Religion & Spirituality - 8 August 2007

My friend is a Mormon and while we were trying on clothes in the fitting room, I noticed she was wearing an undershirt under her tank top. It was a super hot day so I was like, "Wtf?"

She said that it part of her religion -- that she always had to have some kind of barrier between her skin and clothes.

I didn't understand and tried to ask her why, but she got uncomfortable and changed the subject.

Is that true? If so, why is this a requirement of the Mormon religion?

2007-08-08 12:33:11 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hello
I have been studying some Islam.
I hope somebody can help me with this.
When is a good age to decide to convert to Islam?

Also, I want to ask about people who have never been educated and told about Islam (according to the Quran), but believe in God?
Thank you.

2007-08-08 12:32:57 · 9 answers · asked by Jasmine B 2

I just had a big blow out with my elderly mom and she said i am not a good christian for standing up for my self to her. I love my mom but she is hard to handle cause of her confusion and outspokeness. she is always questioning my faith and my devotion to our heavenly father i need some christainly advice from anyone and everyone who reads this? Please help me understand if i am a good christian in taking care of her and letting her live with us or am i a worldly person for wanting to spend sometime with my hubby and kids without her being with us? I just need some advice and prayers???

2007-08-08 12:29:32 · 11 answers · asked by THE UK WILDCAT FAMILY 10 6

I am not talking about being perfect or sinless but I see many people on this site saying they believe in GOD yet they call people very slanderous names it's one thing to debate someone's theology but calling someone names that you have no clude about, never met
makes you look like an embarrsement if you are saying you are a person of GOD.

I see Christians debating principals and speaking of Jesus's gospel and Bible Scripture and some other people of faith are decent

But the ones who say they believe in GOD yet hurl slanders all over this site aren't you embarrassing your faith with slanderous remarks?

Eph.4.31 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
Col.3.8 But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.

2007-08-08 12:25:31 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Let an opponent graze your skin and you smash into his flesh; let an opponent smash into your flesh and you fracture his bone; let an opponent fracture your bone and you take his life! Do not be concerned with your escaping safely; lay your life before him!”
VASHTEN Bruce Lee

2007-08-08 12:25:15 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

our primitive ancestors could have easily mistaken highly advanced visitors for gods.... what do you think?

2007-08-08 12:24:13 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

This book will answer the questions so many of you have about the Bible, the origin of sin, creation, and the flood, and so many other topics that get thrown around in here. It is the best book you can read that expounds on the truth of the Bible. I have already read the first 3 chapters and I can hardly stop. I am only mentioning it because it so interesting and everything she talks about is so relevant to the questions on here. At least look at the chapter names and see if one looks interesting. It is easy to read and very enlightening. Here is the link.

http://www.egwtext.whiteestate.org/pp/pp.html

2007-08-08 12:23:45 · 5 answers · asked by The GMC 6

This is a very good video. It is only 4 minutes.
PLEASE Watch this and Find out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY6F0pkArds

2007-08-08 12:23:07 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

“Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all.”
Oscar Wilde

2007-08-08 12:22:32 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I tolerate people who think that the only way to heaven is through Jesus, some are even friends. But they have a mindset, which is something apart from specific Christianity, that I don't find enjoyable to be around a lot.
The thought of those being the only sort of people in heaven puts me off wanting to go; I really would prefer to go to hell, and share a postcode with people like Ghandi, Einstein, and Lincoln.

2007-08-08 12:22:09 · 16 answers · asked by hog b 6

Isn't the bible perfectly clear that it was Romans that actually beat him down, nailed him to the tree, and left him there to die? How can you blame Jews for this? Since when did conquored peoples rule the governments and judicial systems of their conquorers? Please explain this to me. I've got my popcorn ready cause I know this should be good.

2007-08-08 12:20:54 · 48 answers · asked by Anonymous

if so .. would there be possible negative implications in eradicating those beliefs?

2007-08-08 12:15:32 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-08 12:14:34 · 10 answers · asked by Page 4

and by who, and why?

2007-08-08 12:13:15 · 10 answers · asked by lins 5

Many say that without belief in God, that people wouold choose to be immoral. Well, if your only choosing to be moral because your scared of God, well I don't really consider that being moral at all. That's just avoiding punishment. I think that an atheist who chooses to be moral based on their own want to make the world a better place, that is far more admirable then one who chooses to be good only because of fear that they might be punished if they are not moral. I don't for a second think that religion has any coorelation with morality. I think ones morality come from ones own desire to be moral.

2007-08-08 12:13:14 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

What would you say?

boohoo, because we had no proof.

that's where faith comes in.

2007-08-08 12:10:30 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

"A man can have sex with animals such as sheep, cows, camels and so on. However he should kill the animal after he has his orgasm. He should not sell the meat to the people in his own village, however selling the meat to the next door village should be fine."
-Ayatollah Khomeini, Tahrirolvasyleh, fourth volume, Darol Elm, Gom, Iran, 1990.

I have found this in many places on the web (see below) AND I AM HIGHLY SKEPTICAL OF THIS. However, perhaps some Shia readers have a copy of this volume and can confirm or deny it.

Thanks!

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http://www.realityspoken.com/unwisequotes
http://www.freethinker.co.uk/?p=40
http://www.cubamania.com/cuba/showthread.php?threadid=19305

2007-08-08 12:09:47 · 15 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7

We ae only here to speak peace to you and share God's Word with you. What is wrong with that? Don't you have the option to just walk away? Can we have some peace here today?

2007-08-08 12:08:29 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

The New International Version, The Good News Bible, The Amplified Version and the and The New American Standard, I have studied and have read them all, I am now Pagan, would you say I did not do my research before choosing my path?

2007-08-08 12:08:28 · 11 answers · asked by Carpathian Mage 3

Why should I use Yahoo Answers to ask questions regarding religion to which I already know the answer as a means to have a short debate and always get the last answer?

A: Because I'm an idiot who would not survive a real debate with true scholars who might actually prove that my alternative faith is just an attempt to get attention.
B: Because I have no life whatsoever and spend hours upon hours on this site, secluded from the real world, although I still claim to have a stronger grip on reality than most others.
C: Both of the above.

2007-08-08 12:04:51 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

And can you be of a faith you were baptized in but no longer practice or now deny?

A Jewish person who might say he is athesit or reject the religion of judaism is still a jew but for other's you can claim only to be a gentile...

2007-08-08 12:04:44 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you honestly believe there is a Heaven, and that this hypothetical loved one of yours is going there, then why do you cry? Why would you cry over someone going to a place of eternal happiness and peace? Shouldn't you be celebrating? Isn't death just a new life to you guys?

It would be understandable to cry over someones death for an atheist or agnostic, the reality we will never see that person again is something we accept, but you Christians cry as if your loved one is dead-dead, as in not going to Heaven and you'll never see em again.

Christians, is death even really 'death' at all according to your beliefs? Or is it just vaccation?

2007-08-08 12:04:09 · 47 answers · asked by Anonymous

Isn't the fact that your atheist mean you believe in no Supreme Being or "spiritual afterlife?" Maybe you should petition YA to give you your own forum....

2007-08-08 12:02:00 · 6 answers · asked by THE QUEEN B 4

2007-08-08 12:01:15 · 26 answers · asked by ? 5

2007-08-08 12:00:48 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-08 11:59:34 · 8 answers · asked by LineDancer 7

Many liberal Jews and rabbis will routinely say something like, "he was a great teacher but not the messiah" when a Christian asks. My impression is that these people haven't given any serious thought to the question and haven't studied to Jesus's teachings, and are saying this only because they don't want to offend anyone rather than because of any deeply held conviction.

Some Jewish sources have suggested that Jesus and Christianity serve a positive purpose by bringing gentiles closer to G-d. For example, Rambam (1135-1204 C.E.) comments that because of the spread of Christianity, when the messiah comes:

the world will already be filled with the idea of moshiach, Torah, and commandments, even in far-flung islands and in closed-minded nations, where they engage in discussions on the Torah's commandments
But though Jesus and his religion may be part of G-d's plan for the world, the general consensus among the rabbis regarding Jesus is not favorable. On the same page where he made the remark above, Rambam commented that Daniel 11:14 (regarding people who try to establish the vision but stumble and fall) is a reference to Christianity, saying:

Is there a greater stumbling block than [Jesus]? All the prophets foretold that the messiah would redeem the Jews, help them, gather in the exiles and support their observance of the commandments. But he caused Jewry to be put to the sword, to be scattered and to be degraded; he tampered with the Torah and its laws; and he misled most of the world to serve something other than G-d.

2007-08-08 11:56:53 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-08 11:54:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why do people try and say who is saved and who is not? doesn't God love everyone and therefore bring us all to Heaven in the end?
and why is it that so many people focus on eternity and not the life God gave us to live?


btw...if you cant tell from this question and my others, im kindof trying to understand my own beliefs right now, sorry for so many religion questions

2007-08-08 11:53:22 · 11 answers · asked by sce 1

If we believe that we have 1 God, why can't we merge all the religions together and believe in 1? Tell us your thoughts about this and list some pros and cons.

2007-08-08 11:53:18 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous