All categories - 30 October 2007

I say we all just make up our minds now that today is going to be a great day. There's power in a positive attitude! Who is with me?

2007-10-30 01:27:44 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

Regardless of how simplistic my relgious questions are, I always seem to get berated, so please keep your personal opinions to yourselves. I respect your ability to choose upir own beliefs for youself, however I'm looking for the actually reasoning in the Bible. This is an objective quesiton, so please don't start attacking me with "you're going to hell" or "how dare you mock the bible." Its simply a quesiton and I just want objective answers. Anything else will get thumbs down.

2007-10-30 01:27:41 · 22 answers · asked by Lunar Sarah 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Does any one have this recipe, I tried durring Eid and I really liked it.

2007-10-30 01:27:32 · 5 answers · asked by rose_aisha2005 3 in Ethnic Cuisine

like it is going to kill use

2007-10-30 01:27:11 · 17 answers · asked by Cody W 1 in Global Warming

2007-10-30 01:26:53 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

Going to check out all the strange noises outside ?

2007-10-30 01:26:42 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

2007-10-30 01:26:39 · 24 answers · asked by Ylia 4 in Philosophy

Okay this is my last baby and its definately a suprise, and I just found out it will be my second girl, after four boys! my first daughter is Selena Jocelyn, and my boys are Matthew, Jonathan, Justin, and Jayden, I am half hispanic and would like a latin feel, but definately a name with a great meaning. Since she is a suprise, something like gods promise. My daugter likes the name Jaslene, its pretty but i dont know what it means!!!!!!! I dont have a middle name for that, but I been thinking of Leilah (dark hair princess) Any suggestions guys? thanks

2007-10-30 01:26:39 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Baby Names

have a lolipop???

2007-10-30 01:26:39 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

what kind of training and supplies would i need to do this?

2007-10-30 01:26:38 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

2007-10-30 01:26:23 · 9 answers · asked by Carole H 1 in Dogs

If the Yankees are true to there word, and do not go after A-Rod this off season, he will sign with another team. Assuming that he puts up the numbers he usually does, he will be the starting third baseman on for either the NL or the AL all star team next year. For those of you that do not know, the All Star game will be at Yankee Stadium.. What do you think, boos or cheers from the fans in the stands when he gets introduced?

2007-10-30 01:26:17 · 10 answers · asked by Harvick 29 Fan 4 in Baseball

Some of my friends say that halloween means worshipping satan. But halloween is a South American holiday...why should it be about worshipping satan? SA doesnt have such a religion....
I'm a christian...does it mean i cant celebrate halloween???

2007-10-30 01:25:57 · 15 answers · asked by BlueSmiley 3 in Halloween

A tour bus driver is driving with a bus load
of seniors down a highway
when he is tapped on his shoulder by a little old lady.
She offers him a handful of peanuts,?
which he gratefully munches up.



After about 15 minutes, she taps him on his shoulder. She hands him another handful of peanuts.
She repeats this gesture about five more times.

When she is about to hand him another batch again
he asks the little old lady,
why don't you eat the peanuts yourself?
"We can't chew them because we've no teeth", she replied.

The puzzled driver asks,
"Why do you buy them then?"
The old lady replied,?
"We just love the chocolate around them."

2007-10-30 01:25:51 · 30 answers · asked by sonia 3 in Jokes & Riddles

References do not seem to work. With a licence this can be endorced if the tenants fails to pay rent, damages the property or upsets nearby residents with excessive noise. This would warn any new landlord of potential trouble. The landlord should also be liable if they rent their property to a tenant they know will cause trouble to others living nearby

2007-10-30 01:25:46 · 8 answers · asked by bwadsp 5 in Renting & Real Estate

Im about to trade in my auratus because i can't cater to his agressive behaviour and im want to improve another of my tanks, i have 3 cory's,2 clown loaches,2 bristlenose,2 yoyo loaches and 3 gold fish in there.

What should i get next?

I was thinking even more loaches,cory's or maybe a few golden oto cats, but im also open to other things too,

ty Brendan

2007-10-30 01:25:40 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fish

my windows xp pro is fake...is there a crack or any software for it to become genuine?please give me the download or method for it.....it must be tested....

2007-10-30 01:25:24 · 2 answers · asked by ishaan 2 in Software

Is this following sentence grammatically correct?

I wish to dedicate this thesis to my mother, for her never-ending and unconditional support, and to my late father.

I'm unsure about the punctuation, whether there needs to be a comma between support & and or not, or if it should be a semi-colon. Can anyone help?

2007-10-30 01:25:23 · 5 answers · asked by Jaci 2 in Homework Help

2007-10-30 01:25:15 · 6 answers · asked by andy c 2 in Royalty

why and what will be the score?

2007-10-30 01:25:14 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Football (American)

2007-10-30 01:25:13 · 4 answers · asked by ~Jesus*Girl~ 2 in Chemistry

Many elites of the world are working on Eugenics including
attendees of Bilderberg include central bankers, defense experts, mass media press barons, government ministers, prime ministers, royalty, international financiers and political leaders from Europe and North America.

Some of the Western world's leading financiers and foreign policy strategists attend Bilderberg. Donald Rumsfeld is an active Bilderberger, as is Peter Sutherland from Ireland, a former European Union commissioner and chairman of Goldman Sachs and of British Petroleum. Rumsfeld and Sutherland served together in 2000 on the board of the Swedish/Swiss engineering company ABB. Former U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary and former World Bank head Paul Wolfowitz is also a member, as is Roger Boothe, Jr. The group's current chairman is Etienne Davignon, the Belgian businessman and politician.
Bill and Hillary Clintons,
George Bush
etc.

2007-10-30 01:25:08 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

2007-10-30 01:24:52 · 3 answers · asked by ♥PurePoison♥ 3 in History

by pure Member since:
October 29, 2007
Total points:
128 (Level 1)
Add to My Contacts

Block User

Best answer 0%13 answers
Member Since: October 29, 2007
Total Points: 128 (Level 1)
Points earned this week: 128Add to My Contacts
Block User
Who invented the Trinity? -I



The three monotheistic religions -- Judaism, Christianity and Islam -- all profess to share one fundamental concept: belief in Allaah as the Supreme Being, the Creator and Sustainer of the Universe. Known as Tawheed (monotheism) in Islam, this concept of the Oneness of God was stressed by Moosaa (Moses) in a Biblical passage known as the "Shema" or the Jewish creed of faith: "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord." [Deuteronomy 6:4]
It was repeated word-for-word approximately 1500 years later by ‘Eesaa (Jesus) when he said: "...The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; the Lord our God is one Lord." [Mark 12:29]
Muhammad came along approximately 600 years later, bringing the same message again (which means): "And your God is One God: There is no deity (worthy of worship) except Him ..." [Quran 2:163]
Christianity has deviated from the concept of the Oneness of God, however, into a vague and mysterious doctrine that was formulated during the fourth century CE. This doctrine, which continues to be a source of controversy both within and without the Christian religion, is known as the Doctrine of the Trinity. The Christian Doctrine of the Trinity simply states that God is the union of three divine persons -- the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit -- in one divine being.
If that concept, put in basic terms, sounds confusing, the flowery language in the actual text of the doctrine lends even more mystery to the matter:
"...we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity... for there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, another of the Holy Ghost is all one... they are not three gods, but one God... the whole three persons are co-eternal and co-equal... he therefore that will be saved must thus think of the Trinity..." (Excerpts from the Athanasian Creed)
Let us put this together in a different form: one person, God the Father + one person, God the Son + one person, God the Holy Ghost = one person, God the What? Is this English or is this gibberish?
It is said that Athanasius, the bishop who formulated this doctrine, confessed that the more he wrote on the matter, the less capable he was of clearly expressing his thoughts regarding it.
How did such a confusing doctrine start?
Trinity in the Bible
References in the Bible to a Trinity of divine beings are vague, at best.
In Matthew 28:19, we find Jesus telling his disciples to go out and preach to all nations. While the "Great Commission" does mention the three persons who later became components of the Trinity, the phrase "...baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost" is quite clearly an addition to Biblical text -- that is, not the actual words of Jesus -- as can be seen by two factors:
1. Baptism in the early Church, as discussed by Paul in his letters, was done only in the name of Jesus.
2. The "Great Commission" found the first gospel written by Mark, bears no mention of Father, Son and/or Holy Ghost (see Mark 16:15).
The only other reference in the Bible to a Trinity can be found in the Epistle of I John 5:7, Biblical scholars of today, however, have admitted that the phrase "...there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one” is definitely a "later addition" to Biblical text, and it is not found in any of today's versions of the Bible.
Therefore, it can be seen that the concept of Trinity of divine beings was not an idea put forth by Jesus or any other prophet of Allaah. This doctrine, now subscribed to by Christians all over the world, is entirely man-made in origin.
The Doctrine Takes Shape
While Paul of Tarsus, the man who could rightfully be considered the true founder of Christianity, did formulate many of its doctrines, the Trinity was not among them. However, he did lay the groundwork for such, when he put forth the idea of Jesus being a "divine Son." After all, a Son does need a Father, and what about an intermediary for God's revelations to man? In essence, Paul named the principal players, but it was the Church that later put the matter together.
Tertullian, a lawyer and presbyter of the Church in Carthage in the third century CE, was the first to use the word "Trinity" when he put forth the theory that “the Son and the Spirit participate in the being of God, but all are of one being of substance with the Father.”
A Formal Doctrine is Drawn Up
When controversy over the matter of the Trinity blew up in 318 CE between two churchmen from Alexandria -- Arius, the deacon, and Alexander, his bishop -- Emperor Constantine stepped into the fray.
Although Christian doctrine was a complete mystery to him, he did realize that a unified church was necessary for a strong kingdom. When negotiation failed to settle the dispute, Constantine called for the first ecumenical council in Church history in order to settle the matter once and for all.
Six weeks after the 300 bishops first gathered at Nicea in 325 CE, the doctrine of the Trinity was finalized. The God of the Christians was now seen as having three essences, or natures, in the form of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Who invented the Trinity? -II



The Church Puts Its Foot Down
The matter was far from settled, despite Constantine’s high hopes. Arius and the new bishop of Alexandria, a man named Athanasius, began arguing over the matter even as the Nicene Creed was being signed; "Arianism" became a catchword from that time onward for anyone who did not hold to the Doctrine of the Trinity.
It was not until 451 CE, at the Council of Chalcedon that, the approval of the Pope, with the Nicene/Constantinople Creed was set as authoritative. Debate on the matter was no longer tolerated; to speak out against the Trinity was now considered blasphemy, and such earned stiff sentences that ranged from mutilation to death. Christians now turned on Christians, maiming and slaughtering thousands because of a difference of opinion.
Debate Continues
Brutal punishments and even death did not stop the controversy over the Doctrine of the Trinity, and it continues even today.
The majority of Christians, when asked to explain this fundamental doctrine of their faith, can offer nothing more than: "I believe it because I was told to do so." It is explained away as "mystery" -- yet the Bible says in I Corinthians 14:33 that: "... God is not the author of confusion..."
The Unitarian denomination of Christianity has kept alive the teachings of Arius in saying that God is One; they do not believe in the Trinity. As a result, mainstream Christians abhor them, and the National Council of Churches has refused their admittance. In Unitarianism, the hope is kept alive that Christians will someday return to the preachings of Jesus: "...Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve." [Luke 4:8]
Islam and the Matter of the Trinity
While Christianity may have a problem defining the essence of God, such is not the case in Islam.
The Quran says (what means):
"They have certainly disbelieved who say: ‘Allaah is the third of three’. And there is no god except One God." [Quran 5:73]
Suzanne Haneef, in her book, What Everyone Should Know About Islam and Muslims, (Library of Islam, 1985), puts the matter rather concisely when she says: "But God is not like a pie or an apple which can be divided into three thirds which form one whole; if God is three persons or possesses three parts, He is assuredly not the Single, Unique, Indivisible Being which God is and which Christianity professes to believe in." (pp. 183-184)
Looking at it from another angle, the Trinity designates God as being three separate entities -- the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. If God is the Father and also the Son, He would then be the Father of Himself because He is His own Son. This defies logic.
Christianity claims to be a monotheistic religion. Monotheism, however, has a fundamental belief that God is One; the Christian doctrine of the Trinity -- God being Three-in-One -- is seen by Islam as a form of polytheism. Thus, Christians do not worship just One God, they worship three.
This is a charge not taken lightly by Christians, however. They, in turn, accuse the Muslims of not even knowing what the Trinity is, pointing out that the Quran sets it up as Allaah the Father, Jesus the Son, and Mary his mother. While veneration of Mary has been an invention of the Catholic Church since 431 CE, when she was given the title "Mother of God" by the Council of Ephesus, a closer examination of the verse in the Quran (5:116) most often cited by Christians in support of their accusation, shows that the designation of Mary by the Quran as a "member" of the Trinity, is simply not true.
While the Quran does condemn both trinitarianism (Quran 4:17) and the worship of Jesus and his mother Mary (Quran 5:116), nowhere does it identify the actual three components of the Christian Trinity. The position of the Quran is that who or what comprises this doctrine is not important; what is important is that the very notion of a Trinity is an affront against the concept of One God.
In conclusion, we see that the Doctrine of the Trinity is a concept conceived entirely by man; there is no sanction whatsoever from God to be found regarding the matter, simply because the whole idea of a Trinity of divine beings has no place in monotheism. In the Quran -- God's Final Revelation to humankind -- we find His stand quite clearly stated in a number of eloquent passages (which mean): "Say: ‘I am only a man like you, to whom has been revealed that your god is One God. So whoever would hope for meeting with his Lord – let him do righteous work and not associate in the worship of his Lord anyone.’” [Quran 18:110]
And (which means):
"...And do not make (as equal) with Allaah another deity, lest you be thrown into Hell, blamed and banished." [Quran 17:39]
Allaah tells us over and over again in a Message that is echoed throughout

2007-10-30 01:24:52 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I am an 18 male Australian, I been looking at ski resorts in Canada/Europe and they all need interviews and working visas. I would prefer to get a job then organise the work visa.

I missed the IEP Winter Canada and the aus ski season which was stupid of me.

So if you know any ski resorts please tell me

2007-10-30 01:24:30 · 1 answers · asked by Yahoo 2 in Other - Destinations

thanks

2007-10-30 01:24:19 · 10 answers · asked by Cetza 2 in Medicine

anyone knows/can verify this fact

2007-10-30 01:24:18 · 8 answers · asked by Noorbu 2 in Other - Destinations

2007-10-30 01:24:16 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

2007-10-30 01:23:43 · 1 answers · asked by sweet 16 1 in Law & Ethics

For example, all major parties are giving unstinting support to the mass multi million Islamic communities growing in the UK. Most members of these communities are against the UK but live here, can anybody explain why we allowed these communities to establish themselves in the UK in the first place?. Democratic Holland has allowed a demonstration against this recently.

I am aware many will not believe this but I am not against Islamic people; however I think Islamic politics are 1000s of years old and will not change perhaps in 100s of years. Look at the actions of Islamic doctors for example and the 7/7 lunatics. Anyhow, my question is: why did politicians do this without agreement from the indigenous British?

2007-10-30 01:23:32 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration