Religion & Spirituality - 26 November 2006

Don't you think the universe is too damn well planned out to be a mere coincidence/accident? Don't you ever wonder that all that you behold in the world is too much of a pre-planned phenomenon to be just a blind twist of nature? I just don't understand your understanding of the world; it's very lifeless.

2006-11-26 16:36:13 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Because us non believers are partly accused of trying to "take Christ out of Christmas"...

Should people start using TWO pronunciations?

Maybe us non believers should say it as "Chris Miss/Krist Miss" (what we commonly hear) and believers should pronounce it as "Christ Mass" (sounding like the actual two words to reflect what, to them, it really says)?

Just a thought.

2006-11-26 16:35:20 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

13 is the most common number for the age of accountability based on the Jewish custom that a child becomes an adult at the age of 13. However,the Bible doesn't directly support that. It likely varies from child to child. A child has passed the age of accountability once he or she is capable of making a faith decision for or against Christ.
How many of you believe,as I do,that even if the parents don't believe in God,their under the age of accountability children will still be taken in the Rapture?
This is not a scare tactic for those who don't believe. I truly believe your children,grandchildren,great-grandchildren ,if under the age of accountability,will not be held responsible for your unbelief and will therefore rise to Heaven during the Rapture.
That day will be a day of joy unspeakable for the believers,but a day of unspeakable horror for those whose children will disappear.

2006-11-26 16:33:14 · 8 answers · asked by ? 6

Not the everyday miracles-- sunsets, baby's laughing.... I appreciate these things but I'm talking Biblical miracles....Seas spliting, food multiplying....

Do you believe these things happened? If so, are they still occurring? Are we ignoring them?

2006-11-26 16:31:03 · 12 answers · asked by Eleventy 6

2006-11-26 16:30:18 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Where did the energy come from, if it hadn't been for GOD? He says "BE" and it is.......

What do you think?

2006-11-26 16:30:15 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-26 16:27:19 · 6 answers · asked by MC 1

Scientists are always telling us how 'elegant' so many natural systems are. How is that possible in a universe based in Chance? Why would natural laws be 'elegant'? HOW is this possible without a guiding intelligence???

2006-11-26 16:27:06 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

This is something I never understood. In America we are supposed to have separation of Church and State... yet gay marriage is not allowed because the Bible states marriage is between a man and a woman?

I'm not against either side here, I'm just curious and want to know why this is.

Sincere answers, please.

2006-11-26 16:26:49 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hello, I am a Christian man, yet for the past 3 to 4 years I have been struggling against spirits that actually move up and down throughout my body. They afflict me off and on, and are just a general hinderance. I have sought help, but physcologists, write them off as a disease even though I tell them that they actually move up and down my body. The bible has many accounts of demonized people, yet I go on the internet and I cannot find one helpful testimony of an individual who has gone through demonization. Has anyone out there expeirenced demonization or am I the only one!!!

2006-11-26 16:24:09 · 7 answers · asked by faithone 1

Is organized religion a good thing? Wouldn't the world be more peaceful is there was no such thing?

Personally, I think that organized religion is unneccesary. It is all man made... all the rules and beliefs. Do we really need to belong to a church to go to heaven?

Please.... share your thoughts with me... I don't know what to think....

2006-11-26 16:24:07 · 15 answers · asked by Polygonia 3

it says somewhere about getting a tree from the field and decorating it

2006-11-26 16:23:15 · 9 answers · asked by dosborne 1

Sunday= Sun
Monday= Moon
Tuesday= Tew (Norse god, also called Tir)
Wednesday= Woden or Oden
Thursday= Thor
Friday= Freya
Saturday= Saturn

I've heard some Christians don't celebrate Easter because it's a celebration of the Goddess Eostre, or Halloween because it's Samhain, or Christmas because it's Yule. I can understand not wanting to participate in pagan celebrations when it's not your bag. But what do you call the days of the week?

Or the months, for that matter (Okay, July through December are all safely secular, but the other ones? Janus, Freya, Mars, Aphrodite, Maya, Juno.)?

2006-11-26 16:20:39 · 16 answers · asked by Sarah 3

Mrs. Harper is always making me eat her dreadful tuna casserole. I swear that devil woman is trying to ruin my figure!

2006-11-26 16:20:36 · 8 answers · asked by ? 2

How can I know which Bible is the correct translation? Or is this scripture saying people who change the scriptures will be punished later, but can still tamper with the scriptures now?

2006-11-26 16:19:03 · 12 answers · asked by Nola 1

Why do whites have a problem with this? They jump up and say Jesus looked like Ariel Sharon? give me a break.

2006-11-26 16:18:57 · 16 answers · asked by Chief Slapaho 1

I'm a Christian and I believe what the Bible says. I have faith that God is real and that there is only one God. What do you think?

2006-11-26 16:18:21 · 26 answers · asked by Naomi F 1

How does one use this daily in meditation to become successful? speak it out loud? pray to God ?

2006-11-26 16:17:46 · 8 answers · asked by SmartPerson 1

When parents divorce, should custody go only to the parent who remains Catholic and raises the children as Catholic?

2006-11-26 16:16:03 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Bonus points for not using biblegateway or other search engine!!!

2006-11-26 16:15:45 · 7 answers · asked by songndance1999 4

I was raised christian and turned pagan at 25.

2006-11-26 16:15:18 · 26 answers · asked by Helzabet 6

2006-11-26 16:14:59 · 41 answers · asked by Arts 6

Lately, there have been questions and answers about the sun, the planets, universe, etc.... but I want to know how they explain
HUMAN LIFE and how we began and sustain ourselves?

2006-11-26 16:14:29 · 9 answers · asked by Lily P 3

2006-11-26 16:13:43 · 12 answers · asked by snoopyismybro 2

People say that God is a very loving figure, that he loves all of us. But then, why do people hold up signs that say "God hates gays"?

I also heard preachers say to "Fear God". Why fear? Why not respect?


All opinions are welcomed.

2006-11-26 16:09:04 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-26 16:06:04 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-26 16:05:44 · 42 answers · asked by Chief Slapaho 1

well, which one do they read? NIV, NAB, NRSV?

2006-11-26 16:04:26 · 6 answers · asked by michael d 3

Jesus was born during the Jewish feast of Tabernacles, Sukkot.
It is happy celebration and a time of joy and rejoicing. Jesus is our joy. This makes sense.

The Feast of Tabernacles, also called Booths, comes on the fifteenth of Tishri (September-October), the seventh month according to the Jewish (biblical) calendar.

Why? John the Baptist was born during Passover. The angel Gabriel came to Mary to tell her about Jesus in Elizabeth's six month of pregnancy. (luke 1:36)

So three months later John the Baptist was born. Add 8 days for the Passover celebration. Then 6 months less 8 days later, you are SMACK in the middle of the feast of tabernacles. A feast of Joy, comes Jesus. That is why all the rooms were gone in Bethlehem too.

PLUS, the Christmas day and the tree are all Pagan of origin and have nothing to do with Jesus. (Jerimiah)

It is NOT wrong to celebrate Christ's birth any day. Just trying to let you know, he was born in the feast of joy! PRAISE HIM!

thoughts?

2006-11-26 16:03:47 · 33 answers · asked by ? 4

because I did, but I cant decide if it was a message from God, or something satan was trying to use against me or nothing at all, what do you think?

2006-11-26 16:02:27 · 26 answers · asked by Lanie 3