Religion & Spirituality - 13 August 2007

I thought he died for our sins? But how? Right now it seems to me that he just died for others. And can't anyone do that?

Yes, I could look it up, but you all make this so much more pleasant.. (:

2007-08-13 15:29:01 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

i ask these 3 questions because the mormons teach that the holy spirit and the holy ghost is NOT the same thing? what do you say?

2007-08-13 15:28:28 · 27 answers · asked by Priestcalling 3

if there is, could someone please cite it and tell me the book/verse number it is in?

thanks!

2007-08-13 15:27:31 · 7 answers · asked by ailee 2

Should you believe the spirit and deny the written word of God?

Gal.1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

2007-08-13 15:26:54 · 7 answers · asked by djmantx 7

2007-08-13 15:25:58 · 23 answers · asked by Priestcalling 3

Iran is run by religious Muslims that don't let their people have rights! If Fundamentalist Christians ran America then how would we be any different? They would force Homosexuals to stay closeted and make women dress conservative. Abortion would be illegal and there would probably be a law against blasphemy! In schools we would learn about God and be forced to pray!

If we didn't have a constitution and Fundamentalist Christians ran America, I don’t see how we would be much different from these Islamic countries and Medieval Europe! Everything Fundamentalist Christians want to do is being done by Iran and other Islamic countries (except they're Islamic instead of Christian)!

Why do they hate Iran so much if their goal is to make America a Christian version of Iran? How are these Crazy Christians any different than an Islamic terrorist?

The good thing about America is that we have the right to choose what we do and who we worship! Why do Christians want to control what I do so badly? Do they not realize that that’s how things are done in Middle Eastern nations? Have they never heard of Medieval Europe and what things were like when The Church ran everything? Why would our founding fathers leave a Christian nation that oppressed its people just to set up a new one? They didn’t!! And I think we should keep it that way!

2007-08-13 15:23:46 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Thank science, for fixing "God's" mistake.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/79540.php

2007-08-13 15:23:01 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

can i find the words to baptize someone?

2007-08-13 15:21:13 · 18 answers · asked by mego 2

Sometimes my friends annoy me. (If you really wanna know what I mean I asked another question about it a few minutes ago.) Anyway, I want to write some verses on my folders and stuff so I'll see them and remember them. What are some good ones that really apply to this situation? thanks!

2007-08-13 15:17:02 · 13 answers · asked by 77684 3

Hypothetically, picture a society that has never been exposed to religion but considers murder to be morally wrong. Why would a society like this consider murder to be morally wrong?

Please take this as a challenge and don't appeal to religion or God.

2007-08-13 15:16:16 · 16 answers · asked by Patty 2

2007-08-13 15:13:29 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

....interupt the service and openly challenge the minister on a particular point he/she is preaching on?

Please share what your challenge would be.

2007-08-13 15:12:01 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

The Bible says that Adam and Eve, in their fallen state, were driven from Paradise (Eden) to prevent them from living forever by eating of the Tree of Life. Why is that better than continuing the present human race into living indefinitely? Isnt NYC an example of the slow but sure, up and down, degradation of following our own imaginations?

2007-08-13 15:11:25 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Who is he where did he come from and why does he exist. Why does anything exist at all. Who/What made God.

Please think beyond your faith because this is a bigger question than any religion deals with.

Why is there something rather than nothing!!!

If you think he's just been there forever, then what the heck. I'm trying to make sense of that. So there's this complicated intelligence that just merely exists, always has and always will. So he sits there for eternity (or outside of time) and then he decides to make something that is outside of himself just for fun? (the universe and everything in it)

I don't get it. It's unintelligble to me. I never understood it as a Christian and it makes no sense to me now as an agnostic.

2007-08-13 15:11:09 · 33 answers · asked by The Dog Abides 3

do they actually know any atheist or do they simply assume that we are lacking in morals. do you believe all atheist are immoral and why?

2007-08-13 15:09:37 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous

Many people learned in elementary school that a theory falls in the middle of a hierarchy of certainty--above a mere hypothesis but below a law. Scientists DO NOT use the terms that way, however.

According to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), a scientific theory is "a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world that can incorporate facts, laws, inferences, and tested hypotheses." No amount of validation changes a theory into a law, which is a descriptive generalization about nature. So when scientists talk about the theory of evolution--or the atomic theory or the theory of relativity, for that matter--THEY ARE NOT EXPRESSING RESERVATIONS ABOUT IT'S TRUTH.

In addition to the theory of evolution, meaning the idea of descent with modification, one may also speak of the FACT of evolution. The NAS defines a fact as "an observation that has been repeatedly confirmed and for all practical purposes is accepted as 'true.'"

2007-08-13 15:05:27 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Maybe if those who've experienced it compare notes and work together a strategy can be devised to stop it.

Here's a link to a new Yahoo group dedicated to the purpose:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/YQARSnon-violationsdeletions/

2007-08-13 15:01:01 · 26 answers · asked by Jack P 7

You may also wish to answer my earlier question that was delayed in posting.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AvhOPO4m9hoQBhYSCjQ.Ag7sy6IX?qid=20070813183631AAeR1SE

2007-08-13 15:00:51 · 4 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7

and drinks are on the house, Cheers!

2007-08-13 15:00:03 · 6 answers · asked by voice_of_reason 6

I have found a few Churches that do this if You came from a different Denomination.

2007-08-13 14:59:19 · 11 answers · asked by Jim W 2

Isn't that just blatant necrophilia?

2007-08-13 14:57:42 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why do people think that Christians are evil?

2007-08-13 14:53:18 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-13 14:53:14 · 17 answers · asked by shiningStar 2

2007-08-13 14:49:56 · 10 answers · asked by smatts 1

How many souls burned wondering why?

2007-08-13 14:49:17 · 6 answers · asked by biodegradable insane asylum 5

2007-08-13 14:48:47 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-13 14:45:32 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

What dose a christmas tree have to do with christmas!

2007-08-13 14:42:44 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

Three boys are in a school yard bragging about their fathers.

The first boy says, "My dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, calls it a poem, and they give him $50."

The second boy says, "That's nothing. My dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, calls it a song, and they give him $100."

The third boys says, "I got you both beat! My dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a sermon....and it takes eight people to collect all the money!"

2007-08-13 14:37:45 · 10 answers · asked by KS 7

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If religion offered you only an intellectually satisfying way of considering your life, would you still consider it worthwhile as an endeavor?

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2007-08-13 14:36:31 · 8 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7