Religion & Spirituality - 27 June 2007

Why is it the pc police want to restrict Christians, but lift up every other religion or cult?

2007-06-27 10:03:36 · 27 answers · asked by ? 7

2007-06-27 10:03:35 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am open with my beliefs, but stll am careful when and who I tell. I am not blatant about my beliefs, but from time to time religion does come up and I am asked about my beliefs.

Three years ago I went to a bookstore and bought Bucklands, complete Book of Witchcraft by Raymond Buckland and the young man checking me out was trying to make something of my purchase by saying things like, "Hmmm this is an unusal purchase" I just blew it off and said to some maybe, but not to others, then as store policy requires, he asked if I wanted a bag, and as with all my other purshases, I said yes, then he began laughing and asked me if I was ashamed of my purchase, I almost lost it but stayed calm and said, "look I always get a bag and you have checked me out before and gave me a bag without asking me if I was ashamed,I am not ashamed of my faith and you should mind your own business and just do your job okay?"

2007-06-27 10:03:29 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

In the military they are trying to get a warning lables for bibles, stop Chaplins from praying, in Jesus name and have removed patches from our unifoms because it offended some.Where will it end?

2007-06-27 10:01:22 · 15 answers · asked by ? 7

Is she right or wrong?
http://www.newmatilda.com/home/articledetailmagazine.asp?ArticleID=2302&HomepageID=205

http://www.nisnews.nl/public/221006_2.htm

2007-06-27 10:00:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

No cracks about Christian murders, we all know some Christians do commit murder. But tell me where do Atheists get their moral balance from?

2007-06-27 10:00:20 · 27 answers · asked by Christine H 3

I'm sure this question has been asked before. If God wanted to forgive our sins, why not just forgive them, without having himself tortured and executed in payment? If God had simply forgiven (in his INFINITE mercy... dripping with sarcasm by the way) it would have spared countless lives. Jews would not have suffered through the centuries as "Christ-Killers", which, if God had supposedly planned, knew would happen to them. Where's the INFINITE love? he needed to make one group of people suffer to absolve the sins of another group? Jew's still believe in God, so why was it necessary to have this done to his own believers? Please don't give me some nonsense answer about being closer to Jesus; that's not the question. Jesus would not have been necessary if God simply forgave.

2007-06-27 10:00:11 · 23 answers · asked by Worzel Gummidge 3

to let the Hebrews of Egypt escape? Has there any been any physical evidence? I consider myself a Christian, and please have respect for my question for everybody that is not.

2007-06-27 10:00:10 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

When we stand up for our faith, then we are being narrowminded, self-righteous,and judgemental. When we don't stand for our faith then we are hypocrites. Hmmmm,,,can we ever please anyone? I think I will stand up for my faith and please God, since I can't seem to please man.

2007-06-27 09:59:36 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

What specifically attracted you in the beginning? And what has kept you committed for the "long haul"?

2007-06-27 09:58:16 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

hmmm...

Do you not twist scriptures to justify divorce,
to justify being obese/gluttonous
to justify bankruptcy, not repaying credit debt/stealing

If you are a fundamentalist and die fat like Jerry Falwell, you died in sin...because you never turned from your sin of gluttony. ...so, according to a literal interpretation you will go to hell. However, you will justify this sin because it affects so many of your monetary contributors to the church. Do you really think Jerry Falwell went to hell? By a literal interpretation of scripture...he did not turn from his sin of gluttony, died fat...and so would go to hell

The question is this...

Why do you point at the supposed sin of homosexuality ..you preach about it, you rail on it...

However, you sweep under the rug the supposed sins of bankruptcy, obesity, divorce.

It seems that you pick and choose which scriptures to believe, which to rail on...

Are you a hypocrite?

2007-06-27 09:56:04 · 27 answers · asked by G.C. 5

What is it specifically... and are there any religions (other than Scientology) that enforce it?

2007-06-27 09:56:00 · 12 answers · asked by michele46us 2

ever since i was saved and felt the holy spirit, i feel a lot differently about things. i used to be fulfilled by temporary "highs" like drinking and casual relationships with guys, stuff like that. now i have absolutely NO desire to be drunk or have random relationships. anyone else feel this change when they were saved? its kind of like all that stuff seems trivial now.

2007-06-27 09:55:37 · 18 answers · asked by KellyKapowski 3

..........a "gravitationalist" because I accept the theory of gravity ?

What's with the silly labels ?

2007-06-27 09:55:08 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-27 09:54:38 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

So if a man has pre-marital sex and then wants to become a priest, is he allowed to become one?
I don't want any "He can lie about being a virgin" responses. I mean, is he supposed to be able to.

2007-06-27 09:52:40 · 10 answers · asked by David 2

2007-06-27 09:51:27 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

If someone is delusional because of faith to me they have a mental illness, what do you think

2007-06-27 09:50:39 · 49 answers · asked by Anonymous

Those sneak attack hugs from our sweet Pangel?

And so this is not just chatting and is in fact an R&S question,

Do you find hugs to be a spiritual experience?

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2007-06-27 09:49:44 · 10 answers · asked by Aria 3

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Earlier today I asked whether Believers would attend their nephew's same-sex civil union / wedding ceremony. People of all faiths responded, and while several said they would attend, eight respondents (all Christians) said they would not, and said so with some recognizable hostility. (One even wrote, "no that person would be as if they were dead to me.")

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aq5z4BpV9r53wdI4iAg15rbd7BR.?qid=20070627090456AAv3rgN

What do these answers suggest to you about the nature of Christianity as practiced in the modern day? Loving or judgmental? Open-hearted or closed? More in common with Jesus or the Pharisees? Community-focused or self-focused?

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2007-06-27 09:49:09 · 17 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7

'abandon all reasonable and rational thought?' As if you do this, you can actually believe in ANYTHING as these are the attributes within a normal healthy human mind that prevent us from believing things without question?

2007-06-27 09:46:54 · 23 answers · asked by Truth Hurts 1

2007-06-27 09:44:19 · 8 answers · asked by The Church Lady 3

2007-06-27 09:44:15 · 16 answers · asked by hognastyrich 2

2007-06-27 09:44:13 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

My meaning is this. Some people need the crutch of religion. I don't want to call them weak but they need some sort of external emotional support. Is there anyway to generate this without religion? Can we give that blessed and cared for feeling without the lame rules and bigoted indoctrination? Religion causes many people to live good lives but it limits them tragically as well. This is not a "can we be good without god" This is always answered as yes but this "yes" is a "is it possible" question. Of course is possible. However a better question is "can EVERYBODY be good without god" Or do some people deep down need its support?

2007-06-27 09:43:35 · 16 answers · asked by dougness86 4

Galatians 3:28 says specifically,

"for there is neither Jew nor Greek, slave or free, male or female, in Christ we are one."

If god cannot see us as male or female. He obviously cannot see us as gay or straight.

The word homosexual wasn't even part of our vernacular until 1865, so when you quote the scriptures using that word, you are not referencing the Bible correctly. Note that "homosexuals" of the Biblical times, were not loving couples as we have today...they were temple prostitutes...they were people who raped by their victors in a war to declare their superiority....plain and simple. This is what the Bible refers to with the language.

God does not see people as male or female..he sees them as his children....he likewise does not see people as gay or straight.

Peace.

2007-06-27 09:43:31 · 24 answers · asked by G.C. 5

My husband and I are faithful in tithing to our church. For awhile now I have been feeling so guilty about money we spend. Our consumer society feels so frivolous at times. I feel ridiculous spending money on things that I don't really "need" when there are starving children and others who have so much less than I do. I would like to give more money away then we do now, over and above our tithe, but I wonder will it ever be enough? Is it wrong to buy a pair of shoes you don't really need or spend money on fixing up your house? I just feel so obsessed over how much money I spend. Maybe I have a love of money?

2007-06-27 09:42:15 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

God told Adam and Eve not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge. Do Christians still follow that tradition?

2007-06-27 09:42:06 · 17 answers · asked by Shawn B 7

2007-06-27 09:41:35 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-27 09:41:26 · 11 answers · asked by David 2