Religion & Spirituality - 25 May 2007

And why?

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2007-05-25 09:39:21 · 18 answers · asked by Doomsday 2

I am sorry, do you still love me?
I hope you are not still mad at me.
I dont want to grow up.
It makes me happy to stay young.
Love ya!









giggles

2007-05-25 09:36:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Even if such a place exists how on Earth could anyone honestly know if they really deserve to get there or will get there?For all anyone knows, Heaven is the place that only the top 100 people of all time get to go to.The rest just get to go to Mr. Rogers Neighborhood for all time.

And, I know, the Bible quotes are going to start flowing or at least the sentences such as, "So and so died so that I could go somewhere" or "if I do what I sm suppose to do and believe the right God then I get to go".But all of this just sounds even more like arrogant presumption.Agreed?

2007-05-25 09:35:47 · 21 answers · asked by Demopublican 6

If we evolved we would have in museums bones of all these creatures between species.

There are apes on earth today, and there are humans. Why didnt any of the animals in between survive? why didnt any of them move location and therefore stop evolving and be alive today? what are the odds that every single one that started evolving ended up as a human.

How can they eye have evolved? in stages? what use would it have been?

again, we have dinosaur bones, where are the bones of these evolved creatures, there should be millions everywhere for all the millions of creatures that would have evolved.

2007-05-25 09:35:44 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

What is the typical job of an Auxiliary Bishop serving under an Archdiocese? It seems more priests are Vicar Generals than Bishops, so do they do other administration?

And can they say mass in the Cathedral? What can they do? I read the Wiki entries.

Do they actually ever perform administrative functions, what is their daily role within the archdiocese or diocese they serve in? They say mass, do priestly ordinations, etc. I understand. What else do they do on a regular basis, how do they assist?

2007-05-25 09:35:26 · 2 answers · asked by advait0 1

2007-05-25 09:34:09 · 36 answers · asked by Arc_Angel 3

Church of Love

Doctrine: Selfless Love is the most noble human accomplishment. It is the quality that leads to peace and understanding and acceptance of ourselves, each other, and all of life.

Scripture: Whatever teaches you to love selflessly

Membership: Open to all, no exceptions.

Organizational Structure: None

Social Policy: Help those in need.

Marriage Policy: Any two or more consenting, competent adults can marry.

Evolution Policy: It's happening. Get over it.

Abortion Policy: If it is in the woman's body, it is up to the woman to decide.

LBGT Policy: Their love is the same as that of heterosexuals.

Who wants to join?

2007-05-25 09:33:37 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-25 09:32:44 · 24 answers · asked by ? 6

INDIA, 11 May 2000 (Newsroom) – Six Christian missionaries participating in a gospel campaign called "Love Ahmedabad" were beaten so savagely in the state of Gujarat last week that one of the men may lose his arms and legs.

Members of the Hyderabad-based Operation Mobilization (OM) were distributing Bibles and religious tracts in Ahmedabad, about five miles from Gandhinagar, the capital of Gujarat, the afternoon of May 5 when they were attacked by members of the Hindu extremist groups Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP). Operation Mobilization ships tons of Christian literature around the country. The assailants also burned copies of the Bible and tracts.

http://www.worthynews.com/news-features/newsroom-india-missionaries.html


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Christian missionaries beaten in public for 'converting' Hindus

Television channels showed Hindu activists kicking and punching the two young priests while dragging them through Maharashtra's Kolhapur town.

News footage showed an activist knee one priest in the groin, making him double up in pain. Another kicked the missionary in the head. The crowd accused the priests of forcibly converting poor Hindus, and handed them over to police.

http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/05/09/10123874.html


Since they are not Muslim we don’t consider this in any way shape or form to be terrorism…..

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2007-05-25 09:30:32 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-25 09:28:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

what two kings of israel had their bodies burned? or cremated???
thanx!!!!

2007-05-25 09:27:49 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-25 09:26:14 · 21 answers · asked by WWTSD? 5

2007-05-25 09:26:04 · 42 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm 18 yrs old and I am an athiest
I have never been christened~I have never been to church
I have never read the bible or kuran or tora
I have lied before, I have had premarital sex, and I've broken a few of the other commandments~nothing too serious though.
I have never killed anyone or ruined anyones life
I work hard and play hard and love to be alive--
so my question is, do you think I will go to heaven?

2007-05-25 09:25:44 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Having been an evangelical Christian once and now being an atheist, I feel the chief benefit to me of atheism is that it frees me from a lot of the unpleasent side affects of religion.

It's nice to think God loves you and you're going to heaven when you die, but it also requires that you feel guilty for things you are not responsible for (lust for example), that you interperate absolutely everything through the lens of religion instead of viewing events naturally, and that occasionally you feel an uniquely desperate feeling of abandonment when your life takes a turn you don't expect and you have no feeling that God is doing anything to help you through it or save you from it (which is a feeling the atheist does not experience, because they obviously realize bad things happen and don't expect cosmic help).

In my opinion, atheism is just less burdened with religious weight that simple drags on every day life. We as atheists are free to act, feel, and think as we please.

2007-05-25 09:23:25 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was watching the news the other day, and they looked at 2 SAT questions and found how many people got it right and how many people got it wrong. The First question was, how long does it take the earth to travel around the sun. The choices were 24 hours and 365 days. 46% of the people put 24 hours. The second question was, is light composed of energy or sound waves. 54% of the people put sound waves. That means that about half of the U.S. population got these 2 easy questions wrong. Well, about 50% of the U.S. population believes in creationism instead of evolution. If I was a betting man, I'd be willing to bet that the 50% of the U.S. population that got these answers wrong are the same people who believe in creationism.

2007-05-25 09:22:39 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-25 09:21:43 · 3 answers · asked by Javier D 1

There is this fundie called "amcakes" or something. Sooooo cute!! I feel like petting it and feeding it!! But is it legal?

2007-05-25 09:21:24 · 17 answers · asked by DEPRESSED™ 5

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

“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

Jesus did not call them Abraham's children, but a "brood of vipers" [Matt. 3:7]. Oh, that was too insulting for the noble blood and race of Israel, and they declared, "He has a demon' [Matt 11:18]. Our Lord also calls them a "brood of vipers"; furthermore in John 8 [:39,44] he states: "If you were Abraham's children ye would do what Abraham did.... You are of your father the devil. It was intolerable to them to hear that they were not Abraham's but the devil's children, nor can they bear to hear this today.------Martin Luther

Learn from this, dear Christian, what you are doing if you permit the blind Jews to mislead you. Then the saying will truly apply, "When a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into the pit" [cf. Luke 6:39]. You cannot learn anything from them except how to misunderstand the divine commandments...------Martin Luther

St. John Chrysostom: “I know that many people hold a high regard for the Jews and consider their way of life worthy of respect at the present time... This is why I am hurrying to pull up this fatal notion by the roots ... A place where a whore stands on display is a whorehouse. What is more, the synagogue is not only a whorehouse and a theater; it is also a den of thieves and a haunt of wild animals ... not the cave of a wild animal merely, but of an unclean wild animal ... When animals are unfit for work, they are marked for slaughter, and this is the very thing which the Jews have experienced. By making themselves unfit for work, they have become ready for slaughter. This is why Christ said: “as for my enemies, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them and slay them before me’ (Luke 19.27).”



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2007-05-25 09:19:17 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

It causes so many problems, fosters hatred and causes divisions within communities.

2007-05-25 09:18:56 · 45 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-25 09:18:46 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

what's up with the Latino name?

2007-05-25 09:18:33 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Jesus and the Essenes

The Master Jesus was a very simple man who walked in the street in the middle of the people, who spoke directly with them and who lived in the company of his few disciples. Of course, there was a goodness, a purity, a royalty which emanated from him; but he was nothing like the "inaccessible high Master" which all of the churches have completely fabricated.
The Master Jesus was completely accessible, simple, yet imposing, and that is what pleased the crowd. When he was in town, people knew his habits and waited for him in the places where he often gave a teaching through parables, stories and discussions with those who asked him questions or who tried to trip him up. Everybody could come and participate in his talks, and anyone could speak. The Master gave a veiled teaching; he did not reveal all of his thoughts. Those who were interested by this first approach could follow him and become one of his disciples.

http://www.essenespirit.com/jesus.html

2007-05-25 09:17:36 · 6 answers · asked by Fluffy Wisdom 5

sounds like wah skin.

2007-05-25 09:16:27 · 7 answers · asked by mingosaysss 2

What do u do for God? nothing? Are all our actions selfish? Do you expect God to help you without you helping him!?

2007-05-25 09:16:22 · 15 answers · asked by FaceFullofFashion 6

that god can not be all knowing, all powerful, and all loving? Maybe two of the three, but certainly not all three. My reasoning is that there are several planets in our solar system, and ours is the only one in which we humans inhabit. Don't you find it a little odd that god would choose to allow the serpent to roam free to tempt people here on earth, when it could easily have been restricted to Pluto or Uranus? Did god not know letting the serpent run free with us would cause us to sin? Was he powerless to stop the serpent from being let loose on earth? Or did he think it would be cool to let the serpent mess us up? Does he think throwing us in an eternal deep fryer is justified, given that this whole thing could have been avoided if he had just put the serpent somewhere else? Isn't that just a tad sadistic?

2007-05-25 09:15:39 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

How might that same message speak to our own world? in what context would you use it to say something to our culture and modern world?'

2007-05-25 09:14:47 · 2 answers · asked by Anthropomorphic 2

... many of the christian replies and answers are of a more pleasant tone instead of the usual "because it's the truth!" "the bible says!" mumbo-jumbo.

Due to this positive change, I have changed my avatar to a thumbs UP!

2007-05-25 09:12:46 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

i read this quote today and think its pretty smart. who agrees with this quote. and if the creator of this quote reads this, please tell me what u thought and how u feel. kudos!

"And leave the God BS out of this. You DO NOT know any more about God than the rest of us which is virtually nothing. Unless you have spoken to God and he's told you something, do not pawn it off like fact. Religion is ficticious at best...that's why no diety ever is actually produced.

You take your religion and twist it so you can discriminate against people. If there is a God, I'd like to think he's accepting and loving since we're suddenly capable to comment on what God does and thinks. Rediculous"

2007-05-25 09:12:38 · 10 answers · asked by joneill1186 3

Their is a story im going to tell you that happned to someone I know, He was in a ver suvere car accident that he lived through which was amazing that he lived through it because the upper part of his neck snapped and went out of hius body so part of his spin was sticking out, now he has a huge scar on his neck from stiches he was rushed into the hospital he had so much adrenline pumping that after the wreck he got up out of the car and just walked around like a zombie didnt respond to anything after that the ambulance took him to the er, after surgerory he was in the resting room wioth his family, as you know visitors have to check in to the hospital, this woman came into his resting room, and said to him Do not worry God is with you. his family nor him knew who she was but after she said what she said she left and then afterwords his family told the nurses and people

2007-05-25 09:12:30 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous