Religion & Spirituality - 17 November 2007

king of the jews, is it possible the judas reffered to as his brother in the story where they find him in the temple preaching was a trained assasin and royal bodygaurd?and the reason he sold his brother out was, being an extremist he got tired of his brother not rising the people up to overthrow rome?

2007-11-17 02:19:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

i hear a lot of born again Christians saying that they were saved at one special moment that changed their lives. i didn't have this. i prayed to God that He would show me the truth, and he slowly opened my heart up to Jesus Christ. it was a process, i didn't have one defining moment where i was saved. i read the Bible and God showed me its truth over time, and then i accepted Jesus as my savior.

2007-11-17 02:18:36 · 15 answers · asked by <>< captivated 1

Is there any thing I can say to acknowledge the season and wish you well? I have several JW friends. I love the season and love wishing people well via Merry Christmas, etc. I want to respect them and their beliefs about holidays, so should I just treat like any other day? I know my friends are used to people who don't know better wishing them happy holidays, etc, and they are very politely non reactive. Isn't there anything I could say that would acknowledge this great powerful time of year without offending?

2007-11-17 02:17:57 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why do people call it this way ?
I think of it more as attaining "spiritual enlightenment" than genetic mutation...

2007-11-17 02:07:56 · 28 answers · asked by Laff -Hugs 4all- 5

2007-11-17 02:01:46 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-17 01:58:37 · 18 answers · asked by paul ♥ kirsty more 1

Who is to say that God didn't place false/contradictory doctrine in scriptures or have them corrupted in some way or another? Perhaps there is a Divine plan that the scriptures (Torah, Bible, Qur'an etc.) be fallible?

2007-11-17 01:57:55 · 32 answers · asked by Yahoo Sucks 5

Matthew 1:1-15,
16. And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ.
This is the genealogy of Christ through Merry! or through Joseph?

2007-11-17 01:57:53 · 20 answers · asked by bafodiye 4

just wondering

2007-11-17 01:53:38 · 29 answers · asked by ? 3

I am 2/13/05 greatest day of my life!!!!!!

2007-11-17 01:48:52 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm not talking about not believing in god, I'm actually talking about people who think there's a god and hate him.

I'm asking cause of this question:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AluvREVxrTnDBcuWfcx5FFXty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071113154210AAtD3fE&show=7#profile-info-9dpohp5Xaa

2007-11-17 01:47:35 · 24 answers · asked by Michelle 2

I said this to a co-worker last year at the beginning of Hanukkah and she acted offended. I know I had the right date, and I know she was Jewish, but I'm Christian. Should I have apologized? Anti-Semites, keep hateful comments to yourself, please.

2007-11-17 01:47:05 · 11 answers · asked by ? 6

To some, the expression "believe in..." has a special meaning... as in "BELIEVE IN Jesus". The special meanings of "believe in" include: trust in, have faith in, love, faithfully follow, act in accordance with, etc.

But to others, the phrase "believe in..." is used in expressions such as "I don't BELIEVE IN the existence of God" - the definition of an atheist.

2007-11-17 01:46:42 · 15 answers · asked by I'm an Atheist 3

Assume for the purposes of this question that the Christian faith is correct. God exists. Those who follow his teachings go to Heaven, the sinners to Hell. Now, we have a historical precedent where individuals can be cast out of Heaven for going against God, the archangel Lucifer.

Human beings are fallible. I doubt anyone here could claim to be perfect (not without committing the sin of Pride, of course ;)). It's conceivable that a human being could, over the course of a mortal lifespan, be faithful enough to be rewarded with Heaven.

However, they're in Heaven for eternity. Over an infinite span of time, pure statistics suggest they would act sufficiently fallible to earn God's displeasure at some point. This is what you get when you start messing with infinity. At this point, they would be cast into Hell. And no-one is paroled from Hell, it's sort of the definition of the place. You're there for good.

Does this mean that over eternity, Heaven would eventually end up empty?

2007-11-17 01:46:20 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-17 01:44:45 · 5 answers · asked by volvo dad 2

Does God punish or do we suffer the consequence of our own choices when doing wrong?

2007-11-17 01:40:20 · 9 answers · asked by MJ 1

Why not just go to church? You have a big building there, public symbols identifying it, people watch you go in and come out, that's a public declaration, every week in fact. Why the extra requirement?

And please don't say, "because Jesus commanded it." You may as well be saying, "I don't know, we're just s'posed to."

2007-11-17 01:37:14 · 19 answers · asked by ccrider 7

Why or why not?

2007-11-17 01:32:17 · 31 answers · asked by Linda Fallsrock 2

2007-11-17 01:30:18 · 32 answers · asked by elvis l 3

Why or why not?

Are you abstinent?

What religion are you and what does your religion have to say about abstinence?

2007-11-17 01:25:24 · 32 answers · asked by music_literature_freak 5

You can even smoke enough to kill yourself but the dying is a long painful process, which assisted suicide would shorten.
Does God prefer the smoking form of suicide?

2007-11-17 01:25:15 · 13 answers · asked by JiveMan 2

Should there be a religious litmus test to be an American?

Perhaps developed by the Southern Methodist University in Texas which will likely house the Bush, Jr. Presidential Library?

Isn't it time to stop pretending to mix non-profit religions with politics and just make that decision.

Utopia - the Great Society - Theocracy - in the USA can be created by simply requiring a religious litmus test for all Americans?

So simple, so easy to bring harmony and unity to all of America?

Opposing views welcome (from those who do watch Homer Simpson and from those who swear they do not watch Homer Simpson but really do) as this is a kind of discussion forum.

Your perspectives?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Simpson

2007-11-17 01:22:42 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-17 01:21:48 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

1. Imaginary figure.
2.Super power called " GOD" by us.
3. Taking all wrong decisions. acting like mentally disordered person.
4. Giving lot of problems regularly to good human beings.
5. What ever good things you do. God is not impressed and giving some more problems to you. More good things More problems for you.
6. God is otherwise called "Totally confused person" Because Two persons do same good thing. One is rewarded, another one is very badly treated by the god. In the same way, two persons do some bad things. One person get punishment, another one is leading very very happy life with his wife and children and his parents. Enjoy all the things in the world. So I will say god is confused person. He didn't know how to take correct decision. He created earth. But he didn't know what to do in this earth. So whatever he likes, he do like mentally disordered person. That's why I am doing good things again and again and I will be blessed with problems. So unable to understand god

2007-11-17 01:20:24 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Since primitive man started walking away from the African savannah that we all (supposedly) came from... man has had a propensity for believing/creating in an afterlife/deity.

Remains from site dwellings of early man and even Neanderthals often have primitive religious figurines of female fertility deities found in them, all the way back to 50,000 years ago

With this evidence it seems more like humanity is geared and has EVOLVED an innate need for religion doesn't it???

Disregarding all of the atrocities committed in the name of how can Atheists say that humans no longer need religion when in all reality humans have had RELIGION bred into you...?

2007-11-17 01:18:12 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

i know that it is witchcraft, but most people just read it for the story! be sides, if i were going to be a wicken, then i would do this with my brain!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-11-17 01:15:32 · 18 answers · asked by muggle0506 1

2007-11-17 01:13:43 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have heard this word used before about certain people and wondered if anyone could please tell me what a heretic is and is it used specifically about religious people thankyou

2007-11-17 01:09:59 · 10 answers · asked by ele101 2

As man was created during the first 7 days and Tyrannosaurus etc is said to be hundreds of millions of years old and man is only about one million years what gives?So are scientist talking a load of rubbish? are they just entertainers.

2007-11-17 01:07:05 · 45 answers · asked by Johnny Tee 2

2007-11-17 01:05:41 · 24 answers · asked by julea m 1