Religion & Spirituality - 23 August 2006

No? Good. Then please go read these three books:

1) "The Age of Reason" by Thomas Paine.
2) "The Mythmaker" by Hyam Maccoby.
3) "The Jesus Mysteries" by Timothy Freke & Peter Gandy.

Then, and only then, come here and try to be a Junior Evangelist. Right now you don't know what you're talking about!

I've read the voluminous Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. Even that is more honest & forthright than the twaddle you get taught at Sunday School or VBS.

2006-08-23 03:33:09 · 22 answers · asked by kreevich 5

And that is why west is doing so much propoganda against Islam. On Yahoo answer I have found that many people who talk hatered agaist Muslims actualy do not know about Islam at all. They gather knowledge from internet giving them wrong concepts about Islam.If some one fear that if people come to know the truth only then they propogate the negative image. One of my friend who was deadly against Islam due to the negative propoganda is now a Muslim after he himself search for the truth. I invite all those who hate Islam please read yourself about the truth and then give the judgement.

2006-08-23 03:32:11 · 12 answers · asked by dpcard 2

Did you know that only one Church can claim to be founded by Christ himself? and that is the Orthodox Church which stands in unbroken succession to the early church of the apostles? It has taught the same thing for nearly 2000 years unlike the other so-called churches who cannot even legitimately clain descent from the Apostles.

2006-08-23 03:30:37 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Please take some time and read the Bible. It's crazy! Definitely not for children, though. It's kind of an exercise in critical thinking (and violent, and sexual). I think the point you are supposed to get is that even though this Lord character professes to be really good, he is really bad. Neat lesson and examples, I recommend!

2006-08-23 03:30:01 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it "Mother Nature?" Isn't a selection a choice of an intelligence that has a will to choose? Even the terminology of evolution speaks of a higher power! Maybe you should call it ACCIDENTAL MUTATION THAT TURNED OUT BETTER WHICH IS EXTREMELY RARE BUT IT HAPPENED. Then again I guess that wouldn't work because accidents and mutations usually result in BAD consequences.

2006-08-23 03:29:20 · 13 answers · asked by Preacher 1

I'm sure there are plenty of Jesus devotees here dying to help you out.

And this is a much better method because it will sidestep the overhead of the charitable organizations.

If you could just leave a P.O. Box or other address for Christians to send the check, that would really them fulfill God's will to feed and clothe you.

2006-08-23 03:29:02 · 8 answers · asked by overseas and broke 2

I see many people giving out excuses saying that the reason why they don't have respect for Christians and their faith is because they force their religions on them. I recommend that you stay away from them and don't look for them if it's bothering you too much.

I belong to a protestant church. I remember that when I lived in my old house, I lived in a neighborhood open for everyone. A bunch of religious people of certain church different from mine would come to my house, to stand in front of my fence and say "Good Afternoon, Is anybody homeeeeee". I would hide and stay in silence because I knew what to expect from them. I know their doctrines and what they want me to believe and I disagree. I feel comfortable with that I believe and I don't feel like changing my current believes about God. I don't have anything against those people, I feel that they have the right to believe in what they believe, but I am simply busy and don't want to waste my time.

2006-08-23 03:26:52 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

i'm wouLd reaLLy Like the exact word "disciple".

2006-08-23 03:26:52 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

How did animals evolve that must have had all of their biological characteristics in place immediately, or else they would have died off immediately - ie: the horse's hooves, the giraffe's neck, and the hummingbird's metabolism? They would have required instantaneous evolution in many physical structures within their body at the same time to have survived. People who believe in evolution just don't want to accept the obvious facts staring them in the face.

2006-08-23 03:26:05 · 15 answers · asked by Preacher 1

I mean, where does the US get off thinking that it has a special role to play in God's plan?
Be aware before you answer I am an American and an Eastern Orthodox Christian, but I am profoundly anti-nationalistic as I find it contrary to True Christianity.

2006-08-23 03:25:58 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why is it organized? Doesn't organized mean a heirarchial system in some regards, and does a heirarchial system put individual power in the hands of other's. Is it a way to give away your right to be responsible? Do some people truly need organized religion because of what they are already indoctrined into thinking, and could never see life without it?

2006-08-23 03:25:32 · 11 answers · asked by Corey 4

aremusilms nice or mean there is a musilm girl next door she wants to be my friend should i be her friend

2006-08-23 03:25:32 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

goin to eat it. why didn't he put the tree out of the gardin.

2006-08-23 03:25:04 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Some stomp their feet at the notion that our Founding Fathers were Christians...they tell us that they were no where near Christians..

until we talk about slavery from that time..

Suddenly the Founders are Right-Wing Christians
who enslaved the Africans and allowed this crime to go on legally from 1776-1865...some have even gone as far as calling John Brown a liberal hero.

Which is it?

my guess they'll chose both

2006-08-23 03:24:07 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Like for Christianty,its Jesus.And for Muslim its Allah.........

2006-08-23 03:23:42 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-23 03:23:02 · 14 answers · asked by druready1 1

it makes me said and mad to see people on this say stuff against God. he's really there. and everyone is making fun of him and i just don't get it. why? he's great. i'm Catholic so i know what i'm saying. and i wouldn't trade my faith for anything. i love God. why can't everyone. give me a real reason.

2006-08-23 03:22:04 · 38 answers · asked by Stephanie W 2

2006-08-23 03:16:57 · 18 answers · asked by zorro 2

2006-08-23 03:15:26 · 36 answers · asked by Khamil K 1

2006-08-23 03:14:57 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

surely we need some thing other than perpetual silence from God right? its got to a stage where the very term GOD itself has become more of a joke. dont you think its time we put a morotorium on the word God and replace it with a term such as GROUND WATER as Robert Funk once wrote?

2006-08-23 03:14:38 · 26 answers · asked by ahmed 1

One day I was daydreaming in science class. I was thinking since God created us who created God. In a very short time I had passed out. When I came too I felt weird like I had just done something wrong.

What do you think of this?

2006-08-23 03:13:33 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you ever find yourself torn between spirtual principles and human principles? Spiritually everything in life is a lesson, everthing happens for a reason and lessons teach us to forgive and to love unconditionally. But when as a human do you step in and say this is wrong, we cannot allow poverty, child abuse, war etc. When are you interferring and when are you helping?

2006-08-23 03:12:09 · 16 answers · asked by -Tequila17 6

It seems the Jews have been celebrating the Sabbath on the same day since the beginning of time. And Jesus certainly celebrated the same Sabbath day as the Jews, for he was raised a Jew. So then why do Christians celebrate a different day as the Sabbath?

2006-08-23 03:11:24 · 25 answers · asked by Telford 1

What made you choose Christianity over earlier faiths?

2006-08-23 03:09:01 · 11 answers · asked by Kitten 4

I touched on this on a different question - but I feel the need to get a yes or no answer - so say 1 or the other and explain it..

I worked with someone that became born again & told other people in the office that because they weren't born again that they were going to Hell - 1 was Catholic, another was Methodist...

Is that truly what you believe?

2006-08-23 03:09:01 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-23 03:08:07 · 16 answers · asked by cognito44 3

I apologise for any words that I mispell.

Anyway, that's my question: Do you think that you have to be Bapitised to be saved?

My uncle, who was my late father's twin, was Bapitised when he was 20-something, and is a very religious person, and we discussed many things about a month ago, and he told me that in his beliefs, you do not have to be Bapitised, you just have to accept the Jesus as your personal Lord and saviour, and ask for forgiveness to be saved.

My father, who died in December 2003, was not Bapitised, but believed in God, a heavily amount, and I know he had went to Heaven, because he accepted Jesus as his personal Lord and saviour and asked for forgiveness.

I'm just looking for some thoughts?

2006-08-23 03:07:39 · 33 answers · asked by Glennon Guy 2

2006-08-23 03:07:02 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-23 03:06:15 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous