Religion & Spirituality - 7 August 2006

Because they don't believe in God.
But they do believe in soul. If your action is good and without any desire--that will lead you to complete annihilation and that inexistence
implies pure peace. If you action is good but involves desire you will be reborn after spending the intermediate time in some kind of heavens. If your action is bad you will be reborn as an inferior being
after spending a finite time in hell. They also do believe in some beings(gods not God in the sense other theists believe,demons
and buddhas). But those beings are just assisting or not assisting a person to annihilation to zero.

2006-08-07 10:21:17 · 8 answers · asked by whynotaskthemoron 1

Peace and Love

2006-08-07 10:21:00 · 14 answers · asked by digilook 2

How did the dinosaurs fit into that. The would cause promblems, with the whole "eating every other animall thing. Sorry if ths is stupid or obvious, but im an agnostic who what to know more about die hard Chirstans make of little things like this.

2006-08-07 10:20:09 · 37 answers · asked by sublad20000 1

shouldn't they have like a rule where they can't knock on your door untill you're awake like at 11 why do they do it anyways...

2006-08-07 10:19:26 · 14 answers · asked by teddy_swoes 1

I ask this question cause it always seems like really religious people have see sex in an ugly way. The catholic doctrines are infamous for this....Islam's Quran literally says that sex itself, in marriage or not, is shameful (Quran 24:31)...fundy's are fixated on the sin of sex so much so that all other sins pale in comparison.

More and more I am believing the theory that most religions were conceived by beta-males with no other recourse for sex.

2006-08-07 10:17:43 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

If the most important event in Judaism is a myth, how can any of it be real? Read this:
Finkelstein and Silberman point out that there is still no evidence for the existence of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Lot, Moses, and Joshua. There is no evidence that Jewish people existed as an identified people that were enslaved in Egypt. There is no evidence that over 600,000 men (plus women and children - the number could have been over a million) had an exodus from Egypt and wandered in the desert for 40 years. According to the Bible, 38 of these 40 years were actually spent encamped at Kadesh-barnea. This area has been turned upside down for decades, looking for even a tiny piece of pottery from this supposed time. It is not likely that this many people would have lived here this long and not left archeological evidence.

2006-08-07 10:17:00 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-07 10:15:28 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

Peace and Love

2006-08-07 10:14:35 · 9 answers · asked by digilook 2

is it just me,does a 100 yard answer bother anybody.....keep it smaller ,more people will finish reading it !!!

2006-08-07 10:12:42 · 19 answers · asked by wzr5gq20032000 1

Atheists identified as America’s most distrusted minority, according to new U of M study
What: U of M study reveals America’s distrust of atheism
Who: Penny Edgell, associate professor of sociology
Contact: Nina Shepherd, sociology media relations, (612) 599-1148
Mark Cassutt University News Service, (612) 624-8038

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (3/28/2006) -- American’s increasing acceptance of religious diversity doesn’t extend to those who don’t believe in a god, according to a national survey by researchers in the University of Minnesota’s department of sociology.

From a telephone sampling of more than 2,000 households, university researchers found that Americans rate atheists below Muslims, recent immigrants, gays and lesbians and other minority groups in “sharing their vision of American society.” Atheists are also the minority group most Americans are least willing to allow their children to marry.

Even though atheists are few in number, not formally organized and relatively hard to publicly identify, they are seen as a threat to the American way of life by a large portion of the American public. “Atheists, who account for about 3 percent of the U.S. population, offer a glaring exception to the rule of increasing social tolerance over the last 30 years,” says Penny Edgell, associate sociology professor and the study’s lead researcher.

Edgell also argues that today’s atheists play the role that Catholics, Jews and communists have played in the past—they offer a symbolic moral boundary to membership in American society. “It seems most Americans believe that diversity is fine, as long as every one shares a common ‘core’ of values that make them trustworthy—and in America, that ‘core’ has historically been religious,” says Edgell. Many of the study’s respondents associated atheism with an array of moral indiscretions ranging from criminal behavior to rampant materialism and cultural elitism.

Edgell believes a fear of moral decline and resulting social disorder is behind the findings. “Americans believe they share more than rules and procedures with their fellow citizens—they share an understanding of right and wrong,” she said. “Our findings seem to rest on a view of atheists as self-interested individuals who are not concerned with the common good.”

The researchers also found acceptance or rejection of atheists is related not only to personal religiosity, but also to one’s exposure to diversity, education and political orientation—with more educated, East and West Coast Americans more accepting of atheists than their Midwestern counterparts.

The study is co-authored by assistant professor Joseph Gerteis and associate professor Doug Hartmann. It’s the first in a series of national studies conducted the American Mosaic Project, a three-year project funded by the Minneapolis-based David Edelstein Family Foundation that looks at race, religion and cultural diversity in the contemporary United States. The study will appear in the April issue of the American Sociological Review.

2006-08-07 10:12:20 · 23 answers · asked by downdrain 4

2006-08-07 10:11:38 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Want realistic views about Revelation?
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2006-08-07 10:10:52 · 20 answers · asked by Tegghiaio Aldobrandi 3

Rational people, worldwide, know very well that the doctrines of Islam directly give rise to more violence than any other religion, yet because Islam is called a "religion" it is protected from scrutiny.

We absolve Islam when believers take the Quran's exhortations to violence seriously...shouldnt it be the opposite? Bin Laden would probably be just a quite insecure shy man if not for Islam. Bin Laden isnt using Islam...Islam is usuing Bin Laden.

Some people rationalize that the terrorists would be doing violence otherwise, if they werent using Islam as an excuse....that may be true for Abu Zaraqawi who was a criminal before joining Islam but most of these other terrorist leaders dont have that background....their just insecure guys that Islam took advantage of. They just take the Quran literally...thats it...

If we dont deal with the root cause...we cant beat this...we really cant. Look, read the Quran...read it...Islamic violence makes a lot more sense after you read it.

2006-08-07 10:10:48 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

we are considering opening our marriage so we can both have emotional and sexual relationships with members of the same sex. What is your opinion of polyamorous marriages?

2006-08-07 10:10:30 · 20 answers · asked by ? 6

Why should I be born again?

2006-08-07 10:10:24 · 14 answers · asked by Yakuza 7

Atheism, Humanism, Socialism, and Evolution propose that either God does not exist, or that he is someone or something other than what he claims to be in His word (the Bible). Rather than everything centering around an Almighty Invisible Being who is omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent, and to whom we will ALL one day be accountable, such philosophies place MAN as the one who "calls the shots" and is in absolute control of not only his individual destiny, but the world as well. Such phrases as "believe in yourself", "knowledge is power" and the entire concept of "self esteem" sound real good on the surface, but if these things be true, and we are indeed "evolving higher and higher", then WHY is our world only becoming progressively WORSE? Could it be that we, as a race, are NOT "all wise" and "all powerful" as we like to believe, but instead are very fallible and sinful, and thus, hopeless and helpless on our own? Could it be that we really DO need a Saviour (Jesus Christ)?

2006-08-07 10:09:58 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have noticed a very high percentage of responses to people's questions that seem to be coming from atheistic viewpoints. If a person doesn't believe in the existence of God, why would they "waste" their time in this category? I don't believe in the Easter Bunny, and I don't waste my time trying to convince E-Bunnians of their foolish beliefs.

So if YOU are an atheist, and you are reading this, please share with those who will read this your reasons for being here. Also, if you would, could you explain why you are trying to convince those of us who are happy in our relationship with God, why we would be better off living like an atheist, with nothing to look forward to, and nothing better to do with our lives than to grab all the crumbs we can before we die. If you have intelligent responses, please share. Otherwise, you're better off finding a simpler question where you have a chance at grabbing 10 points.

2006-08-07 10:09:15 · 24 answers · asked by newhebrew1964 3

I have been rather busy myself, but peeked in here a few times. It has either been some racist, or that crazy-@ss ZEUS guy everytime I look. What the hell is going on here today?

2006-08-07 10:09:10 · 8 answers · asked by bc_munkee 5

The churches have the money so why dont they buy the air time to preach the gospel. More sinners are watching secular tv and not Christian tv. They are watching porn,murders,rapes the whole secular evil world. Wouldn't Commercials telling them to repent or burn in HELL help out? What do you think we as Christians could actually make this happen? I know prayer and God are first !
but what

2006-08-07 10:08:29 · 5 answers · asked by KJDAVID 1

Anyone ever astral projected?
What was it like? What did you see?
Do you do it on a regular basis?
What are your reasonings behind doing it?

2006-08-07 10:08:02 · 12 answers · asked by batmantis1999 4

Chritianity vs Islam
Christianity Vs Communists
Chritianity Vs Hindus
Can the church survive.....?

2006-08-07 10:07:55 · 20 answers · asked by 100Hertz 2

2006-08-07 10:07:43 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-07 10:07:16 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

sometimes i get a heavy feeling, usually when i try to go to sleep and i just think about what i would do when my husband dies and he is not there to lie by me at night when i sleep. or the other way around. idont want to die

2006-08-07 10:07:16 · 18 answers · asked by Amber 3

Are they omens, signs? What if you see or hear more than one?
How does it work?

2006-08-07 10:07:01 · 1 answers · asked by batmantis1999 4

Who is responsible for daily acts of sin tha we commit? Us or demons/spirits?

Do you think that sin is a product of our human lack of self control , our innate selfish desires and egos or do you think it is as a result of seeds/thoughts/whisperings of the devil/demons /spirits/external powers etc that tempt us daily?

Sometimes I know I have to check/scold myself when I think of doing something negative and I can track the origin of that negative thought or action, other times I wonder where the heck the thought even came from in the first place.

This question is not for people that don't believe in the existence of supernatural beings, and your responses are not wanted/expected/needed/neccessary/appreciated.

Thanks.

2006-08-07 10:05:58 · 14 answers · asked by Tinnaaa 2

This world is so confused, no body has any answers. The answers they give raise empty questions. None of us will ever know the meaning nor the reason of existence. All we can do is guess. In the end, all that matters is what we did for ourselves and loved ones. Believe in God and you'll be empowering religion, empower religion and you'll be feeding an endless cycle of suffering unto yourselves. For religion doesn't love anyone, it only uses everything. Prove me wrong, and you'll be proving me right.

2006-08-07 10:05:38 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-07 10:04:31 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-07 10:03:29 · 2 answers · asked by maryland_nurse 1

2006-08-07 10:02:33 · 13 answers · asked by DELETED 1