Religion & Spirituality - 8 July 2006

See my previous posts for examples. Another 1 is " Because god said so"

2006-07-08 20:17:52 · 53 answers · asked by thom_j32 3

2006-07-08 20:17:19 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

evolve into existence from nothing? I mean, for instance, the laws of gravity! To me, the existence of a law is proof there's a "lawgiver". I can not imagine a law evolving into existence! I'm not talking about the mental gymnastics in the usual line of reasoning about the unproven hypothesis of the evolution of "matter". Please keep sarcastic remarks to yourself. I'm asking a serious, logical question.
I know that "laws" as applied to science are attempts to understand the universe. What I'm asking is how did the laws being described "evolve"? How did the way gravity, light, etc., etc. acts "evolve"?

2006-07-08 20:14:50 · 10 answers · asked by euhmerist 6

2006-07-08 20:06:16 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous

Persay,

2006-07-08 20:04:31 · 21 answers · asked by DeOhGee 1

religion is only a tool so that we got to understand life better spiritually, to live morally and ethically, and so that we are able to find wisdom to handle the earth's natural suffering and resist temptations which will get us entangled into many troubles.

It is like a kitchen knife. People use it to cook.
But some strange, evil people use it to kill.
You can't blame on the kitchen knife when it happened?!?!?! If we banned all the knives then we cannot cook! People are the ones who take consequences of their actions. What's religion got to do with it?

2006-07-08 20:02:47 · 14 answers · asked by Zenrin Y 2

How has it affected the way that you are today? Has religion always been a big part of your life? Optional: What religion do you practice? Thanks to all who respond.

2006-07-08 19:59:59 · 22 answers · asked by Hoopfan 6

2006-07-08 19:52:56 · 15 answers · asked by thom_j32 3

Do you think the outcry against Muslims (especially after 9/11) is the result of misunderstanding and ignorance, or hatred? Or some other factor? If you're like me and have Muslim friends, how do they feel about it?

2006-07-08 19:47:20 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

If everything is according to God, why isn't the Bible and a man of the cloth not good enough?

You've got:

Dr. Carl Baugh
Dr. Hovind
The Discovery institute...etc

2006-07-08 19:44:42 · 11 answers · asked by alaskabeyond 1

Seems kind of violent to me.

2006-07-08 19:38:53 · 24 answers · asked by professionalfemale01 3

my boyfriend just told me that he doesn't want to have sex anymore before marriage. we've been dating for a month and have been sexually active. i don't like this idea but he is devoutly christian (i am christian but not fundamentalist as he is) and i am deeply in love with him. do i just accept it and say goodbye to really good sex?

2006-07-08 19:37:34 · 30 answers · asked by butchkans 3

2006-07-08 19:36:50 · 12 answers · asked by aj 3

10 - You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours.
9 - You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt.
8 - You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Triune God.
7 - Your face turns purple when you hear of the "atrocities" attributed to Allah, but you don't even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in "Exodus" and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in "Joshua" including women, children, and trees!
6 - You laugh at Hindu beliefs that deify humans, and Greek claims about gods sleeping with women, but you have no problem believing that the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, who then gave birth to a man-god who got killed, came back to life and then ascended into the sky

2006-07-08 19:35:48 · 13 answers · asked by thom_j32 3

This is one of the best explanations of that I have seen. It's an explanation people will understand.
A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects.
When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: "I don't believe that God exists."
"Why do you say that?" asked the customer.
"Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine a loving a God who would allow all of these things."
The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument. The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop. Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and un-kept.
The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber: "You know what? Barbers do not exist."
"How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber. "I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!"
"No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside."
"Ah, but barbers DO exist! What happens is, people do not come to me."
"Exactly!"- affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOES exist! What happens, is, people don't go to Him and do not look for Him. That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."

2006-07-08 19:34:44 · 36 answers · asked by poobear 3

Why is it that you can talk about God and nobody gets upset, but as soon as you mention Jesus, people often get offended?....How is Jesus different from other religious leaders? Why dont people get offended by the names of Buddha or Mohammed? Why?

2006-07-08 19:31:15 · 24 answers · asked by Bethyboo 3

Don't use the bible, or any other story, give me factual evidence-i.e. a scientific explanation, don't say faith, don't say "just believe", seriously prove it-I don't think you can

2006-07-08 19:30:55 · 46 answers · asked by Benjamin B 2

Now i want to see some answers that make sense, no talk of a flood because dinosaurs lived over millions of years, they did not all disappear at once. Also if anyone mentions the behemoth or leviathan, these are invalid. The behemoth is mentioned for sure, but this does not prove existence of dinosaur in the bible as it is only one reference to one creature, surly the hundreds of species of large dinosaurs would have played a bigger part in bible history. And the leviathan lived in water; no dinosaurs live in water so leave that one out too. I'm talking real dinosaurs not plesiosaurs or ichthyosaurs.
Cheers.

2006-07-08 19:28:12 · 20 answers · asked by A Drunken Man 2

2006-07-08 19:25:11 · 9 answers · asked by wedjb 6

the obvious answer is another god type being but this is directly contradictary to every monotheistic religion in existance.

this question is intended to get christians to ponder their lines of thinking a little bit longer

2006-07-08 19:24:11 · 18 answers · asked by kitty is ANGRY!™ 5

2006-07-08 19:24:01 · 7 answers · asked by blade 2

2006-07-08 19:23:53 · 22 answers · asked by googoo 1

Do all you Jesus freaks think your "god" hears you?

2006-07-08 19:22:23 · 15 answers · asked by T C 2

have you ever wonder is God the air you breathe, the raindrops that you felt with your fingers or even a stranger that pass you by?

2006-07-08 19:18:59 · 23 answers · asked by VietLeo 1

I can't hear it, *sighs*

2006-07-08 19:15:11 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

If Jesus did have sex with Mary Magdelan was it a freebie?

2006-07-08 19:12:10 · 15 answers · asked by T C 2

I feel my heart and soul bound together by a long and winding invisible silver cord...I feel my heart and soul have been set on fire...good fire...and my soul brain is a bright light pulling all light and knowledge into it...All good light and good knowledge. I feel a deep pulling inside me that is like a magnet pulling all illumination into me like a strong gravitational pull from a planet.. I feel my soul is such a shining light that it outshines my facial features in the spirit realm...I feel all things are good to me and for me there are no laws and rules of man...there is no need for rules if one exists for good... all this without my research..it just occurs to me. Any one have any advice or direction ?

2006-07-08 19:11:04 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

is it a philosophy or just religion and why ? for the best answer you will get invitation to visit the birth place of Lord Buddha in Nepal.

2006-07-08 19:08:15 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.

2006-07-08 19:07:07 · 3 answers · asked by deed 5

I've seen this posted all over the internet. He looks evil. And he used to be a Nazi Youth. I heard he also goes by the name Darth Gestapo. What are his intentions? Does he have an apprentice? Can he be defeated or dethrowned?

2006-07-08 19:05:36 · 15 answers · asked by FrozenCloud 3