Religion & Spirituality - 13 December 2007

2007-12-13 08:27:42 · 3 answers · asked by STFU Dude 6

I know neither believe in God, but can you elaborate on what the difference is and why you chose to be one over the other. A detailed easy to understand answer gets 10 points.

2007-12-13 08:27:26 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Would this be considered blasphemous

Me and some friends were talking about family guy and I mentioned and laughed at the bit where Peter Griffin says "Christmas is the time when the spirit of Jesus rises from the dead and tries to eat the flesh of the living, and we sing a lullaby to put him back to sleep"

This quote is obviously blasphemous but when I mentioned it I actually knew it was a joke and wasn't saying it seriously and was merely repeating it , still in the eyes of God am I a blasphemer?

2007-12-13 08:24:35 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-13 08:23:45 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do we forget that He never spoke English or for that matter, Latin?

Then let's review, any concordance will show you that some bibles have incorrectly translated three different places with one word, hell.

Gehenna is an actual place in Israel to this day, used to burn the refuse during Jesus day, now it's a place to have picnics.

Hades is a well known word for describing the unseen, the buried, among us.

Tartarus, mentioned once in the new testament, is a place described for the stubborn demons.

Now, where do we get the word hell for all three of these different places?

Well, latin of course. Catholicism, Roman authority.

How else do you scare people into servanthood than to threaten them with a place of eternal torment or annihilation?

Read Romans 5. We have assurance from the bible itself that As in Adam all made sinners, so in Christ will all be made alive and righteous.

Rest in God's sovereign mercy and Christ finishing the will of His Father.

Smile!

2007-12-13 08:16:47 · 15 answers · asked by PJ 2

The story goes that they saw the star in the east and came to king Herod and asked where the child was. No one knew so they searched and when the Magi found him they worshipped him and gave him the gifts.

I admit it had to have taken some time but many people claim it took two years. How do they come to that conclusion?

2007-12-13 08:16:02 · 10 answers · asked by Fire_God_69 5

Darwinist love to talk about creation created straw men. While at the same time patting them selves on their backs, drooling over their ‘evidence’. I have been contemplating this issue quite a bit lately in an effort to find the truth. What I found out, was this.

The human fossil record from about 2.5 to 1.0 million years ago is especially sparse — only about 50 individuals are known, many of them represented by only a single tooth or jaw fragment — and the evolutionary connections from australopithecus to homo erectus, including the evolutionary relationships between habilis, ergaster and erectus, are in dire need of clarification.

• Time spans for modern humans, Neanderthals and archaic Homo sapiens (H. heidelbergensis) have been extended back beyond accepted fossil limits to accommodate recent genetic evidence that the divergence between the Neanderthal and human lines occurred around 500,000 years ago.



Single tooth,? Jaw fragment? Extended time frames to ‘fit’ the evidence?

This is the evidence you base EVERYTHING upon?

At the very least, I would say more research is needed, on both sides. Wouldn’t you?



http://www.handprint.com/LS/ANC/evol.html

2007-12-13 08:15:48 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

Many many Protestants such as southern Baptists and the likes thereof state with definite knowledge that Halloween is the celebration of "Satan's birthday" and it's a satanic holiday therefore.

What concerns me is that, upon studying the history of many faiths, I can to the realization that Luther nailed his theses to the doors on October the 31st, that would be Halloween for you not so brilliant ones. With this knowledge am I to assume that many Protestants believe Luther and the Lutheran church to be Satan?

2007-12-13 08:12:36 · 13 answers · asked by Adam of the wired 7

I just see so many people quote it as their source.

2007-12-13 08:12:28 · 31 answers · asked by plastik punk -Bottom Contributor 6

2007-12-13 08:11:33 · 15 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7

alot of people say the world will end in 2010. What are your thoughts on this guys? Also, if you guys don't believe in god what do you believe in? I have always wondered this. Don't worry, I'm not going to yell at you guys like that weird physcopath girl who asked f you guys liked onion rings. lol!

2007-12-13 08:11:14 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-13 08:09:06 · 19 answers · asked by Lover of Blue 7

They did so for Christianity & Islam. See this earlier question:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071213123320AAHSDFt&r=w

2007-12-13 08:08:22 · 9 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7

OK, in Luke 1, the angel Gabriel announces to Mary that she will be the mother of God.

Now, if you were engaged, and an angel told you you were going to give birth, how would you react? Would you ask "How is that possible, since I have never had sex"? No, of course not, you would assume the child would be conceived through sex with your husband, after you get married. Most couples have children after marriage, so someone telling you so would not surprise you in the least.

However, what if you planned on never having sex with your spouse? THEN you would be surprised, because it is pretty hard to have a child if you do not plan on having sex.

So how does Mary react? Let's see:

31And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
...
34Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

Why would she be surprised if she planned on having sex when she got married? That makes no sense. Do you agree?

2007-12-13 08:07:16 · 25 answers · asked by Free Thinker A.R.T. ††† 6

Are Catholics who have small families practicing birth control or do they simply give up all sex after one or two births?

Why did most good Catholics of 100 years ago have large families of five or six or more children vs today?

For example, Benamin Franklin (a Christian, not a Catholic) was one of about 17 children.

2007-12-13 08:05:13 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

have you ever given that scenario to someone and that someone go, "by golly your right. i think i will be christian now!"

... just curious.

2007-12-13 08:04:26 · 15 answers · asked by Chippy v1.0.0.3b 6

I have but one question, how does said person turn off their heterosexual feelings? Personally, if a woman stood in front of me naked, nothing would happen, but if a man did, it would. How exactly does someone turn off and on these attractions and bodily functions?

And don't use the nurture argument, it won't work, my family was a very traditionally Conservative Lutheran family.

This question is for those who say it is a CHOICE.

2007-12-13 08:03:44 · 42 answers · asked by Anonymous

do you even bother reading it let alone choosing it as the best answer? Do you think mindless regurgitation of information as a very well thought out argument?

2007-12-13 08:03:44 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

why are there still monkeys?

2007-12-13 08:03:13 · 16 answers · asked by ? 6

I asked one of my silly questions yesterday anticipating it would either be deleted or reported. Neither happened. People of all kinds just started to play with it and have a good time. Every once in a while isn't it sort of fun to just have a laugh amid all the turmoil in this place?

I found it hilarious that only about 4 people denied having the afliction I asked about.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AqQghh5fSgim3w5R9_qDnMzsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071212120641AAwcRmh

2007-12-13 08:02:45 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm 16 and I go to a Catholic school and I think that I believe in God, but I think I might be gay and I've tried to stop thinking that way but it always bothers me. I stop myself thinking of guys in a sexual way and instead I try to think of girls but it's not changing. Today we watched a video in religion class, and it was about young people having bad influences. It was sort of a dramatic movie and at the start it had flashing images of all the bad influences, like drugs, media, and then one of the images was two men getting married and that really bothered me because I don't want to be like that and I know it's wrong, but how do I change?

I really WANT to be straight, it's not just because it's what society expects it's because I believe it's right, and most people would just say "there is nothing wrong with that" but I think there is, so how do I change myself?

2007-12-13 08:02:12 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-13 08:01:32 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Those who are always saying that they were a 'former Christian', that is such a lie! Well you obviously weren't a strong Christian by any means. You need to get your facts straight before you say that you 'used' to be saved and 'used' to love Jesus, because if you say you were a Christian before, here's my question for you: How can you possibly walk away from something so spectacular? If you were really once a Christian, you would never want to walk away from believing in someone so amazing. And it's so hypocritical to say that when you 'were' a Christian that God spoke to you (as many Christians say) but then you go to being an atheist and say that God never spoke to you. It just blows my mind away.

2007-12-13 08:00:50 · 24 answers · asked by Megan 6

what happens after death?

2007-12-13 08:00:50 · 26 answers · asked by I say this and that 7

Which religion doesn't have sex before marriage?i mean the boys aswell.is it africans?

2007-12-13 07:58:34 · 11 answers · asked by N D 1

2007-12-13 07:57:07 · 46 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-13 07:55:10 · 21 answers · asked by ? 6

2007-12-13 07:54:41 · 7 answers · asked by Murazor 6

This venue only gives me a 1000 words so i will be brief

Catholics
Stop taking money from people in poor countries and sending it to Rome. This is not a business.

Protestants:
The Earth is 5.673 Billion years old. There are 667 books missing our of your bible. They were lost when the Romans torched the library at Alexandria so your calculations are wrong. You are also free to drink alcohol. Why do you think I changed water into wine?

Mormons:
I was never in South America.

Jews:
I am glad you stopped with the animal sacrifices. The blood all over the place was getting disgusting. I sent Jesus down there to change a few things.

Muslims:
Stop saying prayers all day and do something useful. Those of you that have the blood of innocents on your hands will see the lake of fire. I said "Thou Shalt Not Kill" and I don't care what Mohammed said.

All:
I created gay people in order to control the population. They are not gay by choice. I am about to put more of them in China and India

2007-12-13 07:54:27 · 24 answers · asked by 1st Liberal 6

2007-12-13 07:54:16 · 12 answers · asked by minshullj 3