Religion & Spirituality - 15 April 2007

I was looking on the internet and i was just looking and i found this in a christian article. I'm wiccan and find this very offensive. Why are we still being seen this way?

The following Tuesday, at a meeting of concerned Deacons, Pastor Deacon Fred explained, “Wicca, is just a fancy word that insecure unsaved teenagers who hate their parents use to describe their little club.” Landover Baptist has thousands of Christian moles placed in covens, chat rooms, and schools all across America. “They feed us some pretty gruesome stuff about Wiccans,”said Pastor Deacon Fred. "From what we can gather, like Jewish people, Wiccans kidnap Christian children and drink their blood to seal their commitment to Satan." Deacon Fred continued, "My guess is that the little Devil worshipper who slipped into our Sunday Morning service last week, did so because she got some inside information about what we were going to release on our website this month."

2007-04-15 12:11:09 · 22 answers · asked by Bleeding Autumn 2

Don't dare any of you punks tell me none because i am an American veteran.

2007-04-15 12:09:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Evangelicals what do you think of this article

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/15/america/letter.php

2007-04-15 12:09:45 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

"Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man’s enemies will be the members of his household. He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it." (Matthew 10:34-39 NASB)

2007-04-15 12:07:49 · 17 answers · asked by Squishy Khrysorrhapis 2

What does that even mean? He died because people at the time sinned? He sure didn't die for my sins....which is worse the people who made up this crap or the fools who believe it?....lol. Religon is all about the money people.

2007-04-15 12:07:18 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Get a steady energy rush/flow during a storm? Ive been stuck at work because of a snowstorm for the last 30 hours, and I havnt been able to go to sleep once. I am a pantheist and I love the feeling I have when i commune with nature this way. Just wondering if anyone is the same way?

2007-04-15 12:05:15 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

A lot of people say that we look down on them because of their religion or their way of life. So what do you do when you find out someone is polytheistic, or maybe that they're atheist? It doesn't matter. A lot of people are saying we're arrogant and stuck-up. I want oth sides of the spectrum, which means I don't want pious answers I want the truth. No judging here, just want your opinions and input.

2007-04-15 12:04:08 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

A) Jews dont believe in Jesus
B) Jews don't await the return of Christ
C) Muslims believe in Jesus, Mary and the Holy Spirit
D) Muslims await the return of Jesus Christ, just like the Christians.

So, should'nt America be a Christo-Muslim nation? or an Abrahmic nation, encompassing all three great true faiths.

Here is a link to the Muslims Holy book, the Koran. Search for Jesus and see what the Koran says.

http://www.uah.edu/msa/quran.html

2007-04-15 12:02:47 · 20 answers · asked by yahu_sux 1

FLORIDA -- It's true. Many Muslims do condemn terrorism - we just don't hear about it in the American news media.

Yet Americans continue to ask: "Why don't Muslims condemn terrorism? We keep waiting for the so-called moderates to speak out against violence and yet no one comes forward." A man in the audience asked me this question recently when I was invited to speak at a Unitarian Fellowship about what Arabs think about the US and Americans. I had just finished saying that many of the Arab people I interviewed for my book a year ago in Egypt, Jordan and Kuwait had condemned fanatics like Osama Bin Laden.

Perhaps the man wasn't listening. And honestly, what if many Muslims condemn terrorism day in and day out? Will this make terrorism go away? I speak to the public several times a month and at half these events the same question is repeated....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1539736/posts

2007-04-15 12:01:07 · 4 answers · asked by ? 5

if u r not what do u think of us?

2007-04-15 11:59:26 · 13 answers · asked by Alien Demo 2

Freshwater animals do not survive in salt water with the exception of a few species like salmon. So how did Noah build all those tanks needed to keep freshwater fish and other animals alive? How could his family take care of so many tanks? All the zoo keepers in the world could not take care of two of every land dwelling animal on earth including all the freshwater animals that do not survive in saltwater. Don't forget every land dwelling arthropod on earth including all insects. ship that large would equal the size of California more than half a mile high. It would probably be larger than that. Remember that Christians do not believe in evolution and they believe that all the animals that have ever lived were on the earth at the same time and most have gone extinct. They repeat this regularly on the evangelical station. That includes the dinosaurs and the animals from the Ice Age. Do you know how hard it would be to keep only two of every animal alive?

2007-04-15 11:56:41 · 16 answers · asked by Alan M 1

In other words What you fear will come upon you. And so we could rightly say that prophecies aren't really prophecies at all, but fears that we allow our selves to believe to the point that they do happen.....freaky stuff eh!! So stop sitting around and do something to stop them! Those are the real Christians!

2007-04-15 11:53:06 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

isn't that enabling China to buy or build more war machines ?...as they make women & children work like dogs for little to no money ?

2007-04-15 11:52:28 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

what is the definition of an occult, anyway?

