Religion & Spirituality - 8 September 2006

You know when people think that the symbol of one religion might be offensive to members of another?

Can anyone's faith be so unsure and weak, that they have only to see some symbol of another faith to think, "oo-er, I'm wavering, I think I'm going to join the other lot"?

2006-09-08 04:31:04 · 8 answers · asked by ben s 1

When I moved from Christianity to Neo-Paganism there where a number of challenges. I moved from a very closed minded system where I had all the answers to a system that was open. It was clear that I was on an open ended path where there was way more to learn then one could possible learn in a life time. I also went from a black and white system of belief where one could simply reject something without really thinking about it to a system that was full spectrum. Nothing was just black or white, everything needed to be examined and thought about. Moreover now I had to credit people who disagreed with me as being intelligent and thoughtful individuals.

You add on top of that the rejection and accusations from family and all the friends I had at the time and it was a challenging move.

What are your thought?

By the by: Please don’t feel the need to judge or criticize my path. I’ve heard it all before and it will waste your time more then it will waste mine.

2006-09-08 04:29:38 · 16 answers · asked by Pablito 5

Being Agnostic, I believe that the Universe came about by the Big Bang Theory. But as yet no one has given a plausible theory as what was the catalyst. Could it have been God? Or an accidental coelescence of matter that caused it?
Can anyone provide me with a plausible theory for either cases?

2006-09-08 04:28:54 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

Thank your for all who responded to why does religion seperate. Now to elaborate on the story. I told my friend I did not think that the bible was meant to be taken literally. There are too may perceptions which grants freedom. The same freedom god gives us with free will. NOw ask yourself this in gods eyes which is the bigger sin? TO lay with a may without love for the acceptance of a piece of paper, or to lay with a man with love; respect honesty, and compassion. I may not have a piece of paper that declares to the word the love I share with my lover, but what I do have is my own declaration of love without the world. And this is to me this is the convenant of marriage and the embrace of god. IS my friend a hypocrite. I dont think so. Just someone else who misconstrues the words. Just like we all tend to do

2006-09-08 04:28:52 · 1 answers · asked by fryedaddy 3

Who wants to be there to watch God chew me out then cast me down?

2006-09-08 04:27:05 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

Euphoria is meaningless as it is self-gratifying. If euphoria was meaningful, we'd all be on heroin. I know the sadness of the world gives us heavy hearts, but we can use our pain to lessen the pain of others, and in the end, our struggles and hardships will bond us.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ap0.3gjr3NdzKZjUrfNuPzDsy6IX?qid=20060908080726AADKAQy

2006-09-08 04:25:31 · 10 answers · asked by Xo 1

I know this is not the appropriate section where I should post my Question but their are very few answerers in the Science section.

Answer this Question if you Have Knowledge about the
Super Collider Project which is being carried out in the Year 2009

IS one purpose of the project to prove that we exist in a Multiverse with many Dimensions and alternative Universes (Just Like the Movie 'The ONE' in Which Jet LI was the main star.)
And do you believe that our planet can exist in many Universes/Dimensions and they can have different Histories ?

2006-09-08 04:24:34 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

My friend lives in Nigria and he wants to come visit the US. He belongs to a church and is a youth minister. He doesn't have that much money and is looking for help. Anyone have any idea to help him?

2006-09-08 04:23:10 · 9 answers · asked by Carmen S 2

...and God is quite displeased. He tells me I not only have ruined my own eternal life, but that I convinced 3 other people to forsake God while I was alive, also. So I will have their eternal torture on my conscience. Should he punish me for all of them, or punish them too?

2006-09-08 04:22:12 · 52 answers · asked by Anonymous

We know that a large majority of homosexuals are Atheist, and the majority of Atheist are liberal. So what about the Goths. Are they generally Wiccan of Atheist?

2006-09-08 04:21:47 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-08 04:21:27 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why would she feel the need for big knockers?
And why does "puritanical" church-going Christian America have the most breast implants in the world?

2006-09-08 04:20:29 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

This is a serious question so please have a think about this one.

thanks

2006-09-08 04:20:19 · 26 answers · asked by budhha 2

Please explain your answer. Why do you think it is or isn't?

2006-09-08 04:20:05 · 10 answers · asked by Mitchell B 4

I always wanted to know. Is Jesus God or the Son of God? I am not trying to be rude in any manner. I

2006-09-08 04:19:07 · 25 answers · asked by Karan K 2

I'm here to guide you out of this mess. Dont be afraid

2006-09-08 04:17:40 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

TELL ME ABOUT YOUR RELIGION AND WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN

2006-09-08 04:17:03 · 25 answers · asked by †If he only knew† 4

If you were born among the ancient Greeks, you would fall to every vice of their false religion. You are just like these people from the past who worshiped false idols. You're Christian because everyone else is.

2006-09-08 04:15:57 · 21 answers · asked by Xo 1

Every child needs a teacher. Who was their teacher? I am asking the gullible Religionists.

2006-09-08 04:15:41 · 12 answers · asked by deleagbeyo 1

Of the people that lived in the 500 years or so between the prophet Isa(Jesus) and the prophet Muhammad (PBUH) did any of them know that jesus didn't "really" die on the cross. Did Allah in anyway inform them that Jesus was taken up to him?

2006-09-08 04:14:56 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-08 04:14:46 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-08 04:14:19 · 6 answers · asked by Kranti 1

2006-09-08 04:13:45 · 17 answers · asked by pedalpower 1

should i obey him because he is the man of god? he always hugs her after each sermon, and i get really jealous.

2006-09-08 04:12:34 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-08 04:07:57 · 32 answers · asked by narinder_athwal 1

I actually identify more with Satan than I do with God. You see human sadness makes us beautiful…it means we practice conscious. Without Satan, existence would be a euphoria...meaningless as it is self-gratifying.

2006-09-08 04:07:26 · 26 answers · asked by Xo 1

How old is the orthodox faith?

If you are a Lutheran, your religion was founded by Martin Luther, an ex-monk of the Catholic Church, in the year 1517. If you belong to the Church of England, your religion was founded by King Henry VIII in the year 1534 because the Pope would not grant him a divorce with the right to re-marry. If you are a Presbyterian, your religion was founded by John Knox in Scotland in the year 1560. If you are a Congregationalist, your religion was originated by Robert Brown in Holland in 1582. If you are Protestant Episcopalian, your religion was an offshoot of the Church of England, founded by Samuel Senbury in the American colonies in the 17th century. If you are a Baptist, you owe the tenets of your religion to John Smyth, who launched it in Amsterdam in 1606. If you are of the Dutch Reformed Church, you recognize Michelis Jones as founder because he originated your religion in New York in 1628. If you are a Methodist, your religion was founded by John and Charles Wesley in England in 1774. If you are a Mormon (Latter Day Saints), Joseph Smith started your religion in Palmyra, New York, in 1829. If you worship with the Salvation Army, your sect began with William Booth in London in 1865. If you are Christian Scientist, you look to 1879 as the year in which your religion was born and to Mary Baker Eddy as its founder.

If you belong to one of the religious organizations known as "Church of the Nazarene, Pentecostal Gospel," "Holiness Church," or "Jehovah's Witnesses," your religion is one of the hundreds of new sects founded by men within the past hundred years.

If you are Roman Catholic, your church shared the same rich apostolic and doctrinal heritage as the Orthodox Church for the first thousand years of its history, since during the first millennium they were one and the same Church. Lamentably, in 1054, the Pope of Rome broke away from the other four Apostolic Patriarchates (which include Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem), by tampering with the Original Creed of the Church, and considering himself to be infallible. Thus your church is 1,000 years old.

If you are Orthodox Christian, your religion was founded in the year 33 by Jesus Christ, the Son of God. It has not changed since that time. Our church is now almost 2,000 years old. And it is for this reason, that Orthodoxy, the Church of the Apostles and the Fathers is considered the true "one Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church." This is the greatest legacy that we can pass on to the young people of the new millennium.

by Rev. Dr. Miltiades Efthimiou

2006-09-08 04:07:15 · 11 answers · asked by Jelena 1

2006-09-08 04:04:50 · 14 answers · asked by asimonline 1

I'm looking forward to popping open a cold one and catching up with the cats.....

2006-09-08 04:04:46 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Because in order for US to "see", we need a physical eye ball, a physical optic nerve, and a physical brain to compute what we are seeing. There is nothing physical or meta physical about ghosts, so why do people claim to see and speak to them?

2006-09-08 04:00:52 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous