Religion & Spirituality - 30 October 2006

nor any fear of divine punishment?

2006-10-30 05:20:58 · 13 answers · asked by Deesa 2

I think this well apply to all the prophets, since God if he exists sees all those hundreds of millions believers and then he well save him just because of them not because he is right. Does that make sence some how?

2006-10-30 05:16:02 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I used to be Christian and apparently some of the tenets have stayed with me. I am Buddhist now but it must be flavored with some residual Christianity. Someone copy and pasted this as an aswer to a question I had and it just grabbed my attention.
THIS IS THE JEWEL at the heart of Christianity. This is it, what it is all about....

Matthew 38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: 39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also. 41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. 42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? 47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

2006-10-30 05:15:12 · 10 answers · asked by a_delphic_oracle 6

2006-10-30 05:15:05 · 42 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think it is, think about what we have been told. The numbers that will be scanned, 108 people have died just today. what do you think is our lord on his way?

2006-10-30 05:15:03 · 12 answers · asked by Chelsey m 2

2006-10-30 05:14:04 · 9 answers · asked by syelark 3

Three old women are sitting around discussing religion. The Christian woman says life begins act conception. The Muslim woman comments life begins half way though pregnancy. The Jewish woman sighs and says life begins when they graduate from medical school.


please its not ment to be acurate just a joke ;)

2006-10-30 05:12:56 · 17 answers · asked by Gamla Joe 7

no matter what you religion do you believe it because your parents raised you that way or because you choose it? did your parents give you a choice? or did you choose a diffrent religion from your parents because of them? did you convert to a diffrent religion once you were old enough to do so on your own? why?

2006-10-30 05:12:03 · 55 answers · asked by clearair1234 2

I asked on politics but they were very sad :( Most of them think that Iraq flew the planes into the WTC. So scary.

So I ask you on here because I know you better. I protested on Sunday with the sign "Torture is un-american" because...the slide into totalitarianism is what bothers me the most. Now I've invested money to make a good sign and wanted to ask if you could come up with something better. Thank you :)

2006-10-30 05:11:45 · 17 answers · asked by Black Parade Billie 5

2006-10-30 05:10:50 · 9 answers · asked by Shannon83 1

2006-10-30 05:09:27 · 15 answers · asked by Mark Fidrater 3

My questions are these: How much can another person negatively influence a reading? What does it mean when all the cards are reversed? If I am using three different guides to help with what the cards mean, do I just pick the meaning that feels right?

2006-10-30 05:08:59 · 17 answers · asked by sad1199 2

Last night I was watching the Discovery Health Channel where a baby was born with an identical head attached to hers. This other head (with no limbs and only part of a spine) had a different brain but basically used the normal twin's resources to exist. This "parasitic twin" as they call it did not have it's own lungs, nor heart but showed it's own individuality. Although it couldn't make sounds it demostrated emotion and reflexes.
My question is, for those who believe that we as humans have a soul,
1.do you think that this partial attachment was considered a human being although it couldn't function without the other twin's blood supply and organs?

2.Did it have a soul?

3.There was an operation performed to separate the parasitic twin (which of course died). Do you consider that murder?

Just curious as to what people think of events like this.

2006-10-30 05:08:48 · 7 answers · asked by Ruth Less RN 5

I dont believe that there is a god half the time because of all the **** i have to go through. I have so much **** that goes on all day long. I just feel that god doesnt listen to me and that he doesnt have time for me anymore......so there fore i feel like there is no god that he is just a mith.......he is just makebelieve. HELP me believe that he is there to listen to me and that he is here.

2006-10-30 05:04:29 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

Babylonians? Egyptians? Greeks?

2006-10-30 05:03:08 · 10 answers · asked by bc_munkee 5

I believed in God and Jesus all my life till recently. I have been having some seriouse questions on the existence of any supernatural being. I just can't believe when it dosn't feel right. Yet I can see my self maybe changing. Who knows, as campy as it sounds, life is a journey and we all make changes. Anyway my question is what would you classify me? Atheist and agnostist just don't sound right and I don't know what else there is. Also Buddhism has become really interesting to me, but again not where I would be worshipping a deity, just kinda like a philosophy to live by. So do I fit a religious catagory?

Thanks for any help you can offer, but no lectures.

2006-10-30 05:03:04 · 10 answers · asked by haiku_katie 4

The sex offenses of Catholic priests against youth have come into the headlines of today. Why is this? Dear Catholic friend, if you read Leviticus 21:13, 14 the priests (Levites) were to be married! God chose Aaron, Moses' brother, to be the high priest and to minister before the LORD in the Tabernacle. Aaron's family tree is given in 1 Chronicles 6:49-53. Where did Aaron's sons come from? He had a wife! Now, going to the N.T., we find that Zacharias, a priest, was married to Elisabeth (Luke 1) and they had a son named John, who baptized the Lord Jesus.
We also find that the apostle Peter was married (Matt. 8:14, 15; Mark 1:28-31). Finally, the Bible gives the requirements of a bishop or pastor: "A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hopitality, apt to teach;" This is a considerable list of requirements but number 2 is to be married! (1Tim. 3:1-13). If your church has erred in this, could they have made others?

2006-10-30 05:01:28 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I rented the first season of HBO's "Big Love" this past wknd. The older men chase the young boys off so that there is no compititon for the young girls to make wives. Although many of the young girls are sexually abused before they are even married! Where does the law draw the line of condoning this, where religion is concerned?

2006-10-30 05:00:50 · 5 answers · asked by BooSha 3

Would any of the catholics on this site (the ones that quote the Bible, etc.) be willing to have a debate with me about religion? I am a Catholic...I just don't agree with a lot that is said here and would like to hear what you think? If so, email me at lisa_mac_21@yahoo.com

2006-10-30 05:00:41 · 5 answers · asked by smarty21 3

I asked a question to christians the other day. I asked if they realized that they too were atheists. I asked this question based on the fact that the word atheism was formed in the ninteenth century as a definition of what it means to reject a current conception of the divine. So that would mean that to some form or another all religions that do not accept others is a form of Atheism.
Atheists were angry and referred to me to a dictionary, and told me that there belief, although they dont call it one, is that there is no god.
Christians were ticked as well, I dont have to explain why, we already know why. But all I was trying to suggest was maybe we all are a piece of every belief, and even if we dont want to worship that belief or non belief then we can at least recognize that there are parts of us in it. JUst wondering if any of you have had this sort of encouner on this forum. Or is it best for me to ask questions with one belief in mind, instead of all?

2006-10-30 04:59:16 · 7 answers · asked by fryedaddy 3

Two women have tragic things happen.

Helena's baby dies while she is delivering her child. The baby doesn't draw breath and so, according to you, is soulless. It poofs out of existance and Helena gets eternity with no baby.

Alecia's baby draws one breath and dies, BUT since it drew a breath...has a soul and lives forever in heaven.

So for those of you who think this way - there seems to be a lot. Doesn't it seem...unfair to say the least?

2006-10-30 04:58:07 · 29 answers · asked by Black Parade Billie 5

2006-10-30 04:55:41 · 5 answers · asked by lanena423 2

According to Christian text a man will come and heal all wounds of the earth, he will also settle long term disputes. He will gain the trust of many and soon enough call himself god or messiah I forget which.There after he will show his true colors as the anti-Christ. But since Muslims beleive the REAL Messiah is yet to come is it possible they'll think it's the anti-christ? This question might have some errors since i dont know the whole aspect and I dont know how Muslims view revelation.

2006-10-30 04:55:14 · 16 answers · asked by bboyballer112 2

There was no pain, no fear, no doubt,
'Til they pulled me out of Heaven.

So that's my refrain.
I live in Hell, 'cause I've been expelled from Heaven.
I think I was in Heaven.

So give me something to sing about!
Please, give me something

2006-10-30 04:55:09 · 6 answers · asked by fvdvdv 6

LOL!!!!!!!!!

2006-10-30 04:54:18 · 13 answers · asked by Medicine Eddie 2

Sunday a guy stood up and for half an hour told me how bad I was and I could not help myself. He told me that I was going to these horrible places and would fail at many things.

Then after church I went to lunch.

2006-10-30 04:53:30 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-30 04:51:39 · 12 answers · asked by diablo 3

I found the following verses in the Bible, 1 Corinthians, King James Version. In all these verses Paul explicitly writes that he writes his own words and opinions, and not God's word.

"But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment." (7:6)

"But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away."( 7:12).

"Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful." (7:25).

This is not meant as an attack on your faith, but I am curious what you think.

2006-10-30 04:49:36 · 20 answers · asked by Elly 5

Please no answers on his exsisting or not, I just want to know what you would want to ask him, not a lecture on my beliefs. (and by the way, I don't know what they are right now anyway)
I would probably ask if he had any regrets or not.

2006-10-30 04:48:29 · 16 answers · asked by haiku_katie 4

Must they by law delete all records?I am trying to get my name removed from a Church roll(Not Latter Day Saints)and I want all records destroyed.Should I get a Lawyer?

2006-10-30 04:47:57 · 8 answers · asked by Old Jim 1