Religion & Spirituality - 7 September 2007

I expect some creative answers to this question.....My reason for asking is:

My husband and I came into a real rough spot in our 19th year of marriage...Stress of raising kids, finances, etc.
We did 18 months of counseling with the pastor of our church, and now my marriage, if more rewarding than I thought it ever could be.
Has anyone had the same experience?

2007-09-07 03:16:35 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

You know, like Marines are "The few. The proud."
Army is "Be all that you can be."
Mountain Dew is "Do the Dew."

Name some religions (including atheism and agnosticism for this little exercise) and what you think their slogans would be.

2007-09-07 03:16:17 · 18 answers · asked by Armless Joe, Bipedal Foe 6

Mithra of Persia

--Mithra was born of a virgin on December 25 in a cave, and his birth was attended by shepherds bearing gifts.
--He was considered a great traveling teacher and master.
--He had 12 companions or disciples.
--Mithra’s followers were promised immortality.
--He performed miracles.
--As the “great bull of the Sun,” Mithra sacrificed himself for world peace.
--He was buried in atomb and after three days rose again.
--His resurrection was celebrated every year.
--He was called “the Good Shepherd” and identified with both the Lamb and the Lion.
--He was considered the “Way, the Truth and the Light,” and the “Logos,” [Word] “Redeemer,” “Savior” and “Messiah.”
--His sacred day was Sunday, the “Lord’s Day,” hundreds of years before the appearance of Christ.
--Mithra had his principal festival on what was later to become Easter.

2007-09-07 03:13:00 · 12 answers · asked by Meat Bot 3

2007-09-07 03:11:29 · 23 answers · asked by Linz ♥ VT 4

That'd be wack.

2007-09-07 03:10:45 · 22 answers · asked by Deke 5

2007-09-07 03:07:22 · 43 answers · asked by Anonymous

Horus was Osiris’s “son” or renewed incarnation

--Horus was born of the virgin Isis-Merion December 25 in a cave/manger with his birth being announced by a star in the East and attended by three wise men.
--His earthly father was named “Seb” (“Joseph”).
--He was of royal descent.
--At at 12, he was a child teacher in the Temple, and at 30, he was baptized having disappeared for 18 years.
--Horus was baptized in the river Eridanus or Iarutana (Jordan) by “Anup the Baptizer” (“John the Baptist”), who was decapitated.
--He had 12 desciples, two of who were his “witnesses” and were named “Anup” and “Aan” (the two “Johns”).
--He performed miracles, exorcised demons and raised El-Azarus (“El-Osiris”), from the dead.
--Horus walked on water.
--His personal epithet was “Iusa,” the “ever-becoming son” of “Ptah,” the “Father.” He was thus called “Holy Child.”
--He delivered a “Sermon on the Mount” and his followers recounted the “Sayings of Iusa.”

2007-09-07 03:07:10 · 13 answers · asked by Meat Bot 3

2007-09-07 03:07:03 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ninety-seven per cent of non-religious people would help if someone collapsed, compared to 91% of religious people, according to a poll commissioned by the BBC's new religious programme, the Big Questions.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/index.html#a017451

2007-09-07 03:06:43 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous

Nonbelievers prove there is no life after death..

2007-09-07 03:06:33 · 26 answers · asked by Me 2

Have you all blocked Super Friends? Fair warning, this person is suspected of being a report troll, do NOT add to your contacts.

2007-09-07 03:03:05 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you love to get drunk in the Holy Spirit?

Sorry to those of you who do not understand this question. For those of you who have been baptized in the Holy Spirit, drink up and enjoy!

2007-09-07 03:02:08 · 12 answers · asked by A Voice 5

1Pet. 5:8 Be careful! Watch out for attacks from the Devil, your great enemy. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for some victim to devour. NLT

Are you tired of the devil attacking you? Are you tired of him messing with your money, your joy, your home, your family, etc? Are you tired of being oppressed, depressed, and repressed by him? Well then, LEAVE HIM ALONE!
So many of us complain about how terrible things are going in our lives and how things seem to never get better, but then we make decisions that are demonic in nature and afterwards, complain about how the devil is attacking us.
We must face the reality of it all sooner or later. When you mess with the devil, he will mess with you! I have people tell me all the time that it seems like their life is torn apart and they can never see the light of day.They seem to pray
constantly about things, seek God about things, and read the bible everyday, but it doesn't ever seem to work for them. "Why is this?" the

2007-09-07 02:58:57 · 23 answers · asked by ? 4

on soliciting affairs.
i keep getting this ' god wants a relation ship with you' stuff.
its just not cricket!

2007-09-07 02:57:31 · 8 answers · asked by brassmunkiee 3

For example, Christians will listen to music like Twila Paris rather than the song Usher or Nelly. They don't drink and suppress their natural human desires.

2007-09-07 02:56:07 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous

they never face criminal prosecution?

2007-09-07 02:53:36 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-07 02:48:58 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

our beliefs and when we answer them all you gang up and give bad ratings. If you don't want to hear the truth...don't ask the question. It doesn't make any sence.
Are you that confused that you want to hear the truth, but when you read it it scares the crap out of you?
God Bless

2007-09-07 02:48:42 · 30 answers · asked by shannon 5

His dumb*** comment about women being lesser than men brought out a whole bunch of different posters: women, men, Christian, atheist, agnostic, and I'm not sure how many others ... and we all dumped on his sorry butt for being a sexist fundie "black pot!"

Have you any doubts now that, if it ever became necessary, we could all fight side by side, together, for a mutual, good cause?

(work with me ... I'm a hopeless optimist.)
.

2007-09-07 02:46:04 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

:)

2007-09-07 02:45:29 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

I respectfully submit this question. Is your belief in God based on an absolute knowledge that God exists or a feeling that God exists?

2007-09-07 02:44:40 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

First I have nothing against catholics ok? My very good friend is catholic, I just don't like the catholic system/leadership. I would like to share something with you. I am in Italy in the army and currently there is this priest that the vatican wants out of the church. Now get this they won't him out because he got some woman pregnant. I don't know if she is his girlfriend or finace or what. But he won't leave the church, which is the right thing to do. So what I am telling you is that I was told by a catholic that marriage is not forbidden but discouraged. But as you can see it is forbidden by the vatican which is your headquarters.

2007-09-07 02:44:11 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

There is this picture I have got
It really caught my eye when I
saw it. It is an Indian picture and
it says this on it.
Your religious calling was written on plates of stone by the flaming finger of an angry God.
Our religion was established by the traditions of our ancestors.
The dreams of our elders that are given to them
in the silent hours of the night by the great spirit,
and the premonitions of the learned beings.
It is written in the hearts of our people, thus,
we do not require churches - which would only lead us
to argue about God.
We do not wish this.
Earthly things may be argued about with men, but we never argue over God. And the thought that white men should rule over Nature and change its ways following his liking, was never understood by the Red Men.
Our belief is that the great spirit has created all things,
Not just mankind, but all animals, all plants, all rocks,,,
all on earth and amongst the stars, with true soul, for us all life is Holy.

2007-09-07 02:42:14 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

We were just told that feminists can't be true Christians. We can't cherry pick the bible and ignore other passages! True Christians can also do this:
Mark 16:17-18: "And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover"
Mark 16:19-20: "So then after the Lord has spoken unto them [Jesus' disciples], he was received up into heaven, and set on the right hand of God. And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following"
Luke 10:19: "Behold, I give unto you the power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over the power of the enemy: and nothing by any means shall hurt you"

True Christians handle snakes. Since "nothing by any means shall hurt you" this means any injury is a sign of a false Christian...

2007-09-07 02:37:28 · 36 answers · asked by Laptop Jesus 3.9 7

Sometimes I can't tell by your avatars. I hope this is not as rude as asking the office hermaphrodite this same question....

2007-09-07 02:36:37 · 31 answers · asked by dreamer - VT-AM 4

Is this just another case of Roman chauvinism?

2007-09-07 02:36:33 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

to an atheist there is no afterlife, so are you affraid of death?

2007-09-07 02:33:53 · 42 answers · asked by The Shadow 2

Where does it teach in the Bible that Jesus is Michael the archangel? Why isn't Jesus called Michael right now since he is in heaven?

2007-09-07 02:32:58 · 15 answers · asked by Graham 5

3 nights ago i had a strange dream that i had a beloved pet badger. a very long dream. the next night i dreampt about the badger again, only it wasn't my pet, but someone else's and i was somewhat upset over that. then last night i had a dream, and in it, i looked outside my bedroom window and saw the green man, only he was a scary demon faced green man - very scary and my hubby couldn't see him. my hubby woke me up screaming.

yesterday in my office, i lovely bat flew in and landed on the wall in front of me in the middle of the afternoon. i managed to safely take him back outside. this morning, a spider came down from my ceiling on his web and sat beside me in mid air, and at the same time, there was suddenly a giant black cricket on the floor chirping at me.

are these signs from the gods? what do they mean?

2007-09-07 02:30:24 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it a religious thing or was it just designed to make sure women saty virgins. Which don't get me wrong I'm not judging anyone, I'm just curious. I mean I think its horrible but I wasn't raised in Africa and I'm not aware of all their traditions and everything. I just was wondering if it was religious. Do women over there believe that it was meant for them. Do you they agree with the practice? I can't see how they would but then again I don't live their lives and i can't really say.

2007-09-07 02:30:07 · 16 answers · asked by Becky 5