Religion & Spirituality - 7 June 2007

Why does the US sanction a religious country?

2007-06-07 16:07:54 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-07 16:07:30 · 8 answers · asked by The Church Lady 3

I'm sure God doesn't want you to commit suicide if that were to make you happy.
So how do you know what God would approve of?

2007-06-07 16:07:30 · 8 answers · asked by caliente8503 1

Is this something that could affect someone's salvation?
People who do not accept the Trinity why is this an issue for you?

2007-06-07 16:05:51 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I noticed in the news they said that the FLDS is the original church that Prophet Joseph Smith and Brigham Young started where they have the polygamy and prophets. On the other hand the LDS church is more mainstream with closer to Christian attributes in that they have no polygamy, no child brides, and no marring your cousin. I read this on the LDS web site so I guess they are closer to Christians then the extreme Brigham Young cult.

If that is the case why is it that in Utah they have a university named after Brigham Young who sinned by having over 50 wives? They had polygamy in the old testament but then they also had stoning to death. With the FLDS they had polygamy in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Why would they continue this womanizing archaic practice in modern times? Were they crazy or just insensitive? Both Smith and Young did this!

2007-06-07 16:03:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm tired of people saying that atheists/agnostics don't believe in God because they want to avoid responsibility/are afraid. (Maybe some of us do, but most of us don't. We just don't have proof.)

I'm tired of people saying we aren't confident in our understanding, using our constant arguing as evidence. (Your religions influence society and government greatly; thus, they influence us. We also don't like to see ignorance at work.)

I'm tired of people responding to criticisms by criticizing the other side. (This more than anything shows that you don't want to think about what is being asked of you. If you respond and THEN give a criticism, that's fine and fair. However, you mostly just make the opposite claim and ask us how we prove that.)

What does ANY of this accomplish except self-deception? You go on, deciding the truth for everyone else as if YOU have the authority to do so. I'm tired of questions with no answers because of senseless bickering.

2007-06-07 16:01:34 · 18 answers · asked by Skye 5

Wouldn't lying about invisible beings like Santa, Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny, etc....then later telling your kids they're fake disrupt your teaching on God. Wouldn't it confuse them?

Don't they distract from God?

2007-06-07 16:00:45 · 15 answers · asked by LanieDawn 1

Hello,

I, everyone's favourite ignorant Canadian, would like to learn about the Islamic position on the Holocaust.

Six million Jewish people died, along with approximately four million people from other minorities (homosexuals, people with disabilities, Africans etc.)

I was wondering if Muslims really do still hate Jews, and if they deny the holocaust.

When I asked this question on another forum, they just said "you goddamn racist" and "you stupid fundie!"

I was just asking... Like I am now.

Before you start calling me racist, I'd like you to look at this:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=445979&in_page_id=1770

If Muslim beliefs don't involve denial, why are we starting to forget the sacrifice 14 million allied soldiers made to STOP things like this, just to appease a minority in Britain?

I'm sorry if you think I'm being a "racist" or a "goddamned christian fundie!", but I'm just wondering.

Don't be too angry :-(

2007-06-07 15:59:47 · 10 answers · asked by CanadianFundamentalist 6

I'm considering a breast augmentation. I'm about a small 'B' cup after having and breastfeedign both my kids. I just recently stopped breastfeeding my now 1 year old daughter and have one boob slightly bigger than the other. I want to fix the problem but also don't want to go to hell for it.

2007-06-07 15:59:01 · 16 answers · asked by caliente8503 1

2007-06-07 15:58:53 · 6 answers · asked by Lost. at. Sea. 7

I am just saying many Christians on here have told me I am not going to heaven now I epecially do not feel like being a Christian. What does it do for all of you that are like that? Do you feel better telling people they are not going to Heaven? Does it make you happy? Even Jesus told you to love your neighbor not hate them and send rude comments to them the only reason I would even believe in him now is because the Bible speaks of him like that not as a person that is going to be rude to me.

2007-06-07 15:58:16 · 9 answers · asked by Yuri ^_^ 5

were they opposing the idea? did churches allow both white and black people together?
What were white christians doing? did they accept the discrimination?

2007-06-07 15:56:58 · 15 answers · asked by alberto k 3

I mean, we sin...ALOT! Everyday we sin countless times. We might even blasphemise by thking the Lords Name in vain.
But, we are forgiven!
Doesnt that make you feel so special that Jesus died for us??
Also, how can we NOT forgive others after Jesus's death for us? Its insane for us not to! Thats why I always forgive, even if its hard, I work on it.
But I love God, I think he's awesome!!!!

What about you?

2007-06-07 15:56:29 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Please explain why?

2007-06-07 15:56:07 · 3 answers · asked by reverendrichie 4

How old were you when you became whatever religion (or lack of religion) you are? Have you tried other religions? Why is your current one the one for you?

I'm Jewish by heritage, was raised Christian, converted to Judaism, then to Nordic Paganism, then to Agnosticism, and I might be going back to Christianity soon- liberal, messianic judaism (Like Jews for Jesus, basically.) So, what's your story?

2007-06-07 15:54:02 · 23 answers · asked by M B 1

Everyone seems so bent out of shape that presidential candidate Mitt Romney is a (GASP!!)

MORMON!

My question:

What Terrible Horrible thing do you think is going to happen if he is elected President of the United States?

2007-06-07 15:52:56 · 16 answers · asked by mormon_4_jesus 7

How could men say what's wrong with themselves without knowing what's right?

2007-06-07 15:51:41 · 17 answers · asked by yaabro 4

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I read on here that one of the names Satan is referred to is "the Bright and Morning Star". However, in Rev Ch. 22, we find this verse:

(Rev 22:16 KJV) "I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, [and] the bright and morning star."

Can someone please explain the discrepancy? It seems clear that Jesus is referring to himself in this verse.

2007-06-07 15:48:37 · 24 answers · asked by Nels 7

or only at work?

2007-06-07 15:47:52 · 13 answers · asked by Midge 7

Why would St. Luke devote so much of his Gospel to the Annunciation, and the Nativity if Mary wasn't important?
In those days, the Mother of the King is the Queen. Mary is the Mother of Jesus, and as such she will be called blessed for all generations.

2007-06-07 15:44:27 · 18 answers · asked by thetruth 2

Do you believe that there exists a spiritual realm, apart from the physical realm in which we usually live & interract?Energy is everything. could it be possible that what we can perceive with our senses is related to energy of a particular type or level, and that there could exist a spiritual realm of a different energy type or level that is, to a large extent, beyond that which we can perceive with our senses?In other words, could it be possible that energy of one particular nature gives rise to the physical realm, which we can perceive,but energy of another nature gives rise to a spiritual realm that exists and interracts with the physical realm, but in ways that we largely cannot perceive?Consider the fact that the human ear can detect sound within a particular frequency range, & a dog's ear can detect sound within that frequency range & higher. Dogs can hear high energy sound waves that we can't. Could a similar concept apply to our inability to detect a possible spiritual realm?

2007-06-07 15:44:25 · 9 answers · asked by Spurious 3

2007-06-07 15:43:58 · 35 answers · asked by Brian B 1

There are over 100 sects of Christianity. Most of these sects disagree on one thing or another. One of the few things that all the sects have in common, is that they all agree that the Bible was, in some way, inspired by God.

But if it was, then why are there so many sects?

Why should a text that a perfect, inerrant diety inspired be so vague, that there are so many opinions on basic ideas of scripture?

2007-06-07 15:43:09 · 9 answers · asked by A 1

could have sent more than one messenger? And that each messenger was sent to give a special message, for that specific group of people. If Religious leaders could agree on this, do you think there would be less war in the world? I believe God had many messengers, each with a specific task to accomplish.

2007-06-07 15:42:43 · 4 answers · asked by TRACER ™ 6

Is She was born without Original Sin, then why did she have to go through the "pains of child birth"?

Because the "pain of child birth" was one of our punishments of Original Sin for Adam and Eve having eaten the forbidden fruit.

But Mary was born without Original Sin so why did she have to suffer?

The Bible calls Mary “full of grace” (Luke1:26). The Immaculate Conception means that Mary was preserved from original sin and redeemed by God’s grace from the moment of her conception. Unlike Jesus who was miraculously conceived without a human father, Mary was conceived in the normal way by her parents.

The official teaching of the Church says: “The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of almighty God and by virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, Savior of the human race, preserved immune from all original sin.”

2007-06-07 15:41:01 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I wonder if he'd stop asking cruel questions if we all just ignored him...

2007-06-07 15:38:34 · 7 answers · asked by aminah 4

According to the Bible, Adam and Eve were the first two people on earth. They had two sons, Cain and Abel. Cain kills Abel. To continue the population of the earth, who does Cain reproduce with?

2007-06-07 15:37:39 · 23 answers · asked by trainboy765 4

i mean shucks, 'tri' does after all mean 3....

2007-06-07 15:34:23 · 9 answers · asked by -♦One-♦-Love♦- 7

Did Jesus say my people die from a lack of knowledge? If so where is that located?

2007-06-07 15:33:56 · 7 answers · asked by soul_cade 2

Why do so many Christians the 66 books in the bible were are and ever will be the only scripture ever written?

If God so chooses can't he bring forth more scripture or lead men to uncover lost or hidden scripture?

2007-06-07 15:29:50 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous