Religion & Spirituality - 8 November 2006

2006-11-08 21:16:36 · 4 answers · asked by ganesh p 1

How To Be Happy




Praise be to Allaah.

Peace of mind, contentment, happiness and freedom from worries and anxiety. These things are what everyone wants, and these are the ways in which people can have a good life and find complete happiness and joy. There are religious means of achieving that, and natural and practical means, but no one can combine all of them except the believers; although other people may achieve some of them, they will miss out on others.

Here follows a summary of the means of achieving this aim for which everyone is striving. In some cases, those who achieve many of them will live a joyful life and a good life; in other cases, those who fail to achieve all of them will live a life of misery and hardship. And there are others which are in between, according to what the means he is able to attain. These means include the following:

1 – Faith and righteous deeds:
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http://english.islamway.com/bindex.php?section=article&id=231

2006-11-08 21:14:53 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I mean God has given us life, a world that has variety in food and things.. I cant understand why people as the above question and not know why or who is to blame. It is not God. Can anyone ask better questions or should i put up a blog ??????

2006-11-08 21:14:40 · 13 answers · asked by fire 5

2006-11-08 21:14:27 · 9 answers · asked by ? 3

Hey guys, doing some research on cults and New religious movements for sociology... anyone know about any weird cults for example Peoples temple and WACO, and why people join from a sociological point of view. And any other weird organisations and cults

2006-11-08 21:12:12 · 13 answers · asked by the_killers 1

In I Kings 8:27, we read that

But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?

The Hebrew and the transliteration for the verse above would be

kiy ha’umnaam yeesheeb ‘Elohiym `al-haa’aarets hineeh hashaamayim uushmeey hashaamayim lo’ ykalkluukaa ‘ap kiy-habayit hazeh ‘asher baaniytiy.

Regarding this verse, Henry’s Concise Commentary has the following to say:

In this excellent prayer, Solomon does as we should do in every prayer; he gives glory to God. Fresh experiences of the truth of God’s promises call for larger praises. He sues for grace and favour from God. The experiences we have of God’s performing his promises, should encourage us to depend upon them, and to plead them with him; and those who expect further mercies, must be thankful for former mercies. God’s promises must be the guide of our desires, and the ground of our hopes and expectations in prayer. (Henry’s Concise Commentary, under Citation: FIRST KINGS 8, ver 22-53)

It is clear that Solomon was conscious of the fact that however splendid his Temple was, it could not possibly reflect the glory of God or contain his eternal Being, as reflected in the above prayer in the form of a rhetorical question. Nevertheless, in acknowledging God’s omnipresence, Solomon expressed his desire that God should be honoured at this place and that every Israelite, no matter where he might be, should face toward the Temple when he prayed.

The prayer above raises several serious questions for the Christians:

Could we safely claim that the past Prophets in the Bible were ever consciously aware of the Trinity or of the divinity of Jesus? If yes, why they (especially Solomon) display such ignorance of this fundamental Christian theology? If no, are they not saved from their sins due to the sacrifice of Jesus?
Could Jesus ever possibly be the God-incarnate or God in flesh, since the verse above clearly refutes such a notion? If yes, does this mean that the verse above is in error?
If assuming that Jesus is indeed the God-incarnate who came down to earth, does this mean that God had actually lied to Solomon when he (Solomon) was taught that “…the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain” Him?

2006-11-08 21:09:27 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Pederast priests are pederasts surely, thankfully they are relatively few in number although they seem to cluster around certain occupations like the priesthood and wherever there is access to children, the priesthood gives priests greater access to boys and young men usually.

In the Irish Magdalen homes for young underage & unmarried mothers because priests had access to young women it was they who were the victims of priestly abuse.

It makes no sense to blame either heterosexuality or homosexuality for this crime and doing so achieves little towards addressing the problem of pederastic abuse.

2006-11-08 21:09:21 · 2 answers · asked by CHEESUS GROYST 5

2006-11-08 21:05:31 · 14 answers · asked by Carpe Diem 1

Okay im a christian & i kno God loves everybody but if he knew adam & eve were gonna fall why did he make them anyway? sum say he was proving a point 2 satan but if he knew satan needed a point proven to him why create him if while proving a point to him he was gonna cause us pain? why cause someone you love pain?

2006-11-08 21:00:38 · 13 answers · asked by Faithy 1

2006-11-08 20:59:24 · 27 answers · asked by Roninja 2

They should do.
"Deuteronomy 21:18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:21:19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; 21:20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. 21:21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear."
So in conclusion Mr Benevolent wants you to stone your own children.

2006-11-08 20:59:01 · 7 answers · asked by Say No To jesus 1

I dont get the concept.Coz no one is ever going to see anything till
the 'so called' IMMORTALITYare they????

2006-11-08 20:56:13 · 8 answers · asked by zaara 1

What is/are the main differences between black & white witches? Is either one more powerful than the other?

2006-11-08 20:53:06 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.gaychurch.org/

2006-11-08 20:51:10 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.

John was taken into a vision, and the above is wat he saw. In his vision it was the time of the 6th king, the 7th was to be king for a short while, after him the 8th will come It also say that the 8th king will be the same as the one that is (6th). If you follow Bible prophecies you will know that those kings are the popes, that ruled after the beast recovered from his wound, about 1923, I think. Does this mean that the 7th is here right now, pope benedict, and he will stay only a short while, and then the antichrist will come? The Bible says that he, the 8th, will go into perdition.
Anybody here also see this? Does anybody have something to ad?
What do you think?

2006-11-08 20:50:10 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does anyone have an idea of when the Bible was compiled and by whom? Any further comments on the subject are welcome.

2006-11-08 20:49:56 · 3 answers · asked by spongebarb_circle_skirt 1

2006-11-08 20:48:16 · 9 answers · asked by CHEESUS GROYST 5

Why do people online continue to discredit the integrity and reality of Christianity by claiming the crusades and other abominable act done in the name of God were Christian, they even claim Hitler was Christian and thus they use these acts and people to claim Christianity is false when the Bible clearly gives a sign of a true follower of Christ

John 13:35
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples(Christians), if ye have LOVE ONE ANOTHER

1 John 3:10
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever DOETH NOT RIGHTEOUSNESS IS NOT OF GOD, NEITHER HE THAT LOVETH NOT HIS BROTHER(fellow human being).


Professing Christians are not always Christians

Titus 1:16
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

2006-11-08 20:47:39 · 12 answers · asked by thunder 1

recently a group on yahoo q and a have created a group on
groups.yahoo.com/group/truth-association

do u think they should be banned before they gather more unity ?

2006-11-08 20:43:55 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_%28unit%29
Everyone loves the unit of a quantifiable scientific fact don't they?

2006-11-08 20:37:35 · 2 answers · asked by Say No To jesus 1

What is a religion if it is not the way it manifests itself through it's followers.

2006-11-08 20:25:51 · 23 answers · asked by CHEESUS GROYST 5

2006-11-08 20:24:20 · 21 answers · asked by ? 3

When he could just as easily wave his hand and cause people to drop dead. Hmmm, could it be that that they WERE just natural disasters and not the wrath of god?

2006-11-08 20:23:50 · 11 answers · asked by Eureka! 4

Churches believe there is a god, but worse than that, they think they know what god is thinking and wants.

Let put this into persepective. I was walking home today and stepped on an ant. opps, don't think I cared much.

If god created the universe and everything, how small are you?

Just a tiny little subroutine barely noticed in all of existance.

2006-11-08 20:21:55 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-08 20:21:36 · 12 answers · asked by Pup 3

2006-11-08 20:20:20 · 7 answers · asked by Pup 3

2006-11-08 20:19:26 · 14 answers · asked by Pup 3

I dont understand the logic behind it? There was a guy at my school yesterday holding a big sign that said "FEAR GOD" You are there to spread the word of god and find people who are searching for god. what im saying is who do you think is want to learn about a god who is so fearful that his people have to hold big signs warning everyone about it.

2006-11-08 20:16:43 · 5 answers · asked by Jbyrd 1

2006-11-08 20:16:28 · 10 answers · asked by Pup 3

If you have nothing helpfull too say, just ignore this. I'm not looking for a Jesus argument...just some advice. Thanks

2006-11-08 20:14:57 · 6 answers · asked by Pup 3