Religion & Spirituality - 28 September 2006

Christianity may have 30% share but practising Christians are not even 10%.

Islam with 19% and Hinduism with 14% are other two major religions...and practising Hindus and practising Muslims are most probably greater than practising Christians which we can see from Hindu festival of Kumbha mela where 70 MILLION HINDUS gather at one place from around the world and Islamic Hajj festival where 2.5 MILLION MUSLIMS gather at one place from around the world ...Hindu temples and Mosques are always crowded. On the other hand Christian churchs are almost empty.

2006-09-28 06:56:14 · 15 answers · asked by Kwel 2

I have recently become very depressed because i found out that i have a meloncholic temperament. Meloncholics are said to be depressed, anxious, neurotic, homely, sickly, feeble and cowardly. I hate being labled by those words. I want so much to be a powerful choleric or a happy sanguine. I have been told that i have a moderate amount of choleric and a tiny bit of sanguine in me. Can someone please tell me how i can harness those powers so they are stronger then the meloncholy one. I don't want to go through life being a depressed, ugly, wimpy loser. I am really beginning to dislike myself because im meloncholic.

2006-09-28 06:56:03 · 5 answers · asked by mike f 1

if i steal an apple and dont repent for it i am going to be sent to hell and burn in fire and brimstone for all eternity by a god that completely loves me unconditionally.

2006-09-28 06:55:17 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

For the sake of argument I'll say that there is an afterlife. When you arrive there you're angrily confronted by a being that is furious that you believed in things that weren't even remotely true. Whoops! Goodbye Jesus, goodbye Allah, goodbye Buddha, goodbye deities of all the other religions that were smug in their beliefs. I'm not saying this will happen but it could be embarrassing for some of us at the Pearly Gates!

2006-09-28 06:55:09 · 16 answers · asked by wildmanmoon 2

2006-09-28 06:55:04 · 5 answers · asked by mrwilder2332 1

LDS do you really believe these ERRORS. the bible does NOT teach these things

GOD THE FATHER: Joseph Smith explained, "I am going to tell you how God came to be God. We have imagined and supposed that God was God from all eternity. I will refute that idea, and take away the veil, so that you may see. He was once a man like us; yea, that God himself, the father of us all, dwelt on an earth, the same as Jesus Christ Himself did" (LDS History of the Church, Vol. 6, p. 305).

Jesus, according to Milton Hunter of the LDS First Council of the Seventy, is the brother of Lucifer. "The appointment of Jesus to be the Savior of the world was contested by one of the other sons of God. He was called Lucifer, son of the morning. Haughty, ambitious, and covetous of power and glory, this spirit-brother of Jesus desperately tried to become the Savior of mankind" (The Gospel Through the Ages, p. 15).

2006-09-28 06:53:30 · 13 answers · asked by Robert M 1

Christians celebrate Thanksgiving every year with a prayer and thank The Native Americans for saving their lives as offspring from The Pilgrims that were saved. Did God Deliver The Indian to them? NO! But when the Indian refused to accept Christianity they were considered SAVAGES-and were placed onto Reservations-WHAT A CHRISTIAN THING TO DO-and so now WE THE PEOPLE are in Iraq-We have accepted help from other nations-ARE they the next people to be placed on RESERVATIONS as we consider them savage? I believe it is time for an ELECTION in Iraq-I believe it is time for the people of Iraq to make a decision-I believe that our country can assist in one way and one way only-ALLOW THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ TO VOTE: DO YOU WANT THE US IN IRAQ! Yes or No! Simple-Place ballots all aroung the world & what do you think the outcome will be? BUT NO-Christains want their way of life preserved-Freedom of Religion is a RIGHT granted under The Constitution-SO WHO R U 2 say who Iraq worships hipocrit!GODOUT

2006-09-28 06:52:46 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-28 06:52:28 · 44 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-28 06:52:27 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

I must falsely be under the impression that this forum was designed as a place to ask questions and received responses. Sort of a nice, easy way to exchange ideas and knowledge. It started off as a great idea....but has devolved (see, evolution works both ways...)
Im appalled at what Ive come to conclude - that no one here is really interested in learning anything - they are only interested in receiving gratification and solace in knowing that you are not the only one who beleives what you beleive. It is truly sad....
Initially, I came to the R&S section in hopes of learning exactly why people maintain beliefs systems. I still havent learned why.... Ive also noted that, rather than ask a serious question with the intention of actually learning something, Xtians simply make a statment and then profess their beleifs.....

How can any of us expect to learn something from this question and answer period, when we waste our time spewing dogma?

2006-09-28 06:50:40 · 11 answers · asked by YDoncha_Blowme 6

2006-09-28 06:50:25 · 19 answers · asked by Singingmama 2

This is only for people who believe in God I do too believe in God.

2006-09-28 06:48:58 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous

Historians put the number of those killed and executed by Christian churches at between 2 and 15 million; mostly Jews, witches/pagans, and Muslims. Do Christians retain this murderous nature? If not, why not?

2006-09-28 06:48:41 · 18 answers · asked by Spookshow Baby 5

The God of all grace(no law) make you perfect.
(notably after ye do err suffer awhile in law law)
The "perfect" God in heaven is "also merciful".
That God was in Christ reconciling the world.
(by not imputing their trespasses to them)
That God is light having no darkness at all.
Christ: is the end of the law.
Reconciling, not alienating.

Be ye perfect.
Be ye also merciful.
Be ye reconciled unto God(Grace).

2006-09-28 06:44:54 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

The debate on this site between creationists and evolutionists is getting nowhere. What us as creationists are trying to prove is not that evolution does not happen, only that there are very few evolutionists on this site really knowing what evolution is. The message we are trying to propagate is that believing in evolution (all excl. micro evolution) is a religion the same as Christianity is a religion, the same as Buddhism, Islam etc.
Evolutionists have absolutely no facts to substantiate there theory, many commonly believed facts or evidence simply don’t exist or has been proven wrong on numerous occasions. Many believe in evolution on common perception and hearsay alone, if this is an important matter to any of you (creationist and evolutionist) please go and research the facts. As a creationist we realize that when reaching bottom line facts we cannot “prove” that God created everything in 6 literal 24-hour days, but not anymore than evolutionists can “prove” it was millions of years, hence why we say “believing” in evolution is a religion. If for example a pastor in a Christian church told me that Jesus had a brother I would go and search the scriptures to find the truth for myself, that’s what believing my religion is all about – finding the truth. The same can be said for evolutionists who read in science journals or watch national geographic, for example that vestigial organs like the human appendix serves no purpose - go and investigate the facts, science recently discovered that man needs this organ; it is not useless after all. It helps protect you from gastrointestinal problems in the lower ascending colon. The appendix is now known to be an important part of what is called the reticulo-endothelial system of the body. Like the tonsils, the appendix fights infection. According to *Science News, March 20, 1971, both the tonsils and appendix are now believed to guard us against Hodgkin’s disease. Anyway, if the appendix truly is “proof” for evolution then we ought to be able to trace our ancestors through the appendix in a direct line! In addition to man, which animals have an appendix? Here they are: rabbits, apes, wombats, and opossums! Take your pick: all four are totally different from each other. Which one descended from which? Oh, the evolutionist will say, we descended from the ape. Well, did it descend from the wombat?
Evolutionists rely on fossil records to explain the past; they use circular reasoning in that they use the strata to date the fossils and the fossils to date the strata, using the imaginary geological column which does not physically exist, again, just a theory.
Theories for current evolution events rely on natural selection and mutations. Natural selection within a species may work fine,—but you have to have the traits to begin with! These traits may adapt (and adapting traits to new situations is not evolution), but the traits had to be there to start with. Although it occurs all the time within species, natural selection does not explain the origin of species or traits, but only their preservation and more careful use. You cannot select what is not there. If the trait is not already in the genes it cannot be selected for use or adaptation. Selecting which trait will be used (which is natural selection) is not evolution, for the trait was already at hand.
Mutations are random, wild events that are totally uncontrollable. When a mutation occurs, it is a chance occurrence: totally unexpected and haphazard. The only thing we can predict is that it will not go outside the species and produce a new type of organism. This we can know as a result of lengthy experiments that have involved literally hundreds of thousands of mutations on fruit flies and other small creatures. Evolution requires purposive changes. Mutations are only chance occurrences and cannot accomplish what is needed for organic evolution.
In closing, a basic principle of evolution for over a century has been the theory of uniformitarianism, which teaches that "all things continue as they were from the beginning", for you that believe this I suggest reading 2 Peter 3:3-7.

2006-09-28 06:43:51 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it really so horrible to believe that Apes and Humans have a common ancestor? Your belief tells you the your god made everything, so why would the acceptance in evolution threaten that. I can understand how it might if you think the earth is only 6000 years old, but other wise what difference does it really make?
If you choose to believe that god created the universe, does it really matter how we got here after that?
Evolution does not attempt to explain the origins of life much less the origins of the universe. It is a sound theory and I simple fail to see why christians are so fearful.

2006-09-28 06:42:03 · 35 answers · asked by trouthunter 4

2006-09-28 06:41:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-28 06:40:07 · 12 answers · asked by ? 1

was going through a rough stunt for a while and I started going to church because I knew that I had to not only get my life together but I needed to get right with the Father before anything in my life would go right. So I began going to one of the BEST services here in Cincinnati and trust me I was trying so hard to make my life and my walk with Him right. But in the midst of all this I could tell that the Bishop of the services did not like me, I met him face to face and I was frustrated with the way he treated me I wanted to cry I thought to myself. God I thought you called me to start my walk here and this is how I am treated, you know I can always go back to drinking and smoking weed and feel much better than having to deal with this, but God had me still going. I wrestled with the Father every Sunday and Wednesday. I did not want to go, even in prayer and my time with Him had become a struggle,even now. I have since stopped going to church and I miss it. My Question is to true

2006-09-28 06:39:13 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

At least the Muslims are not hypocrites.

2006-09-28 06:38:12 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

help me clear some doubts i hv in some verses of the koran.

22:47,32:5 its written that allahs day is 1000yr but in 70:4 it says 50000yr?

39:73,41:30,57:21,79:41 says there's a garden of paradise but 18:31,22:23,35:33,78:32 it says gardens means many?

32:11,47:27 say angel will take the soul after death but 39:42 says allah will take the soul?

23:14 ignores the female egg which is equally imp?

18:86 says the sun sets in a muddy spring while its scientifically proven otherwise?

21:31,16:15,31:10 say mountains were made for protection against earthquakes but geology says movement of tectonic plates/earthquakes itself caused mountains to be formed,even if its so then y do so many earthquakes take place?

96:2 says man is made from clot of blood
21:30 says its water
15:26 says its clay
3:59 says dust
19:67 says its from nothing
11:61 says its earth
16:4 says sperm,so which one is it??

A few more are there but can u pl help with these??Im really confused as they appear contradictory.

2006-09-28 06:38:06 · 8 answers · asked by rav142857 4

2006-09-28 06:37:11 · 34 answers · asked by Singingmama 2

Each and every day a man dies in the name of HIS GOD-but if it is not YOUR God that he died for-You and Yours automatically condem (if even-just in your mind) to Gods Judgement. What is Gods Judgement? I have read the words of many religious manuscripts and find in each and everyone that THIS ENTITY you call God-was and is a POOR JUDGE. The confusion I have seen created by men who have dedicated their lives to try and make this world a place of understanding-through study-whether it be scientific or religious-has led me to believe that Religions are a block to progress and especially in THIS COUNTRY-that supports THE AMERICAN SPIRIT! A Man that has spent his life developing a concept into a theory into SCIENTIFIC LAW, is regarded as AN ENEMY OF GOD-or sAtAns assistant-and WHY? Because you spent years with your eyes in 1 Book-YOU ARE convinced to fear God's Judgement-I am convinced I FEAR YOU-and what YOUR Thinking will do-IT does not promote respect but subversion-IT IS ANTI-AMERICAN!

2006-09-28 06:36:23 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

according to your defintion (not dictionary because it's wrong, otherwise mine is a cult)

who makes the cut, and who doesn't, who is teaching a false faith?

2006-09-28 06:35:19 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

JESUS only ask of 10 cents from a dallar, do you what JESUS ask,s

2006-09-28 06:33:29 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I thought I'd post this as a public service as it appears from reading previous posts that not everyone has this list.

DOWN with censorship!!

2006-09-28 06:32:49 · 18 answers · asked by Ana 5

2006-09-28 06:31:38 · 25 answers · asked by pacificwaves8 2

"To suggest that ''real'' scientist are evolutionist and creationist are not, is simple minded. Evolution is being challenged because it must be challenged in order to reveal the exactness of interpretation, and belief! Since the Piltdown, the melt down of belief and credibility declined. Dogmatism will become the weapon of self destruction for the lunatics of the ridiculous conclusions of asinine atheists that will do anything to construct the methodology of teaching future generations humanistic values. Darwin was not a scientist. Yet, he is credible? Of course he was. He fits your useless diatribe which I admit to being guilty, in my message to you. All are ignorant except the believers of evolution? The masses agree without knowledge and submit to arrogance of the ''educated.'' I'm educated and also a former evolutionist. Many of us are and we certainly will not stand by and allow the scorn by the evolutionist to continue."

2006-09-28 06:31:25 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-28 06:30:56 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-28 06:30:49 · 9 answers · asked by pacificwaves8 2