Religion & Spirituality - 12 July 2006

Buddhism has had:

1) NO Inquisition
2) NO Crusades
3) NO Witch Hunts
4) No Holy Wars
5) No Buddhists killing other Buddhists over petty doctrinal differences.
6) Plus Buddhists didn't create a Dark Age.

Can Christians say the same?

Jesus supposedly said, "By their fruits you shall know them. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit." Well, we've seen the fruits of Christianity. It cannmot possilby be from God. Buddhism demonstrably does a better job improving people's moral character.

2006-07-12 04:12:02 · 18 answers · asked by kreevich 5

I am going back home to the Bronx,New York and I really need help finding churches that stand on the word of God as well as minstries for singles and mentoring programs concerning spirtual gifts.

2006-07-12 04:10:26 · 9 answers · asked by lovej20 1

I want to start an intelectual religious forum, where members of all religions put across the point of why their religion is the right one.
People can also relate any religious theorems, beliefs or comments they wish.
No RACISM please!!!

2006-07-12 04:10:07 · 34 answers · asked by <Genius> 1

2006-07-12 04:09:54 · 24 answers · asked by CJ 2

its about his life in cape town and gerald now lives in perth, australia

2006-07-12 04:09:27 · 1 answers · asked by Alex W 1

2006-07-12 04:07:59 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-12 04:07:53 · 6 answers · asked by alessandraakaally 2

My hero is Dracula.....not the vampire one...that Dracula never even existed..I'm talking about Count Dracula the war hero...but who is your Hero?

2006-07-12 04:07:50 · 12 answers · asked by snoopychick90 2

God: Man, Not able to see with eye, Lives in the clouds, Controls EVERYTHING WE DO, SAY, ECT.

Superman: Fly's, Can be seen, Doesn't control anything!!!

2006-07-12 04:07:12 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-12 04:06:23 · 5 answers · asked by YESHUA Y 2

JUST WONDERING

2006-07-12 04:05:47 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

What is better in the eyes of both Man and God? To act with love, compassion, morality under the "wrong" religion or to violently force others to captulate to the only "true" faith- who does God (and man for that matter) favor? What about people that don't believe in God, are unsure or simply don't belong to any faith but act with great morality, and a love,respect for others? Just curious on peoples opinions and I hope I get a broad spectrum of various faiths (and agnostics and atheists) too.

2006-07-12 04:04:09 · 8 answers · asked by porthuronbilliam 4

I needed to brush up on my Bible since all I remember from my parental enforced Sunday School were the really scary parables, like maybe my mom and dad could sacrifice me and God and the Devil can make bets behind your back… So I went to look for a Bible and lo and behold there are like 50 of them! And that does not include the study guides! When I went into the religious store (and got passed the fact I did not immediately burst into flames) the clerk who was very nice, asked what religion I was…What? (Insert head doing double take here) when I was a kid there was only one, it was black and it had all my family’s names in it.
While I was busy mentally packing my beliefs in the agnostic file than after College trying to delete them and couldn’t, so I recycled them under atheism- you guys were busy writing like ,100 Bibles!
So here is my question. Are you really following God’s word or some weak interpretation of it? And on a lighter note which Bible should I buy?

2006-07-12 04:03:07 · 8 answers · asked by go_to_girl 3

just got me thinking for a second

2006-07-12 04:01:43 · 19 answers · asked by Big Ben 1

CHIC is a BIG christian event 4 high school students (that happens every 3 years) and it's being held in knoxville tennesse. our bus is leaving saturday night and wont be there until sunday afternoon. i was wondering if anyone has ever heard of it or is going?

2006-07-12 04:01:03 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

A guy named Gary says to you: 'This isn't going to be easy, but I want you to pick A or B.'
In order to answer A you are going to have to climb a mountain. The answer to B is across the street. B is obviously much easier.
But Gary whispers: "You want to answer A."
Then you see him whisper something to his friend Lou.
Lou then says to you: "It's a trick question. He tried this one on me. The answer is B".
Now you don't know which way to answer. You know Gary told Lou to do something. Was Gary telling Lou to lie to you? Is Lou not going to be a part of Gary's game and trying to help you out? Was Gary lying in the first place when he said to pick A?
So you guess. Since it's much easier to guess B, you go with B.
Gary says "Wrong answer. Stand right there while Lou beats you with a whip for all eternity."
You ask Gary: "Why did you tell Lou to lie to me?"
And Gary says: "Because I love you so much."

2006-07-12 03:58:52 · 28 answers · asked by Lucifer T. Chick 2

God says (in the bible) worship none but your true god (i.e him) but by deifying Jesus are you not worshipping someone other than god?

2006-07-12 03:58:37 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

You say that all mankind are sinners, it is hard for me to believe that (How can you say that Newborn babies Thousands who die before reaching the age of five Because of diseases in Many poor African countries are sinners)
Anyhow you believe that all mankind are sinners on the Hypothesis of Two persons
Known as Adam & Eve who committed a sin millions of years ago and we are all their descendents and hence some how we carry their legacy of sins

·First Adam and Eve were normal human beings, they were not supernatural, and how many kids could they have produced in those times, remember in the past average human life expectancy or life was around 35 years, so the belief that they traveled around the world and gave birth to different children in different continents can be easily debated.
·Secondly were Adam and Eve White, Black or Multiracial, How can you explain So many different Races of people being off springs of Adam and Eve who are generally depicted and believed to be White.(did they give Birth to Chinese ,Asian ,African and European predecessors)
·Thirdly this is the most important argument, In modern times we have discovered DNA Testing, Anybody can easily identify any persons relatives (father, brother, sister etc) If we all were descendents of common parents and Evolution was lies than all of us would have a similar DNA Come now No Black man is related to a White man on purely biological DNA testing.(many Muslims marry with their cousins, Genghis Khan & his son Who Raped so many women more than 6% of people bearing his Y Chromosome ,come do we all bear a same chromosome
We should all be bearing Adams Chromosome)
Don’t give me religious Quotations and don’t say have faith, or else I Will say eat my ****, have faith you will become immortal

Just a simple argument will suffice

2006-07-12 03:58:17 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

we know the earth was not created in seven days and
we know man did not come from adam and eve or at least that adam and eve were monkeys.

2006-07-12 03:58:03 · 11 answers · asked by mason x 4

Just want to know because i know a lot of christians who think the catholic is some type of rituallistic thing....if any can help out and tell me more meanings of what happens in the catholic mass..use bible verse that credit it.

2006-07-12 03:57:35 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-12 03:56:47 · 27 answers · asked by Dadams 3

2006-07-12 03:56:29 · 27 answers · asked by Rodney 2

How can Jesus be white if the first human were neanderthals which came from africa and migrated from Asia where many of the people were a darker color

2006-07-12 03:55:24 · 32 answers · asked by Antonio F 2

I wornder why many religions are there in this world while I hope there is one truth. I wish I could get any one who knows the nature of the "truth" at least in three different religions or denominations.

2006-07-12 03:54:23 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-12 03:52:57 · 22 answers · asked by stranger in a strange land 2

Doesn't this mean that they are attributing the power of creation to Satan? If so, since so much is left out of Genesis, how do they know who created what in the universe?

2006-07-12 03:51:19 · 16 answers · asked by neil s 7

My husband and I were married on the 22 of August, our first daughter was born the 22 of September and our second daughter was born on the 22 of January (with some years in between). I thought this was funny/odd... is there any significance to this?? Thanks!

2006-07-12 03:50:59 · 9 answers · asked by superrix83 4

With reference to the divine proportions as explained by Dan Brown in "The Da Vinci Code" [PHI=1.618]

2006-07-12 03:49:13 · 1 answers · asked by Hari_21 2

Do you notice when you talk to people who are "religious" that some not all of them think that you are making a joke about your atheism. Or have you seen that they think that you "hate God" and thats why you are an atheist.

2006-07-12 03:48:43 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-12 03:48:15 · 10 answers · asked by The Yeti 3