Religion & Spirituality - 4 June 2007

Or show up to court in your pajamas?

2007-06-04 02:08:27 · 5 answers · asked by great gig in the sky 7

In the time of Exodus, the gap in education standards between wealthy, powerful people and the average dude in the street would have been far greater than today.

With no mass communication, laws had to be kept simple.

Then, as now, maintaining order in society would have been paramount to political leaders.

When the Hebrews embarked on their migration, it would have been difficult for one political force to hold a grip on power.

Presenting laws as coming from god would give more strength to them in the minds of the faithful.

The religious leaders would have been only to happy to co-operate on these issues due to mutual benefits.

So let's have a look at the commandments one by one

"I am the Lord your God, Thou shalt have no other gods before me"

This establishes centralised authority. Zero tolerance of other faiths means less risk of deviation from the rules.

Isn't Law & Order is easier to maintain when you prevent free thinking?

Is this what #1 is about?

2007-06-04 02:06:40 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

(not a rhetorical question.)

2007-06-04 02:04:49 · 26 answers · asked by MrsOcultyThomas 6

2007-06-04 02:03:29 · 23 answers · asked by jeet 1

for example when a cat looks at a human being , it sees the human being in a different form, shape, identity and dimention, because the cats have evolved in a different way to humans.

Did you know that this new knowledge has been found mainly due to modern computer technology?

Now where do we read of this new knowledge in religious texts?

never found in any religious book

why so?

2007-06-04 02:01:04 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I ask because I've been a witness in a trial and there was none of that. It was just, "Raise your right hand. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?"

No "So help you God" no hand on the Bible.

Does this vary by state or something?

2007-06-04 01:59:11 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know it sounds silly, but i've looked it up, and there is people who practice Christian Wicca. Is it worth looking at or are those people out of their minds? I'm asking this because i'm a Christian struggling with a Wiccan past. Thanks!

2007-06-04 01:55:37 · 38 answers · asked by WeirdMe 2

2007-06-04 01:54:40 · 21 answers · asked by MrsOcultyThomas 6

I know the religious are going to say that WE are responsible and not their god etc. etc. blah, blah.
But do they WARN anyone about it?

2007-06-04 01:52:35 · 10 answers · asked by cananddo 4

The Old Testament is racist (a harsh comment I know). It is completely exclusive to the Jewish people and it descriminates against EVERYONE else. I am not saying its a bad book. The Torah is written and meant for the Jewish faith. But evangalist constantly quote the Old Testament and make claims about Israel that are completely contraditory to Jesus' teachings and todays standards.
Jesus preached inclusiveness (everyone together), the Old Testatment says only the Jews are chosen and are going to heaven, everyone else isn't (that would include Christians).
So why have it? The early church fathers kept it, but should have they? Its blaintly not ours, it theirs. Why not include some Wicca or Hindu?
And yes we all know Jesus was a Jew but he didn't act or preach like a conventional Jew.

2007-06-04 01:51:37 · 32 answers · asked by Boanerges 2

Ancient Egypt was old. It was inhabited by gypsies and mummies who all wrote in hydraulics. They lived in the Sarah Dessert. The climate of the Sarah is such that all the inhabitants have to live elsewhere.

Moses led the Hebrew slaves to the Red Sea where which is bread made without any ingredients. Moses went up on Mount Cyanide to get the ten commandos. He died before he ever reached Canada but his commandos made it.

Solomon had three hundred wives and seven hundred porcupines. He was an actual hysterical figure as well as being in the bible. It sounds like he was sort of busy too.

The Greeks were a highly sculptured people, and without them we wouldn't have history. The Greeks also had myths. A myth is a yyoung female moth.

Socrates was a famous old Greek teacher who went around giving people advice. They killed him. He later died from an overdose of wedlock which is apparently poisonous. After his death, his career suffered a dramatic decline.

2007-06-04 01:51:14 · 4 answers · asked by ZombieTrix 2012 6

2007-06-04 01:47:34 · 26 answers · asked by MrsOcultyThomas 6

2007-06-04 01:47:28 · 10 answers · asked by jojo 1

2007-06-04 01:43:19 · 20 answers · asked by spitfire_1964 1

i have seen mother mary staute coverd with saree and a other gods with golden and silver crown, chains etc.
y cant we use that much money to feed the poor who are dying everyday with hunger rather then decorating a lifeless image which cannot even clean a dirt made by a crow on its head, y r we not giving importance to our felow human beings who have life then to those non living things

2007-06-04 01:41:59 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

"So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep." "His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them." Job 14:12, 21.

