Religion & Spirituality - 27 November 2006

2006-11-27 06:02:47 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am copnverting to catholicism and i was a Neo-pagan before, and i was wanting to make a pact with you (since i understand, what christians do always upsetted me)

I promise to only preach the Gospels to those who ask me to, and as a christian my actions will sway your perspective of all christians so i promise to be a TRUE christian and not only be tolerant of other faiths but to also learn everything i can about there faiths so that if someone asks me what i think of them, i can give an educated response. Like wiccans i know about them (Not much but i know enough, to know that they are a beautiful people and not devil worshipers) so do you have anything to add to my pact with you?

2006-11-27 06:01:42 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

On the strangest occasions have I been accused of 'mocking God'. In many debates I had with Christians about this subject, I never once have gotten a good definition of the word 'mocking'.

As an example, two exactly the same question, but worded differently.
Is God naked? (=mockery)
Is God dressed? ( never once have I been accused of mockery when asking this)
It seems that the word 'naked' used in one sentence with the word 'God' is mockery. Using the word 'dressed' isn't.

These questions are just examples to show a point. Can you explain me when an opinion or question about God becomes mockery?

Or am I right in thinking that 'mockery' is nothing more than a word that can be used in any discussion just to say "Shut up, I don't wanna hear this" ?

2006-11-27 06:00:46 · 6 answers · asked by Thinx 5

Do you think science is proving or disproving the existence of God? If you think it is proving God's existence, is it teaching us HOW God has done the miraculous?

2006-11-27 05:59:59 · 19 answers · asked by GirlUdontKnow 5

Why do people insist on writing X-Mas?
When we take Christ out of Christmas then we remove the whole meaning of it.
Is anyone else offended by this?
My soon to be daughter in law wrot cards to me and put X-Mas and I was upset, should I tell her how I feel?
Please no silly answers, I really need help with this one.

2006-11-27 05:59:34 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

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If not, Why is he showing the sign of Satan in that photo?

2006-11-27 05:56:37 · 24 answers · asked by Mario Savio 6

2006-11-27 05:54:40 · 31 answers · asked by bassetluv 4

There are many heavens mention in the Bible. I am only aware of 3 levels. If there are more please feel free to tell the exact numbers. My question is why many levels? And what each level for?

2006-11-27 05:53:45 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't get it....well, I do, it was foretold after all. But why do people hate Christians so bad? I see people bashing us for all kinds of crazy reasons. They say we're not educated (I am), that we're hypocritical (you get bad apples in everything, that we condemn (obviously you haven't read the facts). It makes no sense that people should hate us (or fear us if you ask me). Our beliefs are good, pure and a desire for the most peaceful way of life (though impossible), so why hate it? Because it says you can't do what you want?? If you truly did not fear God, then why bash us so bad?? Why not say "Hey, that's cool...you believe that, I don't ...but I still like you anyways?" Answer me that.

2006-11-27 05:52:53 · 29 answers · asked by boz4425 4

1 Kings 7:23 "He made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about." Circumference = Pi() x Diameter, which means the line would have to have been over 31 cubits. In order for this to be rounding, it would have had to overstate the amount to ensure that the line did "compass it round about."
Lev 11:20-21: "All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you." Fowl do not go upon all four.
Lev 11:6: "And the hare, because he cheweth the cud..." Hare do not chew the cud.
Deut 14:7: " "...as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof." For the hare this is wrong on both counts: Hare don’t chew the cud and they do divide the "hoof."
Jonah 1:17 says, "...Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights" Matt 12:40 says "...Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly..." whales and fish are not related
Matt 13:31-32: " "the kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed which…is the least of all seeds, but when it is grown is the greatest among herbs and becometh a tree." There are 2 significant errors here: first, there are many smaller seeds, like the orchid seed; and second, mustard plants don't grow into trees.
Matt 4:8: " Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them." Unless the world is flat, altitude simply will not help you see all the kingdoms of the earth.

2006-11-27 05:52:52 · 17 answers · asked by Jer 1

if you dont believe that jesus is the son of God,do you celebrate christmas? and if yes, how do you justfiy that.please be mature with your response,im just curious

2006-11-27 05:52:42 · 10 answers · asked by san_ann68 6

2006-11-27 05:51:43 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

Have you ever heard this quote?
How do you interpret it?

I took it as people needing something to have, like a comfort. People don't want to think that we could just be in this world alone with no hope of something better.

2006-11-27 05:47:50 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

No one is guarenteed tomorrow.

2006-11-27 05:47:29 · 19 answers · asked by ? 7

2006-11-27 05:46:11 · 7 answers · asked by Tira 3

I mean, if everything needs a creator, then surely God must be sitting on his cloud wondering who created him.

2006-11-27 05:45:30 · 14 answers · asked by Thinx 5

The Quran, in what appears to be a self-referential (illogical) statement, tells Muslims and magical Genies (Jinn) to recite the Quran:

Quran 72:01 "Say: It has been revealed to me that a company of Jinns listened (to the Qur'an). They said, 'We have really heard a wonderful Recital! "http://www.usc.edu/dept/msa/quran/0...

Why would any God want blind ritual "recital"?

