Religion & Spirituality - 26 October 2007

where the majority of voters believed in Xenu's Galactic Confederacy, there were several court cases to decide whether Dianetics should be taught in public schools, people bombed psychiatric offices, and it was illegal for women to scream during birth...

Even though you didn't believe in Xenu, would you find yourself debating Scientologists?

2007-10-26 05:11:36 · 7 answers · asked by Eleventy 6

2007-10-26 05:11:27 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

Mentioned at Matthew 24? Some one was trying to tell you something.

2007-10-26 05:10:28 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

did adam and eve have belly buttons??

2007-10-26 05:09:22 · 13 answers · asked by tammy b 1

I'm not entirely sure that I agree with George Lucas' portrayal of the Force. He puts such an emphasis on the Sith and Jedi but are these not both extremes of the Force? How can the Force be in balance when you've got two extremes and rather than a middle path?

2007-10-26 05:08:32 · 12 answers · asked by Yahoo Sucks 5

2007-10-26 05:07:36 · 10 answers · asked by Mo 2

2007-10-26 05:06:53 · 14 answers · asked by LordVader 4

i have to write a report for english on people discriminating against moromons
however, it seems like the moromons are more discriminatory themselves then they're discriminated against
thoughts, stories?

2007-10-26 05:06:36 · 13 answers · asked by colton L 2

if i was a christian, and i believed in hell being this whole lake of fire, eternal torment, gnashing of teeth place as so many christians have described to me i'd feel i have a little more of a moral obligation for really getting the word out to everyone as extremely as possible. consider you see someone who's about to walk unknowingly into oncoming traffic. do you just say, "hey, jesus loves you" only to let him procede aimlessly into the oncoming traffic? no. hell no!!! you start screaming. and if he continues you get almost have to get rude. "hey, you stupid idiot, you're about to get hit by a car!!!" yet, for some reason christians seem all to calm when it comes to non-christians allegedly going to hell. why is this? i mean, if you really believed that there was this place called hell, and that some of us are going, wouldn't you be a little more animated than calmlly saying, "jesus loves you"? is your calmness a sign of your doubt?

2007-10-26 05:06:30 · 13 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5

I keep hearing him talking about a fire bush, and i've only read about things like that with moses in the bible...has he talked to god?

2007-10-26 05:05:36 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

ok if god was jesus's father and mary was his mother, and adam and eve were the first people on earth, then who is Gods dad and marry's mom? (so pretty much who is jesus's grandma and grandpa?

2007-10-26 05:04:54 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-26 05:04:25 · 4 answers · asked by The Bassline Libertine 3

2007-10-26 05:03:25 · 18 answers · asked by : 6

Is mortal sin still mortal sin if you didn't know it was at the time?
Because i'm getting baptized into catholicism, but at confession, i don't know what not to say because some of it is seriously humiliating. is it still a mortal sin and is it still required to confess if at the time you weren't thinking about how it was a mortal sin, and if you would have known, then you wouldn't have done it but upon figuring that it was, stopping right after? Is that a mortal sin still? Because i have some really embarrassing things that apparently are but i had no idea prior.

2007-10-26 05:02:55 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Someone just answered my question with a confusing statement: We have all been redeemed, but redemption and salvation are not the same.

O.k.

Can anyone tell me what the difference is?

2007-10-26 05:02:38 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

have the highest rates of divorce in America, while the blue states like Massachusetts, have the lowest rates of divorce.

Why do you think the areas of the U.S. which have the most conservative Christians also have the highest divorce rates? Is it education? Is it income? is it ironic?

Express yourself, thank you.

2007-10-26 05:01:43 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I must have seen this question at least 4 times tonight and 100s of time since I joined.
Reguardless of your religious/spritual beliefs this forum must be opened to all .
Atheists have a view to share on the subject.
Are people who ask this question afraid of what people with other beliefs might say , or are they trying to close down free speach ?

2007-10-26 05:01:05 · 6 answers · asked by pestie58 the spider hunter 6

2007-10-26 05:00:39 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

.. and were assured the big man in the sky Himself would answer it, what would ask Him?

Here's mine...
"Since you have the power to prevent it, why do you allow so many innocent people to suffer and die?"

2007-10-26 05:00:35 · 17 answers · asked by I'm an Atheist 3

2007-10-26 04:59:35 · 13 answers · asked by STFU Dude 6

would your decision be affected if he was a friend, family member,etc....

2007-10-26 04:58:59 · 10 answers · asked by Caloy B 2

We are in awe of your insightuflness, your vision, your eloquence. You fairly judge all issues without regard to party or personal allegiance and your compassion and desire to listen and weigh all sides of an issue is an inspiration. A paragon, nearly a saint!
Oh that sounds about rite......

2007-10-26 04:58:46 · 14 answers · asked by Pierce 2

2007-10-26 04:58:05 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-26 04:56:19 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

The majority Protestant view is that of unlimited atonement, meaning that Christ died for everyone, but salvation requires that one to have faith in Jesus to receive it. A minority view says that Jesus's atonement was limited, and only apples to the "elect" who God has chosen (anyone else, even those who believe, are not saved) - this is the Calvinist view.

I've often wondered why there is a requirement that anyone believe in Jesus to receive salvation. Wouldn't the greatest gift of all to a damnable population be that Jesus died for us, whether we wanted him to or not, or whether we believed in him or not? I.e. -- can't Jesus's death be the salvation of the guy who says, "Pshaw! I don't even believe there was a Jesus!"?

I am wondering if there are any denominations or movements in Christianity, now or in the past, that said that Jesus saved even the non-believers. Anyone?

2007-10-26 04:55:20 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-26 04:54:17 · 19 answers · asked by ~Heathen Princess~ 7

The Pope goes to New York. He is picked up at the airport by a limousine. He looks at the beautiful car and says to the driver, "You know, I hardly ever get to drive. Would you please let me?"

The driver is understandably hesistant and says, "I'm sorry, but I don't think I'm supposed to do that."

But the Pope persists, "Please?" The driver finally lets up. "Oh, all right, I can't really say no to the Pope."

So the Pope takes the wheel, and boy, is he a speed demon! He hits the gas and goes around 100 mph in a 45 zone. A policeman notices and pulls him over.

The cop walks up and asks the Pope to roll down the window. Startled and surprised, the young officer asks the Pope to wait a minute. He goes back to his patrol car and radios the chief.

Cop: Chief, I have a problem.

Chief: What sort of problem?

Cop: Well, you see, I pulled over this guy for driving way over the speed limit but it's someone really important.

2007-10-26 04:51:21 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

From what I understand, one must accept Jesus to be given eternal life, correct?

But if you do not do this in a prescribed amount of time - generally considered either during your lifetime or before the 2nd Coming, you will be damned to eternal torment in hell.

I'm with ya so far.

This is, apparently, my choice. I can choose to believe in Jesus or I can choose hell, right?

Okay... hold on, new topic.

God loves us, even if we deny Him. Right?

Okay.

BUT WHY does God put people in Hell? Even if they choose torment, often I hear that it will be "too late" to accept Jesus once He returns. Is there some physical law beyond God's power that makes Him incapable of releasing people from torment? Who's rule is that anyway? It just seems rather arbitrary to me.

2007-10-26 04:50:10 · 20 answers · asked by ZombieTrix 2012 6

2007-10-26 04:48:42 · 13 answers · asked by bandycat5 5

Without arguing whether or not they are right, I think we can agree that the dominant view in fundamentalist Christianity is that abortion is murder.

Given that fundamentalists are, by their own definition, biblical literalists, I would expect that there must be specific, direct textual support for this view.

Is there? I would appreciate cites with the quotes, and vice versa.

Please no polemics.

Note: I am happy to see bible cites & quotes from Roman Catholics too, but I did not specifically include Roman Catholicism in the question because, by its own doctrines and methodology, the RC church can develop rules that are not straight out of the bible, and I am not so much interested in whether later philosophers developed certain arguments as in the direct textual support.

2007-10-26 04:48:29 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous