Religion & Spirituality - 14 November 2006

anything goes.

2006-11-14 10:55:10 · 5 answers · asked by darkraven8701 2

circumsized them? Isn't this what you are saying about baptizm?

2006-11-14 10:55:05 · 4 answers · asked by Midge 7

2006-11-14 10:54:37 · 8 answers · asked by onepiecekenny 1

She is very intelligent after all and tolerant of others.

2006-11-14 10:54:30 · 5 answers · asked by Cinnamon 6

I can't excuse what the Bible says just so I can believe in it - to do so says a lot about people who must do so to protect their faith by disregarding or twisting the more brutal and sick parts of a so-called book of God. IF a religion is going to tell me I must accept their God and live by their Bible or I'm going to somekind of hell forever, the arguement must be credible and be able to withstand srutiny - that's not too much to ask, is it?

2006-11-14 10:53:42 · 10 answers · asked by Da Vinci's Code 3

Are they the same as regular funerals? What do they do when one of their people die?

2006-11-14 10:53:42 · 8 answers · asked by babyphat 2

effort
just learn it & teach it to just 2 friends
no other downside
no conflict
no danger
just responsibility, ability to respond to our dire reality
capitalist
freemarket
private property
consistent with the wisdom of the ages
no force, no fight
education only
educating self & 2 others in an opportunity, a way out
not religious
compatible with all religions
selfinterest
no altruism required
everyone wins bigbig
it works for selfish greedy people
only difficulty is it requires using only pure good sense, with no prejudging, no closedmindedness, no mindless attachment to received ideas
everyone already agrees [in the tiny rational part of the brain] it will work -

if someone said they had such a plan, would you be open or closed? would you be able to suspend disbelief & jumping to negative conclusions, enough to check it out, test it, examine it?

or not?

ie, how good is your dispassion, your unprejudice, your objectivity, your freedom from stale thought

2006-11-14 10:53:22 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Theres alot of questions latley pointing out the killing of women and children in the Bible, such as the flood, or the Prophecy in Isaiah.

God gave them warnings, a chance to repent, and yet people, knowing that they were acting against God, decided to ignore it. And yes, their children died, for the choices THEY made. The parents themselves, by ignoring God, brought death to themsleves and their families.

God gave them a chance, were they not personally responsible for what happened? They had an out, they didnt take it.

2006-11-14 10:52:12 · 12 answers · asked by sweetie_baby 6

2006-11-14 10:49:37 · 10 answers · asked by La M 1

The pope cares about the $$, and the image of the church. the right thing to do would be to put the sicko's in jail, not move them around from parish to parish.

The pope is evil!

http://flushaholybook.com

2006-11-14 10:49:36 · 15 answers · asked by holy_flush 1

2006-11-14 10:49:19 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

am am to young to give my life until God?

2006-11-14 10:43:04 · 23 answers · asked by Antoinette L 2

And if you do- do you think it's ok? Or do you feel bad after you say it?

"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom" Proverbs 1:7

2006-11-14 10:41:40 · 20 answers · asked by Mandolyn Monkey Munch 6

2006-11-14 10:37:26 · 18 answers · asked by anonymous 2

Here's some Rape and Baby Killing - ordered by God by the way

Anyone who is captured will be run through with a sword. Their little children will be dashed to death right before their eyes. Their homes will be sacked and their wives raped by the attacking hordes. For I will stir up the Medes against Babylon, and no amount of silver or gold will buy them off. The attacking armies will shoot down the young people with arrows. They will have no mercy on helpless babies and will show no compassion for the children. (Isaiah 13:15-18)

Believers can try and twist this anyway they wish but it's very clear that even babies and little children who the Bible says are innocent are burtally killed. Sorry, but there it is in black and white.

2006-11-14 10:37:03 · 7 answers · asked by Da Vinci's Code 3

or from the 7th day to the first day. Look all you want, you will not find it. Yet most Christians go to church on the wrong day. Show me the scripture where the change was made, and I will go to church on Sunday.

2006-11-14 10:35:35 · 17 answers · asked by Mark Fidrater 3

Why are poeple trying to erase GHod from the Government and prove he doesn't exist? I read in the paper that a man had scientific proof God doesn't exist then later withdrew his claim. First of all, who would go through so much work to try n disprove a good thing? it doesn't make sense. HOenstly no one cares about how much evidence you find on God we're still gonna believe. Becuase it is through faith we are saved. Also Let me ask non believers. What happens when you die?

2006-11-14 10:35:20 · 19 answers · asked by bboyballer112 2

2006-11-14 10:34:10 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-14 10:33:18 · 10 answers · asked by kobacker59 6

2006-11-14 10:33:01 · 11 answers · asked by Mandolyn Monkey Munch 6

I believe good deeds are their own reward, nevermind the beneficial impact it can have on our lives here on earth.

but over and over I've read from the fundys that religion is the only thing keeping the world together (they must not see the violence on the news that everyone else sees)

http://flushaholybook.com

2006-11-14 10:32:11 · 24 answers · asked by holy_flush 1

There always seems to be something wrong with everyone, Race Colour of skin, Size, Clothes we wear. Why can't we accept that we all different and respect each other even if we don't always understand it.

2006-11-14 10:29:47 · 17 answers · asked by rachel.cox4@btopenworld.com 2

Now lambs are baby sheep is this not advocating the baptizm of children?

2006-11-14 10:28:05 · 22 answers · asked by Midge 7

Focus on things that are important for the vital existence of mankind, instead of focusing on spiritual pipe dreams.

Practice kindness to those who deserve it, but don’t waste your love on those who are ungrateful. And avenge those who deserve it, instead of literally turning the other cheek.

Follow your feelings, pursuing that which leads to physical, mental, or emotional gratification, not worrying about what others say are “sinful.” Choose to enjoy the pleasures of the world rather than giving in to a spirit of religious abstinence.

Choose undefiled wisdom instead of hypocritical self-deceit.

These are essential concepts taken from the "Nine Satanic Statements" from the Satanic Bible...Are you living by these, or by the word of the living God?

2006-11-14 10:22:18 · 23 answers · asked by whitehorse456 5

Is it none, because fundamentalists are incapable of change?
Or none because Fundamentalists like to live in the dark?
Does this represent 1.a paridigm of the dichotomy in our civilisation between variously, extremists, moderate people of faith and atheists?
2.A subverse attempt using the vehicle of humour to stir up and inflame the already troubled and divided culture?
3 A daft joke?
Nutters and fanatics only please, they give all of us the best larfs. Also I promise I will give all the best most inflamed loony rants a share in the royalties for my new book entitled 'God, and why hasn't he found me yet?' Cheers!

2006-11-14 10:18:31 · 24 answers · asked by troothskr 4

Or are the two authors writings co-mingled in those first two books? Thank you for your help.

2006-11-14 10:16:11 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-14 10:12:56 · 9 answers · asked by vikingpenguin33 2

The text in question Psalms 137:9
IS NOT GOD ADVOCATING BABY SMASHING.

The author is warning the soldiers and people of Babylon that when someone smashes their babies is will be justice for what they ALREADY did to the Israelites babies.

From the New International version which is easier to understand

Psalm 197:

7 Remember, O LORD, what the Edomites did
on the day Jerusalem fell.
"Tear it down," they cried,
"tear it down to its foundations!"

8 O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction,
happy is he who repays you
for what you have done to us-

9 he who seizes your infants
and dashes them against the rocks.


To those of you who misquote this text as an excuse to hate God, TAKE NOTICE. You were MISTAKEN as to what the text really was telling you. YOU WERE WRONG. But if you have a hatred in your heart for religion your mind can't open to comprehend it.

One more instance of proof that those who hate God twist the truth to confuse humans just like SATAN did to Adam and Eve.

2006-11-14 10:07:50 · 18 answers · asked by Harley Charley 5

I think thats where many of you fail to realize why so many people that know what facts are (gravity, math equations, etc) get so frustrated when you vaguely say 'jesus said he is the way and the truth in the bible' and that is fact. No, that is NOT fact, that is merely faith that you want it to BE fact. There is a huge difference, and that my friends, is where the frustration, denial, kicking and screaming begin and end.

2006-11-14 10:05:15 · 27 answers · asked by cpt_the_hellslayer 1

were trembling and shaking scared out of their mind when the 9-11 attacks were taking place? What were you thinking? The Rapture??
(with all respect to those that lost someone)

2006-11-14 10:03:36 · 33 answers · asked by St. Mike 4