Religion & Spirituality - 22 July 2006

Like in the bible God will do one thing, regret it, and then do something else. Also, he feels sorry about some things he's done. He changes the way he acts towards humans as time goes on as if his mind changes on things. There are a lot of instances where God acts just like us humans.

2006-07-22 19:44:35 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

About 10 years ago, I was driving in a very heavy rainstorm during a Tornado Warning. I was having a spiritual crisis at the time, and I prayed that God might reveal his plan for me. At the moment I made that prayer, a bird of prey flew directly in front of my car, then the rain broke and the sky seemed to open up and the Sun lay directly ahead, surrounded by great white clouds.

A voice said to me, "I am the Lord your God". I asked, "How can I know it is you, Lord? And not my own hallucination or Satan trying to deceive me?". The voice answered with a stunning revelation which I have not told to anyone, and was a "very hard teaching" which would be considered blasphemous by most mainline Christian, Jewish, and Islamic groups. It occurred to me that repeating it would bring a "sword & division" between my family, friends, and almost everyone who has an opinion about the nature of God.

If I convey the message, I will look crazy for sure. If not, I am hiding the word of God.

2006-07-22 19:44:23 · 17 answers · asked by Asquith Econoclast 2

2006-07-22 19:35:22 · 15 answers · asked by smokey 1

I have a question.

2006-07-22 19:34:19 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Of the many a religion, Can you tell me the oldest one and how [people got to it and now fighting against each other?

2006-07-22 19:30:01 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was in meditation the other day.. Actually I'm often in meditation... I sat with Jesus and Buddha... Buddha told me to continue with his methods, learn and grow in my soul true compassion, love and wisdom just as all masters have taught. Jesus then told me, once you cleared your mind of all the nonsense, having destroyed your ego I can introduce you to God and then it will be up to you to go further.

But it was made clear to me by both of them that God will not be interested if even one piece of ego remains in my soul.

I turned to Buddha as if to ask him "is this the truth" he only put his arm around Jesus... and wrote in my mind "this is the way it is"
“Love all the world”… My body was flooded with tears of sadness and happiness.

See this in your mind…"I inhale pain and suffering and only expel love". Concentrate on this and ego will die and you will love to live and live to love.
Drink this and your soul will never thirst for love again.

2006-07-22 19:29:39 · 8 answers · asked by James 5

In the New Testament there's a passage in which Jesus clearly tells a woman that in the future nobody would care if Jerusalem, Gerizim, or whatever was the "proper", "holy", whatever place to pray, as everyone would pray in their own souls.

However, when I see so many Christians (I am one BTW) caring about Jerusalem, getting involved with Israel's politics, $upporting that land, etc I ask myself "Don't those people read?"

2006-07-22 19:29:36 · 9 answers · asked by fakifaki1 1

2006-07-22 19:29:06 · 17 answers · asked by lab rat 3

2006-07-22 19:26:04 · 24 answers · asked by D 1

Who knows how to find their soul mate?

or, who has found their soul mate and what have you learnt that proves it?

2006-07-22 19:25:14 · 23 answers · asked by James 5

First, if the concept of a logical fallacy is foreign to you, here it is.

A logical fallacy is an error in logical argument which is independent of the truth of the premises. It is a flaw in the structure of an argument as opposed to an error in its premises. When there is a fallacy in an argument it is said to be invalid.

Here are a few examples of logical fallacies.

Situational Ad Hominem: You just say that global warming may have non-human causes because you work for the oil industry. Don't show me those made up facts of similar planetary warming on Mars!

Ilicit Major: God is love Love is blind. Stevie Wonder is blind. Stevie Wonder is god.

No True Scotsman: No true Scotsman has their Scotch with ice! But Mr McCool has Scotch with ice and he's from Glasgow! McCool's not a true Scotsman!

For more examples of fallacies, go to www.fallacyfiles.org
In my statements in talking to JW's about their religion, I've noticed that they always resort to using logical falllacies. Why?

2006-07-22 19:23:13 · 16 answers · asked by enigma_frozen 4

I know that the Da Vinci Code is only a novel. But lets say, HYPOTHETICALLY, that Jesus did marry and had a child and had a direct descendant walking among us today. What do you think Christians would see this person as? How do you think Christianity would be different if it was know all along that Jesus had a child and wife?
NOTE: AGAIN, THIS IS ALL HYPOTHETICAL. PLEASE DON'T RESPOND WITH "IT'S ALL FAKE", SIMPLY GIVE YOUR OPINION OF THE SITUATION IF IT WERE COMMON KNOWLEDGE.

2006-07-22 19:22:51 · 15 answers · asked by whosyodaddy3030 2

There wasn't a Jewish state then. They controlled all of their own lands. There is a book I have, printed in 1918, that tells of how they declared Jihad and then tried to kill every Christian and Jew from modern day Pakistan to Syria. One account in my book tells of mass beheadings where the Euphraites river ran red with blood and headless bodies of the non-believers where seen by the thousands in the river. Only women and girls that converted where saved and taken as wives. All of the men and boys were slaughtered. Once the dust cleared at the end of WW1, we had conquered these barbarians and things settled down for awhile. Why would a religion of peace do this?

