Religion & Spirituality - 16 December 2006

had physical relations with Mary in order to conceive Jesus?
and that Jesus grew up, got married, and had several children?
and how many of you believe that Jesus was a polygamist, why?

2006-12-16 09:34:16 · 5 answers · asked by phoenix_slayer2001uk 2

I am simply looking to have a conversation to convince people that there is a god so that they are not doomed to burn in hell for eternity. Aim me at screename123x56

2006-12-16 09:33:39 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

We have fought over race, creed, color, ect. since the dawn of time. When will we learn to accept no one race is better than the other.

2006-12-16 09:31:56 · 13 answers · asked by Oilfieldtrashwtx 3

i need to improve my psychic ability so if you want me to practice reading you, contact me by clicking on my nickname. Also when contacting me, I need your question you want me to focus on, your date of birth, and if you are male/female.
I don't need your name.

2006-12-16 09:31:20 · 11 answers · asked by choosinghappiness 5

As already proofed God=H thus it could be said God glorifies HIMSELF in HIM, thus also in HIMSELF, bible also
says basically the same thing. and for smart people they see L cut in half is IL thus learn a fact about God.
HIM says GOD I IVI sealed together, that also means
HIMSELF says GOD I IVI sealed together SEI LF which basically means as in GOD's LF(LEFT) is sealed like IVI sealed together.

I AM that God who is the king of KINGS and Lord of LORDS that is in the light as the Lamb SLAIN or Lamb killed or Lamb that DIED and gets into a WAR.
king=IT i I7 9 (as in i born I7.9)
KINGS=IT I IV CuTS (appearing on the lf as IIII I.)
Lord=man of the home, keeper of the loaf in old english
LORDS contains name TODD S.
in the light is the I that is i 9I7(my birthday)
Lamb SLAIN=LarriDI. SiLAIIV
Lamb killed=LarriDI. I Lamb that DIED=Larri b that IIII I E D (E=[iL)
WAR contains name /ARi TA D in it in times new roman font
and My name to italia would be pronounced Larri TODD S.
and i Do have those seals I IV appearing like IIII I .
Jesus in His Rev. says I will be the WINNER, JOIN ME!

2006-12-16 09:27:07 · 9 answers · asked by justhurryupanddie 1

1. How can you become a better Christian by imitating the qualities of Mary??

2. What do you like about Mary??
PLEASE ANSWER PLEASEE

2006-12-16 09:26:20 · 19 answers · asked by i love youuu 1

The Jewish tradition regarding the husband’s role towards his wife stems from the conception that he owns her as he owns his slave.

This conception has been the reason behind the double standard in the laws of adultery and behind the husband’s ability to annul his wife’s vows. This conception has also been responsible for denying the wife any control over her property or her earnings. As soon as a Jewish woman got married, she completely lost any control over her property and earnings to her husband. Jewish Rabbis asserted the husband’s right to his wife’s property as a corollary of his possession of her: “Since one has come into the possession of the woman does it not follow that he should come into the possession of her property too?”, and “Since he has acquired the woman should he not acquire also her property?”

Thus, marriage caused the richest woman to become practically penniless. The Talmud describes the financial situation of a wife as follows:

“How can a woman have anything; whatever is hers belongs to her husband? What is his is his and what is hers is also his... Her earnings and what she may find in the streets are also his. The household articles, even the crumbs of bread on the table, are his. Should she invite a guest to her house and feed him, she would be stealing from her husband...”

(San. 71a, Git. 62a)

The fact of the matter is that the property of a Jewish female was meant to attract suitors. A Jewish family would assign their daughter a share of her father’s estate to be used as a dowry in case of marriage. It was this dowry that made Jewish daughters an unwelcome burden to their fathers. The father had to raise his daughter for years and then prepare for her marriage by providing a large dowry. Thus, a girl in a Jewish family was a liability and no asset.

This liability explains why the birth of a daughter was not celebrated with joy in the old Jewish society (see the “Shameful Daughters” section). The dowry was the wedding gift presented to the groom under terms of tenancy. The husband would act as the practical owner of the dowry but he could not sell it. The bride would lose any control over the dowry at the moment of marriage. Moreover, she was expected to work after marriage and all her earnings had to go to her husband in return for her maintenance which was his obligation. She could regain her property only in two cases: divorce or her husband’s death. Should she die first, he would inherit her property. In the case of the husband’s death, the wife could regain her pre-marital property but she was not entitled to inherit any share in her deceased husband’s own property. It has to be added that the groom also had to present a marriage gift to his bride, yet again he was the practical owner of this gift as long as they were married.

Christianity, until recently, has followed the same Jewish tradition. Both religious and civil authorities in the Christian Roman Empire (after Constantine) required a property agreement as a condition for recognizing the marriage. Families offered their daughters increasing dowries and, as a result, men tended to marry earlier while families postponed their daughters’ marriages until later than had been customary.

Under Canon law, a wife was entitled to restitution of her dowry if the marriage was annulled unless she was guilty of adultery. In this case, she forfeited her right to the dowry which remained in her husband’s hands[24].

Under Canon and civil law a married woman in Christian Europe and America had lost her property rights until late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. For example, women’s rights under English law were compiled and published in 1632. These ‘rights’ included: “That which the husband hath is his own. That which the wife hath is the husband’s.”

The wife not only lost her property upon marriage, she lost her personality as well. No act of her was of legal value. Her husband could repudiate any sale or gift made by her as being of no binding legal value. The person with whom she had any contract was held as a criminal for participating in a fraud. Moreover, she could not sue or be sued in her own name, nor could she sue her own husband.

A married woman was practically treated as an infant in the eyes of the law. The wife simply belonged to her husband and therefore she lost her property, her legal personality, and her family name.

Islam, since the seventh century C.E., has granted married women the independent personality which the Judaeo-Christian West had deprived them until very recently. In Islam, the bride and her family are under no obligation whatsoever to present a gift to the groom. The girl in a Muslim family is no liability. A woman is so dignified by Islam that she does not need to present gifts in order to attract potential husbands. It is the groom who must present the bride with a marriage gift. This gift is considered her property and neither the groom nor the bride’s family have any share in or control over it. In some Muslim societies today, a marriage gift of a hundred thousand dollars in diamonds is not unusual.

The bride retains her marriage gifts even if she is later divorced. The husband is not allowed any share in his wife’s property except what she offers him with her free consent.
The Qur’an has stated its position on this issue quite clearly:

“And give the women (on marriage) their dower as a free gift; but if they, Of their own good pleasure, remit any part of it to you, take it and enjoy it with right good cheer.”(4:4)

The wife’s property and earnings are under her full control and for her use alone since her, and the children’s, maintenance is her husband’s responsibility.

No matter how rich the wife might be, she is not obliged to act as a co-provider for the family unless she herself voluntarily chooses to do so. Spouses do inherit from one another. Moreover, a married woman in Islam retains her independent legal personality and her family name.

An American judge once commented on the rights of Muslim women saying: “ A Muslim girl may marry ten times, but her individuality is not absorbed by that of her various husbands. She is a solar planet with a name and legal personality of her own.”

The three religions share an unshakeable belief in the importance of marriage and family life. They also agree on the leadership of the husband over the family. Nevertheless, blatant differences do exist among the three religions with respect to the limits of this leadership. The Judaeo-Christian tradition, unlike Islam, virtually extends the leadership of the husband into ownership of his wife.

2006-12-16 09:26:10 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

they can't read the bible, nor can they hear it. so wouldn't they die unsaved as such?

2006-12-16 09:24:26 · 41 answers · asked by andylefty 3

on your last IQ test?

2006-12-16 09:23:44 · 16 answers · asked by needtoknow 2

2006-12-16 09:20:25 · 26 answers · asked by Clarkie 6

longer book of ecclesiastes? The reason I was wondering is I saw a Muslim say that having daughters was bad in the catholic bible and I looked it up in my bible and mine does not have chapter 20 something and only goes up to chapter 12. My daughters have blessed me immensely and I am grateful to God for them. They are much more than I deserve.

