Religion & Spirituality - 4 June 2007

2007-06-04 12:00:45 · 18 answers · asked by tyyar 1

Personally, I believe in free will. After all, we all make choices and we face the consequences of them.

2007-06-04 11:59:49 · 27 answers · asked by tangerine 7

Christians or Atheists??

And which of the two are more willing to believe whatever they're presented with, without first proving it true, and without first verifying the reliability of the source???

Why do you think so?

2007-06-04 11:59:16 · 20 answers · asked by Doomsday 2

Why dont they DARE even think that God causes bad things sometimes too?

2007-06-04 11:57:52 · 10 answers · asked by - 2

See

I asked about god not exactly being pro-life, and many responders complained I had taken the quotes out of context. So tell me, how would they be any different in context?

Hosea 9:11-16 Hosea prays for God’s intervention. “Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer. Give them, 0 Lord: what wilt thou give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. . .Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.”

Pretty clear to me.

2007-06-04 11:55:50 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-04 11:53:38 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm wondering if there could be a connection. Especially if taught to non-Jews,that stuff could have easily been taken for demon-worship by the people of the era. I'm not making any moral judgements here; it's just that nothing stands outside the law of cause and effect. Something happened to trigger off the panic. And there is this coincidence of chronology. Opinions?

2007-06-04 11:53:33 · 4 answers · asked by Brynn 3

His statement to teach all nations WHATSOEVER I HAVE COMMANDED YOU?

In other words: Does the church have authority to alter Christ's admonitions and commands in the New Testament?

2007-06-04 11:53:28 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

How many here have read Mein Kampf, and have learned about the ways of self-proclaimed "Solider of Christ."

I would love for people who KNOW this question and part of history to answer mostly, but, I will get a lot of "that's a lie created by liberals and atheists," "Hitler was an Athiest/Satanist/Socialist/ blah blah blah." No thanks.

People who know that he was Catholic.

2007-06-04 11:50:44 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous

Should we decrease or increase the number of required courses?

Explain.

2007-06-04 11:49:09 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-04 11:48:17 · 12 answers · asked by ManhattanGirl 5

People consider a tornado missing their house "a miracle", but a miscarriage "a fluke of nature".

Why can't I attribute BOTH to Yahweh? Why does he only take credit for "the good stuff"?

2007-06-04 11:47:30 · 8 answers · asked by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7

2007-06-04 11:44:58 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've been doing some serious soul searching lately and really considering what i truly believe, and i've come to the conclusion that i dont believe in the religion my parents raised me in. I'm 15 years old and my whole family is mormon. For most of my life up untill now i just went along with the religion, and if there was anything about it that i didnt agree with, i just told myself to trust in god, because since i believed in ALMOST everything mormons believe, then i just need to work out those other few things. But i finally stopped thinking like that and allowed myself to consider if what i was being told was false, and found that i dont even know why i even thought i believed in that religion for 13 years of my life.

The thing is, i dont know if i'm going to tell my parents, or when, or what i'll say, or how it will affect our family, etc. For one, in the mormon religion they believe that there are certain things you have to do to be with your family in heaven, (details...)

2007-06-04 11:44:55 · 30 answers · asked by 17*mezzo*17 3

2007-06-04 11:38:05 · 21 answers · asked by Doomsday 2

2007-06-04 11:36:00 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

It wouldn't even be possible for him to get office! This country won't elect a mormon to office..let alone a Luciferian. In fact according to most statistics Christianity is growing more rapidly than ever especially in Asia so how the funk would the Antichrist even begin to gain power? If Revelations is even a tad bit close to the truth than your Antichrist is a looooooong way off. I'd say maybe about 2500 or so.

2007-06-04 11:32:51 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am scared that I am going to hell. I have been saved tons of times i read my bible. But i still feel like i am not going. I feel that i am not good enough.

2007-06-04 11:31:45 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

In biology atavism is defined as the "reappearance of hereditary characteristics that skipped several generations". Think about post-Christian countries like England,the Low Countries,the Scandinavian states - aren't they just lapsing back into their original pre-Christian condition? They will obviously never produce another Ibsen,Strindberg,Rembrandt,Vermeer - they don't produce anything. They just do commercial fishing and wench around,same as before. All the finer things God gives are gone. How would that not constitute cultural atavism?

2007-06-04 11:31:13 · 9 answers · asked by Brynn 3

when so much conflict around the world is a result of religious disagreements should we be teaching our kids religious studies? with so many religions around the world how can we teach religious education covering them all. surely its up to parents to look after childrens spiritual needs. i would rather my kids learn first aid or another language. we send our kids to school and hope that they teach them the correct way to do maths or english, we expect them to be accurate sciences, however society expects them (kids) to learn something that is basically a work of fiction with no hard evidence to support it. (bible koran etc...)

2007-06-04 11:30:57 · 47 answers · asked by YAMI 3

2007-06-04 11:29:18 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

The recent question about abortion being a sin. Apparently no one else has noticed this, but your god condones or orders it.

Hosea 9:11-16 Hosea prays for God’s intervention. “Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer. Give them, 0 Lord: what wilt thou give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. . .Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.” Clearly Hosea desires that the people of Ephraim can no longer have children. God of course obeys by making all their unborn children miscarry. Is not terminating a pregnancy unnaturally “abortion”?

Numbers 31:17 (Moses) “Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every women that hath known man by lying with him.” In other words: women that might be pregnant, which clearly is abortion for the fetus.

And there`s more!! Christians, how did you miss this??

2007-06-04 11:27:06 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-04 11:25:16 · 26 answers · asked by Damn_girl 1

Plants drown too, wouldn't we all be plant-less?

2007-06-04 11:24:04 · 16 answers · asked by SameTwo 2

In James 1:6-8, James talks about doubt. Basically, if you ask God something and doubt it, you are not to expect to receive what you asked for. In Romans 10:9 it says that if you confess Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God rose Jesus from the dead you will be saved. We will call this confession. Let's keep Mark 16:16 in our heads though:

"Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned."-Mark 16:16

If you doubt the effectiveness of the baptism or some sort of doubt about baptism while your being baptized, is your baptism AND confession valid in God's eyes? Will He still save you?

2007-06-04 11:24:02 · 5 answers · asked by Joe 1

Or were they all just riding on the same boat and Noah took all the credit after the fact?

2007-06-04 11:23:32 · 5 answers · asked by Biggest Douche in the Universe 3

If someone within the church is acting like a non-believer outside of church, should I confront them? This person is on the worship team with me, and I see them outside of church swearing and getting drunk all the time. I don't think they should continue on the worship team acting like this, and I will not leave it alone. Should I confront them, or talk to the worship leader about this. Either one would be awkward.

2007-06-04 11:22:11 · 41 answers · asked by mekelbee04 2

well the case was based on entirely circumstantial evidence.
When we went to deliberate I had some reservations and spoke of them. (the case was in regards to a store that had been burgalized)
One of the answers I got was "well I know the store owners grandparents and they are good christian people"
Anyone see cause to vomit?...because I almost did.
And yes I grilled him about it...even though the our decisions were the same I questioned his reasons behind the decision.
Vomit Votmit Vomit.
Anyway this scares me can anyone take a guess to as why?

2007-06-04 11:19:55 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-04 11:19:33 · 3 answers · asked by Dominice 1

And I don't ask this in a way that is tempting God, or asking him to perform a miracle so I believe, but for people and situations that need them.

2007-06-04 11:18:39 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous