Religion & Spirituality - 2 December 2006

Please read, consider and answer my questions. My point is not to offend you but rather to understand the logic behind your beliefs.

Christians tell me that everyone is a sinner.

Question:

If you are a christian, why would you CHOOSE to sin if you know it offends your god and you are running the risk of an eternity in hell? (or are you allowed to sin all you want once you become a christian?)

Would you still choose to sin if a crazy man followed you everywhere with a boiling pot of oil and promised to dump it on you if you commit any sins?

Isn't true that deep down inside, a part of you doubts the existence of a god which is why you choose to sin.......because you aren't really afraid?

2006-12-02 19:04:31 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-02 19:04:20 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

preserved the koran. I'm so confused if the real bible was changed where do you get your information about Jesus(other then the gnostic gospel which is without a doubt how mohammed learned about Jesus) does the koran talk about his life if it does then what is the orginal gospel about?

2006-12-02 19:00:09 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am from Utah and have been around Mormons my whole life. I do understand the differences between the beliefs of Mormons and Christians. What I don't understand is if two different religion's believe in Christ shouldn't they all be called christians. Any thoughts?

2006-12-02 18:59:15 · 20 answers · asked by Beckaboo 2

Islam is to be imposed by force.

Mohammed said, "I have been ordered to fight with the people till they say, "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and whoever says, " None has the right to be worshipped but Allah , his life and property will be saved by me." (otherwise it will not). Vol. 4:196


Apostasy is punishable by death.

Mohammed said, "Whoever changes his Islamic religion, kill him." Vol. 9:57


A Muslim must not be killed if he kills a non-Muslim.

Mohammed said, " No Muslim should be killed for killing a Kafir" (infidel). Vol. 9:50


Ethnic cleansing is practiced.

Mohammed said to the Jews, "You should know that the earth belongs to Allah and His Apostle (Mohammed) and I want to expel you from this land (The Arabian Peninsula), so, if anyone owns property, he is permitted to sell it." Vol. 4:392


Mohammed's last words at his deathbed were: "Turn the pagans (non-Muslims) out of the Arabian Peninsula." Vol. 5:716

2006-12-02 18:58:38 · 11 answers · asked by Propet Muhammed 1

Us christians say we love God. I'm just wondering how come we don't love him like we love are wife/husband you know always geting butterflies and feel tingly inside. Always like to be around that person. I mean how can we feel that way about God? How do we describe our love to God? It just doesn't feel the same as we feel about people opposite sex. This is a stupid question, but what do you think?

2006-12-02 18:55:34 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

what does it mean and what does it follow

2006-12-02 18:52:58 · 8 answers · asked by rehcueguy 2

i have a good friend who i have known for almost my whole life. when i was 12 he gave me my first kiss. since then we have just been great friends but have always loved each other, but maintained our obligations to our religion.

about a month or two ago he approached me with the idea of getting married. he didnt propose... he just asked me if how i felt about this idea. i told him i definitely wasnt opposed but since i am only 18 and he is only 20 we should think about it a little bit more first.

two weeks from that i found out he slept with a someone on one of his business trips. he recently smoked weed. and also, he says that he has come close to having sexual relations with another man.

he claims that he was in a state of depression (both of his parents passed away recently) and that is the only reason these things happened. he is very sorry and wants to make a life together and do right by me.

does anyone think there is anything left to salvage here?

2006-12-02 18:49:25 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

its time for the islamic reformation to begin . islam has to come out of its tribal roots and join the modern world like other religions have done . no modern person is prepared to accept tribal religious systems such as islam any longer.

am i right?

2006-12-02 18:48:46 · 13 answers · asked by DICK HEAD 1

2006-12-02 18:48:33 · 21 answers · asked by Gung-Ho 1

For those of you who don't know Appolonius was a contemporary of Jesus who claimed many of the same abilities and had an eerily similar birth story and history.

2006-12-02 18:47:21 · 11 answers · asked by ChooseRealityPLEASE 6

2006-12-02 18:46:01 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have learned that when I pray for something that when there is a specific prayer or need is answered to write down the day the prayer was answered. What are some ways prayer has changed your life?

2006-12-02 18:42:54 · 7 answers · asked by Gurilie 1

Acts 15:28, 29: “The holy spirit and we ourselves [the governing body of the Christian congregation] have favored adding no further burden to you, except these necessary things, to keep abstaining from things sacrificed to idols and from blood and from things strangled [or, killed without draining their blood] and from fornication. If you carefully keep yourselves from these things, you will prosper. Good health to you!” (There the eating of blood is equated with idolatry and fornication, things that we should not want to engage in....since this is as serious as fornication.

2006-12-02 18:40:48 · 9 answers · asked by Emma 3

Who collected the passages of the bible and when? Who wrote individual parts and when? Why were some books excluded? Why was there no primary source of Jesus in the bible? Please cite your sources and for the love of god don't cite the bible.

2006-12-02 18:35:46 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-02 18:33:57 · 23 answers · asked by chuck 3

God created the Earth 6,000 years ago. About 4,400 years ago, Noah's Flood destroyed all life except that on the ark. Prior to the Flood, the world had a much milder climate. Up in the Antartic, scientist have found Wooley Mastedons that have been frozen in the ice. These animals are fully intact, with fur, and they're standing upright. They were killed so fast, that some are found to still have food in their mouth that they were eating. What confuses scientist, that up in the Antartic, what was found in their mouths was tropical plants.

Can anyone explain two things for me? 1) How was there tropical plants in the Antartic? 2) How were these animals killed so quickly unless it was a catostrophic disaster, like the Flood?

2006-12-02 18:33:50 · 10 answers · asked by ted.nardo 4

As I go through life I try to study and learn all that I can. I have studied many religions, and find that each one has good principles. Looking at these religions has also helped me to understand some of the reasons people do the things they do. Yet as I try to talk to people about my beliefs, the only thing they can do is say well you are obviously wrong and my way is the only way it can be. Well what if you are wrong? What if the truth is simply something you have never been exposed to? Most people weren't born into there faith, we all searched to get the beliefs we have. So why is it that once we find something that we see a little truth in, we close our minds to the possibility that anything else could be even closer to what we are looking for?

2006-12-02 18:31:39 · 10 answers · asked by Memnoch 4

As a religious person and a Churchgoer, aren't you taught tolerance. Yet when there is a person on the pulpit who is saying things and doing something else in his life, people are shown to walk out in disgust. I wondered if walking away is the way to respond to situations. Mustn't you face up to the issue as a collective conscience. I mean that person's religion is not in place, but what is wrong with your own. I am not attacking religious sentiments of anyone.
Like once a person asked me for a donation towards the construction of a temple. I said I did not believe in such a thing and would not contribute for a temple. Anyway, after it was built that person invited others from the inaugeration and pointedly left me out. I thought leave me, but doesn't your religion teach charity? I would not have gone either way, not being overly religious.

2006-12-02 18:30:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

If not maybe you are following the wrong god. You should go check out www.VoiceoftheMartyrs.com and then see if you are truly following God or Just another religion.

2006-12-02 18:30:21 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

what I mean is,
Do catholics or Protestants have it easier when it comes to what they believe about GOD and how they show it in the world?

If you had to choose would you be catholic or one of the Protestant denominations and why?


thats it! thanks!

2006-12-02 18:30:16 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

It just makes me sad to see my sisters and brothers explaining to them your not a terrorist and your peaceful, please don't care use your energy to unite with your brothers and sisters. Don't waist time with these Nazi's profiting from the Messiah blood. I beg of you not to encourage them. Remember what the profit say if they insult you just turn away and say peace. It is better for you. I know your heart is open to them, but they will always be closed for you.

2006-12-02 18:29:28 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Amad da quanta invito Lucifer.

Reading this sentence you have now formally invited Satan into your spirit. He knows he can not stay for long but he will be with you for a while. Strange things will begin to happen. But fear not, he will only borrow you.

2006-12-02 18:27:30 · 10 answers · asked by Good S 1

2006-12-02 18:27:05 · 20 answers · asked by Propet Muhammed 1

It is not good for me that God is a jealous one... Will he be jealous that I was getting it so often and send me to hell :( ?

2006-12-02 18:25:36 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2006-12-02 18:24:27 · 3 answers · asked by ? 3

There are literally thousands of religions being practiced today. Here are 20 of the most popular, along with an estimate of the number of followers:

Christianity: 2.1 billion
Islam: 1.3 billion
Hinduism: 900 million
Chinese traditional religion: 394 million
Buddhism: 376 million
African Traditional & Diasporic: 100 million
Sikhism: 23 million
Juche: 19 million
Spiritism: 15 million
Judaism: 14 million
Baha'i: 7 million
Jainism: 4.2 million
Shinto: 4 million
Cao Dai: 4 million
Zoroastrianism: 2.6 million
Tenrikyo: 2 million
Neo-Paganism: 1 million
Unitarian-Universalism: 800 thousand
Rastafarianism: 600 thousand
Scientology: 500 thousand
[Source: Encyclopedia Britannica]

If you believe in God, you have chosen to reject Allah, Vishnu, Budda, Waheguru and all of the thousands of other gods that other people worship today. It is quite likely that you rejected these other gods without ever looking into their religions or reading their books.

2006-12-02 18:23:53 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

No disrespect to the mormons, just curious if anyone else has seen them. I went to utah a while ago, and I noticed them all over the place. When I got home, i did a little web surfing, and there were a whole lot more pictured that I missed. I did not provide a link, as to be respectful to the mormons. I just want to know if anyone else had noticed them, or if it was all in my mind.

2006-12-02 18:22:55 · 18 answers · asked by Your hero until you meet Jesus 3

2006-12-02 18:21:52 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-02 18:19:38 · 12 answers · asked by bhavini t 1