 · 25 answers · asked by Satan? 1

dont give me any junk about space itself exploding and expanding and creating matter and energy and the laws of physics and eventually us. thats order out of chaos, and simply doesnt work. if you have a theory unlike evolution that doesnt already have a million holes shot in it, im open to your suggestions. but dont spout darwin.

2006-10-15 14:32:09 · 26 answers · asked by Spartacus 2

the baby was taken with what they say is sids at four months.

2006-10-15 14:30:16 · 21 answers · asked by shirley b 1

OK please don't just cut and paste some lengthy reply .

I am interested in how this religion was founded, and in their astonishing claim that Jesus of Nazareth visited America.

Now I find that the Mormon religion was founded by a guy called Joseph Smith. An angel told him to dig up some golden plates which were in hieroglyphics so he couldn't read them. Fortunately the angel had thoughtfully provided some magic spectacles called the Urim and Thummim and when he looked through them he was able to translate the mystical plates, which sunbsequently disappeared again. The translation turned out to be the Book of Moroni.

This is indeed a fascinating tale, but then I know that many Christian fundamentalists place a literal interpretation on the bible so this must be a similar phenomenon.

Can anyone tell me that they truly, in their heart of hearts believe the story of Joseph Smith and the "Urim and Thummim "?

God does work in mysterious ways, doesn't he!!

2006-10-15 14:28:56 · 15 answers · asked by Not Ecky Boy 6

Hello. I was reading the bible and I am a Christian and do not believe that homosexuality is right. But, I was reading this verse and its kinda confusing.


After David had finished talking to Saul, Jonathon became one in spirit with David and he loved him as himself. From that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his fathers house. And Jonathon made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself. Jonathon took off the robe that he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, and even his sword, his bow and his belt. 1 Samuel 18:1-4 NIV


Is this speaking of just a very good friendship, or possibly a homosexual relationship?

2006-10-15 14:28:04 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

illness, or a child dies of cancer, do you think it is because God has no use for that person anymore? If you don't wake up in the morning, is it because God has decided you are no longer worthy of living?

2006-10-15 14:27:50 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-15 14:26:55 · 7 answers · asked by I-C-U 5

2006-10-15 14:26:35 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-15 14:26:09 · 20 answers · asked by Thinx 5

what do you do? would you call that a religion? etc. thanks.

2006-10-15 14:22:44 · 18 answers · asked by lnfrared Loaf 6

"So long as the universe had a beginning, we could suppose it had a creator. But if the universe is completely self-contained, having no boundary or edge, it would neither be created nor destroyed ... it would simply be. What place, then, for a creator?"
- Stephen W. Hawking
"It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it."
- Albert Einstein
"Religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis."
-Sigmund Freud
"The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter."
- Thomas Jefferson

2006-10-15 14:22:34 · 16 answers · asked by ina_nutshell 2

These people are hurting so bad they want "out," and then you threaten them with eternal pain and suffering (which they are already enduring anyway) because you are "concerned for their souls." I don't see many Christian churches where suicide prevention and counseling is high on the list of mission work. It's like you tell these people they have no options, then you leave them alone there to suffer AND be afraid.

2006-10-15 14:21:32 · 22 answers · asked by barbiesmokescrack 1

Does anyone definately know how The Buddha received his teachings? Was it through a angel or messenger of some sort? From his father or mother? Is Buddhism a branch off of Hinduism? How did Buddha receive his teachings? Please only answer if you definately know. Thank You.

2006-10-15 14:20:25 · 11 answers · asked by Thomas 6

When you talk about "accepting Jesus Christ as personal Lord and Savior," what do you mean by that and why do you insist on using language that people are so familiar with and confused by that it has lost its power? For example, I think you really mean "accept our religion on the basis of what we believe about substitutionary atonement" when you talk about "accepting Christ as one's personal Lord and Savior." I don't think you're talking about simply looking to Jesus and his message of the Kingdom of God; I think you have a bunch of baggage you hang on it and then try to push it on people. Am I right?

2006-10-15 14:19:18 · 26 answers · asked by ? 4