Religion & Spirituality - 29 August 2007

In your experience, would a Jewish Rabbi be willing to help a Gentle Christian learn more about the Talmud--linguistically, theologically, etc.?

2007-08-29 12:21:08 · 6 answers · asked by delsydebothom 4

2007-08-29 12:19:24 · 16 answers · asked by I am the Badger Princess. 4

I'm saying that in light of the fact that a lot of people don't have legitimate access to the institution of marriage. For example, you may be single but extremely undesirable because of appearance, prior relationships with which you've had children, finances, and other things. It's possible that you may desire to get married but cannot. However you have to abstain and constantly fight with your bodily urges. I have difficulty with this one, so any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.

2007-08-29 12:17:39 · 16 answers · asked by roughruggedraw 2

....what is a christian supposed to do? eat pork and watch TV which is a depictation of something on earth or heaven (MOSES)?

why don't you christians FULLY DO what your god tells you to do? why do you stand still at a certain point?

JESUS CAME TO FULFILL THE LAW.

I REJECT HOLLYWOODS IDOLATRY.

2007-08-29 12:15:45 · 7 answers · asked by 76 2

2007-08-29 12:13:17 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

If Jesus was gay would you still believe in him ?
Just wanted to know what you Xians thought.

2007-08-29 12:12:44 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can't go into too much detail right now, but would appreciate your prayers.

May God Bless You. Peace be with you.

GoodWill2Man

2007-08-29 12:11:42 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

is more appealing in America than in England because its easier.?
American Churches say a person is saved by accepting Jesus
The Cof E teaches if we accept Jesus that means we live by his ways (a person who accepts Jesus and still sins is not saved by any means)

2007-08-29 12:08:59 · 35 answers · asked by keny 6

2007-08-29 12:04:41 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-29 12:01:49 · 9 answers · asked by amateurgrower 3

Like most Brits I tend to get the impression that Americans are obsessed with religion.

If this is true then is it possible for an individual to become an elected politican (or even President) if he/she is an atheist?

2007-08-29 12:00:08 · 32 answers · asked by pagreen1966 3

2007-08-29 11:56:56 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

do christians behave the way they think others expect them to behave?
When christians say they have a personal relationship with god, do they say that because a good christian is expected to have a personal relationship with god??
how much of christian religion is truly personal???

2007-08-29 11:52:42 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

It claims that God cannot be seen in some parts but then says that God has been seen and the people have lived to tell. I know that some responses will say that I am reading out of context, but look for yourself at the lines: Ex 33:23, Ex: 33:11, Gen 32:20 and then look at John 1:18, Ex: 33:20, 1 Tim. 6:16.
I also know that some responses will be that I read it this way because I am already a disbeliever, are there any other ways to logically explain the numerous contradictions?

This is the website that I was looking at: http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/jim_meritt/bible-contradictions.html#god_seen

2007-08-29 11:50:14 · 31 answers · asked by wayner122 3

I know what it means to me as a Pagan, more specifically as an eclectic solitary Witch, but what does it mean to you?

2007-08-29 11:50:09 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been opened to the world of faith by my ex girlfriend. I am really interested, but unsure at the same time. I dont know if I want my life to change and all my friends/family are non religous. Some parts of the face I strougle to agree with and understand, but others make sense. I feel like their could be something out there that I am missing.

2007-08-29 11:49:28 · 29 answers · asked by craig l 1

Over my short time of being able to 'tune in' to people, I've learned how to differentiate between my own feelings and others' feelings. Okay it sometimes gets difficult if there is a similarity, but usually I know.

So I'd like to know who it was (if anyone even knows) who just shared their ummmmm.. 'passionate encounter' with me.

This happened just now, so add about 5 - 10 minutes to the question's time, and you'll have when it happened.

Please I don't like the idea of empathically-induced threesomes, so in future keep your fun to yourselves!!

2007-08-29 11:48:20 · 18 answers · asked by ? 5

Having established that the slowing of the Earth's rotation is insufficient to prove it, since that the numbers used are a selective misreading of the source:
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/leapsec.html ,

as the following statements are ignored to make the "proof":

"...it is possible to determine the average deceleration of the Earth to be roughly 1.4 milliseconds per day per century."

"The length of the mean solar day has increased by roughly 2 milliseconds since it was exactly 86,400 seconds of atomic time about 1.79 centuries ago (i.e. the 179 year difference between 1999 and 1820)." [This gives roughly 1.12 milliseconds per day per century.]

"The confusion arises because some mistake leap seconds for a measure of the rate at which the Earth is slowing. The 1 second increments are, however, indications of the accumulated difference in time between the two systems."

With this debunked, the question remains, what evidence of a Young Earth can Creationists provide?

2007-08-29 11:44:49 · 10 answers · asked by novangelis 7

im not gay but some of my friends are and i think its ridicules that they cant get married

2007-08-29 11:39:15 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I recently received some very informative answers to my last question (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070829053513AAl0GH0).

I'm going to try to dig at this subject a little deeper. Let me start with where I think we agree: there are some things which would be moral for one person to do, and immoral for another. For instance, it is immoral for an American to drive on the left side of the road (unless he is in England) but moral for an Englishman (unless he's in the states). The moral principle of not placing yourself and your fellow man in needless danger remains. This isn't really what a moral absolutist, such as myself, means by "moral absolutes".

Now, I've had people tell me morality is subjective, which seems odd to me; because as soon as you say "morality" you seem to be treating it like an object, assuming I know what the object you are talking about is. Any thoughts?

2007-08-29 11:37:36 · 15 answers · asked by delsydebothom 4

The rich gave large sums of money from their surplus.
The widow gave a fraction of a penny, all she had to live on.
Who gave more according to Jesus?

2007-08-29 11:36:11 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

OR is an atheist someone who doesn't believe in at least one god? For example, if a person doesn't believe in Tāwhirimātea, the Māori god of weather (thunder, lightening, clouds, storms, wind, etc), is that person an "atheist" towards Tāwhirimātea?

2007-08-29 11:33:50 · 30 answers · asked by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7

I'm asking this because not all people believe that there is just a Heaven and a Hell. Some religions believe that there is a middle ground.

What are your personal beliefs?

2007-08-29 11:32:58 · 16 answers · asked by Jared L 1

Did you know you could get free vidoes and booklets availabe at the Catholic Resource Center? I got a great one by Scott Hahn a while back. The site is at: http://www.catholicresourcecenter.org/free_stuff.shtml

2007-08-29 11:32:50 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

im not gay but some of my friends are and i think its ridicules that they cant get married

2007-08-29 11:30:49 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous

i mean.. that's not the real question. but the claim "you have to believe in something" really grinds my gears. cause they're not talking about just believing in what we know to be true empirically. they're talking about something "divine" and then yes. why do we have to believe in something? there's a flaw in the logical thinking there. there's only the conclusion. and why does your life need a god to make sense? that's sad, cause if there's none (you gotta admit the possibility), then your life wouldn't have any sense at all. you gotta give your life sense, cause noone is gonna come and give sense to it for you.

2007-08-29 11:28:18 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

My confidence in venturing into science lies in my basic belief that as in science so in Buddhism, understanding the nature of reality is pursued by means of critical investigation: if scientific analysis were conclusively to demonstrate certain claims in Buddhism to be false, then we must accept the findings of science and abandon those claims.

– His Holiness the Dalai Lama from his book The Universe in a Single Atom

2007-08-29 11:28:17 · 11 answers · asked by Shawn B 7

I'm a Catholic, but i consider myself to be very liberal. I Believe sex before marriage is ok if its done out of love, not lust. And I have lots of gay/lesbian/bi friends, and i feel that they should be allowed to get married and be happy.
is that so wrong?

2007-08-29 11:28:08 · 5 answers · asked by Joseph R 2

2007-08-29 11:27:08 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Go right ahead. We have a very good reason for rejoicing.

2007-08-29 11:25:50 · 1 answers · asked by Mutations Killed Darwin Fish 7