Religion & Spirituality - 20 May 2007

I heard that pornography is a road to hell because you're living in sin and your love with Jesus may fall lukewarm. In that case, would any other addiction that bring you away from Jesus be a road to hell?

BTW, I'd say if someone who believed in Jesus died as a porn addict but repented and was trying to escape, God would show mercy on the addict and forgive him/her.

2007-05-20 14:29:16 · 12 answers · asked by **Matt** 4

have actually read the Bible in it's entirety? I'm not talking about reading just the first 10 commandments or the first 50 pages or listening to the preachers at church read it for them. I mean the whole book by themselves. Every last word by themselves. And to take it one step further, how many Christians have actually gone to scholars to make sure they interpreted what they read correctly. I have done the first part and I’m an atheist. I have not done the second part because I found the Bible to be boring, but I’m willing to bet that I have done more to learn the actual word of Jesus than the average Christian. Who is willing to bet that I’m right?

2007-05-20 14:27:54 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous

I love the way this monster thinks!!!

2007-05-20 14:25:22 · 37 answers · asked by ? 5

He is quoted as saying "The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments."

Sound like the Religion & Spirituality section to you?

2007-05-20 14:25:12 · 10 answers · asked by auntb93 7

why dont people try to show that there religion is right instead of trying to prove that someone elses religion is wrong! all religions are based off miracles and it takes faith to believe in your relgion. so why dont people who arent relgious just stay out of religion instead of try to prove that its wrong!?!

2007-05-20 14:23:21 · 21 answers · asked by jacob e 3

Why would any kind God use the death of an innocent child to barter for the release of his people? It seems like very much a bullying way to go about it. Why would God need to threaten, and what does it say about the charecter of any individual who would do such a thing?

2007-05-20 14:21:51 · 20 answers · asked by sketch_mylife 5

I thought they were both the same.

2007-05-20 14:21:28 · 6 answers · asked by Matt 2

Like if you got a good spot at WalMart what would that be?
How about when you call a friend and she's really down and was desperate to talk to you.

2007-05-20 14:19:56 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Did I not tell you earlier that a Jew is such a noble, precious jewel that God and all the angels dance when he farts?---Martin Luther (On the Jews and Their Lies)

“What then shall we Christians do with this damned, rejected race of Jews?
First, their synagogues should be set on fire, and whatever does not burn up should be covered or spread over with dirt so that no one may ever be able to see a cinder or stone of it. And this ought to be done for the honour of God and of Christianity, in order that God may see that we are true Christians.
Secondly, their homes should be likewise broken down and destroyed.
Thirdly, they should be deprived of their prayerbooks and talmuds in which such idolatry, lies, cursing and blasphemy are taught.
Fourthly, their rabbis must be forbidden under threats of death to teach anymore.” – Martin Luther

“If I find a Jew to baptize, I shall lead him to the Elbe bridge, hang a stone around his neck, and push him into the water, baptizing him with the name of Avraham!.. I cannot convert the Jews. Our lord Christ did not succeed in doing so; but I can close their mouths so that there will be nothing for them to do but to lie upon the ground.” – Martin Luther

“I hope I shall never be so stupid as to be circumcised; I would rather cut off the left breast of my Catherine and of all women.” --- Martin Luther

“If we are to remain unsullied by the blasphemy of the Jews and not wish to take part in it, we must be separated from them and they must be driven out of the country.” – Martin Luther


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2007-05-20 14:18:19 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

*Sips Marguerita*

2007-05-20 14:17:56 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm a Christian, but the dude on my avatar is an atheist, whose talents, knowledge and wisdom I've admired most of my life. More than almost anyone I've ever met, regardless of their personal religious convictions. I wonder if God disapproves ///?

2007-05-20 14:17:51 · 20 answers · asked by Dirk Johnson 5

Okay folks just bare with me. In my previous question, http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ApkiLHg8DOmMG3lLkyKLfaTd7BR.?qid=20070520180342AAZA4iN

I asked how god could reveal himself to me. one person said that my conscience is god speaking to me. I always thought my conscience was just simply knowing right from wrong through learning experiences all of my life. I thought it would be common sense to know to right and not wrong. If I did something wrong, I knew it was wrong either due to trial and error or knowing in advance that it is wrong.

