Religion & Spirituality - 2 December 2007

Merry Christmas??

2007-12-02 13:44:42 · 16 answers · asked by zeldagirl07 2

I know the answer to this question, I just want to know how many of you do.

And by Founding Fathers, I mean the men who wrote the Constitution and created America as a country, not the pilgrims who first came over from England.

Yes, this will be on the test.

2007-12-02 13:43:56 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Simple truths, not to mention black & white moral choices, probably appeal to everyone. Religion can readily offer such things, though not always and it's possible for religion to present a more complex vision of reality. That seems to be the exception rather than the rule, which may be one reason why religion seems to succumb to dogmatism and absolutism more readily than other belief systems.

Even more serious than the desire for _easy_ answers, though, is the desire to possess the _only source_ of answers.
I would describe it as an insistence on a religious monopoly of knowledge. When there are alternatives to religious authorities, it's possible for people to make decisions outside the context of religion — and even worse, outside the boundaries of what religion considers acceptable. When there are sources of knowledge and authority outside of religion, it becomes possible for people to find out that religion is sometimes wrong.

2007-12-02 13:43:19 · 13 answers · asked by Jack Rivall 3

so I was wondering, before the Hebrews came along...what exactly was everyone?

2007-12-02 13:42:56 · 24 answers · asked by ~Heathen Princess~ 7

2007-12-02 13:42:46 · 12 answers · asked by Ťango 3

First consider the definitions of "true religion".

2007-12-02 13:41:53 · 14 answers · asked by ? 5

this is a graph depicting how much support is given to same-sex marriage by church goers based on church attendance:

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTb_3FalNH7XQATEyjzbkF/SIG=12cbrjqhf/EXP=1196735557/**http%3A//www.heartheissues.com/images/marriagebychurch.gif

i think this is a good representative of how conditioning by church manipulates our thoughts and attitudes toward individualism.

any thoughts?

2007-12-02 13:40:44 · 24 answers · asked by eelai000 5

unspiritual and verbally abusive Atheist?

Why do atheist come here to answer questions.

CHRISTIANS YOU ARE BEING PERSECUTED BY UNBELIEVERS!

I'm a Christian visiting from another site, just reading the questions and answers.
Atheist come here to heckle and it's time for repercussions.
I won't visit this site again and I hope you do the same.
It'll be no fun for them without us.

Jesus said we'd be persecuted and He was right.

They need a site named;

"ATHEIST AND THE VERBALLY ABUSIVE

2007-12-02 13:40:11 · 19 answers · asked by Ju ju 6

He was going to the mall and since I was almost out of bath oil I gave him some money and asked him to pick some up for me. He did, but he brought back something called Palmer's (???) instead of Neutrogena, which is the only kind I buy and he knows it.


How should I punish my little sinner?

And does anyone know if this Palmer's stuff is any good?

2007-12-02 13:39:18 · 26 answers · asked by Je Marche Drôle 3

(Isaiah 45:7) I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

can someone tell me why he made evil , so hes to blame for everything evil

iv been suffering since the day i was born because of god , how am i supposed to worship a god , that made me suffer for no reason

2007-12-02 13:37:43 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

for the whole humanity

2007-12-02 13:35:11 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

John Calvin created a vicious theocracy in which morality police were employed to control people's behavior. Citizens were harshly punished for a wide variety of moral infractions, including dancing, drinking, and generally being entertained. Theological dissidents were summarily executed, like Michael Servetus who was burned for doubting the Trinity. It isn't surprising that some of the nastiest Christians in America today, like Christian Reconstructionists, are unabashed Calvinists

2007-12-02 13:34:50 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I suppose one difference is that I don't think parrots are religious

2007-12-02 13:34:15 · 14 answers · asked by Vermin 5

2007-12-02 13:34:09 · 66 answers · asked by Anonymous

Should Catholics ask Bush, Jr. to add The Golden Compass movie to Bush, Jr.'s evildoers' list of: Iraq, Iran, all the Democrats, and North Korea?

http://www.goldencompassmovie.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godless:_The_Church_of_Liberalism

2007-12-02 13:32:58 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Think of this as an... experiment.

Tell me who John Locke was, and what role he had in the founding of our country.

2007-12-02 13:32:23 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-02 13:32:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

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Q1) If the roman catholic institutions prides itself in its traditions........ how come that they do not keep the ORDINANCE OF HEAD COVERING as instructed by the Apostle Paul, even in their Douay Rheims version 1899; in

1Cor 11:2 Now I praise you, brethren, that in all things you are mindful of me and keep my ordinances as I have delivered them to you. (NB: the word is ordinanceS, in plural and there are only two ordinances mentioned in 1 Cor 11)

when the Apostle Paul straightaway went into the ordinance of head covering??

Q2) If angels would not be present, would the Holy Spirit be present in their meetings???? If not, what spirit(s) would be in attendance?

Q3) How is it that all the magestriums, cardinals and popes cannot understand the difference between singular 'ordinance' and plural 'ordinanceS'?

Q4) Does God called men to serve Him, when they cannot even understand such basic English? How then can anyone trust them interpret spiritual things???


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2007-12-02 13:28:01 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-02 13:26:40 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

... will we be given a new sense of porpoise?
Or will we continue to be shellfish, doing things just for the halibut?
Will we flounder?
Will we be forced to return to school?
Will we work for scale?
Will all children be born under the sign of Pisces?

2007-12-02 13:23:31 · 6 answers · asked by link955 7

2007-12-02 13:22:30 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-02 13:20:48 · 34 answers · asked by S.O.S. 5

2007-12-02 13:19:56 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-02 13:18:40 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Would you be out there sinning like billyoh if you thought you could get away with it?

2007-12-02 13:14:53 · 18 answers · asked by DavinaOpines 5

Any websites you could refer me pertaining to this particular question is appreciated immensely.

2007-12-02 13:14:41 · 14 answers · asked by Willy M 2

Such as the choice to wear hijab/burquah/abaya or the Amish or Mennonite style of dress or life style? If it is their choice then how does it affect you? And I am speaking of those countries where it is their choice not a law.

2007-12-02 13:14:01 · 12 answers · asked by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7

Was it a nice dry Cabernet or Pinot or was it that crap kosher Manischevitz? (Sp?)

2007-12-02 13:10:17 · 26 answers · asked by in a handbasket 6

Honestly, HOW can you look around you and NOT see all the evidence that COD created us?

2007-12-02 13:08:30 · 34 answers · asked by Je Marche Drôle 3

By the end of the first century the Church was formed around the bishop who represented the Church in apostolic succession. The great commission was well underway and had extended to the Gentiles as well as the Jews. In scriptures we see St. Paul in his epistles telling the Church to respect the Sacred Traditions handed to them coming from both written sources and oral ones. Even the written sources were delivered orally as transcripts were very rare and few people were literate. There was not widespread distribution of what we consider today to be inspired Scripture as decided at the African Synods by the Church in the late fourth and early fifth centuries. Throughout the first sixteen centuries of the Church there was never any question that the authority of truth rested in.....
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-S6YMuFYyaa9ESBoW5DFwEjL_HhqA?p=16

2007-12-02 13:07:11 · 10 answers · asked by cristoiglesia 7