Religion & Spirituality - 2 November 2006

2006-11-02 23:59:05 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

This occurred in Alanta City , New Jersey Some of the letters are comical (a man asking God to let him win the lottery, twice), others are heartbreaking (a distraught teen asking forgiveness for an abortion, an unwed mother pleading with God to make the baby's father marry her). The letters — about 300 in all, sent to a New Jersey minister — ended up dumped in the ocean, most of them unopened. Also the minister died two years ago at 79. How the letters, some dating to 1973, wound up bobbing in the surf is a mystery.

2006-11-02 23:57:15 · 7 answers · asked by SWM 38 _4_ YOUNG GF 5

Can you say hypocrite? If I get reported for this question it will speak volumes about the Christian Right. First Congress and now the Evangelicals. Praise God!!!

2006-11-02 23:55:08 · 21 answers · asked by doggiebike 5

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/unanswered_prayers

I don't know what gets to me more. The fact that none of the letters were opened, or that the person who found them wants to sell them on Ebay. Ok, the Ebay thing gets to me more.

If you found letters to God from so many people, what would you do? Honestly, I"d burn them. NOt from hate, but because in many cultures and religions, burning items sends the prayers and wishes up to the heavens, symbolically in the smoke. It would be nice to send the letters to God, where they were meant to go.

What would you do?

2006-11-02 23:54:52 · 18 answers · asked by sister steph 6

2006-11-02 23:53:48 · 10 answers · asked by The Maulvi Who Sold His Maruti 3

2006-11-02 23:52:02 · 11 answers · asked by sona 1

i fell so bad in all my life i just started to read the bible and i fell so guilty i have alll ways been christen but whenever i take a bible out at moms she says aug ah hannah she says its not like me so then i bring out a ghost book she dosent mind i fell so guitly help

2006-11-02 23:49:02 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

As far as i can tell the oldest Christian Denomination still in existance is The Ancient Church of The East founded in AD78 in Iraq(Mesopotamia) and Syria, and still exists in these countries. The Catholic and Orthodox Churches hadnt been founded by then, and the Church of St Thomas in India is an offshoot of Ancient Church of East.

2006-11-02 23:46:34 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know some people say having God in your life is more than just listening to Christian music, having a bumper sticker on your car, or constantly talking about religon. They always say they've "found" Him. What does this mean? It sounds like such a inseperable closeness that I would like to have with Him. What do I need to do to find Him in my life and be more filfilled with love for Him? Thanks...

2006-11-02 23:46:31 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-02 23:46:09 · 21 answers · asked by LMBFAO! 1

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2006-11-02 23:39:32 · 41 answers · asked by david UK 2

I just answered a similar question where I stated the Romans killed Jesus. I was surprised to find a quick 3 thumbs down obviously by Christians.

Are Christians truly that ignorant on their own religion?

2006-11-02 23:35:57 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

Has anyone see Andrew Denton's new movie 'With God on my side' ? Im an athiest and I want to see it so badly! He goes to one of those pentecostal conventions in Texas! But like he says, it just becomes a matter of 'My invisible friend is better then your invisable friend' pettiness between christians/other religions. What do you guys think?

2006-11-02 23:35:26 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-02 23:33:22 · 12 answers · asked by Silkie1 4

and if he the sun whay should god let him die for people and he didnt need any thing from people coz he is the one create them

2006-11-02 23:33:10 · 6 answers · asked by shadi q 1

Again I ask this with real meaning and do not mean to upset anyone, it's something that occured to me when I was younger, now I am an atheist.

If God is a forgiving God, and is the ultimate forgiver, a supreme being who can look into the hearts and minds of us all and see us for who we turely are, then why would he not forgive someone who doesn't believe in him? Or someone not of his faith or anyone for anything even if they do not turn to Christianity in their lives?

Let us say that I remain an athiest for the rest of my life. Not through choice but because I just don't believe as I have written in another question and to say other wise or to pretend to believe would be a lie. Then I die and lo and behold there is God waiting on the other side. I could then say "You do exist! Tell me why I didn't believe?" As the all knowing person he/she is with ultimate forgiveness wouldn't he forgive me? I believe I would if I were God and I'm not as great as he is.

2006-11-02 23:32:17 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Read this heartbreaking article about individuals who trusted their problems to prayers that went unread, unanswered, totally ignored.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/unanswered_prayers

When you have a problem, should you pray about it? Should you ask others to pray? Or should you use your time productively, planning solutions and seeking input and assistance from others?

Your first response to a difficulty or challenge matters a great deal, as it can mean the difference between resolving a situation immediately or allowing it to fester, destroying your chances to lead a happy, successful life. If your first (or only) response is the inaction of prayer or requesting prayer from others, you may sabotage your opportunity to correct the situation.

Whether you are religious or not, believe in prayer or not, please answer this question in as logical a manner as possible.

2006-11-02 23:30:58 · 11 answers · asked by nora22000 7

Can you think of some ideas which radical ecologists and religious fundamentalists would have in common?

2006-11-02 23:29:35 · 4 answers · asked by librarylady93562 2

Religion. Wasn't/Isn't it an outdated form of control?

2006-11-02 23:28:35 · 6 answers · asked by ? 1

1. What is the point of saving 2 of each "kind" in the flood if many go extinct? And incase you don't know, MOST animals throughout history have gone extinct thanks to other animals, so you can't say it was our greedy nature.

2. Why was god so lazy that he didn't just create animals after the flood instead of having to save 2 of each kind?

3. What is the point of saving 2 of each kind if some animals reproduce asexually?

2006-11-02 23:27:57 · 9 answers · asked by Alucard 4

Leo Strauss = A crazy liberal who was offered a teaching job at the University of Chicago just because some one felt sorry for him.

2006-11-02 23:27:55 · 2 answers · asked by Taco 3

Religion, gender, skin color, you name it. What can be done from small things to big things? What do you do?

2006-11-02 23:24:49 · 6 answers · asked by angk 6

I'm a Muslim who has been to Hindu temples on many occasions, with friends. Sometimes I like to visit it alone. Now, do you as a Hindu feel that this is right? What do the scriptures have to say in this regard? Please justify from a Hindu perspective and NOT a secular one.

2006-11-02 23:24:22 · 28 answers · asked by The Maulvi Who Sold His Maruti 3

2006-11-02 23:22:23 · 7 answers · asked by iamprodepend 2

In other words atheists are 7 times less likely to commit a crime than a person who believes in God.
On this basis should not people stop believing in God/Allah etc.

2006-11-02 23:21:24 · 9 answers · asked by yoyodda 3

Body: ----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------
From: Reverend AtheiStar
Date: Oct 13, 2006 11:42 PM


Whether I "know" or not is irrellevent. Muslims "know" they are going to paradise to have continuous sex with 72 renewable virgins after they die their martyr's death. Ancient Norsemen held comfort in "knowing" that after they died in battle they'd be drinking mead by a roaring fire with Odin in Valhalla. You, just like them, surely "know" that you'll spend your eternity with Yahweh and Jesus. You see, to know means nothing.

I believe that all gods and goddesses are imaginary. Conversely, I also lack belief in them. Why? Because science has proven that the mythological accounts of creation -- there are tens of thousands -- are false by proving their own: cosmic evolution, chemical evolution and biological evolution.

2006-11-02 23:20:50 · 2 answers · asked by atheistradio 1

Catholics, I sincerley ask you, why do you worship Mary, saints, relics, icons, pray in vain repetition on the rosary which Jesus told us not to and believe in purgatory which nullifies the cross of Christ? And if you don't then why are you in a religion that does? I, too, was born a Catholic but once I started reading the bible, I could see the evil in the religion and had to get out. Most Catholics seem to pick and choose what parts of Catholism they want to keep and what parts they want to toss out and think it's ok to stay in it. God called Israel a harlot for tolerating pagan practices like these. He said of the great harlot in Rev. "Come out of her my people". Most non-christian churches don't denounce Christ, they just corrupt his teachings. And what about how they tortured and murdered Christians in the midevil times. Do you know that priests used to be able to marry but the church didn't want them leaving their houses to their children and not the church.

2006-11-02 23:19:52 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-02 23:18:48 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

From the birth of religion and the idea of gods, there was not actual proof and if there were there is no proof of that. So people’s faith in Jesus is all based on a hypothesis that if the church keeps the values of the bible they can retain power and the ideological effect would be that the societies will some what follow the law.
So what would happen if we suddenly find out that all religions are means of control. Hitler as much of a mad man as he was is a good example of how he got people to follow him and most without question. The point is this has been going on for thousands of years., so are our ideological taught and our societies built on lies.

2006-11-02 23:17:21 · 13 answers · asked by man of ape 6

i think he Just profet and no one kill him , if he the son of god then whay his father didnt help him

2006-11-02 23:14:54 · 16 answers · asked by shadi q 1