Religion & Spirituality - 11 July 2006

2006-07-11 06:15:41 · 18 answers · asked by sargent 4

No appeals to religious texts, please: just a reasoned argument.

2006-07-11 06:15:20 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-11 06:15:20 · 3 answers · asked by kblueyedguy 1

What is the religious history behind this rule?

2006-07-11 06:14:59 · 9 answers · asked by Mike V 1

2006-07-11 06:13:54 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous

why do you think theist cannot comprehned a life of happiness without having some sort of higher power being in their life?

do you pity them the way i do?

2006-07-11 06:13:23 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

Employers need responsible employees right? I purchased my own computer so I could surf the net, but can't find a computer job because I have no training in the field. Yet others waste their employers time to be jerks in here? Don't you people know that Karma really works? Someday soon your time will be wasted if your not being wise with someone elses time.

2006-07-11 06:11:24 · 4 answers · asked by Marcus R. 6

if islam is not the the true religion, what do you say about the miricales in the holy qoran like lots of scientific facts in the qoran which has been proven in the recent years with the recent technology
like
1-mathematical relations between qoran's number of chapters and verses

2- Embryology in the Quran link:

http://inthenameofgod.brinkster.net/DailyPrayerEngHTML/EmbryologyInTheQuranEng.htm

3-Holy Quran and The Lowest Part of the Earth

http://inthenameofgod.brinkster.net/HTML%20DailyPrayers/Chosen%20Articles.htm

4-or in the qoran it is said that the universe is ever expanding which has been proven in recent years

5- it said there is cure in eating bee`s honey and it has been proven by doctors that honey has this effect

and many more ....................

2006-07-11 06:11:17 · 10 answers · asked by Afshin A. 1

2006-07-11 06:10:34 · 20 answers · asked by h-townguy 3

what do u think of Islam?

http://www.myislamweb.com/forum/index.php

2006-07-11 06:10:28 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Mary is Jesus' mother.

2006-07-11 06:09:53 · 12 answers · asked by michele.arney 1

not to say all islam is but just take the riots that occured last spring ( i think correct me if i'm wrong) over a stupid cartoon that a danish newspaper printed. sure it's bad to do that but you don't have to have mass riots over it and burn an embassy.

2006-07-11 06:09:46 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am unwilling to believe in a world without right and wrong.
I would like an ethical system that is rational and not in any way faith or fear based, and clearly defines right and wrong.

I want to abandon this faith in 'intrinsic good'.

2006-07-11 06:09:23 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-11 06:09:04 · 10 answers · asked by Kimpossibrr 1

Is it possible to believe what you must believe to be a good Muslim, to have military and economic power, and to not pose an unconscionable threat to the civil societies of others? Or must Islam undergo a "renaissance and reformation" of their own if a stable peace is ever to be achieved between Islam and the West?

2006-07-11 06:08:50 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Evolution provides a logical reason for vestigial structures, what is the Creationist explanation?

2006-07-11 06:08:23 · 15 answers · asked by Kenny ♣ 5

Freedom of religion does NOT include freedom from criticism. When your beliefs defy the laws of physics or nature---liking talking snakes--it is simply ludicrous. It is equivalent to adults believing in Santa Claus. So now that Al Queda and later W. Bush have both demonstrated, once again, to the world the dangers of ignorant, primitive,superstitious, anti-intellectual, racist, sexist, ethnocentric nutball religions, DO NOT THINK YOUR BELIEFs DESERVE to be respected. They are a pus-filled cancer on mankind. Since 911 all religions should be subject to the public scorn that they have richly and bloody earned--Buddists excepted.

2006-07-11 06:07:58 · 12 answers · asked by theagitator@sbcglobal.net 2

2006-07-11 06:07:30 · 10 answers · asked by tatojavier 1

she was taking several milligrams of Xanax daily and the doctor said she couldn't get off of it immediately without it causing seizures, and the pharmacist and doctor both assured her that the baby would most likely have birth defects because of the amount of Xanax. If it were you, would you abort, or would you have the baby, knowing that your Xanax use would most likely cause it not to have a good life? Why or why not?

No theories here. What would you *really* do (or recommend to your partner)?

2006-07-11 06:07:12 · 7 answers · asked by mizchulita 3

in a recent posting, i asked what people made of the fact that the birth-date of Jesus (Dec 25) coincides with that of several other mythical saviors - only to be informed that

a - Jesus was not born on Dec 25 (more like late June)
b - the bible makes no mention of his birthday

This leads to two more questions:

1. When is his birthday (and I am really interested in sources here, preferably NON biblical ones)
2. Why does Christianity celebrate his B-Day on the 25th, if they think he was not born then.... and here i am not looking for the Christian perspective - I am familiar with the non-christian reasoning as to why Dec. 25.

I know it might be a bit much to ask...but can we keep this one to the facts and not turn it into a big 'fire and brimstone' session?

2006-07-11 06:05:32 · 26 answers · asked by elwoodo0oo 3

...That religion is for insecure people? I don't understand that. What could be so insecure about praying for the good of others- the world? What could being modest and trying the best to be good have anything to do with insecurity? Please give me real answers only! Thank you!! :)

2006-07-11 06:04:22 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

In 1990 those who decribed themselves as having no religion / atheist / agnostic / humanist numbered 14.331 million and represented 8.4 % of the population.

By 2001 this figure had jumped to 29.481 million representing a jump of 15.15 million or a 6.6 percentage point rise.

In numerical terms this catagory grew by 105.7 %

So basically this catagory has more than doubled in 11 years.

Are many Americans finally waking up to reason and common sense ?

For those of you who claim atheism/agnosticism is on the decline, what do you make of these results. Are they the work of "satan" trying to deceive us all ?

http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/population/religion/

2006-07-11 06:03:41 · 9 answers · asked by bibleboy 1

since god knows and see's everything then why do we have to pray?

2006-07-11 06:02:44 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

Atheists are correct that many aspects of traditional theism are absurd (divine foreknowledge of contingent events, divine omnipotence in the sense of the ability to bring about any state of affairs God wishes, infallible inspiration of the authors of ancient religious texts, etc). So is dialogue easier with theists who also reject those absurdities?

2006-07-11 06:02:36 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

The scientists say it will pass very close according to the current trajectory. I believe it will cause havoc and a total disruption of life as we know it. what doomsday philosophy supports this?

2006-07-11 06:00:44 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Atheists are looking for the proof of God's existence, and one of their usual complaints is that there can be no God because there is so much evil action going on around the world.

Here's my question: by what means do we know what is "evil"? For example, we know what is "red" because it reflects a certain range of EM radiation; we know what is "loud" because it hurts our ears. If "evil" demonstrates that God does not exist, please teach me how to perceive this "evil" because it is obviously some potent stuff.

Thanks, and God bless.

2006-07-11 06:00:21 · 11 answers · asked by Frank Turk 1

2006-07-11 05:59:18 · 13 answers · asked by mojo_jojoro 1

2006-07-11 05:58:20 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-11 05:58:02 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why are the religious so scared of dying? Why be bribed to do good things in exchange for eternal life?
Can't one just live in the moment and enjoy life now? Is your life that bad, that you have to wait for the afterworld? Do good things because it's the right thing to do. Shouldn't that just be the case?
I'm not trying to instigate, im just curious.

2006-07-11 05:56:59 · 55 answers · asked by imlaura2006 1