Religion & Spirituality - 18 April 2007

Is "Thou shalt not steal" one of the commandments left off the temple recommend?

2007-04-18 05:34:58 · 11 answers · asked by Dances with Poultry 5

2007-04-18 05:33:16 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

This is going to be fairly long and may cover a few details expansions as well so please wait until I finish to reply. I'll let you know when I'm done.

I want to know something.

My husband and I have been together almost 7 years. We met on the internet 7 years ago (we weren't looking) last February on a chat playing a game we both enjoy. That would be in 1999. We got together in August 2001 and have been together ever since. We got married last June 17, 2006.

But we're still long distance. We are working on the paperwork but still waiting. This means that we see each other about once, maybe twice, a year due to expense.

He makes an appreciable wage. I DO NOT. My wage does not in any way approach one that would allow me to live on my own, never mind take care of a baby. I'm living with my grandmother, and stepdad and not paying rent because I simply can't afford it.

Oh, I've looked for other jobs, I'm not sitting here lazy, though I do have today off.

2007-04-18 05:31:55 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

I had a weird dream and I am intrigue to find the meaning.

My youngest son and I were walking around my block, then we stop at this house that was empty, my son told me that they forgot this flower pot and for us to go get it, I saw it but decide not to get it and keep on walking. As we are walking away, I saw the pool and a table with a candle on!! I went to turn off the candle but in order to do that I had to get in the pool. The water was dirty and green but I ended up inside the pool and crossing it, then I heard my husband saying "the water is dirty!" but I didn't see him. I got out of the pool got to the candle and turn it off!! Then out of the blue I was at home, fixing a blind but the police was outside, they were getting ready to come and knock on my door to take my husband. I am more intrigue by the candle, the pool and the flower pot!

HELP! HELP! Thank you.

2007-04-18 05:31:50 · 8 answers · asked by alma c 3

Ok, so my family is not really fired up for religion. We go to church every Sunday. And my sister and I went to Sunday School when we were little, we taught it in high school, and now we are both helping with the Life Teen program. So I mean we are deep in our faith, but not as much as others.

Now, my sister just announced to the family that she is going to move in with her boyfriend of like 2ish years. They are not engaged, not married, but they are going to move in together. Family's not too too happy about it, and neither is the youth minister. He told her it would probably be for the best if she stopped coming to Life Teen because it would set a bad example for the teens.
Now, everyone keeps asking me, "what do you think about this." I honestly don't know what to think. I'm really glad she's moving out, but moving in with her boyfriend, I don't know. I know how the church feels. And I don't think it's ideal, but is it totally unacceptable? How should I feel? How would you feel?

2007-04-18 05:30:53 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

is there something in the news today?

2007-04-18 05:30:49 · 7 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5

2007-04-18 05:27:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Are you willing to adopt all the un-wanted babies that were born into families without sufficient income to support the child?

Also, thanks to abortions, it's a small start to preventing over-population. Your thoughts on that idea?

2007-04-18 05:27:19 · 34 answers · asked by Maverick 6

I love God with all my heart but I had church shoved down my throat as a child. It left a bad taste in my mouth and I am finally at a point where I am considering leaving the church. I have nothing against those who are in the church but this is just a personal decision for me.

Church is full of hypocrites, we all know this because no one is perfect. What makes this intolerable for me is that the pastor of my church seems to play favorites and turn a blind eye to a lot of what is going on and some of these adulterers are ministers and deacons. Sadly, this seems to be the standard in most churches.

I AM 2 THROUGH!

2007-04-18 05:25:28 · 14 answers · asked by blazenphoenix 4

What happened to Matthew 17:21 in the NIV? Where did it go? Also, how come in Hebrews 4:8 in the NIV and the KJV it is "Joshua" in one and "Jesus"in the other?

2007-04-18 05:24:53 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

The little guy that everyone thinks is a 'Buddha" actually is not. He was a man and he had a name. He went around spreading joy and stuff. His name was "Hoota? Hoonta? Hota?" Something in that ballpark, but he was not a "Buddah." Does anyone know what his name was?

2007-04-18 05:22:44 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am adopted and my birth mother was an unwed teenager in 1954.

If she had aborted me, God would have just put my soul in another body.

Do you really think that an abortion prevents the birth of a soul if God wants that soul to be born?

2007-04-18 05:22:24 · 28 answers · asked by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7

If America was founded on principles of Christianity, and we are "one nation, under God", how is it that the courts don't accept Satan as the reason for wrong-doing?

2007-04-18 05:22:07 · 18 answers · asked by Kristen W 2

I have been seeing so many abortion questions lately. There are very many birth controls to choose from. It may take awhile to find one that is compatible to you. Shots, pills, devices, condoms- which in today's society is a good idea anyway. Sure, even with the most advanced birth control there will still be unwanted pregnancies, but very, very few compared to the amount there are here every year. Even most teens know about all of these birth controls and can get them without parents consent. If a woman doesn't want to get pregnant, doesn't want to have a child, get birth control. Sure, some will be raped and pregnancy will occur, a woman might be pregnant and her life is in danger. I'm talking about abortion being used as a form of birth control. There is no reason, there should be so many abortions now days. I'm not saying women who have abortions are bad people. I'm saying, get on birth control and avoid the whole thing.

2007-04-18 05:20:16 · 23 answers · asked by Rosalind S 4

i mean really, if you believe your soul is going to heaven, or if you believe you just become part of the earth once you die, why not make some use out of your dead body? maybe, give someone a new lease on life. think about it. it'll give that person one more chance to make them think like you.

2007-04-18 05:20:12 · 10 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5

if you are pro-abortion are you also for the death penalty?

2007-04-18 05:19:00 · 14 answers · asked by BRYAN H 5

Does it matter... so long as there are answers whether they are right or not...I think it really does matter but what about you?

2007-04-18 05:18:50 · 5 answers · asked by CHEESUS GROYST 5

21:15 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:
21:16 Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:
21:17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a DOUBLE portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.

2007-04-18 05:16:48 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

besides atheism...An impersonal God? What does this mean?

2007-04-18 05:16:48 · 18 answers · asked by Eleventy 6

Serious answers only, please.

As I understand it, Pope Benedict has been objecting to Islam on very interesting theological grounds. As reported in the New Yorker, the Pope's point is that Catholocism teaches that rational thought is a path to knowing God, whereas Islam teaches that God is unknowable through rational though. The Pope has apparently claimed that this difference makes discussion between the two faiths impossible. As I am no specialist in either religion, I can't comment on this. Can you?

2007-04-18 05:13:21 · 9 answers · asked by jessewclark 2

I took asian art history back in school but it recently came up in a conversation and I couldnt remember for the life of me. It was actually a little hard to keep up with. Can you help?

2007-04-18 05:11:53 · 10 answers · asked by KD 5

Scientific research has uncovered two different types of consciousness or "soul".

One is associated with a more materialistic or atheistic mentality, termed the "A soul " and the other is associated with a more spiritual, sensitive or religious mind, termed the "R soul ".

Do you think you are an "A soul" or an "R soul "

2007-04-18 05:11:52 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

How do we as Christians stay encouraged and explain to new believers and non believers alike that GOD is still in control and that He STILL shows mercy and grace?

2007-04-18 05:11:36 · 8 answers · asked by Jae 1

2007-04-18 05:08:47 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

When I recently mentioned that ! Timothy was MOST LIKELY* a forgery i was challenged because I did not provide a link and the reader was to tired to research it for himself. So, with time on my hands this morning, here are two links to that and a lot more about the bible some people will not want to know.

*people seem to miss these qualifiers

http://www.holyconspiracy.com/archives/paul.htm

http://home.inu.net/skeptic/epistles.html

2007-04-18 05:08:39 · 8 answers · asked by Ray T 5

Were we not taught that vengeance belongs to God alone?

2007-04-18 05:07:17 · 22 answers · asked by Jesse R 4

That was an answer to my last question.

Why is it OK to let a child live in the foster care system, but not OK to abort an unwanted pregnancy?

Apparently, this "unadoptable" child is not wanted.

2007-04-18 05:06:02 · 20 answers · asked by iamnoone 7

2007-04-18 05:05:42 · 3 answers · asked by manna eater 3

Serious replies only, please.

As I understand it, Buddhism teaches that the self is an illusion. Yet it also teaches reincarnation. Aren't these contradictory? If there is no self, what gets reincarnated?

2007-04-18 05:05:15 · 12 answers · asked by jessewclark 2

So it's safe to say that atheists don't "know" God.
So, seeing that God made EVERYTHING and EVERYTHING is His......atheist don't know ANYTHING.......right?

"..........God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein: Acts 14:15"
Acts 14:15

2007-04-18 05:05:02 · 23 answers · asked by JayDee 2