Religion & Spirituality - 11 August 2007

2007-08-11 13:57:35 · 11 answers · asked by ? 6

The Sentinel

Along deserted avenues
Steam begins to rise
The figures primed and ready
Prepared for quick surprise
He's watching for a sign
His life is on the line
Dogs whine in the alleys
Smoke is on the wind
From deep inside its empty shell
A cathedral bell begins
Ringing out its toll
A storm begins to grow
Amidst the upturned burned-out cars
The challengers await
And in their fists clutch iron bars
With which to seal his fate
Across his chest in scabbards rest
The rows of throwing knives
Whose razor points in challenged tests
Have finished many lives
Now facing as another
The stand-off eats at time
Then all at once a silence falls
As the bell ceases its chime
Upon this sign the challengers
With shrieks and cries rush forth
The knives fly out like bullets
Upon their deadly course
Screams of pain and agony
Rent the silent air
Amidst the dying bodies
Blood runs everywhere
The figure stands expressionless
Impassive and alone
Unmoved by this victory

2007-08-11 13:55:49 · 10 answers · asked by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5

2007-08-11 13:50:23 · 16 answers · asked by Samantha 4

2007-08-11 13:48:10 · 4 answers · asked by sany2hmd 1

Would you guess I'm a believer or an atheist?

2007-08-11 13:48:07 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

putting up with drunken husbands...or drug addicts that DENY THEY HAVE A PROBLEM???...re: divorces...( I know in the bible the only excuse is infidelity...but come on this is the 21st century and i am sure NO ONE THOUGHT OF THE STUFF THAT HAS HAPPENED...GANGS AND DRUGS...i mean i never thought of that either...so there are other reasons and damn good ones for divorces with children involved...BUT you would have to PAY MONEY OF COURSE TO GET AN ANNULLMENT EVEN IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN???...BELIEVE ME I have been to several Catholic marriages that the people were married a second and third time right in the church...IT'S MONEY HONEY!...tell me your thoughts on that...thanks!!!.No judgment on my part...it was their business only!!! i AM THANK FUL FOR CHANGE!!!

2007-08-11 13:46:07 · 7 answers · asked by sweet 4

You can deduce that this painting had to have an intelligent creator because of the complexities of it. Somebody had to hold the brush to make the brush strokes. So why is it so hard to believe that the universe, being more complex than a painting, had an intelligent creator.

2007-08-11 13:39:20 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

I mean really the same thing is being asked and answered so many time here. Isn't this like beating a dead horse?

2007-08-11 13:37:34 · 20 answers · asked by mad dawg 3

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.

How can you even say that jesus is the messiah he never did any of the things that we expect the messiah to do?

2007-08-11 13:36:51 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

Okay- so I like this really religious guy- we are probably going to start hanging out. Do really religious guys go for girls that are confused about faith??? I'm nervous about that topic. What do y'all think about girls who are not exactly that religious?

2007-08-11 13:36:15 · 15 answers · asked by Me! 2

Saw this video click to see
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aNGGN4IDrB4

2007-08-11 13:35:37 · 4 answers · asked by Chewy 1

if this is true should it also be made illegal like opium. afterall it ruins a lot more lives than most drugs

2007-08-11 13:27:37 · 15 answers · asked by Stephen M 6

I know some attempts at humor are offensive, but what about humor that isn't mean spirited? If you do like humor, what are some of your favorite questions asked in the past?

2007-08-11 13:26:25 · 43 answers · asked by in a handbasket 6

I was wondering.. if Adam and Eva were the first few.. how did they know how to have sex?

2007-08-11 13:24:41 · 45 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-11 13:24:11 · 22 answers · asked by montipez 1

I have heard about, but have never attended one.

2007-08-11 13:23:49 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

When I was married to Jeff Glenn I lived in Clinton, Illinois. I was most known for my height. I was a bartender at Clinton Elks Club until my back got bad. I was in shoe sales when we met. I dated his brother in high school, and my classmate, Rebecca Thorp, married his brother. Jeff committed suicide a few years ago.
Our house burned down, and we tried to live at the farm. We divorced, and I moved to Fla. I lived in Fla. for 6 years before I came back to Clinton.

2007-08-11 13:21:49 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was visiting the Shoah Foundation website, which is a website that was built by Steven Spielberg and USC about the testimonies of surviving victims from the Holocaust.

Besides testimonies from the Jews, There is testimonies from Jehovah's Witnesses as well.

Why didn't other Christian groups suffer like the Jehovah's Witnesses? They where kill with the Jews.

2007-08-11 13:19:47 · 16 answers · asked by sfumato1002 3

1) the roman guards are described as being bribed by jewish authorities to say the body was stolen. what for??? bribery was a death penalty offense in the roman empire, as was for guards sleeping on duty. wouldn't they guards have been killed for saying they took a bribe??

2) the angels put the guards to sleep. sleeping on guard duty also got you killed.

3) would the jewish authorities even have had the power to pay off roman guards????

4) the testimony of women wasn't worth crap in court. suspicously convienient as it takes pressure off the men?

5) if the ressurection happened why are the gospels so conflicting??

6) could joseph of aramathea have bribed the guards, since he was rich, taken the body and not told anyone, which could account for the belief of the apostles that never broke during roman torture and execution? he was also a member of the jewish athurities himself wasn't he????? do we smell suspect here????

I want to hear arguments either way!

2007-08-11 13:18:43 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I need an answer for an RE essay

if you have any links it would be much appreciated

2007-08-11 13:18:11 · 5 answers · asked by Shaun A 1

It really doesn't make much sense to give an answer that doesn't in any way address the question. In fact, it makes the answerer appear at least borderline retarded. Oddly enough, it has gotten to the point that I can usually guess who will give a left field answer ahead of time. lol

2007-08-11 13:15:03 · 21 answers · asked by Enigma®Ragnarökin' 7

2007-08-11 13:11:31 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous

how come when we get saved and accept god in our hearts were still sinners are we fooling ourselves? or what i dont understand please someone explain to me CHRISTIANS ONLY PLEASE.

2007-08-11 13:08:53 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Everyones opinion is accepted. No thumbs down please. Thumbs down in my opinion means "shut up"
You learn from others opinion if you just LISTEN what others have to say!

2007-08-11 13:07:47 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been getting a little sad because of things that are happening around me, I don't want to go into specifics but there is stuff happening that is making me loose faith in humans, I really have been loosing sleep over it. Can it be this bad or is there hope tell me something about humans that will re-instill my faith in them.

2007-08-11 13:05:31 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

For we shall all stand before the judgement seat of God!

What does this mean to you???

*****Opinions of everyone is accepted. Please no thumbs down. It is insulting! Thumbs down is telling the person to shutup!

2007-08-11 13:04:28 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

i believe that religion is simply faith based and no proof, the only thing you can do is have faith in it..... or am i wrong? if so, what actual proof is there? im not looking for stories of miracles, im talking about scientific evidence.

2007-08-11 13:03:20 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

If there was no hell for us to go to, why did we need "saving"?

I have asked this question 2 other times and for some reason the Christians are avoiding it.

Gee, I wonder why.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ap7UVFZud5UIIpzxl20cPHrsy6IX?qid=20070811162149AA7rkXu

2007-08-11 13:03:13 · 11 answers · asked by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7

i asked this question earlier and someone reported it, and it got deleted. but i'm still curious, how can something so invested in wealth be a religion?

2007-08-11 12:59:27 · 10 answers · asked by <3 3

what makes you unique?

2007-08-11 12:56:34 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous