Religion & Spirituality - 18 September 2007

For example, was Hilter a psychopath because his father beat him so much, or was it because he inherited his dad's psycho genes, and the beatings were just symptomatic of having a psycho dad?

2007-09-18 10:01:02 · 14 answers · asked by jesussalvation 3

1) Jesus was born on December 25th....true or false?

2) Jesus celebrated Christmas! True or false?

3) The early church/disciples celebrated Christmas! True or false?

4) The Bible commands us that idol worship, Baal worship, Pagan oriented worship and any other forms of worship given to G-d is WRONG! True or False?

5) Christmas came from Paganism. True or false?

6) I celebrate Christmas! True or false.

7) I follow the Bible! true or false?

thanks for participating!

2007-09-18 10:00:57 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want to raise my child in a Christian home. I want my child to know to real meaning of Christmas and not all this commercialized stuff. I don't want her to celebrate to Easter Bunny either. I want to teach my child the real meaning of Christmas and Easter. I don't want my child to celebrate Holloween either. As evil as the devil is, I don't want to give him one day out of the year to celebrate.

So, being a Christian, I feel like the above yet, on the other hand, I think about things like the story of Little Red Riding hood and Cinderella and The Three Little Pigs and those stories are real, but we read them to our children away. Sometimes, I think to myself, what's the harm teaching my child Santa Claus.

I don't want to damage my child Pschologically if all of her friends are celebrating Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and Holloween. What do you think? Should I just teach my child that as Christians, we have to not follow the world's view of things but destinguish ourselves.

2007-09-18 09:59:36 · 32 answers · asked by Penny 1

What about 'wet dreams'?

2007-09-18 09:58:48 · 20 answers · asked by Grotty Bodkin is not dead!!! 5

for their own selfish purposes?

2007-09-18 09:58:00 · 4 answers · asked by jesussalvation 3

Than live your life as if there isn't, and die to find out there is.

2007-09-18 09:53:03 · 33 answers · asked by ? 5

2007-09-18 09:52:03 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Everyone says that the Muslim Community doesn't have the courage to stand up AGAINST terrorism. And honestly, it is partially true. We need to stand up against Terrorism. So how many of you muslims out there would be open to a Protest against terrorism. Or better yet, starting some kind of a foundation or organization. I seriously think we need to take the first step.. any ideas?

2007-09-18 09:51:38 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

im confused =)
i dont follow any religions
what they say and claim interests me but i dont really believe them, however i am open minded to the fact that anything could be true, we just dont know, end of.
also, im not really atheist because, although i dont have a religion, i dont necesarily believe in there being absolutely nothing supernatural about this world. i think there probably is, just not in the religious form. (why does everything supernatural have to be religious?! anywaysss..)
and i dont think im agnostic because its not like im undecided, i know how i feel about religion and i know how i feel about atheism

what am I!?

2007-09-18 09:51:20 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know that a lot of good came from Jesus and His teachings but do you have reason to question some of the dogmas and teachings of Christianity when reading about the Council of Nicea? Do you trust that truth was priority when a pagan emperor and 300 bishops came together that day to establish what Christians were to believe??

2007-09-18 09:51:17 · 17 answers · asked by Jonny 2

Where do you live? America? What state or town? Anyone in a city?

2007-09-18 09:51:05 · 5 answers · asked by JWill 4

For the supporters of prayer in public school, what is your motivation? From what I understand, a prayer does not need to be said as a group and it does not need to be said aloud even. So what is the motivation behind the argument for organized prayer in public schools given that it doesn't increase the potency of the prayer?

2007-09-18 09:49:17 · 17 answers · asked by Love #me#, Hate #me# 6

Not only that but:

"Biblical literalists engage in a seductive form of idolatry" (i.e., bibliolatry).
Biblical literalists are heretics.
Biblical literalists are hypocrites.
Biblical literalists contradict each other.
Biblical literalism is anti-intellectual.
Biblical literalism is in conflict with the cultural context of scriptures.
Biblical literalism is akin to sexism.
Taking a literalist stance on biblical violence promotes violence.
The quoting of Bible scriptures to justify certain actions or ethics or beliefs is not always clear or obvious (i.e., characteristic of biblical casuistry). The use of scripture is often used to reduce critical examination or reasoning and can obscure unethical messages.

It's all shown here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_literalism

2007-09-18 09:48:12 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I hope you don't think he got off scott-free ?

2007-09-18 09:47:15 · 26 answers · asked by B 4

i saw a preacher in the middle of town < manchester > and he was yelling his head of about repenting etc, having me Ex gf paretns as christian i know a little bit about the theology of it all, i asked him to clarify Matthew 6:5-8 and at first he blanked me then Informed me i have no business asking him that and started getting very angry ? why !!!!

2007-09-18 09:46:52 · 39 answers · asked by chazman100uk 2

"Sex can wait: masturbate!"

NO I did not make it up one of my Christian friends said it in a discussion about if masturbation is wrong he said that it's better to just do it that way than to lose your virginity before marriage. What do you think?

2007-09-18 09:46:48 · 11 answers · asked by Smee 1

Hear me out before the "hellfire and brimstone" crap starts. If a person weeded out the perversion and mindless violence, then did away with all the "books" that were written in the 2nd and 3rd centuries to try to make Jesus out to be something he was not, the bible could be a perfectly good book. As near as I can tell, after dismissing the bigoted garbage added in later, the teachings of Jesus were very good advice for anyone. Leave off the pseudo-history and stick with what we actually know to be true. Forget the made up prophesies, and stick with the good moral points. Kidnapping little girls, raping females, murdering babies, slaughtering helpless farmers, stealing anything that wasn't nailed down, selling your children as slaves and constantly worrying about other men's organs isn't useful nor divine, so why bother to keep such horrible crap in it?

2007-09-18 09:45:55 · 13 answers · asked by Enigma®Ragnarökin' 7

Does freedom of religion extend to a religious group that kills or advocates the murder of those who offend it (through freedom of speech)?

2007-09-18 09:45:22 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Did they know space is a vacuum, and trying to reach heaven with a tower would be folly? Did they know that well before reaching space the atmosphere is too thin to breathe anyways, so you'll never get there?

God would have no reason to intervene. Their project would have been destined to fail all on its own.

But the people who made up that story didn't realize this, did they? So to them, it seemed like good story.

2007-09-18 09:44:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

What's wrong with believing in God or a higher power and what is wrong with evolution?

2007-09-18 09:44:22 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

so this question is for muslims. when you die what's the story with 72 virgins greeting you in heaven? do they serve a purpose? or are they just there to greet you?

2007-09-18 09:43:16 · 7 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5

Ok....feed your dog a LOT.

Then, take the dog poop and spray paint it GOLD.

then, go to church and offer it as a fine metal to G-d.

then, get praises from other Christians about how great you are.

Is that accurate? I think so.

Agree or disagree?

2007-09-18 09:43:15 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

There is a sensei in my area I'm interested in talking to about going buddhist. What do I say to him when I want to join his meditation sessions?

2007-09-18 09:39:52 · 9 answers · asked by JEEP15462 2

Why have the fossils of modern animals never been found intermingled with those of dinosaurs? Why are ONLY animals which supposedly died out after the flood found on the lower layers?

2007-09-18 09:38:40 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

I teach a preschool cooking class and one of the girls who comes is Muslim. Her mom is really nice and I would love to get to know them better. I want to invite them to go to the zoo with us (my kids are about the same age) but I was wondering if there are particular things I should know so as not to offend her. (For example, is the zoo okay?)
Also, what holidays to Muslims celebrate? Do they participate in Halloween and Independence day?

Be nice Please!

2007-09-18 09:38:32 · 12 answers · asked by niffer 3

.....the atheists have MORE faith than ANY other religion.They actually believe that the whole complex universe created itself.
That takes ALOT of faith.
National Atheist Day:April 1st !!!
http://www.cseblogs.com

2007-09-18 09:31:49 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just read a question once again for the billionth time about how Christians try to shove their faith in a non-believers face. The man asked about prayer in school. Answer me this, according to this link, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17879317/site/newsweek/

90% of the American people believe in God. the make up of America is, 82% Christian, 9% Muslim/Jewish. That leaves 9% Atheist. Did you catch that 82% Christian. This is my question, I have three sons in School, and I am forced to pay through my property tax to support these schools. That is not an option I have. Each son spends 12 years earning a diploma. In those 12 years, they will be taught about Islam and Mohammed, Buddha and Buddhism, they will learn of Darwin and evolution. They will be taught of Ceaser, Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Castro and Mason. They will not be taught one thing out of the bible, either as history, poetry, or theology. They will not be taught of the origins of their Christmas Vacation, their Easter Vacation (now called spring brake) they will not learn the meaning behind Thanksgiving. They will learn of Kwanzaa, and Ramadan, and just about everything else that you can name. And you say we shove our religion in YOUR face in school? PROVE IT IF YOU CAN. This is not a rant, just the facts. For once could you people be honest. And I did not LIE about these number follow the link So if the 82% of us want to say a prayer asking God to bless our children at Graduation, can you people not just be quite for 30 seconds out of 12 years? Would it really kill you?

2007-09-18 09:30:32 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

agnostic :)

2007-09-18 09:30:32 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Sure, this is your life. This is the only life you get to live. But how did you get here? How did ANYTHING get here? Big bang theory? psshh.... where did the stars come from in the begginning?


But nevermind all of that. What i want to know, is what do you think is going to happen to you after you die?

2007-09-18 09:30:31 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Other than the bible, is there any historical evidence that the Egyptians ever had Jewish slaves?

2007-09-18 09:30:28 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous