Religion & Spirituality - 8 October 2007

Please tell of any embarrassing moments or situations.

2007-10-08 13:50:25 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm reading some conflicting reports about DNA matches on the net. Please provide a link, if you can...

2007-10-08 13:47:14 · 17 answers · asked by Ũniνέгsäl Рдnтsthέisт™ 7

2007-10-08 13:47:00 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I believe in God, and believe that his son Jesus died on the cross for our sins and more importantly rose on the third day. I know this because of the word of God which is a living proof. I pray that all of you who answer this receive a blessing from the LORD.

2007-10-08 13:46:08 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-08 13:44:47 · 7 answers · asked by Sage 6

http://www.biblelessons.com/catholic.html


How this fire affects the souls of the departed the Doctors do not know, and in such matters it is well to heed the warning of the Council of Trent when it commands the bishops "to exclude from their preaching difficult and subtle questions which tend not to edification', and from the discussion of which there is no increase either in piety or devotion" (Sess. XXV, "De Purgatorio")."

http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=7772

Vatican refuses comment on Croatian connection

http://www.rense.com/general16/refuse.htm
http://newsoutpost.com/article47.html

Vatican Still Refuses To Open Holocaust Records To Jewish Scholars

Pope Pius IX on December 8, 1864 issued an encyclical letter Quanta Cura, containing the Syllabus Errorum, in which he condemned freedom of conscience as “an insane folly” and freedom of the press as “a pestiferous error, which cannot be sufficiently detested.”
DAVE HUNT, A WOMAN RIDES THE BEAST, p. 55 (1994), quoting J.H. IGNAZ VONDOLLINGER, THE POPE AND THE COUNCIL, p. 21 (London 1869).

In the Syllabus Errorum Pope Pius stated: “No man is free to embrace and profess that religion which he believes to be true, guided by the light of reason.”
JOHN W. ROBBINS, ECCLESIASTICAL MEGALOMANIA, p. 143 (1999).

Pope Gregory XVI (1831-46) viewed freedom of conscience and the press as absurd and mad concepts, not only within the church but in society as a whole.
DAVE HUNT, A WOMAN RIDES THE BEAST, p. 123 (1994).

2007-10-08 13:44:08 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Isn't it perfectly okay to be rich as long as you're a good steward of your wealth? Does the Bible teach that its wrong to be rich or that if you are rich you'll have any harder a time finding salvation? If so, where are these teachings found?

2007-10-08 13:43:40 · 12 answers · asked by Zezo Zeze Zadfrack 1

God would never kill someone because he is a homo or because he follows a different religion. Does that mean that Westboro Baptist Church (Kansas) is the Devil?

2007-10-08 13:37:54 · 17 answers · asked by Mr. Dog 4

2007-10-08 13:37:05 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-08 13:34:38 · 17 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7

what rule enforces that? or is it even true?

thanks

2007-10-08 13:31:29 · 20 answers · asked by . 2

Really? How come that decent intelligent people genuinely believe so. How come that the very religion I was raised in must be wrong. Come on, how can you look at Sumerian tablets and continue to maintain that these guys did not exist because "our" god couldn't possibly be around then. And they could WRITE, they actually invented the bloody thing about 10.000 years ago. Carve in stone, for that matter. Makes you think.

2007-10-08 13:31:25 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

Think about it. Some of the passages in the bible that say things like homosexuality is a sin and if you try to contact the spirits you will go to hell. Could satan have sent over evil agents to make the bible its evil tool against civilization?

2007-10-08 13:29:50 · 18 answers · asked by Mr. Dog 4

atheists often have a smart@ss attitude on Y!A?

They can be demeaning of other religions referring to God as a sky creature or some other randome nickname; and that they are so superior to be "free thinkers."

Why can't you be respectful? I hate to clump you guys together becuz there are some sincere atheists (probly most of you) but for the ones that aren't...u really are ruining the perception of atheism and aughta be ashamed of ur insincerity and "im smarter than you and ur fiction" personality.

