Religion & Spirituality - 2 October 2007

I have been studying Wicca for 7 years and I have been having a hard time maintaining my focus. I thing mostly because 1. I don't believe in magic (that isn't what interests me about Wicca) and 2. I don't know any other Wiccans or Pagans. I have reached out upon occasion (on line mostly) but that has gone no where (I did make contact with a local coven but because I don't drive I never heard from them again) and I am finding myself starved for contact with others. Is anyone else in the same situation, or have you been and what did you do?

2007-10-02 09:48:12 · 15 answers · asked by teejay 2

...Or is it only classified as a good deed by God when it is done in the name of Jesus?

2007-10-02 09:47:41 · 28 answers · asked by The Bassline Libertine 3

2007-10-02 09:45:41 · 7 answers · asked by Liquid Spear Waltz 3

I know that it makes me not want to keep it in my house like a buddist statue or something. To me it's idol worship. I just want to know what other christians think

2007-10-02 09:42:44 · 16 answers · asked by poeticscribe1 3

and gay marriage. it doesn't hurt you in any way, it doesn't make the earth suddonly explode, and it doesn't have any negative effects on anything. also, why are people against gay people? every single person on this earth is a homosapian, sexual prefferance has nothing to do with making some one more or less of a person. homosexual relationships used to be encouraged, and seen as a good thing, as well as the ultimate form of male pride. homosexuality is not a chioce, it is 100% all natural. homosexuality is not only in humans. there are other animas such as dolphins, that are gay or bisexual. can someone help me understand what the hell is going on here with all of the hate.

2007-10-02 09:40:32 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous

If they have time to be on here, reading and answering questions, why aren't they out in the community helping the elderly lady clean her house, or the newly married couple painting their nursery?

I don't think they're truely men of God if they have enough time to spend on here....agree?

2007-10-02 09:39:08 · 18 answers · asked by Love Yahoo!!! is a prince 3

could we just be an experiment gone horribly wrong by some distant aliens or whatnot and they dropped off our earliest ancestors ( maybe even an ape) and we just grew and evolved into the mess we are today?

2007-10-02 09:38:49 · 21 answers · asked by Hockey_star104 2

I see John Hagel and Jerry Falwell damning gay people to hell all the time but what about their own gluttony? Gluttony is on the list of seven deadlies, and being gay is only mentioned here and there in the old testament... and trust me these guys don't have a gland problem, they are 28-sandwhich eating, throat stuffing pig GLUTTONS.

2007-10-02 09:38:23 · 14 answers · asked by Micheal M 4

As you know, Scientology was created for money, only for money, nothing else. It uses harmful tactics. It destroys the life of its opponents. Do you believe all religions were created that way?

2007-10-02 09:36:45 · 14 answers · asked by My account has been compromised 2

if so, were they Neanderthals?

2007-10-02 09:32:24 · 13 answers · asked by TriSec 3

does this make sense to u????????????????

2007-10-02 09:32:11 · 37 answers · asked by Al Qiyamah{top lawyer inshAllah} 5

apparently there is a recording of this and i wanted to know if anyone has a link?

2007-10-02 09:31:26 · 13 answers · asked by Austin V 1

I'm talking to: all Christian denominations as well as other belief systems that teach love of God and neighbor.

I'm convinced that our religious differences are all cosmetic and linguistic. God is too big for any one person or one faith to conceive of entirely. WHATEVER idea we have of God is going to be too small, too limited, therefore essentially wrong.

We all have pieces of the bigger picture, but instead of putting them together and seeing how they interrelate, we fight and call each other names and create acrimony over them.

I'm not asking how feasible this is: I know it's not likely to happen in my lifetime. Egos are too big. But do you think we would all benefit from working together to help get a clearer concept of God? If so, why? If not, why not?

2007-10-02 09:28:51 · 7 answers · asked by Acorn 7

2007-10-02 09:27:35 · 7 answers · asked by Blah 1

If all of the Duggar children (there are 17 of them) reproduce at the same rate that their parents do, and their children do likewise for 10 generations, and asuuming that they are not marrying within the family, will there be over a trillion Duggars in 10 generations??

2007-10-02 09:27:29 · 6 answers · asked by ZombieTrix 2012 6

If evolution has happened exactly the way all the evolutionists are saying, then why didn't mankind evolve with more fur and not less? If early man ran around, basically naked while outside stalking prey and all that... with no clothes and no shoes on, they would be hurting themselves all the time and probably would succumb to hypothermia in a world like this... especially in those regions of the world with cooler temperatures during both day and night and summer and winter. No one would survive with no warmth, no fire (having not discovered it yet) and only something like a cave for shelter... how would early man come to the evolutionary milestone to begin using tools to use animal hides for covering without dying of exposure?

2007-10-02 09:26:20 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

OK, In December I lost my grandmother (I was pretty much raised by my grandparents.) Then my parents had my dog of 15 years put down in January. Also during that month somone I had known for years at church died. Later that month, I found my grandfather after he passed.

Then, I started to think a lot about the my religous beliefs. I really hoped that what I believed was right because I had people and that was what they believed. But I wasn't sure. I had been sure up to that point.

I was never mad at God but wanted the Bible to be true. And felt very confused about it.

I asked for pastors because you guys do a lot of greif counceling. Is it normal to feel this way in times like this? Is this just something that will pass with time?

Dealing with death is new to me.

2007-10-02 09:26:19 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

If not, where is it way off,twisting or misrepresenting Mormon Lds Doctrines? Thank you.
I would like to know what the LDS Mormon faith actually teaches

2007-10-02 09:25:28 · 11 answers · asked by James O 7

When the Muslims were 'savage, barbarious & bloody sword' & how difficult that sword made life for the Christians. First in 634. Then the Muslim conquest of Jerusalem in 638. This is the beginning of Muslim aggression, and Christians in the Holy Land faced un escalating spiral of persecution. And also, many early Churches were replaced by Mosques. (You can find remains today of some of the early Churches in recent archeological finds.)

Reading the book, 'The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (& the crusades)' by Robert Spencer.

2007-10-02 09:25:26 · 8 answers · asked by LottaLou 7

can they date like no Buddhist people and like stuff like that and what kind of stuff are they like not allowed to do ya?


Just wondering :D:D

2007-10-02 09:25:05 · 6 answers · asked by 10\/3you 3

Okay I'm used to people not respecting the views of teenagers, I know it happened to you all at some point in your life.

almost a year ago I stopped being a Christian. its a decision I came to myself, by making my own decisions, not listening to anyone else. the only reason I ever was a Christian in the first place was because I did listen to everyone else.

I don't know if you older atheists ever hear that, but I hear quite often especially from my family that it's a phase or a fad. They can't accept that I simply don't believe in God.

I'm 15 years old, and whenever I mention that people jump to conclusions.

What do you think?

2007-10-02 09:18:57 · 37 answers · asked by Smee 1

If Prometheus made a deal with Zeus, that all the baby girls would have their eye lids cut off, would that also have to be legal to accommodate the followers of Zeus?

2007-10-02 09:17:43 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-02 09:17:00 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

What are your reasons for rejecting evolution? And I'm not talking about the whole "because it doesn't make sense" thing...I mean, what things about evolution go against your religious beliefs?

2007-10-02 09:14:17 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

it seems like you're all older.

it also seems like there's more Christians than usual here today.

2007-10-02 09:11:58 · 13 answers · asked by Smee 1

How do I become one? Is there some kind of baptism ritual or do I have to learn the mandolin or something?

2007-10-02 09:10:20 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

This guy is a joke. That whole TBN channel is crap. Its all about the money.

2007-10-02 09:09:21 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-02 09:09:21 · 13 answers · asked by My account has been compromised 2

I need to make a list of all the ways you can say thank you to God. I have pray, go to church, read the bible, join the choir.
I need to make the list as along as possible any ideas? Thanks

2007-10-02 09:08:59 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-02 09:07:52 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous