Religion & Spirituality - 13 October 2006

I was raised by an athiest. So I didn't grow up in church. And I do not know much about the bible. So I would like to know what other people believe about this subject. I was talking to someone about dinosaurs the other day and he freaked out telling me that Earth was not around 64 million years ago. The way he freaked out was as if he had not ever heard of it. He didn't even know Yellowstone is a volcano. Well, then he told me that "the bible says Earth has been around for 15,000 years." I have never heard this. And I am not denying that it implies it or anything. But I would like to know what other people think?
Also. Wasn't it around the period of Christ that our concept of time that we know today was created by the Romans? I am probably wrong about that. But I would like to know. So if that were true, then couldn't it be possible that time before that would mean that a day to us could be several before then? I hope that makes sense.

2006-10-13 15:12:55 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-13 15:12:51 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I saw one that said "Weight Watchers will meet here on Wednesday--Please use the large double doors to the right.."

2006-10-13 15:08:03 · 6 answers · asked by Midge 7

To believers (of any religion) :could you give me your idea about this spritual poem of Rumi? beloved here referes to God


One Whisper of the Beloved

Lovers share a sacred decree –
to seek the Beloved.
They roll head over heels,
rushing toward the Beautiful One
like a torrent of water

In truth, everyone is a shadow of the Beloved –
Our seeking is His seeking,
Our words are His words.

At times we flow toward the Beloved
like a dancing stream.
At times we are still water
held in His pitcher.
At times we boil in a pot
turning to vapor –
that is the job of the Beloved.

He breathes into my ear
until my soul
takes on His fragrance.
He is the soul of my soul –
How can I escape?
But why would any soul in this world
want to escape from the Beloved?

He will melt your pride
making you thin as a strand of hair,
Yet do not trade, even for both worlds,
One strand of His hair.

We search for Him here and there
while looking right at Him.
Sitting by His side we ask,
"O Beloved, where is the Beloved?"

Enough with such questions! –
Let silence take you to the core of life.

All your talk is worthless
When compared to one whisper
of the Beloved.


-Rumi

2006-10-13 15:06:58 · 10 answers · asked by Afshin A. 1

for some reason, it seems more.. why??

2006-10-13 15:05:47 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

if you really believe in god and really would do as he commanded without question what would you do if god commanded you to take one of you children out and kill them? would you do it?

2006-10-13 15:03:13 · 31 answers · asked by bgdadyp 5

What are some effective ways to charge a sigil? I have been using some methods like going into a trance state or orgasm to obtain gnosis but need faster methods. (You can only orgasm so many times and to go into a trance takes allot of effort). Any tips?

This is not a question for non-believers of magick or the ANTI-Witch. This is a question for witches, sorcerers and Chaotes.

2006-10-13 15:02:58 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't mean swearing but, cursing.

2006-10-13 15:02:49 · 18 answers · asked by Midge 7

They hate science, civil liberities, freedom of speech, freedom from religion, alternative lifestyles, etc. It isn't going to stop on its own. What should be done?

2006-10-13 15:02:29 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you wonder what life holds for you? There is, it seems, a lot to worry about. Will I be completely abandoned? Will I beat this thing? How bad will my situation get? Am I going to die? And what will happen after I die? Facing the unknown is always difficult-and often terrifying. But if you are closely connected to God, you can see beyond your situation today. You can know for sure what you future holds. Trust Jesus. He died and went through hell to pay for our mistakes and give us back the life we keep throwing away. He took the sting out of death and the fear out of the future. You can trust Him. And when you put your tomorrows on Him, He'll give you the strength you need to face anything today.

2006-10-13 15:02:12 · 7 answers · asked by Former Atheist 4

1) Why the subterfuge?
2) Why the randomness?
3) Why the waste?
4) Why the contradictions?
5) Why the illogic?
6) Why the absurdity?
7) Why the vagary?
8) Why the violence?
9) Why the vengeance?
10) Why the needless suffering?
11) Why the indifference?
12) Why the concealment?
13) Why the ambiguity?
14) Why the silence?

15) What is the point in testing faith through trials and tribulations when the reward is so unarguably attractive that, were it presented in an honest light, only an insane person would reject it?

16) Why billions of years of nothing, then billions more of just bacteria, then millions of years of dumb animals, then finally us, who've argued about your existence our entire short tenure?

17) Where did you come from?
18) Are you truly in control?
19) Why did you do (all) this?
20) Are there alternatives to you?
21) Why eternal punishment for infidelity?
22) What is eternity/infinity?
23) What is death? Life?
24) Do you have a sense of humor?
25) How do I get a refund?

2006-10-13 15:01:08 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

We have both talked about non-denominational wedding. My mother, the Catholic, does not see this as a "real wedding". Their is also concern about how our children will be raised. We both feel strong enough in our respective relgions that we want some basis to raise our kids.

What do I do so that my mother can ac cept this "mixed" marriage so to speak and my kids develop a similar appreciation for having 'a' belief in something?

2006-10-13 14:59:30 · 19 answers · asked by dhornig11 1

Dude, what else could it be but the sheeple Christians?

"Yay!! It's the Crusades again!!"

2006-10-13 14:58:33 · 17 answers · asked by USA USA USA 1

2006-10-13 14:58:23 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-13 14:56:30 · 14 answers · asked by man of ape 6

Okay so i am a muslim and people say muslims should marry muslims and if you marry like Cahtolics,Christians,Black People, or anybody not your religion it's disgraceful to my religion? Is this true or should I chose how I want to marry?

2006-10-13 14:54:20 · 18 answers · asked by SunniGirl 2

When premeditated Christians make vicious verbal attacks on others, condemning their beliefs, threatening to file false reports of abuse or just plain juvenile name-calling, are they trying to convince the asker? The other people using this site? The Creator? or perhaps themselves? If you make more noise about you "beliefs" than the next guy, do you get to Heaven quicker?

I've found that with age and experience not only does condemnation of others make less and less sense, but faith in a higher power becomes a very logical and obvious bent, and knowing that so much is unknowable becomes a comfort.

2006-10-13 14:51:32 · 12 answers · asked by Gaspode 7

2006-10-13 14:51:22 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

Pick one, or describe your own....

1) Impregnated with a baby Alien and have his dumb chest burst open while he blabbers on about nothing.

2) Tortured to death for fun in a Hostel while he screams and asks stupid questions.

3) Tricked into sawing out his own tongue by use of a clever "put the pieces together" compliation of all his questions.

4) Pursued by a homicidal maniac that looks just like his avatar, and who kills him in a fashion befitting one of his dumber questions.

5) Consumed by flesh eating zombies (probably dead Yahoo members) who simultaneously recite ALL his questions together in cocophonous monotone.

6) Possessed by some sort of intellectual demon that forces him to ask only thoughtful, intelligent questions... until he's finally killed by a lynch mob.

7) Captured by a psychopathic backwoods farm family who have erected a shrine in homage to him, and subsequently decide to mate him with the families gay bull.

2006-10-13 14:50:11 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Please click this link, then answer. (It is from picsearch dot com, not a virus, trick or anything.) What do these photos say? http://www.picsearch.com/search.cgi?q=aborted+baby

2006-10-13 14:49:51 · 28 answers · asked by Pearly Gator 3

2006-10-13 14:46:25 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does this violate our constitutional rights?

2006-10-13 14:46:07 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

All religions have dissenters. I guess it should be the same in atheism .Who are those mongrels who love desecration?Do moderates tolerate extremists?

2006-10-13 14:46:02 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-13 14:45:28 · 6 answers · asked by Xo 1

How do you explain the Wedding at Cana? Did she not intercede as a mother would? Did Christ not do as she asked even though it was not His plan?

2006-10-13 14:43:49 · 13 answers · asked by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7

It does not appear in the index of my English translation. Love is the foundation of Judaism and Christianity -- Jesus famously quotes the old testament in summing up the ten commandments as follows: Love God with all your heart and all your mind and all your soul and all your strength, and love your neighbor as yourself. God is Love, and Love is of God -- this is the very foundation of Christianity. I would like to see how this compares with Islam, since it is said to be in the same family of religions.
Serious answers only, please -- not looking for hateful remarks about anyone's faith.

2006-10-13 14:42:58 · 10 answers · asked by Freedom 4

2006-10-13 14:42:26 · 9 answers · asked by Mike 1

2006-10-13 14:42:24 · 17 answers · asked by man of ape 6

ok i have a question to muslims.. is what we see in the middle east [killing gays, non believers, burning churches, hating jews and so forth] from middle eastern culture, or learned from islam?

like are let's say people who were born in america but converted to islam.. would they then start supporting killing gays, and support suicide bombers?
so is what is happening in the middle east more of a middle eastern culture, or islamic culture?

and is chechenya [russia] a liberal muslim area?

2006-10-13 14:41:07 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

i had a buch of things that dont happen to peopel but happen to me. i could see the future befor i ever studied witchcraft.

2006-10-13 14:39:46 · 28 answers · asked by johnny1only 2