2006-12-16 09:17:25 · 24 answers · asked by bess 4

I think that the ones who insist that they don't believe in God are just rebelling against God. If they truly did not believe, they wouldn't feel the need to be so hostile against people who believe, and they would not feel the need to constantly fight against a god which they supposedly don't believe in.

2006-12-16 09:16:01 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-16 09:12:41 · 12 answers · asked by USA USA USA 2

Apparently, the author of the Book of Revelation (probably not St John) might well have been taking Amanita Muscaria, a kind of magic mushroom that induces bizarre halucinations.

Any reason to still think there's any accuracy or prophecy involved in it?

2006-12-16 09:10:20 · 17 answers · asked by mdfalco71 6

2006-12-16 09:10:14 · 14 answers · asked by Da King27 1

That is if you had something done to you then you have to have restibution?Or restitution?

2006-12-16 09:10:11 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

You can't see gravity but you do believe that if you fall off of a building that it will bring you screaming to the ground. Plus to say that Gods not real is and absolute statement, you would have to have all knowledge of all things to make such a statement.

2006-12-16 09:07:42 · 25 answers · asked by REV MCD 2

Adultery is considered a sin in all religions.

The Bible decrees the death sentence for both the adulterer and the adulteress:

“If a man commits adultery with his neighbour's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall be put to death.” (Lev. 20:10).

Islam also equally punishes both the adulterer and the adulteress:

“(As for) the fornicatress and the fornicator, flog each of them, (giving) a hundred stripes, and let not pity for them detain you in the matter of obedience to Allah, if you believe in Allah and the last day, and let a party of believers witness their chastisement.”(24:2).

However, the Qur’anic definition of adultery is very different from the Biblical definition. Adultery, according to the Qur’an, is the involvement of a married man or a married woman in an extramarital affair. The Bible only considers the extramarital affair of a married woman as adultery.

"If a man is found sleeping with another man's wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel" (Deuteronomy 22:22).

"If a man commits adultery with another man's wife both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death" (Leviticus 20:10).

“To keep you from your neighbour's wife, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress. Lust not in your heart after her beauty, let her not captivate you with her glance! For the price of a loose woman may be scarcely a loaf of bread, But if she is married, she is a trap for your precious life. Can a man take fire to his bosom, and his garments not burned? Or can a man walk on live coals, and his feet not be scorched? So with him who goes in to his neighbour's wife-- none who touches her shall go unpunished.” (Proverbs, 6:24-:29).

According to the Biblical definition, if a married man sleeps with an unmarried woman, this is not considered a crime at all. The married man who has extramarital affairs with unmarried women is not an adulterer and the unmarried women involved with him are not adulteresses. The crime of adultery is committed only when a man, whether married or single, sleeps with a married woman. In this case the man is considered adulterer, even if he is not married, and the woman is considered adulteress. In short, adultery is any illicit sexual intercourse involving a married woman. The extramarital affair of a married man is not per se a crime in the Bible.

Why is the dual moral standard? According to Encyclopaedia Judaica, the wife was considered to be the husband's possession and adultery constituted a violation of the husband's exclusive right to her; the wife as the husband's possession had no such right to him[15].

That is, if a man had sexual intercourse with a married woman, he would be violating the property of another man and, thus, he should be punished. To the present day in Israel, if a married man indulges in an extramarital affair with an unmarried woman, his children by that woman are considered legitimate. But, if a married woman has an affair with another man, whether married or not married, her children by that man are not only illegitimate but they are considered bastards and are forbidden to marry any other Jews except converts and other bastards. This ban is handed down to the children's descendants for ten generations until the taint of adultery is presumably weakened[16].

The Qur’an, on the other hand, never considers any woman to be the possession of any man. The Qur’an eloquently describes the relationship between the spouses by saying:

“And among His signs is that He created for you mates from among yourselves, that you may dwell in tranquillity with them and He has put love and mercy between your hearts: verily in that are signs for those who reflect" (30:21).

This is the Qur’anic conception of marriage: love, mercy, and tranquillity, not possession and double standards.

2006-12-16 09:07:24 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Apparently, 59% of Americans believe in the actual Devil and the actual rapture and the actual end of the world.

Simple question...Why?

2006-12-16 09:06:28 · 22 answers · asked by mdfalco71 6

2006-12-16 09:03:55 · 14 answers · asked by USA USA USA 2

I am a mature,educated,down to earth individual,divorced and finding someone my age range to chat and have rational conversion is a problem. Is there any of these men left on our planet Earth.

2006-12-16 09:03:31 · 11 answers · asked by odessaali 1

...any of you Christians have anything to say about that?

2006-12-16 09:01:12 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you are wondering who man is, he's the automatic answering machine with 8000 answers in 3 days. He's also the first one that will answer this question probably.

2006-12-16 09:01:02 · 14 answers · asked by Thinx 5

My favorite is that little number on how the earth is supposedly only 8 thousand years old. This book is a laugh-festival.

2006-12-16 08:57:54 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-16 08:57:11 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

In 1967 some of the original papyrus pieces used by Joseph Smith to translate the "Book of Abraham" contained in the "Pearl of Great Price", a key Mormon doctrine, surfaced in a New York City museum.

Modern Egyptologists made a translation and showed the documents had nothing to do with Abraham but were ordinary funeral documents that would be found with any mummy.

This was in fact the proof that Joseph Smith was not given the wisdom to translate the Golden Plates, wasn't it?

2006-12-16 08:55:12 · 11 answers · asked by phoenix_slayer2001uk 2

2006-12-16 08:54:40 · 11 answers · asked by Thinx 5

Most of what was written in the bible was applicable to the times back then, but is not applicable now.

The old testament seems invalid also.

The reason for all the confusion in Christianity today is because people are always taking the bible so literraly...its leading to a lot of false doctrine and rigid religious beleifs, which are apparant in Christianity today.

2006-12-16 08:53:27 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

The three religions agree on one basic fact: Both women and men are created by God, The Creator of the whole universe.

However, disagreement starts soon after the creation of the first man, Adam, and the first woman, Eve. The Judaeo-Christian conception of the creation of Adam and Eve is narrated in detail in Genesis (2:4-24).

God prohibited both of them from eating the fruits of the forbidden tree. The serpent seduced Eve to eat from it and Eve, in turn, seduced Adam to eat with her.

When God rebuked Adam for what he did, he put all the blame on Eve,

"The woman you put here with me --she gave me some fruit from the tree and I ate it."(Genesis, 3: 12).

Consequently, God said to Eve:

"I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; with pain you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband and he will rule over you." (Genesis, 3: 16).

To Adam He said:

"Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree of which I forbideen you to eat, “ Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life..." (Genesis, 3: 17).

The Islamic conception of the first creation is found in several places in the Qur’an, for example:

"O Adam dwell with your wife in the Garden and enjoy as you wish but approach not this tree or you run into harm and transgression. Then Satan whispered to them in order to reveal to them their shame that was hidden from them and he said: 'Your Lord only forbade you this tree lest you become angels or such beings as live forever.' And he swore to them both that he was their sincere adviser. So by deceit he brought them to their fall: when they tasted the tree their shame became manifest to them and they began to sew together the leaves of the Garden over their bodies. And their Lord called unto them: 'Did I not forbid you that tree and tell you that Satan was your avowed enemy?' They said: 'Our Lord we have wronged our own souls and if You forgive us not and bestow not upon us Your Mercy, we shall certainly be lost' " (7:19:23).

A careful look into the two accounts of the story of the Creation reveals some essential differences.

The Qur’an, contrary to the Bible, places equal blame on both Adam and Eve for their mistake. Nowhere in the Qur’an can one find even the slightest hint that Eve tempted Adam to eat from the tree or even that she had eaten before him. Eve in the Qur’an is no temptress, no seducer, and no deceiver. Moreover, Eve is not to be blamed for the pains of childbearing. God, according to the Qur’an, punishes no one for another's faults. Both Adam and Eve committed a sin[2]and then asked God for forgiveness and He forgave them both.

2006-12-16 08:51:07 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-16 08:48:17 · 9 answers · asked by jwslover12 1