Religion & Spirituality - 28 December 2006

your alternative religious beliefs?

Was it a book, a mentor, the internet, a friend, parent, sibling, course?

I know that I started to practice and be interested in voodoo/hoodoo by talking with Anna at her wonderful store in New Orleans....Erzulies (www.erzulies.com) and by reading a book she recommended to me, "Voodoo Queen: The Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau".

What is the single thing that got you going?

2006-12-28 06:22:33 · 21 answers · asked by nottashygirl 6

people keep on critcizing me just cause im a christian or i say something bad about something.im sick of it.everyone makes mistakes and according if you BELIEVE,everyone is forgiven.so whats the big deal here?quit being jurks and criticizing me!what did I do to you?

2006-12-28 06:22:11 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-28 06:20:33 · 45 answers · asked by iamnoone 7

2006-12-28 06:20:32 · 41 answers · asked by Anonymous

If it transforms the Christian, why are there so many inter-nicene feuds and Christians in prison?

If they stay the same, why become Christian?

2006-12-28 06:20:01 · 7 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7

THREE ATHEISTS

Three Atheists were on an island and about to die. They all decided it was time to pray. The first said, "I don't know how to pray. I don't know where to begin."

The second said, "I don't know where to start either."

The third said, "I've never done it either. The closest I've come to religion was living next door to a catholic church."

The other two said, "You know the most, why don't you lead us."

The third bows his head, clasps his hands and says, "B-4, I-22, N-37,..."

2006-12-28 06:19:47 · 6 answers · asked by <><><> 6

2006-12-28 06:19:34 · 12 answers · asked by Snowshoe 3

.... what you have done? The way that you have behaved in the last ,God knows how many years, is disgraceful, and If you do believe what you profess to believe, then you are in for a lot of trouble!

2006-12-28 06:19:17 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Much of the world thinks in simplistic terms. Like in America, where most Americans believe that removing Islamic religious expression would be an automatic slippery slope that ends "all religious expression".

This is all stupidity. We can ban a religion which disproportionately gives rise to religious violence without banning all religion. All we need to do is narrowly tailor the law to the destructive core of Islam and leave it there.

Why not ban Islam? We already have lost some freedoms, so the "freedom" argument is ridiculous when you consider the fact that we dont have to lose any of our freedoms at all if we ban Islam.

A Muslim however will lose his freedom of religion, thats true, but now we are arguing over who should lose freedoms. Keep in mind, we already have lost them and have no other reasonable choices.

You disagree? Then I hope its out of massive love for Islam because you spend billions of terror prevention tax dollars defending their religious expression.

2006-12-28 06:18:24 · 19 answers · asked by Holy Warlord 1

i know nobody knows the day nor the hour and all that, but everybody has their own opinion on whether it will happen before the tribulation (pre-tribulation), after the tribulation(post-tribulation), in the middle of the tribulation, etc. my grandpa believes im pan-tribulation (it will all pan out in the end). but does anybody really know if it's gonna happen before, after or during?

2006-12-28 06:17:46 · 18 answers · asked by i totally agree with you!! not 3

2006-12-28 06:14:36 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

For Christians, I believe, it is commanded in the Bible that they spread "God's word". But what if it wasn't? What if it wasn't explicitly stated in the Bible, would it be a moral obligation to spread the "word" to save others?

2006-12-28 06:13:45 · 17 answers · asked by vehement_chemical 3

I am Christian and am interested in perhaps converting. I would like to hear from those who have converted and how their lives have changed. Serious answers only, please. Thanks for your time.

2006-12-28 06:10:15 · 26 answers · asked by love,peace&happiness 1

I see a lot of people are already celebrating it...
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2006-12-28 06:10:10 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

"But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation." [Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 3:29]. My question: what does it mean to deny and blaspheme the Holy Spirit?

2006-12-28 06:08:54 · 11 answers · asked by Nowhere Man 6

Is it better to fight to change the world into what you think is ideal, or to accept that the ideal way may not always be the best? What about if the majority agrees on ideals, but it still doesn't practically work? (I realize there are many shades of gray in between; feel free to elaborate as you wish.)

2006-12-28 06:08:43 · 6 answers · asked by angk 6

2006-12-28 06:08:33 · 13 answers · asked by ♥beachbum♥ 1

I know alot of supposedly bible believing christians that have been married and divorced and Remarried...often to divorced peeople.
Can A Bible-believing christian really get married and divorced all they want? Is this pleasing to God?

2006-12-28 06:08:19 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

As I write this from the Sofitel Hotel across from the al Marwah gate, I am thankful that Allah has given me the priviledge of once again going to on this blessed pilgrimage. I have gone many times before converting to the Zaidiyyah sect ( I used to be a Sunni Imam). But this is the first year that Zaidis have been permitted to go on Hajj because we previously were persecuted for our beliefs.

But praise be to the gods, this year, I go as a true Muslim, a Zaidiyyah. Enough writing, it is time for me to visit the House of Allah.

2006-12-28 06:08:01 · 6 answers · asked by sayyed_al_afghani 2

It is usually called The Holy Bible...would Sacred Bible be wrong? Why?

2006-12-28 06:03:52 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

If someone is suffering a health problem due to his/her Karma, and then an Reiki practitioner solves the health issue, who bears the burden of leftover karma?

2006-12-28 05:59:20 · 7 answers · asked by ULI ULI 1

Should I?

2006-12-28 05:58:53 · 32 answers · asked by juz me, deal with it 1

Everybody dreams. In the Bible, both in the O.T. as well as in the N.T. We read of various dreams that were regarded to be divine revelations.Nowdays religious leaders generally discourage belief in dreams.Some psychologists regard it as a distorted information in the subconscious mind and not necessarily and indication to future reallity.What are some of the facts about dream ?

2006-12-28 05:56:59 · 9 answers · asked by komakechjohnbosco 1

If you believe in sanctity of life, how far does that extend? Is the death penalty OK for murderers?

2006-12-28 05:56:26 · 20 answers · asked by angk 6

if you are ashamed of me ...Ill be ashamed of you before My Father in the Bible..what exactly does it read?

2006-12-28 05:56:18 · 7 answers · asked by ms.yahoo answers 2

Christmas is a pagan tradition, not a Christian holiday.

2006-12-28 05:55:18 · 17 answers · asked by acgsk 5

...can't we just agree to disagree and let it lie?

2006-12-28 05:55:04 · 19 answers · asked by Ahwell 7

2006-12-28 05:54:36 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

With all the talk of Christmas and Jesus and Hannukah too......let's hear it for the rest of us.

I put up a tree for the season, as my husband loves it. It's not a no-no in Voodoo, as Voodoo as practiced in New Orleans is related to Catholism. We took it down last night. I am tired of the Christmas hoopla already. Can't wait to get back into studying my hoodoo/voodoo.

What is up with the rest of us alternative believers? Happy New Year and blessing to you all.

2006-12-28 05:54:28 · 12 answers · asked by nottashygirl 6

Why is it that every year, there is a rash of thefts involving nativity scenes at Christmas? What possess people to steal the baby Jesus each year. There is normally at least one story per state (if not more) of someone stealing Jesus off of someone's property or a church scene.

You never hear of anyone deflating the 8 foot tall manorah that's set out for Hannakah in December. No one steals or desecrates teh Star of David when it's hanging on lamp posts (they hang them around here next to frosty).

What possess people do this? I think it's wrong and disrespectful.

2006-12-28 05:52:24 · 14 answers · asked by sister steph 6