Apologetics:

"Its the voice of God" - What? You mean to say God speaks and thinks in a flawed human language? The Quran, and all scriptures are written in human languages so that supposedly (pc word to avoid censorship) "humans" can read and understand them, therefore it is not the voice or sound or anything of God. So why blindly shreik it out?

"God loves the sound of ritual reciatation in human tongue" - Sure he does. Humans get sick of the most complex and beautiful music, and God just loves and desires that wailing.

Q: Distinguish blind Quran recitals from Pagan chant rituals, how do they differ?

2006-11-27 05:45:00 · 11 answers · asked by Speech Hating Monkey 1

2006-11-27 05:44:05 · 27 answers · asked by Jer 1

2006-11-27 05:43:30 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

Christians are humans like the rest of the world, they just live under a differen't value system and believe in God and Christ. We are human being and are not perfect. We make mistakes like everyone else. In fact, our faith tells us that we need Christ because we are so imperfect. Yet if we make a mistake or break one of our own rules, the whole world is out to get us. If one Christian is in the news for doing something bad, non-christians say the whole faith is bad.
Atheists get mad cause people generalize them in think things like, they must not be happy, or they must non be good people and what not and it makes them mad.
I just don't understand why if you have an enounter with a christian person that goes bad, you stereotype the whole faith system. If I came across an atheist who treated me like crap, I would think all atheist were bad people.

2006-11-27 05:41:23 · 29 answers · asked by Hi 2

hello, i'm a new Christian sorta and i was looking to buy a study Bible, i have it narrowed down to 2 but one version costs $20 more than the other, and i dont know why. What is teh cause of the $20 price difference? or is ther no difference at all?
Here are the links:
$89.99
http://zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/Product/ProductDetail.htm?ProdID=com.zondervan.9780310930365&QueryStringSite=Zondervan

$69.99
http://zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/Product/ProductDetail.htm?ProdID=com.zondervan.9780310929574&QueryStringSite=Zondervan

2006-11-27 05:39:36 · 19 answers · asked by Sam Hunley 2

I think true Love can only be felt like GOD, but can never be understood by our logical mind.

What we "like" can turn into "dislike". But true love always stays!

2006-11-27 05:39:17 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

ok so i dont believe in god and asked why people do and proof to prove he is real. and people say stupid sh!t like his presence, how do u know thats god first of all. and then one answer said that he is real because DNA is a code made of the mind os maybe "god" himself may not be real but what about aliens leaving us on this planet? it is my belief and i know I sound crazy to you but its my belief and it makes sense. so say its crazy and criticise me for being different and haveing a different belief than your uncaring god. but aliens make more sense than god, some thing that people could if we wanted could actually see, and not just a big story that TELLS us right from wrong. but aliens eaving us or making us up on this planet sounds a hell of a lot more reasonable than god. and if god is real and the bible is true then why n the bible is there no mention of the dinosaurs??? humans didn discover dinosaurs until like 18 something maybe 1700's, but still why wouldnt they be mentioned?

2006-11-27 05:39:03 · 7 answers · asked by ~*cRaCkNeSs*~ 3

no nation would likely invent itself and faihtlully transmit century after century of this nature unless it had autneic core nahum sarna
if your making up history adds richard fiedman is that you descended from gods or kings ,not from slaves souces i got this from a book is the bible the exodus true you heard they said that people never mad up srory of slaves

2006-11-27 05:37:25 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I believe that the word evolution is misunderstood and not used in it's proper context, and I think the word Change would be more applicable, and here is why. Our universe is constanly changing (evolving),galaxies collide, stars are born and some die, on our planet changes have been taking place from the beginning of the planet viruses change (evolve) so they become resistant to medicine , insects become immune to insecticide over time (evolve) in order to survive. There is so much evidence of change (evolution) around us and throughout the universe, why is change (evolution) rejected by so many? It appears that change (evolution) is the one constant througout the universe.

2006-11-27 05:35:50 · 32 answers · asked by Ynot! 6

Where a virgin woman goes to a sperm donation thing and gets pregnant by having sperm injected into her womb?

So is that virgin birth a sin?

2006-11-27 05:34:33 · 7 answers · asked by Queen of Dumb Questions 1

2006-11-27 05:32:07 · 14 answers · asked by Allah 1

Sometimes I feel as if I am undergoing (experiencing) EXACTLY the same set of events which have already occured. For example: I feel that all the persons who are sitiing around me have sat in exactly the same manner. We are discussing exactly the same things. In fact, I can actually tell the next sentence which is about to be spoken and who is the person who will speak it. I can also tell who will enter the room...
Is it because I have seen exactly the same things in past in dream and it is turning out to be true act by act? Is it what they call as hunches or intuitions or 6th sense? In India we believe that those whose legs come out first at the time of birth possess these special powers. They can act as 'mediums' for supernatural experiments (occult). I was born normal with head first. Then why am I having these powers? Have you experienced it yourself? Can we actually see the future? Is time travel a possibility?

2006-11-27 05:31:54 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you believe what they say about the Da Vinci Code?

2006-11-27 05:31:46 · 15 answers · asked by Supermom 3

2006-11-27 05:31:42 · 14 answers · asked by Tira 3