2006-07-22 19:22:48 · 7 answers · asked by Rocco 2

2006-07-22 19:22:09 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is this child abuse?

2006-07-22 19:18:32 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

why does anyone need to be a part of an organized religion?
im totally spiritual but im not religious. i dont understand why people feel the need to push people into being catholic, or jewish, or whatever their religion may be. why can't one just believe what they want to believe?! . . without being forced to do otherwise. no one can say that one religion is the right one. like i said, god has no religion (ghandi said that). it doesn't matter what religion you are. all that matters is that you're a good person and possibly, even to have faith in him.

2006-07-22 19:18:25 · 17 answers · asked by angel_to_ashes 4

Do u know What is the mobile phone made up of? Essentially 2 things: Oil and sand and a bit of (plastic:casing n silica:silicon chip)
Do you know a place where where we find lots of sand and oil??
Ok..let's say Arabia

Now what IF i say that one day I was walking in the desert of Arabia n i found this mobile phone in the desert..made through chance......"the sun was shining ...oil spewing from the ground and after millions n millions of years ...circuits formed one by one, the sand changed to silica......silica to the silicon chip and oil changed to the plastic casing through evolution".!!...

Can something be more stupid then this? Is this even a fairy tale?It's so darn stupid..cuz if u allow me to call human being a machine..its the most complex..the brain has more connections then atoms in this Universe.In a million years a mobile phone canot evolve from it's raw products:oil n sand.... what makes u think humans can????

leave aside the """Theory""" of evolution

2006-07-22 19:18:12 · 24 answers · asked by Āáķĩf 1

Wouldnt it be harder to be an atheistic parent raising a child. Wouldnt the main thing you can tell a child is do this because I you say so, not because it has some greater moral purpose.

If your 14 year old daughter came home at 2AM with a gigantic tattoo on her back, a chain that is connected to the rings of both of her newly pierced nipples, smelling of alcohol, marijuana, and sex, would an atheistic parent be upset or perhaps thrilled that his/her daughter is making decisions for herself and living life to the fullest. Even if this parent was upset, what could they say to the daughter? In an atheistic household, what makes one persons moral views and decision making better than anothers.

Of course I know there are many moral wonderful kids who come from the homes of atheist, but it seems like it would be more work and its more of a gamble on if they turn out the way you would hope or not.

2006-07-22 19:15:02 · 17 answers · asked by h nitrogen 5

2006-07-22 19:14:58 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does it affect others view or not?

Any comments-religious-culture-society- welcome

2006-07-22 19:12:33 · 22 answers · asked by *** The Earth has Hadenough*** 7

2006-07-22 19:11:16 · 5 answers · asked by Piffle 4

i just never understand that the concept of jesus having kids is very offensive, i do not intend to cause offense in any way but what are your veiws on this ?

2006-07-22 19:09:56 · 24 answers · asked by billy_uk 1

Pronunciation of jewish holidays. Please be EXACT. Thanks.

2006-07-22 19:09:41 · 4 answers · asked by Sarah S 1

or only the meatballs?

2006-07-22 19:08:59 · 23 answers · asked by Heron By The Sea 7

is it alllowed to have sex before u get married in ur religion

2006-07-22 19:08:29 · 16 answers · asked by Haroon 3

and safe and ur happy with ur beliefs and ready and willing to defend those beliefs why cant u answer questions with logical, debative responses???????? is it neccessary for you to attack the person who doesnt believe rather than use your own mind to answer the question????? and im sure i will get the usual responce of "if you dont believe why r u here" or "visit this web site"or "god loves us all" but please try hard to reach inside your minds and use it to assist you to type logical answers to why we should all believe.....im willing to listen are u willing to provide logical reasons why???? and by logical i dont mean quotes from the bible or re-runs of what u were told in church on sunday, i want your real thoughts and answers!

2006-07-22 19:07:25 · 12 answers · asked by Aussieblonde -bundy'd 5

what is the beast thing does ur religion teaches u

2006-07-22 19:06:15 · 14 answers · asked by Haroon 3

coz people here insult others religion does ur religion teaches this to u yes or no

2006-07-22 19:04:28 · 21 answers · asked by Haroon 3

2006-07-22 19:03:27 · 28 answers · asked by Āáķĩf 1

Personally I think that atheists are basically hypocrites.

That's because they are QUICK to claim that people who believe should go watch a movie which insults their religion in order to be able to criticise it (a vision I actually agree with).

However, when suggested to read a bible, go to a church, LOOK somehow for a God, they quickly say it's not necessary because they know it all or something like that.

So what they say believers should do they don't do it themselves!

2006-07-22 19:01:21 · 33 answers · asked by fakifaki1 1