Religion & Spirituality - 27 May 2007

2007-05-27 09:16:26 · 8 answers · asked by Mitch R 1

They don't know if gods going to bless or not, do they?

2007-05-27 09:13:08 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ohhhh... NOW I know why there are no more pink unicorns! Never mind...

2007-05-27 09:12:42 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm a Christian but I was wondering how many famous people on tv believe in God?

2007-05-27 09:12:04 · 10 answers · asked by flawless1212 3

And isn't it all hidden under a pile of delusion and self-trickery where one convinces oneself that one is worshipping God and Jesus out of Love and not for any personal reward?

2007-05-27 09:08:45 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

and from which passage of scripture and in what bible is this mentioned?

2007-05-27 09:07:36 · 21 answers · asked by HAYLEY 3

The idea of god is about what triggered the big bang. Evolution is about how things have changed since the big bang.

2007-05-27 09:04:49 · 23 answers · asked by john 1

There are Christian churches in the USA that ordain gay and lesbian priests and draw their legitimacy from such claims. One simply wonders if sodomy and other forms of sexual abuse of children by Christian priests draw their moral justification from such records of Jesus’s life Evidence suggests that many instances of child abuse by clergy were not one-time, isolated incidents. Shielded by a church culture of secrecy, some priests preyed upon numerous victims during multiple parish assignments. Church records have revealed stories of many other repeat abusers, including priests who traded drugs for sex with minors, fathered children, and physically assaulted their victims. In the case of almost every predator priest, church officials had reports of abusive behavior, but allowed the priests to remain in ministry. In many cases, accused priests were sent for brief periods of psychological evaluation and then returned to parishes — where they abused again.38

According to Catholic moral theology39 (for ordained priests), priests can have sex three times a year (for details consult: St. Alphonsus Liguori’s work.40). In a 1983 doctoral thesis by Richard Blackmon, 12% of the 300 Protestant clergy surveyed admitted to sexual intercourse with a parishioner and 38% admitted to other sexualized contact with a parishioner.41 In separate denominational surveys, 48% of United Church of Christ female ministers and 77% of United Methodist female ministers reported having been sexually harassed in church.42 17 percent of laywomen said that their own pastor had sexually harassed them. Ten percent of Protestant pastors had been sexually active with an adult parishioner.

According to the dictates of the NT, the Church does not allow divorce (Matt. 5:32). This ruling has contributed to illicit sexual relationship. Surveys by Baltimore psychologist and marital researcher Shirley Glass showed that 25% of wives and 44% of husbands in the USA at one time or another have had sexual relationship outside of marriage (USA Today, Jan. 9, 2003).43 It does not take a psychologist to understand the effect of unhappy marriage on crimes that is glued by Church edicts! [The leading cause of death of pregnant women in the USA is murder (CNN, Dec. 14, 2004).]

One-third of all U.S. children are born out of wedlock. One-half of all U.S. children will live in a one-parent house (CNN, Dec. 10, 2004). A recent survey in UK showed that the proportion of children born outside marriage has leapt from 12% in 1980 to 42% in 2004, according to the Office for National Statistics. In contrast, 15 other EU countries had an estimated average of 33%, the annual ONS' Social Trends report said.44 In the USA, 70% of all black children are born out of wedlock. Sixty-five percent of never-married black women have children, double that for white women.45

2007-05-27 09:03:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

You have to jump on Oprah's couch saying "I AM IN LOVE"

2007-05-27 09:02:20 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know God knows what were doing and all.
But can he read our thoughts?

2007-05-27 08:58:33 · 31 answers · asked by jEfFeRsOnAiRpLaNe 3

2007-05-27 08:56:44 · 30 answers · asked by Mitch R 1

If anyone challenges it or says it's not from God, I can just point to page 34 and quote, 'This book is from Me, the Lord God Almighty. All who don't believe are fools'. And then I can tell everyone how the book radically changed my life which doubly proves it. Is there anything wrong with this logic?

2007-05-27 08:55:16 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-27 08:55:05 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-27 08:53:51 · 15 answers · asked by john 1

This isn't meant to sound condescending in anyway. this is just curiousity. If there is no belief in any religion, where do you believe we go when we die? Also, how do you believe everything was created, especially humans. I'm really only curious..

2007-05-27 08:51:49 · 23 answers · asked by YO Mama 2

sounds lovely
can I have one please ?

2007-05-27 08:51:17 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why are we all here? on earth?

2007-05-27 08:49:34 · 22 answers · asked by Jaybabiie 2

Went to church today and could almost predict what the pastor would say/do next to brainwash.. erm.. I mean "manipulate" his flock.

Christianity seems to have good marketing.

To bad Jesus has such bad management skills.

2007-05-27 08:47:20 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is this the height of logical reasoning or what?

(please, please -- this one's NOT for the sarcastically challenged)

2007-05-27 08:44:16 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-27 08:42:24 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

okay let me explains this to you, it is not your place to judge weather someone or yourself is a good person or not. You are the sheep you don't no where to go unless there is a shepherd to lead you. Jesus is the only way that can lead you to heaven and save you from the END of the world. If you are not a christian you will go to hell, you have no faith in Jesus he cannot save you because you are not letting him help you. You cannot say "I will not go to hell because I am a good person." Again I am going to say this you can NOT judge yourself weather you are a good person or not. It is not your place! Now you will say "ohhh but my religion can save me from hell." But can it really? I've studied the world religions and I found that ONLY ONLY christians can get redemption, because they allow Jesus to save them. So why not you do the best of your time that still left by becoming a christian.

Jesus Loves you.

2007-05-27 08:42:03 · 4 answers · asked by Holy Missionary 1

Is satan even capable of repenting? It is weird to think of someone - anyone - being malicious with no remorse, no regrets, no sadness for those inflicted. That is definitely the highest form of selfishness and self worship.

2007-05-27 08:41:30 · 19 answers · asked by ~♥Anna♥~ 5

2007-05-27 08:36:07 · 20 answers · asked by trefrog56 2

"Adam's naming of the animals [...] would have occupied only a brief time after his creation... Jehovah's purpose for man to multiply and fill the earth, ... logical that he would create Eve soon after Adam, perhaps...later in the same year, 4026 B.C.E. ... God's rest day, the seventh period, immediately followed. ... To calculate ...the stream of time relative to God's seventh day of 7,000 years, ... determine how long a time has elapsed from the year of Adam and Eve's creation in 4026 B.C.E.. ... Hence, when Christians note from God's timetable the approaching end of 6,000 years of human history, it fills them with anticipation. Particularly is this true because the great sign of the "last days" has been ...in fulfillment since ... 1914... eight years remain ... 1975, fully 6,000 years into God's seventh ... day. ... Within a few years at most the final parts of Bible prophecy relative to these 'last days' will undergo fulfillment, resulting in ... Christ's glorious 1,000 year reign!

2007-05-27 08:30:56 · 10 answers · asked by Suzanne 5

it seems that only christains make a point of shouting about the good things they do, why dont they just do them regardeless of their believes.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A CHRISTIAN TO BE NICE AND HELP OTHERS!!

2007-05-27 08:30:47 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Isn't it time to let Xenu go free? He's been locked up for 75 million years. So what if he blew up trillions of people, implanted their souls into our human bodies and this is now the main cause of all our problems today. Hey, we all make mistakes. I feel he's paid his debt to society 10 times over. I say, "FREE XENU"!!

2007-05-27 08:30:35 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-27 08:29:41 · 5 answers · asked by ? 7

Does anyone think you can attend your own funeral i really want to be at mine

2007-05-27 08:25:32 · 8 answers · asked by jenny flower 5

Did you choose one that "fit" you or did you change to "fit" the belief system?

2007-05-27 08:25:28 · 17 answers · asked by lafftah 2

Do you love your god, fear him, or both? Or, how DO you feel about your god? How are you supoosed to feel about him/her/it?

(Just wondering)

♥Have a great day!♥

2007-05-27 08:23:27 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous