Religion & Spirituality - 15 January 2007

You know the ones I'm talking about. The ones who ask questions like, "did jesus have a pen0r?" and "r all christians retarded lol?" It's funny because they have the nerve to say that all Christians are stupid. No wonder Christians often do not like me when I say that I do not believe in God. They expect me to be like all the other atheists they've seen -- blithering idiots who think they're so funny for drawing pentagrams on things.

2007-01-15 06:29:25 · 32 answers · asked by * 4

Peace and Love

2007-01-15 06:29:16 · 23 answers · asked by digilook 2

2007-01-15 06:27:37 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous

"If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you." John 15:19

2007-01-15 06:26:03 · 26 answers · asked by Micah 6

I found a book in our home library the other day entitled Women Who Run with the Wolves, by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D. The inside jacket cover states:

“Within every woman there is a wild and natural creature, a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. Her name is Wild Woman, but she is an endangered species. Though the gifts of wildish nature come to us at birth, society’s attempt to ‘civilize’ us into rigid roles has plundered this treasure, and muffled the deep, life-giving messages of our own souls. Without Wild Woman, we become over-domesticated, fearful, uncreative, trapped…

…In Women Who Run With The Wolves, Dr. Estes has created a new lexicon for describing the female psyche. Fertile and life-giving, it is a psychology of women in the truest sense, a knowing of the soul.”

I want to study this in the context of community. Anyone want to do a weekly study of this marvelous book?

2007-01-15 06:24:54 · 2 answers · asked by kwizwalk 1

2007-01-15 06:23:49 · 15 answers · asked by 4 Shades of Blue 4

Peace and Love

2007-01-15 06:23:32 · 10 answers · asked by digilook 2

2007-01-15 06:17:36 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

When is easter this year? (for christians not ortthodox)

2007-01-15 06:15:40 · 10 answers · asked by KiKi 2

Can a Christian who truly believes in God and the Bible (old and new testaments) be a criminal defense attorney who works hard and defends the guilty (98% of defendents are indeed guilty)? Can he defend them and win and keep a moral character and clean conscience before God and man? I personally believe a Christian can do this but a friend of mine scolded me and said that there is no way a Christian can do this, because then a "killer's blood is on his hands" and stuff like that. He thinks a Christian defense attorney can only defend innocent people or else he is sinning. Anyways I'd like to hear some good, well thought out opinions on this. If you answer yes or no, please add good reasons and explain your rationale. Thank you! (Also, please remember in your answers that I am a Christian, so please base your answers on some semblance of Biblical foundation, and not only on your own opinion).

2007-01-15 06:15:36 · 13 answers · asked by LawStudent 1

1) Charity, peace, faith, prayer, humility, right living (holiness),

2) self-righteousness, , pride, profanity, drunkenness, sexual- immorality, thinking that the topic of Christ is just "religion", ect.....
If something about God comes on, do you typically turn it off?

Thank you.

2007-01-15 06:15:10 · 11 answers · asked by curious_inquisitor 1

2007-01-15 06:11:29 · 30 answers · asked by seven seas 3

The reason I asked is because I had a dream in which I was told the name of someone then I saw the person in a casket. I was told that he had drowned. His eyes were glued shut. The mortician or someone came with the key that is used to lower the body back into the casket after viewing. In one corner of the room I saw a 'cloud' in the sense that the people were not sitting nor standing- just like a cloud in the corner by the ceiling. I recognized one person- a man who died in September 2006- in the 'cloud' of people. It was a mixed group of young and old.I could not bear to watch the closing of the casket as the person is in my class so I went to another area. Someone was giving out small cards like a 31/2x5 folded in half. The lady kept giving me a card but my mother(deceased) kept trying to find out what it was so I kept passing the card to her. She was that kind of person-inquisitive/want to know when she was alive. I awoke and the dream disturbed me because of the death..

2007-01-15 06:11:08 · 4 answers · asked by Aoiffe337 3

For one I am a JW..... So hello to my other Brother and Sisters out there! :) I am curious to see how many of yall have seen the DVD "Knocking" that PBS is putting out? I think they are gonna air it this spring..... I was able to watch it this past week and it was VERY interesting......... Here is the link to the documentary, it is on Youtube...... What did yall think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj4cS4n9ZkA

2007-01-15 06:09:22 · 11 answers · asked by Learn about the one true God 3

2007-01-15 06:09:21 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am interested in wheather or not it seems right to charge for Zen teachings instead of asking for donations??

2007-01-15 06:08:38 · 4 answers · asked by ODie 2

2007-01-15 06:07:47 · 15 answers · asked by Jessi 2

Love equals

strength from pain

endurance from hurt

steadfastness from hope

courage from shame

joy from conquest

light from darkness

devotion and eternity

from this what are you missing?

(C)

2007-01-15 06:06:40 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Different versions read differently. Any Hebrew scholars out there?

2007-01-15 06:04:39 · 9 answers · asked by 43andcurious 2

Can a Christian raise a Christian family if they don't go to church?

2007-01-15 06:03:33 · 27 answers · asked by Amy 2

I was involved in witchcraft/the occult for a long time. Sometimes I wonder if it's all related. Opinions?

2007-01-15 06:01:27 · 12 answers · asked by Beverly J 1

for you to believe in God? What would He have to do for you to consider His free gift?

2007-01-15 06:01:19 · 9 answers · asked by gtahvfaith 5

someone asked about why some christians say men having long hair is a sin. or women with short hair is a sin. most dont call it a sin however the Bible talks about it. read ! Co 11:5-20 or so. i mean if the pastor preaches out of the Bible and truth people leave the church and find another to fit there needs. or they hold a grudge. like about tv. some will preach against tv. our pastor does. however he does not say tv itself is wrong just some shows. but having a tv makes you tempted to watch those shows. so we should get rid of temptation. we lost a lot of people because they like tv. the Bible talks about we should not be of the world and seperate ourselves from the world and to be different.

we are here for God and to praise God and worship God not for ourselves if you are christian.

2007-01-15 06:00:58 · 28 answers · asked by dannamanna99 5

it's only for fun and out of interest

2007-01-15 06:00:25 · 7 answers · asked by booshmoon 1

someone told me chinese language is the most popular language
in the world. the mos recorgnising language on earth, need to know if thats true. because i always know english spanish and french are the most popular languages in the world, but not chinese.

2007-01-15 05:59:38 · 9 answers · asked by marcel m 2

My uncle and I have alot of respect for each others beliefs. I'm a Christian & he's an atheist & neither one of us would insult the other by trying to change each others views but something happened that he couldn't explain & I was wondering if anyone who doesn't believe could? My grandparents are both deceased but when my uncle was hit by a car & pronounced dead before being brought back he said he heard & saw my grandparents talk to him. He said he doesn't have an explanation do you? I already know that believers think as I do but I wanted to hear an atheists view point?

2007-01-15 05:59:27 · 24 answers · asked by gitsliveon24 5

I've seen so many posts from all sides of this "belief war" thing that's occuring in these posts. Just out of curiosity I was wondering if some of you would mind posting your belief (Christian, Muslim, Agnostic, Atheist etc...), your age and your general occupation? Just curious as to where the lines (if any) form. Of course you can always post something out of context, those are easy to ignore. I am curious though. This could be interesting.

I'll start:

Christian, age 50, musician

2007-01-15 05:58:42 · 31 answers · asked by iplaybass1956 3

You can't do this, can't do that, you will be chastised by society, don't touch yourself, it's a sin, remove your self from the world of sin, believe this or God will hate you! Don't you see that these "mortals", just like us, are trying to turn you into Human Puppets?!? Read the history of Jim Jone's cult in Africa, or people letting themselves being talked into suicide so they can hook up with Halle-Bopp comet as it goes by. Please! Think for yourself! And God will show you the way. I promise.

2007-01-15 05:57:29 · 7 answers · asked by Bud's Girl 6

Why is he torturing me?

Why did he make me alive?

I want to go to heaven right now. I have no reason to be alive. God is making my life miserable. I want to go to heaven right now, I will do anything to go to heaven right now.

2007-01-15 05:56:58 · 28 answers · asked by D.J 5

Everyone seems to feel that Jesus died some death and duffered for our sins. My question to all you religious folks is would any of you take his exact path and die for your fellow man's sins today?
Honest question.

2007-01-15 05:56:51 · 12 answers · asked by Sarcastic Gazette 2