Religion & Spirituality - 2 September 2006

2006-09-02 15:43:22 · 11 answers · asked by Hashiman S 1

Their was this guy sittin down on the steps
he was sittin on the steps my friend and I walked past him he, smiled butthing was he was keeping an eye on everyone who was outside. then we went back outside we couldnt get the doors back open because we were carrying stuff outside our hands were full, and well it was weird thed oors werent automatic and i was behind my friend i saw him he looked at me and the door opened. no one toucvhed it. and it wasnt windy today, but I was smoking a cigg and the guy walked off somewhere but he came back to the steps and as he approuched the wind blew hard it made me kinda lose my balance and that guy wasnttheir no more after I cwent back in to call on sumone. it was weird i only went back in for like 5 seconds but it looked like he was senttheir to make sure everyone was safe like sent by God or somethin cuz how could he vanish so fast

2006-09-02 15:42:52 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-02 15:42:43 · 17 answers · asked by ? 7

2006-09-02 15:41:45 · 20 answers · asked by tallica1331 1

2006-09-02 15:41:11 · 15 answers · asked by I-C-U 5

2006-09-02 15:41:00 · 9 answers · asked by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7

There is no partial species evolution. Or is there? Hmmmmm.... makes you think doesn't it? I have heard that we did not come from the modern apes, but this is just theory and conjucture?
I believe in both creation and evolution-to an extent. Why couldn't God do what he wanted? I am sure that he could have done many things that are not written in the bible. Some things he may not want us to even know about.

2006-09-02 15:39:45 · 28 answers · asked by just julie 6

Fly planes into buildings to kill innocent people working to support their family's?

Saw the heads off innocent, tied up people, there to help rebuild their arm pit of a country?

Build atomic bombs to destroy a country because they practice a different religion?

Tie a bomb to himself to kill innocent women and children?

2006-09-02 15:38:42 · 16 answers · asked by the_knower_of_all_knowledge 2

you say you wanna see god! well, i'm right here and yet you still deny me!!!
what is wrong with you? when will you discard your incoherent and illogical beliefs ? the only way to go to heaven is through me!!

repent and ask me to forgive you and you shall be saved!!
you will have a place with me in the holy heavenly farm!!

2006-09-02 15:38:23 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Would you choose to live in hell rather than be parted with your loved ones?

Is god more important to you than Love? Are you married, have children? Do they know you'd abandon them in hell so you can get to heaven?

2006-09-02 15:36:25 · 10 answers · asked by bobkgin 3

think about it, a women can make life inside her, the womb is a beautiful place that creates life.

2006-09-02 15:33:39 · 56 answers · asked by lolo l 1

believing that there is no God?

2006-09-02 15:32:36 · 9 answers · asked by just julie 6

I think theists shoot themselves in the foot with this one. If there is anyone who is *less* likely to form rational views about the existence of a deity than someone who believes death is imminent, I'd like to know who it is. People who use this argument are saying that the most likely cause of religious belief is fear - Maybe they're right! However, far from being a good reason to believe in the existence of a deity, it's a good reason not to - precisely because such a belief is motivated by emotion, i.e. wishful thinking, rather than rational thought. And it should be noted that it's not even true, of course - There are plenty of people who have been involved in wars who were, are, and always have been atheists.

So, does anyone still think that the "No atheists in a foxhole" kind of argument is a good one for theists to trot out?

2006-09-02 15:32:02 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-02 15:29:33 · 11 answers · asked by Xo 1

If you have no religion or spirituallity you should probally o to a different site. I belive in God, the one and only true God Jehova who created all things in heaven and on earth.

2006-09-02 15:29:02 · 40 answers · asked by Tammy C 3

The Bible is not a reliable guide to Christ’s teachings. Mark, the oldest of the Gospels, was written at least 30 years after Christ’s death, and the newest of them might have been written more than 200 years after his death. These texts have been amended, translated, and re-translated so often that it’s extremely difficult to gauge the accuracy of current editions—even aside from the matter of the accuracy of texts written decades or centuries after the death of their subject. This is such a problem that the Jesus Seminar, a colloquium of over 200 Protestant Gospel scholars mostly employed at religious colleges and seminaries, undertook in 1985 a multi-year investigation into the historicity of the statements and deeds attributed to Jesus in the New Testament. They concluded that only 18% of the statements and 16% of the deeds attributed to Jesus had a high likelihood of being historically accurate. So, in a very real sense fundamentalists—who claim to believe in the literal truth of the Bible—are not followers of Jesus Christ; rather, they are followers of those who, decades or centuries later, put words in his mouth.

19. The Bible, Christianity’s basic text, is riddled with contradictions. There are a number of glaring contradictions in the Bible, in both the Old and New Testaments, and including some within the same books. A few examples:

". . . God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man."
(James:1:13)
"And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham."
(Genesis 22:1)

". . . for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger forever."
(Jeremiah 3:12)
"Ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn forever. Thus saith the Lord."
(Jeremiah 17:4)


"If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true."
(John 5:31, J.C. speaking)
"I am one that bear witness of myself . . ."
(John 8:18, J.C. speaking)

and last but not least:


"I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."
(Genesis 32:30)
"No man hath seen God at any time."
(John 1:18)
"And I [God] will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts . . ."
(Exodus 33:23)

Christian apologists typically attempt to explain away such contradictions by claiming that the fault lies in the translation, and that there were no contradictions in the original text. It’s difficult to see how this could be so, given how direct many biblical contradictions are; but even if these Christian apologetics held water, it would follow that every part of the Bible should be as suspect as the contradictory sections, thus reinforcing the previous point: that the Bible is not a reliable guide to Christ’s words.

2006-09-02 15:27:29 · 26 answers · asked by Hashiman S 1

2006-09-02 15:25:41 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you believe in the existence of a god who created this universe then everything in it is his work, including the evidence for evolution, whereas the bible is undeniably the work of man. Why would a believer want to reject the evidence of their god's handiwork and believe other men instead? Isn't that heresy, or something?

2006-09-02 15:25:38 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

The question is applied to the premis how do see yourself as distinct special and purposefull. The spark that is in you that makes you - you.

2006-09-02 15:23:06 · 20 answers · asked by ? 7

It is inconceivable that the complexity we see in the physical universe, and particularly in living organisms, could just exist fully formed without cause. No rational person denies this premise.

The same reasoning also rules out the idea that this complexity is sourced in an eternal intelligent creator which itself exists fully formed without cause.

The only remaining possibility is that the universe had a natural, not a supernatural origin, and that galaxies, stars, planets and living organisms gradually arose out of simplicity and chaos by the action of unthinking, undirected natural processes. This conclusion from straightforward reason is supported by objective evidence from cosmology and biology - i.e. the big bang and evolution.

So, the existence of an intelligent 'creator' is a logical impossibility - Intelligence is a product of the universe, not the other way round. How can theists believe that complexity and intelligence just exist from nowhere? It's a nonsense.

2006-09-02 15:21:03 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

a.) God as a separate entity. He rules in Heaven and demands our worship. For those who praise His name, they will achieve eternal bliss.

b.) God – the union of all things created. He exist in His creation. Consequently, you wouldn't have to love and worship God as a separate entity; you just had to love your fellow man as you love yourself and that would suffice.

2006-09-02 15:19:24 · 21 answers · asked by Xo 1

Religion teaches that we humans are worthless sinners, that any good in us comes from a god, that any bad in us is caused by a demon, that this life is a scarcely significant prelude to an eternal afterlife, that suffering in this life does not matter, that we are playthings of a deity and that we exist only to worship him, to make him feel good about himself.

The atheist worldview, by contrast, requires us to take full responsibility for our actions - We cannot ascribe the credit or blame to any supernatural entities. In the atheist worldview, this life is the only life we will ever have, so it couldn't possibly *be* more significant. In the atheist worldview, life can only be valued for its own sake, with no reference to the wishes of an imagined deity. In the atheist worldview we are free to choose our own purpose in life, and the meaning of life is whatever we deem it to be.

Atheism is life-affirming, whereas religion devalues the only life we know we will have.

Agreed?

2006-09-02 15:18:45 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-02 15:18:07 · 39 answers · asked by bobkgin 3

Isaiah 45:18; Ephesians 4:5.

2006-09-02 15:17:56 · 12 answers · asked by Wayne S 3

Theists sometimes cite Pascal's Wager, saying: "If I'm mistaken about god, I have nothing to lose". This is wrong. If you believe in the Christian god, and it's actually the Muslim god who exists, you're going to burn in hell for all eternity - the Quran says so. If you believe in the Christian god and he's an evil sadist rather than a benevolent god (a reasonable assumption, considering the unimaginable suffering that he - supposedly - presides over in the world), then he will take great delight in sending the most fervent believers to eternal torture and keeping us atheists in paradise, just to make your torment that much the worse. If there is a god and he values reason over blind faith, he will reward atheists and punish believers (since they have no justifiable reason to believe that any gods exist).

Theists should spend their lives tormented by the fear of believing in the wrong god and ending up in another hell, or offending their own god and ending up in his. Do you?

2006-09-02 15:17:20 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Who goes to confession once a month? Once a year? More or less?

-j.

2006-09-02 15:16:52 · 5 answers · asked by classical123 4

I really would like to get a tattoo, but I'm not sure if it goes against anything there is in the Bible. It is a celtic trinity knot for the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It's not anything like random Chinese script or a silly butterfly. It's very meaningful to me, but I don't know if there is anything in scripture that says not too.

2006-09-02 15:16:26 · 21 answers · asked by S L 3

with sinners all the time. Where is the "love" in a god who will not welcome his flawed creation into his house?

2006-09-02 15:16:20 · 11 answers · asked by bobkgin 3

John 3:13.

2006-09-02 15:16:05 · 13 answers · asked by Wayne S 3

info on Kabbalah

2006-09-02 15:15:40 · 9 answers · asked by Dillon 1