Religion & Spirituality - 14 December 2007

respect others answers please...

2007-12-14 18:24:55 · 22 answers · asked by ~I wish you could smile~ 6

i gotta admit. i feel a little bit ripped off. not because of what the previews promised but because of what the catholic church claimed about the movie the golden compass. where exactly was all the pro-atheism, anti-catholic content i heard so much about in the news? about the only correlation between the council in the movie and the catholic church i found was the councils efforts to prevent free thought, and the catholic churches efforts to prevent people from watching this movie. of course there would have been no similarity drawn had the catholic church not boycotted the movie to begin with. this must be what is meant by the term self-fulfilling prophecies. who else saw the movie? what did you think of it?

2007-12-14 18:23:53 · 5 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5

2007-12-14 18:22:37 · 7 answers · asked by chach 2

It's kind of assumed that there's a real number of people in Hell and one day that number will stop increasing. If that day does come you'd think it should've been day two or day three. You know when there's not a whole lot of people going to Hell.

2007-12-14 18:18:17 · 18 answers · asked by Paperdoll 1

What is it about Christianity that people do not like? Why do people hate God so much?

2007-12-14 18:06:10 · 35 answers · asked by Ashley N 2

2007-12-14 18:04:54 · 40 answers · asked by BONJOUR 2

The whole Jesus and God thing.
Is Jesus and God to different people?
I don't understand how jesus is also god
its so confusing please help me understand it!

2007-12-14 18:04:52 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've been pretty attached to reading stuff from fstdt.com/fundies just because it's interesting to see all the things people spout off about, and how much ignorance is present today. That said, I have this question for you:

Why is it that fundamentalists generally have no idea what atheism is about? More importantly, how on EARTH can one make a statement such as "Atheists believe in God, they just don't know/want to admit it"?

Also, how do some people come to the conclusion that atheism is equal to anarchy, that atheists have no morals whatsoever and are baby-killing, God-hating people who are working for the devil?

PLEASE, if someone can explain to me why people are so ignorant...

(Also, please do not post "Jesus said this [...], so you're stupid!" or "Fundies are f***ing morons, etc." I'm seriously interested in understanding what makes people come to such conclusions, please and thank you. =D)

2007-12-14 18:04:23 · 17 answers · asked by luogo_capriccio 2

according to who?

2007-12-14 18:02:29 · 14 answers · asked by Ťango 3

Not as like "preacher", being a leader of a Christian church, as in any one who attempts to "pimp", or sell, his/her religion, kind of like begging and groveling for you to see the "light" of their own particular religion and convert to it.

I think it's so pathetic, religions whose goal is to go out "and spread the message/truth/light" and seek to convert everyone to their faith are just disgusting. A religion should be "Yea you want to convert to this religion, ok, but I'm not going to lecture you and beg until you do."

2007-12-14 17:59:34 · 27 answers · asked by Ultra N 1

"At fifteen I began to be seriously interested in study. At thirty I had formed my character. At forty I had no more perplexities. At fifty I knew the will of Heaven. At sixty nothing that I heard disturbed me. At seventy I could let my thoughts wander without trespassing the moral law. Who said this and why? Who couldn't have said it and why?

2007-12-14 17:57:25 · 4 answers · asked by Piggy8 1

like how he works and stuff? do i have to conform to what my pastor believes and what he teaches and what everyone else thinks??

2007-12-14 17:56:58 · 48 answers · asked by yeahxitsxsarah 2

about curseing?

2007-12-14 17:55:16 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

You guy probably all read my last question. I have a friend (not a really close friend, but an old one) who is suddenly super zealous about her faith.

And I'm happy for her. I know she knows I'm not Christian, but we haven't really talked about it. Online however she posts all this stuff about feeling sorry for people that aren't "saved". And how there is only one truth- hers.

Do you think she'd even want to be friends with me still if she realized I am a nature-worshipping Pantheistic Pagan?

Do you think if she did it would only be in the hopes of converting me someday?

After all, doesn't the Bible say not to be "unequally yoked" or something like that?

I've lost other people to Jesus, and I never denied them their faith, it's just that I didn't share it. It's really sad to me. I'm scared this will happen again. What should I do?

2007-12-14 17:49:46 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

2 Timothy 4:7 - "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith."

And, can you relate to what Paul said?

2007-12-14 17:43:50 · 16 answers · asked by Virginia B (John 16:33) 7

How does our reality come from matter and how could it accidental be put together from nothing?
How stupid could someone be to say that no one created reality and it just happend.
Their is so much complexity even in a partical at quantum level.

Why would someone act so stubborn and loaded with pride that they could think this in today's age.

It takes a mind far more powerful than a human to create a reality like this.

Reality is far more complicated than a car yet would if I told you evolution made my car.

People say after billions of years we formed from nothing with no plan or thought. After this time reality of ourself was present.
And the planets just happened to protect the earth, we just happened to have a sun at day with a moon at night, the earth a perfect distance from the sun, rotating, plant for healing fruit to eat, vegtables to eat, feeling built in us , on and on and on

Yet all some can due is say whats wrong with the world. How about whats right.

2007-12-14 17:40:58 · 20 answers · asked by Joshleejosh L 1

...that JWs and LDSs consider themselves Christians. I seem to see a lot of questions (from other Christians, as far as I can tell) that seem to imply that there are Christians, and then there are Jehovah's Witnesses and Latter Day Saints.

It seems to me like saying that there are dogs, and then there are poodles and labrador retrievers.

Perhaps some Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses out there can clear this up for me. Thanks.

2007-12-14 17:37:36 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-14 17:37:33 · 17 answers · asked by Bluebootz 5

your comments

2007-12-14 17:31:01 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Well im pretty sure i have a little bit of the gift as a medium. im 14 but im not scared. my mom believes everything because she has the gift too. my dad never believes me and thinks im crazy which is bad because i lately i heard things at his house niether him or my bro have ever heard anything..but i here foot steps and voices and they follow me. in my room i hear them but then one night i stayed in my dads room and he stayed in mine because i was trying to prove i was not crazy..he heard nothing however the voices and footsteps followed me. im very willing and eager to communicate however i have no idea how. i have tried saying "2 raps for no...1 rap for yes" and that worked but lately it hasnt any ideas on how to communicate? and i dont want something that will invite evil spirits into my house i have experienced that and it basically...sucked.
thanks to all that help<33

2007-12-14 17:27:29 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Was it meant to be that way?? Does it say in the bible that church services are suppose to be directed in such a way or did it just happen to be so??

2007-12-14 17:27:18 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

He loves us all the same,right?

2007-12-14 17:24:27 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

1 Timothy 1

know that law[a] is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious; for those who ..... for murderers,
10for adulterers and perverts, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine 11that conforms to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.

2007-12-14 17:22:38 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

i am a 18 year old christian not yet baptized.
i do pay my percentages more than average on a timely basis.
so be it if other religions disagree yet im trying to be Mr. goody twoshose
i go to a mormon church, and i lsten to K-love(radio) like an addiction.
and last about myslef i read the bible once in a while.

here i go
our book is closely tied to what the other folks have to say about the end of days and the last days (yikes!)
here's hints on whats on my mind and for you folks tp put your two sents in.
a big rock:
rain of fire:
mark, image:
survive:
when is he comeing:
destruction of the wicked Or ___(i forgot)___:
nations or body will unite:
and tributaries:


these words or phrases are in the bible or in the mormen bible
the type of mormen we are is the single marriage type and not having 7 wifes.( i say this to just be more spacific of my backround)

2007-12-14 17:21:43 · 4 answers · asked by Wesley!!! 3

It seems like there seems to be a popular perception that if you are not a Christian you must be an Atheist. This misconception has even extended to this board where questions are often addressed to "non-believers" by Christians where in the details it is obvious they are speaking about Atheists and denying that other beliefs exist; or to "Theists" by Atheists when in the details they are speaking about Christianity.

There are many of us here who are neither Christian nor Atheist, but are Jewish, Muslim, or part of the Pagan family of religions (of which Wicca is only one)

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2007-12-14 17:20:30 · 22 answers · asked by Anne Hatzakis 6

I never heard that the LDS people believe that until someone mentioned it in one of my questions.

anyway, how true is it that LDS people believe such a thing, and can anyone give any reason why they do?

2007-12-14 17:18:13 · 20 answers · asked by Ťango 3

Here's where those healing words from:

1 Timothy 1
13Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. 14The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

2007-12-14 17:17:46 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-14 17:15:10 · 2 answers · asked by Anrê TrẦn An Dũng 2

I am going to go to Hell because I worship my large muscles and idolize Arnold Schwarzenegger. Why would he tell me this information?

2007-12-14 17:11:57 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-14 17:07:37 · 18 answers · asked by snoopy 1