Religion & Spirituality - 6 November 2006

I'm seeking your thoughts about religions and gods that predate Christianity, Islam and others current religions.

For example, what of the (so-called) Ancient Gods of Greece such as Zeus? And what of Anubis, Set, Isis and the other from Egypt?

Or the ones from West Asia, home of many of the world's most popular religions?

Additionally I'm curious what todays believers think about the old gods and religions becoming myths. Take, again, the gods of ancient Greece which are now disregarded as simple myths. Do you think something like this will happen to the major religions of today, say in 2000 years time?

2006-11-06 11:13:45 · 11 answers · asked by Trubbel 1

I mean the apostles didn't just believe without proof, they saw miracles (supposedly).

Shouldn't we all get to witness miracles too, before we would be punished for not believing?

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2006-11-06 11:12:25 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

I CARRY YOUR HEART WITH ME



I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart)

I am never without it (anywhere I go you go, my dear, and

whatever is done by only me is your doing, my darling)

I fear no fate, (for you are my fate, my sweet)

I want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)

and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant

and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows

(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud

and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;

which grows higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)

and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart

I carry your heart ( I carry it in my heart)



(E.E. Cummings)

2006-11-06 11:12:10 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

i pray everyday and ask the lord to forgive me for my sins and to help me thru my bad times but it just seems like things get worse instead of better....

2006-11-06 11:10:34 · 30 answers · asked by Ready4Luv 1

is wicca christian?what do they believe in?
IM STUPID DONT USE BIG WORDS

2006-11-06 11:09:15 · 16 answers · asked by qųěęŋ ŏf ħęãŗţş 3

Just wondering what are the opinions of others pertaining to Judas. Was Judas condemed to hell or Heaven. Yes, he did betray Jesus, but him betraying Jesus was all part of God's plan. What do ya think?

2006-11-06 11:07:36 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

so if mosques are where islamic ppl worship(correct me if im wrong) and jewish ppl worship in synagogues wat is the religious building called that ppl of the buddhist religion worship at? is it just called a buddhist church?


please help! its for a school project!

2006-11-06 11:03:38 · 11 answers · asked by Mo-ni-que 2

2006-11-06 11:01:17 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

The Nagging Itch of "Ought"
As a mother, I was convinced of the existence of a moral God when my children, without being taught, would complain that something wasn't "fair." Fair? Who taught them about fair? Why is it that no one ever has to teach children about fairness, but all parents hear the universal wail of "That's not fa-a-a-a-a-air!" The concept of fairness is about an internal awareness that there's a certain way that things ought to be. It's not limited to three-year-olds who are unhappy that their older siblings get to stay up later. We see the same thing on "Save the Whales" bumper stickers. Why should we save the whales? Because we ought to take care of the world. Why should we take care of the world? Because we just should, that's why. It's the right thing to do. There's that sense of "ought" again.
Certain values can be found in all human cultures, a belief that we act certain ways because they're the right thing to do. Murdering one's own people is wrong, for example. Lying and cheating is wrong. So is stealing. Where did this universal sense of right and wrong come from? If we just evolved from the apes, and there is nothing except space, time, and matter, then from where did this moral sense of right and wrong arise?
A moral sense of right and wrong isn't connected to our muscles or bones or blood. Some scientists argue that it comes from our genes -- that belief in morality selects us for survival and reproduction. But if pressed, those same scientists would assure you that ultimate right and wrong don't exist in a measurable way, and it's only the illusion of morality that helps us survive. But if one researcher stole another's data and published results under his own name, all the theories about morality as illusion would go right out the window. I don't know of any scientist who wouldn't cry, "That's not fair!" Living in the real world is a true antidote for sophisticated arguments against right and wrong.
Apologist Greg Koukl points out that guilt is another indicator of ultimate right and wrong. "It's tied into our understanding of things that are right and things that are wrong. We feel guilty when we think we've violated a moral rule, an "ought." And that feeling hurts. It doesn't hurt our body; it hurts our souls. An ethical violation is not a physical thing, like a punch in the nose, producing physical pain. It's a soulish injury producing a soulish pain. That's why I call it ethical pain. That's what guilt is -- ethical pain."{4}
The reason all human beings start out with an awareness of right and wrong, the reason we all yearn for justice and fairness, is that we are made in the image of God, who is just and right. The reason we feel violated when someone does us wrong is that a moral law has been broken -- and you can't have a moral law without a moral law giver. Every time we feel that old feeling of, "It's not fa-a-a-a-a-air!" rising up within us, it's a signpost pointing us to the existence of God. He has left signposts pointing to Himself all over creation. That's why we are without excuse.

2006-11-06 11:00:49 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm agnostic so I don't know what my fate will be at death
but I just wondered and this question is for anyone would you rather just die and sit in the gorund or continue to live in hell? I never really thought about


however to be honest I would want to continue to excist even if I would endure eternal suffering I could make my world a better place and live on

2006-11-06 11:00:42 · 6 answers · asked by solemnpsycho 2

which teaching do you find to be truth?
The Watchtower Teaching. The New World Translation renders
Revelation 3:14, “And to the angel of the congregation in Laodicea write: These
are the things that the Amen says, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the
creation by God” (italics added). Jehovah’s Witnesses cite this verse to prove that
Reasoning from the Scriptures with the Jehovah’s Witnesses —Chapter 5
137
Jesus is a created being. Indeed, Jesus was “the first of Jehovah-God’s creations.”1
Jehovah’s Witnesses relate this verse to passages like John 1:14 where we are told
that Jesus is the “only begotten” of the Father.2
In support of this interpretation, the Watchtower publication Should You
Believe in the Trinity? states: “‘Beginning’ [Greek: arche] cannot rightly be
interpreted to mean that Jesus was the ‘beginner’ of God’s creation. In his Bible writings, John uses various forms of the Greek word arche more than 20 times, and
these always have the common meaning of ‘beginning.’ Yes, Jesus was created by
God as the beginning of God’s invisible creations.”3

2006-11-06 10:54:41 · 19 answers · asked by Prodical Son 1

consider what justice and vengeance are. justice is supposed to be the "right" thing right? and vengeance is basically an eye for an eye. so with that said, are death sentences just?

2006-11-06 10:54:09 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-06 10:53:50 · 13 answers · asked by mR.fUNNY 1

Does anyone else pity them, and feel scared for them? I mean what a awful life to live. Just waiting to die. Not believing that their here for a reason. To believe that after your life, you are just going to die and thats the end. It's over. Everything you did in this world had no meaning, no consquences.

In some ways I see how it could be an easy, lazy way to live, and in other ways it would feel so depressing, lonely, and just plain boring.

Dont get mad if your one of these people. Its just my opinion and I would like to here your insight.

2006-11-06 10:52:36 · 38 answers · asked by Becca 2

My knowledge of Catholism is not great and would like to broaden it. What are some of the principle ideals of Catholism?

2006-11-06 10:52:08 · 7 answers · asked by ba374 2

....He also says God is Allah. He believes in the prophet Mahamhad (sorry if I spell these wrong). But he is against radical Islam and the terrorism. He says Jesus is the son of God and died for his sins. I'm trying to understand exactly what he believes but can't. His mom lives with him and she prays 5 times a day - she's Moslem. He doesn't say she has a problem with his acknowledging Christ and Mary but I'm not sure how much he tells her. He said he won't confess that Jesus is Lord to Islamic relatives or he'll be killed. Since he can't, I'm concerned just how well he knows Jesus. It seems Jesus is more of a prophet even though he'll say Jesus died for his sins. It is cofusing me and I will speak more about it with him but was hoping to hear insight from others - Islams who converted to Christian. Is it possible to be a Christian and still think God's name is Allah?

[please forgive me for any mispellings]

2006-11-06 10:50:52 · 23 answers · asked by Red Birds 2

I was reading over the answers from this question
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ag5KFSemo3Sfel.WH3GxgFsezKIX?qid=20061106031028AAhGOY9

And some guy skewed off on some huge blame-game song and dance about how the it's all USA's fault that Sunni and Shia fight each other. The questions wasn't even about WHY Sunni and Shia fight each other.

How many of you Muslims think that USA is responsible for all the fighting between different sects of Islam?

2006-11-06 10:50:38 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Are there any Catholic groups out there who reject the mainstream teachings on contraception, homosexuality, women priests and divorce, but still celebrate mass and offer the other sacraments?

2006-11-06 10:49:23 · 10 answers · asked by mcfifi 6

2006-11-06 10:49:09 · 11 answers · asked by theapostle78 1

Nothing Compares To You

I'm sitting here filled with wonder
At the amazing things you do
How the waters stay in the oceans
And the vast beauty of the view

How the stars are hung in the sky
Within them is written your word
How we are the following sheep
And you are the only Shepherd

How the sky is painted with color
Bursts of orange in the sunset glow
How much knowledge it took to make
And how little us humans know

How intricately you planned it
There was nothing you left unthought
From the delicacy of a baby
To all the sins of ours you bought

There's no other love that's out there
As deep and as faithful and true
No other comfort to be found
Because nothing compares to you

Nothing compares to your miracles
Or the listening time you spend
How you always take good care of us
And our broken hearts that you mend

To us, our problems like mountains
To you, they're no problem at all
You're ever so watchful and there
To help catch us, when

2006-11-06 10:45:56 · 7 answers · asked by Former Atheist 4

If I said rape and murder was right for me, what would u say? If u say that its bad than your saying there is an absolute right and wrong. But that would contradict yourself by saying there are absolutes.

http://www.absolutetruth.net/truth/

2006-11-06 10:44:34 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-06 10:42:42 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

if we evolved from monkeys, why arent our bodies still evolving? and how come monkeys arent still evolving into humans?

2006-11-06 10:37:47 · 29 answers · asked by Becca 2

no jokes please, joe

2006-11-06 10:34:36 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-06 10:33:52 · 15 answers · asked by theapostle78 1

I am trying to help reach people the way God would want me to but I am not sure exactly how to reach them without offending them and making them go even farther away from The Lord




God Bless You

2006-11-06 10:32:52 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

I dont know who they are, can you help me in telling who they are?

2006-11-06 10:31:20 · 11 answers · asked by peexinxmyxpants 1

Hamlet mixes up all the gods with eachother. What a way to make students think mixing religion and worshipping idols and false gods is okay. Is this not an attempt (and just another way) to help them accept the one world religion and the false christ when he returns? For example, there is a man named Matrieya in asia some where, declaring to be the one of all religions, Jesus to christians, budhha to buddhist, and so on.

2006-11-06 10:28:59 · 15 answers · asked by chara 2

Few people will have sex with a male hooker without a condom because they know they COULD catch aids. Yet Ted had sex with a MALE hooker. Because he was "weak"? I'll bet he wasn't too weak to use a condom.

2006-11-06 10:27:13 · 12 answers · asked by kimmyisahotbabe 5

2006-11-06 10:26:34 · 14 answers · asked by jsjmlj 5