Religion & Spirituality - 4 October 2006

2006-10-04 07:20:10 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Out of all of the world religions -- Hinduism, Islam, Bahai, Satanism, Wiccan, Judaism, Buddhism, Catholicism, Mormonism, New Age, etc. -- and all of the religious books of the world -- the Bible, the Koran, the book of Vishnu, Egyptian Book of the Dead, etc. -- and all of the gods/Gods of those religions -- Confuscious, Jehovah, Allah, Seth, Buddha, etc. -- Why does Jesus merit such hostile commentary and criticism? Why does the Bible receive such scrutiny, challenge and resistance? Why does Christianity receive such angry focus and disdain from so many different sources for many centuries? Personally, I believe it's the Football Principle: a lot of contact on the field during the game (speaking of religion in general), but it's the one with the ball who gets the most attention and resistance. What do you think?

2006-10-04 07:20:04 · 30 answers · asked by Rodeba1 2

I have nothing against anyone because of their religion. But does it bother the decent people who don't believe in God that there are so many who are hateful against christians. I ask because it bothers me as a christian that so many judge non-christians simply for their religion. I just see alot of questions here where people say things like "Why do you christians murder and kill....etc" What an odd statement. Then I see christians say that athiests are evil blah blah... so are decent athiests as bothered by this as decent christians?

2006-10-04 07:18:52 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

If we know that the creation had a beginning and we know that the beginning was caused, there is one last question for us to answer--what was the cause? The Bible tells us that God was the cause. We are further told that the God who did the causing did so with planning and reason and logic. Romans 1:20 tells us that we can know God "through the things he has made." The atheist, on the other hand, will try to convince us that we are the product of chance. Julian Huxley once said: "We are as much a product of blind forces as is the falling of a stone to earth or the ebb and flow of the tides. We have just happened, and man was made flesh by a long series of singularly beneficial accidents"

So, were we created, ord did we just happed?

2006-10-04 07:17:48 · 6 answers · asked by yASShoo 2

Listen I have debated many christians throughout my lifetime and bearly any of them have come up with any strong arguments to back their faith. The only thing they are capable of doing is quoting bible verses to defend their faith as well as the bible itself. There are contradictions in the bible--many of them. If you have read the bible you will realize this if you are not blind to the truth. When I hear some geeked out little christian fag telling me that I am going to burn in hell if I dont believe the way he does I wanna smash his head open and then wipe my *** with the bible. Believing in something out of the fear of the consequences of not believing is no reason to believe. Quit quoting bible verses to try to indoctrinate people who dont believe in the bible itself. Jesus said blessed are the peacemakers and he also said I have not come to bring peace but a sword. Contradiction?

2006-10-04 07:17:23 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just was reading the answers to the question I asked half hour or so ago.

One answer from someone who Christian, (I'm an atheist agnostic type) really impressed me.

Anyhow, this doesn't happen a lot lately. Mostly I just got bad responses telling me I'm going to hell or an equivalent to "you need to read the bible" junk.

My question for the regulars is, do you still get that - once or twice a day, an answer from someone different from you that is thoughtful, and provoking, and makes our little journey into cyberspace fun? While this is "entertainment", the appeal for me is the intellectual fun and exchange of ideas. Lately most of us I think feel its been suffering. I feel there is hope.

Maybe I'm too "geeky" or whatever, I just dig stuff that makes me think is all.

thanks

2006-10-04 07:16:18 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

1. The Miller Experiment that suggested that amino acids could have formed in the early atmosphere was completely flawed. Current data indicates that formaldehyde and cyanide would have formed and been antithetic to life.

2. Darwin's tree of life is impossible in light of the Cambrian explosion (the biological big bang), where many of the major animal phyla came into existence "suddenly". Punctuated equilibrium is the straw man "hypothesis" for this event, not natural selection.

3. Haechel's Embryos which suggest that all phyla look alke when first developing suggesting common anchestors are known to be faked and misleading (Stephen Jay Gould said that this was "The academic equivalent of murder").

4. The Archaeopteryx missing link from reptiles to birds is now known to be an extinct group of bird. No transitional forms have been found to date in all the millions of fossils, none!

Facts are that people who believe in macro evolution, believe in a mythical theory.

2006-10-04 07:15:12 · 15 answers · asked by Cogito Sum 4

2006-10-04 07:15:00 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Should you have to respect that belief?

2006-10-04 07:13:54 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

I do not mean to offensive in asking this question, so here goes:

Lets say our example is called Mr X. Mr X lives a good life, always helping others, being very charitable, gentle, good-humoured and supportive. He has a wealth of friends and has good standing in the community. A genuinely great person.

HOWEVER, he never acknowledges Jesus. Religion simply does not figure in his way of life, although he is loved by everyone for being truly selfless (exhibiting many traditional Christian traits without actually being one.

So will he go to hell upon his death despite his good life?

Thank you for all informed, fair answers!

2006-10-04 07:13:52 · 30 answers · asked by DaveyMcB 3

2006-10-04 07:13:38 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does God say in The Bible, The Koran, The Torrah, etc... that this is the only true book written about him or does he say (according to these books written by man) there is only one God? Do people get high and mighty and think he means only one religion is that it?

2006-10-04 07:13:16 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

You christians, muslims, jews, buddhists, hindus, etc. WHO the HELL ARE YOUR PRAYING TO?? your praying to some make up god, so u can feel better beacuse in your mind there is hope. One time i went to church i saw a fat lady praying sobbing about her life problem lol she was like 400 pounds damn it quit sitting on your fat a$$ and go exercise lose them weight. She thinks god will suddenly make her problems go away like her weight. LOL! there are no god. By the way i went to church beacuse i had to, If god did somethign supernateral like healed you from cancer tell me. But i doubt it, BEACUSE GOD IS FAKE! lol

2006-10-04 07:12:46 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you read the Old Testament or only the New?

The inspiration for the question was a conversation we were having at a church Alpha session the other night. We were talking about a popular Christian movie that includes scenes that aren't Biblical, but someone has implied that the entire movie was included in the Bible. This person was either mis-speaking or had simly assumed that what was in the movie was also in the Bible, and those scenes were not.

I read mine regularly for a few months, and then I take a few months off to usually read entertainment or Christian-ish related books (Don Miller, Rob Bell etc…)

As usual, if you're not a Christian, I don't need to hear from you. I don't need to hear that you don't believe what I do. You're only wasting your time and proving that you don't follow direction well.

2006-10-04 07:12:29 · 11 answers · asked by luvwinz 4

"if you are not in christ,you will BURN simple as that"
talk about wild assumptions.

2006-10-04 07:08:39 · 36 answers · asked by jen 5

2006-10-04 07:07:00 · 12 answers · asked by italian_sweetness_82 1

There are Christians controling the board and bias toward any question they cant answer

2006-10-04 07:06:30 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

we bid u all farewell till our next regenerative circle. Have a good day. Till next shift, we will stand by your sides again.

2006-10-04 07:05:15 · 8 answers · asked by BorgPet6of10 2

2006-10-04 07:01:56 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous

i need 5 things that all jews beleive in....e.g. they all beleive in 1 God. but i need at least 4 more....anyone got some..... thanks....it would help....

2006-10-04 07:01:28 · 8 answers · asked by Skyli 5

If anyone can truly prove Islam is a peacful faith (like Buddhisim) then I will stop telling the truth and just shut up.

Definition and identification of a CULT: http://www.csj.org/infoserv_cult101/essay_cult.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult

How Islam is a cult:
http://www.eaec.org/cults/islam.htm
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9704/14/egypt.islam/
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1358699/posts
http://www.culteducation.com/binladen.html

"Peacful" Muslim protester demand respect using violence:
http://catholiclondoner.blogspot.com/2006/09/very-rushed-post.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/5349604.stm (these are great)
http://www.snopes.com/photos/politics/muslimprotest.asp

You can hate me. You can send me hate mail. You can call me a whore infidel.

But you can't call me a liar.

Where IS the PEACE?

2006-10-04 07:01:07 · 15 answers · asked by Goddess of Nuts PBUH 4

In referance to the killings at the Amish school house in Penn.

Sam Stoltzfus, 63, an Amish woodworker who lives a few miles away from the shooting scene, said the victims' families will be sustained by their faith.

"We think it was God's plan and we're going to have to pick up the pieces and keep going," he said. "A funeral to us is a much more important thing than the day of birth because we believe in the hereafter. The children are better off than their survivors."

2006-10-04 07:00:33 · 21 answers · asked by Nora Explora 6

2006-10-04 07:00:12 · 18 answers · asked by pamela s 1

I'm afraid for my soul

2006-10-04 06:59:26 · 19 answers · asked by ? 1

No God of love would punish anyone forever in the most cruel and inhumane of ways such as burning a person in a lake of fire and brimstone throughout eternity. I dont think a person as evil as Hitler or Binladen has done anything bad enough to warrant eternal punishment. Do all muslims and buddhists go to hell just for sharing a different belief system. How about severly retarded people or sociopaths or people who are incapable of comprehending Christ? I just love the Christians who try to threaten me into believing in Christ by saying I will burn in hell if I dont. How could I love a God like that anyways?

2006-10-04 06:59:01 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-04 06:58:47 · 8 answers · asked by sherry 1

In a previously asked question, some said it was possible.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AnEoLjprbXRr1CxXM0Z1I77sy6IX?qid=20061004104304AA5SH3S

2006-10-04 06:58:26 · 18 answers · asked by MishMash [I am not one of your fans] 7

Because of Muhammad 1.5 billion people belive in Jesus and all the Prophets without the bible at all. Why Do christians hate Muslims?

2006-10-04 06:58:10 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

i find it strange that people who folow gods that they have never seen,heard,or even came close to knowing on a personal level reaad their respective holy books and come to the coclusion that magic is evil.i believe in god however iodont believe that anyone has the right to tell me im going to hell cause i practice amgic.u dont even know where youre going.i dont disrespect others religion but they always quick to judge.did anyone consider that god purt magic here for us to study and make our lives better but like anything people abuse.i m not going to hell cause i dont believe in ya god .sorry

2006-10-04 06:57:45 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

"Down with the Antichrists!!!"

2006-10-04 06:57:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous