Religion & Spirituality - 27 July 2007

2007-07-27 08:02:12 · 3 answers · asked by Jo Shmo 1

I just get really confused when Catholics say that they worship and believe everything about Jesus yet you have saints and more than one "virgin" that u worship or give tributes to. God is a jealous God and when u give worship to something else isn't that taking glory from Him?? And also just becuz some people were good and God used them that doesn't mean u should give them any tributes after all they were just people not God's son.

2007-07-27 08:01:58 · 14 answers · asked by **tu<3nina** 3

So, as a Buddhist you are told to harm sentient beings. Of course, I try very hard to make sure that if there's a spider in the bathtub I put it on a piece of paper and take it outside (I can hear the snickering starting) BUT this dude I know has decided that he can't live in his house because it's been taken over by bees and he can't kill them so he's crashing at someone else's house until they either die or go away............(I know there's laughing going on) Am I supposed to go to that kind of extreme as a Buddhist? Letting them die seems the same as extermination.......am I required to give up my house if this happens to me?????? HMMMMMM......thoughts? (I'm still laughing on the outside and crying on the inside) Namaste!

2007-07-27 08:01:51 · 13 answers · asked by Yogini 6

2007-07-27 08:01:12 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Did you know that the some of the United States still have laws against blasphemy?

For example chapter 272 of the Massachusettes general law...

Section 36. Whoever willfully blasphemes the holy name of God by denying, cursing or contumeliously reproaching God, His creation, government or final judging of the world, or by cursing or contumeliously reproaching Jesus Christ or the Holy Ghost, or by cursing or contumeliously reproaching or exposing to contempt and ridicule, the holy word of God contained in the holy scriptures shall be punished by imprisonment in jail for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars, and may also be bound to good behavior.

What are your thought about it?

2007-07-27 08:01:10 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me
John 7:16

Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
John 8:54

And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Matthew 19:17

do you pick the verses that fit with your desires and throw the rest behind your back like it never there? you pick the verse that says "me and God is one" which litteraly does not mean Jesus is God, but it can be explained as Jesus can't do or say anything except with God permission.

do you worship Jesus or only the God who sent him, did Moses worship the trinity or only the God who sent him?

2007-07-27 08:00:01 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

When I first became a Muslim people told me that what is Sunnah are the things the prophet did that are good and that we should try to follow but that they are NOT obligatory. Is this true?

If it is true why all the problems on here (and off here) about if you should or shouldn't do this or that? Aren't we fighting in vain? It's one thing to discuss it but it is another to get nasty the way many of us have on here.

2007-07-27 07:59:28 · 17 answers · asked by MaryHadALittleLamb 2

Can anyone tell me how to live a Christian life? I tried reading thae Bible and similiar books, but I'm having difficulty understanding them. My husband and I joined a Baptist church last year, and we were greeted with open arms. Whenever donations of any kind were collected, we eagerly donated. My husband told a member of the church that we wanted to donate $ to help build a kitchen in the banquet area. A few days later the Pastor made a comment that we can't buy our way into Heaven. Believe me, that was not our intentions! We do know that we can't buy our way into Heaven. We have asked 3 times to be Baptisted, only to be given an excuse. Our son recently got into some trouble with the law, and since I had no one to talk to, I phoned my Pastor to ask if I could talk with him. He was out of town, so I left a message. (He was back in town 2 days later.) He never returned my call. From then on, it seemed like we were being shuned from the other members. We finally stopped attending.

2007-07-27 07:58:11 · 10 answers · asked by alpacamms 2

........What should I do?

2007-07-27 07:57:36 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I’ve been hear reading people’s posts and then I read that evolution is a fact now. Wow, that blew my mind. Who did this? Which school or scientist created life in a lab? I always thought spontaneous life was like… no way, but if someone did this who was it and why isn’t it in the news? Cause man, that’s wack!

2007-07-27 07:56:40 · 7 answers · asked by Double-edged 2

But they will answer ones that they can cut and paste from their web sites.

2007-07-27 07:56:32 · 15 answers · asked by ABC 1

2007-07-27 07:53:27 · 33 answers · asked by s b 2

2007-07-27 07:53:17 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

That is in you if you are baptized with the Holy Spirit?

2007-07-27 07:52:12 · 11 answers · asked by A Voice 5

'In the garden I was playin' the tart, I kissed your lips and broke your heart...You.....You were actin' like it was the end of the world'

Great song! Go on youtube and plug in 'Until the End of the World' U2 and watch the Sydney taping of it.....AWESOME
At any rate, what are your thoughts on this song, share a favorite lyric perhaps, maybe you've never heard of it.....namaste!

2007-07-27 07:49:58 · 9 answers · asked by Yogini 6

2007-07-27 07:47:29 · 23 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7

2007-07-27 07:46:25 · 19 answers · asked by spaced out muppet 1

2007-07-27 07:46:17 · 7 answers · asked by Nourhan 5

How would you go about determining what a "true Marxist" was? Or will some people say that this is a "true Scotsman fallacy" even though Marxism (like Christianity) is a belief rather than a nationality?

2007-07-27 07:46:07 · 11 answers · asked by Deof Movestofca 7

I haven't seen anyone saved. Or maybe you have another idea of saved rather than "saved" as in didn't die.
Rap at me.

2007-07-27 07:45:55 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

its no more far-fetched than the old "satan planted the dinosaur bones" theory

2007-07-27 07:45:17 · 27 answers · asked by ♨UFO♨ 4

I've read some people that say you can have strange experiences doing meditation. I'm skeptical but curious. What are these mystical effects?

2007-07-27 07:44:39 · 6 answers · asked by Graciela, RIRS 6

This is an effort to protect the good Christians on this site (and generally everywhere) like God's Kitty, Patrick, BatGirl and a others. These people are overall great people and honestly fit the description of true Christianity.

What we need is a new term for the whack jobs out there who constantly want to tell the non-believers or other faiths that we are going to hell and continue to spread nothing but hate filled messages and bible cramming fear. These people call themselves Christians yet are nothing like the great people like the above mentioned. I don't think these people are even on the same planet as the above mentioned.

So lets have a contest for a new term for these folks. Don't forget to give thumbs up...as it will help decide a term term!!

2007-07-27 07:43:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tsunami_by_hokusai_19th_century.jpg

(very) large version:
http://spideronthefloor.com/jordan/images/Wave%20Images/Hires%20Wave.jpg

Katsushika Hokusai (1760—1849), was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period . In his time he was Japan's leading expert on Chinese painting. Born in Edo (now Tokyo), Hokusai is best-known as author of the woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, (c. 1831), which includes the iconic and internationally recognized print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa.

Hokusai is considered one of the outstanding figures of Japanese woodblock printing, sometimes referred to as ukiyo-e.

I find this to be an exceptionally striking image. Many do, it is rightfully famous.

Here is the entire set:
http://www.man-pai.com/Grandes_series/Hokusai_Fuji36/hokusai_36_vistas_monte_fuji_e.htm

To make it R&S legit: is there as much proof for god as there is for pixies?

2007-07-27 07:40:58 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-27 07:40:06 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

The devil is in the details. :-)

2007-07-27 07:39:57 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is she the one the bible states as the whore of the earth? Are these the times of the end times foretold? Be honest and sincere.

2007-07-27 07:38:56 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-27 07:37:09 · 34 answers · asked by Eartha Q 6

...a salad.

Speaking of lunch...

2007-07-27 07:36:24 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-27 07:35:18 · 68 answers · asked by Eartha Q 6