Why are there saints etc etc

2007-06-04 01:41:15 · 16 answers · asked by Gezza D 2

Do you really want Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort representing your faith in debates?

Do you think maybe there should be a search for new representatives?

Crocoduck.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=oQHCVaYNr9c

2007-06-04 01:40:19 · 12 answers · asked by Southpaw 7

religious

2007-06-04 01:38:11 · 24 answers · asked by ambrose_lexy07 1

2007-06-04 01:38:03 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just did.

Do you? Why/Why not.

2007-06-04 01:36:46 · 2 answers · asked by capitalctu 5

OK, looking at the definitions of each, I don't actually fall into the category of being an Atheist, agnost or skeptic, since although I reason that god does not exist, I cannot discount him entirely because, ultimately, I can't prove that he doesn't.

All I can prove is that his teachings are perhaps in need of a tweek, and that there are certain impossibilities within exodus which the bible falls flat on.

Equally, for fortean events (ghosts, paranormal activity etc) which have no scientific explanation, you have to deduce that there is another force at work that we don't know about (be it a scientific force or a spiritual one).

The fact that we don't know which one of the two it is means we can't discount the other.

In the same way, I can't disprove heaven and hell either way, so how do I claim they do or don't exist? I can't.

So, to that end, what am I?

2007-06-04 01:34:12 · 22 answers · asked by Steven N 4

How did the thief gain entry to heaven when he was not baptised

Sorry - I'm back - There is so much I need answered

2007-06-04 01:33:35 · 17 answers · asked by Gezza D 2

do you pray spontaneously or you are talking to God like the way you would talk to a friend or through formula prayers and certain rituals? if you have a creative, uncommon way of praying or talking to God i also would like to know.

2007-06-04 01:33:31 · 36 answers · asked by cheese.cake 2

i have several but also enjoy studying all of them i just wanted to know which one i should possibly study more

2007-06-04 01:32:16 · 11 answers · asked by loveChrist 6

Who Lived Before Adam And Eve?

Again!
As always! I am not only an adult, I'm a person! My questions aren't meant to offend anyone, but if they do, I'm sorry that you were offended. If you do respond, PLEASE, no matter how you may feel or what you may thing, do not label me as someone else you may know with extremest views, and do not insult me.
Peace and Infinite Blessing!

2007-06-04 01:28:52 · 23 answers · asked by meuw_two 2

is there any difference?

2007-06-04 01:27:05 · 6 answers · asked by Bobby 3

Someone has said that in my question of

What did jesus does in his first 30 years;
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AuvSeLgZCR.dRFchztlT2B3ty6IX?qid=20070529032228AADIjwN

It is customary that a jew cannot become a Rabbi to age 30 and this is probably the reason why he took so long to start his minsitry so that he would be accpeted as one.

It is one of the possible, however , there is one point to note. He is not teaching Jews Religion, he is starting new religion. Does he really need to wait ?

My unacceptance of Histroical Jesus of Bible is nothing to do with my question. I'd assumed that Bible is 100% true. It's just the curious question.

Healthy contribution please.

2007-06-04 01:25:16 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Not necessarily based on religion but on all your personal ideas and ideals? If you feel strongly about something do you not vote accordingly? How is that different from anyone voting how they feel best if they have a religious affiliation? Are we not aware of this when we vote for a person?

2007-06-04 01:24:28 · 20 answers · asked by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7

Esp in Christiniaty.

2007-06-04 01:20:44 · 24 answers · asked by Antares 6

I'm a Christian, i go to church on sundays and try to read my bible. But i have a history of witchcraft. And i'm finding myself drawn to wicca again. I love the sights and the sounds and can't help be very interested in it. But i know that deep inside my soul, that it's wrong. I was a wiccan for about 6 years before i drifted away from it. I got married, and converted to Christianity. I love God, so i don't want any part of it. But i can't help myself. My husband says doing that doing those things is like spiritual pornography or infidelity. What should i do?

2007-06-04 01:19:46 · 16 answers · asked by WeirdMe 2