Religion & Spirituality - 7 September 2006

Is reincarnation evil or good?

What are your thoughts on this?

What do your holy teachers and holy books say about this?

(Of course, this is another interfaith question. Thanks!)

2006-09-07 07:48:41 · 20 answers · asked by devotionalservice 4

Look at the biggest causes of death and destruction and religion barely rates

Mao Tse-Tung
Kill tally: 14 to 20 million deaths from starvation during the 'Great Leap Forward'. Tens of thousands killed and millions of lives ruined during the 'Cultural Revolution'.

Hitler
Kill tally: Directly responsible for the deaths of over 60 million worldwide as a result of the Second World War.

Stalin
Kill tally: Approximately 20 million, including up to 14.5 million needlessly starved to death. At least one million executed for political "offences". At least 9.5 million more deported, exiled or imprisoned in work camps, with many of the estimated five million sent to the 'Gulag Archipelago' never returning alive. Other estimates place the number of deported at 28 million, including 18 million sent to the 'Gulag'.

The list is endless of killing, misery and death that has nothing to do with religion.

2006-09-07 07:46:52 · 21 answers · asked by Quantrill 7

Let me start here: I am not one of you. However, I respect your religion greatly, and I respect that there are many of you who *do* practice the words of Jesus. I thank you for it. You're the ones who have helped me out many times in my life, and I appreciate it greatly.

My question: What is your outlook on those who preach hate in the name of Jesus? What, if anything, do you/can you do about them? On one hand, this is incredibly damaging to the image of your church (and these people are the ones who fuel many of the fires on this site), as well as simply harmful in general.

I personally know, from my own experience, that there are a lot of wonderful people who are Christians. Not everyone has this to draw on, and it's the hatemongers who yell the loudest and get the attention. I know, I know this is almost a hopeless task, but...how do you deal with these people?

2006-09-07 07:43:34 · 53 answers · asked by angk 6

All he wants to do is chill with nature and now he is either burning in hell or he is in heaven worshiping God! I don't think he will be happy either way! Unless they have swamps in heaven. I guess there might be some snakes in hell. Maybe the devil will let him play with them. What do you think?

2006-09-07 07:42:15 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

WHY DO PEOPLE FEEL THE NEED TO DO THIS IN THE R+S SECTION?

Yes, I know this has nothing to do with either R or S

2006-09-07 07:42:10 · 19 answers · asked by Southpaw 7

he is entiteled to his opinions and beliefs just as everyone else is. you don't have to like him or even agree with him but he should be able to speak his mind on here just as everyone else does.
to whynotaskdon.... thank you for your prayers for my wife. they truly mean alot to us both.

2006-09-07 07:40:50 · 12 answers · asked by bgdadyp 5

Hi, I'm trying to arrange a punch up this weekend to settle it once and for all. Would anyone be interested in signing up. I'm looking for 2 teams of 5. No turbans (due to concealed weapons) or rucksacks (for obvious reasons). The prize to the winning team is a place in heaven all expenses paid. Buffet and light refreshments provided. Venue to be announced.

2006-09-07 07:40:18 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Take for example this question, what do you think the point of this question is?

PS - ain't emails fun

2006-09-07 07:40:14 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler." – Albert Einstein (1879–1955

"Our lives are frittered away by detail; simplify, simplify." – Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

"Simplicity means the achievement of maximum effect with minimum means." – Dr. Koichi Kawana, architect, designer of botanical gardens

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." – Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519)

"If you can't describe it simply, you can't use it simply." – Anon

As excerpted from:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplicity

Peace and Love

2006-09-07 07:40:13 · 12 answers · asked by digilook 2

They both claim to stand for one thing but they are lived out far differently than their original intention.

2006-09-07 07:38:50 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

This may help to know who is in here!

Please just say the name..PLEASE no speeches it harder to count!

I'll Post the Results in 8 Minutes!
It's just a random poll...no science here!

Just the NAME: Example's...Jewish, Agnostic, Christian, Wiccan etc.....

I'll post results in 8 Minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!

READY...............GO.................

