Religion & Spirituality - 17 January 2007

how many people read others answers when they answer a question the was posted

2007-01-17 22:27:32 · 16 answers · asked by mike 2

an example of "cross referencing" NT with OT in the bible:

Isaiah 7:14 Good News Bible
Well then, the Lord himself shall give you a sign: a YOUNG WOMAN [emphasis mine] who is pregnant will have a son and will name him Immanuel.


Isaiah 7:14 NRSV
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign. Look, the YOUNG WOMAN [emphasis mine] is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel.


The Good News Bible even provides a footnote explaining this:

YOUNG WOMAN: The Hebrew word here translated "young woman" is not the specific term for "virgin", but refers to any young woman of marriageable age. The use of "virgin" in Mat. 1.23 reflects a Greek translation of the Old Testament, made some 500 years after Isaiah.

as referenced by MATTHEW,

Matthew 1:22-23
And this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: "The VIRGIN [emphasis mine] is with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel-which means 'God is with

2007-01-17 22:27:20 · 14 answers · asked by Shawn M 3

In the preparatory phase of Catholic mass, usually two laymen read the Bible at the pulpit beside the altar.
After this the priest reads another part of the gospel to the faithful ,followed by his sermon.

What do you call the reading by the laymen?

2007-01-17 22:26:40 · 4 answers · asked by sunam 1

muslim men in paradise get not only big brested, long eyed virgins, but they are promised even young boys for pleasure
(suras 76/19, 78/31)

does it mean that Allah is running a brothal in paradise?

2007-01-17 22:24:55 · 15 answers · asked by EXMUSLIMAH 1

in bible verse 14:15 31 doesn't it refer to holy spirit as pronoun (him). How can this be if it is spirit, it should be refered to with pronoun (it). this backs up the fact that prophet muhammad(pbuh) is the one who was mention in this verse.

2007-01-17 22:21:13 · 16 answers · asked by sam 2

Is it against the general Christian religion to believe that, while Jesus was obviously male, and the holy spirit is neither gender, that God the Father is actually comprised of both masculine and feminine elements. (Truthfully, gender is only necessary for pro-creation and God doesn't need sex to procreate). And if it is not a taboo to accept God the father as without gender (or both gender), then why do so may people get offended if you refer to God with the pronoun "She"....

2007-01-17 22:18:42 · 22 answers · asked by Arlene06 4

hi ,
there is this verse where the lord Krishna says .."yada yada hidarmashya.....sambhavami yuge yuge"

i really like to know the complete verse. this is where he says "whenever ther will be atrocities on on earth I shall descend myself"

2007-01-17 22:17:01 · 3 answers · asked by summer_gurl 2

2007-01-17 22:15:43 · 7 answers · asked by Paresh P 1

1) they got lost in the desert with no more food, and suddenly, a pig walks by ??

2) they got lost in the desert with no more water, and suddenly found a 40 year old whiskey ??

3) they saw a comic strip insulting the religion of the "infidels" ?

4) they saw a comic strip insulting All-ah ?

2007-01-17 22:14:34 · 14 answers · asked by prrKA2 2

2007-01-17 22:14:24 · 19 answers · asked by Steve 1

What is wrong with religion? It seems to blind people. And it would seem that if there were no religion on this planet, things would be better? Is that right?

2007-01-17 22:11:51 · 21 answers · asked by msifd 2

A Muslim once told me that the Quran cannot lawully be translated.

He told me that in order to become a Muslim, the believer must be a able to read Arabic (or learn it) so he/she can read the Quran in it's orginal language.

He also said it was against the doctrine of the religion to translate the Quran into any language because doing so would/may/might corrupt the meaning.

Is this untrue? Yes or no?

2007-01-17 22:11:13 · 10 answers · asked by D.W. 6

Have you ever seen anything that is supernatural? Do you believe in this kind of stuff, why or why not? I'd like to read your stories. Feel free to be detailed =)

2007-01-17 22:09:54 · 4 answers · asked by mattysmommy2004 4

2007-01-17 22:08:23 · 12 answers · asked by sam 2

that to clean house i must then sprinkle it with blood of dead bird. but can't she just leave for a week? i think that's easier

2007-01-17 22:05:30 · 15 answers · asked by willy 1

2007-01-17 22:05:19 · 2 answers · asked by coffee 2

2007-01-17 22:01:31 · 9 answers · asked by sam 2

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2007-01-17 21:57:01 · 4 answers · asked by chakaleri 2

Time and again the world has recognized the Holy Quran as a Book that has not been defiled by the passage of time. None has been able to prove it to be an altered one. Today, what the welfare states are doing has already been done by the True Muslim leaders/rulers during their reign. All the concepts of welfare of human being that the world is practising today have their roots in the Holy Quran. (Read and compare as self-evidence needs no proof)

Again the world has recognized, the one way or the other that the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad (peace be upon him), is the superiormost personality, and the topping of the topmost leaders of the world. He has always been ranked the best of the best in the worldly ways, who has done every thing selflessly for welfare of manking and has given the best of code of life which today's west is adopting despite not embracing Islam.

Then why the world does feel shame in embracing Islam? Of Course, the Muslims are hypocrites! Is the whole world so?

2007-01-17 21:52:35 · 18 answers · asked by tariqmahmoodhashmi 1

2007-01-17 21:51:10 · 2 answers · asked by sam 2

Don't say 'the Bible'; it's not in there.

2007-01-17 21:49:25 · 9 answers · asked by Save the Fish 2

Very interesting research . Let me know what you think.
Thanks

2007-01-17 21:47:32 · 8 answers · asked by His Servant 1

Our current world population exeeds our death rate, so even if there is incarnation, where do you think the new souls are being produced?

2007-01-17 21:47:27 · 10 answers · asked by MJR 5

As in when i give my life to christ,how do i know that realy am atrue child of god.

2007-01-17 21:47:05 · 9 answers · asked by presh 1

does he love spammers too?

2007-01-17 21:43:58 · 7 answers · asked by willy 1

2007-01-17 21:41:49 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

What is the purpose of god to create us if he knows that we all will be destroyed?Has all the things gone out of his hands?

2007-01-17 21:37:56 · 11 answers · asked by rajesh bhowmick 2

Deuteronomy 20:10-16

why was god making the jews kill people for a space in the desert unless this god was unaware of the fact that the world was bigger than that. trust me. i live in the northwest of the united states, this is a MUCH better place than the desert of israel. if god was truly all powerful, why didn't he just transport the jews to a much more fetile ground? instead he ordered the DEATH of the infadels (much like the muslim extremists of today) and made them camp out in the desert... was god unaware of the spherical earth and the much better lands elsewhere, including but not limited to, the northwestern united states?

2007-01-17 21:34:25 · 17 answers · asked by Shawn M 3

Why God create you if He kows all your desteny?
Why God create a demons , if He knows oneday they will oes to hell?

why?

2007-01-17 21:23:06 · 13 answers · asked by cokro l 1

What will happen when the reproductive system of the creatures on earth stops functioning suddenly?

2007-01-17 21:20:07 · 13 answers · asked by rajesh bhowmick 2