Religion & Spirituality - 29 October 2007

Don't you think this is just so circular? Obviously neither side is going to budge so what's the point? Christians are still going to be christians, atheists will still be atheists. Besides, it doesn't seem very likely that either side is going to be converted by someone on yahoo answers.

Either way, the debates that ensue are still pretty entertaining.

2007-10-29 05:57:58 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

Esp. when one christian will say that abortion is justified when its about rape, the other say divorce should be allowed if due to family violence?

How does a christian justify what is right and wrong simply by interpreting the bible according to his own interpretation. Isn't the Church teaching and traditions important?

I know a good deal of Protestant friends who speak in the name of bible but I really do not understand how they could justify what is right or wrong when they to interpret the bible literally.

Does one to gouge out an eye as stated in the bible if this is to cause him to sin over adultery?

2007-10-29 05:56:22 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Are unintelligent people attracted to it or do all the drugs end up destroying their brains?

2007-10-29 05:54:51 · 30 answers · asked by Theophilus 2

I've never heard this until I read it in an answer a couple minutes ago. How is debt a sin? Is some debt okay, and not other debt, or is it all wrong? Is it wrong to get a mortgage? What about school loans?

Sometimes you don't have a choice if you want a decent education. We don't all have Mommy and Daddy's pocketbook paving the way.

2007-10-29 05:54:26 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2007-10-29 05:52:49 · 9 answers · asked by Lex Fok B.M.F. 3

Today, for the average Christian, the ultimate reward of having faith is going to Heaven at death. According to N.T. Wright, this view has been popularized, and thus ingrained in the average imagination, by authors such as Dante and artists such as Michelangelo. The problem is, for first century Jews (of the Pharisaic opinion) and mainstream Christians, the true hope was bodily resurrection to immortality on a renewed (or new) Earth. The problem is, the popular view of going to Heaven at death has overlapped the first century hope and threatens, and for many succeeds, to blot out the original hope.

What do you think Christians can do to heighten the awareness of resurrection? Should the intermediate state be at least marginalized as it once was, and perhaps even better, blotted out in favor of resurrection? Perhaps even non-academic Christians can have a role!

Plato and the Gnostics must not win. What do you think we can do to make the original hope the majority hope again?

2007-10-29 05:52:07 · 7 answers · asked by enarchay 2

Ok so this Jehovah Witness teacher came up to me. He said that other branches of Christianity only accept Jesus, but they don't accept God. So they are trying to say that you have to accept both God and Jesus.... I'm confused. Just tell me Christians only, if you have to accept both Jesus and God. Quote me a scripture........ Thanks

2007-10-29 05:51:49 · 13 answers · asked by risktaker 1

2007-10-29 05:50:52 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-29 05:50:37 · 14 answers · asked by DING S 1

Knees don't bow; knees bend.
Moreoever, Jesus is dead already. The only knees bending are the knees of people who have that emotional need, and they had that stuff crammed down their throats in childhood.

"Every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess...."?

Question: You've read that in the Bible, and on what real evidence do you believe it?

I've been to your churches, and I've heard you sing He Lives Within My Heart. Yes, he lives within your imagination -- it is rather sad.

2007-10-29 05:50:19 · 19 answers · asked by 2.71828182845904 5

Anyone seen crimmsonandclover lately? Am I slacking, or has she been scarce lately?

2007-10-29 05:50:15 · 4 answers · asked by Katie Couric's 15 Minutes... 4

Notice I said some. There are atheists who wish to live and let live and enjoy a peaceful existence, as long as they are not insulted because of their beliefs. But it seems there are some who will not rest until it's against the law to talk about God, or the word God be removed from everything altogether.

You may say the Bible is total pap, but you gotta admit a prophecy is true: that you would give Christians crap or think they're stupid because of their beliefs. It says that Christians would be thought of as strange or openly mocked.

Every negative thing you say, you're falling in line with prophecy. Don't you see that?

Just asking. Have a wonderful day, people!!

2007-10-29 05:49:22 · 41 answers · asked by Anonymous

people tell me I am bound for hell, does it mean that they want to go to hell too?

2007-10-29 05:47:57 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

My mom always humiliates me infront of people. I feel very hurt as I am 30 years old. She treats me like a child. I do not want to be rude to her, but sometimes, she makes my blood boil, that I shout back at her unintentionally. I hate myself when I do that. I have sinned towards her, my mother, by shouting back. I dont like to do sin, but I dont know what to do as she is always nagging, complaining and grumbling over tiny issues. Any advises?

2007-10-29 05:47:45 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

Since Robertson lets us know that God told him Sharon was being punished and that was why he had a stroke he must know why Olmert got propstate cancer right?

2007-10-29 05:46:34 · 2 answers · asked by ~~∞§arah T∞©~~ 6

You're not going to have to pay it back, right?

2007-10-29 05:46:05 · 37 answers · asked by STFU Dude 6

Really, why do you believe in God. I am not looking for a verse. I am looking for why you truly believe. If you say He touched my heart, tell me how. If you think he did some great feat in your life tell me what and why you know it was God.....

2007-10-29 05:45:58 · 8 answers · asked by Celtickarma 4

God told him not to eat of the tree of good and evil. After he did death came. Before that he could have lived for ever. So why eat anyway(Genesis 2)?

2007-10-29 05:44:57 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

as the people in my Q&A will know I have recently got to level 5, in response to this I posted a thanx;

" I have just made it to level 5 (((((((yeah)))))) thanx to all on R&S"

this was the entire question; how is this a violation?

why would somebody do that? everyone that knows me on here knows I don't believe in reporting, so why report me, and for this post?

I cannot believe it

2007-10-29 05:42:17 · 70 answers · asked by Anonymous

but how can you explain someone who only lived to a ripe old age of 35 years old (as a population) with less than the reported (20,000,000) for hundreds of thousand years? that would mean that #1 there was no city made of anything that would be evidence and #2 these hunter gatherers somehow maintained a perfect population growth percentage for over 800,000-2.0 million years? until recorded history?

2007-10-29 05:40:34 · 6 answers · asked by Luke A. 3

He has been taken to the hospital by ambulance in Little Rock, AR. and is bleeding internally. He is on cummiden and his blood has become too thin.

2007-10-29 05:39:19 · 69 answers · asked by ? 5

how do you know it is god`s love?does people who doesnt have any religion cannot experience gods love?but didnt god said he loves everyone?

2007-10-29 05:38:57 · 5 answers · asked by truth set free 1

Please do not read anymore into this question than is there. Because I already know The Catholic Church teaches that the Scripture is the true word (infallible?) of God.

2007-10-29 05:38:42 · 4 answers · asked by gismoII 7

2007-10-29 05:38:39 · 7 answers · asked by Wondering Faith 2

Eternal-without beginning or end; lasting forever; always existing (opposed to temporal): eternal life. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/eternal

It is impossible to live an eternal life if we need to be created in the first place so therefoe we do not live eternal lives in heaven (assuming it does exist).

2007-10-29 05:37:43 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

Atheist will say that creationism and school prayer is being crammed down our kids throats. Theist complain that evolution and the favortism of school prayer is being crammed down our kids throats. So how was it when you went to school? Junior and high school experiences only.

I am in my 30s (yep I am old) and creationism was never taught in any of my public classes. Evolution yes. In biology class (loved it and got an A) in high school, not once was religion mentioned, the same was true for my chemistry class. As far as school prayer, we didn't have that. We had a 30 second moment of silence. Whatever you did with that moment was up to you. For the holidays like Christmas carols while in choir.

2007-10-29 05:37:00 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

It seems to me that many people who commit suicide may have been so overcome by whatever emotion it was that lead them to take their life that they may not have actually realized the permanence of what they were doing.

A friend of mine took his own life a couple weeks ago and I am trying to better understand what led him to do so.

2007-10-29 05:35:39 · 23 answers · asked by Christy ☪☮e✡is✝ 5

That masturbation is selfish, sinful, and other things to make boys feel guilty for something they can't help.

2007-10-29 05:35:31 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-29 05:35:27 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous

i'm trying to witness to my daughter's atheist boyfriend who is an anthropology major. I read about this book and read a copy i got at the library. How wonderful! but i don't want to confuse him or pass along heresy. any Catholic reviews out there?

2007-10-29 05:34:49 · 4 answers · asked by FH&L 2