Religion & Spirituality - 22 September 2007

i believe in god because i needed someone to forgive my sins because i felt guilty of them. while some people believe in god just to escape hell. is there a difference between this? can people who believe in god just to escape hell really go to heaven? so confused here. pls help !
thankyou!

2007-09-22 13:05:13 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-22 13:04:12 · 9 answers · asked by Moe Hawk 2

see you doing exactly the same things as we do, going to the same shops, buying things you dont really need, spending your holidays abroad, going out at nights, going to new and fashionable restaurants....so what makes you think you are the most spiritual of us all??? just because you pray from time to time? just because you say you believe in a god??? wow if that is all that takes to be highly spiritual...

2007-09-22 13:02:57 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

..........How do you know Evolution happened?Were YOU there?How do you know Dinosaurs lived millions of years ago?were YOU there?How do you know the big bang happened?were you there?
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2007-09-22 13:02:42 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-22 13:01:40 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does medical science intervene on the will of God. Put very simply: If a person has died and is resuscitated does this intervene God's will?

2007-09-22 12:59:07 · 18 answers · asked by Bane 1

...totally emotionally numb? No emotion toward anyone or anything or any motivation?
My fiance and I had a few days away this week and it was awesome. We came home and I felt great because we'd had such great time, then all of a sudden this sense of absolute numbness came over me.
I couldn't feel anything, no love, no hate, no happiness, no sadness, as if someone had ripped it all right out of me. It only lasted about an hour and then it vanished & I was fine. Now its back. I can't feel the usual emotions I feel toward my fiance. The only way I can express is 'numbness'.
My friend said a lot of negative things the other day and it depressed me and I can't shake it off. I'm not normally like this and I don't know what's going on with me.
Have you ever felt like this and how did you shake it off?

2007-09-22 12:58:46 · 16 answers · asked by . 6

2007-09-22 12:56:49 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I majored in "Easy chair mechanics" and " Bedtime Bible Stories".

2007-09-22 12:56:28 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

It's like i'm talking to a group of 4 year olds.

Why would i, under ANY circumstance, care to dedicate THOUSANDS of dollars, YEARS OF MY LIFE to LEARN about SOMETHING i DO NOT need to KNOW?! (keeping on topic) Like SCIENCE?!

IF for ANY reason i happen to learn a thing or two about the subject relative to my interests i WILL remember it. But i keep getting answers like "You must be a moron if you don't know about science".

Seriously, talk to me about art techniques, styles AND history and i'll bury you. Sure it may not contribute to the rest of the world, but neither do 90%+ of the scientists out there. I just know different things.

Here's the last question

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AmThOC60aYo5D6VEPrRKmZvsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20070922163047AARwyDY

2007-09-22 12:52:13 · 30 answers · asked by NoneOfYourBusiness 1

2007-09-22 12:52:03 · 18 answers · asked by snipho_friendly 2

"The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God." Psalm 9:17.

As long as we allow the secular humanists to keep this a godless nation, we are all in danger of damnation. The wicked among us make us wicked by association. Certainly God would rather have our obedience than to have us be a free country. Now we must determine which of our churches will guide our new national religion.

I suggest MY church, the Assembly of God, as it offers the only true path to salvation. Can we all agree with this?

2007-09-22 12:49:27 · 12 answers · asked by Pull My Finger 7

One where the people are genuine and not fake or over-religious? Where I can watch online and even chat with the people watching it?

2007-09-22 12:49:06 · 3 answers · asked by Chris N 1

2007-09-22 12:47:06 · 9 answers · asked by Dr. Wu 3

When I arrive at the gates of peter, i shall challenge jesus to a hand of cards and if i win i will rule all of heaven? should i risk it?

2007-09-22 12:47:05 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you have any family members who have done this? Not "home schoolers" but fundy home schoolers.

I have 8 neices and nephews who have never been into public school. Both sisters tried very hard to be the best teachers they could be and gave sincere effort. Now that the kids are entering adulthood, they are becomming train wrecks. Many are dropping out. Only one has even attempted college. Mostly they are fired from a succession of jobs and have massive relationship problems.

Compared to the "public educated" kids in the family, who are in school, on scholarships, happy in healthy relationships or working. Am I alone here? What are your experiences?

2007-09-22 12:46:54 · 10 answers · asked by Laptop Jesus 3.9 7

I've been with my Christian boyfriend for two years. He's a great guy, has a great job and spends lots of money on me. He treats me like a queen. We got to church together and he's very strict about following the scriptures. We avoid anything that would tempt us into premaritial sex. We kiss but no tongue touching is allowed and no touching below the neckline.

My Atheist boyfriend, I met about a month ago at a coffee shop. He doesn't make a whole lot of money working as a college teacher, but what he lacks for in money, he makes up in passion. From the day that we met, we've been wildly physically attracted. He can't keep his hands off of me. I just love his mind and his body. I'm just not sure he's the type I want to settle down with or who can support me in the proper fashion.

What to do?

2007-09-22 12:44:59 · 4 answers · asked by Ask Donna 3

I've just been having a tough time lately with a relationship of all things, and I've been praying a lot, but really what I ask for is not along the lines of ending world hunger, help for the sick, just sort of selfish emotional stuff, but the more I ask for help from God, the more my problem is getting resolved and the more I see and understand about the situation and I feel kind of bad because I really have nothing to complain about in the grand scheme of things and I feel that maybe I am getting too much help considering everything else that is going on? I know people who ask for help all the time, real help like with kids and mortgages, and I guess I'm surprised that what's important to me God may think is important too.

Think I'm nuts, huh? I can't explain it but everything I've asked for, I've gotten, and I'm not the usual basket case that I can be given how insane my situation is right now. I'm thankful, I'm grateful too.

2007-09-22 12:44:31 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

assumes that evolution on the microorganism scale is indeed fact? If so, and by extension, if ALL scientists were Christian, many diseases would never have been cured and the cure for many diseases in the future will never be found. Do you understand the question?

2007-09-22 12:43:34 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

do you get statues or something

2007-09-22 12:40:55 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-22 12:40:09 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

sikhs are people that have mistaken to arab or muslims because of 9/11 i would love it if a huge movie came about the daily life of a sikh and would like to tell all script writers to write one about sikh, so if a movie comes out about sikh it would rach a very large aduince

2007-09-22 12:36:18 · 5 answers · asked by sukhraj b 1

Is this the line of thinking?

If everything has been set on a path that has no variables that can influence the outcome, why pray? If you do, or if you don't, God already knows, and your prayer or lack thereof, has already been accounted for.

Do you think praying for you or your spouse to get a promotion at work really weighs heavily on God's mind? Thousands of children die each day of starvation, many of them praying to God. Is the promotion more important than the child? If God does not care about the youngster, why would you or your trival "problem" matter in the least to him?

I am just trying to point out that not only is prayer a clinically delusional and perhaps schizophrenic behavior, but also that it serves no purpose, no matter which side of the coin you look at it.

Have fun talking to yourselves.

P.S. - Please feel free to call me names and judge me, creating a situation in which you "sin". LoL.

2007-09-22 12:36:06 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

-sigh- I can't seem to get any peace with this woman.Anyway I'm dating a white boy. He's 16 hot as fxck with long black hair. He has both ears peirced. My mom says it's wrong for men to have their ears peirced and that because he has long hair(down to his back) he is gay.-rolls eyes- I'm 14 and I can't reason with this lady. I'm 14 and I'm black. I'm a pagan but I lied and told her I was agnostic. He's athiest. She claims I left Christianity because of him. We have been arguing for a week. I'm seriously close to telling her to shut the hell up. She forces me to say prayers and prevents me from partying.(Which is my favorite hobby.) This week has been nothing but church. Help MEEE!!!

2007-09-22 12:35:13 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

special?
what is more important about a life: who has created it or what do you do with it?

2007-09-22 12:34:44 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-22 12:31:36 · 16 answers · asked by Enigma®Ragnarökin' 7

how can you be an atheist? i mean did you just think that little molecules exploded and formed earth. and we evolved from a microscopic organism to form life? you have to believe in some type of god

2007-09-22 12:29:45 · 28 answers · asked by piano guy 2

2007-09-22 12:29:23 · 17 answers · asked by music_junkie247 3

I've been dating someone with different view on religion than my own for 7 months. It bothers my family more than me about his "faith. I've always held my family's opinion high, and it has become painful recently between my mother and I because she's scared I'm going to change.

I don't like labeling myself a"religion," but I believe that Jesus Christ is the way to salvation. I am not perfect, but I strive to respect and show others the love that Jesus did when He walked this earth. My boyfriend doesn't believe that Jesus is the way to salvation. This bothered me at first when we first started talking, but now I see he respects my faith and views, is very respectful, thoughtful and the most caring companion I've ever met. We talk about the differences in our views and respect each other's "beliefs."

How can I make my family and boyfriend see eye to eye? My mom will not give him the time of day because of his "faith" and constantly condemns me. I just want to make everyone happy.

2007-09-22 12:29:10 · 32 answers · asked by creativestarwish 4

Tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1699!

2007-09-22 12:27:12 · 15 answers · asked by Daniel 6