Religion & Spirituality - 13 September 2006

2006-09-13 02:37:38 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-13 02:36:20 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Because of the promises?

A better life after the terrestrial life.
To meet again the dear departed.
The eternal salvation.
Paradise.
Virgins of the Allah's paradise (in fact it's mistranslation; Koran promises only white fruits or dry grapes).

By fear?

The pangs of death, the existential anguish.
Hell promised to those who are not good believers.
To face our ignorance: To explain what we do not know by a divine intervention makes possible to calm the anxiety generated by the questions without answers.
In period of distress and misfortune, to believe in something which exceeds us, may bring comfort.

2006-09-13 02:30:35 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

As atheists, we get accused of being idiots,Satan worshippers, “bigots”(http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AoweRCKv779J28fiUtlzSEHsy6IX?qid=20060912121923AAXpuVI , and god knows what else! However one question asked if as atheists, we were more intellectual. Many said that because we weren’t “Brainwashed” that yes, we are smarter than the average Christian; we are educated.

Something happened recently in the news that *MAY* support this point. I’m not saying it does but ….
http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2006/09/08/priest-threat-madonna.html

In this day and age where terrorists are a huge treat – why on EARTH WOULD someone do this?!?! It’s incomprehensible!

Not a very smart moment in the religious world don’t you agree?

2006-09-13 02:29:39 · 25 answers · asked by ηιgнт ѕтαя 5

Also, why we're at it, why is He jealous and who is He jealous of?

2006-09-13 02:29:22 · 26 answers · asked by Brendan G 4

Every religion I have read about is sexist. Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism...
how can any self respecting female support what they say about us?
In the old testament it says that when a woman has her period she is unclean and must be segregated from the main family ( they say we are unlean - LIKE PIGS!!!!)
Even the Buddha says that when a monk asks a nun for her daily food that she has begged for she has to give it to him, but not the other way round.
I'm not gonna bother with Islam we all know what they think of women....
Pretty much all religions agree that we are either the property of our father or husband or failing that our sons!!

2006-09-13 02:28:53 · 28 answers · asked by 240881psy 2

Oh yeah, because they are a PEACEFUL religion. My bad.

2006-09-13 02:28:26 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you believe that "fossil" fuel like oil can be created in only thousands of years,
Why would it be a "limited" resource?
If it took such a short period to produce, wouldn't that mean it would be continuously produced and wouldn't be considered "limited"?

Perhaps creationists would like to change oil from limited to unlimited.
Gee, you ever wonder if fossils can be created in only 50 years, why we don't have so much oil it would never run out?

2006-09-13 02:24:36 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

The worst feature of the Christian religion, is its attitude toward sex -- an attitude so morbid and so unnatural that it can be understood only when taken in relation to the sickness of the civilized world at the time the Roman Empire was decaying. We sometimes hear talk to the effect that Christianity improved the status of women. This is one of the grossest perversions of history that it is possible to make. Women cannot enjoy a tolerable position in society where it is considered of the utmost importance that they should not infringe a very rigid moral code. Monks have always regarded Woman primarily as the temptress; they have thought of her mainly as the inspirer of impure lusts. The teaching of the church has been, and still is, that virginity is best, but that for those who find this impossible marriage is permissible. "It is better to marry than to burn," as St. Paul puts it.

2006-09-13 02:24:03 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Under the new rules, you can be called a hypocrite for upholding old standards of virtue that you don't exemplify perfectly; but you can't be called a hypocrite for sinking into utter moral squalor, as long as you profess to believe there's nothing wrong with it. So the defender of traditional morality is kept constantly on the defensive, since only he can be accused of hypocrisy.

It's quite a clever system, because it works entirely to the advantage of one side, while the other side has been slow to figure it out. But it boils down to something simple and obvious.

If you set high standards, there is the danger that you'll create an embarrassing gap between what you believe and what you do. The actual may fall short of the ideal; in fact it's almost certain to do so, and you may look hypocritical when you're only human.

But if you profess low standards, there's no danger of such a gap. Your behavior is all too likely to meet your standards. If you openly advocate pedophilia

2006-09-13 02:22:28 · 10 answers · asked by carl 4

If you don't,I don't see how you don't, the odds dictate that there is, and if you do, did Jesus visit those people too, or are they srewed like the rest of us?

2006-09-13 02:19:47 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-13 02:19:00 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

me as your personal Clown and Savior??

repent and i will give you a balloon!!!

deal? or no deal?

2006-09-13 02:18:48 · 18 answers · asked by whynotaskclown 1

Yes...according to this guy...

""The far right, the religious right are driving moderates out of the party. In the end, that can only hurt because it takes a critical mass to have a successful party," Schwarz said in his first extensive interview since losing the Aug. 8 primary to Tim Walberg.

The Battle Creek physician said several friends told him they plan to leave the party after watching him be hammered on social issues and then lose in spite of endorsements by establishment Republicans including President Bush and Saul Anuzis, chairman of the Michigan Republican Party."

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060904/POLITICS01/609040357/1022/POLITICS

2006-09-13 02:18:23 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-13 02:15:54 · 5 answers · asked by Stephen 1

My line of thought is that New York/Washington is the great city that rules the world
Imperial America is the revived Roman empire

I am looking for scholars who support my idea

please post weblinks if you have them, or good ones that can point me to the truth about mystery babylon, not insults

I don't see any revived Roman Empire in the EU as the Left Behind Fiction people think. The prophecy in the bible is always SYMBOLIC never LITERAL. Its MYSTERY BABYLON not BABYLON. If babylon was to be rebuilt then we are no where near the end times.


This is the religion board, I am not interested in politics, patriotism, etc.. so please don't insult me

2006-09-13 02:15:00 · 8 answers · asked by owner4nothing 3

Er! Best guess. Like to hear from all the different religious groups?

2006-09-13 02:13:22 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

No other religious followers kill enemies shouting Praise to God( Allah Akbar).
How can this happen to word of God?
Dont tell me its the fault of some one who is reading it, especially when it is a Gods word.
Why muslims have to cry hard prove their innocense?
Why did not Allah protect his word given to the prophet?

2006-09-13 02:10:02 · 14 answers · asked by Proud Indian 1

i can make poodle shaped balloons!!!!!

2006-09-13 02:09:28 · 10 answers · asked by whynotaskclown 1

ok, here's a weird question!! ....
Ive been asking God for the baptism of the Holy Spirit (the ability to speak in tongues) and it hasn't happened yet. its been a long time now and i was wondering because sometimes i talk in my sleep and I was told that it sounds like gibberish or like I'm speaking in a different language.....

could it be that when I'm asleep my spirit feels free and not as controlled by the mind and flesh?? am i really speaking in tongues?? please help!

2006-09-13 02:09:06 · 23 answers · asked by Marilyn 3

...I would like to know how do muslims feel when they see a picture of man, or something like that. And, what about cartoons? Are they forbidden for children?

Muslims only (and please without long quotations from Kuran).

2006-09-13 02:08:20 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Tell me about it.

2006-09-13 02:07:49 · 8 answers · asked by ? 4

The Evangelical comment below is from my Madonna post.....

"Madonna is a pig without respect for herself or anyone else. Many kids follow the poor example she sets for them destroying their lives in the process or, at least, setting them back a few years in their maturation process and development. You don't have to be a Bible toting Pat Boone fan to know that. Freedom without respect is anarchy."

So if you dont want your kids watching Madonna, who do you let them listen to? What if you caught your son looking at Madonna's book "Sex" under cover at night and listening to Papa dont Preach?

2006-09-13 02:06:20 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why do so many people on this site feel it necessary to bait or argue on religious issues?

2006-09-13 02:04:32 · 12 answers · asked by world traveler 3

Them/Us? The Lord is longsuffering to "us-ward"(has no them, no forgive "them" who know not what they do or what "they say" brings destruction upon "them" all: scape-goats & dumb-sheep on left & right). God hath provided some better thing for "us" than extinction: as in Adam(them) all die, and receive not the promise: Heb 11.

Isaiah 1:18 says "come now, and let us reason together". 2Corithians 6:17 says "come out from among them" and "I will receive you". 1Cor 15 says "as in Adam(them: Gen 5) all die". 1Cor 15 also notes God has given "us" the victory, and it's notably "through Jesus->Christ" which end focuses on Christ: the end of the law, which is thereby the end of law imputed sin and death followed by hell, perhaps the hell of endless law law going to and fro the earth to see who it may deceive and thereafter devour.

They/We? "We all are one", and "we are delivered from the law". They seem to be them vs them (oppose them-selves) in law law heavens on high.

Your comments?

2006-09-13 02:02:58 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-13 02:02:32 · 10 answers · asked by daddyoohh2 2

it was proven God did create Earth but left it a blank canvass to see what evolved.

2006-09-13 02:01:16 · 10 answers · asked by ? 1

I have a pet peve. I posted an answer to a question from a lady who said she was going through a rough time and what kind of guidance could she get. She said she wanted to crawl into a hole and die. Now, I usually don't give serious answers to anything, but I really felt bad for her, because I've been in that situation before. Not 1 single person gave her any advice other than "pray, pray, pray, read your bible, ask god, pray some more, pray, pray etc". All of my family members are Christian and I respect that, but this happens in real life too. Why can't people give real advice to other people instead of copping out and saying "Oh, just give it to god, it will work out". Sure, it'll work out 50% of the time, becuase that is the law of nature, but the other 50% of the time christians will say, "Well, it was god's will". Is it so much to ask to give a shoulder to cry on instead of just taking the easy road and telling them to give it to god? I'll take any feedback you give me.

2006-09-13 02:00:37 · 23 answers · asked by Squirrel 4

Why is OIL called a FOSSIL fuel?

2006-09-13 02:00:26 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

to fully submit my heart, BODY and soul to, which would it be;
whynotaskdon
whynotaskbindon
whynotaskdoNazi
whynotaskclown
whynotaskpimpdon
whynotasklongdon
whynotdonny
......or some other true whynotask prophet?

2006-09-13 01:59:49 · 14 answers · asked by Ask Donna 3