Religion & Spirituality - 2 December 2007

2007-12-02 14:21:53 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do most catholics have a patron saint? Do you celebrate on that feast day? Do churchs have a church patron saint? Does the priest remind the congregation of popular saint's days coming up?

2007-12-02 14:21:34 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Or do most Christians seem to not question anything about their religion, or in life for that matter. They just accept it.

2007-12-02 14:17:21 · 26 answers · asked by zyfoxmaster 3

2007-12-02 14:13:42 · 25 answers · asked by kaminski_aleksander 1

2007-12-02 14:13:36 · 20 answers · asked by Micki 1

Why is there so many schools of thought in islam ? From what I have heard, Islam and the Sharia law has been chopped and changed over the centuries to suit peoples' own countries values and needs. Certainly no other religion has changed this far and the oldest version of the books are still being followed.
Is it to say that what Muhamaad ( peace be with him ) brought to earth as the holy koran and its laws are not respected anymore ? Afterall, Islamic laws can be changed by the present priest for their own agenda.

Is Aallah and his words not respected anymore ? Is the original sharia laws not applicable anymore? Why aren't the muslims not respecting their own original religion anymore?
And why do muslims expect others to respect their religion when they alter and change their own religious dercees?

2007-12-02 14:12:44 · 13 answers · asked by Sivakumar.S 7

What is the point of the rest of the uninhabited universe?

2007-12-02 14:11:50 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-02 14:11:18 · 9 answers · asked by ? 6

2007-12-02 14:08:43 · 7 answers · asked by kaminski_aleksander 1

...it hurt you more than you could ever imagine?

2007-12-02 14:07:10 · 13 answers · asked by [[Princess For The Day]] 2

I am christian and other christian people tell me its wrong to be a vegitarian.They say that in the bible it says that god put animals on earth for people to eat.im not trying to question other peoples religion when i ask if thats right but im very opinionated and it causes debates about things.I thought that in the bible it said that it is wrong to eat meat.but i think it is wrong to eat me three times a day each day like people i know.killing is not a part of life and never should be if that were the way it was and animals were put on earth for humans to eat then why can we live withiut eating meat?that means it is unessicary for us to kill as much as we do and use helpless animals as a resource instead of thinking about their feelings.i know animals kill to but isnt that their instincts since they have them and humans do to but its different isnt it?im not trying to offend people with my opinions but im just confused.dont animals have a right to live to?am i wrong?

2007-12-02 14:05:44 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous

ur thoughts ("I and the Father are one")

2007-12-02 14:04:41 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Please just be nice. It's not that hard.

2007-12-02 14:00:38 · 25 answers · asked by Rachel 2

then is it unnatural to believe in an afterlife?
or does man by believing make it natural?

any thoughts-thanks in advance for any answers-smile and enjoy the night

2007-12-02 13:58:49 · 9 answers · asked by lazaruslong138 6

I'm not talking about atheists, necessarily.

I'm talking about people who have a definite belief in something, but can't seem to find a path.

2007-12-02 13:55:54 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

my best friend and her boyfriend are both 'born again' christian and me and my bf are atheist, will these 2 marriage be very different due to different belief?

2007-12-02 13:55:34 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't mean to offend anyone. I work in a Subway resturant and we have a Subway radio station which broadcasts from satalite to many Subway stores. This holiday season, I was surprised to hear many Christmas songs that mentioned Jesus. Examples: What Child Is This?, Silent Night, Oh Holy Night, etc. So far, no one has commented on it, even though all customers cannot be Christians.

So my question is, since you don't believe in Jesus, do you get offended when you hear this music and how to you deal with it?

2007-12-02 13:55:13 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do I need to finish my undergrad or do I just join the seminary? How do I start the process who should I talk to ( other then my Priest?

2007-12-02 13:54:27 · 14 answers · asked by †Army Ranger† 4

I'll tell you what it isn't: being teased and disagreed with on a public internet forum.

Homosexuals don't have the right to get married to the person they love. Agnostics and Atheists can't run for public office in many states. Women still have to fight for the right to do with their own body what they please.

Christians are the vast majority in this country. Their beliefs shape most public opinion and laws. And some of them still think they're somehow persecuted.

How ridiculous is that?

2007-12-02 13:54:23 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

i was in my world history class and my teacher said that jesus founded christianity, which i found quite funny, because he couldn't answer it and because people didn't start worshipping him until after he died so how could he have started the religion?

and i also know people who claim that he was a christian which is even crazier because he was jewish. and, paul is the one who told people that jesus was the son of god and all of that stuff, even though paul was his enemy while he was alive, so my other question is why is he trusted? because most of the bible doesn't quote jesus, it quotes his apostles and paul

2007-12-02 13:52:36 · 14 answers · asked by Nadine 5

http://www.propeller.com/viewstory/2007/12/02/stephen-hawking-does-god-play-dice/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hawking.org.uk%2Flectures%2Fdice.html&frame=true

It seems like Hawking is confusing our inability to measure quantum events without interfering with the events actually being random. I think that determinism could still be true and all things are governed by consistent laws even if we don't have the ability to accuately observe quantum events at a moment in time (in an effort to predict the future), agree?

2007-12-02 13:52:20 · 7 answers · asked by primary_chem 4

In my Family, it seemed to be a mutual understanding that we would all remain Catholics.

2007-12-02 13:51:43 · 8 answers · asked by Seeanna 5

If Christianity does "not" foster individualism, how can we explain the Western world as being immensely more individualistic then the Eastern world?

Eastern religions such as Hinduism and Islam all have outwardly apparent doctrines indicating that individualism is not fostered.

Does Christianity then do the same? To the same level?

2007-12-02 13:50:51 · 6 answers · asked by Willy M 2

2007-12-02 13:50:47 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man's table; even the dogs would come and lick his sores. The poor man died and was carried away by the angles to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried. In Hades, where he was being tormented, he looked up and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side. He called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in agony in these flames.' But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in agony. Besides all this, between you and us a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who might want to pass from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.'" (Luke 16:19-26)

In this parable, the sudden reversal of roles and expectations so characteristic of Jesus' teaching is once again manifested. Two extreme situations are juxtaposed. A rich man dressed in purple, symbol of the upper classes and power, feasted not just well, but sumptuously--and not just on feast days, but every day. At the gate to his estate lay Lazarus the beggar. In the popular mindset of the time beggars were considered responsible for their miserable plight. Poverty was looked upon as a punishment for sin and for that reason, the hearer would be thinking, "It's his own fault."

Lazarus dies and is carried by angels to Abraham's bosom, symbol of the fulfillment of all the promises made by God to Israel. The rich man also dies and is buried in Hades. In Jewish religious literature, prior to this time, there is no mention of a chasm between the just and the unjust that extends beyond the grave. This is a new note that the parable here introduces. Abraham responds to the rich man's plea by pointing out that he had enjoyed every good thing during his earthly life and now is in torment, while the poor man had experienced just the opposite.

The kingdom of God in Jesus' preaching presupposes solidarity with the community and its needs. In this light we begin to see what was wrong with this rich man's behavior. No particular misdeeds of his are listed. The parable indicates that it was not his wealth that was the cause of his undoing but his use of it. He failed to share with the community the abundance that God had given him. Such is the true purpose of the blessings of wealth. Thus this parable inveighs against the sin of indifference that fails to share one's abundance with those in need. It does so by juxtaposing the rich man's private enjoyment of his great abundance with the extreme want of the beggar for whom no practical concern was offered.

The sin of the rich man could not have been his wealth as such, since Abraham too was a rich man and found favor with God as the book of Genesis attests. The rich man's fate suggests that his sin was his failure to pass through the gate of his estate and to respond to the desperate need of the beggar. The parable attacks the complacency of our divisions between rich and poor, the socially acceptable and the socially outcast. The gate symbolizes the grace that enables us to love our neighbor--everyone--as ourselves. The rich man stayed in his enclosure. His failure to go through the gate and to enter into solidarity with the one in need was the particular cause of his undoing.

Gates can be barriers or passageways into solidarity with others. In whatever way the rich man obtained his goods, whether through junk bonds or other means of getting rich quick, he failed to pass through the gate of his private interests and concerns to identify with someone whose situation was desperate and whom he could easily have helped. In the next life things will be reversed. If the rich man had gone through the gate to reach out to the beggar and had not simply used it as a barrier to protect himself and his property, his fate would have been quite different. God does not set up barrier. We do. Our relationship to our local community and to the human family as a whole determines whether we are in the kingdom or out of it, both now and in the next life.

2007-12-02 13:50:27 · 13 answers · asked by foxy_blue00 3

That way they feel like they are being "persecuted" ?

"everyone hates us, the end must be near"

2007-12-02 13:49:00 · 29 answers · asked by PD 6

While God is mentioned in passing in the Declaration of Independence (Which did nothing but start a war) God is not mentioned once in the Constitution or the Bill of Rights and the Treaty of Tripoli specifically states in Art 11 (Voted on unanimously by the same "Christian" founding fathers that everyone goes on about) That America was in no way founded on Christianity. So I think it's fair to say that America was founded because of Christianity (escaping persecution.....though they did just come over here and do it to each other) but not founded ON it.

And please remember that One Nation Under God wasn't added to the pledge until the 1950's and In God We Trust wasn't added until the very late 1800's and had nothing to do with the founding or creation of the US

2007-12-02 13:48:49 · 11 answers · asked by ~Heathen Princess~ 7

2007-12-02 13:47:11 · 14 answers · asked by nick2catch 2

2007-12-02 13:45:54 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Are you sky watching? Do you ever find your eyes drifting to the eastern sky looking for the return of our Lord?

Luke 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

Matthew 24:27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Revelation 1:7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

Revelation 22:20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

2007-12-02 13:44:48 · 10 answers · asked by Bible warrior 5