2007-04-15 11:47:34 · 33 answers · asked by Lucy Lou 4

And from what I gather, we'll be rewarded with a utopian environment and live forever. Man, that's beautiful. A bunch of BS, but still a beautiful thought. I really wish I could toss reality to the wind like that, how do you do that?

2007-04-15 11:47:02 · 3 answers · asked by Pontius 3

Right now, I can't understand it.

Please enlighten me!

2007-04-15 11:45:57 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

...and say "Dear God..." who are we praying to? Jesus? God the father? Or the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit together?

2007-04-15 11:44:02 · 12 answers · asked by Petina 5

Even if he stood before me in the flesh and said so, I wouldn't, because it's morally wrong. No way would I harm the ones I love or any innnocents for that matter. That's insane.

2007-04-15 11:43:16 · 22 answers · asked by Pontius 3

I have always had one. Rude,mean,selfish people bring it out of me! What about you?

2007-04-15 11:42:50 · 11 answers · asked by sandra b 5

2007-04-15 11:42:16 · 13 answers · asked by bigjacka55 3

What are your thoughts on this?

Before the onset of Islam, women were oppressed. Islam gave women rights and equality to men.

1. Women are equal to men.
2. The right to seek education just like men
3. Civil rights- the right to say no to a marriage proposal and to keep her maiden name
4. The right to work outside of her home and to keep her earnings. Men are not allowed to take away her money.
5. The right to go to a mosque
6. The right to seek a divorce
7. The right not to do housework.
8. The right for sexual satisfication from her husband.
9. The right to own and manage independent property.
10. The right to express her opinion and be heard.
11. The right to have custody of her children after divorce
12. The right to have provisions from her husband for all needs.
13. The right to vote since 1,421 years

2007-04-15 11:41:27 · 16 answers · asked by ? 5

Ok, i've grown up all of my liffe being taught modesty is beautiful, and i agree with it. "Raw meat only attracts dogs," someone once told me, and i believe it. I think modesty shows high moral standards and someone close to our Father in Heaven. I don't think modesty is enforced enough. There are so many girls(and guys too) walking around in clothes that show so much. What ever hapenned to the good old knee leangth shorts, shirts with sleeves, and pants that actually cover us like they were intended to do? I'm not saying women should be wearing bonetts and long dresses, or men wear suits all of the time, but where did good modesty go? what d oyou think about it?

Oh, by the way, I am 14 years old. I'm just kind of curious what everyone's oppinion is to me being 14 and having these standards in my life.

2007-04-15 11:39:56 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

In other words, if you believe that evolution or adaptation can occur WITHIN a species, but not lead to a new species, I ask the following: Is it POSSIBLE nonetheless that two branches of a single species (each adapting to a different environment) could over generations change physically in ways that would prevent them from successfully mating with the progeny of their ancestors?

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2007-04-15 11:39:29 · 11 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7

A man meets a woman and they hit it off well. Their relationship is wonderful and is full of joy, but then the woman asks the man to join her at church. He says, "Sweetheart, I'm an atheist". What now? Is the love shared between the two now negated by that statement and who would be the one to break away first? I think it would be the woman and it would be due to the severity of her beliefs. It wouldn't be the man. What do you think?

2007-04-15 11:38:28 · 24 answers · asked by Pontius 3

Where in the bible does it actually state that Jesus Christ was a carpenter?

2007-04-15 11:36:58 · 24 answers · asked by wugwa2000 1

2007-04-15 11:36:24 · 20 answers · asked by WWTSD? 5

Don't tell me you don't see it either because if you are in this forum it happens every day. It is also true that Americans (like me) also condemn Bush and his war of aggression. How cool is it that we are talking to each other directly without any damned hateful propaganda in our way? What kind of world do you wish to leave to the children of our future?

2007-04-15 11:35:46 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

One of my friends who is friends with a person who does readings on people did a reading on my and she said I was a reincarnated angel. What is it?

2007-04-15 11:34:19 · 2 answers · asked by Another Emily 2

2007-04-15 11:33:57 · 12 answers · asked by Priestcalling 3

My step-father belongs to some cult, (Pentecostal I think), that believes that the Roman Catholic Church murdered the martyrs. He doesn't seem to know who "The Romans" were or what the Reformation was. If you describe the RC Church as the "mother church of Christianity", he denies it. If you repeat the Church teaching that St Peter is considered to be the first Pope, he says that, "Catholics killed Peter". Basically, I think he believes that it was Catholics versus Protestants pretty much about 15 minutes after Jesus ascended into heaven.
Is he right? Or if he is wrong, what is it that he read and misunderstood that gave him this opinion? Does his church teach this?
Help. Scholarly replies only, please.

2007-04-15 11:33:56 · 15 answers · asked by canucklehead1951 4