Religion & Spirituality - 1 August 2006

I hate the Y!A-imposed question mark.

Okay, whether you're atheist, agnostic, deist, Wiccan, pagan, Buddhist, Hindu, Shinto, Satanist, or whatever you are - you presumably don't believe (as I don't believe) that God actually spoke to Jesus, Muhammad, Noah, Abraham or any of the other prophets.

I don't believe in God at all so obviously I'm not going to think that. Even if you do believe in God or gods but not the Abrahamic prophets, this is my question:

Do you think that those prophets (if they even existed) genuinely _believed_ that they were talking to God? Or do you think they were pulling a fast one?

For some reason, I'm inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt and say that they had voices in their heads rather than that they were outright lying. I'm just curious what other people think.

Please no Jews, Christians and Muslims saying that they're insulted. That's why I asked the question this way.

2006-08-01 11:34:15 · 28 answers · asked by XYZ 7

My personailty:
I like computers, mythology, science, art, history, nature, good books, the mountains, clean air, renewable energy
I like to travel, learn new languages(I'm up to 5), meet cool people and have a good time, even a beer once in awhile
My description: I'm 5'10 brn hair, hazel/green eyes 185 lbs
My education. Some college
Fav Music: Rush,U2,Pink Floyd, Led zeppelin, Folk music
Fav movies: Anything fantasy
My turn ons --Nice body, brunettes, open minded, adventerous, sweet, humble, non-materialistic
My turn offs: Believing jesus is the only way to get in heaven, are you guys serious! The first christians were mystics and knew alot about meditating and the levels of higher consciousness. You know why I am angry I'll tell you
Christianity=Procrastination
Why wait for death to go to heaven when we can pull it through a dimensional portal LOL and bring it here on earth.Having faith means stop trying and learning
It is called having an idea and making that idea reality

2006-08-01 11:33:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Qur’an:9:88 “The Messenger and those who believe with him, strive hard and fight with their wealth and lives in Allah’s Cause.”
Qur’an:9:5 “Fight and kill the disbelievers wherever you find them, take them captive, harass them, lie in wait and ambush them using every stratagem of war.”
Qur’an:9:112 “The Believers fight in Allah’s Cause, they slay and are slain, kill and are killed.”
Qur’an:9:29 “Fight those who do not believe until they all surrender, paying the protective tax in submission.”
Ishaq:325 “Muslims, fight in Allah’s Cause. Stand firm and you will prosper. Help the Prophet, obey him, give him your allegiance, and your religion will be victorious.”
Qur’an:8:39 “Fight them until all opposition ends and all submit to Allah.”
Qur’an:8:39 “So fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief [non-Muslims]) and all submit to the religion of Allah alone (in the whole world).”

2006-08-01 11:29:57 · 30 answers · asked by isaac a 3

Or is it New York?

2006-08-01 11:28:46 · 20 answers · asked by 11:11 3

Homer Simpson tells god he doesn't want to go to church. Where is the outrage? There is none because it's no big deal right. So, i ask you, why did people go mental about a cartoon of mohammed and start rioting and giving death threats?

2006-08-01 11:28:18 · 11 answers · asked by mrmoo 3

Jesus mentioned at Mark 13:32 concerning Armageddon: Concerning that day or the hour nobody knows, neither the angels in heaven nor the Son, but the Father. If God, Jesus & Holy Spirit is coequal, then how come God only knew and not Jesus or the Holy Spirit

Secondly, Jesus said in John 1:18 that no one has seen God. If that is true, then Jesus cant be the Almighty God.

Your thoughts...

2006-08-01 11:27:40 · 20 answers · asked by osubuckeye 3

I mean there is no fossil record to indicate the existence of any God, or Godlike creature, not one scintilla of empirical data whatsoever..
So it's only based on conjecture, fantasy, and wishfull thinking, at least it has been subjected to "Peer Review" so it meets one criteria for being called a theory..

2006-08-01 11:25:58 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

1) The God of the Bible.

2) The God of the Philosophers?

2006-08-01 11:24:53 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

No matter how much we might want to, we can't stop sinning before we die, and no matter how much we might need to, we have no option to sin after we die, right? Can I get a witness?

2006-08-01 11:23:52 · 4 answers · asked by 自由思想家 3

Today I was being driven somewhere..I was quietly praying...very at peace...and I was immersed into a vision...I was in my body but also out at the same time....like st. Paul.....I was in two worlds...and in the spirit world I was crammed into a rail car like the jews going to the camps. I could feel the bumpy ride and I heard God speak to me. He said, " you are in a spiritual prison...all your life is currently a total prison. It is taking you places you dont want to go and where I dont want you to be ". I felt this for several minutes and my spirit shone from inside me so bright that my inward spiritual face was more apparent to me than my physical face.I had this deep sense that the prison was the religious systems of the day that somehow sneak in and hinder my freeflowing wonderment and adoring of the beautiful shining face of Jesus. Can anyone add to this ? Please, no smart butt remarks...ty.

2006-08-01 11:23:18 · 5 answers · asked by ? 2

how do i preform a christining and bless water

2006-08-01 11:23:18 · 3 answers · asked by ? 2

when the bible was forged, everyone knew, or talked to god. why is it this doesnt happen anymore? (george bush is excluded from this one)

2006-08-01 11:22:47 · 30 answers · asked by JUDAS PRIEST 4

2006-08-01 11:21:30 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

when the bible was forged, everyone knew, or talked to god. why is it this doesnt happen anymore? (george bush is excluded from this one)

2006-08-01 11:21:14 · 12 answers · asked by JUDAS PRIEST 4

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=20060801143319AAJ75BB

Do you agree, or shall I continue thinking only those who substitute God for evolution don't believe in evolution (not everyone who believes in God doesn't believe in evolution, just all people who don't believe in evolution believe in God)? That's what I thought to begin with, but I realized that was an assumption and my thing is to challenge the assumptions. Can you challenge my assumption? I know there are some non-God believers who question some of the ideas of evolution and feel there may not be enough evidence to give it a 100% thumbs up, but I'm talking about those who flat out say it is crap.

2006-08-01 11:17:59 · 23 answers · asked by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7

I was thinking about how much i sin and it seems so overwhelming almost to the point of suicide. Christianity has put a depressed spell on me because they make me feel i am doing wrong all the time. what a boost in confidence sin gives me
to be a sinner is such a negative outlook on life.
it damages you physically and causes acids to create in the brain
This is the only life I will get? Is that so. This is a test of faith. I don't think so. You have no idea my christian brethren . My soul is immortal and I will create my own personal heaven. That is the real truth. You started creating it already, with your dreams and imagination. That is where you will go, where you are most comfortable and a place to have a new adventure.
Jesus would be ashamed of his so-called church and the world leaders that twisted the real bible back then. They needed the people to comform to a point where they could be controlled.

2006-08-01 11:16:03 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

ALMIGHTY ALLAH MAKES AN ALMIGHTLY COMPARISON IN THE QURAN...ALLAH COMPARES THE ENTIRE EARTH, TO A CARPET SPREAD OUT. >>

Quran 20:53 "He (Allah) Who has, made for you the EARTH LIKE A CARPET spread out" http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/020.qmt.html#020.053

CAN ANY HUMAN BEING or MONKEY MAKE A BETTER COMPARISON TO THE EARTH?

IF A INFANT COMPARED THE EARTH TO A "CARPET SPREAD OUT" ON A KINDERGARDEN TEST, WOULD YOU FLUNK HIM AND SPANK HIM OR, IF YOU WERE IN AN ISLAMIC COUNTRY, GIVE HIM AN "A"?

2006-08-01 11:16:03 · 24 answers · asked by Pisslams Queeran 1

I have this friend who doesn't attend church at all- I mean, they have been, but just not for like 2 years. Will they go to hell? Oh, and if you say curse words, will you go to hell? Answer this question considering if you DIDN"T ask forgiveness for not going to church. Thanks, everybody!!

2006-08-01 11:14:45 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

At church only people who have been through a first communion ceremony can recieve the blood and body of Christ, but don't you think Jesus would want to share it with everyone? Why do we need a first communion, it doesn't make sense to me.

2006-08-01 11:13:58 · 9 answers · asked by Zarango 3

In the Bible, there is a story of the rich person who wanted to go to heaven and asked Jesus about how he could go there. Jesus replied that he needed to sell his possessions and give it to the poor. While it is the only time he asked anyone this in the Bible, his point was that He wanted to know that a person would not have any priorities in his life over God.

Could you do the same? How can we get to that point in our relationship with God?

2006-08-01 11:13:43 · 11 answers · asked by Searcher 7

Possibility 1. He uses a plan, His skills and cleverness and available raw material (The super Artist).
Possibility 2. He produces perfect objects out of nothing. (The best Magicien ever)
Possibility 3. He is the best Magicien and he tries all kind of possibilities (guided evolution)
Possibility 4. ???
What do you think, believing He is there?

2006-08-01 11:11:40 · 22 answers · asked by Thermo 6

2006-08-01 11:11:39 · 19 answers · asked by 自由思想家 3

Magnificent Holy Father I stand in awe of all I see. Of all the things you have created But still you choose to think of me.

2006-08-01 11:11:21 · 9 answers · asked by ? 7

2006-08-01 11:08:21 · 26 answers · asked by oxyman42 Re-Loaded 1

this is for christians only please! how do i preform a christining and bless water

2006-08-01 11:08:12 · 4 answers · asked by ? 2

The world was predicted to end in 1844 on 'Jesus Second Coming' by SDA. False prophecy cuz it didnt happen right?

Ellen G. White (1827-1915) never held official title as the head of the SDA church, but was one of its founders and acknowledged spiritual leader. She claimed to have the "spirit of prophecy."

One of the unwritten stories in Adventist history is the influence that James White had in forming the ideas and sentences that came out under Ellen's name and pen. (Ellen's husband). James produced 4 published books, BUT they were indeed reprinted under another name, that of Ellen G. White, his wife, a few years after his death in 1881-but under the title The Great Controversy (1884). And this production was sold to the believers and the world as the work of Ellen and the angels.

Sunday is the 'mark of the beast' according to SDA. these are just a few things. and this is why ppl think SDA is a cult. so what do you think?

http://www.bible.ca/7-WL-exhibits-Great-Contro.ht

2006-08-01 11:08:08 · 22 answers · asked by Nikki 5

How come, i've never been tempted with Lust, or sexual temptation? and some are? And also, i've never wasnt a christian, I was always a christian, never strayed. im 19 almost 20, i've never smoked, or drank. I've been through alot in my life, father almost killed my mother, hes an sex adddict/alcholic, he went to jail, my family became poor, we had to live at campgrounds, while he was in Jail, cause we didnt get any money. But I always stayed strong for Christ. Satan sent my ex, and he still bothers me, but I am confident, when he calls me names, I know Im beautiful, and i have something more powerful than him, which is God.

I just dont struggle with anything, I dont like wordly things, but Im outgoing & fun.

Why does some struggle and some dont?

2006-08-01 11:07:14 · 8 answers · asked by inthisskin22x 2

sounds like a total prick to me...

...maybe some bible verses will help me understand OK? O-TAY!

2006-08-01 11:05:16 · 19 answers · asked by Ann Tykreist 3

I have found that it is difficult to find Mizpah Coins in stores lately, have they lost their popularity? And what religion does it originate from?

2006-08-01 11:03:34 · 2 answers · asked by FH 3

2006-08-01 11:03:11 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous