Religion & Spirituality - 2 June 2007

2007-06-02 10:26:56 · 27 answers · asked by Gods child 2

I always hoped so. Children have not yet reached the maturity nor learned enough about life to make decisive decisions like adults. Even teens haven't fully developed and seen enough of life, although they have a conscience. An adult has so much more time to turn around their lives in comparison to young people. What are your thoughts?

2007-06-02 10:26:56 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

And do you believe you think if we taught ALL religions in schools, Christianity, Paganism, Judaism, Asatruism, Islam, the millions upon millions of branches of these religions and others, including the tribal religions of all countries, our children wouldn't have any time to learn the basics?

2007-06-02 10:26:08 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

Kill People Who Don't Listen to Priests

Anyone arrogant enough to reject the verdict of the judge or of the priest who represents the LORD your God must be put to death. Such evil must be purged from Israel. (Deuteronomy 17:12 NLT)



Kill Witches

You should not let a sorceress live. (Exodus 22:17 NAB)



Kill Homosexuals
"If a man lies with a male as with a women, both of them shall be put to death for their abominable deed; they have forfeited their lives." (Leviticus 20:13 NAB)



Kill Fortunetellers

A man or a woman who acts as a medium or fortuneteller shall be put to death by stoning; they have no one but themselves to blame for their death. (Leviticus 20:27 NAB)



Death for Hitting Dad

Whoever strikes his father or mother shall be put to death. (Exodus 21:15 NAB)



Death for Cursing Parents

1) If one curses his father or mother, his lamp will go out at the coming of darkness. (Proverbs 20:20 NAB)

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2007-06-02 10:25:45 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Please give a well thought-out answer, this is an honest question. Is it religion you want in schools, or simply your own version of religion?

If religion should be taught in schools, then shouldn't it be an elective course in comparative religions with teachings including atheism and agnosticism as well? Why? Because all have to do with belief or non-belief of God or spirituality.

2007-06-02 10:22:49 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

i can commit any "sin"... kill anyone, molest a child, rape a woman or whatever and I will still be rewarded ? as long as I confess and accept Jesus .then if everyone is going to your heaven wouldn't it be better if you stop judging and making rules cause it would seems that NO RULES APPLY

2007-06-02 10:22:06 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

WWJD if he lived here ('here' meaning the United States) and now? Would he be a Republican? Would he be accepting and loving of all genuinely good people (and by good people I mean people who have good hearts and do what they can to better the world regardless of their personal beliefs or choices). Would he be frightened by the judgmental christian churches out there? Would he approve?

Tell me what you think.

2007-06-02 10:21:33 · 13 answers · asked by Moneypenny 2

I beliave everyone is a slave to the flesh, or lust. This is love in my eyes

The devil gives us the desire for the opposite sex...and the same sex for some and put it upon the flesh. So man can be attracted to more than one person sexualy in there lifetime. People must be married or they will be thrown into hell cuss they desire one anouther like the beast. Ever heard of animal instincts for one another. Marraige is not in heaven cuss the beast was thrown out of heaven. Now that I have spoken about the beast....there has to be anouther way, a way apostle Paul never thought about neither do the rest of u...a Godly way to have sex or to desire one another.But u only desire her, witch means gents u can be around lots of naked woman and u would only have eye's for her, you would not even be tempted. cuss u r no longer a slave of the flesh. What do u think...do u think I am from Jesus or a deciver?

1John2:15-16. 1 Cor 7 all of it. Rev 14:4. talks about not being defiled by a woma

2007-06-02 10:19:32 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you do, then what would it look like? What would be the new laws of this Christian nation? What would happen to all those who are not Christian? Would they have all the same rights they now enjoy or would it be different?

2007-06-02 10:18:56 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-02 10:18:40 · 8 answers · asked by jason l 1

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Harlan Fiske Stone wrote, "The Jehovah's Witnesses ought to have an endowment in view of the aid which they give in solving the legal problems of civil liberties."

In the United States numerous cases involving Jehovah's Witnesses are now landmark decisions of First Amendment law. In all, Jehovah's Witnesses brought 23 separate First Amendment actions before the U.S. Supreme Court between 1938 and 1946.

The most important U.S. Supreme Court legal victory won by the Witnesses was in the case West Virginia State Board of Education vs. Barnette, in which the court ruled that school children could not be forced to pledge allegiance to or salute the U.S. flag. The Barnette decision overturned an earlier case, Minersville School District vs. Gobitis (1940), in which the court had held that Witnesses could be forced against their will to pay homage to the flag.

The fighting words doctrine was established by Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942). In that case, a Jehovah's Witness had reportedly told a New Hampshire town marshal who was attempting to prevent him from preaching "You are a God-damned racketeer" and "a damned fascist" and was arrested. The court upheld the arrest, thus establishing that "insulting or 'fighting words', those that by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace" are among the "well-defined and narrowly limited classes of speech [which] the prevention and punishment of...have never been thought to raise any constitutional problem."

In a more recent case, Jehovah's Witnesses refused to get government permits to solicit door-to-door in Stratton, Ohio. In 2002, the case was heard in the U.S. Supreme Court (Watchtower Bible and Tract Society v. Village of Stratton). The Court ruled in favor of the Jehovah's Witnesses, ensuring the freedom of all to go door-to-door without obtaining permits.


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2007-06-02 10:17:17 · 12 answers · asked by Mitch R 1

2007-06-02 10:15:38 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Call yourself an atheist, agnostic, free thinker or humanist, you're one of us and I want to know why you are awesome!

Not hate please.

2007-06-02 10:14:17 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Since love is just a chemical reaction, how do I make a girl fall in love with me by using only zirconium and molybdenum? I heard you could do it without an actinoid but I'm not sure.

2007-06-02 10:13:44 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

and he liked you?

2007-06-02 10:13:02 · 13 answers · asked by Melissa Y 1

The US has over 300 million people. A large portion of this is christian. Generally a large portion of THOSE are anti-abortion.
"2000 and 2001, about 127,000 children were adopted annually in the United States"
In 2003, 120,000 children were WAITING to be adopted

http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/statistics/adoption.cfm
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/stats_research/afcars/waiting2003.htm

120,000 children... do you realize how easily they could be brought into christian families in the US?
So what's the hold-up? Seriously? Will the anti-abortionists put their money where their mouth is?

2007-06-02 10:10:06 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous

are we doomed to spend eternity there? Are we tortured for our sins? Some1 plz tell me wat happens

2007-06-02 10:09:08 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you agree with Mosque's in the UK?Why is it legal? Do you think it'd be legal for christians to live in pakistan and build a church?

2007-06-02 10:08:32 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-02 10:07:42 · 7 answers · asked by Chazza 1

Too many horrible crimes have been connected to Christianity.

ALL of them couldn't have been lying about their belief.

There has to be something wrong with Christianity.

2007-06-02 10:07:40 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

can an abortion doctor who is a christian, continue to perform abortions throughout their entire career and still go to heaven?

2007-06-02 10:07:34 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,,2093001,00.html

Well, I found this article rather interesting.

First off, what entertained me the most is that a group of scientists has come forth and said that part of their theory of evolution was wrong... So some of the so called 'proof' that they had about how we evolved from a chimp-like species has changed (particularly the way we evolved in our walking).

AND the basis of their "proof" is simply watching the way orangutans walk around in trees. They spend a year watching orangutans and decide that was how we were millions of years ago...

Wacky way to prove something. All it proves to me is that orangutans walk a certain way.

As I have said on Y!A before, I don't dispute there is a type of 'evolution' (more like 'adapting')... BUT I have issues with the idea that we were apes/chimps/orangutans/etc.

Anyway, my point is.. They've say they proved their previous thoughts.. can more changes come?

2007-06-02 10:00:58 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

and did you think about God then and pray?

2007-06-02 09:59:07 · 25 answers · asked by Midge 7

abortion was made illegal instead of being terminated all the unwanted kids where dumped on their doorstep

2007-06-02 09:58:31 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

there was a question from a guy that has had a very bad life, lost job and everyone around has died in a bad way and wondered why god hated him. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AsRqGP.qBu0nC8_9N8wgdW_d7BR.?qid=20070602133951AA6eVIg

A christian answered that god used his pain to make him stronger. How can you love a god that does that.

2007-06-02 09:55:10 · 15 answers · asked by Jason Bourne 5

Seriously, i dont want to be offensive.

2007-06-02 09:54:26 · 32 answers · asked by Lauren. 4

I will like to know about the hispanic community in Memphis, the church have to be Pentecostal who beleive in the holy trinity

2007-06-02 09:54:08 · 5 answers · asked by Vipper 1

a role, which role would you like to play? God and Satan and Jesus are already taken by James Earl Jones and Robert De Niro and Johnny Depp. All the others are up for grabs. Which character would you play and why?

2007-06-02 09:53:41 · 9 answers · asked by Starjumper the R&S Cow 7

Christians, as I understand it, believe in God because of The Bible, Jesus, the world around them, beautiful rainbows, as well as countless other things which all build to a credible and highly convincing point of view.

The same can also be said about every other belief system…
“We believe in our god because we have faith that x, y and z are true.”

Science is refreshingly different. The x, y and z that science holds to be true are all open to rigorous debate. If during investigation, x is found to contradict the evidence, then x is thrown out or modified and the researcher is highly praised and held up with great esteem by their peers for advancing science.

Christians etc. on the other hand, appear to respect their peers more the more they stick like sheep to the rut of sacred dogma. Don’t they feel that they’re missing out on something extraordinary?


(I know it’s difficult but please try to refrain from swearing at me. I very much appreciate any thoughtful comments.)

2007-06-02 09:52:44 · 23 answers · asked by Mike N 2

'Verily, the likeness of 'Iesa (Jesus) before Allah is the likeness of Adam. He created him from dust, then (He) said to him: "Be!" - and he was.'
'(This is) the truth from your Lord, so be not of those who doubt.' (Qur'an 3:59-60)

2007-06-02 09:51:28 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous