Religion & Spirituality - 28 February 2007

2007-02-28 02:28:02 · 6 answers · asked by elfkin, attention whore 4

Would this require a large donation to Vatican City?

Who wants to be our resident shampoo "blesser"?

2007-02-28 02:27:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

then tell everyone else theyre taking it out of context, when its so obvious its the christians twisting it to keep thier religion intact?

2007-02-28 02:27:41 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ya I have read the " Rainbow Bridge" poem but what really happens to our animals when they die or even us. I want to know what their thinking and what happens. I truely dont get death. I just really cant picture us going to the most wonderful place. And being able to watch down on people. and i dont believe in hell cause damn it im already living in it...... Will we ever know what happens with out well dying. Cause then we cant really tell anyone...... Do you think there will ever be enough technology to tell us abou this in the future???? Im stumped........................ Hey any thing is good, so toss me some answers, beliefs or what ever ya want to call it

2007-02-28 02:26:56 · 8 answers · asked by megan m 2

Antitheism (sometimes anti-theism) is a direct opposition to theism. The word has had a range of applications; in secular contexts, it typically refers to direct opposition to belief in any deity, while in theistic ones, it sometimes refers to opposition to an actual god or gods. It is not to be confused with atheism. Atheism is the disbelief in one or more gods, whereas antitheism is against theistic beliefs.

2007-02-28 02:26:14 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Did he follow the law? Did they kill him because he was different?

Why did they kill Jesus?

2007-02-28 02:25:40 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

Following a question (asked by a member of a religious group) in which a statistic was given than 98% of questions on Yahoo! Answers were deliberately abusive towards his beliefs, I decided to do a quick study myself and analysed the last 20 questions (these questions have now fallen down the list and are not the 20 questions immediately prior to this one).

I would like to share my findings:

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Genuine questions about Christianity: 6
Genuine questions about Islam: 2
Genuine questions about Atheism: 2
Genuine questions about Generic Religion: 2
Geniune questions (not religious): 1

Surveys about Christianity: 1
Surveys about Islam: 0
Surveys about Atheism: 0
Surveys about Generic Religion: 0
Surveys (not religious): 0

Ridiculing Christianity: 1
Ridiculing Atheism: 1
Ridiculing Creationism: 1
Ridiculing Evolution: 1

Questions requesting an end to the religious intollerance: 3

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2007-02-28 02:25:19 · 6 answers · asked by Mawkish 4

People that believe in miracles and goodness is something that some people want to experience, but for many people these are impossible to accept because they cannot be confirmed with absolute certainty and require blind faith because of the dualism of the human being. To those with faith life O’Connor’s the difference between right and wrong is defined for them by the rules and tradition of their religion. To people without religions beliefs, right and wrong must be determined individually from life experience and influence of culture and society.
There are many sources for moral direction between Flannery's interpretation of the story and the convicted interpretation that Elizabeth Piedmont-Maton presents. Connor characters tend to express some degree of confusion and ambivalence toward the south the grand mother in A Good man is hard to find is good example. it is also regarded as one of the Connor’s best stories critical reception. Connor herself advocates the use of terror to shock spiritually complacent readers: to the hard of hearing you shout and for the almost blind you raw large and starling figures" and Stephen brandy talks about grand mother as being a hypocritical old soul.
Piedmont-Marton discusses that O’Connor expresses the dualism of human being in all its universality by presenting the spiritual heritage and antique of the south and the strong Catholic faith are reflected in the dark humor, grotesque characters and situations, religious themes of her woks. Connor painted our society where at the beginning of the story was ready to eternity and the ends she would scheme to survive like pre-conventional the grand mother would be a good woman if it had been some one there to be a menace in everyday life. It might be one way Flannery O’Connor felt about most of us alive, or another she thought God feels about us. For the non-Christian, the grandmother's character might be interpreted or have another phase.
Stephen Bandy, when analyzing the grandma as being a hypocritically lady who exhibits poor moral quality In the scene O’Connor is describing to the readers that the grand ma is common soul with good and bad qualities, who though flawed with selfishness and tendency to criticize other's traits she would forgive herself and does in the end recognize her flaws and make a real gesture and grace at the moment of death.
The grandmother behavior is the real meaning of the story in fact it is the misfit who should have been analyzed for lacking values common to human life. It seems for O’Connor the grand ma is living in a different world than her family and ignores what the bible says about loving a good first and then your neighbors. the grand ma organizes and prepares herself for the trip, and does the same for own death as she mentions in the story: her collars and cuff were written organdy trimmed with lace and at her neckline she had not pinned a purple spray of cloth violets containing a sachet in case of an accident, anyone who seeing her dead on the highway would know at once that she was a lady. (O’Connor 310)
All of these actions are not Christian characteristic instead they evil, for example when she gets dressed up for a car trip so that, on the off chance and at they would be in car wreck and that in that wreck she would be thrown from the car laying on the pavement, this figure represents a complexity as a human being after death. It also focuses a great deal on what others think about her. The grandmother is very selfish in her endeavors. for example instead of caring about what is the best for her family, she pretends or prefers to go to Tennessee because she has friends there whom she would like to visit and then she said , if I were you little boy I wouldn't talk about my native state that way. Tennessee has mountains and Georgia has hills (310)
In my opinion the divers of the story in god man is hard to find is an exceptional short story with the tension of provoking religious content. Connor seems to portray a feeling that society as she saw it was drastically changing for the worse. She is obvious displeased with society at the time most likely a result of her religion and her very conservative upbringing to her generation. Today some of us act like the grandmother just to be dominant.

