Religion & Spirituality - 21 December 2006

2006-12-21 02:28:27 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

21 Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. The LORD answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. 22 The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, "Why is this happening to me?" So she went to inquire of the LORD.

23 The LORD said to her,
"Two nations are in your womb,
and two peoples from within you will be separated;
one people will be stronger than the other,
and the older will serve the younger."

24 When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb. 25 The first to come out was red, and his whole body was like a hairy garment; so they named him Esau. 26 After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau's heel; so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.

2006-12-21 02:27:44 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-21 02:26:48 · 21 answers · asked by jsjmlj 5

All religions have some form of tolerance clause built in and no religion that I know of says you must ACCEPT anyone else's religion.
For Christians, there's quite a few: Judge not, lest ye be judged; Pride cometh before the Fall; the story of Job, etc.

I'm not slamming Christians, just using Christianity as an example.
Why is it that people with dogmatic faith insist that if others do not ACCEPT their brand of Theology, they are doomed. Aren't they making a judgment if they say that? For example: If your God is so merciful and forgiving, where in your holy book does it say you have the right to make judgment for Him? My point is: If your God is Your Light and Your Salvation, then why don't you speak of Him that way? How would Christians feel if someone tried to convince you that your Faith is false. Some people are very good at this and frankly it's not nice. People should stop trying to convince others their faith is wrong and work on proving their faith is right.

2006-12-21 02:26:43 · 8 answers · asked by vicarious_notion 3

2006-12-21 02:26:00 · 21 answers · asked by ari-pup 7

2006-12-21 02:25:38 · 6 answers · asked by 2010 CWS Champs! 3

2006-12-21 02:23:09 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

"More than nine out of 10 Americans, men and women alike, have had premarital sex, according to a new study. The high rates extend even to women born in the 1940s, challenging perceptions that people were more chaste in the past....

The study, examining how sexual behavior before marriage has changed over time, was based on interviews conducted with more than 38,000 people — about 33,000 of them women — in 1982, 1988, 1995 and 2002 for the federal National Survey of Family Growth. According to Finer's analysis, 99 percent of the respondents had had sex by age 44, and 95 percent had done so before marriage."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061220/ap_on_re_us/premarital_sex

2006-12-21 02:22:54 · 14 answers · asked by mutterhalls 3

But they can't believe in the Flying Spaghetti Monster?

2006-12-21 02:22:06 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-21 02:20:40 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Like from the world and stuff?

2006-12-21 02:18:17 · 44 answers · asked by Anonymous

for example marrying a 9 year old girl, still happening in some Muslim Country such as Iran

2006-12-21 02:18:06 · 14 answers · asked by zloewez 1

Okay let's think about this for a minute, Jesus himself never said a word about homosexuality, for or against. The only passage about it, was written by people who lived in a society and community where particular male homosexuality was looked down upon. Technically King James wrote the most famous bible, and he was the one who had a serious problem about it. But anyway, I also to point out while lust is considered part of the 7 deadly sins, it doesn't specify what type of lust, and technically that could cover anyone with either sexual orientation or marital status. The only thing about sex written in the ten commandments was, "thou shalt not commit adultery", that applied more toward a married heterosexual couple.

And I really think things such as blasphemy and murder were greater sins than homosexuality (if that's really a sin). And I know a lot of Christians say no sin is better or worse than the other. But we don't act that way.

2006-12-21 02:17:46 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

For many years i've been fighting that - it seems that people don't get it. Religion was created by men - Jesus does not offer you another Religion he's offering you a new life, clean from sin.

How many people can understant that!!

SO CHRISTIANITY IS NOT A RELIGION !! GOT IT??

2006-12-21 02:17:16 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-21 02:16:51 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you think America needs to drop God from the Pledge of allegiance? Do you think the Federal Holiday in December should recognize the Winter Solstice instead of Christmas? Do you think it's more politically correct to say Happy Holidays, or Merry Christmas?

Just curious to see what peoples opinions on this matter.

2006-12-21 02:16:29 · 27 answers · asked by conservativeguyfromnc 2

I see lots of unusual claims about the truth on this Y!A board.

-The Bible has been around for thousands of years, so it must have some truth in it.
-10% of the people repent on their deathbeds, that proves God exists.
etc, etc, etc.

You do realise that truth has absolutely nothing to do with numbers, right?

2006-12-21 02:16:18 · 15 answers · asked by Thinx 5

2006-12-21 02:15:18 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

The virgin birth or the fact that christians actually believe jesus was born in december?

2006-12-21 02:14:17 · 16 answers · asked by Squirrel 4

Only on Y!A do I get an answer that is something gay like Revelations 21:845 or Genesis 328:32r98 or John 3298u32:3289043298 or something horribly gay like that. You know I'm not going to touch that propaganda, so why do you quote it? Knowing full well from my questions that I am an atheist, why, oh why, must you quote the Bible? I don't go around quoting Darwin (and if I did, you'd probably shove John Paul 38:288 in my face or something). And the funniest thing about it? I am a confirmed Catholic...

2006-12-21 02:13:41 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-21 02:10:25 · 11 answers · asked by Guillermo 1

You say you have original sin. You call yourselves sinners. You constantly talk about how you're too dirty to face Jesus and you need to wash off and be born again with spiritual bodies because your physical ones are too dirty and what not.

Why do you do this to yourselves?

2006-12-21 02:07:01 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-21 02:06:59 · 30 answers · asked by festeringhump 4

2006-12-21 02:06:18 · 12 answers · asked by Guillermo 1

Watch that you dont recall some of your own evil goings on within your own religeon,s eg. the popes spanish inqusition.

TALK ABOUT HOLIER THAN THOU.!

By the way I am Athist.

2006-12-21 02:05:56 · 21 answers · asked by JETT 2

2006-12-21 02:03:49 · 3 answers · asked by jsjmlj 5

the whole point of christianity, and islam as far as I can see, is not so much to get to heaven, but to be "saved".....saved from what? Hell. Hell is the main engine driving the christian religion.
They are good because god's gonna get them if they aren't. He'll put them in his giant people oven forever and ever, amen.

2006-12-21 02:02:22 · 14 answers · asked by Samurai Jack 6

2006-12-21 02:01:45 · 12 answers · asked by Guillermo 1

2006-12-21 01:57:57 · 11 answers · asked by Guillermo 1

2006-12-21 01:56:00 · 16 answers · asked by Guillermo 1