Religion & Spirituality - 15 October 2006

2006-10-15 05:06:26 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Not trying to start a fight or put anyone down, just wondering...

Thanks.

2006-10-15 05:05:07 · 18 answers · asked by a_delphic_oracle 6

I have a very serious question here, yesterday was the Jewish holiday of Simcha Torah, and this was the first time since Yom Kippur that I went to synagogue. Nothing major was happening, just a bunch of people reading short selections from the Torah, and all of a sudden I had a very strange feeling, as if all my senses were suddenly slightly numbed. This started last night, and I can only really describe it as being high, where you're willing to do crazy things (I guess this feeling gives me less judgement too), but it also seems like I'm in a dream. This feeling has been bothering me since I feel like I can't concentrate on anything, except typing this question. I thought it was an out-of-body-experience, but after reading some questions on here, it's not at all what it is. I still feel it. Serious answers only please?
P.S. I've never been high, but I feel as if this is what it would be like.

2006-10-15 05:02:42 · 7 answers · asked by usaaaaa 2

2006-10-15 05:02:22 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

The book you refer to is entitled The Islamic Invasion: Confronting the World’s Fastest Growing Religion. The author, Dr.Robert Morey, sees Islam as an invasion into North America and a threat to his religious heritage. Unfortunately, Dr.Morey has resorted to dishonest tactics in combatting Islam. To prove his contention that Allaah is not the God of Christians and Jews, he quoted from several books in such a dishonest fashion that the quotations say the opposite of what we find in those books.
Dr.Morey quoted from the Encyclopedia Britannica to support his case. But in fact the Encyclopedia says:

"Allaah is the standard Arabic word for "God" and is used by Arab Christians as well as by Muslims" (Britannica, 1990 Edition, vol.1, p.276).

Dr.Morey also quoted from H.A.R.Gibb to support his case. But Gibb actually says the opposite. In his book Mohammedanism, Gibb says on page 26 that both Muhammad and his opponents believed in "the existence of a supreme God Allaah." Gibb further explained this on pages 37-38. Dr.Morey should have checked his references more carefully before his book went into print.

Dr.Morey said that Alfred Guillaume agrees with him, and he refers to page 7 of Alfred Guillaume’s book entitled Islam. But here is what Alfred Guillaume actually says on page 7 of his book:

"In Arabia Allaah was known from Christian and Jewish sources as the one God, and there can be no doubt whatever that he was known to the pagan Arabs of Mecca as the supreme being." How could Dr.Morey Misquote like this?

Dr.Morey quoted from page 28 of a book by another non-Muslim writer Caesar Farah. But when we refer to that book we find that Dr.Morey gave only a partial quotation which leaves out the main discussion. The book actually says that the God who was called II by the Babylonians and El by the Israelites was called ilah, al-ilah, and eventually Allaah in Arabia. Farah, says further on page 31 that before Islam the pagans had already believed that Allaah is the supreme deity. Of course they had 360 idols, but, contrary to Dr.Morey’s assertion, Allaah was never one of the 360 idols. As Caesar Farah points out on page 56, the prophet Muhammad, on whom be peace, personally destroyed those idols.

Dr.Morey also quoted from William Montgomery Watt. But Watt says on page 26 of his book that the Arabic word Allaah is similar to the Greek term ho theos which we know is the way God is referred to in the New Testament.

Dr.Morey quoted from Kenneth Cragg’s book entitled The Call of the Minaret. However, on page 36 of Kenneth Cragg’s book we find the following: "Since both Christian and Muslim faiths believe in One supreme sovereign Creator-God, they are obviously referring when they speak of Him, under whatever terms, to the same Being."

Further on the same page, Cragg explains that the One whom the Muslims call Allaah is the same One whom the Christians call ‘the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.’ although the two faiths understand Him differently.

Dr.Morey should know that as a scholar he has the academic obligation to quote honestly. He should also know that as a follower of Jesus, on whom be peace, he has an obligation to speak the truth.

2006-10-15 05:02:14 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-15 05:02:10 · 16 answers · asked by princess 1

I mean, c'mon people!

2006-10-15 04:59:13 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-15 04:56:16 · 20 answers · asked by t_a_m_i_l 6

2006-10-15 04:54:56 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

i used to (still do?) believe in God but the more I look at life I see only this. People can be disgustingly mean and lead great lives at the expense of someone else's suffering. what makes them succeed in this? their willpower, obviously. and then you have the religious people who are constantly struggling and so forth...so, from what I see, it's the willpower that helps you instead of...i don't like the way I think and I do want to believe but I can't ignore what i see.

i know my philosophy's not very deep but i want to hear your thoughts on this.

thanks

2006-10-15 04:52:45 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-15 04:51:02 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you wanna know who is God to Muslims?
And what do they believe in?
And what are their values?

2006-10-15 04:50:20 · 11 answers · asked by catch_the_vapours88 1

2006-10-15 04:49:39 · 11 answers · asked by I-C-U 5

Do Muslims think there is an afterlife for non-Muslims (e.g Christians)? Do they think Christians go to heaven, hell or something else?

2006-10-15 04:48:01 · 8 answers · asked by James M 1

2006-10-15 04:47:50 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

isnt it more logical that someone should read a book , then make an informed educated decision on its contect
in the same respect ... has any Christian read other works of religion ( outwith their own )
if not why not ?... wouldnt it be more logical to become a Christian
through an informed and educated desicion ?

2006-10-15 04:44:29 · 24 answers · asked by Peace 7

2006-10-15 04:42:36 · 14 answers · asked by . 6

2006-10-15 04:41:44 · 29 answers · asked by Mr. Christian 2

Don't genders exist because of sexual reproduction?

2006-10-15 04:37:40 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-15 04:36:58 · 14 answers · asked by Maureen 1

2006-10-15 04:35:57 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-15 04:35:22 · 26 answers · asked by Mr. Christian 2

has anyone ever thought of that?

2006-10-15 04:34:23 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you have to wear turtle neck shirts or potatoe sacks to cover all of your chest? Or can you show a little bit of skin just below the collar bone but covering your cleavage?

Suggestions?

2006-10-15 04:34:08 · 10 answers · asked by Rachel M 3

2006-10-15 04:33:02 · 9 answers · asked by golferstt407 1

Reflection Philosophical of Tarcisio? It says that the Universe starts in the conscience and finishes it in the unconscious one. You agree.

2006-10-15 04:32:50 · 2 answers · asked by britotarcisio 6

Show your source.

2006-10-15 04:32:07 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

If we understand that a person loses, beyond the five senses, the consciousness? One only vegetates and when one dies, all the information in the brain is destroyed.
What would be the human illusionism that makes us believe in spirits, souls, saints and other abstracts that are not only based on DNA and RNA genetics (formed by billions of chemical bases) in the parents, passed on to their children?

2006-10-15 04:31:34 · 5 answers · asked by britotarcisio 6

i'm obsessed with this thought. i don't ever want to be born again into this world. i am a Catholic (I try to be) so I don't believe in reincarnation but this really scares me. Not the judgement day but when my time comes I want to be done with life here for good.

what do you think about reincarnation, etc...

thanks

2006-10-15 04:27:10 · 22 answers · asked by Fuzzy_lop 1

i'm totally against it! but that's just my opinion

2006-10-15 04:26:47 · 18 answers · asked by evanescent_eclipse 3