Religion & Spirituality - 14 November 2007

I'm ready.

2007-11-14 23:56:41 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

This is how some have defined adultery:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AlBpWQxTbu7Pk1kCBH9cirfsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071115044318AAFaIHa

2007-11-14 23:55:23 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

In the philosophy section, people ask this question all the time: what is time? does time really exist?

And youd be happy to know that most of the answers dont really answer the question.

Does your religion mention anything about how Time came to be? Does God work within the framework of Time without being fully a part of it?

Comments?

2007-11-14 23:53:40 · 17 answers · asked by Antares 6

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=10976

Defining Personhood
Colorado Court OKs pro-life ballot initiative to expand definition of personhood

Denver, Nov 14, 2007 / 10:30 am (CNA).- The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday released a decision approving a pro-life group's ballot initiative to restore legal personhood to human beings from the moment of conception.

"We fully expected this positive decision from the Colorado Supreme Court. We are pleased that they supported the Title Board's previous decisions. Plans to begin our petition drive are underway," stated Kristi Burton, spokesperson of Colorado for Equal Rights.

Colorado for Equal Rights is seeking to pass an amendment expanding the definition of "person" in three parts of the Colorado Constitution. The new definition will define "person" to mean a human being from the moment of fertilization.

2007-11-14 23:52:52 · 29 answers · asked by Naturescent 4

2007-11-14 23:50:04 · 20 answers · asked by I'm an Atheist 3

Is it purely a physical act? or are there other aspects involved? are these defined in your religious text or is this simply your opinion?

2007-11-14 23:43:18 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Rudy Giuliani supports reasonable restrictions on abortion such as parental notification with a judicial bypass and a ban on partial birth abortion—except when the life of the mother is at stake.
http://www.yournextpresident.net/thefacts.php

Catholic teaching has long condemned abortion, and in recent decades has spoken in defense of the ethical treatment of human embryos as technologies advance. Taking into account considerable scientific evidence and theological considerations, Catholic teaching holds that human life begins at conception.
http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=25867

2007-11-14 23:42:21 · 31 answers · asked by Naturescent 4

Are there closet atheists out there? I mean, when I left the baptist church I was utterly ostracized from everyone including to an extent my family. So... do you wonder if for some it is all a matter of peer pressure?

2007-11-14 23:41:20 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-14 23:40:14 · 22 answers · asked by Szaila 3

Most religions see other religions as totally infeasible and ridiculous. I know that atheists see all religions that way, and so if a religious person suddenly realizes that their religion is false... like, "Oh, so my god is not real, now I get it..." would they just say, "Ah, I guess there is no God," or would they just pick out of the hat a new religion, perhaps one they previously thought to be infeasible and ridiculous?

Also, if you are a person that see's other religions as totally false and pretty ridiculous, then shouldn't all those other wrong religions be smart enough to realize they are wrong? Shouldn't they all convert to your religion? Or would they just become atheist?

2007-11-14 23:36:44 · 19 answers · asked by Jadochop 6

believe the love of christ is shining through them when they judge others in this forum?
is that what we see? or do we see something else?
any thoughts-thanks in advance for any answers-smile and enjoy the day

2007-11-14 23:34:38 · 8 answers · asked by lazaruslong138 6

2007-11-14 23:34:11 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-14 23:30:56 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=19325

Sorry, no question. Just thought some of you might be interested in what the nuts are doing now.

2007-11-14 23:29:02 · 13 answers · asked by Keltasia 6

Everywhere you find that sex is practiced without marriage between boys and girls starting age 13, virgins are becoming instinct creatures. Is this allowed by any religion?

2007-11-14 23:27:07 · 16 answers · asked by W Abraham 1

i always see this word..i figured that it's a religion but what do they believe or follow?

2007-11-14 23:25:53 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-14 23:25:24 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am catholic, yet at times, to be brutally honest i wish i was protestant?
but its for purely selfish reasons not because i believe in your "protest". You see, my Church will not give me Her blessing to divorce but i really wouldnt mind the option. well i figured if the Queen, bless her heart, if she can give Prince Charles her blessing to divorce (albeit reluctantly no doubt) surely she wouldnt frown on me getting one too.
Actually im confusing myself now...pls tell me just who is the visible head of the Protestant Church?

dear people
to clarify, i am catholic, yes Roman Catholic. my beliefs wont allow me to be otherwise. take my words literally dont interpret it for me. (no disrespect intended). The Catholic Church does not grant divorces fullstop. i can apply for an annulment but i dont like my chances. sure i can get a civil divorce but my Church wont recognise it. im just being brutally honest, if protestant i wouldnt struggle with this decision as divorce is permitted

2007-11-14 23:23:16 · 9 answers · asked by Orita 3

Just one small example: 50 years ago, a man divorcing his wife was viewed upon as a scoundrel.

Your thoughts?

2007-11-14 23:22:32 · 17 answers · asked by Mutations Killed Darwin Fish 7

i don't want any of you to answer harshly about islam. if you do not believe then do not answer.

2007-11-14 23:20:37 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm a girl in my early twenties. and lately I have been feeling very un happy. I know I have a lot to be grateful for but i just feel really down. I met a guy who I thought was nice but that has turned out to be a mess. I noticed that I always seem to meet guys who use my insecurities againt me. The last one told me I was a sad lonely girl with no friends. He always made comments that I was hanging out with one particular friend in general and that I was tagging along with her and her freinds. I don't really have loads of friends and this is something that hs always gotten me down. I always seem to have bad in my life especially with realtionships. I don't really think I am a bad person but I never seem to be able to get it right. I feel very insecure and low and am doubting if my life is worth living. THEY SAY GOD CARES but I don't think he even lsitens to me cos if he did my life would not be so MISRABLE!

2007-11-14 23:19:32 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

....the Ten Commandments, and etc.?

You do understand our faith don't you? You know why Jesus Christ came right? We are no longer under the old law - it was nailed to the cross - the old law only showed us our need for a Savior; that nobody could be so good and so perfect as to keep the whole law.

Jesus showed us a new way - by our faith and through His grace - that has nothing to do with law.

So why do you continue to quote the Old Testament as if we were still bound by its precepts today? I hope you understand that is the kind of dry legalistic religious doctrine of the Pharisees.

2007-11-14 23:17:27 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

if he is "the seer" and prophet. why does he wear glasses?

2007-11-14 23:15:26 · 8 answers · asked by questionlady 1

Does it matter wether you become a priest of a religious order? Or a diocesan priest?

2007-11-14 23:15:17 · 10 answers · asked by Pain Is All I Know 5

and harder to believe what God says about us?

2007-11-14 23:14:02 · 6 answers · asked by Fugitive Peices 5

I joined the y/a's and now some times I doudt some of the people on yahoo. Who is best not to talk to and who can you trust?

2007-11-14 23:12:52 · 20 answers · asked by dex 2

i need to know who are the christian and jewish parties that know about the bible very well and focus on its study and speak in the name of God JHVH not Jesus Christ. The most I see are focused on Jesus and his biography.

2007-11-14 23:12:43 · 7 answers · asked by W Abraham 1

if you claim there is no hell why is it refered to in

Jacob 3:11.......Jacob 6:10.......2 Nephi 9:16.......2 Nephi 28:32?

2007-11-14 23:10:04 · 5 answers · asked by questionlady 1

Dr Muhammed Bari, leader of the Muslim Council of Great Britain, has stated his aim of integrating more Islamic beliefs into British society. 'British people could benefit from arranged marriages' he has stated, as well as advocating the banning of alcohol from all public places.

This declaration comes in a week when the head of MI5 warns that some 2000 people in the UK are suspected of involvement in terrorist activity, with children as young as 15 being 'groomed' to be suicide bombers.

And a recent report by the Policy Exchange think tank has found that the bookshop at the East London Mosque, chaired by Mohammed Bari, stocks and sells extremist literature.
The Muslim Council of Great Britain itself has been accused of having links to extremists.

What do British people think about incorporating more Islamic beliefs into society? What do British Muslims think about Bakri's ideas?

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/10

2007-11-14 23:03:46 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Assuming they're conventionally invisible, intangible, inaudible and can only be "experienced" by self-suggestion (i.e. if you believe in them already)..... then irrespective of whether they actually exist or not, there will always be those who believe they've seen them and thus believe they exist.... and those who are 100% certain that they do not and cannot.

So where is the difference?
Can anyone honestly provide a difference between the existence or nonexistence of any god (including the one with a capital G) that isn't purely supposition of an active imagination?
And on anything besides a mental level and the consequences thereof... how is the life of someone who does believe any different from the life of one who doesn't?


{ For the record... I originally determined that God doesn't exist simply because any existence he might have is purely arbitrary and not perceivably necessary, thus eliminating him by Ockham's Razor. }

2007-11-14 23:00:14 · 14 answers · asked by Lucid Interrogator 5