Religion & Spirituality - 2 January 2007

2007-01-02 09:58:30 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-02 09:56:27 · 6 answers · asked by Jasmine 5

After researching the internet, I found diverse contradictive explanations about your religion.

For instance, wikipedia says:

''Satanism is often mistaken as being a religion that encourages cruelty and irresponsible behaviour...''

''Satanists do not believe that Satan is a god, rather the function of God is performed and satisfied by the Satanist him/herself. That is, the needs of worship, ritual, and religious/spiritual focus are directed, effectively, inwards towards the Satanist, as opposed to outwards, towards God.''

''LaVey proposes instead that as all gods are creations of man, worship of an external deity is worship of its creator by proxy. He suggests, then, that the rational Satanist should instead internalize his god, and therefore worship himself; hence the Satanic maxim, "I am my own god."'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanism

However, when i searched dictionary.com for the meaning of Satanist, it said:

''the worship of Satan or the powers of evil.'

2007-01-02 09:56:00 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Take a look at how people answered this question...

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=An40gCQk3JB112V5jD4rpFXsy6IX?qid=20070102142942AA96TxY

Notice how most if not all the denying answered in one of three ways.

1.) It simply isn't happening
2.) You're source is from a Christian so it must be false
3.) As Christians, they deserve to be punished.

Reason 1 is proven false by reason 2&3. Reason 2 is a paradox in itself.

Consider what the knee-jerk reaction would be if something like this went down...

"A Christian found ‘guilty’ of converting to Islam could face the death sentence for apostasy. And anyone who leads a Christian to Allah faces jail, expulsion or execution"

2007-01-02 09:55:35 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-02 09:55:21 · 9 answers · asked by Sean 5

Can I find someone who does voodoo at a low cost?

2007-01-02 09:55:09 · 9 answers · asked by klaudia 1

If Christians believe that other religions are incorrect, and all other religions believe that Christianity is incorrect, then isn’t the common denominator that all religions are incorrect?

2007-01-02 09:55:06 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

This is a respectful question, please bear with me.

I understand that atheists believe that nothing happens after we die. We simply cease to exist. We will have no awareness, no memories, and everything that we have ever done on Earth will be essentially meaningless. There is no end goal.
If that is true, then isn't everything we do just pointless? I mean, we can try to make the Earth a better place, but what for?
Can we truly help anyone if they, too, face the same pointless fate as we do?

Another way to ask:
Would you want to spend 100 years and all your money building a car if you knew full well that as soon as you finished, it was going to be destroyed beyond recognition and no one, including yourself would ever be able to enjoy it in any way whatsoever?
If all is for nothing, where is the advantage or disadvantage of what anyone believes? 100 years is like blinking an eye. Once I return to nothing, would I think -- "crap, I didn't use my 2 seconds to have some fun!"

2007-01-02 09:53:58 · 39 answers · asked by TruthIsFreedom 3

shellfish? isnt that hypocritical of them?

2007-01-02 09:53:44 · 4 answers · asked by yinyangandsomewhereinbetween 1

my aunt sent this to me and I was wondering would you be angry if some one wrote that to you.
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This is interesting .



Death is certain but the Bible speaks about untimely death!
Make a personal reflection about this.. Very interesting, read until the end...

It is written in the Bible (Galatians 6:7): "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Here are some men and women who mocked God:

JOHN LENNON: Some years before, during his interview with an American Magazine, he said, "Christianity will end, it will disappear.I do not have to argue about that. I am certain. Jesus was ok, but his subjects were too simple. Today we are mor famous than Him" (1966).
Lennon, after saying that the Beatles were more famous than JesusChrist, was shot six times.

TANCREDO NEVES (President of Brazil): During the Presidential campaign, he said if he got 500,000 votes from his party, not even God would remove him from Presidency.
Sure he got the votes, but he got sick a day before being made President, then he died.

CAZUZA: Bi-sexual Brazilian composer, singer and poet): During a show in Caneclo ( Rio de Janeiro ), whilst smoking his cigarette, he puffed out some smoke into the air and said, "God, that's for you."
He died at the age of 32 of AIDS in a horrible manner.

THE MAN WHO BUILT THE TITANIC:
After the construction of Titanic, a reporter asked him how safe the Titanic would be. With an ironic tone he said: "Not even God can sink it"
The result: I think you all know what happened to the Titanic.

MARILYN MONROE:
She was visited by Billy Graham during a presentation of a show. He said the Spirit of God had sent him to preach to her. After hearing what the Preacher had to say, she said: "I don't need your Jesus".

A week later, she was found dead in her apartment.

BON SCOTT:
The ex-vocalist of the AC/DC. On one of his 1979 songs he sang: "Don't stop me, I'm going down all the way, down the highway to hell".
On the 19th of February 1980, Bon Scott was found dead, he had been choked by his own vomit.

CAMPINAS/SP IN 2005
In Campinas, Brazil a group of friends, drunk, went to pick up a
friend. The mother accompanied her to the car and was so worried about the drunkenness of her friends and she
said to the daughter - holding her hand, who was already seated in the car: "MY DAUGHTER, GO WITH GOD AND MAY HE PROTECT YOU."
She responded: "ONLY IF HE (GOD) TRAVELS IN THE TRUNK, CAUSE INSIDE HERE IT'S ALREADY FULL"
Hours later, news came by that they had been involved in a fatal
accident, everyone had died, the car could not be recognized what type of car it had been, but surprisingly, the trunk was intact. The police said there was no way the trunk could have remained intact. To their surprise, inside the trunk was a crate of eggs, none were broken.

CHRISTINE HEWITT IN JUNE 2006
A Jamaican Journalist and entertainer, said the Bible (Word of God) was the worst book ever written.
She was found burnt beyond recognition in her motor vehicle.

Many more important people have forgotten that there is no other name that was given so much authority as the name of Jesus.
Many have died, but only Jesus died and rose again, and he is still
alive. JESUS!!!

P.S: If it was a joke, you would have sent it to everyone. So are you going to have courage to send this?. I have done my part, Jesus said, "If you are embarrassed about me, I will also be embarrassed about you before my father."

2007-01-02 09:52:59 · 12 answers · asked by ? 4

It's so hypocrital since they send their own children to public schools. Why aren't you voting on their education and leaving it to the "wicked world" to decide what happens to them? You live in this country that protects you, and enjoy it's many privilages, like freedom of religion, yet you are openly against it? Why are you against police? Why wouldn't you call the police if someone molested your child?

2007-01-02 09:52:14 · 9 answers · asked by Quicksilver 2

From what I know, there were two cities in Jordan Valley which a lot of sinful acts were taking place.

2007-01-02 09:50:57 · 14 answers · asked by Om... 3

.....any different than his command for people to not have sex before marriage?

the reason i ask is because that while a huge part of the christian church cannot admit that homosexuality as a sin is suspect, a huge part of christians set aside the whole "no one can have sex before marraige" thing becuase they know in their heart that god couldn't care less if two responsible adults make love.

are the commands any different?

2007-01-02 09:49:45 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

Now the next person goes on to B, C, D.... so on till we hit Z... If that is possible hahaha!!!

2007-01-02 09:49:37 · 14 answers · asked by dirk diggler 1

Sometime ago someone emailed me that if I do not believe in hell then I will surely burn in it....LOL.

I say I follow God because I love him and not because I will be burned in hell if I do. Jeremiah 7:30-31 says that burning children is disgusting in God's eyes...so why would he then create hellfire to torture his creation? Well I know he didnt, hellfire is a pagan teaching like many others, adapted by so-called Christianity. The True Christian God is Love...

“Far be it from the true God to act wickedly, and the Almighty to act unjustly!”—Job 34:10.

What do you say?

2007-01-02 09:49:34 · 10 answers · asked by Tomoyo K 4

I swear, check out a question asked about 45 minutes ago by Nicholas H. He asked "Why are people against gay marriage?"

One answer compared it to marryong a talking donkey and another answer compared it to child abuse. I kid you not!

2007-01-02 09:49:33 · 6 answers · asked by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7

Didn't God make a mistake by putting Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, where they wound up making their own choices-the wrong ones? (Genesis 3:6).

Didn't God have to confess failure by the Flood, in that He had to wipe out all mankind for its wickedness? (Genesis 6:5-7).

Wasn't the Tower of Babel a total disaster, and was the confusion of tongues a catastrophe? (Genesis 11:1-9).

Wasn't it a mistake when Moses, the adopted son of Pharaoh’s daughter, killed a cruel Egyptian taskmaster and had to flee for his life, and ended up living for forty years in the wilderness, tending sheep as a humble shepherd? (Exodus chapter 2).

Didn't God make a mistake when He chose Saul to be king of Israel, con­sidering the way Saul turned out? Wasn't Saul a failure? (1 Samuel chapters 9-22)..

2007-01-02 09:48:15 · 18 answers · asked by *~SoL~ * Pashaa del Ñuñcaa. 4

in Mosiah 18:12 (you'll have to read it for your self)
it says that Alma took Helam and baptized Helam and himself at the same time, being filled with the spirit. (these are not the exact words) my question is did Alma recieve the laying on of hands from an angel? is there any scripture that shows how Alma recieved the preisthood?

2007-01-02 09:47:16 · 8 answers · asked by talofa lava 2

It is clear that it has been changed because of the Old and New Testament. Although the New Testament is essentially the Torah.

Anyway i need a reference from an academic who claims it has and need it for an essay in a few days. Am I the only person to write an essay by getting answers from Yahoo?! I think not!

2007-01-02 09:47:00 · 16 answers · asked by The Face 3

Every time I went to a meeting I saw children getting beaten. It was so disturbing.

2007-01-02 09:45:47 · 16 answers · asked by Quicksilver 2

2007-01-02 09:45:46 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-02 09:45:45 · 10 answers · asked by Adyghe1985 1

is it religious factor,or over the land?or something i dont know

2007-01-02 09:44:47 · 17 answers · asked by reifguy 4

there all whiny losers always talking about waaaaa there trying to take away my precious myth jesus from taking him off our money so it doesnt say in god we trust anymore there trying to opress us by not allowing us to celebrate christmas even though most people are christians and its not possible to be opressed if your the majority waaaaaaa i'm a christian and i'm so persecuted i'm a warrior for christ the bible said we would be persecuted blah blah f#ckin blah

2007-01-02 09:44:17 · 16 answers · asked by SN 1

2007-01-02 09:44:00 · 12 answers · asked by thevillageprophet 1

2007-01-02 09:42:55 · 9 answers · asked by Rick 3

- Muslims don't accept any hadith as said by the prophet (sas) unless it's narrated directly from the prophet (sas) through reliable, trustworthy chain of narrators who are known for their rightness and strong memory. there are very strict standard upon which a hadith is accepted and classified into levels. (science of Hadith)
on the other hand .. If we looked at the gospel of Luke for example, Luke is known to be an apostle of Paul .. neither Paul nor Luke have met Jesus .. There is not even a proof that Luke who wrote the bible is the same Luke the apostle of Paul. authors of some other Gospels are not known for sure like John

2007-01-02 09:40:14 · 24 answers · asked by Kimo 4

2007-01-02 09:40:05 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

that animals dont go to the next life because they have no soul ...
no consciousness , God consiousness , they cannot reason , communicate etc

are you Dr doolittle ?
how do you know they dont ?
have you ever watched Animal Planet or any of these programmes ?
I have seen animals with more logic and reason than many humans

2007-01-02 09:39:46 · 23 answers · asked by Peace 7

2007-01-02 09:39:11 · 25 answers · asked by Jasmine 5