Religion & Spirituality - 22 November 2006

Do you think the established "churches" are now outdated. I was brought up as a Roman Catholic and even though I still believe in god I do not feel that the Pope represents me and I haven't been in a church for a long time. I always felt that mass was nothing but going through the motions and that I had repeated the prayers so often they no longer have any meaning. I feel that "most" individuals try to live their lives by the so called 10 commandments so do we really need to label ourselves Catholic, Christian,Sikh,Muslim etc? From what I see on the news and read in the papers it only causes problems anyway. (Crusades etc)

2006-11-22 23:55:00 · 19 answers · asked by helphesaidineedaprofilename 2

2006-11-22 23:54:49 · 30 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7

2006-11-22 23:50:31 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-22 23:50:27 · 8 answers · asked by eunice s 1

or the wrong kind, which is often the case, turn people away from God? I think it can, I'm friends with a ministers daughter, and it has turned her completely off!
What are your views about this? Is thier a solution for a person who has had religion crammed down their throat? Is it their fault they want nothing to do with religion?
How do we, as a Bible believing person, encourage their faith, and not push them away?

2006-11-22 23:46:06 · 10 answers · asked by JoJoCieCie 5

Suppose we are captured by some crazy religious militants. They threatened to kill us in a very embarassing, and humiliating way. We will be stripped completely naked and then executed by beheading publicy. Being stripped completely naked before crowd is very embarassing for woman, not to say the following beheading execution.

Then we are given two choice, first we agree to make statement in public condenming our own religion, or second we go straight to the execution. Which one we will choose?

This may a very strange question, but this continue tickling in my head. I often ask to myself, can I bear this if this really happened to me? Am I a traitor or a brave woman?

2006-11-22 23:45:48 · 12 answers · asked by siska 1

2006-11-22 23:44:55 · 25 answers · asked by Silkie1 4

Accepting a religion means approving of the manner with which it deals with rule-breakers, be it estrangement, decapitation, or hell. The punishment rarely fits the crime. Adulterers in Islam are stoned. Homosexuals suffer lasting torment in Christianity.

Does this make the morals of religion rationally immoral? Why doesn't accepting these faiths make believers complicit in murder or torture?

2006-11-22 23:39:21 · 10 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7

tryed to look up the etymology of [anity] but cant find it?

2006-11-22 23:37:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-22 23:35:57 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

who do we believe in, i mean every religion has someone, why cant we have someone? i also want a book to read, one like the christians. give me links and webpages and stuff please

2006-11-22 23:35:37 · 11 answers · asked by Bad Boy 1

Since Only Jesus, Praise Him, Can Take one To Heaven

2006-11-22 23:32:16 · 21 answers · asked by savvy s 2

What important beliefs or so called "Golden Rules" are important to you, for being a good person?
For ex. "do unto others as you would have them done to you."
or "If you can't say something nice about someone, don't say anything at all."

2006-11-22 23:28:49 · 6 answers · asked by JoJoCieCie 5

you think we atheists are stupid, ne! well i think you are stupid....and you dont know nothing. not like us atheists, we rule the world. look at all the great men of this world, bush, blair, einstein, copperfield, allah, sharon stone, all the scientists, presidents, all are atheist. so who ever was so great about christainity, yes you can only say jesus, well atleast we had more than you. i say we are the best, how many atheist agree with me

2006-11-22 23:27:14 · 14 answers · asked by Bad Boy 1

2006-11-22 23:24:48 · 10 answers · asked by Cyber 6

2006-11-22 23:24:27 · 16 answers · asked by ? 2

2006-11-22 23:23:12 · 21 answers · asked by Sara J 2

not Islam as I think they live in the past

2006-11-22 23:22:35 · 28 answers · asked by sonofmack 1

2006-11-22 23:16:24 · 9 answers · asked by Mustafa 5

2006-11-22 23:16:12 · 32 answers · asked by Silkie1 4

I am a practising muslim, i pray 5 times a day. I don't think hijab is necessary in this day & age.Hijab was introduced when the life of women was difficult and it was a danger for women not to wear it at that time. But now it is a danger to wear it, people who wear the hijab get all kinds of abuse and humiliation. After 9/11 wearing the hijab has increased a lot. If the war and terror in the Middle East stops maybe these women will think about integrating more.Wearing a label is not as necessary as practising. Some people still do bad things whilst wearing a label. Is it right to hide under the label of a muslim?

2006-11-22 23:13:29 · 13 answers · asked by Shiny 3

How else could these humongous balls retain their shape? It must have been a miracle of some sort.

2006-11-22 23:12:01 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

As far as I know, it is, as long as you acknowledge Africa (esp ethiopia) as the origin of man, and believe in Haile Selassie as a prophet/living god.

But what are other people's views? I have never known any white rastas.

2006-11-22 23:07:08 · 7 answers · asked by lady_s_hazy 3

2006-11-22 23:07:00 · 24 answers · asked by Silkie1 4

Would he approve of modern day religions at all ?

2006-11-22 23:03:50 · 15 answers · asked by jsjmlj 5

What do YOU do if a Jehovah Witness knocks at your do. What do you say? How do you react? Do you look upon them as saleslmen or spiritual communicators?

2006-11-22 23:03:37 · 35 answers · asked by catalystprods 2

It must all be terrible propoganda I see when I turn on my TV and see cars blown up in Iraq, Israeli civilians been blown up by martyrs, flags been toasted, calls for the death of those who dare say anything accusative of Islam, right?

2006-11-22 23:03:08 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

why jesus is the son of God? why won't be Adam his son as he is the first human being and man that God created why wouldn't be Adam?? and why wouldn't be Eve his daughter?? so how come after all Prophets after Adam ,he will choose Jesus to be his son? and then why Jesus is commanding this world instead of God? and how a father make his son dead?,and to be a father he must make sex and that thing can't be believed or send his sperm to oval of mary? and that's means that we monking on God...that means that he is only one got no sons,daughters even wives...

2006-11-22 22:58:26 · 16 answers · asked by sarah5 3

2006-11-22 22:54:56 · 15 answers · asked by jsjmlj 5

2006-11-22 22:54:28 · 14 answers · asked by shanthini m 1