My question is how can you say definitively and without a doubt that god is talking to me.

2007-05-20 14:15:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-20 14:15:25 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

"The truth of matter is that no one on this earth is absolutely certain."---

"Out of all the exceptions and abnormalites to the status quo, there is only one staus quo that is real; Nothing is written in stone."---

"The man who considers himself absolutely sure is as sure as a bird on a telephone line."---


"Men by nature are prideful creatures. It is no surprise ,even though dead wrong, a man will go to immeasurable lengths to prove he is right and therefore superior."---

"To say, "you may be right" is to say "I have kept my eyes open." "---

*I'm not trying to get you to buy into my beliefs or anybody else's. The truth sells itself. Words like "never" and "always" are close-minded terms used by weak-minded individuals who are at the mercy of the part of human nature that is in error. These types of people will rarely admit fault and are blind to the reality around them. All I can suggest is that you owe it to yourself to be honest to yourself.

2007-05-20 14:15:01 · 14 answers · asked by icyhott4urmind 1

2007-05-20 14:14:34 · 7 answers · asked by The Lamb of Vista 3

Just curious, everyone here seems either staunchly athiest or staunchly thiest. Is there anyone out there that at least attempts to admit that they just don't know, that the other guys could be right after all. After all, what proof do we have that there is or isn't a god/gods/goddess/goddesses (just trying to be pc).

2007-05-20 14:14:07 · 7 answers · asked by Her 2

I am an atheist who occasionally has to attend a church function, as many atheists do at some point. It never fails that I cry. Why is that?

2007-05-20 14:14:04 · 18 answers · asked by iamnoone 7

2007-05-20 14:11:12 · 19 answers · asked by The Lamb of Vista 3

For those of you who are about to say, "can you prove he doesn't exist?"

You cannot prove a negative, to claim that you cannot prove that something does not exist means that it must therefore be real is inane.

Can you prove that unicorns don't exist?
Can you prove dragons don't exist?
Can you prove that Zeus doesn't exist?
Can you prove that The Flying Spaghetti Monster doesn't exist?

Oh, whats that? You can't prove a negative? Than obvoiusly they HAVE to exist!

Thats your logic, makes a person want to cry at the lack of education you possess.

So, prove that he does exist.

2007-05-20 14:10:53 · 19 answers · asked by kaltharion 3

2007-05-20 14:10:43 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-20 14:10:30 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Let me know if you can see the light : )

2007-05-20 14:09:33 · 15 answers · asked by Partisan of Christ 2

2007-05-20 14:09:12 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am a Roman Catholic, and I have this question that I need answered by the end of today (AEST). 'Sacraments are described as a gift and a call'. Can somebody out there explain that statement?

2007-05-20 14:06:53 · 11 answers · asked by Matt R 2

Abraham Lincoln
That I am not a member of any Christian Church, is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures; and I have never spoken with intentional disrespect of religion in general, or of any denomination of Christians in particular.

2007-05-20 14:05:58 · 17 answers · asked by NONAME 3

And can anyone think of any bible verses that might hint that it is possibly true?

2007-05-20 14:01:57 · 29 answers · asked by Kel Kel 3

Dale Thompson wrote:
So you see science and worldly evidence will remain blind to the truth because they look through carnal eyes when the things of God are spiritual.

2007-05-20 13:58:04 · 33 answers · asked by ? 5

2007-05-20 13:56:51 · 7 answers · asked by ? 6

2007-05-20 13:55:29 · 48 answers · asked by Anonymous

We all know that god is an order God. we also know tha we will always want more and we will be constantly asking for things.

But there´s always a phase on your life when your asking for something special, somenthing that may take years to achieve. In some way this petition becomes something that makes you faith to be proven.

Whta I would like to know is:
1.How did God answer you?
2.How long did it take?
3.What happend when God was in silence?
4.Did you finally understood why the things happened?
5. In time of despere, how did He give you strengh?
6.Was the answer what you were specting?

Is a question for every one, but obviously is specially for believers.

PD: Sorry about my english, I´m still working on it...

2007-05-20 13:52:35 · 9 answers · asked by Yanya Yanyitus de Yanhoos 6