2007-02-28 02:25:13 · 2 answers · asked by Odatte J 1

2007-02-28 02:21:53 · 9 answers · asked by shockoshocko 3

Does this mean, even though we're Christians, we should be following Mosaic dietary laws and so on? Should we be worshipping on Saturdays and not Sundays?

2007-02-28 02:21:51 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-28 02:21:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-28 02:19:37 · 13 answers · asked by Contemplative Monkey 3

2007-02-28 02:17:23 · 28 answers · asked by hamthugger 4

Freedom, Happiness, Virtue in all things, Admitting the importance of randomness (such as that found in atomic structures) and evolution, Prudence, sex, love and friendship,Openness. With friendship being more important than sex (long term). If you do then do you also believe in a higher order.

2007-02-28 02:16:52 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Jesus said in the Gospel of Matthew "Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy."

He also said in the Gospel of John "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone ..."

2007-02-28 02:16:46 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-28 02:15:15 · 18 answers · asked by ALEIII 3

When Ding Dong prophesied that Shampoo would be king for a day, what was he thinking?

(Might as well join the crowd of shampoo people, tee hee)

2007-02-28 02:15:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Very few Christian responses and Questions today.

If you are a Christian, please follow this link and answer this question...I would like some more input.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AlJyp7UhawvNTDOrfNeSsufsy6IX?qid=20070228065423AANsIpG

And God Bless you and keep following God's ways!

And God bless all the non-Christians as well.

2007-02-28 02:13:57 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-28 02:13:35 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Many Christians would die for their beliefs. Would you?

2007-02-28 02:12:52 · 9 answers · asked by SATAN 2

I feel violated by the yahoo forum admins. Should i continue in lifes calling or just say" to hill eith it?

2007-02-28 02:12:04 · 21 answers · asked by Tribble Macher 6

My 31 year old cousin recently got married in which myself and my mum travelled 300 miles for it. My cousin knows we are very strong christians, and whilst we were there, she said, "Come on upstairs, I'll show you some recent photos. It's been such a long time since we've seen each other". The photos were of hard boiled eggs (shell still on) in between the bare buttocks of men. I'd never seen such a thing and I can't understand why my cousin would want 2 christian ladies to see this kind of filth, especially with my 63 year old mother. What do you reckon?

2007-02-28 02:12:00 · 27 answers · asked by The way I are 1

Can you pray that my job interview will go well today?
Thanks God bless you

2007-02-28 02:11:32 · 3 answers · asked by barrett987 1

List as many characters and players as you can

2007-02-28 02:11:02 · 14 answers · asked by hot carl sagan: ninja for hire 5

2007-02-28 02:10:45 · 16 answers · asked by daisy322_98 5

Why is this topic filled with ridiculous questions instead of being a forum wherein one could express their doubts and concerns about doctrine, tradition and philosophy?

2007-02-28 02:10:28 · 7 answers · asked by bacha2_33461 3

How are Jehovah's Witnesses like Muslims?

2007-02-28 02:08:32 · 8 answers · asked by mohammadwasafalseprophet 1

2007-02-28 02:08:12 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

According to the Bible, NOTHING can happen at all, unless God wills it (or allows it).

With this in mind, being that God is doing nothing to stop war, that means he is allowing it, it is his will for this?

Why does God support war, thusly so? Anyone else get angry that if there is a God, he does nothing about this? Am I the only one that is about ready to just not even worship God for being so uncaring, or maybe lazy?

I have had enough of not only war, but a God that refuses to do anything at all about it!

2007-02-28 02:07:26 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

We are all supposedly made in God's image, and therefore even dead scalp cells reflect the glory of God. Isn't attempting to hide or remove them with anti-dandruff shampoo akin to banning prayer in schools, or other Satanic attempts to get rid of God?

2007-02-28 02:06:01 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous