Religion & Spirituality - 29 August 2006

I ask you this is it possible that a boy of christ was sent here one day a twin one good one bad. one day a boy realizes that a creation intended is not understood by the ones who created it so a boy ask the question. its not their fault father you have not been here they seek your attention. the second boy blinds the boys identity of himself.theblinded boy sees again goes to his father who is the brother of my uncle and the father of my brother. the boy ask his father if i can forgive my brother and if you can forgive your brother will the great father forgive his son of the brother who is the father of the brother of the brother? hint: no parade no fireworks but a boy in a mans body. he came in the night a father and in the middle holding the sword a great angel.i ask thee if a father can forgive a son of the brother and the son of a brother forgive his uncle who is father of his brother is there? were there?are we? love life love a boy in a mans boy? who is my love?09/22/1959?

2006-08-29 09:35:49 · 9 answers · asked by mrsteveps 1

And to think the electricity they use to light those signs IS NOT TAXED!! So essentially, by being a good taxpaying atheist, I get to pay the church to preach to me!

2006-08-29 09:34:49 · 23 answers · asked by I Found Jesus in the Dumpster! 1

Who knows the real meaning of the word agape?

2006-08-29 09:34:44 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

because the bible says you wont go to heaven

2006-08-29 09:34:19 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

WHAT must a person do to be SAVED?????????????????
in 4 words or less.

2006-08-29 09:32:53 · 38 answers · asked by littlecwoman 4

I do

2006-08-29 09:32:47 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-29 09:31:30 · 38 answers · asked by I Found Jesus in the Dumpster! 1

Just because I have faith and believe in God, and believe in things like Heaven and Hell, Jesus, the Resurrection, etc...why does that make me an idiot? I'm well-educated, a CPA, hold a good job at a major company making a very good living for my age. I'm not a hypocrite...I don't tell people they're going to Hell because it's not up to me. I leave the judging to God, and I do nice things for people because it's the right thing to do. Why do you have to call me stupid because I believe in something that you don't?

2006-08-29 09:31:08 · 19 answers · asked by sgmaluv 2

Are there any known cases of ritual abuse? Where does this kind of thing take place? What is involved?
I find it hard to believe that people actually do this.

2006-08-29 09:30:20 · 11 answers · asked by Red 4

2006-08-29 09:29:51 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

2 Peter 1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

2 Peter 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

2 Peter 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake [as they were] moved by the Holy Ghost.

2006-08-29 09:28:52 · 20 answers · asked by holyghost130 3

Ok this is just a question from school... I have todebate it so I want to hear the peoples answers. Serious ones please.

What if the United States Constitution was amended to declare that Biblical Christianity is the official religion of the United States of America.

Once again... serious answers people... I need some real pro's and con's here for the debate.

2006-08-29 09:28:47 · 12 answers · asked by TheMadHatter 2

This is for Catholics or Hindus or followers of any religion that uses statues.
Does anyone actually worship the statue or do they use the statue only to symbolize the thing that they worship?

I'm asking cause I heard that religions that use statues to symbolize their saints or gods 'worship' the statues but I suspect that is BS used by protestant christians to denegrate Catholicism and by followers of the monotheistic religions to denegreate followers of polytheistic religions.

What do you think?

2006-08-29 09:27:02 · 10 answers · asked by mikayla_starstuff 5

he doesn't exist.

If we accept god doesn't exist - we are free from having to invent silly explanations as to why he stands by and watches pedophiles act out their sick fantacies.

Could you stand by and watch a pedophile abuse a child - as god does?

2006-08-29 09:25:38 · 28 answers · asked by aurora03uk 1

2006-08-29 09:24:26 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

10 - You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours.
9 - You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt
8 - You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Triune God
7 - Your face turns purple when you hear of the "atrocities" attributed to Allah, but you don't even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in "Exodus" and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in "Joshua" including women, children, and trees!

6 - You laugh at Hindu beliefs that deify humans, and Greek claims about gods sleeping with women, but you have no problem believing that the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, who then gave birth to a man-god who got killed, came back to life and then ascended into the sky.

5 - You are willing to spend your life looking for little loopholes in the scientifically established age of Earth (few billion years), but you find nothing wrong with believing dates recorded by Bronze Age tribesmen sitting in their tents and guessing that Earth is a few generations old.

4 - You believe that the entire population of this planet with the exception of those who share your beliefs -- though excluding those in all rival sects - will spend Eternity in an infinite Hell of Suffering. And yet consider your religion the most "tolerant" and "loving."

3 - While modern science, history, geology, biology, and physics have failed to convince you otherwise, some idiot rolling around on the floor speaking in "tongues" may be all the evidence you need to "prove" Christianity.

2 - You define 0.01% as a "high success rate" when it comes to answered prayers. You consider that to be evidence that prayer works. And you think that the remaining 99.99% FAILURE was simply the will of God.

1 - You actually know a lot less than many atheists and agnostics do about the Bible, Christianity, and church history - but still call yourself a Christian

2006-08-29 09:23:41 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

So, since it seems that there cannot be a sacrifice w/o a temple, and since the temple cannot be rebuilt due to the Muslims occupying the territory by which the old temple once stood. Then does wouldn't it be correct to say that since there are no sacrifices for the sins of the people that the Jews are doing nothing to save themselves from Hell?

2006-08-29 09:23:19 · 9 answers · asked by MD 3

but I am getting bloody tired of the Christians who have been trying to shove their beliefs down my throat here today.

JESUS IS NOT THE CREATOR OR THE SAVIOUR OF ALL. YOU CAN NOT USE THE BIBLE TO PROVE THAT THE BIBLE IS TRUE. CHRISTIANITY IS ABOUT JUSTIFYING A PATRIARCHAL, HIERARCHAL SYSTEM AND I WILL NOT, EVEN UNDER TORTURE, ACCEPT IT.

If you want to preach go stand on a street corner or something and stop wasting our time. If you want to ask questions and give your point of view, great. But stop condeming everybody.

so, now that I've got that off my chest, what do you all think?

2006-08-29 09:22:54 · 44 answers · asked by bregweidd 6

Just curious.

2006-08-29 09:22:37 · 15 answers · asked by Nikki Tesla 6

Or did they just latch on the the mythological character as a symbol? What do satanists actually believe anyway?

2006-08-29 09:20:05 · 13 answers · asked by mikayla_starstuff 5

How do those who base so much of their lives on the Bible deal with the fact that it was written by people thousands of years ago who not only could not conceive of what society would be like today, they couldn't even master such simplicities as indoor plumbing that we take for granted today. Think about that? I know there will be the usual replies stating "its the word of God" and "it has stood the test of time", but the reality is, its a bunch of
stories put forth based on principals that surely stand the test of time but are not exactly difficult to come by. I mean, "do onto others as you wish them to do to you"...well yeah, common ense. "Thou shall not kill"...uh huh, don't think I need the Bible to know this one. What about the Bible makes you think its so pecial? Please don't tell me its because people have always held it as the word of God...it was written in a time when even the simplest of magic tricks were thought to have been miracles.

2006-08-29 09:19:15 · 24 answers · asked by Marcello 2

The historian De Lacy O'Leary wrote in Islam at Crossroads: "History makes it clear, that the legend of fanatical Muslims, sweeping through the world and forcing Islam at the point of sword upon conquered races is one of the most fantastically absurd myths that historians have ever repeated."

Muslims ruled Spain for roughly 800 years. During this time, the non-Muslims there were alive and flourishing. Additionally, Christian and Jewish minorities have flourished in the Muslim lands of the Middle East for centuries, often arriving to escape the pogroms in Europe. Countries such as Egypt, Morocco, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan all have significant Christian and/or Jewish populations. This is not surprising to a Muslim, for his faith prohibits him from forcing others to see his point of view, and in fact guarantees them protection. The Qur’an says: “Let there be no compulsion in religion” [Al-Qur’an 2:256]

2006-08-29 09:18:35 · 18 answers · asked by Malcolm X 2

According to Chapter 5 of Rick Warren's "The Purpose Driven Life" God tests people to find out what is really in our hearts just as he tested Hezekiah by withdrawing from him. If God is omniscient why does he need to test us to learn what is in our hearts?

2006-08-29 09:18:34 · 23 answers · asked by Nerdbot 5000 2

Breath of Life + Dust of the ground = Living soul

Genesis 2:7
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.

So let's have blue represent the breath and red represent the dust. Mix them together and you'll get purple and let's have that represent the soul. Red is part of the formula to make purple. Taking the soul away from the body would be like trying to take purple out of red. Isn't that right?

2006-08-29 09:18:26 · 8 answers · asked by Cyber 6

the blasted desert. the demonic ululations. a kafakaesque maze of bureaucracy and unreason that will drive any sane person mad. the horrific and unceasing destruction of bodies.
do they also think that the USA will become some sort of innocent garden of Eden as a complementary opposite to the blighted holy land?

2006-08-29 09:17:21 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

please see link
this suggests that the voice we hear that acts as our consience is Gods voice
given that would suggest God speaks to us all .... are we any different to those characters that God spoke to in the bible ?
thoughts please

2006-08-29 09:16:28 · 8 answers · asked by Peace 7

if you were in a perfect place you wouldnt just walk around shitting everywhere, and human excrememnts arent good ferdilizer so what did they do?

2006-08-29 09:16:11 · 3 answers · asked by cpotuna 3

I was running with a friend of mine this morning and we went off on a philosophical debate about reality. The state of reality. What is real? It started off as a discussion about meeting people in cyberspace, how can you have a relationship (friendship or romantic) with someone - when you communicate with them, talk to them, interact with them and yes they obviously exist but you aren’t physically there with them, so how is that a relationship based on reality?
That was his argument. No body-No reality-No relationship.
Then we continued the back half of 3 miles- panting and we got into the discussion of Christianity- (Sam is catholic and I am not). I applied his logic.
How can something that is not proven (evolution as well, I am afraid) be grounds for basing a relationship? Your personal relationship with God.
Now don’t misconstrue what I am saying I am not debasing your relationship with God, at all.
What I am asking is what proof do you need, what state of reality do you need to base your relationships?

And don’t say the bible, that’s too easy! Think beyond that.

2006-08-29 09:15:55 · 30 answers · asked by Katy_Kat 5

2006-08-29 09:14:56 · 30 answers · asked by 100Hertz 2

Jesus said to Peter in front of John and the other disciples -each of who died horrible deaths rather than deny Jesus-foxes book lof martyrs Matthew 16th chaper 16&17th verses " I am the Messiah the Son of the Living God"

i was taught to pick and chose what i wanted to believe-not by a pedophile 'married' to a 9 year old child though. so i rejected Jesus and the bible =then i saw movies like the Passion of Christ-history and Jesus said he would go on the cross for the joy set before him proves he was crucified to fulfill what Moses and Isaiah said the Messiah would have to do-die as our sacrifice for sins =innocent for our guilt.

Moses-God hath given the blood sacrifice to make an atonement for our sins

Isaiah 52vs13-53vs12 he will be exaulted but first marred more than any man, and lay down his life to make an atonement for our sins.

Many liers say they believe Jesus or that he was good or just a prophet-but reject what he says---I am the Son of God-i believed

2006-08-29 09:12:37 · 13 answers · asked by ? 5