Religion & Spirituality - 20 August 2006

This is a serious question for theists, be you Christian, Jew, Muslim or any other denomination. It's particularly directed at the fundamentalist, evangelical and paternalistic sects within any given religion. If you are a theist and don't engage in any form of interventionism (including shaping of legal codes) in the lives of others, I applaud you.

I'm seriously asking you to answer this after giving it your OWN thought, not referring to something another human wrote.

What I don't understand is why theists will in one breath ascribe omnipotence and all sorts of powers to deities ... then turn around and invalidate these claims by interceding on behalf of their gods in EARTHLY mattters.

Even if man's law conflicts with your particular god's laws, do you not think your god can administrate his laws on his own in the afterlife?

2006-08-20 10:18:25 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-20 10:18:00 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was in an Assembly of God for many years and it was common for a tongue message to be given and then someone would stand up and interpret what was said. I believe this because it's in the bible and I don't believe there are any scriptures saying it stopped etc.
Here's my question: The message or interpretation was always in "King James Version Style" & the messages were always fague to say the least. Like oh my children I love ye etc...and our youth pastor was molesting little boy's down stairs below our very feet at the same time...he did this for 15 years and never once was a message that said: Pastor Dave is doing bad things RIGHT NOW to little boy's not more than 30 feet away...yet the messages were just fluff..WHY?
BTW..the pastor was caught and got 30 years

2006-08-20 10:16:31 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

When they die,stay dead?.

2006-08-20 10:15:55 · 18 answers · asked by TontoGoldstein 1

If, instead of listing the differences between my religion and your religion and your religion, we tried to find similarities we will all be friends. To begin with what are the similarities between Judaism and Islam?

2006-08-20 10:15:37 · 6 answers · asked by curious 4

2006-08-20 10:10:48 · 25 answers · asked by abdizel 1

whinning, lost, sad, only wanting to down someone's faith, or just plain being mean.
No people I am neither of those things, I'm just asking a question. I don't care if your religion is the greatest thing in the world to you. I don't care if you want to talk about your religion in the answer to a question, just answer the question without thinking you know my personality, because you don't. This is one of the reasons that Christians continue to make themselves look bad to the rest of the world, you can never just answer a question without wanting to punch the questioner in the face!!
Try for once to put those Emotions aside to answer without hatred and maybe you would be accepted better.
And you wonder why we have so many wars fought because of religion.

2006-08-20 10:08:58 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

If this "god" fella is our father, then who is our mother?

He obviously had to f*** someone.

Who is our grandpa and grandma?

2006-08-20 10:08:08 · 13 answers · asked by JokerBlitz 1

Tell me your thoughts.

2006-08-20 10:07:54 · 34 answers · asked by SeeTheLight 7

I'm either preaching to the choir or shouting at deaf ears here, but here goes. I'm no Christian, but I still know how to read. And I'm fairly sure that Jesus said things such as "love your enemy", "turn the other cheek", "judge not lest ye be judged" and all sort of other good stuff along those lines.

So why do so many Christians (and no, not all of you, I admit) seem to forget about all of that and condemn gays, Jews and just about anyone who is different than them.

And if you want to throw me evidence that Jesus was a hate-monger and a homophobe, well, it's those kinds of contradictions that fuel MY belief - the belief that all organized religion is pretty much a sham to begin with.

2006-08-20 10:07:39 · 34 answers · asked by Sullivan Smith 2

Isaiah 52 vs 13-5 vs 12 is so simple-why should my people call Isaiah a liar and reject Jesus our Messiah? Isaiah predicted 700 bce "He shall be exaulted, but first marred more than any man, and he will lay down his life and make atonement for our sins."

Muslims lie too and say that someone took Jesus place-get a life and get real-who else ever died to make atonement the blood sacricifice pure commanded for our sins except for Jesus!

he tells how to let him in our heart too Revelation 3 vs 19&20 Behold i stand at your heart door and knock, if ask me in i will come in deliver u from the sins your repented for and be your friend, amen" so prayed that and the Messiah came into my heart and is my good shepherd now and best friend.

2006-08-20 10:05:54 · 7 answers · asked by ? 5

Where is this explicitly taught in the Bible?

2006-08-20 10:05:41 · 10 answers · asked by nobodiesinc 1

A friend of mine who lives in the Twin Cities was surprised when Prince showed up at his door representing the Jehovah's Witnesses. Prince has stated that he will not play any more immoral music and has dedicated his life to this way of life. What would you do if he showed up at your door?

2006-08-20 10:04:01 · 13 answers · asked by eat 4

I just wonder if anyone else sees that because atheists generally feel that there is nothing after death that they appreciate what they have. It seems to me like religious people take this life for granted by thinking that there is something better afterward.

2006-08-20 10:03:33 · 18 answers · asked by ~ Sara ~ 4

2006-08-20 10:03:06 · 12 answers · asked by chris p 6

This is regarding how old Jesus was when the wise men came to give him gifts. Some say he was an infant some say around 2 years old. Before you answer think about this...

If Jesus was 2 or 3 wouldn't King Harrod have had children up to age 4 or 5 killed instead of only two and under? Also the wise men followed the star to get to the city where Jesus was born. Couldn't God have had the star appear long before Jesus was born to lead the wise ment to his birth place? Please show verses in the bible to support your theory if you think he was 2 or 3 because I can not find anything that says He was that age, only that He was a child and as far as I know an infant is also considerd a child.

2006-08-20 10:01:06 · 8 answers · asked by hesjim57 3

2006-08-20 09:57:52 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

was it a mistake from god ?if not than one of the writer is a liar and why do you bible followers take this liars word as word of god?

2006-08-20 09:57:13 · 7 answers · asked by abdizel 1

Is it one and the same according to the Bible? The examples use in the Bible seem to be similar to meadical/mental conditions? Can they be either or?

2006-08-20 09:56:54 · 17 answers · asked by nobodiesinc 1

does he exsist?

2006-08-20 09:55:39 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-20 09:55:02 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-20 09:54:51 · 13 answers · asked by nobodiesinc 1

Muslims keep saying on here that we should "inform ourselves" about islam and read the koran and giving links to islam sites.

Fair enough - you think we are ignorant about islam. Most of you seem to be ignorant about Christianity. So if I take the time to read your koran, will you read my Bible?

Thought not.

2006-08-20 09:53:33 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you are Armianist answer me this: If as you say, fallen sinful man can seek God out of their sinful condition before their hearts are regenerated by the Holy Spirit, why does the Bible say no one seeks God? You say faith then regeneration, but doesn't the Bible teach regeneration then faith? It is only as a mans heart is regenerated that he is then able to seek God, but not before as you claim.

2006-08-20 09:50:48 · 14 answers · asked by nobodiesinc 1

Which are you more afraid of: Being too gullible and believing things that aren't true, or being too skeptical and missing out on something important?




There's a sucker born every minute. -- P. T. Barnum
Test everything. Retain what is good. -- St. Paul, 1Thessalonians 5:21.

It happened that one of the Twelve, Thomas, was absent when Jesus came. The other disciples kept telling him, "We have seen the Lord!" His answer was, "I will never believe it without probing the nail-prints in his hands, without putting my finger in the nail-marks, and my hand into his side." A week later the disciples were once more in the room, and this time Thomas was with them. Despite the locked doors, Jesus came and stood before them. "Peace be with you," he said, and then to Thomas: "Take your finger and examine my hands. Put your hand into my side. Do not persist in your unbelief, but believe." Thomas said in response: "My Lord and God." Jesus then said to him, "You became a believer because you saw me. Blessed are they who have not seen and have believed." John 20:26-29.

2006-08-20 09:50:24 · 19 answers · asked by darkangel1111 5

If you are an Armianists answer me this: If as you say, Jesus died for everyone and is trying to save everyone, yet he knows who will ultimately end up in heaven, why then is Jesus trying to save those he knows will NOT end up in heaven? Seems he is waisting his time because he cannot change what he sees in the future. If they are not there in the future nothing he does to try to save them now is going to make a difference.

2006-08-20 09:47:30 · 11 answers · asked by nobodiesinc 1

2006-08-20 09:46:22 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-20 09:46:18 · 25 answers · asked by WOOHA 2

How can you honestly believe that the people who wrote the letters of the bible really heard God talk? Doesn't God say that man is a sinner and always will be? We can never be as God. So why then do you usually quote the Bible to answer these questions from those who don't believe the Bible was dictated by God? When you do not even know if the person that wrote any of the words in the bible really heard God how can you believe everything that is written in the Bible? How can you quote the Bible when you don't know for sure if the person writing it was even SANE? He could have heard voices (like the quacks today who kill their kids because God or Satan told them to), and what you are believing is pure Nut Stuff. And please this is an honest question, I really want to know your answers, so don't use the old cop out of "faith". That doesn't answer any question, it just lets you slide by in life.

2006-08-20 09:45:27 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

According to you, if I don't join your cult I will rot in hell for the rest of eternity.

I have a couple Qs about that:

Where is hell? Is it in another galaxy? Where is it?

When you die, your nerves stop working. So how do you feel pain when you are there?

2006-08-20 09:45:25 · 7 answers · asked by JokerBlitz 1