Peace.

2007-10-08 13:29:31 · 24 answers · asked by justmyinput 5

2007-10-08 13:29:19 · 7 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7

Example:

Q: Why doesn't god appear to convince people?
A: God wants people to believe through faith.

Q: Why was god so harsh in the Old Testament?
A: He was angry.

Q: How did Noah gather animals from other continents?
A: God made it possible.

Q: Where did all the water come from in the Noachian deluge?
A: God created it special.

Q: Why won't god appear for me?
A: God doesn't perform tricks.

Q: Why is there no physical evidence/proof of god?
A: God wants it that way.

Q: Why won't god grant my wishes?
A: Sometimes he does if you pray enough.

Q: Why do only certain prayers get answered?
A: God has his reasons.

Q: Who created god?
A: Nobody. God has always existed.

Q: Why can't people report about the afterlife/heaven?
A: God doesn't want them to.

Q: Why can't we find evidence for the soul?
A: The soul resides in the spiritual realm.

Q: Why can't we detect this realm scientifically?
A: God doesn't want us to?

Am I oversimplifying, or have you seen these answers as well?

2007-10-08 13:28:25 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

According to your beliefs it's against the rules to receive blood transfussions, but is it against your religion to give blood before a surgery, after all it is your own blood.

2007-10-08 13:24:44 · 13 answers · asked by newwellness 3

The question is name 3 day-to-day practices, that we take for granted today in the United Stated that have their origins in Christian practices........HeLP!

like saying god bless you when someone sneezes!

2007-10-08 13:23:33 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-08 13:23:09 · 35 answers · asked by Alberto 1

take artificial blood products

2007-10-08 13:20:07 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm trying to find a Wiccan group or a group that specializes in psychism to help me understand the psychic visions that I've been having. Does anyone know of any groups that could help me?

2007-10-08 13:20:02 · 3 answers · asked by volcomrockerbabe 1

Do these texts show that Jesus had the same God as his followers. If not than was he talking to himself? If so than does that show Jesus is not God

Mark 15:34 “34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?””

John 20 :17 “Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.”

2007-10-08 13:19:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know this is sort of in the wrong area but I posted this question in the writing area and no one responded.

Besides, I want my book to have a religious theme anyways so I suppose it does fit.

For those of you who don't know, Nanowrimo is National Novel Writing Month where the participants try to write a 50 000 word novel in 1 month (the month of November).

The problem is, I need a little bit of help with some story ideas. Not a full plot or anything, just a tiny little detail that might be interesting to work in.

2007-10-08 13:17:54 · 5 answers · asked by dontworrybehappy 3

why man indulges action towards the preservation of mankind?

2007-10-08 13:14:44 · 10 answers · asked by bam seagull 1

and which translation was it?

2007-10-08 13:14:40 · 34 answers · asked by MoPleasure4U 4

Is he obligated to do so, or does he do it on his an accord? If he does it on his on accord, his he really loving and forgiving?

2007-10-08 13:14:12 · 21 answers · asked by Future 5

2007-10-08 13:14:08 · 13 answers · asked by lolabarry 2

I hate the new format, how about you???

2007-10-08 13:10:31 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

for the answers to their homework. I have a feeling she would have a few choice words to say about the value of doing your own work and that taking other people's answers for your work is tantamount to stealing!

2007-10-08 13:08:09 · 5 answers · asked by in a handbasket 6

Now, I've heard that the Christian OT is the Jewish Bible...or Torah, now...most of the "bad stuff" that happens with God is in the OT, you know, the stuff that Chirstians say no longer applies to them...so, I was wondering...with no ill intent to the ones being asked this...but do Jews still have to make animal sacrifices, marry the man who rapes you, and then have to pay money to the father? Just to name a few. Because by the way some Christians put it, you guys have to...if the OT is your Bible, maybe I was misinformed but...what do you have to say about that? Let the bloodbath begin...^_^

2007-10-08 13:07:49 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous