Religion & Spirituality - 2 February 2007

i'm taking a religion class...it's basically a history class where we go through all the different religions. anyway i was just wondering you know how like when you're learning about the puritans how it seems like their entire lives revolve around their religion...is that the way it really was? or was it more like today where people use it as a guide and don't question everything with whether god would approve or not? were they really just normal people and that's just what they emphasize when they teach it to us?

2007-02-02 18:24:04 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-02 18:23:11 · 31 answers · asked by This Virus Called Language 1

Do all religions worship the Almighty dollar “In god we trust” ?
So what are you: dollar chasing American , Greenbacker , Roman Denierist,
Pennycostal , pentaclelist, Morformeist, Golden Calf Oil Cartelist,
Buddhist Beggar, Atheistical taxman , Sales and bible marketing ?
None of these are real religions but they could be and are closer to
the reasons that religions thrive then the values that Jesus tried to whip
into the money lenders .No wonder people think religions are a bit hypocritical… they say one thing and do another . Why not be honest
and form a religion based on money that admits it! What would it be called ?

2007-02-02 18:20:40 · 7 answers · asked by dogpatch USA 7

Ive received emails from a member called Mythkiller-zuba and Ive reported him for numerous attempts to advertise his products at a certain website.

Im inclined to take down the email member option under my account but Ive received so many good emails too from people.

What would you do if you were faced with a similar problem?

2007-02-02 18:18:32 · 6 answers · asked by Antares 6

Does anyone else find themselves with this problem? It's simply killing me to have to wait another hour or so before I can answer questions again. I think YA needs to increase the amount of questions you can answer for us people who haven't reached level 4 or so.

2007-02-02 18:15:59 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Isn't it all repeating? they used to accuse someone of heresy in old Christian times, now it's the same with terrorism;

the other day on the news the Etheopian Leader accused Eriteria (A Muslim country) of committing a terrorist attack against Etheopia, But Invading Somalia (An Islamic country) for no appearant reason is in the name of Democracy and freedom?

Seems like you can call anyone a terrorist nowadays, it's sort of like reporting someone on yahoo, you don't have to be right. The same goes to "Anti-semitism" (see my previous question)

What's wrong with the world?

2007-02-02 18:14:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

what do they call the time period when Christ wlked the earth? because we always say B.C. snd A.D..

2007-02-02 18:13:12 · 9 answers · asked by Cableguy 1

I heard they changed it from Persia in the 30s to impress the Nazis

2007-02-02 18:10:13 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

What should I do? I tried calling the police but they did not care(probably because they were atheists too). How can we allow atheists to get away with such abuse?Now those childreen will never learn the truth.

2007-02-02 18:09:14 · 34 answers · asked by Only evangelists go to heaven 1

2007-02-02 18:07:38 · 10 answers · asked by Asilos Magdalena 1

2007-02-02 18:04:20 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

my friend, who quit smoking crack 3yrs. ago, says it will be 2 guys that are the reincarnation of moses and elijah. since they are both dead. is this possible?? any opinions???

2007-02-02 18:04:05 · 21 answers · asked by BIGUS_RICKUS 4

2007-02-02 18:04:05 · 6 answers · asked by ? 6

2007-02-02 18:03:04 · 17 answers · asked by MADLYNN 3

2007-02-02 18:02:41 · 10 answers · asked by toniyah 2

mormonism or mormon? Do you think this religion ensure salvation? What is their opinion of Jesus?

2007-02-02 18:02:05 · 11 answers · asked by dk 6

Did Jesus Ask Judas to Betray Him?

Was there ever a Gospel According to Judas? An ancient book found in an Egyptian cave could be just that--and have an explosive message for Christians.
About three decades ago, a 2,000-year-old mystery surfaced when a farmer looking for treasure in an Egyptian cave instead found a decaying leather-bound book, called a Codex, written in ancient Coptic. Not realizing what he had, he sold it to an antiquities dealer.
Five years after the Codex was found, a scholar named Stephen Emmel was asked to look at it, but under the condition he not photograph it or make any notes. He told ABC's "Primetime" that he leafed through it and spotted a dialogue between Jesus and Judas and his disciples. "The name Judas came up again and again," he recalled. Then for 16 years it sat crumbling in, of all places, a safe-deposit box in a Long Island, N.Y., Citibank. In 2000 it was sold to former antiquities dealer Frieda Nussberger-Tchacos, who told "Primetime," "I think the circumstances of this manuscript coming to me were predestined. Judas was asking me to do something for him."
National Geographic and ABC News report scholars now think this is the long lost Gospel of Judas that was banned by the early church as blasphemous and ordered destroyed. Deciphering it was a monumental task since the 13 pieces of papyrus were in more than 1,000 pieces. Swiss restorer Florence Darbre and her partner painstakingly fit the tiny pieces together like an ancient jigsaw puzzle. Then Emmel and another scholar, Rodolphe Kasser, were called in to authenticate the text. "I've looked at hundreds of papyri, Coptic papyri, in my career, and this is absolutely typical of ancient Coptic manuscripts," Emmel told "Primetime." "I'm completely convinced." The final task was to use radio carbon-dating to authenticate it, which meant destroying tiny pieces of the precious document. The result? The text was written between the third and fourth century and is believed to be a copy of a much older document written in Greek in the second century.
What it has to say could shake Christianity to its core: The Bible says that Judas is the one who betrayed Jesus Christ for 30 pieces of silver, handing him over for crucifixion, an act that damned him for all time. But this Gospel of Judas tells it differently: Jesus asked Judas to betray him.
"Now, the Gospel of Judas also has Judas say to Jesus in fear and terror that he has a dream that the other disciples will hate him and will stone him to death, will attack him, Elaine Pagels, a professor at Princeton University and one of the world's foremost experts on ancient religious texts, told "Primetime." "And Jesus says, 'Yes, in fact, they will think that you are a terrible person because of what you did. This is part of the burden that you bear. But they will be wrong about that.' So it is an extraordinary transformation of the ordinary understanding of Judas Iscariot."
What does it mean? Pagels says that it shows Judas's betrayal of Jesus was not a reprehensible act or the act of a traitor. "It's a secret mystery between him and Jesus."
Herbert Krosney, author of "The Lost Gospel: The Quest for the Gospel of Judas Iscariot," goes even further. He calls Judas "the favored disciple of Jesus," adding, "He is the one whose star shines in the heavens and in the skies, and Judas, therefore, becomes unique. He is Jesus's best friend rather than his betrayer."
Pagels admits there is no historical proof for the Gospel of Judas, just as there is no historical proof for the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. However, she is quick to say, "The Christian message is a message about faith and hope and, you know, the relationship between God and human beings. It's not a matter of historical fact."
--From the Editors at Netscape

