Religion & Spirituality - 26 September 2007

...do they go to the hospital & doctor to try and live longer? If they are anti-science, should they not just pray to get better instead of going to the doctor? Isn' that hypocritical?

2007-09-26 12:42:00 · 34 answers · asked by Pat Fortam 2

I was raised Southern Baptist and know what they believe. However I do not know what other religions avenue to heaven is. Just looking for a basic you have to do this and this, otherwise I would look them all up myself.

2007-09-26 12:38:43 · 18 answers · asked by Stephanie is awesome!! 7

2007-09-26 12:36:01 · 18 answers · asked by 6th Finger 2

details please.

2007-09-26 12:35:52 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you say NO,

Then why do most say he is the GOD of the Old Testament who is violent, vengeful and jealous ??


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2007-09-26 12:34:39 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Please, whether you are Theist or Atheist, Agnostic too...

I've read alot of arragont, overbearing comments, questions, and answers in the subject of religion. I see alot of this also in the form of "fake tact" if you would, such as to insist that they are tactful, but do so in a way as to mock someone elses belief. So are you tactful?

And if you are, please explain how you can write a comment, ask a question or answer one "tactfully"

Furthur, and maybe more importantly, explain the importance of doing som how it effects others and how it will effect you.

Thanks.

2007-09-26 12:33:18 · 15 answers · asked by Sam 4

2007-09-26 12:31:29 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

People, who know eternal joy and bliss awaits them, but dont want it....wait...no...that makes no sense. Help me out here people.

2007-09-26 12:28:15 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

for fcuks sake, get a grip and return to
the real world before it's to late,
you know it makes sense.

THERE IS NO GOD,,,GET IT?

2007-09-26 12:28:08 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know this isn't true of all Christians, but the majority seem to be preoccupied about what others do in their bedrooms.
I know those practices conflict with your personal beliefs, but noone is forcing you to do them or condone them, but why falsely claim they harm others or society when they don't?
Is the principle of live and let live anti-Christian?

2007-09-26 12:27:14 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

Jesus is our Savior and soon comeing King! Jesus is alive and our maker! Jesus is love! He is the Almighty God. Jesus saves and gives life! Jesus is the only way to heaven! He is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. He is God! Praise His holy name!

2007-09-26 12:26:15 · 22 answers · asked by ANGEL HORSE 3

I shall ask you all the same question I asked the LGBT section:

Which do you think is worse, being 14, out and gay, never having sex and only making out once or being a 14 year old sexually active pregnant girl (all the girls in my class think I'm the worse one...)?

2007-09-26 12:25:20 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you agree with that.

This is her complete Answer
"About 2.2 million. It used to be larger percentagewise, but Episcopalians tend to be better-educated and tend to reproduce at lower rates than some other denominations. Roman Catholics and Mormons both have theological reasons for producing lots of children."

Link:http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/19/magazine/19WWLN_Q4.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

I am Irish-American Catholic Teenager.


What does she mean with that statement ?
do you have any thoughts.....

2007-09-26 12:24:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

If I were to say that my God forbids all heterosexual relationship, sex, etc, and if you do any of these acts, he will condemn you to eternity and hell. (Again, hypothetical, I don't think this). Let's say my beliefs are shared with my other high power politicians, and there was little opposition. Would it be okay for me to create laws restricting the rights of heterosexuals? I mean, it's MY religious beliefs, and I think it's immoral to do otherwise.

Apply this hypothetical situation to the United States today.

2007-09-26 12:22:54 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Chinese medicine holds that there are hundreds of points on the body that link to invisible pathways for the body's vital energy, or qi. The theory goes that stimulating the correct points with acupuncture needles can release blocked qi.

Here's an explanation of reactive mind:
Take the example of child who is bitten by a dog. He experiences quite a bit of pain and some unconsciousness during this. However, also recorded in the reactive mind are the details of her environment, where she was, what it looked like, what she heard, etc. Everything.
Get away from that mad dog!

Later, as a child or an adult, she sees a similar dog to the one that bit her, or maybe even just hears a dog and is in a similar place - the reactive mind restimulates. She can reexperience the pain in that engram, both physical and emotional.

2007-09-26 12:19:49 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

about the christians that delete anything they don't like?

I wrote to Yahoo about it, but where I ask in the west they respond in the east (avoiding taking a stand I guess).

But seriously. Every time someone gets a little too close to where Christianity seriously starts looking ridiculous(even question written with no offense), they report on full scale.

R&S seems much more like a war than a Q&A place.

Would it be so bad do have the report function taken out of R&S? The Christians surely don't know how not to abuse the function...

2007-09-26 12:18:57 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I remember being religious. That feeling of the "heathen" or "people of the world" being a separate and corrupt lot of humans. The bible declares them "fools" and the Quran demands their death, but what if religions didnt feel so insecure about the existence of people who dont buy the bs?

What I mean is, the fear that atheists will influence the sheep...is it a rational concern for the herd master?

If atheists or unbelievers werent demonized, no doubt, the sheep would be more willing to consider their views as opposed to being warned about the devil-tongue kafirs/unbelievers.

Its a very successful tact. Tell the sheep that the enemy is the unbeliever, and reinforce this until the very mention of atheist or unbeliever provokes fear and rage. Its classical conditioning and it works.

2007-09-26 12:18:23 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Supposedly, this Satan fellow got a hair across his but and decided one day to attempt to overthrow it's creator. You know, the all powerful one that created it. Satan of course cut a pretty good peace agreement deal and got control over hell.

Now at the end of this timeline Satan is supposedly going to attempt to take on the champ again and lose again. Since this has been predicted in our handy dandy bible why would Satan actually go through with it? Why would Satan not just try some sort of political take over? Not that the all powerful being thing couldn't just stop him but why not try a different tactic?

Oh and why are people so foolish as to say Satan would use the atheists? Obviously if Satan proved himself and the Christian god showed itself they wouldn't be atheists anymore.

2007-09-26 12:18:16 · 8 answers · asked by meissen97 6

This is a serious question.

2007-09-26 12:15:12 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

God wants to destroy a city and the guyask if God would spare it if 12 rightous men could be found. God agrees and the guy says how about 10? God says OK. The guy then says how about 8? God says he will not spare the city for the sake of 8. Who was god talking to?

2007-09-26 12:14:45 · 4 answers · asked by international_bicycle_thief 2

2007-09-26 12:13:58 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

tell you about false prophets, and what does it say. Is it true they are allowed to make mistakes in their prophesy, and the message can still be from God.

2007-09-26 12:09:06 · 29 answers · asked by ? 5

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AvfrWuVm19u9iROjrZ_N_0Ld7BR.;_ylv=3?qid=20070926155605AAuW8E0

This girl asks a simple question about Christian movies to buy for her father for his birthday. Some of us seem to think that insulting her or telling her that Blazing Saddles is a great Christian movie is the way to respond...

I understand that we may not agree with them, and I understand wanting to be funny/sarcastic - but can we just sometimes NOT be as*holes about it?? In other words, if you dont have anything nice to say, dont say anything at all (surely, this would be nice if we all lived by this, but lets at least try to lead by example, okay?) Its not like her question was attacking us, so why attack her?? (Im all for sarcasm when we are being attacked - heck, Im the first to use it!)

2007-09-26 12:08:43 · 60 answers · asked by ? 5

How can you grow up in the late 20th/early 21st centuries and be so miserably uneducated so as to believe in creationism over evolution, the bible over science, the existence of h*** or heaven or miracles or angels or "divine" appearances or original sin or any of the other ancient stories attempting to explain what was for them unexplainable but explainable with modern science?

2007-09-26 12:07:23 · 23 answers · asked by amazed we've survived this l 4

2007-09-26 12:05:39 · 17 answers · asked by Intension Juxtaposed 2

Who is closer to Prophet Moses (Musa)? Jesus (Prophet Esa)? or Prophet Muhammad?

2007-09-26 12:05:24 · 14 answers · asked by Rebecca 3

Proverbs 13:24
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him.

2007-09-26 12:02:07 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is he responsible for his fathers actions like we supposedly are for Adams ?

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2007-09-26 12:01:00 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-26 11:58:45 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

My dad's birthday is coming up and I really want to get him something religious and meaningful.
Does anyone know of any truthful Christian movies with lots of value to them?
...Or any really great Christian T-shirts?

Thank you!

2007-09-26 11:56:05 · 27 answers · asked by Life On Wheels 2