Religion & Spirituality - 18 June 2006

I am not trying to insult anyone. I apologize in advance if I did. I am just curious because I have been buddhist for about three years. which really has no relevance except for the fact that whenever some people learn of it they ask me why I "converted" and how I should go back to my own religion or how I should go to theirs to be saved. Personally, I feel they can believe whatever they want. They have their stuff I have mine. It's all cool by me. But why is it their mission to try and "recruit" me?

2006-06-18 11:23:50 · 29 answers · asked by Liz L 2

Because He gives us hope for the future. He loves us when no one else does. Man's love fails us but His never does!!!!

2006-06-18 11:23:03 · 37 answers · asked by ? 2

isn't it possible that adam and eve were real people who ate forbidden fruit and were descended from apes, that way Jesus is still very important and it accounts for the evidence

2006-06-18 11:22:06 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Not only would the "first two people" have been "Brother & Sister"....Adam's DNA from his rib, would of made Eve his identical "CLONE"..."and they had children together?"....(they would of been two men created in God's image?)... but the bible says they DID have children....which would of made them ALL related to each other (incest). That not only seems impossible...it seems the human race would of fizzled out? Certainly that doesn't explain ALL the different races on Earth, such as Asian, East Indian, American Indian,Black, etc. The way the bible explains it it would of been a world full of Adam's made in the image of God (a Man's World) Being a woman, I find this quite ridiculous!!!...So if there indeed was an ADAM created in God's image...and an "EVE"...then there most certainly MUST of been a "GODDESS"Like in ALLother MYTHOLOGIES of the world (some even older than the Christian bible)????

2006-06-18 11:15:49 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know you don't all do this, but the ones that do never quit, no matter what you say.

2006-06-18 11:15:40 · 37 answers · asked by Hillbillies are... 5

2006-06-18 11:12:53 · 32 answers · asked by Kenny ♣ 5

2006-06-18 11:11:11 · 4 answers · asked by alexgirich 1

and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

for what reasons do you believe Jesus was raised from the dead ?

2006-06-18 11:10:24 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

What do you think about astral projection? Do you think its possible? Have you ever astral projected?If you have how do/did you accomplish it?( If you dont know please dont answere)

2006-06-18 11:08:01 · 6 answers · asked by Kathy© 3

Bonus questions:
Are we a computer program?
What happens if we simulate an universe? Do we become God?

2006-06-18 11:07:43 · 20 answers · asked by Darth Hjalmar (Green) 2

There was plenty of it were he lived.

2006-06-18 11:07:34 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

why are americans so obsesed with saying "God bless America". i mean there is no other country in the world that says that. why must God bless them when they have been involved in nearly every war to date. i'm not trying to insult them or anything but why do they do it?

2006-06-18 11:05:39 · 49 answers · asked by ? 3

1 John 2:22
Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is the anti christ that denieth the Father and the Son

On the day of Judgement, they will be cast into hell with Satan.

1 John 2:11
But he that hateth his brother is in darkness and walketh in darkness and knowth not weither he goeth, because that darkenss hath blinded his eyes

2006-06-18 11:05:17 · 37 answers · asked by ? 3

Or is it for people of black descent exclusively?

2006-06-18 11:03:11 · 22 answers · asked by Mateo 2

I live in the bible belt. I believe in ghosts, including the Holy Ghost. What is strange is that most, not all mind you, but most, of the religious people here do not believe in common ghosts and hauntings. These people that I speak of believe that the stories in the bible happened exactly as they are written, and take everything within the pages literally (like the parting of the sea, pillars of salt, etc). So I asked, how can you believe in the Holy Ghost, that a man parted the sea, and that people turned into pillars of salt, but not believe that ghosts walk among us? They never know what to say after that. Anyone here believe in God, but not ghosts and haunting? If yes, tell me why you believe in one, but not the other.

2006-06-18 11:02:24 · 15 answers · asked by Elizoria 3

Superman is indestructble and it has been shown through biblical fable that Jesus can be killed.

2006-06-18 11:02:19 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Not Amish/Old Order Mennonite (horse and buggy people), but Mennonites who drive cars and dress concervitivly who have ladies which have head coverings.

2006-06-18 10:59:48 · 1 answers · asked by j B 1

I need to know about the John Calvinist Vs. John Wesley veiw, I asked earlier and only 4 people wrote back, which btw, thank you.. but I need more, only one of those answers even came close, and I need to know as SIMPLY as possible...

Can any one Help??

2006-06-18 10:58:21 · 14 answers · asked by CarrieJean 2

2006-06-18 10:54:31 · 33 answers · asked by American Superman 3

I am a christian who was once a Young Earth Creationist. After examining the evidence, I determined that the earth is not 6,000 years old and took on a theistic evolutionist view. In other words, I believe that God created us, but used evolution to do so. I believe that Genesis is an allegory, and is not literally accurate.

I still believe that the bible is the word of God, and was inspired by same. But that doesn't make it a science book. My faith in the bible wasn't shaken at all.

Don't respond with a plea to convince me of the literal creation story. I am very well versed with all of the creationist arguments, and they are simply bogus.

What I want to know is if there are people out there who examined the evidence with an objective mindset, like I did, but found themselves losing a little faith in the bible because the literal creationists try so hard to convince everyone that the bible must be interpreted their way, meaning literally instead of figuratively.

2006-06-18 10:52:26 · 39 answers · asked by elchistoso69 5

Where is this religion most practiced and where did it come from Please

2006-06-18 10:51:58 · 5 answers · asked by ? 3

What make him think then that he can forgive sins?

2006-06-18 10:50:04 · 17 answers · asked by ? 3

and if not why would you want to go?

2006-06-18 10:49:13 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

One evening, about three years ago, I was working at my job and the manager wanted me to go to this bible study. I didn’t want to, but I did it anyway. It was about 12:00 at night. It was just this boring prayer thing going on, and I wanted to leave. I went home in a bad mood and I watched a movie in my dad’s study, which I had to turn off about midway through, and I went outside. As soon as that door opened up, I immediately had a weighted feeling sweep over my entire body, as if someone was there. It was the WEIRDEST thing in my entire experience. I physically knew for a fact that God was there; RIGHT THERE, in front of me. I wept for about an hour and went to bed.

The next morning, I felt like a solid tungsten block the size of a house was taken off my shoulders. There was an unusually visible stream of light coming into my bedroom and I knew it was a miracle. Something happened that night that changed everything for me; I was happy for the very first time.

2006-06-18 10:48:57 · 20 answers · asked by Bryan G 2

I mean, if I knew that you would believe I am God if I guessed what hand you had a marble in (and already knew it was the left), then all I would have to do is say exactly what you wanted to hear. That Jesus was definitely an opportunistic guy!

2006-06-18 10:47:15 · 21 answers · asked by bc_munkee 5

Do some people really not get that the Quran teaches its followers to kill all who do not believe as they do and that the Bible does not teach Christains to kill people. We are to live by the new law of the New Testament. Jesus never taught violence towards others.

2006-06-18 10:45:52 · 26 answers · asked by crash 3

Please explain to me how the Law of Conservation of Angular Momentum (something that falls off a spinning object always spins in the same direction) correlates with Venus' and Uranus' retrograde rotation (spinning backward). Try real hard to use science.

(Yeah, I know where I am. I maintain that Big Bang is a religion.)

2006-06-18 10:45:40 · 19 answers · asked by Hyzakyt 4

What exactly do Muslims believe to be the Holy Word of God? Is Mohamad's words of Mohamad or of God? Jesus's words are God's Words. Jehova's (Yahweh's: Jesus's) words are Gods' Words. The words in the Old Testament are God's Words. How can a Muslim say he believes in the "book" if the book is not God's word? why is the Quran put above the Bible?

2006-06-18 10:45:29 · 5 answers · asked by David L 4

2006-06-18 10:45:16 · 5 answers · asked by ? 3

Please be spicific and sight references. Tell me as much about the stroy as you want and why it is your favorite. I don't care what religion you are, and it doesn't matter in what set of scriptures your story is in. I'm open to them all! Only serious answers please.

2006-06-18 10:44:09 · 3 answers · asked by odd duck 6