Religion & Spirituality - 6 December 2006

5. If you were omnipotent but invisible, and you wanted to make sure that people knew you were real and wanted them to believe in you, what would you do to make this happen?

A. I would write my name on the face of the moon so all could see and have no doubt of my existence

B. I would do things that could not be explained in any other way. Like stopping terrible things from happening, like the 9/11 event, or feeding all the hungry children on earth

C. I would protect and reward those who believed in me and ignore the plight of those who do not.

D. I would do nothing at all and stay as invisible and undetectable as possible, letting everyone fend for themselves, those who believe in me and those who don’t, showing no favoritism


- Answers and grades to follow

2006-12-06 14:11:47 · 11 answers · asked by skeptic 6

..would God have him burn in hell because he grew up not knowing God or Jesus?

2006-12-06 14:11:25 · 8 answers · asked by Im a killer 2

My question is this, If you could absolutely guarantee peace on earth for the rest of time between all religions/races/colours/creeds but the price for this was the death of 5 million people (not all from the same religion or country), would you do it?

2006-12-06 14:10:34 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

There's 4 men and 1 woman, right?

2006-12-06 14:09:58 · 22 answers · asked by Katy_Kat 5

4. How would you deal with people who did not get your message, or didn’t understand it, or didn’t believe it was your message because it was so contradictory and confusing?

A. Kill them
B. Torture them
C. Damn them to eternity in hell
D. Understand, love, and forgive them

2006-12-06 14:08:27 · 20 answers · asked by skeptic 6

Luke 14:26
"If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.

2006-12-06 14:08:16 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

while he was being investigated by the Catholic Church

2006-12-06 14:06:10 · 5 answers · asked by layziadiahg16 1

What is a Jew, and what is Judaism?

2006-12-06 14:06:08 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

3. If you had a critical message and wanted to make sure as many people would get it and understand it, how would you go about presenting it?

A. I would send it in a time when there was no mass communications or printing presses

B. I would have my messenger not write anything down regarding my message, trusting others to listen and pass it on accurately and unchanged.

C. I would make sure what is written about my message was contradictory, and very confusing, so people would have a hard time understanding my message.

D. I would write down a clear, non-contradictory, simple book and send it with my messenger in a time of mass communication and the printing press.

2006-12-06 14:06:05 · 7 answers · asked by skeptic 6

2. As a loving parent, you give life to 5 children and give them free will to do as they see best. Each child goes his/her own way. One becomes a Buddhist, one becomes a Muslim, one becomes a Christian, one becomes a Wiccan, and one believes in no religion. Only one of your children believes as you do. How would you treat your 4 children who don’t

A.I would kill them
B.I would disown them
C.I would torture them for eternity in hell
D.I would love them and accept them as they are

2006-12-06 14:02:38 · 24 answers · asked by skeptic 6

..appear to take GREAT pleasure in the fact that Atheists will burn in hell for eternity...

I'm an Atheist, and obviously I dont think Im going to burn in hell.

My point is, it's not a very "Christian" attitude is it.

"you all gonna buuuuurnn, nah nah na nar nar, cus we worship nar nar and youoooo dont ner ner, burn in helll ner ner ner ner "

I see this attitude endlessly on here, would "God" think you "good Christians" for taking pleasure in the fact that someone is going to suffer intolerable pain for eternity? Simply because he didnt do a very good of convincing most of the world that Christ was his son....

Your thoughts?

2006-12-06 14:02:05 · 47 answers · asked by Im a killer 2

For instance, the pagan story -- Epic of Gilgamesh -- historically preceded the book of Genesis by hundreds if not thousands of years. It was being forced upon the captive Jews in Babylon (the diaspora) and the book of Genesis was written in a somewhat parallel matter to turn their pagan story of multiple gods into a one god story -- Yahweh. Therefore, if we read the pagan story, how can we be so silly as to believe that Genesis was to be interpreted literally and not figuratively?

2006-12-06 14:01:35 · 6 answers · asked by Turnhog 5

If you believe in a omnipotent, omniscient deity what makes you think you are in any position to overrule his/her teachings?

What gives you the right to pick and chose?

(I am aware that almost nobody follows all of the teachings. But being a non-religious person I don't see where people can follow some of the teachings and not be contradicting themselves). "God is almighty and knows everything, well except this one thing, he was really off his rocker when he said this."

Please don't give me any "it's open to interpretation" or "religion is subjective" garbage. I find it rather convenient how a lot of catholics/christians/etc in one case will wholeheartedly defend a cause saying that "this isn't right, it's not how God intended" yet in another case say that it's their interpretation of the holy text.

2006-12-06 14:01:07 · 13 answers · asked by Jay S 2

are these all incompatible? the angels don't
even have to look human from what i've heard..
what's your response for this?

2006-12-06 14:01:00 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

If everyone has an opinion about who GOD is,what hell is, what heaven is, where does that opinion come from? Dont we believe the things we were taught?Handed down? Tradition?Like parrots we squawk out what we heard. Like chimps we mimic what we see,like children we believe what are parents teach.So, what is truth?

2006-12-06 14:00:09 · 7 answers · asked by sandra b 5

1.If your neighbor’s dog killed your child and you had the power to chain this dog, blast it with blow torches, and the dog did not die as a result. How long would you torture the dog for killing your child?

A.One day
B.One month
C.One year
D.Eternity

2006-12-06 14:00:00 · 15 answers · asked by skeptic 6

What in your opinion is the worst religion? Based on the grounds on how leaders and followers treat women, homosexuals and free thinkers? Or how a religion doesn't recognize another human being for believing somehing different. I just want to know some of the most extreme religion. In my opinion it would be Christian and Islamic followers.

2006-12-06 13:59:57 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous

To the expenditures of every country in the world, including Islamic ones. To humanity.

Expenditures related to Islam (but for Islam, they wouldnt exist):

Every countries >

Terror prevention budget,
Overall military retooling expense;
Percent of defense expenditures fighting Islamists;
Handouts to countries impoverished by Islam or devistated by Islamic violence;

Human Capital >

1.4 Billion people largely kept away from higher education and contributing almost nothing to human progress. Millions of deaths yearly related to violence where Islamic idealogy plays a central role.

Conclusion: The cost of Islam is not measurable. One way of looking at it, based on how quickly human progress has moved at certain times, is simply the idea that, if Islam didnt exist, we would probably right now be expecting to live to the age of 170 and be communicating from out spaceships.

2006-12-06 13:59:50 · 8 answers · asked by Thoughtful Tristan 1

It's going in circles. Don't you think the answer to the question, "Does a god exist?" should be that we don't know?

2006-12-06 13:59:50 · 16 answers · asked by anonymous 2

Please help me understand. I have been told that NOTHING in this world happens outside God's Will. If that is the case... If I were to put a gun to my head and pull the trigger, i would only die if it was God's will. Also All the rape and incest and murder in this world is all "Within God's Will" . I'm Sorry, But I can not believe all this is God's will. Please help me understand!!!!

2006-12-06 13:59:16 · 5 answers · asked by cabletwuck 2

will voodoo bring back a love one who has duped you?

2006-12-06 13:58:58 · 16 answers · asked by billyg4630817 1

2006-12-06 13:58:17 · 8 answers · asked by B C 2

A lot of evangelical Christians -- and those claiming to be evangelicals -- gay bash and treat others like refuse even if the question has little or nothing to do with religion. And it seems like every time I ask a Catholic question, I get only answers telling me that the Catholic Church is wrong/evil/just a bunch of molesting priests, not a real answer.

I do not mean that Catholics are better than Protestants, but it does seem like we are on the whole a bit better behaved. That's a shame, too, because the whole Catholic/Protestant thing causes a lot of strife and I think distracts us from the main point, which is loving God. So, I ask everyone: please be Christlike if you're claiming to be a Christian. It's hard, but I'm working on it too, and I think it would make Y!A a lot better.

God bless.

2006-12-06 13:55:54 · 12 answers · asked by Rat 7

2006-12-06 13:54:13 · 24 answers · asked by Whatever 5

2006-12-06 13:53:29 · 14 answers · asked by anonymous 2

2006-12-06 13:53:12 · 5 answers · asked by djm749 6

I ran across an article on the internet once.

2006-12-06 13:52:38 · 2 answers · asked by Laela (Layla) 6

Wat happens to your conciousness when you die? It is a law of physics that energy can not be created nor destroyed... so what happens to "you".... the energy has to go somewhere..

Where do you think it goes?


Serious answers please.. others will be reported....tough luv

2006-12-06 13:52:32 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Note: God wrote that, so you'll have to answer to him alone. You cannot blame what is written there on any man.

2006-12-06 13:51:39 · 6 answers · asked by Paul C 1

Clearly there is no way to change their thinking, so as goes the saying, "living well is the best revenge" so should all of us.

I can think of nothing that speaks louder than an atheist living a consummately good and happy life, feeling whole and complete, contributing to society, treating people with compassion and respect, while demonstrating all the positive virtues that Christians seem to universally admire, but have such difficulty achieving themselves.

Take that!

2006-12-06 13:50:37 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous