Religion & Spirituality - 14 August 2006

"The dead know nothing . . . In the grave, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom."

Ecclesiastes 9:5,10
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ecclesiastes%209:5-10;&version=31;

What Really is Hell? - http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2002/7/15/article_02.htm

2006-08-14 15:26:21 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Who can trust anything the bible says? What is clear is that humanity is so desperately seeking God. A God that has abandoned us. A God that punished us all in an eternity of hell. Life seems like a delusion after another delusion, which makes me believe we all went insane after biting temptation. The bible seems to cover our eyes and see goodness where there is none. A distorted view to hide the horrible truth, that God has abandoned mankind in a dying world without hope. Everything around us is made of man and it's meaning is as hollow as our existence. However thanks to Adam and Eve, a way of life was created after God's gift had been tainted with evil. We all know God hates sin. We are not of God, but of Adam and Eve, and therefore made of sin.
Prove me wrong and You'll be proving me right.
Prove yourself wrong, and I'll be proven right.-Exousia Skotos

2006-08-14 15:24:34 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-14 15:22:24 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

One thing I always appreciated to God is the fact that I am an American and never had to worry about food, clothing, roof over my head. I can only imagine what it would be like to born in Africa where hunger and war is rampant.
Why did God make certain parts of the world full of poverty and wars so its people die and suffer everyday? We never had control over where we were born. If every human had choice, almost all of them would choose to be born in Western countries instead of Africa.
Can any Christians help me understand how God decides who gets to be born in poor coutries and who gets be born in wealthy, stable countries?

2006-08-14 15:21:50 · 40 answers · asked by nicesinging1 1

shouldn't people who have sex before marriage (fornication) and divorce their partners (adultery) be also denied marriage? the bible mentions that committing these 2 sins of sexual immorality also warrent death and non-admittance to the kingdom. i mean fair is fair, right? why are people only singling out just the minority of homosexual people when more than half our population is guilty?

2006-08-14 15:19:39 · 42 answers · asked by curious1 3

2006-08-14 15:19:08 · 31 answers · asked by chris p 6

Isn't it enough that he's a prophet like Abraham and Mosys ? Give me one good reason to beleive that he died for other people sins ? Why couldn't he die in the line of duty delivering a noble message from god ?
I actually find it hard to beleive that god needs a sacrifice to forgive our sins. How mercifull would he be then?
All respects to respectable Christians and to Jesus himself.

2006-08-14 15:19:04 · 22 answers · asked by Smily O 2

n e thing about spirits and like how to contact or what not to do or to do or how to do a obe helpfull hints on meditation n e thing that will help me at all would be nice thanks!

2006-08-14 15:18:10 · 10 answers · asked by Jennifer G 1

2006-08-14 15:17:55 · 48 answers · asked by coolcat 2

FIVE THINGS TO LAY ASIDE
(1Pe 2:1)
1. All malice [ill-will, evil in general].
2. All guile [deceit].
3. Hypocrisy [pretended holiness].
4. Envy [wishing others harm to gain something].
5. All evil speaking [slander].

2006-08-14 15:16:22 · 16 answers · asked by BlueAngel 5

In the bible there is a statement that says, "as far as the East is from the West. Can someone tell me the answer to that?

2006-08-14 15:15:39 · 24 answers · asked by happylife22842 4

2006-08-14 15:15:01 · 12 answers · asked by IT 2

ive always wondered if a divorced woman is allowed to become a nun, ive always imagined that she had to be a virgin but i was told this is not the case, does anyone here know what's required if a woman wants to become a nun?

2006-08-14 15:14:40 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think he is going to get alot more people killed. He has got to be the worst president the country has ever seen. He lies and says he is christian but acts like the anti-christ. When he was governer of Texas he inforced the death penalty on folks despite DNA evidence and even had a fellow christian who had started a ministry in prison executed. This person begged for their life to be spared, but Bush went ahead with the execution and then mocked the person for begging for their life. The state of Texas carried out a record number of executions in his time as govener. This man obviously has no respect for human life. And has said that God told him to invade Iraq. Where in the Bible does the Lord say kill people? Now he has got just about every country in the world against the US. Now we may have the #1 military but there is no way we can defeat the world without destroying the whole earth. If this keeps up we Americans will be invaded. And get a taste of what Iraq is like.

2006-08-14 15:14:06 · 9 answers · asked by Kasey R 2

"And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."

Adam had no soul until he breathed his first breath.

2006-08-14 15:13:08 · 32 answers · asked by l00kiehereu 4

Why the atheists and non-believers are so ignorant? I told lots of them
hundered of times that--don't be blind--when you see the light and truth. The Bible is crystal clear in it's truth--but how come they don't understand that? Why they don't understand that Jesus loves them so much that he paid for their sins? It's obvious. It's in the Bible.Bible says so.When will they understand that every word is crystal clear and truth, Even
the latest science and technology derived from the Bible. The Greeks and Indians stole ideas from the Old Testament to creat Mathematics.
All great scientists got their ideas from Bible but they were afraid of critisism by atheists. So, they didn't declare. Furthermore, don't they see that the Christians are the smartest people ans most beautiful women are christians? The most loving and giving people in human history.Most cultured.

2006-08-14 15:11:39 · 37 answers · asked by bibleman_the_great 1

2006-08-14 15:09:45 · 20 answers · asked by Butters! 4

therefore put off the things that are important?

2006-08-14 15:07:38 · 3 answers · asked by Here Today 3

jesus christ is my savior I have asked him into my heart and i can feel his presents in my life, it is all about faith. I heard about george washington I never saw him but I believe he existed I have faith to believe that he exisisted, I see the creation around me this just did not happen God made it look around the earth is like a beautiful painting no explosion it was made.

2006-08-14 15:06:28 · 25 answers · asked by craig m 1

If you believe that the Bible is a fairy tale, then how did the Christian religion come about? Why is there religion today? What converted the Jewish beliefs into the Christian beliefs system? It explains how the history of Jews convert to be Christians in the Bible, and why Jews did not believe in the Christian system, but why do Athiest do not believe that the Bible is reasonable? What started the seperation between Jews and Christians, and why do they exceist till this day?

2006-08-14 15:06:18 · 18 answers · asked by Dragonpack 3

How dare the Atheists refute Christianity with secular logics?
Why they don't understand that their logic is not applicable
to Christianity? Why the non-christian use anti logics to refute Christianity?Christianity is based on biblical divine logics which are proved 1000 times. Read The Bible. Biblical logics are based on proved axioms and proved hypothesis unlike their seculat logics and anti logics.
It's the way to your salvation and it's the ultimate truth.
Why? It's so simple that a 5 years old child will understood.
Because Bible says so.
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through me."
(John 14:6 NIV)

2006-08-14 15:04:51 · 34 answers · asked by bibleman_the_great 1

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2006-08-14 15:03:22 · 13 answers · asked by Steve Harwell 2

You find error in Bible. You say that in Bible God told us that he created light before sun and moon. But you should no that scientists
were always wrong. They modified. Scientists believe that the sun revolves around the earth. Then they change their mind. Actually,
light created before sun and moon will be proved in future. we just lack the technology to prove that. So, every contradiction in Bible which is scientific in
nature is just apparent.

Classical Mechanics was faulty. So, they invented General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics.
It's faulty--so they invented String Theory which still is metaphysics.
The problem is their faulty assumptions. The scientists should study Bible first to construct real scientific theory. And also creat Biblical Mathematics. They were wrong when they believed in Darwin's theory. Now realizing that Biblical Creationist theory is the reality.
You say according to Bible--bat is a bird. Why bat is not a bird?
Modern Genetics will prove it.

You say acccording to Bible the earth is flat. But don't you see in your own eyes that is is actually flat. It's because of the optical abberation and lack of technology that our observations become erronuous
and earth seems round. We now know from Einstein theory that we live in flat space.

2006-08-14 15:00:46 · 19 answers · asked by bibleman_the_great 1

This marriage has also been the target of many critics on Islam. As William Muir in his book “Mohammad and Islam” states so dramatically :

“Even in Arabia, to marry the divorced wife of an adopted son was a thing undeard of, and he foresaw the scandal it would create. But the flame would not be stifled. And so, casting his scruples to the winds, he resolved at last to have her”

I’ll start with a small introduction. Hazrat Zainab was the daughter of Prophet Mohammad’s father’s sister. So HAzrat Zainab was his first cousin. She was first married to Hazrat Zaid bin Harris who was a slave of Hazrat Khadija at one time. But when Hazrat Zaid’s father came to fetch him, Hazrat Zaid preferred staying with Prophet Mohammad and so, Prophet Mohammad adopted him. It is interesting to see what the Quran says about adopted sons:

2006-08-14 15:00:43 · 3 answers · asked by Knowledge Seeker 4

What happened to all the stuff they decided not to include...can we see it...should we trust them? I'm sure someone will say they were guided by the hand of God...did they make that claim?

2006-08-14 14:58:49 · 26 answers · asked by Plan 9 2

Ok. God (and Jesus) loves me, right? And the only way I can get into heaven is to believe in him, right? And because he loves me, he wants me to get into heaven - ok so far?

Good. In that case, if that's what he wants, why doesn't he just pop out and say hello. I'd believe in him then, and I'd go to heaven, and we would both be happy.

Or is it because he is a narcissist who loves adoration more than he loves his children?

I don't understand how people can believe in a deity who demands believe and obedience above all things and then fail to provide proof of existance (the bible doesn't count - much of it is paraphrased from the original texts anyway - the 'Virgin' Mary is a prime example).

If God wants my obedience and my love, he can have it, just as soon as he shows up and asks for it. Until then, why should I believe he is anything other than either non existant, or just doing it as a power trip.

I am happy to be convinced I am wrong!

2006-08-14 14:58:29 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-14 14:57:18 · 2 answers · asked by trulyunek04 1

Can you give me one piece of evidence toward the earth being older then 6000 or so years in age? Mind you I am going to combat your eviendence.

1) The moon is leaving the earth. It ISgetting farther away each year. It also governs the tides. In the past of course the moon was closer. Causing the tides to be so strong that it would flood all of the earth twice daily. And not that long ago either.

2) The earth is slowing down. They call it a leap second. About every two to three years the earth spins one second slower per year. If you look in the past the earth was spinning faster. You wouldn't have to go that far back and everything on earth would fly off into space because of the speed of the earth's spin thus proving earth can;t be millions and millions of years old.

Oil has been shown to be made from just about anything in the matter of a few moments.

And the half life cannot be accurately determined as we have no knowledge of what decays faster in the past as we aren't sure of the environment or atmosphere which science can tell you would play havoc on the half life.

2006-08-14 14:54:54 · 27 answers · asked by bibleman_the_great 1

How can i have the victory over the sins and overcome the sins in y life? What do I have to do?

2006-08-14 14:53:40 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

THE EARTH IS NOT MOVING
FACTS:

THERE IS NO PROOF THAT THE EARTH ROTATES ON A "AXIS" DAILY AND ORBITS THE SUN ANNUALLY. NONE.
ALL CALCULATIONS FOR ECLIPSES, THE SPACE PROGRAM, NAVIGATION, SATELLITE MOVEMENTS--ANYTHING THAT DEMANDS PRECISION AND ACCURACY--ARE BASED ON A NON-MOVING EARTH. BOILED DOWN, HELIOCENTRIC MATH IS THE SAME AS GEOCENTRIC MATH. MATHEMATICS HAS BEEN INVENTED SPECIFICALLY TO UPHOLD COPERNICANISM. (EINSTEIN CALLED MATH AN "ART FORM" AND SO IT IS!)
NO EXPERIMENT HAS SHOWN THE EARTH TO BE MOVING (MUCH LESS AT 30 TIMES RIFLE BULLET SPEED IN SOLAR ORBIT AND 250 TIMES RBS AROUND A GALAXY!) ONE WOULD THINK SUCH SPEEDS WOULD FLAP ONE’S COLLAR A LITTLE EVEN IF THE "SCIENCE" ESTABLISHMENT SAYS NO....
MULTIPLE EXPERIMENTS HAVE SHOWN THE EARTH TO BE STATIONARY.
REVISIONIST HISTORY REVEALS THE ROLES THAT COPERNICUS, KEPLER, GALILEO, NEWTON, EINSTEIN, SAGAN ET AL HAVE PLAYED IN FOISTING THIS LIE ON MANKIND.
THE LOGIC AGAINST A MOVING EARTH IS OVERPOWERING.
WORLD-CLASS ASTRONOMER SIR FRED HOYLE SAID TAKE YOUR PICK BETWEEN THE TWO MODELS....
COPERNICANISM PAVED THE WAY FOR DARWINISM (WHICH SPAWNED MARXISM, FREUDIANISM, EINSTEINISM, SAGANISM)
STAR SPEEDS ARE NOT A PROBLEM WHEN THE THICKNESS OF THE UNIVERSE IS SEEN TO BE WHAT IT REALLY IS, THAT IS, LESS THAN 1/2 LIGHT DAY THICK. BEGIN HERE...
NASA’S SPACE PROGRAM IS LABELED "ORIGINS RESEARCH" AND COSTS TAXPAYERS MEGA-BUCKS. COMPUTERIZED TELESCOPES ARE PROGRAMMED TO SEND BACK "SYNTHESIZED IMAGES". THE "IMAGE WARPER" PERMITS "GEOMENTRIC TRANSFORMATIONS" WHILE "ORIGINS TECHNOLOGY... CONFIGURES THE MULTIPLE SMALL MIRRORS..." IN THESE TELESCOPES. TALK ABOUT A CON JOB!
THE BIBLE SAYS THE EARTH IS NOT MOVING AND CANNOT BE MOVED. WHAT’L IT BE FOLKS? FALSE SCIENCE AS THE SOURCE OF ABSOLUTE TRUTH...OR GOD’S WORD??

2006-08-14 14:51:52 · 22 answers · asked by bibleman_the_great 1