Religion & Spirituality - 18 August 2006

My husband, my brother in law and my self were talking about how now days more & more people don't believe in a God, when used to it seemed almost everyone believed in a God of some kind, so i thought i would ask all you guys & girls out there what you think. Simple yes or no answers will do just fine or you can add any comments u may have. Thanks!!

2006-08-18 13:59:36 · 23 answers · asked by CRYSTAL S 6

To watch the Game on his 54 inch plasma TV and eat Cupcakes(haha)

2006-08-18 13:58:55 · 72 answers · asked by Italian Stallion 2

Christ was humilated and killed because the world hated the truth he presented, therefore Christians are also humilated and oppressed for this same reason. In fact, Christianity is the most oppressed/prosecuted religion in the world. Do you agree that we must "take up our own cross" if we wish to follow Christ?

2006-08-18 13:57:52 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

...are inspired by God?

This question is for a Bible class I'm taking.

Please indicate if you are a Christian or not in your answer.

2006-08-18 13:57:46 · 11 answers · asked by mSTREAMS 2

2006-08-18 13:56:16 · 20 answers · asked by iamlaura2006 1

2006-08-18 13:55:37 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-18 13:54:58 · 16 answers · asked by emus06 2

A bible based view of the world may provide a sense of comfort... but is it the TRUTH? The evidence suggests otherwise ;-)

http://www.msu.edu/%7Erobin400/humanevolution.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution

2006-08-18 13:54:21 · 11 answers · asked by oro_veritis 2

Hi, I would like to become a Pastor for sure and also a Christian archeologist type. I was just wondering if anyone knew of any distance learning schools or maybe any regular schools in the southern Wisconsin area. I would really appreciate any help that I can obtain, I am having no luck on my own.

2006-08-18 13:54:19 · 4 answers · asked by tjrd93 1

This question is for a Bible class I'm taking.

Please indicate if you are a Christian or not in your answer.

2006-08-18 13:53:24 · 20 answers · asked by mSTREAMS 2

Religious leaders have consistently come out against medical advances. Hundreds of years ago, they were against autopsies and medical use of cadavers for research. In the 1800’s Christians fought the use of anesthetics on the ground that suffering is God’s will and therefore must be endured. This was particularly true for a woman’s pain during childbirth, because they could quote the Bible to support their position. Currently, some religious groups prohibit life-saving blood transfusions. Children die every year because their parents withhold medical treatment, trusting in God instead. Many religious leaders are preventing access to birth control, disease prevention, and information about sexuality. They act as though they would prefer to see people dying of disease or starvation, rather than allow the population to have forbidden products and information. Recently some have come out against very promising areas of medicine, such as fetal cell research, stem cell research, and therapeutic cloning. They have also convinced our government that these areas of research should be prohibited or severely limited. This has real implications for reducing the possible medical treatments available for each of us and for tens of millions of people in the U.S. who have spinal cord injuries and diseases such as Parkinson's. Not all religions want this research limited; but many do, and they fail the medical test.

2006-08-18 13:52:50 · 17 answers · asked by Mr. Mojo Risin 3

This question is for a Bible class I'm taking.

Please indicate if you are a Christian or not in your answer.

2006-08-18 13:50:57 · 53 answers · asked by mSTREAMS 2

After they get everybody else tucked in.

2006-08-18 13:50:21 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hey just for a joke, why don’t we keep our religious brothers and sisters happy, and pretend for a moment that the good God is alive and well, and that the Bible is all true. I know, big joke, but let’s just pretend for the moment.

Now God got really annoyed with his first lot of human beings he created and murdered them all (Genesis 6:11-17 and 7:11-24) by flooding the Earth, but did the decent thing and spared one family, his buddy Noah and company. Nice one.

Now religious people, God’s on his way back to Earth and is going to murder off once again all the baddies and spare one other family, who on Earth do you think that one family will be?

2006-08-18 13:47:14 · 10 answers · asked by Brenda's World 4

I am being attacked by monkeys. I sh!t you not. I live where there are monkeys-- not usually in my neighborhood, though. I live on the 3rd floor and they're going around the building testing the bars on every window and making grunting noises. One showed me his teeth.

Scared the holy **** out of me.

2006-08-18 13:47:01 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am sure this question has been asked before, but if so I missed the answers. I am sincerely asking what has happened to "you" personally to make you feel such anger towards those of us who do follow Jesus and believe in Him. I know that there are "some" Christians that are over the top and can get very ugly in the name of religion, but I have not personally met any, only seen them on here. But I really don't understand what causes all the negative feelings and hateful words, blasphemous remarks and attitudes to believers. Even though we will never meet, it truly saddens me to read some of the remarks on here.

2006-08-18 13:44:30 · 26 answers · asked by Nelita C 3

But Jesus did it all the time. Most of his parables involved saying that God is like a good shepherd, like that good master, like a good father. We are instructed to pray to "Our Father--" And every preacher's favorite sermon is the Prodigal Son. Don't they always end it by saying "God is like THAT GOOD FATHER,if you return to his good graces he will love and forgive you."
But did you ever hear one say,"But if you don't return to him and ask forgiveness, he will will find you and subject you to eternal pain and torment, like A BRUTAL, SADISTIC FATHER."
Isn't the second statement just as true as the first?
Why don't you ever hear that in church?

2006-08-18 13:42:39 · 14 answers · asked by October 7

2006-08-18 13:42:33 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-18 13:41:53 · 26 answers · asked by BigPappa 5

Or where was "He" when those lunatics kidnapped the planes on 9/11... thousands of good innocent people suffer heart/brain strokes every year... wasn't that a good time for "Him" to send a stroke to those crazy mother f******?
I'm just gonna sit and relax reading the surely very imaginative answers from the religious people that still believe that there is a "God" taking care of them...

2006-08-18 13:40:52 · 74 answers · asked by Transgénico 7

To the Romans, all religions were equally true.
To the philosophers, all religions were equally false.
To the politicians, all religions were equally useful.

Does this sound familiar? Our politicians keep pulling God and religion into politics. President George W. Bush’s mangling of the wall separating state and church is well documented. In 1954, when President Eisenhower signed the bill adding “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance (and ironically removing “indivisible”), his words explicitly showed that the idea was to link religiosity and patriotism. In 1988 President Reagan established the National Day of Prayer. On March 27, 2003, House Resolution 153 passed by an overwhelming vote. It urges the President to issue a proclamation “designating a day for humility, prayer, and fasting for all people of the United States.” We are “to seek guidance from God to achieve a greater understanding of our own failings,” and “to gain resolve in meeting the challenges that confront our nation.” The Senate unanimously passed a similar bill. These government actions violate the spirit, if not the letter, of the First Amendment. I say that we are becoming a de facto theocracy.

2006-08-18 13:40:44 · 14 answers · asked by Mr. Mojo Risin 3

Chariots of the gods (was god an astronaut)?

was written by Erich Von Daniken back in 1968.

Ive read it and it gives a lot of insight into our possible past including the roots of the bible.

But does anyone beleive in the alien thing it seems a step to far for me. Though i do have an open mind on such issues.

What do you all think???????

2006-08-18 13:37:35 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think that many people continue to believe in a god because it gives them comfort; it’s an emotional response. It allows them to pray to their god and think that they’re actually accomplishing something. It gives them feelings of structure and meaning in their lives, and makes them feel connected. It helps remove the fear of death and nonexistence that most of us experience. Belief in the Christian god helps remove people’s fear of Christian hell that has been pounded into their minds. Belief in a god also makes the world more black and white, less confusing, and easier to deal with. But, is this any actual proof for the existence of a god? Is comfort a good indicator of the truth of external reality? I don’t think that it is. George Bernard Shaw said it best. “The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality.”

2006-08-18 13:36:33 · 9 answers · asked by Mr. Mojo Risin 3

I apologize if the question sounds flippant, but I am sincere. If the process of evolution did not exist, then the vaccines developed 50 years ago should still be sufficient. However, they are not because flu viruses develop resistance and mutate into new species that did not exist 50 years ago. Scientists can trace the chain from the new species back to the old ones, thereby proving the evolutionary process.

However, if the evolutionary process does not exist, then why become vaccinated more than once?

2006-08-18 13:36:22 · 21 answers · asked by ? 4

In Deuteronomy 18, Moses stated that God told him: “I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers; I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him. If anyone does not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in my name, I myself will call him to account.” (Deuteronomy 18:18-19).1
From these verses we conclude that the prophet in this prophecy must have the following three characteristics:

1) That he will be like Moses.

2) That he will come from the brothers of the Israelites

3) That God will put His words in to the mouth of this prophet and that he will declare what God commands him.

2006-08-18 13:35:00 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

and other visions of the Virgin Mary.

Please no religion bashing. Thank you!

Here is the article...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060818/ap_on_re_us/chocolate_virgin_mary

2006-08-18 13:33:44 · 23 answers · asked by Happy! 2

Many religionists say that evolution can't explain love, that we need a god as the source for love.
Evolution actually explains love very simply. In primitive, hunter/gatherer societies it is strongly advantageous to have a couple stay together to raise their children. It's advantageous even in modern societies, altho not as critically. Without love a couple is less likely to stay together. Without love they would be far less likely to keep raising their children when things are difficult. With love, children are more likely to be loving themselves — to others and eventually to their own children. Love also helps bind extended families and friends. Any humans who didn't love were less likely to have descendents. Any humans who did love were more likely to have descendents. Evolution has programmed us for love.

2006-08-18 13:32:47 · 18 answers · asked by Mr. Mojo Risin 3

If you think being gay is wrong , your a narrow minded bigot.

2006-08-18 13:32:33 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

"I want to get down on my knees and start pleasing Jesus. I want to feel his salvation all over my face." - Cartman

2006-08-18 13:32:02 · 7 answers · asked by Tammy ™ 4

Consider this: An alien intelligent species in no way resembling the human species exists on another world, all created by God.

This species has no concept of murder, theft, gossip, adultery, jealousy, envy, and homosexuality. They also have no concept of justification, faith, forgiveness, confession and sacrifice. How would human Christians save them without these concepts having been experienced, let alone imagined?

2006-08-18 13:31:42 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous