Religion & Spirituality - 16 September 2006

In the speech in Germany on Tuesday, the Pope referred to criticism of the Prophet Mohammad by 14th century Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaeologus.

The emperor said everything Mohammad brought was evil "such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached".

Using the terms "jihad" and "holy war", the 79-year-old Pope said violence was "incompatible with the nature of God".

2006-09-16 22:36:08 · 19 answers · asked by John S 4

...were "evil and inhuman." In response, no fewer than 8 churches were fire bombed and or burned down by Muslims in protest.

My question is: If Muhammad taught you to burn down churches whose parisioners have done nothing to you, then the quote is accurate, is it not?

Despite being Catholic, myself, I am usually defending Muslims and explaining Islam to my less learned friends. I have many Muslim friends, and although they as well as I are/am sympathetic, this kind of behaviour does not help the Muslim cause/struggle. Moderate Muslims--you must speak out against your violent brethren.

2006-09-16 22:33:55 · 12 answers · asked by vinny_the_hack 5

2006-09-16 22:32:21 · 16 answers · asked by bluesad_angel 3

I saw her kissing an older woman in the parking lot of a bar. I would like to tell her that is against the Bible, if I knew which verse it was.

2006-09-16 22:31:50 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

hi, wat is cosmic energy?....how can i feel cosmic energy?....how can i receive cosmic energy?......i have a back pain....how can i heal it from cosmic energy? thank uuu!

2006-09-16 22:29:35 · 6 answers · asked by passion 24 1

do you believe the same things the rest of your family does?

2006-09-16 22:29:19 · 19 answers · asked by Z ten 3

2006-09-16 22:27:03 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

"No. We mean it this time. Seriously."

2006-09-16 22:26:10 · 21 answers · asked by amocksing2005 1

why?

2006-09-16 22:24:24 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

My only target is people who seem to me to be unable to say I do not know and leave it at that. I do not know that God did exactly this or that and proponents of evolution can not show that anything that happened here on earth could not have happened in a lab (perhaps destroyed by a cataclism or located somewhere else) under a controlled environment. No one knows if we are living in a often reused test tube of sorts or if we are alone in the galaxy spinning round, subject to forces under no ones control.
My problem is people who spend vast amounts of energy trying to persuade others that their pet theory is right. We do not know. If we can create life in a test tube then somebody b4 us could have.
evolution proponents seemingly blindly refuse to achknowledge that It is not scientific to teach theory as fact. It limits thinking to the new generation who might discover the truth if not blinded by notions taught by people who PERHAPS in error think they are superior to all.PERHAPS

2006-09-16 22:19:32 · 6 answers · asked by icheeknows 5

I was raised Catholic. I have so strongly disagreed with the Catholic belief system and religion in general I am atheist.

The pope said something you disagreed with and or found offensive. When you desecrate Catholic churches and riot it makes you look less than peaceful.

I'm sorry but I don't find the Quran to be flawless or contain a perfection of philosophy. The Quran like the Bible contains a lot of cruelty and violence. They both contain some great standards to live by as well.

I have no favortism towards major religions ( okay maybe Toaism or Buddhism.) I would have to lean toward Christianity as being more of a religion of peace than Islam.

I destest a lot of Catholic church principals more than you can imagine. I'm not going to beat up a priest or desecrate a church.

Why as a rational person should I believe Islam is a religion of peace?

2006-09-16 22:17:20 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

They are not as important as anyone else on this planet.
And I would call them by their first names if I met them. No one is 'your majesty' or 'your holiness' in my world.

2006-09-16 22:16:39 · 20 answers · asked by Girl Goes Back To The Future 6

If people just didn't think at all, they wouldn't think to start wars. Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia weren't religious. Sure, blame religion for the evils. We have too many homeless shelters and soup kitchens anyway.

2006-09-16 22:16:36 · 8 answers · asked by Artie 1

If I recall we fast on days of great tragedy in history's past. So why don't we fast on 9-11? I did, it just seemed right.

2006-09-16 22:15:04 · 7 answers · asked by Labatt113 4

2006-09-16 22:13:39 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been busy the last few days and have obviously missed a lot of the news. I did cringe when I heard what the pope said, but now on here this morning is talk of fatwas ( what are they). and burning flags and effigies. Muslims say bad things about christians and christians say bad things about Muslims.

Cant we live and let live, is that to much to ask

Both sides of the arguments would be appreciated so I can make an educated and not bias opinion on the matter.

2006-09-16 22:13:37 · 23 answers · asked by angelcake 5

2006-09-16 22:11:05 · 13 answers · asked by Perseus 3

I'm talking about the fact that a women at birth bassicly is a burden,unlike a man.
i'm talking about ..that she must always obey the man,no education,no going out without permission.
I'm talking about "the crime of honour"...if a man kills the wife and says it was a crime of honour.....he doesn't get punished.!
i wanna know...how is that possible in the 21 century!

2006-09-16 22:10:31 · 13 answers · asked by bluesad_angel 3

The first creatonist who explains to me what evolution is accurately AND shows me what evidence there is for it, will get 10 easy points. You can feel free to tell me why you don't think this evidence is real or blah blah blah, but you MUST cite REAL dated evidence there is (by scientific standards). If you don't know too well what evolution is, investigate it before posting. I don't want to see things like "GOD IS THE EVIDENCE" or "WE DIDNT COME FROM MONKEYS." I would really like to see if there is at least one creationist who understands what it is and understand why s/he disagrees.

Don't try to cheat this one, for I'll look back into your posts and see if you really are a creationist and not some opportunist.

2006-09-16 22:05:12 · 10 answers · asked by Alucard 4

2006-09-16 22:00:40 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

in the U.S. in particular

2006-09-16 21:57:21 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6690702357039658996&q=root+of+all+evil+dawkins

2006-09-16 21:56:41 · 10 answers · asked by Brendan G 4

How will God glorify his name?
How did God glorify his name before?

2006-09-16 21:51:14 · 4 answers · asked by tina 3

why should i have to stand by and let my children learn that junk, when there is no proof of that and i grant u there isn't no proof of God either , why can't they teach both at least? i mean there really isn't that much difference, they are both based on faith, and for those of u that say evolution is a fact then how come u can't provide proof other than scientists say so. or fossils which i might add there is a very big gap in the fossil "evidence" but i can't really get into that on here, but it basically boils down to the scientists has to first start out guessing everything way back when.

2006-09-16 21:44:02 · 25 answers · asked by regina p 2

2006-09-16 21:43:04 · 9 answers · asked by The Maulvi Who Sold His Maruti 3

Around me I have seen only one building that had windows.

2006-09-16 21:40:55 · 15 answers · asked by Big "D" 3

The pope refered to comments made by historical figures and other popes in the past , such comments had negative things to say about the prophet of islam and about the islamic faith. What if the pope refered to the hundereds of hostile remarks about the jews made by so many popes several centuries ago . Would that be anti semetic behaviour , or a an action of hatered and it would require a t least a smiliar fuzz as that made in response to the comments made by mel gibson? or would it all be a matter of freedom of speech?

2006-09-16 21:40:45 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I would appreciate if prophecies / predictions made were really accurate.thanks

2006-09-16 21:40:37 · 6 answers · asked by the withness 3

2006-09-16 21:39:08 · 12 answers · asked by sameera 2

atheists/agnostics/freethinkers too - if someone put a gun to your head and said "pick a religion"

2006-09-16 21:36:23 · 10 answers · asked by Brendan G 4