Religion & Spirituality - 30 March 2007

Where does it say in ;the Bible that a man CAN NOT have more than one wife? The law against polygamy notwithstanding where is there a Biblical prohibition? I am not interested in you opinion about what God intended or what the Neighbors preacher said. Give me chapter and verse saying a man CAN NOT have as many wives as he wants.

2007-03-30 09:38:37 · 8 answers · asked by Ted 2

2007-03-30 09:36:56 · 47 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why do atheists choose to listen to the dark side of the bible?

2007-03-30 09:34:42 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

Source: Pre-1990 Temple Endowment Script:

http://www.lds-mormon.com/compare2.shtml

(The part of the "SECTARIAN MINISTER" is about 1/2 - 2/3 of the way down the page)

2007-03-30 09:34:27 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I take an AP World History class and I've come to notice that it has taken a serious toll against my classmates’ religions. It is taught by one of the greatest instructors I've ever had, and the class is taught to a very prestigious group. The course consists of the many theories of how man begun and its development into the being it has become today up to the most recent times. It covers topics very distinctively in areas such as economics, culture, politics, epidemics, language, war… Everything you could ever know about a civilization.

However in learning about these civilizations, you are also taught their religions and understand how their beliefs affect their society and much more. It can practically be seen as a religion-converting-class. My teacher does not attempt to convert my class in any way, but instead teaches so well that we grasp the concepts of belief that take hold of so many of its followers. I, myself, occasionally considered converting once to a Jehovah witness and a Protestant. When I noticed that after our lessons I began to seriously ponder deeply into the religions that we had discussed previously in class, I begun surveying my fellow classmates to see if I could find a similar trend. As expected, I found that they were experiencing the identical, deepening thoughts of foreign religions as I had. Except they saw these newly taught ideas from many different viewpoints.

Two females and one male contained the same thoughts as I had. One had recently became agnostic; confused at the many reasonable religions that could possibly be correct one. One Catholic believer became an atheist for the same reason a former agnostic became atheist. When I asked why, they both gave me the same explanation. They had come to see religion as a way to explain unknown occurrences, the hostility or dependability of the land they lived on, or was in a certain persons best interest. My two believing classmates accepted this “fact” (as it was to them). So I’ve come to ask is it right that World History changes the perception of many of its pupils? I’m not quite sure what to consider it as. Please leave your comments. Thank you and if you feel like you would prefer to leave an extra comment, feel free to e-mail me. 8-)

2007-03-30 09:33:14 · 11 answers · asked by ~Soy Yo~ 1

It DOES seem possible to be 'raped' by love, but how to be raped by Truth-truth is truth when benevolence remains a part of it

2007-03-30 09:30:31 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why is it that Zen is popular in America, what makes it so popular, what draws people to it, why do Americans find it interesting?

2007-03-30 09:30:30 · 12 answers · asked by iris 2

the fact that millions witness "an apparation" so to say in bodily form who they believed was the virgin mary ( mother of Jesus) floating ontop of a church... not only on one occasion, and this was not only witnesses my christians, and muslims, but by atheist. There were no devices found which would potray this image within a fifteen mile radius, or anything that could explain this. I just like to know how would you as a non-believer explain this? Please don't tell me everyone who witnessed it were just hallucinating... because it was captured by the media in pictures and so on.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitoun
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitoun_apparitions

2007-03-30 09:30:21 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-30 09:28:26 · 46 answers · asked by Anonymous

Would you agree that the people who created religion, had a strong fear of death, knew that everyone else feared it too....and took that fear to their advantage so that they could have order? Think about it. When there was no religion around, people must've driven themselves crazy fearing their deaths. So, they imagined a "creator". One that loved them. They imagined a heaven, where you would go when you die (but only if you follow certain rules). If you didn't follow those rules, you'd go to a different place where you'd suffer for all eternity.
Just the story sounds to me like religion was created to make order and control people. What better way to control people, than their fears?

2007-03-30 09:25:07 · 37 answers · asked by Abby C 5

Does He look more like Dr. Phil or Oprah?

2007-03-30 09:24:54 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-30 09:23:35 · 24 answers · asked by jeff7272 3

Years ago I met a pagan/atheist who believed in forces unseen and practiced witchcraft. How does one rectify no belief in God, yet they engage with forces unseen and believe in their existence?

2007-03-30 09:23:26 · 18 answers · asked by Just a writer at the sea... 3

2007-03-30 09:20:25 · 27 answers · asked by jinxmchue001 3

2007-03-30 09:19:45 · 11 answers · asked by heartoflothiany 2

I know I couldnt be the only one in this situation, so I need advice. My mother is a devout Catholic, and I mean DEVOUT! Shes probably more strict and devout that 95% of average priests or nuns! Im not joking either...
I have struggled with faith all my life and as an adult have decided that I do not believe in any particular organized religion. I believe in a God and living an honest, moral life and thats it.
I am 24 years old and my mother has no idea that I feel this way. For all she knows, she thinks I go to church on sunday, read the bible and pray the rosary. It's killing me inside to keep living this lie to her and I am getting married soon and I know all of this is going to come out in the open because of the wedding etc.
I'd really like some advice from people who are in my same situation. How do you deal with a parent making you feel guilty for no longer following the religion they raised you be? How do you deal with their lectures and tirades about going to hell?

2007-03-30 09:16:25 · 13 answers · asked by snailysnal 4

pagans you are nice people and i really like your religion its so old but i dont know loads about it so would some one tell me about there religions story like the christian have the new testement whats the differnt paganism story and tell me it i dont care how long it takes to read

2007-03-30 09:14:24 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

(besides lack of physical evidence, or logical reasoning)

2007-03-30 09:12:51 · 40 answers · asked by ♫O Praise Him♫ 5

If God were here wouldn't he have the bare minimum for survival and give all other wealth and possessions to the needy? So, if you are Christ-like, shouldn't you take a vow of poverty?

2007-03-30 09:09:39 · 32 answers · asked by James M 1

I work as a psychic from home and my main aim is to help people. (which i do). Why do so many people still say it is wrong?

2007-03-30 09:09:34 · 16 answers · asked by Energybeing 2

Is it gods fault?

2007-03-30 09:07:32 · 5 answers · asked by cadirral 1

my question is this, do you really think we believe what we do without it having been proven to us, I mean, if there are that many crazy people around you have bigger problems than whats going on in iraq.

2007-03-30 09:06:55 · 12 answers · asked by elhefe1968 2

http://www.truthinscience.org.uk/site/content/view/57/65/

2007-03-30 09:05:28 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok... so there is a nun out there claiming that her Parkinson's was cured by Pope John Paul II... What?! WHy can't people fathom that there may be another explanation... something else that caused her basal ganglian dopamine activity levels to increase or whatever causes Parkinson's? I don't get this at ALL. There has to be an explanation and it is NOT making Pope John Paul II a saint! Geez.

2007-03-30 09:02:39 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

ponder what I am saying before you answer~ did you have a loving relationship with your father and did he set rules and regulations and sometimes get angry when you were disobedient, did he provide for you and teach you how to love and respect your mother?
If you did have that, then how is it, I wonder, why you cannot relate to a loving heavenly Father, who receives you with unconditional love because of what His only begotten Son did in your behalf and wants to do you good? We all are sinners and we are saved by His Grace, none of us are "good" when compared to a Holy perfect God~please ponder this, not as an insult or forcing anything on you, just to meditate on it and if you choose to respond after thinking about it, please show respect in your response~I mean this with the utmost respect, not criticism or judgementalism or condemnation; simple and pure and honest question: I know you are all intelligent, but again I ask you to "listen" with your heart; I mean no offense

2007-03-30 09:02:16 · 39 answers · asked by sego lily 7

Are u religious?
Do u like clothes?
Do u like y/a?
Do u eat food or rocks?
Do u know who Oprah is?
Do u like the smell of BO?
Do u use the bathroom?

I think we r all very similar no matter if we r religious or not!

hehe im athiest so dont hate me?

2007-03-30 09:01:32 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I figure radical Islam would mean the following
preaching hatred of the West/Europe,
exhorting people to join Jehad(Holy War),
committing acts of violence/terrorism in the name of religion,
honor killing of women,
forced marriages,
& basically going about affairs in a generally un-democratic manner.

Please spare me the answers such as "bomb the **** out of them".

2007-03-30 09:00:12 · 10 answers · asked by daffy duck 4

2007-03-30 09:00:03 · 12 answers · asked by heartoflothiany 2

after reading someone Q,it made me ask this,Ive thought about it myself.
so if god loved us enought die for us is that saying we were around before he created us??I dont really understand it.
i am a believer.

2007-03-30 08:58:47 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Since a little beat more than 2 years a kind of weirds things have been happenning, We have 2 tv's one day i was in my room and one of the turned off, i tried to turned and it did it by it self, so i thought "power has gone" this happened days later and sometimes it used to turned on and off like crazy, my husband checked it and it seems everything was ok. days later same thing happend but this time with our leavingroom tv.
After a few months, we had ababy and we purchased her a kind of little piano with music and sounds, the last week this thing woke up us around midnight, my husband decided to turned the switch off, in the morning i turned it on cause my baby enjoys her toy but this happened again. it's impossible tu make it play without touch the bottons. we didn't pain attention to all this matters but this things only happens when something important is going to occur in our lives, like whe i was pregnant and i have no idea about it.
please i need something or someone serious.

2007-03-30 08:58:45 · 8 answers · asked by ofalo O 1