Religion & Spirituality - 5 November 2006

... just wondering.... also who created god.. surely he didn't create himself!

2006-11-05 08:11:02 · 23 answers · asked by triptipper 3

every pic i have Of St. Aquinas it has a dove wat is the dove a symbol of? And y is he against storms? TY!

2006-11-05 08:08:41 · 2 answers · asked by loooooooola 2

Please name your favorites and why. I love Billy Graham, Hagee, Jakes, Osteen, Duplantis. Many others also. Each one brings a unique and different perspective to Christianity. Would love to hear your perspective.

2006-11-05 08:07:11 · 25 answers · asked by Marie 7

The assertion that atheists are narcissistic seems to have flooded the Christian gossip circuit. So, fellow free-thinkers, what do you believe in that transcends your own inner workings?

(quote taken from an earlier posting.)

2006-11-05 08:06:54 · 19 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7

What would happen if "WHAT IF " didn't exist in our lives?????? What if we where better husbands and wives?What if we lived a more honorable life?What if we lived like we would die tomorrow everyday? What is your thoughts?

2006-11-05 08:06:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

8But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. 9The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

2006-11-05 08:05:59 · 12 answers · asked by I give you the Glory Father ! 6

Ephesians 5:11

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

I KNOW SOME PEOPLE IN A CERTAIN CHRISTIAN RELIGION THAT SHALL NOT BE NAMED THAT REFUSE TO ASSOCIATE WITH "UNBELIEVERS"

SO WHY NOT JUST GO AWAY AND LEAVE US ALONE

2006-11-05 08:05:08 · 34 answers · asked by Jean Simmons 1

how many times has it been translated? has it ever been translated by a woman? i can tell this book has been passed by a hundred men before we got to see it. i dont think god would realy say all that stuff. does the original bible writen in stone still exist somewhere?

2006-11-05 08:03:44 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

I love ANGRY CAT

2006-11-05 08:01:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-05 08:00:44 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Like you make up a location and name to protect yourself online?

Or you lmake a small white lie to protect yourself and to get you justice as long as it's in the intent of selfLESS act?

2006-11-05 07:58:51 · 19 answers · asked by Out of the Blue 1

2006-11-05 07:58:31 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

about God and religion if you had no outside influences, no parents, churches, internet.... I know this question is impossible to answer, but what would you imagine you'd believe?

2006-11-05 07:58:04 · 12 answers · asked by Eleventy 6

2006-11-05 07:57:54 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

EVOLUTION IN EDUCATION



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"It is the height of bigotry to teach only one view of origins."
-quote from Clarence Darrow, ACLU lawyer, during his defense of John Scopes


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Before the 1930's, creation was the accepted explanation of origins and was taught as fact in American public schools. In 1925, a young science teacher named John Scopes wished to teach evolution to his class. He was forbidden to do so by the Dayton, Tennessee school board, so he took his case to court. In July of that year, an event which shook the foundations of our country took place in the Dayton courthouse, the Scopes "Monkey" Trial. This was the great turning point in our country concerning the creation/evolution in education debate. Even though John Scopes lost his case and was forbidden by law to teach anything other than creation in the classroom, by 1933, evolution was taught alongside creation in American science classes. Today, creation is out, and only evolution is allowed to be taught in the classroom.

Evolution today is taught in schools as a fact. Some institutions may refer to it as theory, but not very many. What is the truth? The truth is, evolution is only a theory, if you approach it via the scientific method. The scientific method allows for the progression of observations into a scientific hypothesis, from there into a theory, and potentially into scientific fact or law. This method is used throughout the scientific community to prove findings. Without this method, anyone could propose any silly idea, and call it fact. For instance, I could observe the fact that slugs here in the Pacific Northwest are larger than slugs in drier climates. From there, I could claim the reason for this anomaly is due to the slugs drinking great northwest coffee and thriving on it. Of course it's nonsense, but that's why scientists use this "scientific method" -- to find objective support for their claims. However, in their rush to embrace evolution - the humanist view on the origins of man, they seem to have bypassed this method. The truth is, evolution has not been subject to direct observation, and cannot be supported or reproduced in experiments. Oh, some will tell you they've observed evolution, but all they've truly observed is small mutations within a species -- quite different from evolution. For all their grand claims, an HONEST scientist will have to agree that evolution is a theory only, and barely one at that.

So why is evolution taught in school as a fact, or at best, a theory? Because the majority of the scientific community will do anything they can to deny the existence of a benevolent, supernatural Creator. They want to believe that all power and divinity in the universe can be found within each person, not in a powerful Almighty God. They wish to deny Him, to deny His power, to deny that we are all subject to someone greater and more powerful than anything we can see, feel, or touch. They miss the fact that evidence of His existence is all around us. They miss the fact that to accept evolution as a fact requires a leap of blind faith. To accept creationism, for which there is an abundance of scientific evidence, requires no blind faith. In order to maintain their comfort and sense of power over self and nature, they must indoctrinate our children at an early age. They teach our children in a religious doctrine though - a doctrine of religious humanism. The first amendment protects us against the government establishment of religion, but religious humanism is taught in our public schools every day, while the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the American Education Association, and humanists everywhere successfully block creationism from being taught. In other words, your children's first amendment rights are violated every day they attend school, with full knowledge and support of your government.

Does it bother you that your children's constitutional rights are violated by their teachers at schools supported by your tax dollars? It should. It doesn't have to be this way. Unfortunately, the vast majority of people who should be bothered by this, choose to remain a "silent" majority? If you ARE bothered, then do SOMETHING about it! As one person, you may not change the system. But by adding your voice to millions of others, things CAN change. Please take the time to write to those who represent you in Washington D.C. Follow the link below to contact your congressional representatives. If you wish to email our president directly, please do that as well. However, don't forget to contact your representatives with the votes to legislate. We don't expect to expel the teaching of evolution from public schools. But we must get educators to teach evolution as a hypothesis as opposed to fact, and allow the schools to teach creationism as well. Get involved now, for the sake of your children!

2006-11-05 07:57:35 · 20 answers · asked by Jeff C 4

2006-11-05 07:55:58 · 9 answers · asked by James Blond 4

2006-11-05 07:54:22 · 10 answers · asked by Dave 2

He worked under Stephen Jay Gould.

2006-11-05 07:51:36 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Eve was a woman. She ate from the forbidden tree. This is something I wouldn't have done. It seems rather foolish. Adam was a man. He also ate from that particular tree. Although God punnished both of them, He took it a lot harder on Eve because she did it first. As punnishment women were cursed with many missfortunes, for example, women would menstruate every month. Now, millions of years later (or thousands, whatever you believe) women still menstruate every month. I did not commit the first sin, nor did I decide to be a woman, so why am I being subjected to such cruel punishment?

2006-11-05 07:51:23 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

im looking for websites on haunted graveyards as im doing a study of them at college

2006-11-05 07:50:57 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

a religion that I will not name encourages women to only wear skirts and dresses

2006-11-05 07:49:24 · 22 answers · asked by Jean Simmons 1

in the church, isnt secretly gay?

2006-11-05 07:45:56 · 12 answers · asked by buttnut 1

I' m just curious--do Buddists fast? When and why?
Thanks!

2006-11-05 07:44:26 · 5 answers · asked by discmiss1 3

2006-11-05 07:44:08 · 28 answers · asked by ncisle 2

2006-11-05 07:42:46 · 13 answers · asked by t_a_m_i_l 6

Some people I know classify them as part Christian.

2006-11-05 07:41:23 · 25 answers · asked by malecats1 1

I, personally, don't think we should. We just weren't given that authority by God, we have our own duties. What are you're opinions?

2006-11-05 07:40:47 · 30 answers · asked by TOGA TOGA 3

(As you might know for the most part Muslim man and women really do not "Intermingle" in religious social settings. Because Islam requires Modesty and respect from people, thus when for example people are having gathered at the mosque, with lots of people (Maybe strangers there too) man and women pray, eat and seat in separate rooms.

The reasons are various, coming from trying to prevent sin by even looking at someone in a "Less than brotherly way" , preventing Gossip, in prayer this is done so that men and women concenrate on God rather than each other... because that is the purpose of a social religious gathering in the first place, concentrate on GOD.... etc)

In any case I am interested in your experience in such occasions :)

Thanks so much,
Muslimah

2006-11-05 07:39:35 · 11 answers · asked by . 3

2006-11-05 07:38:50 · 7 answers · asked by playladydi 1

How can anyone who professes to be a Christian vote for a Democrat, when the Democrat platform endorses abortion on demand and supports gay marriage? These two issues are contrary to what the Bible tells us. When Jesus confronted Saul, who 'thought' he was doing the work of God, he asked him "Is it hard to kick against the pricks?"

Is it so hard for Christians to stand up for God?

2006-11-05 07:37:25 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous