Religion & Spirituality - 6 July 2007

...they have thier noses held up so high?

2007-07-06 16:16:34 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-06 16:15:50 · 3 answers · asked by Midge 7

y does god let me get embarrassed and mistreated infront of east asians and by them, but i never see them being insulted or mistreated, just treated like they are the most worthy ppl on earth?

so, why does god let this happen?

2007-07-06 16:14:29 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

...if God just woke up with amnesia...
and you had to explain y(our) creation to Him/Her/It...?

2007-07-06 16:12:25 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is there Satan in our lives, brother?

I battled the Dungeon of Doom in WCW brother, and they were evil. So I believe. What about you? Do you believe in evil brother, or is it just human nature, dude?

2007-07-06 16:10:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

It wouldn't make sense, a global flood would be their ideal habitat. I don't think a shark would survive very long on a big wooden boat.

2007-07-06 16:10:16 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Have we become bigoted and unaccepting like followers of other religions? By trying to spread awareness of atheism, have we turned into the very people that we despise?

2007-07-06 16:09:57 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know it's a silly question but since they were created and not born of the flesh, therefore not being attached to an umbilical cord, would that mean that they didn't?

2007-07-06 16:08:38 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-06 16:08:00 · 10 answers · asked by navy15seal 1

does that mean they have been left behind??

2007-07-06 16:06:28 · 18 answers · asked by Satin sheets 1

1 Kings 8:41-43
"As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your name- for men will hear of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple, then hear from heaven, your dwelling place, and do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name.

Questions:
1) Why did God choose Israel, and what does that mean for people who are not Jewish?

2) Who are the people of God?

3) How does your church or group accept people that are different from them?

2007-07-06 16:03:00 · 8 answers · asked by Catherine 4

I've had this debate a ton of times at school. If you are saved and then you turn into a atheist, for example, are you still going to go to Heaven, or do you go to Hell?

My personal opinion is that if you change your beliefs, you go to Hell.

2007-07-06 16:02:51 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

A tempestuous downpour caught me today and I rushed to find shelter but before I could get out of the rain a lightening bolt came down across the street from me and struck a metal railing next to the street! Sparks flew off the railing and a huge noise almost deafened me! I sure was glad Jesus was with me or I might have been struck in the head and killed! Praise His name!

Have you had any close calls like this?!!

2007-07-06 16:00:11 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

My man, cheese and rice, got his account suspended because he revealed the truth about mormons. Are people really that scared that believing mormons will see the light?

2007-07-06 15:57:55 · 26 answers · asked by Amy 4

Were they considered animals?
Did God want then extinct?

2007-07-06 15:56:54 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I often hear Christians refer to homosexuality as the "crime against nature" or the "sin against nature." Even moreso, it's a sin of choice.

But animals can be homos/bi too. Hmm, that's strange. Animals can't sin, and they do not have the consciousness to make deviant "lifestyle choices".

In the approximately 1,000 to 3,000 species whose behavior has been well researched and described in the literature, approximately 450 (15-45%) have been shown to have clear homosexual behaviors.

(read Biological Exhuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity, by Bruce Bagemihl, Ph.D)

So there's a problem here.
-Either humans are not sinning against nature, since nature is observably quite queer,
-homosexuals have no choice,
-or, if you really feel bold, as a last resort you can argue that animals can sin/make choices afterall... but then there's Bonobo Chimpanzees, for instance, 100% bisexual (http://www.blockbonobofoundation.org/), every single one chooses to be bisexual?

2007-07-06 15:53:45 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Okay hi all, i have a question, i was watching the news the other day, not American but Indian, and they had a story about a child and reincarnation. The kid in it kept on telling his family about names, brothers, sisters, uncles, wife , stuff like that. The kid was i forget how old, maybe 4 at the most, but he told them where he lived, and it said he only used to say those things at night, like over and over again. So the news said that the parents when to that town, located the previous family of who he said he was, and they said it had to be him. The kid also said who he was in a previous life and how he died! the family confirms it's true, both the name and how the death occured.

Thoughts??

2007-07-06 15:52:42 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-06 15:51:38 · 15 answers · asked by eagfan5 3

They don't call them Christian Terrorists in this article but they called them the commercial for the news, it also said that they belong to some radical group - NO JOKE! Apparently, they wanted to blow up a church. This story doesn't say much but they will probably update it after the actual news broadcast.
http://www.nbc5i.com/news/13635847/detail.html?rss=dfw&psp=news

2007-07-06 15:48:37 · 19 answers · asked by Sassafrass 6

made you more compassionate and understanding, erased your fears, gave you tranquility and by doing so made you a better human being. If this knowledge was totally inclusive and without judgment. If you knew this was the one way the world could unite in peace and harmony.

If this knowledge opened your eyes to the wrong views of life that you had adopted and the cyclical patterns of ignorance and suffering that control your current life.

Would you fallow it? even if it meant you would have to change your views on life and the things you believed in?

2007-07-06 15:45:54 · 19 answers · asked by ANyone but you 2

It's not a religious question, but I'm going to ask it anyways, since we are all one big happy family, I figured I would want nobody elses opinion but you guys.

Anyways, I don't know why I thought of this, probably because I'm watching a crime show, but, on average, how many murder vitims and/or murder evidence do you think are buried in the average American Landfill?

2007-07-06 15:43:24 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-06 15:41:28 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Genesis 21:1-6
Now the LORD was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what he had promised. Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him. Abraham gave the name Isaac [a] to the son Sarah bore him. When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God commanded him. Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. Sarah said, "God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me."

Questions:

1) Is God somehow involved in conception and pregnancy? Support your position.

2) In what ways do some women have a false sense of control with family planning

3) How is pregnancy a gift from God?

2007-07-06 15:40:47 · 14 answers · asked by Catherine 4

According to Bhagavad Gita As it is, By Bhaktivedanta Prabhupad, there are 5 kinds of liberation a soul can attain.- What are they?
Which one is rejected by all devotees of the Lord?

2007-07-06 15:38:11 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I recently saw an answer by Mr. Peepers that 'suggested' that Mormon leaders regularly lie in the name of the lord. He referenced this google search: http://www.google.com/search?q=lying+for+the+lord&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

I find this HIGHLY disturbing if this is a regular practice. Why would the Mormon prophets need to lie? If they are the true prophet, aren't they working with the only true church? Why would they need to lie about that? What possible reason could be made to rationalize the need to lie in "the only true church?"

Is this real? Even though I am an exmormon, I cannot believe that this is something that really happens. When I was a Mormon, I would have never beleived this. Not for a second.

What do you think?

2007-07-06 15:36:12 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm going to be taking a Literature of the Bible class, and I need a copy of the Bible. I picked up a copy of the New International Version at a used bookstore one day, & thought that would be good enough. Does anyone know what the differences are between that version & say, the King James version? Which would you recommend for my class (as they did not specify a particular one)?

2007-07-06 15:33:06 · 18 answers · asked by superwow_rl 5

we are ALL brothers and sisters, no matter what our religion is, are we not?

2007-07-06 15:32:52 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

would you still deny him?

2007-07-06 15:32:15 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8)

This verse looks like God does not see anything in us. It looks like God wants us to have His amazing love. God saves us for His own Glory through His Love.
We can not earn this gift of God.
But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Once we are saved we will have good works as a evidence we are save. Our good works will not save us. They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work. (Titus 1:16)

2007-07-06 15:27:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

how do we know that God truly exist. is there any evidence at all?

2007-07-06 15:26:51 · 21 answers · asked by mountain 1