Religion & Spirituality - 6 October 2006

From your point of view, what makes someone an atheist? I am not looking for a definition of atheism, I want to know why you think some people are theists, and some people are atheists? What creates the difference?

2006-10-06 13:03:34 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

of a 150 million year old graveyard containing the remains of 28 plesiosaurs? the story is on the front page of Yahoo.....

2006-10-06 13:02:53 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Something could be wrong with our God Concept as the words of religion continue to stumble over each other.

2006-10-06 13:01:46 · 19 answers · asked by The professor 4

2006-10-06 12:58:33 · 34 answers · asked by . 6

"The love of money is the root of all evil"

And do you agree?

2006-10-06 12:57:02 · 15 answers · asked by gwhatch2001 3

DAMN!!!

2006-10-06 12:56:39 · 13 answers · asked by Medicine Eddie 2

if he/she exsist then why did he/she let these terrible tradgedy happen if he loves us all . why would god let 6,000,000 jews die?

2006-10-06 12:56:28 · 30 answers · asked by aznboyjohn 2

It's more of a battleground than anything else.

2006-10-06 12:55:11 · 12 answers · asked by WHITE TRASH ARMENIAN 4

Honestly, I have always been an atheist, and I no longer believe that I have any choice in the matter. I can't force myself to believe in a god, so I have to ask, for theists, can you, right now, become an atheist? Can you actually stop your belief in a God if you wanted to? Why or why not?

2006-10-06 12:54:46 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am not of any organised religion, in fact, I'm not sure the spirit world even exists, and God as a single entity to pray to seems odd to me. I live my life according to good behaviour, justice, politeness, and a sense of right and wrong. Therefore, if I don't believe in the spirits, and only go by what I see as reality before my very eyes, does that mean I am a realist?

2006-10-06 12:52:32 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-06 12:51:41 · 5 answers · asked by Stephanie D 3

i jzt move here in Scotland and i cant keep up when the priest tells us to recite the apostle's creed,, if maybe just one good soul cn come and answer this quezhtin...

2006-10-06 12:51:10 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-06 12:50:35 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

"Overcome the angry by non-anger; overcome the wicked by goodness; overcome the miser by generosity; overcome the liar by truth"
- Buddha -

Thank you for your thoughts...

2006-10-06 12:47:20 · 12 answers · asked by Shinkirou Hasukage 6

I AM A PROUD FOLLOWER OF ANDREA LARSON!

She is my goddess and savioress!

Do you know Andrea? Who do you worship?

2006-10-06 12:47:10 · 11 answers · asked by imma_true_steve 1

maybe this accounts for his sporadic acts of nastiness like not saving jesus and creating plagues and the like? maybe like us he just gets bored?

2006-10-06 12:46:13 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

If so, wich? If not, why call it a religious war?

2006-10-06 12:45:26 · 6 answers · asked by BABY 3

Jesus is Son of God, that so all His teaching are about love, forgiveness and peace.

How come Muslims cannot face up to the fact that mohamad are not prophet of Allah ??,

Because Allah, will not allow man to have 2/3/4 wife by any excuse. So all the pervert, sex maniac, child molester cannot be good man.

Because Allah, will not allow their beleiver to kill, torture, harash, hate other beleiver. Allah never teach full of hate with each other human being that He created.

Infront of Allah, all human are the same right. But Mohammad that claim him self as prophet teach many discrimination against women ????

Allah never teach with violent, full of hate, full of pleasure, so do you think Mohamad is the real prophet from Allah ???

Wake Uppp !!!

2006-10-06 12:45:26 · 11 answers · asked by OpenMinded 3

If we learn to know exactly what is happiness and act with spiritual guidance, we will surely obtain it.
"So Bahá'u'lláh made the utmost efforts to educate [His people] and incite [them] to morality, the acquisition of the sciences and arts of all countries, kindly dealing with all the nations of the earth, desire for the welfare of all peoples, sociability, concord, obedience, submissiveness, instruction of [their] children, production of what is needful for the human race, and inauguration of true happiness for mankind; and He continually kept sending tracts of admonition to all parts, whereby a wonderful effect was produced. Some of these epistles have, after extreme search and inquiry, been examined, and some portions of them shall now be set down in writing.
All these epistles consisted of [exhortations to] purity of  42  morals, encouragement to good conduct, reprobation of certain individuals, and complaints of the seditious."
(Abdu'l-Baha, A Traveller's Narrative, p. 41)

2006-10-06 12:45:11 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Both Islamic and the Leftist doctrines consistently produce totalitarian states, but which of the two would you despise less?

Islamic single sex communities or leftist one-shade-red-fits-all, community?

In one state, woman are apparitions and sexual energy is pent-up into a ball of rage which is actually a resource for the Islamic war machine. The Quran gives you enemies to hate and the Islamic state unleashes that pent up sexual energy into the face of the unbeliever.

Similarly, Leftist doctrines manufacture the burgoise enemy, which is in many way, just as powerful a demogogery as those used by imams...I mean, how hard is it to make people with less hate people with more? Thats the oldest one in the book.

Heres an easier visual, just imagine colorless Cuba or any of the failed Islamic states today, and compare them. Both stop human progress dead in its tracks. Both look the same from the hilltop.

In truth, I cant answer this...what say you?

2006-10-06 12:44:39 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-06 12:44:03 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-06 12:39:03 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

READ IT AND WEEP LOSERS!

2006-10-06 12:34:42 · 19 answers · asked by Medicine Eddie 2

2006-10-06 12:34:39 · 13 answers · asked by The professor 4

This is a strong encouragement to obtain true freedom:

"Paris is exceedingly dispirited and is in a state of torpor and so far it hath not burst into flames although the French nation is an active and lively one. But the world of nature hath fully stretched its pavilion over Paris and hath done away with religious sentiments. But this power of the Covenant shall heat every freezing soul, shall bestow light  103  upon everything that is dark and shall secure for the captive in the hand of nature the true freedom of the Kingdom.

Arise thou at present in Paris with the power of the Kingdom, with a divine confirmation, with a genuine zeal and ardour and with a flame of the love of God. Roar like unto a lion and exhibit such ecstasy and love among these few souls that praise and glorification may continuously reach thee from the divine Kingdom and mighty confirmations may descend upon thee. Rest thou assured."
(Abdu'l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha, p. 102)

2006-10-06 12:33:48 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-06 12:32:42 · 13 answers · asked by PonderingMind 1

The women can't wear pants, or cut their hair, or wear make-up? I think it starts with a P, but I could be wrong. I can't for the life of me figure it out. PLEASE HELP!!!

2006-10-06 12:27:30 · 20 answers · asked by crchase16 3

I for one think it's because the fundamentalists have hijacked faith and are espousing all kinds of horrible ideas, like:

Kill all Muslims,
Persecute all Homosexuals,
Stop all scientific research
Jesus is coming soon.
etc, etc, etc,

I say flush religion - http://flushaholybook.com

2006-10-06 12:26:57 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-06 12:26:36 · 14 answers · asked by adorable 4

2006-10-06 12:26:17 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous