Religion & Spirituality - 28 October 2007

If a law passed in the name of morality has immoral consequences, destroying the lives of those who made a youthful mistake, can the law truly be considered moral?

There are always unintended consequences and I think when we try to legislate from self-roughhouses we risk harm in ways that was never intended.

Christ taught that we will be judged on the same ground that we judge others. Isn’t this exactly what we risk when our laws make unreasonably harsh judgments that destroy lives?

2007-10-28 02:23:55 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

hugging, kissing, holding hands? how far can it go? i want to respect my guys beliefs...i don't want to tempt him or put us in a tough situation!!

2007-10-28 02:21:20 · 12 answers · asked by <>< captivated 1

2007-10-28 02:11:57 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

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

Is it possible they have a culture that cultivates this somehow? If not.....what could possible be the answer? Especially puzzling since they are suppose to be the strongest at upholding the moral standards of their particular faith.

2007-10-28 02:09:48 · 26 answers · asked by NativeAtlantean 5

&& how do you know your beliefs/morals are right?

2007-10-28 02:08:55 · 14 answers · asked by London qirl . 5

I won't put answers in people's head, but I have it in mind that this happens to two people in the Old Testament.... or is this a one-off experience? Man he musta snorted somethin' cool :)

2007-10-28 02:07:50 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

It is the biggest scam ever. And people give money, houses, everything they own just for a chance to go to heaven. When yer dead....yer dead!

2007-10-28 02:07:43 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

There is a girl who keeps coming back to me and hurting me because she doesn't know what she wants. I am on fire for God but the devil keeps reminding me of how much I love her. God may let us be together when she realizes what she wants, or she may not be right, though at a time I was sure she was. We go to the same church, finding a new church isn't really an option. How can I keep my spirituality, focus on God in church, and not be depressed?

2007-10-28 02:07:37 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-28 02:06:42 · 12 answers · asked by Ivan Drago 1

yes? Then explain how that's even possible?

2007-10-28 02:05:47 · 7 answers · asked by I'm an Atheist 3

In order to be a Good Muslim you should follow Mohammad's (PBUH) example... so therefore you SHOULD marry a 6-year old girl and consumate the marriage when she is 9... Right???

Or am I just confused???

2007-10-28 02:01:22 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

If we are living a life for God, should we, as Christians, observe a holiday that has nothing to do with God? What values is it teaching our children to observe a peagan holiday?

2007-10-28 02:01:10 · 26 answers · asked by cynrama 1

Is this not a phrase which describes exactly why religion was concieved of in the earliest of ages? Only each respective time stamp on this earth its leaders simply created divinity and usually included themselves in said lineage. Circa Egyptian mythos, ect ect. This phrase truly disturbs me. Fear god? Do you believe another term should be used? Perhaps 'respect' god? I think Fear of god imbelishes on the weaknesses of man to tend to the will of powerful dictators and political leaders to sway thongs of followers toward their sides.

The term "The fear of God" to me, means he is evil. You should never have to fear that which created you. This would rule out any religion involving god, jesus, muhammad, the bible or any of its incarnations.

I do not fear god, i refuse to fear that which does not exist.

2007-10-28 01:57:28 · 11 answers · asked by Agnostic Front 6

i believe in god i just have a hard time believing the particulars

2007-10-28 01:56:58 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

are?

2007-10-28 01:55:55 · 20 answers · asked by the_honorable_spm 2

This is a sincere Bible study question from an Evangelical Christian.
Jesus Christ tells us we must trust God, and trust in him as well, but at the same time, there is a point at which we are not to test the Lord our God. What defines that point for you?

2007-10-28 01:48:32 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

What I thought I would do is just cut it up (saw). The question is, should I use a hand tool (saw) or see if I can borrow my neighbor's power tool (saw)? Just wondering. Oh hey did you see that? I guess only I was able to observe it in the past tense (saw).

2007-10-28 01:46:48 · 7 answers · asked by senor_oso 3

2007-10-28 01:46:19 · 22 answers · asked by I'm an Atheist 3

Who came up with the idea there is a reason for our existance?

2007-10-28 01:41:27 · 21 answers · asked by New Sage 2

What did Christ really intend? If your answer is yes, please explain and justify your answer.

No instructed Catholic will ever say that the Bible is not the inspired word of God. The difficulty arises when Fundamentalists, Pentecostals and Evangelicals say the Bible is the FINAL and COMPLETE word of God and it is all we need to conduct ourselves as Christians.

2007-10-28 01:38:42 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

[edit] Story of the king of Himyar
Ibn Ishaq writes of a conflict between the last Yemenite King of Himyar[12] and the residents of Yathrib. When the king was passing by the oasis, the residents killed his son, and the Yemenite ruler threatened to exterminate the people and cut down the palms. According to Ibn Ishaq, he was stopped from doing so by two rabbis from the Banu Qurayza, who implored the king to spare the oasis because it was the place "to which a prophet of the Quraysh would migrate in time to come, and it would be his home and resting-place". The Yemenite king thus did not destroy the town and converted to Judaism. He took the rabbis with him, and in Mecca, they reportedly recognized Kaaba as a temple built by Abraham and advised the king "to do what the people of Mecca did: to circumambulate the temple, to venerate and honor it, to shave his head and to behave with all humility until he had left its precincts." On approaching Yemen, writes Ibn Ishaq, the rabbis demonstrated to the local people a miracle by coming out of a fire unscathed and the Yemenites accepted Judaism.

2007-10-28 01:36:29 · 20 answers · asked by Muslim Brother 2

2007-10-28 01:35:41 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it the middle of the night in America or something? I'm in the UK and it's lunchtime here.

2007-10-28 01:28:38 · 20 answers · asked by katie_london 3

Who pronounced him dead?a doctor with an ecg or something?

2007-10-28 01:25:16 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

And if these so called phycics and mediums were actually intouch with the spirit world then why is there so many different stories about where the child is? they are either not in touch with spirit atall or spirit is taking the p out of them. Phycics finding the missing are rare and never consistant if they could all find missing people they would be used by every police force in the world surely.

2007-10-28 01:23:34 · 12 answers · asked by Treat 3

You would think if such a being really did exist it would put his story in a clear way and not need interpretation.

2007-10-28 01:20:05 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Thought a nice comeback question (been gone for 4 months...) would be regarding a news clip I saw a while ago about these extreme bible camps that have some sickening similarities to Jihadist Islam camps for kids. The similarities being that children are taken at a young age and taught that their own particular religion is the most important thing above everything and anything that has, is or ever will take part in their life and that they must be willing to blindly devote and equip themselves as "soldiers" in preparation for the war to end all wars (no, not WWII, smart-as$). If America has become so ardently anti-Islam since 9/11, why the hell have some of its most practiced religions not come to grips and realize that we are brewing our own proverbial Jihad?

2007-10-28 01:19:24 · 7 answers · asked by scrambled_egg81 4

2007-10-28 01:08:12 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2007-10-28 00:55:25 · 8 answers · asked by Mark 1