Religion & Spirituality - 8 September 2007

What are the best four different words about persons and relationships to fill in the four blanks in this important sentence ?

True religion is knowing ----- as your ----- and ----- as your -----.

2007-09-08 05:36:36 · 13 answers · asked by ? 5

2007-09-08 05:33:18 · 6 answers · asked by MASTIFF MOM 5

for those of you who are atheist dont even bother to answer becuase i wont pay attention to your answer

im having a problem, im a single female 21, and i have accepted the fact that i will be single for the rest of my life, now considering sex, i dont really think about it much, but since im single is it still a sin to be fantasising about it, like lets say i just MAKE up a man in my head, he doesnt exist in real life okay, but i imagining him having sex, is that wrong?

2007-09-08 05:32:46 · 29 answers · asked by A Decade Ago 7

I'm 14, Atheist, and I have yet to tell my strict Catholic family [so they call themselves - my parents haven't been to a chruch in years] that I don't believe in god.
I'm afraid that if I tell them, they'll start making me go to chruch. And that truly is the last thing I want.
My grandparents spend majority of their time helping out their chruch, and I'm afraid of losing their respect if my parents tell them.

Any advice? Do my parents really have the right to make me go to Chruch?

2007-09-08 05:30:23 · 28 answers · asked by suburbiab0mb 3

You know there are things out there that condoms can not prevent you from getting. I mean getting pregnant is not always the worst thing that can happen.

2007-09-08 05:30:21 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

Please read the whole question. I have noticed this being a problem here lately.

I asked a question the other day about penance and had several Catholics answer. As I now understand it you confess to the priest and are given penance. Doing the penance is necessary in order to be forgiven. To me this seems to be a doctrine of works. That you earn your salvation. That if you do not do these works you are not saved. This seems to go against what is taught in the Bible.

To preempt this gambit being used. I know James teaches works and I agree we should have works. If you have faith the works will naturally follow. Not works that save us but works that we do because we love God.

So on to my question since the Bible is clear that salvation is by faith alone. Then why do catholics and some others believe they have to earn their salvation by works? Penance is works.

Scripture to follow in additions.

2007-09-08 05:30:12 · 8 answers · asked by Bible warrior 5

2007-09-08 05:29:47 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think the previous Pope was a good man (I am not Catholic), I think he wished to do good, he cared about relationships with other faiths and tried to live the simple life.

But Rat_singer is the complete opposite, he wants to bring thinks back to the middle ages.

Opinions.

2007-09-08 05:29:23 · 5 answers · asked by irishinvenice 3

paranormal out there, haunted places an most people witnessed it. how come peoples souls are still left here on earth then? People have plenty of evidence that there is ghost. and ghost are still roaming the earth

2007-09-08 05:27:08 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Didn't Christ say "A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a slave above the master"?

So between Christ and The Father, is Christ the master, or is God the Father the Slave then? I'm confused...

2007-09-08 05:26:55 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do westerners really hate Muslims and Arab?
when i watch some western movies on Tv i saw that they r kind people who can not hate any body...
when i watch some programs and saw their kindness with poor people and making the society 2 look after poor children and old people i say that they can not hate any body?
sooo...do they really hate Muslims or Arab??
And if they do....y?
did they went any Arabic or Muslim country and see the behavior of they people....?
Reading about them not enough
please....Did any 1 have The Answer?

2007-09-08 05:26:31 · 25 answers · asked by Mohamed Zidan 2

There can be only one answer to this: yes, it is! Simply open Corinthians, chapter 11. Read verses 3-10.
But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God. Every man praying or prophesying with his head covered, disgraces his head. But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered disgraces her head, for it is the same as if she were shaven. For if a woman is not covered, let her be shaven. But if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her cover her head. A man indeed ought not to cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God. But woman is the glory of man. For man was not created for woman, but woman for man. This is why the woman ought to have a sign of authority over her head, because of the angels.In other words, the passage means what it says. Have you ever wondered why Catholic nuns dress like they

2007-09-08 05:23:49 · 15 answers · asked by ? 3

2007-09-08 05:23:48 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

Christ said, "Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and so teaches others, shall be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven" Matthew 5:19

Hasn't Paul annulled the Jewish commandment of abstaining from pork, and the necessity for circumcision?

2007-09-08 05:22:06 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

If there was a war between the blacks and the whites, who would win? The blacks have there people in the army and have lots of street gangs and there are even some ***** police.
how could a war be fought and won against them? Is it not written in the bible that Ham is the forefather of the black man who was cursed after he made war against his brother?

2007-09-08 05:20:11 · 2 answers · asked by wonder 1

2007-09-08 05:19:49 · 1 answers · asked by ? 5

I have heard that we already had the second coming, but then there was that whole left behind series that said he was coming back in revelations or something...can anyone cvlear this up please.

2007-09-08 05:18:04 · 22 answers · asked by blewjaye 4

2007-09-08 05:17:22 · 41 answers · asked by Anonymous

. . gnomes, elves, faries, and other mythological creatures. I've even made things up just to say I don't believe in them. So how does my DISBELIEVING in these imaginary things make them REAL?

2007-09-08 05:15:50 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

The Islamic Golden Age (mid 8th to 13th C.) was influenced by such Quranic injunctions and hadith as "the ink of scientists is equal to the blood of martyr's" stressing the value of ADVANCING knowledge and individual contribution to Allah (the whole). The resulting outpouring of knowledge from scholars in the fields of science, the arts, literature, philosophy, and engineering technology - both through preserving the world's past body of knowledge and new, unique innovations - CAUSED the European Renaissance & its ideal- individual creativity as a RESPONSIBILITY which still infuses western society today.

In Islam -as in Judaism- there is no higher level of achievement than 'prophet' - WHATEVER unique gifts one receives from God/Allah, they should contribute to the whole through the process of unselfing/internal jihad/altruism. In light of CURRENT tribalism/jihadism, can Muhammad's original vision - uniting warring tribes into a movement for the greater good, EVER be reestablished?

2007-09-08 05:15:30 · 14 answers · asked by MysticMaze 6

Just wondering if other Christians are getting re-aquainted with God as a result of the terrors in today's world .

Are people talking about God more often ?

Has it caused you to self reflect ?

If not then would you please explain what you're waiting for ?

Thank you .

2007-09-08 05:14:57 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why do people have difficulty reading the Bible as a whole and recognising the beauty of the different and disparant strands brought together and woven as a whole?

2007-09-08 05:13:43 · 9 answers · asked by Fr. Al 6

their sins; then we will withdraw our troops whereever the terrorists convert to faith in Christ, do you think the terrorists choose life instead of death & will get saved?

And then we can bring our troops home?

2007-09-08 05:09:14 · 20 answers · asked by t a m i l 6

Hey Christians, check this out.

http://barnabas.net/

2007-09-08 05:05:40 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Advocate murdering innocent people? I've heard it said that "Islam is a religion of peace", yet in virtually every part of the world there are daily acts of terror committed by people that claim to be devout muslims. These attacks are generally against innocent civilians and seem to have no purpose other than to cause chaos and misery. Why don't these people just leave the rest of the world alone and stop killing? In the latest Bin Laden tape, he accuses the U.S. of killing more muslims than anyone, but muslims kill far more muslims than everyone else put together. The U.S. and Israel are just trying to stem the tide of slaughter coming from these people.

2007-09-08 05:04:31 · 27 answers · asked by kyle 1

2007-09-08 05:03:39 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you know that prior to Pauline's Christianity, Trinity was already a popular belief?

1.Egyptian Triad of Ramses II, Amon-Ra and Nut
2.Egyptian Triad of Horus, Osiris and Isis
3Babylonian Triad of Ishtar, Sin and Shamash
4.Hindu Trimurti of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva

2007-09-08 05:03:31 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Should we be careful about what we make our God?

2007-09-08 05:02:09 · 12 answers · asked by Fr. Al 6

Option #1 - Love the "hell" right out of them and pray for them.
Option #2- Tell them they are going to hell and quote a bunch of scriptures to them.

2007-09-08 05:02:01 · 36 answers · asked by A Voice 5

2007-09-08 05:01:54 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous