Religion & Spirituality - 29 August 2006

I think general knowldge and a little bit of science is more than enough to leave the Bibal and Quran.


Throw me stones my friends.

2006-08-29 20:26:03 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-29 20:24:49 · 24 answers · asked by Señor Badass 2

Why people are not thinking about the future after we die?
Why people are always thinking there needs and happiness of this temporary life?
Who can help us to obtain the real world after we die?
Is the bible can give us the true way of salvation?
What is the different between man who walk to God's way or biblical way and man who walk on human way

2006-08-29 20:22:14 · 22 answers · asked by vbprogrammer 1

2006-08-29 20:20:57 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

can someone who has never read the bible still believe in god and say that they believe everything in the bible is true??

a co-worker said it isnt possable because a person could say the bible says anything and i'd have to agree because i dont know if its true or not and he was too stubbourn to understand that i said i believe in the bible, not man. but i havent read the bible. do i have false faith or blind faith or no faith at all?

2006-08-29 20:18:36 · 18 answers · asked by psycho_nextdoor 1

2006-08-29 20:17:43 · 7 answers · asked by Black Atheist 1

that God wont give u the spouse he would've if you'd only obeyed him? And when u have kids they'll cause trouble like Absalom did with David?

2006-08-29 20:17:34 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

"A thorough reading and understanding of the Bible is the surest path to atheism” ~ Donald Morgan

Let's consider the cosmology of Genesis. In biblical times, people thought that the earth and heaven were all that there was... and that the earth was essentially a 'terrarium' (you might want to look that up). They thought that the sky was a solid object, called the 'firmament', and that the sun, moon, and stars were affixed to it. So, essentially, heaven is 'on the other side of the sky'.

The story of Genesis is comprised of the myths, superstitions, fairy tales and fantastical delusions of an ignorant bunch of Bronze Age fishermen and wandering goat herders, lifted from the oral traditions of other cultures, and crafted into a tale that incorporated some of their own folk tales and pseudo-history. This collection of ignorance provides the basis for the Abrahamic death cults of desert monotheism... Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

The cosmological aspects of Genesis are perfectly understandable, if you contemplate it in the proper context. At the time the bible stories were concocted, the perception was that the earth was the object and the center of creation. Why? Because they had no reason to think otherwise. Today, as we advance science, we stand upon the shoulders of all the scientists that came before. Back then there were no shoulders to stand upon... so they did the best they could with what they had... their senses and their imaginations.

* They had no concept of 'outer space', and so they conceived that in the beginning all that existed were dark waters.

* They had no concept of 'nothingness'. Remember, the concept of 'zero' wasn't invented (discovered?) until thousands of years later. With that in mind, the term 'void', as it is employed in Genesis, can not refer to 'nothingness'... it can only be applied in its alternative definition, which is 'empty'. So, the waters were dark, formless and empty (devoid of content).

* They thought that all of creation consisted of the earth and an unseen 'heaven', and they thought that the sky was a 'thing'... a substantive 'firmament' (the sky) that was created by god to separate the waters and differentiate earth from heaven, when both were created.

# They had no idea that Earth was a planet, orbiting the sun.

# They had no idea that there is no firmament... that the sky is not a 'thing'.

(If you don't believe that they thought the sky was an object... a solid barrier... consider the Tower of Babel, that they were building to reach heaven. Apparently, God ALSO thought that the sky was an object, since it concerned him so much that he confounded their speech, so as to disrupt their project and keep them from reaching his domain. God must be pretty much of a dumbass, if he doesn't even know the actual configuration of the universe that he created. So much for the 'inerrant' bible.)

* They thought that the sun was a light that god had placed upon the 'firmament' to differentiate night from day.

# They had no idea that the sun is a star... the center of our solar system.

# They had no concept of 'stars' in the same sense that we understand them today.

* They had no idea that night and day were a consequence of the earth's rotation.

* They thought that the moon was a 'lesser' light that god had caused to travel across the firmament to enable man to differentiate the seasons, and provide illumination at night.

# They had no concept of the moon as a satellite.

* They thought that the stars were tiny lights that god had placed upon the firmament to provide for omens. (Some thought that the stars were 'holes' in the firmament that allowed the 'light of heaven' to shine through.)

# They had no idea that the stars were suns, just like our own sun.

# They thought the eyeball-visible planets (Mercury, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn) were 'wandering stars'.

# They had no idea that the planets were actually sun-orbiting bodies, just like earth.

* They had no idea that the earth, itself, is a planet.

# They had no clue as to the actual nature of the earth, our solar system, the place of our solar system in the galaxy... or even of the existence of our galaxy. (Up until very recently, we didn't even know that there were other galaxies. Our galaxy, when it was first known that there actually WAS a galaxy, was thought to be the whole universe.) From their perspective, the 'earth' and 'heaven' (i.e., whatever existed on the other side of the sky) represented all that there was. A terrarium.

I do not say this things to disparage what they thought back then. They were trying to do what science is trying to do today... trying to understand reality. Today, we have technology and disciplined meta-procedures (scientific method) to help us extract answers from nature.

Back then, they did not.

Today, we have 'theories' to provide consistent explanations for what we are able to observe in nature, supplemented and validated by the additional information that we are able to extract from nature by means of our technology, our disciplined methods and our intellectual tools (mathematics, logic). Most of our theories are incomplete, so we continue to work on them... because we know that they are incomplete.

Back then, they did not have disciplined methods, and they did not have the technology to extract answers from nature. The only information they had access to was what they could see with their own eyeballs. There was no technological knowledge base or scientific context in which to interpret their observations, so they had to appeal to their imaginations... and the 'supernatural'... in order to make sense out of what they saw. Actually, what they really achieved was deluding themselves into thinking that they knew the truth. Amazingly, over time, this delusion has become codified, institutionalized, and incorporated... complete with franchises.

Basically, Genesis can be thought of as a 'theory', concocted by people who were constrained by lack of technology, methodology and intellectual tools... but they sure weren't constrained by lack of imagination.

Today, we try to interpret Genesis in the context of what we know to be true of the universe... galaxies, stars, planets, moons, gravity, orbits, inclination of the earth's axis, planetary rotation, etc. They problem is that Genesis can't be interpreted in terms of those things, because Genesis was written by men, based on oral traditions, and those men did not know about those things. They could only write about what they could see and what they could guess about the reasons that lay behind what they saw. In any event, it provided them with a mechanism to quell the innate anxiety that comes with fretting about how and why they came to be here.

They guessed wrong.

So... I think that the cosmological aspects of Genesis require a literal interpretation... no metaphors... no allegory... no hidden meaning. The key, though, is in understanding that the literal interpretation does not lead to a description of the way things ARE... it leads to a description of the way they THOUGHT things are. It leads to a naive description of reality, concocted by people who were doing the best they could with what they had.

It is absolutely appalling, though, to realize that hundreds of millions of people, TODAY, including participants in this forum, BELIEVE that this ignorant bovine excrement is actually TRUE.

2006-08-29 20:15:48 · 27 answers · asked by superdave 1

Is it just me, or does it seem like people are just having a hard time coming to terms with the fact that we are just a species of animal. Why don't we want to realize that we are just something that evolved on this planet at some time in the earth's history that cannot be historically accounted for in any of the world's religious doctrines. They all say things that have been proven wrong by today's technology. I think our world can start to move in the right direction if we can all just get out of the dark ages and give up our supernatural imaginations. After all, sooner or later, some big rock is just going to crash into the earth and wipe out mankind anyway. Then maybe someday, someone will be digging up our bones along with the dinosaurs' and wonder why these animals weren't recorded in their crazy religious text.
Food for thought.

2006-08-29 20:14:08 · 15 answers · asked by jkippol 1

WHAT IS THE TRANSLATION OF THIS ISLAMIC WORDS IN ENGLISH PLZ
ELSALAMO ALIKOM =عليكم السلام
WA ALECOM ELSALAM=و عليكم السلام
ALIIH EL SALAM=علية السلام
SALA ALLAH ALIIH WA SALIM=صلى الله علية و سلم
INSHAA ALLAH=ان شاء اللة
RADIA ALLAH ANHO =رضى الله عنة

THANKS FOR U ALL BROTHERS

2006-08-29 20:13:41 · 7 answers · asked by why? 2

2006-08-29 20:12:24 · 18 answers · asked by Lambada 2

2006-08-29 20:08:09 · 19 answers · asked by birdie 1

what church will accept me?

2006-08-29 20:07:43 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-29 20:07:39 · 6 answers · asked by shehro 1

Are you sure after you die your going to heaven?
Why people cannot realized that we need a salvation?
Why people always making sins and can't change their life and direct to God?
Do you believing that Jesus Christ is the way the truth and the life?

2006-08-29 20:03:03 · 20 answers · asked by vbprogrammer 1

I am not interested in stupid answers, neither am I interested in hearing anyone preach about their own religion. I really want to understand why are Muslim men allowed to haev four wives? I heard from a Muslim friend that this is because Mohamad took in a few women under his shelter away from the enimies. And wasn't really 'marrying' them. I just want to understand this.

But in my country, this is not 'approved' of anymore in this modern age.

2006-08-29 19:58:54 · 21 answers · asked by (coco) 3

don't misunderstand. I don't have a problem with it. I just don't get it. If I disagreeded with something or didn't believe in it, I'm not sure I would even go to those questions to respond. Much less get so worked up over it. I ask this not to provoke but to understand.

2006-08-29 19:53:54 · 32 answers · asked by the answers are there 2

2006-08-29 19:46:01 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've been smoking for 4 years, trying to break the habit. Just wondering if anyone knows any good habit spells. Thanks!

2006-08-29 19:45:57 · 9 answers · asked by dirtmerchant_12b 3

2006-08-29 19:44:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

From these horibble wars I am learning so much more about Muslims. The American Govt had done so much to scare us for years about Muslims, but I am realizing we are not all that different.

When I was in college I had a classmate who was Muslim American she still is and is very successful and kind. She told me that her mother was orginally a devout Catholic and had converted to the Muslim faith to marry her father. They all live a very traditional Muslim life in America. I did not thing this was compatable, but now after learning more about the Muslim faith and growing up in the Catholic faith I realize that there are many things that could be in common with books and beliefs and values if the Catholic person is very tradional and enters the Muslim faith.

Is this a correct asumption? Her parents are happily married to this day. He mother has made a sucessful conversion and the children are all devout Muslims. I am not sure if that is correct terminology.

2006-08-29 19:39:08 · 11 answers · asked by adobeprincess 6

And will they go on breastfeeding in eternity....and how will the ommunicate...yada..yada...yada..babbaaa..abbaba..babbaa....or does aging/education process also takes place in the eternal heaven......

2006-08-29 19:38:14 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Muhammad developed special visions claimed to be from Alah, the Muslim God. Muhammad had 16-18 wives including two sex slaves; one wife was a 8 year old girl.
When Muslims die, they claim to go to a place called Paradise where there is free wine and women for all. The following was taken out of the Quran as to what they believe:
2:219 There will be wine and gambling
55:56 In the gardens for the believers will be maidens undeflowered ( virgins)
56:34-38 There will be maidens on couches or beds, made virginal, loving companions matched in age

Their view of women:
2:223 Women are like fields, so seed them as you intend
2:230 If a man divorces his wife for the third time, it is unlawful for him to remarry her until she has married another man
33:37 It is not a sin for the faithful to marry the wives of their adopted sons when they are through with them
66:5 In case of divorce, his Lord will give him better wives in return, both widows and virgins

Is this not carnal living?

2006-08-29 19:38:05 · 7 answers · asked by trieghtonhere 4

2006-08-29 19:37:21 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

a belief in one god, but not jesus, dont believe the bible is based on actual events or God's word. believes there is a heaven and hell, believes it is good vs. evil.

2006-08-29 19:36:56 · 19 answers · asked by alif 1

2006-08-29 19:36:53 · 10 answers · asked by bigpugface50 1

2006-08-29 19:34:50 · 20 answers · asked by bronzemodel 2

I know God Exist but what I cant understand is If the Person That Killed My brother Repents and all Is she going to heaven? Will she not get Punished for her Crime? Shes not in Jail now so when Does she GEt Punished? Please Help Me I dont mean any Harm I just want to Know!!

2006-08-29 19:33:55 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

This is further to my previous question http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=As207_eU1aaG8pbAuPrRhxbsy6IX?qid=20060829045554AAIxWSa

Now they say Pluto is not a planet.
When I posted by earlier question, people said that I'm dump, lazy and I should go and do some experiments.
Well let me tell you that I've spent 18 years of my life on science and have a degree in Chemistry with top scores, And now I'm 30 and have a husband & two children. I've no intention to spent the rest of life on experiments. I've realized that at the end the Science will change what was thought in the past and it will finally say the answer is God. But then I'm already a believer in GOD and I have a book which has not been changed since 1400 years. The science is proving that what this book is saying are all correct, and they couldn't proof anything is wrong until now.
I agree that science is supposed to find out new things and improve on existing ideas.
But I don't think that I have to do further

2006-08-29 19:31:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

It seems as though many of you 'holy' followers have your minds made up about the comparison about the abortion/war thing but I don't think a lot of the INNOCENT children who are getting murdered in the middle east are any ******* different than an unborn fetus. How can you justify that??
And, I don't think Jesus died to make any of you the judge... Right???? What did Jesus die for?? And what would Jesus do? I don't think he'd be like, "Well, HELL, go kill those commies! Murdering our innocent people.... well, let's just give 'em a dose of their own medicine!! AN EYE FOR AN EYE!!!!"
Yeah, for some reason, I don't think Jesus would be like, sure let's go kill people because they did it to us first.

You christians are so delusional.

BOW DOWN AND HAIL ME!

2006-08-29 19:24:57 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous