Religion & Spirituality - 10 October 2006

I often see people thanking god for good things that happen but isn't god just as responsible for bad things?
If god does control the world isn't it fair to blame it for all childhood cancer and other unneccesary illness- often people justify god's cruelty by saying we don't know what good came out of a childs death but if a person caused that suffering they would be in jail no matter whether it does some obvious good.
The gnostics claimed that the aim of human existence was to gain enough knowledge and power to destroy the evil god that keeps the human race in poverty and sickness, and I can see why this belief became so popular the catholic church had to burn them, at least it explains the world which we see and actually live in and why evil seems to prevail over good,
If god was good surely he would step in and help us- its what jesus seems to suggest we should do so why does god get to act in a manner that would send us to hell

2006-10-10 06:50:30 · 5 answers · asked by peteophile 2

Death is one of the biggest subjects available to research but it has the least information. What could be the real truth about the afterlife?

2006-10-10 06:50:08 · 29 answers · asked by noggintrude 3

2006-10-10 06:48:26 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

If the US is found one nation under God, then why so many symbols that say otherwise? There are symbols that go back to ancient Babylon (statue of Liberty for one), not to mention the pyramid/all-seeing eye and symbol of Molech (an owl), on the one dollar bill. As well as pentagrams and a symbol of Molech drawn right into the roads and streets of DC. Am I one of the only people that see this?

2006-10-10 06:47:48 · 6 answers · asked by infinati11 1

Is it your soul?


If it isn't why not?


What was the first thing that popped into your mind when you heard that question?

If it was your children which is an understandable answer then is it your children's souls?

I love you,
mmmk92

2006-10-10 06:46:10 · 19 answers · asked by mmmk92 2

2006-10-10 06:46:09 · 11 answers · asked by mohammed a 1

then how can a Minister or Pastor or any other theologian tell us what is meant in the bible. I believe that anyone of us can read the bible and take away from it only what we can grasp. What is in God's mind is more than any of us can understand OR know.

2006-10-10 06:45:56 · 12 answers · asked by I have a ? 2

2006-10-10 06:44:56 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

My Christian Brothers unite, Christ himself in (matthew 14-16) said that we are the light of the world. But as we speak and live our lives, pagan Muslims are planning your death, while your watching T.V. working sleeping know that these pagans are waiting for the right time. Ready to put a sword at your throat to try and make you convert.

I call upon the Righteous to unite and the light that we have will forge into a beacon, to pirce through the lies of the Atheist and the Darkness of Islam

As a united force of the righteous, we are the Army of God and we fight for the kingdom of Heaven

http://www.freewebs.com/will_of_god

2006-10-10 06:44:19 · 33 answers · asked by king_of_crusade 1

caused emotional damage to both yourself and your loved ones?

2006-10-10 06:43:16 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think that my marriage is doomed and it is like God has put someone in my life that I would be more compatible with and no matter how much I pray about it or work on it I can't get this person out of my mind. I feel like I have done what I am supposed to do with my current situation and it is time for me to move on...how do I know for sure what God wants me to do??? I have biblical grounds for divorce I just don't know what is the right thing?

2006-10-10 06:40:57 · 22 answers · asked by bamachick 1

2006-10-10 06:40:43 · 13 answers · asked by buttnut 1

2006-10-10 06:39:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Christians kill each other as do Muslems, Jews kill Jews , Catholics kill Protestants( N. Ireland) and vice versa, etc., etc., and on and on.........

AT LEAST WE ATHEISTS DO NOT KILL EACH OTHER OR YOU GODBELIEVERS!

2006-10-10 06:39:28 · 8 answers · asked by theagitator@sbcglobal.net 2

Check this out. I believe in God, that makes it my religion, I also believe in the bible, because it is my religion. Now, evolutionist believe in a theory, and dont call it their religion. They believe in what thy read, and dont call it their religion. They get upset about it, but again, no religion.
In a nutshell: I believe God, you believe dirt, because that it what the theory teachess, that all the matter(dirt) in the universe came together...
Again, if you think about it, can evolution not be called a religion?

To all the happy fingers out there, make it a smart answer, please

2006-10-10 06:38:40 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

I mean by us only being able to use 10% of our brain.There would be a limit on the Freewill,given to us by God. Do you think it is in Gods plan to limit what sources in our brains that we are able to use....

2006-10-10 06:37:54 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-10 06:36:36 · 7 answers · asked by buttnut 1

After his conquest of Mecca, Mohammad killed more satirical poets. He also killed non-poetic or ordinary mockers, and he used a poet to mock a tribe of Jews just before their conquest, slaughter, and enslavement.
The assassination of satirical poets
Once Muhammad reached Medina in AD 622 and gradually grew in military power, his tone and outlook changed. The following murders occur after the Hijrah.
(1) March 624: Al-Nadr bin al-Harith
A Meccan named Al-Nadr bin al-Harith would follow him when he sat in assembly and speak about heroes and kings of Persia, saying, “By God, Muhammad cannot tell a better story than I, and his talk is only of old fables which he has copied as I have.”
(2) March 624: Uqbah bin Abu Muayt
A similar story as that of Nadr can be told about Uqba bin Abu Muayt. He too mocked Muhammad in Mecca and wrote derogatory verses about him. He too was captured during the Battle of Badr, and Muhammad ordered him to be executed. “But who will look after my children, O Muhammad?” Uqba cried with anguish. “Hell,” retorted the Prophet coldly.
HE ALSO ADDRESSED THEM ONCE IN A WHILE
These were the battles of Allah’s Apostle (which he fought), and while mentioning (the Badr battle) he said, “While the corpses of the Meccans were being thrown into the well, Allah’s Apostle said (to them), ‘Have you found what your Lord promised true?” ‘Abdullah said, “Some of the Prophet’s companions said, “O Allah’s Apostle! You are addressing dead people.’ Allah’s Apostle replied, ‘You do not hear what I am saying, better than they.’ (Bukhari )
(3) March 624: Asma bint Marwan
She was a poetess who belonged to a tribe of Medinan pagans who wrote poems mocking Mohammad. The Allah-inspired Prophet heard what she had said, he asked, “Who will rid me of Marwan’s daughter?” A member of her husband’s tribe volunteered and crept into her house that night. She had five children, and the youngest was sleeping at her breast. The assassin removed the suckling child, drew his sword, and plunged it into her, killing her in her sleep.
(4) September 624: Kab bin al-Ashraf
Kab b. al-Ashraf heard about the Muslim victory at the battle of Badr, and he was disgusted, for he thought Muhammad the newcomer to Medina was a trouble-maker and divisive. Kab had the gift of poetry, and after the Battle of Badr he traveled down to Mecca. Arriving in Mecca, he wrote a widely circulated poem, a hostile lament, over the dead of Mecca.
(5) July-August 625: A one-eyed, unnamed Bedouin mocker
(6) After January 630: One singing-girl
What is remarkable about the anecdotes is how the morning prayer provides the setting for a Muslim leaping on a poet and threatening to cut his head off, as if this is an ordinary day and act.

2006-10-10 06:35:39 · 7 answers · asked by defOf 4

Is this some manuever to put out inane questions under a different ID and then answer them to rack up points?...why bother?..Is there some magical/mystical power one gets with Y/A points?

2006-10-10 06:33:31 · 4 answers · asked by ... 4

2006-10-10 06:33:25 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm a Protestant. Am I missing out on anything good in the Catholic bible? Are there any good stories with morals to them that I ought to know?

2006-10-10 06:29:37 · 12 answers · asked by Link 5

Several times a day, we atheists are challenged to provide proof that God "doesn't" exist.

As we do not believe in a supreme being, we have no burden of proof. That lies with you.

You say he exists. I challenge you to provide me with proof. Leave faith and scripture out of it. I want real evidence.

2006-10-10 06:28:56 · 45 answers · asked by Anonymous

yes or no?

2006-10-10 06:27:54 · 15 answers · asked by sexy c 2

Then why didnt they keep writing it..You know, Volume i, ii, iii., to suit modern times (they could have had a bible blog by now). Did all the characters just..stop when J.C. bit the rosaries

2006-10-10 06:27:47 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

In what books of the bible are they mentioned?

2006-10-10 06:25:29 · 16 answers · asked by Link 5

2006-10-10 06:24:55 · 6 answers · asked by salvation 1

That's not All Mighty now is it? He produced manna once in the Bible and that was it. He sees that mankind doesn't have the ability to pick up the slack. There is just so much mankind can do . We are already feeding all his 1500 "True Religions", with $3 billion a year in donations. Do you think that He should resume sending it down and save a few lives?

2006-10-10 06:24:40 · 13 answers · asked by The professor 4

I am a Muslim woman and my marriage is finished. What do I do? I am so depressed, it wasn't my chioce to be divorced. I love my husband and he loves me still but we tried and it doesn't work. He says he is still going to pay all of my bills and always be there for me as my best friend. We have no children and we were married for 2 years. Any advice from Muslims, Inshallah.

2006-10-10 06:24:27 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-10 06:23:27 · 15 answers · asked by lal l 1

and an answer or solution pops in your head that it is from God and you should follow it?

2006-10-10 06:21:59 · 26 answers · asked by bamachick 1