Religion & Spirituality - 13 November 2006

This question is the primary difference between Jehovah's Witnesses and the rest of Christendom.

JWs, I know you have an overwhelming urge to answer, but please don't for 48 hours.

2006-11-13 08:30:35 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Which god, and why

2006-11-13 08:30:02 · 40 answers · asked by martin 4

Like if someone goes through years of systematic brainwashing at private schools, then gets out and realizes it was a sham.....are they 'born again'?

I think christian/catholic school survivors are born agains.

2006-11-13 08:29:57 · 12 answers · asked by wheels_da_panda 1

"The Prophet Joseph Smith taught, 'Ordinances instituted in the heavens before the foundation of the world, in the priesthood, for the salvation of men, are not to be altered or changed.'"
In 1836, "...Joseph Smith declared that he `had now completed the organization of the Church, and we had passed through all the necessary ceremonies,'" (pp. 35-36)
"Five years later in Nauvoo, on 19 January 1841, a new revelation... (concerning) `your anointings, and your washings, and your baptisms for the dead....' Thus, the Saints who had been previously anointed in Kirtland learned that those rituals were a precursor to new ceremonies," (p. 36)
During the Nauvoo Period, a ceremony called the second anointing was introduced.
The list of changes goes on and on and on, If all things were done and things cant be changed, Why have they ?
The last temple change was in 1990, over 100 years of divine corrections ?

2006-11-13 08:29:42 · 11 answers · asked by YO Y 2

Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Pagans?

2006-11-13 08:27:00 · 22 answers · asked by enlight100 3

and be allowed to do so legally, even though it's against the Word of God, why aren't Christians allowed to discipline their children according to God's Word without people crying child abuse and trying to have their children taken away from them?
(I'm not judging, I'm merely asking a question), and please note there is a difference between disciplining God's way, and beating a child.

2006-11-13 08:26:06 · 33 answers · asked by lookn2cjc 6

what do you think?

2006-11-13 08:24:08 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

He tried to warn us to find Jesus or go to hell. This was my response:

I found him. I work with him. I have also worked with other members of the Christian pantheon like the Archangel Michael. I am Wiccan.

I also work with a host of other gods and goddess from various religious pantheons. And guess what? Jesus and the members of the Christian pantheon smile on it and accept it. They know that they are all a part of a greater whole.

You, on the other hand, find yourself in a religious claustrophobic box of hatred towards others of differing beliefs. All the prayer in the world will not save you from your own ignorance. And yes. One day you will find yourself in the heaven you so aggressively proselytize about. You will be with your kind. A group of like minded xenophobes who are terrified of anything that is slightly different from yourselves.

2006-11-13 08:20:02 · 7 answers · asked by gjstoryteller 5

2006-11-13 08:19:53 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

A certain religious follower that got busted brings this to mind....

These 'leaders' you so blindly follow are probably just gay themselves and that is why they preach against this, because they're afraid to admit it. Preaching out against it to a crowd is their self-assurance they won't be questioned or busted, but it's just fear of themselves and denial. Same could be said of the bible authors themselves that wrote about 'homosexuality being wrong to God'....they were probably gay.

2006-11-13 08:19:37 · 21 answers · asked by wheels_da_panda 1

Anyone have any experience with telekinesis, would love to hear from people!

2006-11-13 08:17:16 · 11 answers · asked by Tom 4

is it true that a saints voice box ,and other saints bones ,teeth ie body parts are displayed
for what purpose ?
what belief of the flesh?
is there a spiritual reasoning?

2006-11-13 08:15:23 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

singing about the antichrist

2006-11-13 08:13:36 · 4 answers · asked by proscunio 3

LONDON, England (AP) -- Organized religion fuels anti-gay discrimination and other forms of bias, pop star Elton John said in an interview published Saturday.

"I think religion has always tried to turn hatred toward gay people," John said in the Observer newspaper's Music Monthly Magazine. "Religion promotes the hatred and spite against gays."

"But there are so many people I know who are gay and love their religion," he said. "From my point of view, I would ban religion completely. Organized religion doesn't seem to work. It turns people into really hateful lemmings and it's not really compassionate."

John also criticized religious leaders for failing to do anything about conflicts around the world.

"Why aren't they having a conclave? Why aren't they coming together?"

John said those in his own field have been similarly lax.

"It's like the peace movement in the '60s. Musicians got through to people by getting out there and doing peace concerts, but we don't seem to do them any more," he said. "If John Lennon were alive today, he'd be leading it with a vengeance."

2006-11-13 08:13:29 · 33 answers · asked by wheels_da_panda 1

We are the non-Christians. Yet we read and sometimes answer questions that are aimed at the Christian community. When a twelve year old child asks a relevant question about Christianity, do we have the right to give them a warped, negative, or perverse answer? In my opinion...NO.

But it is happening regardless. What do you think?

2006-11-13 08:12:06 · 25 answers · asked by Clerical error 4

Since the song is very loosely based on the Biblical account, who is the king supposed to be? Is he based on a real person or not?

2006-11-13 08:10:07 · 13 answers · asked by Cinnamon 6

Have you guys thought of how to live in harmony between so many religions.Why cant people live in harmony？Just because of Religion?Sometimes I feel that these people are too into their Religion,until they...........have done something wrong.Is it true?

2006-11-13 08:09:45 · 17 answers · asked by curiousmode 3

Seems like we should be able to move on now, as a civilized culture.

And, also, no offense to present-day goat herders.

2006-11-13 08:09:43 · 19 answers · asked by Benicio Del Costner 3

I met someone while travelling in the middle east and he has told his family about me but they have said they don't agree. Are they ever likely to change their minds?

2006-11-13 08:09:30 · 32 answers · asked by roisindu2 2

I got this question from Dee! Kudos to all those people who are going to be honest!

2006-11-13 08:08:43 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

Catholic priests.

2006-11-13 08:08:07 · 4 answers · asked by amerieb04 2

im doing a debate on how the church and im on the women cannot be priests side and i need to know about like jesus called 12 apostles and how they wernt men. How jesus called apon men rather than women. i need sources. PLEASE HELP

2006-11-13 08:07:53 · 11 answers · asked by Jenn 1

Is he pretty fly for a white guy? Because the whole thing with ya'll making me WHITE is creepy.

Middle-eastern honey! I looked like those guys who flew the planes on 9-11. No matter how uncomfortable it makes ya feel.

2006-11-13 08:07:44 · 13 answers · asked by Laptop Jesus 2.0 5

I don't know, but if saw someone squirming and twitching on the floor speaking out jibberish, I'd immediately being dialing 9-11. Those are signs of a heart attack, or a stroke!

2006-11-13 08:06:58 · 10 answers · asked by wheels_da_panda 1

How about the Muslims? Does he dislike Mormons and adores Lutherans? Or does he just love everybody without regard to which club they belong to?

2006-11-13 08:06:52 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you have read "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy", you will know where I am coming from. Here are the questions:
1. Where "God" went wrong? ( I don't count)
2. Some more of "Gods" mistakes? (I still don't count)
3. Who is this "God" person anyway? ( I know I don't count)

2006-11-13 08:06:49 · 10 answers · asked by gleemonex69 3

entertain only the asker? People who make remarks or insult get over 40 answers and those who are really discussing or debating get maybe 6. What is wrong with this picture?

2006-11-13 08:05:31 · 8 answers · asked by maybe 3

Instead of focusing on abortion rights, public schools accepting prayers, and gay marriage, we can start working on fixing education, getting troops out of Iraq, and getting the middle class out of the poverty zone

2006-11-13 08:03:29 · 15 answers · asked by wheels_da_panda 1

2006-11-13 08:01:50 · 22 answers · asked by proscunio 3

There are only two things we can be sure of in life; deatha and taxes!

2006-11-13 08:01:00 · 46 answers · asked by Anonymous