2007-02-02 18:01:06 · 8 answers · asked by Doug B 3

Recently I befriending a girl from yahoo answers, but every now and then she tries to convert me. Last night she said that I'll be a great testimony for Christians once I accept the love of Christ. This is not the first time some Christian tries to hide these intentions while befriending me. Why can't Christians keep their belief to themselves?

P.S. This girl is so desperate to see me go Christian that she sometimes tries to seduce me, but I have to respectfully decline. Okay, I'm just kidding. I just said it so she'll do some "gnashing of the teeth" when she reads it.

2007-02-02 17:59:14 · 26 answers · asked by Alucard 4

It's explained really well (and sited) here:
http://www.cannabisculture.com/backissues/cc11/christ.html

but to summerize, the annoinment oil recipe that God commanded Moses to make, and which was passed on and even used to annoint Jesus during his baptism (baptisms were 2 parts back then-annointing and water). The reference is Kaneh-Bosm, which is starting to be accepted by advanced biblical scholars to mean Cannabis (a big crop in that area that we know from history was used amoung Jews in that area), not Fragrent Cane, as it was seemingly mistranslated as.

Basically, there is good evidence for it, and I'm sure evidence against it. However, unless you attend Rabbidical school and become extremely familier with the ancient ways of the Jews and their extensive history, you don't seem to be qualified to mock people who are much more educated than yourself on the subject.

What do you guys think of the article? Seriously.

2007-02-02 17:53:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-02 17:52:13 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

God commands it in Deuteronomy 13:7-11. There's nothing at all symbolic in the language, either. God says: "you must kill him, your hand must strike the first blow." And, in case that isn't explicit enough, in Deu 13:1, God says "Whatever I am now commanding you, you must keep and observe, adding nothing to it, taking nothing away."

If you can argue with such an unequivocal command, you can argue with any "Thou Shalt nots ..." of the Ten Commandments.

2007-02-02 17:50:28 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

It's a dead word as far as I'm concerned. And don't give me any rambling about Hitler or Stalin. An entire nation committed genocide not one man.

2007-02-02 17:48:36 · 23 answers · asked by poke 1

it was given to me by a enemy.. and i think she dun like me. afraid that she would put a curse on it or something.... should i 'decurse' it? is there a way to uncurse things??

2007-02-02 17:48:27 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

If someone does, are they purposely walking in satan's lies or is their partial belief fitting enough to god?
what do you think about christians who say that while they believe in christianity as it is presented, they feel they never have seen anything along the lines of actual divive intervention to prove that god actually exists?
what would you say to minister to an "agnostic" christian like that?

2007-02-02 17:47:35 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Be ready for Satan's Claws this Christmas!

2007-02-02 17:44:34 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've even heard a Christian say that when science contradicts the bible, it is that Satan is tampering with the results. Obviously a guy like him is beyond reason, but it seems the same with almost any theist -- no matter how liberal, moderate or conservative about their religious convictions they are.

2007-02-02 17:39:51 · 33 answers · asked by Alucard 4

2007-02-02 17:38:24 · 22 answers · asked by ldjisme 1

taken a good look around youself? Really, take a good look around. Everything around you has nothing to do with 'spiritually' or 'religion'; such things are concepts, ideas. What you are seeing is both reality and illusion; and there is no way to discern any difference, or establish any sort of proof without baseing what you know (or what someone else knows, or thinks), upon something else. You may rely on faith, or proof (or lack thereof), or even on uncertainity to give you a comfortable description of reality; but all those things fall short of what is really going on here. This may sound like an agnostic speaking, but i am not; i'm not really anything. i am as real, and as unreal as all of you. how can anyone possibly call life, such as we know it, life without having anything to compare it to; this may be all there is; and if it isn't; how can any of us possibly think that one way is right while another is wrong? In this one, great one thing, there is no way; there is only life.

2007-02-02 17:36:33 · 16 answers · asked by -skrowzdm- 4

The bible says homosexuality is a sin and marriage should be between a man and woman so many christians think gay marriage should be banned. The bible also says its a sin to divorce and remarry, should we also outlaw divorce and prevent people from getting married who have been married before? Would you support a constitutional ammendment that prohibited this?

2007-02-02 17:34:36 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-02 17:34:33 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous