Religion & Spirituality - 6 November 2006

Islam is the only religion which opened the gates of civilisation to the dark ages in Europe. Renaissance movement started after the Crusaders came into contact with Muslims (followers of Islam) and European were shocked to note that their 'sin' of bathing (in middle and dark ages it was a sin according to church to take a bath) was a regular feature of Muslims' daily life and that they didn't therefore suffer from the Plague's disaster with the same magnitude. Spanish rule of Muslims ( 800 - 1492 AD) introduced Medicine, Algebra, Maths, Philosophy, Geography, Oceanography, Astronomy, Surgery, Chemistry to the scholars of Italy, Germay, France and Britian who flocked to Adulasia (Arabic for Spain) to learn and graduate. Cannon (Qanu fil tibb) by Avicenna was the standard text book of medicine in the medical schools of Europe for five centuries. The hatred has been historical as the defeat in crusades have imprinted an impression of barbarism on the minds of Europe and their prejudice grew with every defeat. Over the time Europe emerged as enlghtened super power and realized their benefactor's place in history. Things went well till President Bush was has a reveleation that Isalm is evil. Modern media, under the strong leadership of Jews (no its not a myth) cashed that opportunity and a modern day hatred started. Isn't it irnonic that even Laden has not been convicted in a court of law and the world opinion and Western media has successfully tried him and Taliban and Iraqis and Palestenians, and convicted them on their own. Reports not the evidences have become the modus operandii for these modern courts of justice and Bush administration labels Lebanon as terrorist and creates hatred among the Western hemisphere against Islam while conveniently omitting the naked aggression by Israelis against Lebanon and 33 days of bombing becomes justified. Daily deaths of more than 50 Iraqi and Afghani/ Palestenian children and women donot find their place in the media hence they are not considered human enough while a single episode of a murder by a Muslim finds place in the press and electronic media as Islamic Jihad. Ironically Adolf Hitler is never termed as Christian monster or killer. So its not that people hate on their own, they are being made to hate Islam.
Truth has lost its meaning and we are bombing our own suspicions without even bothering to find proof and show it to the world.

2006-11-06 17:51:49 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-06 17:50:52 · 21 answers · asked by Thinx 5

Ok my Life and past is pretty sucky Iv done many things i regret i still do things that are bad that I regret, I felt like God didnt give a damn about me so I pray about it. one day I was driving to work I arrived at a stop sign for some odd reasin a sudden surge of happyness just wentthrough me i started smiling didnt know why, all through that day I felt like I was bein followed or watchedI swear it was a weird feelin was it God

2006-11-06 17:50:49 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

“What from thy body which with fire is roasted, when thou art set upon the split, distilleth, let not that lie on earth or grass neglected, but to the longing gods let all be offered."

It's a Hindu hymn. I'm having a hard time trying to figure out what it is.

2006-11-06 17:48:52 · 4 answers · asked by Smith 1

If you don't believe in God, then:

1. Please define God.
2. Can you define God in a way that you could accept?

2006-11-06 17:48:12 · 11 answers · asked by knowsaltaboutalt 1

Reading a great deal about the Occult and Magick in the Pre and Modern terms has me wondering -- if so many are able to use a natural power for harm there must be some reference on what this "black" power is and how to use it. I'm curious to know of any books, or other resources anyone may know on this topic. My reasoning? Simple: how better to protect yourself from a power then know how to use it yourself (it's much like network security -- you need to know how to be a hacker before you can know how to protect from hackers). Thanks for all help.

2006-11-06 17:46:33 · 11 answers · asked by leucetios.salem 1

Psm.66:1 Heaven is my throne and earth is my footstool.
Matt.5:34,35 Jesus said,"Heaven is God's throne, earth is his footstool."
Heb.1:13 "Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?" Acts 2:27-35; Matt.22:42-44;
SATAN AND HIS ANGELS ARE THE ENEMIES Rev.12:7-12 Michael and angel cast them down. WHEN IS IMPORTANT?
John 14:3 Jesus said,"If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myseif; that where I am, there ye may be also." WHEN IS IMPORTANT?
Rom.16:20 Apostles expect Satan to be cast underfoot. WHEN IS IMPORTANT?

2006-11-06 17:46:27 · 4 answers · asked by jeni 7

Establishing the time of the “Jewish Jesus”:

The reference to Jesus in the Talmud is by the title: “Yeshu Ha-Notzri,” but according to Jewish chronology, he lived at the time when Joshua Ben Perakhyah led the Sanhedrin1 and, therefore, predated Jesus according to Christian chronology by almost 200 years.

- Rejection of the “Virgin Birth.” Judaism considers Jesus a bastard. The Talmud records a story:

The elders were once sitting in the gate when two young lads passed by; one covered his head and the other uncovered his head. Of him who uncovered his head Rabbi Eliezer remarked that he is a bastard.

Rabbi Joshua remarked that he is the son of a “niddah” (a child conceived during a woman’s menstrual period).

Rabbi Akiba said that he is both a bastard and a son of a niddah.

“They said, ‘What induced you to contradict the opinion of your colleagues?’

He replied, “I will prove it concerning him.”

He went to the lad’s mother and found her sitting in the market selling beans.

“He said to her, ‘My daughter, if you will answer the question I will put to you, I will bring you to the world to come.’ (eternal life). She said to him, ‘Swear it to me.’

“Rabbi Akiba, taking the oath with his lips but annulling it in his heart, said to her, ‘What is the status of your son?’

She replied, ‘When I entered the bridal chamber I was niddah (menstruating) and my husband kept away from me; but my best man had intercourse with me and this son was born to me.’

Consequently the child was both a bastard and the son of a niddah.

“It was declared, ‘..Blessed be the God of Israel Who Revealed His Secret to Rabbi Akiba…”2

Now there are numerous clear indications in other places of the Talmud3 to conclude that the preceding Talmud discussion is actually about Jesus Christ (the “bastard boy” who “uncovered his head” and was conceived in the “filth of menstruation”). The boy’s adulterous mother in this Talmud story is the mother of Christ, Mary (called Miriam and sometimes, Miriam the hairdresser, in the Talmud).

* TEACHINGS:

He and his disciples practiced sorcery and black magic, led Jews astray into idolatry, and were sponsored by foreign, gentile powers for the purpose of subverting Jewish worship.4

The Talmud also says that Jesus was in Egypt in early manhood. Rabbi Joshua b. Perakhyah is said to have fled with his pupil Jesus to Alexandria in order to escape the persecutions of the Jewish king Yannai (103-76 B.C.). On their return Jesus made a remark on the not faultless beauty of their hostess, whereupon Rabbi Perakhyah ex-communicated him. When Jesus approached him again, and was not received, he set up a brick for his god, and led all Israel into apostasy.5


Furthermore, according to the Talmud, the source of his miracles was the black magic and witchcraft, which he had learnt in his sojourn in Egypt.6

* DEATH:

Maintains that Jesus was not crucified but was hung and stoned to death:

“It is taught that on the eve of Passover, Jesus7 was hung, and forty days before this the proclamation was made: Jesus is to be stoned to death because he has practiced sorcery and has lured the people to idolatry… He was an enticer and of such thou shalt not pity or condone.”8

(II) JESUS IN CHRISTIANITY

Very well known to all; the brief points are:

* LIFE:

- Jesus was the “third of the three;” the god made flesh. Christians believe God came down to earth in human form, as Jesus said: “I and the Father are one”9

- Despite the fact the Jesus was God “made flesh”, the Christians cut queer capers to show that he was at the same time a descendant of David.10

* TEACHINGS:

- Abrogated the whole Torah Law: throughout the New Testament, Jesus contradicted the Torah and stated that its commandments were no longer applicable.11

* DEATH:

- Was crucified to death.

(III) JESUS IN ISLAM

* LIFE:

- Belief in the virgin birth.12

- The Qur’an does noy say that Jesus was the “Messiah” in the prevalent Judeo-Christian sense. It refers to Jesus as the “Masih” simply because he was more commonly known by this title among the addressees of the Qur’an.

It is precisely the same as in some developing countries, Arnold Schwarzenegger is better known, among the less educated, by the title TERMINATOR and thus your ignorant addressees are supposed to understand you better if you had referred to him by the same title.

- The Qur’an does not use the term “word” (”kalima”) for Jesus in the sense of Logos of the Gospel of John.

The Qur’an says: «Isa son of Maryam is only a messenger of Allah and His word which He communicated to Maryam and a spirit from Him.»13

Here, the “word communicated to Mary” means that God sent His word (i.e., order) to the womb of Mary to conceive a child without the presence of a sperm. This is the sense in which the Qur’an refers to Jesus as “His word which He communicated to Maryam.”

- The Qur’an does not use the term “spirit” (”R󨦣8221;) for Jesus in the Christian sense of the Holy Spirit. The Qur’anic usage simply means that Jesus was a soul sent from God (as all of us, according to the Qur’an, are.)

* TEACHINGS:

Revival of the Torah law14, emancipating his people from the cumbersome Rabbinic law and interpreting the Torah “Law” in light of the “Wisdom” of his prophetic sayings (which the Qur’an calls Inj.15

* DEATH:

- Did not die on the cross:

The Jews intended to crucify Jesus, and «ils ont cru l’avoir fait»16 (”it appeared to them as such.”)

Though “it appeared to them [i.e., to the Jews] as such [i.e., as if they were successful in crucifying Jesus],” yet this was not so in reality.17

God “took him up to Himself” (”rafa`ahu,” 4:158, Pickthal)

The Qur’an does not say as to when did the ascension of Jesus take place.

2006-11-06 17:44:27 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

themselves enough or so they need more humiliation before they stop their madness?

2006-11-06 17:41:56 · 10 answers · asked by Gettin_by 3

Please explain.

2006-11-06 17:38:49 · 34 answers · asked by ResponseMan 1

2006-11-06 17:37:49 · 14 answers · asked by manang bruka 2

is it you who writes it? Or is it your pen, or your computer that types it?
God used chosen men to write the His Word the same way.

2006-11-06 17:37:31 · 7 answers · asked by lost and found 4

do you also get so completely tired of all those questions that start with " only please" ?

2006-11-06 17:36:59 · 15 answers · asked by Thinx 5

...act like homosexuality is a bigger sin than the others? They're so insanely focused on it. And if you believe it's a sin, that's fine, that's not the point. The point is: why do they spend so much time on that subject? Shouldn't the focus be more about faith and love and unity and a relationship with God? So what's the obsession? I don't get it. A sin is a sin. All sins are equal in the eyes of God, so let's quit comparing the homosexuality to something as horrible as murder.

2006-11-06 17:36:33 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

why do christians act like they are god? We dont chose to reject god, we chose to reject christians to tell unbeliveable stories and tell those who dont belive they are going to hell. What did you people ever do to deserve our trust. God did not stand before us and ask us to chose. If that were the case every non-christian would instantly become christian. but it is not god that asks to chose. It is a bunch of religous nuts. Can you see where Im coming from?

2006-11-06 17:35:17 · 20 answers · asked by Jessie 1

2006-11-06 17:34:48 · 3 answers · asked by Linda L 1

Like how someone would be more affected if their dog died then learning about mass genocide in a foreign country.

2006-11-06 17:34:27 · 8 answers · asked by Asilos Magdalena 1

I'm currently a psych major with aspirations to be either a clinical or counseling psychologist. In regard to existential matters, I am an agnostic. Religion plays no role in my lifestyle or decision making. I've had one professor tell me that being non-religious may be an asset because it could facilitate objectivity. And I've had another professor tell me that being non-religious may leave me unable to relate to many clients who draw hope from their religion. So I'm undecided. What do you think? Would you want a faithless psychologist?

2006-11-06 17:30:34 · 23 answers · asked by Subconsciousless 7

2006-11-06 17:28:09 · 25 answers · asked by Artesmia 1

When I ask "How would God feel about one person on His planet calling another person on His planet an 'illegal alien' ?" ...I get a lot of answers that state: He would agree with that, because God wants us to follow to laws of the country...

But when it's about gay marriage, it's all of a sudden allowed to try to use God's Word to change the laws of the country.

Why that double standard?

2006-11-06 17:27:01 · 10 answers · asked by Thinx 5

Would you ever report him or ask him to step down?

2006-11-06 17:26:38 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I need some help here. I'm a 100% gay man, and always have been. I have NEVER been tempted in a heterosexual direction. And I have assumed that straight men usually were just as sure of their sexuality as I have been of mine.

However, recent events (e.g., Clay Aiken & Ted Haggard) have suggested that many straight Christian guys are inextricably drawn to same-gender sex.

So what gives? Why does it seem that at least some ostensibly straight Christian men have difficulty steering clear of sex with other men? Is there some factor in the discussion within the church that helps create this spirit of deception?

2006-11-06 17:26:04 · 17 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7

The church willingly combined with govenment. The government knew people did not question christianity and if church and government were combined, people would not question government either. The christians became the wealthyest religon the world had ever seen and obvously spread like no other because of it. Just to get another grip on society, christians made it morally incorrect for two people to love each other unless by legally joining according to the church/government. Not only that, someone said that god told them to give 10% of their income to the church. how convinient! Then they build a disgusting rich city (vatican city) which acts EXACTLY like a corporations by finding ways to expand and collect more money (they just make a ATM machine for church so you can give you 10% on your credit card. how holy! im tired of typing but thats just the beginning. what do you think?

2006-11-06 17:23:10 · 19 answers · asked by Jessie 1

Any good ideas? I believe in God but not in Christianity.
I believe in reincarnation, every life has a purpose and that there is no real right or wrong, just misunderstanding or misinterpretation to the individuals purpose for God.
I believe that doing the right thing with the information you have is the best that can be expected of a person.
I believe that a spirit chooses to enter this life on earth and the path their life will take. Nothing is an accident or coincidence.

2006-11-06 17:21:57 · 11 answers · asked by Cookie 5

It's time to gather up and head back home, theres gonna be a weding I hear. Yes the hour is near, and if yuor nor Israelie have no fear you too are invited my dear...Just be dressed whith the appropriate gear, otherwise you shall wheep a miserable tear. I say to you COME...?

2006-11-06 17:21:51 · 6 answers · asked by tinkkherbell 1

Yes, but did you hear about it?

2006-11-06 17:20:47 · 10 answers · asked by Faith Walker 4

Or because they are a different religion than you are? Isn't the rating system supposed to be based on good/ bad question or answer?

2006-11-06 17:20:22 · 10 answers · asked by Whatever 5

2006-11-06 17:19:07 · 26 answers · asked by Thinx 5

What is the chain of command From President to apostles to ward presidents.....can anyone help?

2006-11-06 17:18:05 · 7 answers · asked by Roman F 1

2006-11-06 17:14:40 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous