Religion & Spirituality - 22 August 2006

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2006-08-22 02:52:14 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask
> your
> forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance.
> We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil
> good,' but that is exactly what we have done.
> We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed
> our values.
>
> We have exploited the poor and called it the
> lottery.
> We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
> We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
> We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.
> We have neglected to discipline our children and
> called it building self esteem.
> We have abused power and called it politics.
> We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and
> called
> it ambition.
> We have polluted the air with profanity and
> pornography and called it freedom of _expression.
> We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our
> forefathers and called it enlightenment.
> Search us, Oh, God, and know our hearts today;
> cleanse us from every sin and set us free. Amen!"
>

2006-08-22 02:51:38 · 2 answers · asked by Wayne S 3

2006-08-22 02:50:35 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous

As long as you say you're sorry later you'll be forgiven?

2006-08-22 02:49:57 · 51 answers · asked by Anonymous

i realy want some more knowlege abt it.i know its powerful but can u pls share something from ur side.(ur positive or negative experiences/sharings) i know today's youngsters dont care for these things but still i want to know,is there any who would like to share with me?

2006-08-22 02:49:14 · 1 answers · asked by khushi 1

every mosque and islamic school is been monitored. muslim names get double checked at airports. this is what people say about muslims
Terroists
child molesters and rapists just like their holy prophet (PBUH)
uncivilized
useless buggers
muslim women are goats

not easy been a muslim nowadays right? is this the reason why noora's are changing their names to nora's
while mohomed's are changing their names to michael's in increasing numbers?
If muslims made their bed they should be sleeping in it instead of blaming others right?

2006-08-22 02:47:23 · 11 answers · asked by ahmed 1

2006-08-22 02:47:22 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

Most religions hold the promise of heaven. The question is that the end point or is there more. Is liberation different from being in heaven?

2006-08-22 02:47:09 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why do you care so much about God and religion? No one seems to care if Little Johnny is told that Santa Claus is real, but some atheists get real worked up if Little Johnny is told that Jesus is real. Why? Why get involved?

Intelligent answers only, please - not just "Because there is no god, so there!" And if it is at all possible (and for some of you (I've read your responses) I realise that is almost impossible) no abuse such as saying you are intelligent and all theists are stupid/less intelligent/mentally incompetant/suffering from a mental illness - or (to quote a responder who shall remain nameless) a "brain-dead Muppet."

I only want answers dealing with the question as well, not "Why are you an atheist?" or "How superior do you feel your atheism makes you?" And try to keep it concise - I don't want a thesis either.

2006-08-22 02:46:58 · 29 answers · asked by d_f_cornish 2

2006-08-22 02:45:35 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-22 02:44:09 · 11 answers · asked by Mr. Owl 3

If you didnt learn about the christian god through priests, pastors, or ministers preaching about it, or from your parents (since they wouldnt have learned about it either), would you still believe in god?

Imagine no religion. How would people know there is a god? The same way cave men did, with storms and other natural events? Did cave men know of a god in the first place, or did religion start later, when people were more civilized? Did a "magic-user/healer" of a tribe one day decide that, in order to better control his people, he should create a "god"?

2006-08-22 02:42:44 · 21 answers · asked by lostcause8436 3

If premarital sex is explicitly forbidden in Christianity by the old and new testaments, and you are not simply sinning by accident but ENJOY premarital sex and seek it out, how do you resolve the contradiction?

Although sins are forgiven, my understanding is that this is not the case if you just sin on purpose assuming that you can just repent later...

Please see my previous question and the responses to it for Biblical references...

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ApCrzzaKrGlIPlNvS_bCm_Psy6IX?qid=20060822044210AA58neN

2006-08-22 02:42:20 · 16 answers · asked by the last ninja 6

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own — a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotisms."

"The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. The religion which based on experience, which refuses dogmatic. If there's any religion that would cope the scientific needs it will be Buddhism."
"It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it." - Albert Einstein

2006-08-22 02:41:24 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

No offensive answers please. I'm just trying to understand why as I don't live in the US.

This article says less than half of Americans believe in evolution, whereas in Europe it's more like 75-90% of people.
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn9786&feedId=online-news_rss20

And also on tv as I type there is a documentary about all the bigotry vs. gays in America as opposed to in Europe etc.

Why all the fundamentalism in the US?

2006-08-22 02:37:50 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

Even if you know your sacrifice would be greatly appreciated when you reach those golden gates.

2006-08-22 02:37:17 · 17 answers · asked by Mr. MaddHouse 1

There is are two consecutive verses in the Quran [Al Anfal 8:12-13] that say: "You believers should smite pagans above their necks and smite all their finger tips off them (12); This because they contended against Allah and His Messenger: if any contend against Allah and His Messenger, Allah is strict in punishment (13)".

The above two verses simply mean that Muslims should be harsh to Pagans and kill them without mercy because those Pagans did not obey god and prophet Muhammed!

Those two verses raise two questions that I hope anyone can answer them:
1- Why should god order killing and refrain from being merceful?
2- Why should god, the whole almighty and powerful, ask people to fight for him? why did not he fight for himself?

2006-08-22 02:34:50 · 21 answers · asked by Bionimetiket 2

2006-08-22 02:34:11 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Isn't the war in Iraq about trying to make Iraqis love each other?

2006-08-22 02:33:29 · 27 answers · asked by mouthbreather77 1

2006-08-22 02:33:00 · 18 answers · asked by lowonbrain 2

Would Eve still choose Adam if Sean was around?

2006-08-22 02:31:33 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://mondaymorninginsight.com/index.php/site/comments/sunday_school_teacher_fired_because_shes_a_woman/

2006-08-22 02:31:09 · 13 answers · asked by Fiesty Redhead 2

Considering they were written decades after jesus, by men who didnt meet him, and in places they contradict each other...is it right for christians to quote from the gospels to prove a point.

eg. john 3:16..is this not just the authors opinion?
same with john 1:1 and other such favourite christian quotes

serious answers please

2006-08-22 02:30:40 · 14 answers · asked by abdulaziiz 3

2006-08-22 02:27:59 · 41 answers · asked by djr 2

or had them removed because they were on the subject of faith?
i have and i know a few others who's questions have been removed and some even lost their accounts. i fed up with this how about ya ll? i got a letter this morning saying my question was in violation, I'm like what the heck Ive never even insulted a person or posted any thing obscene. but these people can come in here and call us names make fun of our faith and nothing is done this is bogus whats your opinion? and has this happend to you? it makes you wonder how some of these people got to the top of the list doesnt it

2006-08-22 02:26:43 · 12 answers · asked by Peace 6

I don't understand the motions Catholics go through during mass. They enter and do the sign of the cross with the holy water... etc. What do they say when receiving communion? Kneeling before sitting in the pew? It's fascinating and I want to learn more.

2006-08-22 02:24:49 · 10 answers · asked by Emily 2

She married a man that does not have a strong relationship with Christ. She knew that going into the marriage; in fact she even broke up with him once because she wanted to find someone who did. She went back to him because she was afraid she would never get married otherwise. They have only been married for 9 months and now she regrets that she can't share that part of her life with him. He hates going to church with her much less doing any other church activities. She loves being a camp counselor but she knows he would not enjoy that. She has been thinking about divorce. We both disagree with divorce in most cases and she especially does since her parents got divorced when she was a kid and she knows how that ruins families. She still loves him and considers him her best friend, but she just doesn't want to be his wife anymore. Read 1 Corinthians 7:12-16 and give me your feedback.

2006-08-22 02:23:56 · 68 answers · asked by cnm 4

i say TRUE 1-0

2006-08-22 02:23:50 · 53 answers · asked by in12monthstime 2

2006-08-22 02:23:19 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-22 02:22:35 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous