Religion & Spirituality - 8 June 2007

I have been looking though questions on this website- of course, there are people who disagree with other people regarding religion/spirituality, but I've come across many, many questions that are so immature and offensive, ESPECIALLY towards the Catholic Church.

Did they have some kind of traumatic life experience that turned them away from all organized religion, or is it just that they weren't loved enough as a child, so now they can't love the world in return? (I know both of those sound sarcastic, but I'm serious!)

It seems like people are angry, confused, and well, ignorant...

Being Roman Catholic and reading through this site, I found an unbelieveable number of misconceptions about th Church:

We DON'T hate homosexuals!
We DON'T worship Mary OR saints!
We DON'T believe that the only way to be forgiven is through a priest!

I mean, the list goes on and on!

Don't get me wrong, It's not just about Catholics, but that's what caught my eye.

Anyone understand why?

2007-06-08 11:13:07 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

If I am a Pentecostal Holiness believer and my boyfriend is a Baptist believer, but we both believe that Jesus dies for our sins and we believe in the book of Acts in speaking in tongues and dancing and allowing the Lord to use us, we also both agree in faith as far as anointing the head with oil…is concerned… are we considered unequally yoked? I think we are not because he is a believer and so am I. We just attend diverse churches…

2007-06-08 11:12:24 · 11 answers · asked by Queen 4

The bible said that the color red symbolizes sin, so do you Christian prohibited to wear color red cloths. In Chinese culture we loved to wear color red cloths because to us it means prosperity

2007-06-08 11:11:46 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-08 11:11:08 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

programs of reason, and built buildings of reason for those of reason to congregate, and went door to door to talk to people about reason, and organized to vote people of reason to office inorder to have laws of reason passed, wouldn't the world be a much bett......OOPS DID I SLIP OFF INTO XANADOO AGAIN?

2007-06-08 11:11:06 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Talking snakes, talking donkeys.

C'mon, people!

2007-06-08 11:08:14 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I do...remember Madalyn Murray O'Hair...

2007-06-08 11:04:53 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

This is a sincere question. Also, if you wear jeans do you wear a shirt over them, since jeans can be fairly tight and revealing? Men are becoming more and more immodest.

2007-06-08 11:03:28 · 15 answers · asked by Sassafrass 6

2007-06-08 11:03:21 · 3 answers · asked by elham r 1

2007-06-08 11:02:56 · 23 answers · asked by want to learn 1

So do you become God? It sounds like blasphemy at first, but I get this quote from Christians, actually. Explain.

2007-06-08 11:02:26 · 9 answers · asked by elkapitan2007 1

2007-06-08 10:59:02 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

My brother's kid was over at my house last weekend and was playing my Xbox all day. But when dinner was ready he refused to come eat. When I told him to come to the table, he dropped the "F-Bomb". So I smacked his big fat greasy bread loaf-shaped head with a metal Louisville Slugger and squirted diarrhea all over his face before shaving him bald and throwing him out in the cold.

Is this an acceptable God-fearing way of disciplining children when they are disrespectful?

2007-06-08 10:55:49 · 23 answers · asked by Robo Jesus Christ 1

I looked, but didn't see anyone asking a question about this article released in yahoo news a couple of hours ago.

What do you think of it?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070608/lf_afp/usevolutionreligion

2007-06-08 10:54:46 · 25 answers · asked by arewethereyet 7

2007-06-08 10:53:35 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

The quran mentions that you may marry one wife or live with a concubine. I need to know from the bible and genesis the verses that show the details of this relationship and its rules and borderlines.

2007-06-08 10:52:29 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Time to be an adult for once. Sometimes you people fall into behavior that isn't good for the Lord. If you are worshipping some old asian icon, that is against the Lord. Please turn back now before you have sinned further.

THis is not a good thing for you hippies. With the word out there, you have no excuse for not reveling yourself with Jesus Christ. He will hold you in his arms and give you exclusive deal to heaven.

When I was sinning in Panama in the 1980's on government duty, Jesus turned away from me. When he welcomed me back it was a great day. My man sinning is something that teaches you about forgiveness and apologizing. It really is not your business though, what i did.

Man to man love is wrong with pictures, and whoever engages in this behavior better watch out for the Lord. Buddha doesn't engage in that judgement? Shame on him for his immorality!!

2007-06-08 10:52:17 · 17 answers · asked by Creepy 3

2007-06-08 10:51:56 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-08 10:51:31 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

You know sometimes you need to talk to someone and I think church is the best place. I have never been their myself. Don't know what to do and how.


to light a candle for my parent's health and stuff...

who knows ?

2007-06-08 10:51:13 · 6 answers · asked by T-80 1

By T.D Jakes? How was it?

2007-06-08 10:50:48 · 2 answers · asked by !*$$%% 2

2007-06-08 10:49:54 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

That little central point in our minds that perieves reality or is our soul something seperate we are unaware of during this lifetime.

2007-06-08 10:49:09 · 9 answers · asked by elkapitan2007 1

2007-06-08 10:47:54 · 2 answers · asked by Stew 4

2007-06-08 10:46:01 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have to learn and know in my heart to only have faith in my father and only trust in Him. I can't depand on man. Thank you and I will keep praising Him even when I am in the valley.

2007-06-08 10:45:57 · 13 answers · asked by kimberly m 2

Why do Catholics take part in all these rituals that have pagan pasts?

The papacy
hierarchal church order
the adoration of Mary
the Rosary
Sunday worship
the Mass
confessions
bowing down
the sign of the cross
infant baptism
Lent
Easter
Christmas

are all examples of religious rites conceived in Babylon rather than the Bible.

I believe this conflicts with the 1st and 2nd commandments.

2007-06-08 10:45:09 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was wandering why you converted and what has been your experiences since you converted?

2007-06-08 10:43:25 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-08 10:39:46 · 25 answers · asked by 17*mezzo*17 3

I Don't know if I'm 'scared' exactly, just nervous mostly. I graduated high school in '06, and kind of 'took the year off'. Basically I'm lazy, and didn't want to have to sit through four more years of school. For a long time I thought I wanted to go into law enforcement, but for about the past two years I have kind of felt called to ministry of some sort.

After last week at youth camp (as an adult sponsor) I am feeling more and more called into ministry. I've been praying about it since before then, and a lot more since then, and today I got a call from a college that I kind of half applied to back in January.

I've lived in the same place my whole life. Last fall I tried to go into the Navy, but was medically disqualified at boot camp and sent home. I'm scared to try something new again because I consider myself a failure. The college I am looking at is only about two hours away, so I'd be fairly close to home, but I've built a lot for myself here in the past year....Any advice?

2007-06-08 10:38:48 · 25 answers · asked by stippy87 1