Religion & Spirituality - 11 February 2007

transported their victims to the New World in slave ships with names such as "Mercy" and "Jesus," where they were bought by Christians, both Catholic and Protestant. Organized Christianity was not silent on this horror: it actively encouraged it and engaged in it. From the friars who enslaved Native Americans in the Southwest and Mexico to the Protestant preachers who defended slavery from the pulpit in Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia, the record of Christianity as regards slavery is quite shameful. While many abolitionists were Christians, they were a very small group, well hated by most of their fellow Christians.

The Christians who supported and engaged in slavery were amply supported by the Bible, in which slavery is accepted as a given, as simply a part of the social landscape.

2007-02-11 01:40:30 · 28 answers · asked by Laughing Out Loud 1

complete power over everything. So in what sense can God sacrifice something? What does He give up? How can God be all knowing and at the same time not know what is going to happen? How can God become a man? ("God made flesh?")

2007-02-11 01:36:48 · 19 answers · asked by Laughing Out Loud 1

Also i want to know the numbers of each alphabets. Can anyone email me please.

2007-02-11 01:34:58 · 4 answers · asked by JNK 2

It isn't free will if you've got a gun at your head

2007-02-11 01:33:48 · 38 answers · asked by Laughing Out Loud 1

There is no first hand proof that Jesus ever existed except from scraps of paper that became the New Testament and they were written at least 175 years after his death. Despite what Christians will claim, not one parchment of New Testament was written at the time of Jesus’ supposed life.

There are tons of records that still exist from that era. Even the records of the Jewish scribe Josephus.

Back in 2002 the world of archeology was excited because an ossuary box was found that was claimed to had once held the bones of Jesus' brother. That would have been the first record that proved Jesus was real. But the box was later proved to be a fake.

So is Jesus just a fictional creation to sell a new form of religion?

2007-02-11 01:29:30 · 19 answers · asked by ric from nj 2

2007-02-11 01:28:37 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Its been 5 minutes, not one religious person has said anything about this question,
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Am63LBowuqUOkZG7F5N8cIDd7BR.?qid=20070211061920AAiBKwt

Is this question too awesome?

2007-02-11 01:28:19 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

what does the bible teach us about fear and how to not fear anymore?

2007-02-11 01:27:01 · 7 answers · asked by k_syofyan 1

and i tell this indivil i feel like these session are for my girlfrd to gripe and ths indvl said this course is good for you even if she is not the one you will marry would you continue going

2007-02-11 01:25:24 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uE7KlbWEQc
Post a video on your take of the no-holds bar battle of the gods and win!!!!

(or just put your answer here) :P

2007-02-11 01:25:21 · 8 answers · asked by imrational 5

2007-02-11 01:23:24 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-11 01:22:37 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

as religion and science are both coonected with each other , so many people follow science or religion or one of them ,i think there are many disputes also between these both ,and i want to know what do you think about there difference and similarity.

2007-02-11 01:19:28 · 10 answers · asked by prashant b 1

For example,
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ArRm3YnPN54uGNBR22Cdi9rd7BR.?qid=20070211060743AAflZnp
in that question a lot of people attacked the asker saying "you don't know anythin about the bible" or something along these lines,

Now, this is a straw man arguement, isn't it?
Check out these logical fallacies,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Logical_fallacies

Rather than address the actual question, the religiouis persons (some of them not all) merely attack the person asking.

Why do they do that why not address the specific question? Is the position suggested by the question correct and there for not attacked, but since its "faith" the asker is attacked?

2007-02-11 01:19:20 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Which religious group is the most discriminated against in America?

Which group is the true victim?

2007-02-11 01:18:00 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

why did mohomed marry a 9 year old girl? why did he have so many wives and concubines?
this is what muslims say in defence of their prophet,
mohomed married them to protect them and help them

does it mean that as a man myself, each time i help a woman or girl who is in need of help that i should demand sexual favours from her?
now why couldent mohomed help thse women without expecting sexual favors from them in return?

2007-02-11 01:15:14 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

do you believe in it? give reasons and how many years away until it happens(guess)

2007-02-11 01:14:16 · 17 answers · asked by lil dreamer 2

You should not. They were inspired by God but written by men. No man can contain perfection. It is not the glory of the words but the glory of the spirit that comes from the knowledge of the words.

2007-02-11 01:13:48 · 12 answers · asked by ? 6

2007-02-11 01:10:47 · 5 answers · asked by ? 1

In early 1950s when the northerners were first exposed to gambling, they took it like child to a candy. One day the pastor was councilling a lady who was too involved in bingo and made it clear she can only service one God. She understood made her choices. Now in the 50's $5,000.00 bingos were unheard of, but it was happening and all the people in surrounding communities assembled in one area for the luck of jack pot. It went on late Saturday night as there were no bingo dabbers then. And so the next morning the same lady came to church and was soon asleep as the pastor lead the harmonious music, until he could not remember one tune and said to his wife "it sounds like Psalms 22" with that the lady was still asleep and jumped to her feet and raise both hand and shouted "BINGO" and realize it was only a dream....

2007-02-11 01:09:27 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is the suffering of domesticated animals an ethical issue that should be addressed within your faith's moral guidelines?

2007-02-11 01:09:12 · 13 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7

2007-02-11 01:07:43 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

i just simply want to know how can we know that with whom we are talking is sayinng right or wrong?

2007-02-11 01:05:16 · 15 answers · asked by preeti s 1

2007-02-11 01:04:01 · 16 answers · asked by --- SXY --- 7

and have sex with virgins. i read this story in the koran
what do you think of it? is it a fairy tale or a koran joke?

2007-02-11 01:02:30 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-11 01:02:11 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2 Chronicles:15:13:"All who would not seek the Lord,the god of Israel,were to be put to death,whether small or great,man or woman"

I'm am getting tired of you people bashing Islam,this is the forum to ask,not to bash.

Evolutionist myself

2007-02-11 01:01:20 · 11 answers · asked by naz 2

A Christian Boy Ponders His Future in America:
By!J.A.S.W.(c)2004-07
We each stand alone in a nation of many,
People on our streets begging for pennies.
We cannot see the person beside us in need,
Our people our too occupied with lust and greed.
Should the U.S. be protected by a God who is just,
If He can only find a few believers in the masses of us?
And what of our reluctance to claim Him as our God,
Although His commandments as a basis for our Laws?
This all is just too confusing for a little boy like me,
In school they teach me God isn't really what I need.
But when papaw takes me to Sunday School it is great,
There's no one bashing me, other kids with guns, or hate.
What will the world be like when I am a grown man,
Will the Atheists and Christians live in love hand in hand?
Honestly I doubt it from what they all do and say,
And I don't think it will get better in our future days.
I just hope that Jesus comes for me really, really soon,
Cause I'm afraid soon my Bible won't be allowed in my classroom.
Kids can read books in the liberary about homosexuality,
But I can't find any books there on things like Christianity.
I guess I just don't understand and maybe I am wrong,
But how can I be when everyone acts like I don't belong?
And according to my Bible ... they are who is Wrong!

2007-02-11 00:57:41 · 4 answers · asked by Jewel 3

2007-02-11 00:55:55 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

when i know that an illness will take my life in the future what must i do to compensate the short time thats left to me?

2007-02-11 00:55:45 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous