Religion & Spirituality - 29 August 2006

Why is it that if I am a believer of a religion,I percieve that if I dont follow it I will go to hell and If I do follow it then I will go to heaven...Vice versa,Someone else in another part of world with same thinkng,objectives and ambitions as mine believes in another religion and percieves the same as I do of my religion...How can we all know the truth...Why dont all the religions in this world meet at a single platform to discuss in a peaceful way their ideas and beliefs so that the whole world could know the one and only true religion and so that all the wars and bloodshed due to religious hatred could be diminished.e.g:DR.ZAKIR NAIQs programme of comparision of ISLAM with other religions on scientific basis(a great programme.if you are of any religion and havent watched it,watch it...Its very informative and clears up many misconceptions...

2006-08-29 03:30:50 · 24 answers · asked by sCrUbs 3

I mean an all together new religion with no past but a doctrine which appeals to you, would you be open enough to think for a change?

I am not asking if you will change- but would you consider it with open mind?

2006-08-29 03:29:45 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Thanks but i am a Sabbath keeping Christian, not a Jew.

Sunday observance is just that, sunday observance.

I hope you read a King James Version of your bible... you seem very comfortable.
There are mountains of eveidence of sabbath being saturday, in history along with the bible. Looks like you've been sucked in.

Sunday was mentioned twice, as the acceptable day for coin/fund clooectio because the sabbath was too Holy, similar to when the Lord kicked out the taders of the temple, need for Holiness before God no place for mammon, sunday christians think that mention of sunday for money collection means holiness, wierd. Then Jesus rose on a sunday, no mention of new worship... be cool and be careful if you love the Lord, don't be led, let God lead your heart.

2006-08-29 03:28:04 · 24 answers · asked by HOPE 4 THE FUTURE: 5

If there was no Bible and nobody every taught or told you about God or religion, would you have ever known there was a God? God doesn't talk to anybody and tell you of his existence so don't say some rediculous stuff like "God talks to me or would tell me". If nobody ever told you about Santa Claus when you were young, would you have known he existed? The answer is CLEARLY no to both, but I just love to read the rediculous answers that always referance the Bible and use no logic at all.

2006-08-29 03:26:18 · 42 answers · asked by advgman52 2

or cant you be bothered?

2006-08-29 03:26:17 · 26 answers · asked by BRICK 3

I am just curious, I am new here and want to find some good questions to answer.

2006-08-29 03:25:57 · 15 answers · asked by the_whosthe_man 1

i hear a lot of god worshipers say that if we were closer or futher away from the sun there would be no life on earth. But this argument makes little sense to me. If there was no life on the planet there would be no one here to wonder we we are 93 million miles from the sun. Isnt it the case that if there are millions of planets orbiting millions of stars - some will be the correct distance apart for life to develop?

2006-08-29 03:25:28 · 20 answers · asked by aurora03uk 1

2006-08-29 03:23:50 · 14 answers · asked by Kain 5

we all need to change and grow up

2006-08-29 03:23:02 · 21 answers · asked by pacinateskies 2

I don't know the facts but becuase its something very prevalent in the west (which are considered to be consisting of almost 85% Christians) it must be allowed i guess

2006-08-29 03:22:20 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have never really been religious, but a lot has happened in the past two years that has made me go back to my roots. I want to celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kipur. However I do not know what to do.
Can anyone give me like a procedure, checklist or something so that I can participate in the holidays the correct way. I have no idea what I am supposed to have or do.

2006-08-29 03:21:00 · 6 answers · asked by ji 1

Last night while watching the Gene Simmons show, it reminded me of the case of the Wisconsin teacher fired from her Catholic school for having been artificially inseminated. This made me wonder about the Catholic views on this subject; do they object to the spilling of seed, or the fact that there might be masturbation involved?

A little bit of googling answered that question, but now I wonder - how does YOUR church/faith/religion view in vitro? Or if you don't belong to an organized religion, how do you personally feel about it?

2006-08-29 03:20:41 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Please do not base your theories/opinions on the DaVinci Code (b/c I can give you a long list of resources that disproves every claim the book makes)...but from your personal experience, can the church be trusted? Please explain why or why not.

2006-08-29 03:20:35 · 18 answers · asked by willturner1_86 1

I am just curious, I am new here and want to find some good questions to answer.

2006-08-29 03:19:51 · 6 answers · asked by the_whosthe_man 1

Meaning why is there so much hunger & war ect in the world..why is it so unequally balanced?

2006-08-29 03:19:25 · 36 answers · asked by Irish... 2

2006-08-29 03:19:14 · 17 answers · asked by gwbruce_2000 3

2006-08-29 03:19:07 · 6 answers · asked by Eureka! 4

Isn't this a good strategy for religions to make people fall in line. Educated adult minds are supposed to me mature enough to reason and accept - arent they?
I am God must be laughing at this strategy adopted by hard lined religeous fanatics, what do you think?

2006-08-29 03:18:58 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Please help, I stumbled upon this this morning. Thanks!

2006-08-29 03:18:37 · 16 answers · asked by reba 1

Did Jesus ever claim to be Lord?

"There is condensation and editing; there is choice, reproduction and
witness. The Gospels have come through the mind of the Church behind the
authors. They represent experience and history." (Kenneth Cragg, the
Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem, The Call of the Minaret, p 277)

Jesus never claimed that he was literally the son of God, or God. There are
many verses in the Bible confirming this fact. None of the verses quoted
directly from Jesus support Trinity or deity of Jesus, if we eliminate the
interpretations of St. Paul and his disciples. We will present those verses
in the coming questions. It is a well known historical fact that today's
Christianity is the product of the Nicene Conference (325 AD). In that
conference, the clergy established the Trinity and banned many Gospels that
did not contain their distorted ideas. In today's Bible there are a few
distorted verses about the divinity of Jesus, which contradict the whole
Old Testament, and the majority of the Gospels.

Some outstanding Christian scholars have reached the conclusion that the
deity of Jesus is a mere fabrication. As the examples of critical studies
on Christianity, here I list the name of two books: The Myth of God
Incarnate, John Hick, ed., The Westminster, Philadelphia, 1977, and Jesus:
Myth & Message, Lisa Spray, Universal Unity, Fremont, California, 1992.

The doctrine of modern Christianity with its implication that God Almighty
has a multiple personality, and that He sacrificed one of His personalities
for the salvation of human kind, has nothing to do with Jesus, as we will
discuss in the next questions.

Two translations, two meanings

Here are two translations of Matthew 7:21. One is from the version
authorized by a king (not God), King James, The other is The New American
Bible, which was translated by the members of Catholic Biblical Association
of America. Notice the contradiction between the two translations in the
first three words of that verse:

King James Version:

"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom
of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven."

The New American Bible (1970):

"None of those who cry out, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of God but
only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven."

In light of the verses that follow (Mt 7:22,23), which clearly indicate
Jesus' anger and displeasure at people who call him "Lord, Lord", it is
obvious that both translators distorted Mt 7:21 in a different manner.
Ironically, by comparing them side by side, the true account inevitably
emerges: "None of those who call me, 'Lord, Lord,'. . ."

Our question for Christian Scholars on Mt 7:21 has two parts. The simple
part of the question is:

Which One Is Correct:

"Not every one..." OR "None of those..." ?

And the difficult part is: Why?

2006-08-29 03:18:05 · 19 answers · asked by ewshs 2

there people with feeling to, and maybe that why the hate us let it go people and start loving them like your own

2006-08-29 03:17:35 · 13 answers · asked by pacinateskies 2

are a lot of christians overwheight

2006-08-29 03:14:17 · 17 answers · asked by Pale_13 2

2006-08-29 03:13:05 · 21 answers · asked by Pale_13 2

2006-08-29 03:11:44 · 29 answers · asked by enlight100 3

They claim they are killing people for Islam but if their religion agrees with killing innocent people and sometimes their own people, something is wrong.The God I know is a loving and forgiving God.God can and will take care of justice without their help.

2006-08-29 03:10:58 · 43 answers · asked by tim r 1

2006-08-29 03:10:55 · 22 answers · asked by Pale_13 2

2006-08-29 03:09:14 · 12 answers · asked by dummy 1

2006-08-29 03:06:34 · 61 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does christians hate muslims / muslim culture ?
Does Muslims hate christian culture ?
Can they live happly one day ?

2006-08-29 03:06:05 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

why do people(some) go in the bad way rather than going in the good way....i mean spritually?

2006-08-29 03:04:40 · 35 answers · asked by a friend 1