Religion & Spirituality - 13 December 2006

2006-12-13 06:53:11 · 23 answers · asked by x No.1 Prison Break Fan x 4

State your religion and a fact that you don't think many others know. This can be a religious wide fact (i.e. some doctrine of your religion or belief) or a personal fact (i.e. maybe something you know about the chruch/temple/ect. you attend or the religious history of the area you live in). I think most of us don't really know a lot about religions besides our own, and this is a chance to do what this section is all about, sharing information.

I'm Catholic and a little known fact about my local church is that the hispanic community banded together to buy the statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe and build a small gratto for her (which is in our church's front yard). This statue was used in every service dedicated to Our Lady since it was purchased four years ago.

Now, you go. And please, no bashing another religion.

2006-12-13 06:50:17 · 18 answers · asked by sister steph 6

honest question

all i know is that he married a 6 year old girl and killed many people, where's the good in that?

2006-12-13 06:49:50 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-13 06:49:39 · 13 answers · asked by queen 2

If one believes that God is all powerful and all knowing - seeing both past, present and future - wouldnt He know what to put into the Bible and what to leave out for all of human kind - creating 2 separate sources of His will doesnt make sense (scripture and tradition) tradition seems much less defined and lacking historical evidence, as compared to the Bible in which we know, for the most part, who wrote what, when they wrote it and to who they were writing to - which gives us a greater ability to understand what the writer was trying to say (what God was trying to say)
anyway my point is one cannot use the excuse that tradition did not make it into the Bible b/c of the limited minds of the writers or people putting the Bible together b/c the people are not the ulitimate source of the Bible - God is and therefore could not have made a mistake by leaving certain things out....
any comments...

2006-12-13 06:48:17 · 10 answers · asked by servant FM 5

2006-12-13 06:48:01 · 17 answers · asked by unknown u 3

Why is everyone around the world so defensive?

Muslims feel like they are being attackeb by Christians.
Athiests feel like they are being attacked by Christians.
Christians feel like they are being attacked by everyone.

Why does everyone feel like it is there obligation to try to make everyone else in the world see things like they do? Why is it so hard just to agree to disagree? If you want to worship God, Allah, Yaweh, Vishnu, Buddah, Zues, or even no god, why should it matter if you aren't causing anyone any harm? Will it ever be possible to just let people be who they want to be (as long as they cause no harm to anyone else) without having to shove your beliefs down their throat?

2006-12-13 06:47:29 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

...ponder the meaning of life? Lately, I find myself questioning my beliefs and wonder what my future holds. I question God's existence, spirituality, practicality, obligations, desires and ambitions, humanity and society. And still it leaves me wondering "What's it all mean?"

2006-12-13 06:47:12 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ghost have always been friendly to me. I talk to my dead granddaddy, uncle and even strangers. They tell me they are only killing time with me while they wait for the rapture. Why make evil demons out of them? They are just misguided spirits. When the Witch of Endor summoned Samuel from his grave for King Saul was he an evil demon? xx

2006-12-13 06:46:56 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

that america is becoming a "theocracy" ??

when was the last time you were forced at gunpoint to attend church?

can you be arrested for cheating on your spouse?

has anyone been executed for speaking against God or taking His name in vain?

2006-12-13 06:46:46 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

"The virgin birth story was an honest mistake. Most liberal theologians believe that the author of the Gospel of Matthew (or someone who supplied the writer with source material) scanned an unknown ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures. He found what he believed to be a refrence to Jesus' birth. It was in Isaiah 7:14. This has since become a famous passage often recited at Christmas time. He simply copied it into Matthew (1:23) as a method of showing that prophecies in the Hebrew Testament were fulfilled in Jesus' life. As it happens, the Greek translators had made a mistake. When they were translating the Hebrew writings into Greek 'Septuagint' and similar translations, they converted the Hebrew word 'almah' as the Greek equivalent of our English word for virgin. "Almah" appears 9 other times in Hebrew Scriptures. In eache case it means 'young woman'. When the scriptures refered to a virgin they always used the Hebrew word 'betulah'. So Isaiah appears to have referred to.

2006-12-13 06:46:32 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Christians call this christmas.....which comes from christ mass. The original roots are ALL pagan......the tree comes from pagan religions, the holly comes from the holly king in pagan religions, the yule log comes from celtic pagan religions, giving presents is pagan, the colors red and green are pagan.......any thing you can pick out of your "christmas" holiday has a pagan back ground. Even saying it is the day of the birth of the "son" ........Pagans did this for thousands of years before as the birth of the SUN......look this up for your self. and read your own book.....jesus was born in the spring! If you do research you will find that nearly ALL of your christian holidays have Pagan roots!!

2006-12-13 06:46:21 · 12 answers · asked by angel 6

It is the unforgivable sin. What does it mean exactly?

2006-12-13 06:46:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know Xianity believes only sex between a married man & woman is OK but the Bible also has plenty of examples where 'chosen' and 'just' men are shown to have concubines or to participate in incestual relations. So, why does Xianity have the beliefs about sex that it has now?

2006-12-13 06:43:50 · 16 answers · asked by strpenta 7

2006-12-13 06:43:26 · 13 answers · asked by Laptop Jesus 2.0 5

Have they been conned the most?
The more they believe, the more they can't believe they've been duped!

2006-12-13 06:42:52 · 22 answers · asked by Musicol 4

2006-12-13 06:42:35 · 8 answers · asked by STFU Dude 6

Gosh, I hope so!

2006-12-13 06:41:05 · 16 answers · asked by Laptop Jesus 2.0 5

How do you meditate?The more details and links you give the more likely youl be to get the 10 points.

2006-12-13 06:40:28 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I believe so because you just don't wake up one day and say, "Hey, I want to be gay!" People were born gay and I can tell you that is a fact because my brother is gay and he's been like that since birth. Even when we were growing up, he's always been around my brothers and me and was always different then all of us. So It is a fact that people were born with the condition of homosexuality. I know for sure my brother did not choose to be gay. Anyone want to contest? If you don't believe that you are not born gay, how come I didn't turn gay?

2006-12-13 06:40:03 · 34 answers · asked by BokBok 2

What is the equivalent of a priest in Hinduism?

What responsibilities do they have in the community?

2006-12-13 06:35:00 · 5 answers · asked by elephantemg83 4

Whether you’re a proponent of the Bible, Qur’an, or other religious book, there is a line drawn in the sand: right and wrong. The Bible has commandments: thou shalt not kill. The Qur’an is similar conventions: don’t drink alcohol.

Stand on one side of the line, you’re doing it right according to your religion’s rules. You get all the benefits of piety: everlasting life, heaven, virgins. Stand on the other side and you’re doing it wrong, subject to the penalties prescribed for sinners: burning lakes, torture, demons.

Commandments are absolute—there can be no question. This is how it’s done, these are the rules, do not drink, do not kill, black and white, you’re on the good side (or the bad side) of the line. There is no grey area; you cannot straddle the line; you are saved, or you are damned.

People use religious texts to determine where “the line” is. They also rely on subjective, less absolute resources: their local pastor, an Imam, holy men and women.

2006-12-13 06:34:51 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-13 06:33:45 · 26 answers · asked by STFU Dude 6

Do Middle Easterners have the best imaginations?

2006-12-13 06:33:07 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-13 06:32:46 · 10 answers · asked by .. 5

I have done some really bad things. So now that I have been baptized and saved, they all went away and I can go to heaven now?

2006-12-13 06:32:43 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

Okay for the Athiests, I don't want your mockery and foolish words of idle chatter. So onto my question, so hypothetically speaking, for the athiests, what happens when all the Christians and Jews dissapear due to the coming of the Lord? How are you going to explain that away? Science? I don't think that any scientist could explain the dissapearance of millions of people no bodies left they are just gone. Will you run to the nearst church to see if we are hiding? I mean really think about it. Don't come back with "it's not gonna happen" because I dont' want to hear that, I already know that is the first thing that popped into your head. Answer truthfully and thoughtfully . Other religions are welcome to answer too.

2006-12-13 06:31:20 · 14 answers · asked by WINGS 4

on this verse: 1 Peter 1:6,7,8 & 9
like things you observe about this verse

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, "being" much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christm, whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see "him", yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, recieveing the end of your faith--the salvation of your souls

thanks

2006-12-13 06:30:17 · 7 answers · asked by GreEn_DaY 1

"There will be no straight branches on it", or something like that.

2006-12-13 06:29:52 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Could My Fan Club seriously get over themselves?

Whining about atheists celebrating Christmas. Whining about people saying "Happy Holidays" instead of mentioning "CHRISTMAS."

Hello? I was a humble guy? Do you really think I would demand everybody kowtow to Me quite to this degree?

2006-12-13 06:29:25 · 8 answers · asked by Laptop Jesus 4