Religion & Spirituality - 4 August 2007

2007-08-04 18:55:15 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-04 18:47:33 · 24 answers · asked by Ricaldo A 1

Why do you believe in your form of theism?

2007-08-04 18:45:08 · 6 answers · asked by Nowhere Man 6

Why in the world are religions allowed to act on behalf of the government to perform marriage - it's a legal and binding contract recognized under the law - so what happened to separation of church and state on this matter?

And... how come a church can say, "Oh no, we won't let any gay people get married here.... We're against it." or "Sorry, no inter racial weddings are going to take place on our property... We don't allow it." and "Atheist couples... no way can you get married here."

I mean really.... think about how this kind of attitude would be received in a post office. "Oh no... you can't mail things here because you're gay and that mixed couple behind you in line can just turn around and take a hike, too? We don't carry mail for their kind. They might even be atheists. Good God!"

What's up with this kind of BS anyhow? Has everyone forgotten that discrimination of this type is called bigotry?

Any opinions...???

2007-08-04 18:42:53 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

As opposed to creating special sections for each form of belief or non belief, or constantly whining "why are _____ in the R&S section?"

But really, what fun would that be...might get rather boring after a while.

2007-08-04 18:40:41 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

If they want foot baths, then let the muslims pay for it out of their own pockets. Why should we make exceptions for muslims when other religions are not allowed in schools. I call this double standarded. I personely don't think it should be allowed in school. This is a place of learning, not a mosque. If they want to bath their feet to pray then they need to go to their mosque.

2007-08-04 18:40:12 · 6 answers · asked by american_woman20122004 2

Don't forget you are the alien on this planet, you are not belongs to this land you must go back to your native planets which was belongs to your grand parent Adam & Hawa but you need to learn the etiquettes of your original great land you belongs if you are not serious still you will go there but not peaceful place. Allah planted you on this earth for filter, who adopt the good etiquettes and proceed prayers and obey the Allah orders and who’s behavior like animals. All atoms works in time frame law accept sprit and Angels and all created by Allah.

2007-08-04 18:39:30 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-04 18:38:34 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

There were probably fishermen somewhere in the world by Noah's time. Don't you think? If so, God could not have killed everyone by the great flood. Not the Polynesians, not the Southeast Asians at least. Any comments?

2007-08-04 18:38:12 · 17 answers · asked by OKIM IM 7

2007-08-04 18:34:39 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-04 18:33:04 · 25 answers · asked by Jadochop 6

I mean, think about it.
If someone never questioned the errors in the Bible would you believe that they are really comprehending it?
Or any religion for that matter. If you don't acknowledge its mistakes can yu really claim that you understand it?

2007-08-04 18:32:22 · 10 answers · asked by tt 2

2007-08-04 18:26:43 · 21 answers · asked by forerunner7 4

I'm actually a catholic and believe in God but don't go to church regularly. Is it possible 300 years from now people will look back on us and say we were the worlds largest cult and we just kept on giving our money to churches because we thought we could buy ourselves a spot in heaven?

2007-08-04 18:25:58 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-04 18:25:47 · 22 answers · asked by josie 4

2007-08-04 18:21:37 · 20 answers · asked by Maurice H 6

A nice assortment of personality
and opinion.

2007-08-04 18:21:10 · 19 answers · asked by Sean 7

2007-08-04 18:20:27 · 13 answers · asked by spiritwoman343 2

2007-08-04 18:19:02 · 23 answers · asked by Mettle Gnosis Seraph 3

Boy Scouts discriminates against minorities.

Why should the Boy Scouts receive private funding and special concessions for the use of public land?

2007-08-04 18:15:27 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm mean, seriously. We have all these humongous problems in the USA and around the world right now. And the biggest problem religious wackos focus on is...



drum roll please...


...preventing gay people from becoming married.

If two gay people want to become married, how does that affect the lives of religious wackos? Fact it, it doesn't. If it's wrong, said gay people will have to deal with the consequences someday when they go to that great gay pride parade in the sky.

But while here on earth, why the heck does it matter? Why do religious nutjobs always have to try to control the lives of others? Can't they just mind their own business instead of preaching fear, hate, and intolerance?

Am I the only one that thinks Conservatives and religious wackos need to get their priorities straight? Just looking for some insight. Thanks.

2007-08-04 18:12:45 · 17 answers · asked by Raging Hillbilly 3

How can christians explain as well as god beleivers the cruelties of God if he is real. Except for muslims maybe, because in there culture in the middle east many of this is acceptable.
When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she will not be freed at the end of six years as the men are. If she does not please the man who bought her, he may allow her to be bought back again. But he is not allowed to sell her to foreigners, since he is the one who broke the contract with her. And if the slave girl's owner arranges for her to marry his son, he may no longer treat her as a slave girl, but he must treat her as his daughter. If he himself marries her and then takes another wife, he may not reduce her food or clothing or fail to sleep with her as his wife. If he fails in any of these three ways, she may leave as a free woman without making any payment. (Exodus 21:7-11 NLT)

When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod so hard that the slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished. If, however, the slave survives for a day or two, he is not to be punished, since the slave is his own property. (Exodus 21:20-21 NAB)

Slaves, obey your earthly masters with deep respect and fear. Serve them sincerely as you would serve Christ. (Ephesians 6:5 NLT

Christians who are slaves should give their masters full respect so that the name of God and his teaching will not be shamed. If your master is a Christian, that is no excuse for being disrespectful. You should work all the harder because you are helping another believer by your efforts. Teach these truths, Timothy, and encourage everyone to obey them. (1 Timothy 6:1-2 NLT)


As you approach a town to attack it, first offer its people terms for peace. If they accept your terms and open the gates to you, then all the people inside will serve you in forced labor. But if they refuse to make peace and prepare to fight, you must attack the town. When the LORD your God hands it over to you, kill every man in the town. But you may keep for yourselves all the women, children, livestock, and other plunder. You may enjoy the spoils of your enemies that the LORD your God has given you.(Deuteronomy 20:10-14)

If a man is caught in the act of raping a young woman who is not engaged, he must pay fifty pieces of silver to her father. Then he must marry the young woman because he violated her, and he will never be allowed to divorce her. (Deuteronomy 22:28-29 NLT)

Thus says the Lord: 'I will bring evil upon you out of your own house. I will take your wives [plural] while you live to see it, and will give them to your neighbor. He shall lie with your wives in broad daylight. You have done this deed in secret, but I will bring it about in the presence of all Israel, and with the sun looking down.'
Then David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the Lord." Nathan answered David: "The Lord on his part has forgiven your sin: you shall not die. But since you have utterly spurned the Lord by this deed, the child born to you must surely die." [The child dies seven days later.]2 Samuel 12:11-14 NAB)

"At that time the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he went throughout the land of Gilead and Manasseh, including Mizpah in Gilead, and led an army against the Ammonites. And Jephthah made a vow to the LORD. He said, "If you give me victory over the Ammonites, I will give to the LORD the first thing coming out of my house to greet me when I return in triumph. I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering."
"So Jephthah led his army against the Ammonites, and the LORD gave him victory. He thoroughly defeated the Ammonites from Aroer to an area near Minnith – twenty towns – and as far away as Abel-keramim. Thus Israel subdued the Ammonites. When Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, his daughter – his only child – ran out to meet him, playing on a tambourine and dancing for joy. When he saw her, he tore his clothes in anguish. "My daughter!" he cried out. "My heart is breaking! What a tragedy that you came out to greet me. For I have made a vow to the LORD and cannot take it back." And she said, "Father, you have made a promise to the LORD. You must do to me what you have promised, for the LORD has given you a great victory over your enemies, the Ammonites. But first let me go up and roam in the hills and weep with my friends for two months, because I will die a virgin." "You may go," Jephthah said. And he let her go away for two months. She and her friends went into the hills and wept because she would never have children. When she returned home, her father kept his vow, and she died a virgin. So it has become a custom in Israel for young Israelite women to go away for four days each year to lament the fate of Jephthah's daughter." (Judges 11:29-40 NLT

2007-08-04 18:10:34 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-04 18:10:00 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I mean, he's not God. He's the son of God. I read in another question where a girl said, "there is only one God and that is Jesus Christ".

2007-08-04 18:09:48 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

We all know that being an atheist is something to be proud of... that many people don't reach this revelation, don't ever question their religious training for themselves, or at least not seriously... and yet so many atheists are in the closet, hiding from their domineering family and peers. They are hiding in fear of persecution from the religious right.

Moreover what advice can we give atheists when they share their atheism with religious parents, siblings, friends, and co-workers for the first time?

2007-08-04 18:09:14 · 15 answers · asked by Jadochop 6

Rape is not the same as stealing a candy bar. If god sees it that way then i think he is a fool and i wont worship him any more. I was raised baptist.

2007-08-04 18:08:44 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-04 18:08:17 · 26 answers · asked by none 1

it makes me sick that bonds gets all glory off the home runs he has using steriods and yet aaron was au'natural. frankly i dont care if you like him or not. im tired of celebreties getting all the glory while the people who DO good things get none.
what kind of message are we sending to society saying"lets idolize drug usage, profanity and sexual ludeness"
i wonder what GOD and JESUS are saying about us and our deliberate actions.

2007-08-04 18:03:24 · 9 answers · asked by joe citizen 3

2007-08-04 18:01:20 · 23 answers · asked by Maurice H 6

Who is kidding whom when it comes to the mis-education of most Americans. Let's learn from the comments of yahoo commentators about the difference.

2007-08-04 18:01:14 · 5 answers · asked by Doktorzero 2