2006-09-07 07:36:10 · 55 answers · asked by Anonymous

If so, is "he" in hell right now?

(If this offends you...well, then this site is probably not for you....)

2006-09-07 07:36:07 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

do you believe in miracles? if so, please share your stories! thanks..

2006-09-07 07:35:05 · 20 answers · asked by ROBERT N 2

2006-09-07 07:33:42 · 7 answers · asked by lee f 5

A question was asked can something be proven, then disproven,

Did you consider the sun and the Earth?

look up and make an observation, the sun goes around the Earth, based on the scientific observation of watching thats an accurate statement.

Now lets disprove it, get a telescope, observe Mercury and Venus, calculate the movement and predict where its going to be, Mercury and Venus don't orbit the Earth they orbit the sun, as does Earth.

Is this a good example or a bad example of something proven then disproven?

If I'm wrong tell me, I don't mind being wrong, I dropped out of logic in college, god a D in philosophy,

boy you should have seen me thou in Marketing and Accounting, and Economics.

On my greatest day I can't do logic, but on my worst day I can figure out whats wrong with a general ledger in a matter of minutes.

PS - aren't phone calls wonderful

2006-09-07 07:32:26 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

More people have been killed in the name of religion than anything else in the history of the world.

More people have been tortured in the name of religion than anything else in the history of the world.

More people have been persecuted in the name of religion than anything else in the history of the world.

Religions are evil.

2006-09-07 07:30:25 · 31 answers · asked by A Baby Ate My Dingo 4

a faith healer that has been proven?

2006-09-07 07:30:07 · 16 answers · asked by bgdadyp 5

What's the first thing you really want to know that only He can answer to your satisfaction...?

2006-09-07 07:28:54 · 41 answers · asked by KnowhereMan 6

the reason i question this is that when i saw the Passion of Christ. At the last supper Jesus told his discliples to take the bread and eat, and to take the wine and drink. And to do this in memberance of me, and it hit me that he was talking just to them and not to mankind which has taking this far and beyond what it was ment for.

2006-09-07 07:28:44 · 17 answers · asked by James H 1

They seem so willing to turn to war, rather than love or even God.

2006-09-07 07:27:54 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why do some religions feel the need to convert everyone so bad that they will knock on your door with a Bible and try to convince you that you should believe in their view, and when you tell them you don't, they just keep coming back.

I don't think I have ever heard of anyone showing up with a science book trying to convince me science it the right way.

Is this because science doesn't need to be "marketed" like religion because it stands on its own merit?

2006-09-07 07:27:40 · 16 answers · asked by Marcello 2

Lots of people believe. I don't go to church, so maybe that's the difference, but couldn't someone just tell me the big secret that makes God believable?

2006-09-07 07:27:38 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous

Or did Darwin take him because humans aren't as fit as stingrays?

2006-09-07 07:26:43 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

God is an incredibly IMPROBABLE thing to begin with. And then to be the only thing to not require an origin...how exactly is that digestable?

2006-09-07 07:26:16 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-07 07:25:43 · 9 answers · asked by lewis s 2

How does the Islamic community feel about the Identi-chip?
The Christian community?
Others?

2006-09-07 07:25:00 · 10 answers · asked by Sleeping Troll 5

they lied about being gay.... its not allowed in my faith

2006-09-07 07:24:49 · 30 answers · asked by A REAL American 3

If this messes with your mind...tell me! My #1 reason for not going to HELL is not because I will burn for all eternity, teeth nashing, souls crying in the lake of fire...etc...my reason is that if I go to HELL, I will forever be seperated from GOD. I would never be able to communicate with him, pray, seek his face, sing his praises, worship him....it is a forever seperation in which no more chances are given. My God, what would we do in being seperated from our Savior

2006-09-07 07:24:01 · 34 answers · asked by T&E 2

(According to Ecc 9:5 (KJV) ) Then what difference does it make if you go to hell or to heaven when you die?

2006-09-07 07:23:46 · 15 answers · asked by ZombieTrix 2012 6

2006-09-07 07:23:40 · 10 answers · asked by lewis s 2