Religion & Spirituality - 5 October 2006

And if so , is this a paradox or an oxymoron?

2006-10-05 10:14:15 · 42 answers · asked by Einstein 7

I saw this on a bumper sticker and I was instantly converted.

Did reading it just now have the same effect on you?

2006-10-05 10:12:50 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

How many servants did Abraham use to resuce Lot?
What does the Bible call the promise that God made with Noah?

2006-10-05 10:11:35 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

If we are capable, we only do what pleases us.

2006-10-05 10:10:46 · 11 answers · asked by Xo 1

I saw some really cool religious symbols of a fish and Noah and put them on my vehicle. But for some reason I get the strangest looks in traffic. Do people not like the fish and the rainbow sticker on my car together?

2006-10-05 10:08:15 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why do so many christians interpret the bible differently? Couldn't a perfect god write an easy to understand book without all the confusion?

For example: A childs math book reads: 2+2=4. Then it shows 2 apples with a "+" beside 2 more apples with an "=" then it shows 4 apples together.

Any idiot, using any language known to man can understand this basic concept. Why is it that "man-made" books and instructions are so clear and "god's word" which is suppossed to be written by A PERFECT GOD is hard to read, hard to understand and its followers are divided into multiple different religions with completely different interpretations.

Southern babtists go for a litteral translation and believe you can't just accept j.c. to get to heaven but you have to follow the "narrow path", unlike catholics who believe you can get drunk and cheat on your wife as long as you go to confession.

2006-10-05 10:07:54 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Should be a good night! Hope you all have a good evening (or morning, or whatever it is in your time zone!).

2006-10-05 10:07:43 · 11 answers · asked by DaveyMcB 3

christianity dont bow down to GOD

islam prays five times a day..and bow down to GOD the one and only.

islam believe jesus was a prophet not as god

2006-10-05 10:07:25 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

If so what belief do u practice....

2006-10-05 10:07:01 · 2 answers · asked by coopchic 5

My Barber is a Muslum, and that's fine with me, But he tells me that he reads the Bible, Quran and the Torah?(I don't know if the last one is correct or not) But he says that they ALL refer to the same "God", BUT with different beliefs. Do you think that this is true? If it is true, then Why can't ALL "Gods" agree"? I REAllllly need/want to know.

2006-10-05 10:02:44 · 24 answers · asked by 2BaD4u 4

2006-10-05 10:02:25 · 16 answers · asked by House Speaker 3

2006-10-05 10:02:14 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

It is a pious gesture and it is just to say I know from ashes I was made and I know to ashes I will return. In many large cities many denominations walk around with ashes on their head it is wonderful. Just go to an Ash Wednesday service at a Catholic Church.

2006-10-05 10:02:02 · 6 answers · asked by Midge 7

“For the first time in human history the Buddha admonished, entreated and appealed to people not to hurt a living being, not to offer prayer or praise or sacrifice to gods. With all the eloquence at his command the exalted one vehemently proclaimed that gods are also in dire need of salvation themselves.”

- Thomas William Rhys Davids

2006-10-05 10:02:01 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

These little girls were only 6 thru 13 and were in there amish school when this nut walked in.
do you think this is the Amish 9/11?

2006-10-05 10:01:28 · 4 answers · asked by sandyjean 4

Faith is having confidence in something. Like having faith your chair will be there when you set down. I am a Christian, and when I look around me and see all the beautifull things I believe God created, babies, flowers, stars, the Sun, I believe it takes more faith not to believe in God then to believe. We see him everwhere. What do you think?

2006-10-05 10:01:05 · 11 answers · asked by Icie's_Girl 2

for more info on how to pray
go here
http://www.islam-guide.com

2006-10-05 09:59:45 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-05 09:58:55 · 9 answers · asked by Necie 2

Like many words, there is more than one way to spell it. Either "donut" or "doughnut" is okay. Christians see things only one way. They have tunnel vision. They should try reading a dictionary, or a history book, or a science book. Forget about the Bible, "creationism," Noah's Ark, and such nonsense. I wonder if those Christians who told me I was wrong will apologize. They are too small to do so. I have proven them wrong before, and they never apologized.

2006-10-05 09:58:42 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

ANDREA IS MY HERO AND GODDESS!

2006-10-05 09:58:16 · 21 answers · asked by imma_true_steve 1

Isn't the belief in god usually used to fill in the "gaps"? Be they evolutuonary gaps or gaps in knowlege of things we can't explain yet?
If a person living 2000 years ago where transported to our time he or she would most likely view us as gods only because of a lack of understanding of our technology. Just as some missionaries have been percieved as gods by stone aged peoples.
So doesn't it follow that the main reason for believing in a God is to give us answers to things we don't yet understand?

2006-10-05 09:57:25 · 15 answers · asked by trouthunter 4

back from longer and longer periods of death. Does this finally prove that there is no eternal soul?
No mindless parroting of religious texts, please. Base your answers on experience or fact.

2006-10-05 09:55:50 · 6 answers · asked by Rich N 3

I understand you all think I will be punished eternally for being a life long opponent of the christian religion and it is truly unfortunate that that is the only consolation you are given when confronted with a jesus hater such as myself.

But is that enough? Does it bother any of you that I am able to bash the christian religion and jesus every single day yet in this life I go completely unpunished? Do you wonder why a jesus hater is allowed to live a life which is actually better, and happier than the life most christians are given?

Why are all of my wishes fulfilled, why do most of my dreams come true even though I NEVER pray, never ask "god" for anything? Why do bad things happen to people with bibles in their hands and prayer on thier lips yet nothing bad EVER enters into my life?

Do any of you have an answer other than your wish fulfillment answer of "wait until you die for your punishment"?

Is it just that free will stuff at work here?

2006-10-05 09:55:13 · 17 answers · asked by stephenjames001 2

Unitarian Universalist?

2006-10-05 09:54:32 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

It is written, "Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me." Isa 46:9

2006-10-05 09:54:28 · 10 answers · asked by House Speaker 3

First of all let me just start off by looking back centuries ago. There was minimal understanding of the world, religion was about all there was to go from and it was educated more or less as fact. However, these days there is enough scientific proof to disprove large chunks of what Christians believe to be true. Examples include God creating the Earth & humans .
Firstly, the Earth was meant to be the centre of the universe, which of course we now know to be false (and considering how volatile its structure is, God didn't do a very good job with it if he did create it). Secondly, humans weren't created as we are now, it's taken millions of years of evolution, and there are fossilised remains that prove this.
These are two fundamental points that are preached, and yet Christians still don't seem to have any doubt in their beliefs even though the evidence to the contrary is right there.
So my question is why still do so many people believe this, instead of acknowledging the truth?

2006-10-05 09:52:02 · 34 answers · asked by Marc 1

Ive been told by all of the Christians on this site that a) God has a plan, and this plan is already written out. It cannot be changed. b) God is omniscient and knows everything you think and feel.

With those being "facts" of the religion, what point is there to praying for another person? (I am asking about praying for others SPECIFICALLY, because I already know that praying for personal reasons really does work...the subconcious is an amazing tool...) What I mean is - God has a plan right? And that plan is for Person A to die a miserable death at the hands of cancer or some other disease... So why prray about it? God isnt going to change His mind - he cant change it, because it is all "written in His Book."

So why pray? Other than for the obvious selfish reasons (it makes you feel better, etc.) Isnt it really just wasted effort?

2006-10-05 09:50:34 · 14 answers · asked by YDoncha_Blowme 6

He said that when you look at pastors/preachers or whatever they call themselves their fathers were preachers and their grandfathers and so on and they all claim to have been called by God.

He then asked why God keeps calling people from the same address.

I thought that was an interesting question and I wanted to share it with others.

Does anyone here have an answer to that question?

2006-10-05 09:48:49 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

It is often stated that because everything had to start somewhere and be created by something, that there must be a God. This argument is used all the time by creationist. I'm just wondering where God came from, who created him?

2006-10-05 09:48:17 · 14 answers · asked by trouthunter 4

2006-10-05 09:47:45 · 23 answers · asked by Atheist Eye Candy 5