Religion & Spirituality - 18 June 2007

This is the question my work husband's little girl was assigned in Sunday School last week. On Father's Day, fittingly enough, the teacher asked to talk to him about her answer. It was, "...do lots of weird things." Apparently, at seven, she thinks things like a guy surviving being swallowed by a fish and the sea parting are weird. My friend is committed to Christianity, but he couldn't help laughing.

What do you think of her answer?

And what would your answer be?

2007-06-18 07:38:08 · 13 answers · asked by GreenEyedLilo 7

I want proof of fireball's deletion.. because I need evidence, am I becoming an atheist?

2007-06-18 07:37:32 · 24 answers · asked by Kallan 7

if i am an athiest can i just lie my azz off
What is swearing on book going to do. I am more partial to Harry Potter than the bible should i swear to harry potter instead

2007-06-18 07:37:13 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

what is the shortest line in the bible?

2007-06-18 07:36:10 · 11 answers · asked by theresa t 3

Someone is there waiting to nail you on any little slight and that is really good for us don't you think? How many of you have the courage to pray for humility knowing you might receive it?

2007-06-18 07:35:49 · 8 answers · asked by Midge 7

do I see so many responses that equate gays with people who want to have sex with dogs or are child molesters, as if those acts of RAPE are remotely related to consensual adult sex?

Why would someone seek to stop another person getting the same benefits of long-term, serious relationships (tax breaks, hospital-visitation, inheritance rights) that hetero married couples enjoy with the government's OK?

It is one thing to disagree with something that someone is doing, but love them. It is another to actively prevent those same people from living a happy life.

All I'm saying is...if we hated the sin but loved the sinner, there would be gay marriage, gays would not need special protection under the law (hate crime legislation) because they're so much more likely to be randomly beaten up, etc.

Doesn't the reality of discrimination refute this whole "no really, we love the sinner" line? I don't sabotage those I love from trying to pursue what makes them happy and hurts no one.

2007-06-18 07:31:03 · 30 answers · asked by Anise 3

Were the cards stacked against the poor guy from the moment of his creation? ... Or was he decorated with it later as a reminder of his eternal sin? :-)

2007-06-18 07:30:26 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

This is religion here!

2007-06-18 07:29:02 · 14 answers · asked by Laptop Jesus 3.9 7

If yes, then how so?

2007-06-18 07:27:53 · 13 answers · asked by I'm Still Here 5

how many followers do we need?

2007-06-18 07:26:05 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

If anyone has ever died and came back, tell me. What was it like? Where did you go? What did you learn? Who did you see?

2007-06-18 07:22:49 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

I remember in college that the indians also saw jesus when they were alive. but he had a different name.. LIke azucopucco or something along that sort. Any help?

2007-06-18 07:22:42 · 5 answers · asked by chanelalvarado 2

Is this because she removed some guy from her contacts?

2007-06-18 07:22:18 · 8 answers · asked by Nijg 6

Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said the decision to praise the "apostate" showed Islamophobia among British officials..[x]

?????????????how can it be Islamophobic??????????????

[x] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6760927.stm

2007-06-18 07:20:51 · 29 answers · asked by Phillip L 1

2007-06-18 07:20:48 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-18 07:20:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I saw a verse like that, i need the refrence ^_^ it's so true because the Eagle from the west (america) saved israel couple times :)

2007-06-18 07:20:14 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-18 07:20:11 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

So I've found a lot of people on here, from all the "sides" - the atheists, the muslims, the christians, the jews, etc etc, who seem to think that your religious beliefs are an indication of your intelligence.

And apparently it can work both ways - the Atheists seem to think the Christians fail to understand concepts such as evolution based on the fact they follow the religion they do, and the Christians often suggest Atheists are stupid for failing to see evidence of the God they believe in.

So why is this? How many of you think religion is a reflection of intelligence? Is it really? Have you come across proof, other than speculation? I genuinely want to know...so I'm throwing it wide open here.

Does your intelligence affect your religious beliefs? Or do your religious beliefs affect your intelligence, even? Or neither?

2007-06-18 07:19:05 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

The reason I'm considering not believing in the afterlife is because it's not just for God who is just to send a person to hell because they chose the wrong religion, seeing as how religion is not based on reason. In the Bible, it says that if you don't believe in Jesus, then your going to hell. So, everyone who is not Christian is going to hell. That means thats ALOT more people in the world are going to hell than heaven.

2007-06-18 07:15:12 · 25 answers · asked by Daniel C 1

This is religion here..leave room for some seriousness! Bless your souls, I love cheesecake!

2007-06-18 07:14:58 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

For example, most Christians believe that their God is all-loving and all-merciful. Yet most Christians also believe that this same God intentionally killed millions of people in a flood and condemns millions more to eternal torment in the fires of Hell, even good people like Gandhi.

Even a four-year-old child is intelligent enough to see the contradiction between these two beliefs. But most Christians don't seem to care if two of their beliefs contradict each other. Can someone please explain this to me?
Thank you.

2007-06-18 07:14:07 · 15 answers · asked by Billybww 4

2007-06-18 07:10:10 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why, when I asked my last question, did very few read it? Instead, they ignored what it said completely. You want to take the news and say it's the religion? Ok, so that must mean every mother in America will harm, possibly kill, her children the moment she has a chance, and that every husband of every pregnant woman will kill her.

Sounds stupid? It sounds just as stupid when you do it.

"Rape as hiraba is a violent crime that uses sexual intercourse as a weapon. The focus in a hiraba prosecution is the accused rapist and his intent and physical actions, and not second-guessing the consent of the rape victim. Hiraba does not require four witnesses to prove the offense, circumstantial evidence, medical data and expert testimony form the evidence used to prosecute such crimes."

What do you think of the quote?

2007-06-18 07:09:53 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I’m referring to the figure of Jesus in case you’re wondering.

2007-06-18 07:08:42 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

My best friend is muslim and she just had sex at the age of 13! she wants to find out how she can be forgiven and what she can do now to be more faitful, please my muslim brothers and sisters, HELP HER!

2007-06-18 07:07:59 · 14 answers · asked by Hilary D 1

I don't care if you want to get married....then good for you. I have no problems. My question is if the government opens the door for alternative lifestyles to get married, then where will it stop? I mean if men can marry men, then why can't a man marry two women? If it is no longer just a man and woman, then the door is open for all.....right?

2007-06-18 07:07:49 · 24 answers · asked by travis e 2

Whether that spirituality is Christian or Wiccan or just an inner sense of peace, do you feel like the US has lost touch with spirituality as a whole? We seem so superficial compared to eastern cultures (to me). Even our major spiritual belief system has become commercialized (e.g. mega churches). Have we lost touch with real spirituality? What is the remedy? What will be the next spiritual path the country takes as a whole?

2007-06-18 07:07:12 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

How many Christians actually bealive that statement is in the Holy Bible? Am I wrong? I could be wrong I don't think I am infallible. But having read the entire bible at least three times both the NIV and the KJV it seems strange that I would miss it. Could someone please give me the Chapter and Verse?
Kisses BB

2007-06-18 07:06:20 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Over 500 times and counting...JW's claim false prophecy...Watchtower april1 1972..p.197 Watchtower society claims to speak for God..Inaccurate prophecies continue in witness material in 1897,1899,1916,1918,1922,1923,1925,1926,1931,1941.......1968...ad nausium...Isn't it time For Jehovahs Witnesses, to repent and ...seak the TRUTH?

2007-06-18 07:06:08 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous