Religion & Spirituality - 18 March 2007

"Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard." (Leviticus 19:27)
"...and the swine, though it divides the hoof, having cloven hooves, yet does not chew the cud, is unclean to you." (Leviticus 11:7)

if these no longer apply then does this

"You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination." (Leviticus 18:22)

"They (shellfish) shall be an abomination to you; you shall not eat their flesh, but you shall regard their carcasses as an abomination." (Leviticus 11:11)

it describes homosexuality in the same way it describes eating shellfish

how do i know what parts of leviticus to still follow?

the only way i can think is listen to the words of jesus and he mentions none of these things so is the whole book now void or all active i dont see how their can be an in between

2007-03-18 12:47:40 · 8 answers · asked by hadit l 2

I am an atheist so I do not have a higher being telling me that humans are of more value then animals so...

What is it about intelligence, sapience, etc. that makes a human life more valuable than an animals?

Yes, I realize that you can extend that to bugs and microorganisms also and I acknowledge that fact.

Do not assume the point i.e. Would you rather let a baby die than a dog.

And no I am not an environmental wacko, just a philosophical question that I can't make headway with.

2007-03-18 12:46:44 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

So why is their so much bickering and fighting among Christians and Muslims?

Do you think that Allah or God want that?

2007-03-18 12:46:08 · 22 answers · asked by Coco32 1

I know you'll probably say "God didn't create sin, we did", but where did god get all the different rules and sins from?

I'm talking about things like lying, homosexuality, adultery... Where did he come up with this list of specific sins, and why?

You can't say that the reason they're sins is because they go against god's nature either, because that would mean that god lives by a set of rules, and that something would have had to give him these rules etc...

NO STUPID ANSWERS! I WANT REAL ANSWERS

2007-03-18 12:44:45 · 21 answers · asked by funaholic 5

Why do you think this is the case?

2007-03-18 12:44:10 · 13 answers · asked by Coco32 1

Actually, I'm kind of getting tired of this question.

2007-03-18 12:43:16 · 9 answers · asked by ? 2

2007-03-18 12:42:16 · 22 answers · asked by WWTSD? 5

Muslims claim to respect and believe in Jesus. Great. Do they believe this about Jesus ?

1. Jesus was not looking for the truth. In fact, he is recorded as saying 'I AM THE TRUTH'

2. The tremendous miracles that were part of Jesus ministry are without parallel anywhere in human history. These are proof positive of his ministry. Such miracles are totally absent from the life of Mohammed or any other person.

3. Jesus died on the cross - a fact recorded by 4 gospel writers and by secular historians and not denied, ever, by the Jews. Yet this fact is denied by Moslems.

4. Mohammed was looking for the truth. Compare this with point 1 above.

5. Nobody believes that Mohammed rose from the dead. Yet Christ predicted and fulfilled his resurrection.

6. Hundreds of prophecies in the bible were fulfilled in the life and ministry of Jesus. Not a single biblical prophecy is fulfilled in the life and ministry of Mohammed.

7. Jesus said the bible never changes.

True ?

2007-03-18 12:41:57 · 11 answers · asked by democracynow 2

Is there such a thing as Heaven?

2007-03-18 12:41:38 · 20 answers · asked by Lisa 3

I have a problem, I need help please!

I am told by ministers, no matter how hard I try to bring them in to God's fold, I will lose most of my friends to hell due to their free will choice to serve Satan.

I do not know how to handle this. I can't stop loving people!

I wish I never were! Why is God being so cruel to me, shoving it down my throat that no matter how hard I try, it is my fault for people going to hell, why didn't I save them, etc etc.

I never asked God to come here, yet I am being forced to choose heaven or hell. If I choose neither, being trapped in confusion & mental hell, that is choosing hell?

I do not understand! It is painful, confusing, destroying me, but I can't die of suicide because that is "sin"!

Living is hell, hell is hell, everything is hell around me & there is no hope!

I never want to live again unless ALL people can be saved, & I really mean that. I do not care abotu my own life, I care about others more than me.

Why can't I have this?

Why can't I?

2007-03-18 12:38:39 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been looking for some beauty and glamor spells and I can't find anything good! If you have something good, post it here. Please don't say things like 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder' and all that junk or 'spells don't work' Just put spells here, nothing else please!

2007-03-18 12:36:20 · 9 answers · asked by kyla_tobi 2

Will the person who has accepted Christ as their personal savior still go to heaven after murdering, raping, molesting a child, etc? Why?

2007-03-18 12:35:38 · 22 answers · asked by mconder 2

After all, it's only a theory.

2007-03-18 12:35:08 · 8 answers · asked by gruz 4

What are some of your favorite songs, both Christian and non-Christian. I'm looking for some good songs to download from itunes, and was curious as to what artists and songs you guys like the most.

Thanks for your input!

God Bless!

2007-03-18 12:34:24 · 9 answers · asked by All 4 His Glory 3

Why not just destroy hell so that everybody can go to heaven?

2007-03-18 12:33:40 · 34 answers · asked by funaholic 5

I only found 3 so far; Crown of Life, Crown of Glory, and Crown Incorruptible. Aside from eternal life, does the Bible speak of other types of rewards?

Also, do you think we should specifically seek the crowns mentioned above? In other words, instead of just living the Christian life and being faithful and obedient and get what comes from living that life, should we seek these crowns? I am not wanting to have a selfish motive for by being obedient and faithful.

Hope you understand the question.

2007-03-18 12:32:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I love stupid paradoxes.

2007-03-18 12:32:11 · 11 answers · asked by WWTSD? 5

are they talking about. Please define science if you disagree. Example: Science has discovered that stars emit radio waves, which are received on earth as a high pitch. God mentioned this in Job 38:7: "When the morning stars sang together..."

Science expresses the universe in five terms: time, space, matter, power, and motion. Genesis 1:1,2 revealed such truths to the Hebrews in 1450 B.C.: "In the beginning [time] God created [power] the heaven [space] and the earth [matter] . . . And the Spirit of God moved [motion] upon the face of the waters." The first thing God tells man is that He controls of all aspects of the universe.

Arturo Castiglione wrote about the overwhelming importance of this biblical medical law: ‘The laws against leprosy in Leviticus 13 may be regarded as the first model of sanitary legislation’ (A History of Medicine).

2007-03-18 12:30:35 · 17 answers · asked by pierson1953 3

if so, what does this verse mean:

romans 1:25They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.

2007-03-18 12:29:16 · 13 answers · asked by ? 3

when did jesus renounce his faith?

2007-03-18 12:29:05 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-18 12:28:02 · 8 answers · asked by WWTSD? 5

2007-03-18 12:27:54 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

My boyfriend is always 5 hours away from me at college, and I went to spend the weekend with him at his parent's home. Last night, even though he and I talked about our "limits" before anything ever happened, we went farther than we planned. We didn't have intercourse, but we did do oral. Now its like, I know I should feel badly that I did this, I've grown up in a Christian home and school and know that you should save yourself for your future mate - but I think this guy is the one. We have been together only a few months, but I've known him most of my life. I love him more than anyone else. I know that God says no sex before marriage, but this was only oral. Neither of us have ever done that with anyone else, so im not worried about STD's. But if I know its wrong because God says so, why do I not feel badly? Why do I feel like I dont care, and what can I do to work my way through the emotions for him and find what God wants me to do?

2007-03-18 12:24:36 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

This question got me wondering, the verse seemed a little vague:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AktWe_MZp8zARGPaF3mKcCjd7BR.?qid=20070318161723AAglalO

2007-03-18 12:24:13 · 12 answers · asked by ? 5

While being portrayed as really easy to understand, a quick look around you will indicate that while it may be "easy" to understand, there are billions of different opinions on what is so "known" to be fact in the Bible.

You can't get 2 ministers to agree on the meaning of 1 topic, let alone use the same bible.

Then, believers are told "Be ye not unequally yoked" as though they are somehow superior than their fellow man?

It tells us plainly that all sin, & if you say in your heart that you have no sin, you lie & the truth is not in you!

So how, if Christians are still sinning, are they so much better than their fellow man?

Aren't we all the same? Can't we all get along? If it is ok for Christians to sin, why is it so wrong for sinners to sin?

Besides, the definition of sinner is one who sins. Shouldn't they change their title, being they are sinners also?

How long will we allow foolish dogma to divide our love for each other like this?

Is it time to burn all Bibles?

2007-03-18 12:23:04 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

He's considered the greatest man that ever lived, but his actual date of birth cannot be found in the Bible or in any other religious book, which makes it seem weird to me that a date was chosen out of the blue for Christmas. How many of you already know this? Any thoughts?

2007-03-18 12:22:31 · 26 answers · asked by mixdrozes 1

In recent years has science discovered that everything we see is composed of invisible atoms. Bible tells us that the "things which are seen were not made of things which do appear."

Science has only recently discovered that blood-clotting in a newborn reaches its peak on the eighth day, then drops. The Bible says that a baby must be circumcised on the eighth day.

It was believed that the earth sat on a large animal or a giant (1500 B.C.), the Bible spoke of the earth’s free float in space: "He...hangs the earth upon nothing" (Job 26:7).

Isaiah said that the earth is round: "It is he that sits upon the circle of the earth" (Isaiah 40:22). This is not a reference to a flat disk, but to a sphere. Man discovered this 2,400 years later.

Solomon described a cycle of air currents 2000 yrs ago b/f scientists discovered them. The wind goes toward the south, and turns about unto the north; it whirls about continually, and the wind returns again according to his circuits Eccl.1:6

2007-03-18 12:21:45 · 26 answers · asked by pierson1953 3

I believe God still forgives us no matter how many times we break the commandments but it holds us back.

2007-03-18 12:20:48 · 8 answers · asked by Jay 2

Why do so many people listen to anti-Mormon sources like Ed Decker, "Dr." Walter Martin, Jerald and Sandra Tanner, etc., for information on what MOrmons believe, and why? And if you say you've never heard of Ed Decker, you have heard all of the lies he peddles, from other anti-Mormon web sites, like CARM, IRR, MRM, and ex-Mormons.org.

For instance, we do not believe that Mary and God had sex to conceive CHrist. Mormon in Chinese does NOT mean "GATES oF HELL". We do not believe that the Celestial Kingdom is going t be endless "celestial sex" or that women will be eternally pregnant. These are among the lies spread by Ed Decker.

If you want to know what Mormons REALLY believe, you should ask the Mormons.

http://www.lds.org
http://www.mormon.org
http://scriptures.lds.org (to read our scriptures online for free)

I mean, you don't go to the Nazis to learn what Jews believe, and why. You don't go to Baptists to learn what wiccans believe, and why.

2007-03-18 12:20:45 · 17 answers · asked by mormon_4_jesus 7

2007-03-18 12:20:15 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous