Religion & Spirituality - 17 December 2006

2006-12-17 08:42:54 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-17 08:42:00 · 25 answers · asked by Jesus 1

2006-12-17 08:40:20 · 13 answers · asked by retardica 2

I have just started attending a methodist church. I am new and feel a litte in the dark. Do you have to be baptised to take communion? What is it? How is it done? When should one become baptised if it is not done at birth?

2006-12-17 08:39:08 · 5 answers · asked by Carolee B 2

What is faith but fear of death. If there is one thing that all religions give, it is a continuation of life after death. What evidence is behind faith? What do we have that makes up believe but several centuries of good advertizng. We all just believe because it was written in a book. If that is true, then why does scientology lack behind other major religions? What is faith? What?!?!?!?

2006-12-17 08:36:18 · 12 answers · asked by Fyrebyrd 3

I keep hearing missionaries and preachers (mostly from Christian and Catholic denominations) saying that if you believe in anything else other than a single monotheistic being, God, then you are wrong, and any other form of religion that you practice (like Buddhism, Islam, Zoastrianism, Paganism, etc.) is false, and it's the work of the Devil trying to deceive you. Is this true? If it is, then I really need to convert to Catholicism, or Christianity before I really damn my soul forever, right?

2006-12-17 08:34:53 · 35 answers · asked by patfong07 1

can spend years praying the same prayer over and over with no answer? Why? Why does life suck?

2006-12-17 08:34:35 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

well, John H, judy_r8, there is no physical proof. you're right, but there is alot of actual evidence that suggests that God is real. there was a fleeing from Egypt through the Red Sea, with a split in half rock. i went to Israel this year, and i got to touch the wheels and chains of the chariots in the sea. there are so much to tell, but ive had to rewrite this thrice! and luvnlvn, God does have emotions, for He expresses them greatly, but He doesn't have physical emotions, like fear and regret. candy_girl, i believe in God, no question. treepeople88, God doesn't really 'exist'. He's just there, we only use that word because we as humans cannot fathom no existing physicalness, we learn in physical, we are physical. but i know he is still alive because Israel has not yet fallen, yes, they are struggling, but are still there. this is actually a very fun subject to research on, there are tons of other places to read about on visits, so, look up stuff!

2006-12-17 08:33:51 · 11 answers · asked by BlueberryEyes 2

Shouldn't they speak up in the face of this?

Isn't 50,000 dead women and children just a *little* more important than homosexuality?

2006-12-17 08:32:20 · 8 answers · asked by Laptop Jesus 4

Why is it that religious people dont realize that if they come up to me and try to convert me, next thing thats gonna happen is that they're gonna be on the floor?

2006-12-17 08:28:48 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

What's the problem with the ordination of gay priests? Why are churches voting to turn their back on a gay priest? What business is it of the congregation if their priest is openly gay, rather than secretly gay, which many priests have obviously been for hundreds of years...

2006-12-17 08:26:52 · 6 answers · asked by mdfalco71 6

Jesus was born 500 years after Buddha's died.
Jesus' early life is largely unaccounted for. Could Jesus have traveled the popular silk road to the east and learned of the Buddha's teachings? Jesus' own teachings of Peace and Love are more in line with Buddhism than the Hebrew Law that Jesus learned in as a child.

If anyone should strike you with his hand, with a stick or a knife, abandon any desires and utter no evil words.
Majjhima Nakiaya 21:6
Words of Buddha

500 YEARS LATER...Jesus said:

If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also.
Luke 6:29

2006-12-17 08:26:23 · 11 answers · asked by Honest Opinion 5

http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_258111338.html

I would not put my faith in the words of a man with this kind of history.

2006-12-17 08:25:47 · 12 answers · asked by Nancy O 3

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1338749,00.html

Do you mind this kind of violence? Why does My Fan Club talk about homosexuality and ignore these deaths?

2006-12-17 08:25:17 · 9 answers · asked by Laptop Jesus 4

Its a kind and wonderful religion

2006-12-17 08:24:16 · 15 answers · asked by ? 3

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AoWjzuXD8S1hbxMEr8nGGJPsy6IX?qid=20061217115928AAQ6lQO

The answer was:
I call you "the natural descent of atheism into superstition", something quite a few Christians would expect when someone kicks God out of their lives and finds a vacuum later into which he places the devil's ideas instead. Superstition is the natural end of atheism.

Past lives are an elaborate illusion from the fallen angels to impress upon the poor deluded that there is reincarnation. Once you accept reincarnation, you can accept anything else they want you to believe. Since they are not bound by time as we are, they can provide the past life of someone else to someone who is willing to believe that they were that person. Which is also why they are available only to those who are spiritually weak or weaken themselves deliberately through controlled substances in order to experience these "past" lives. Christians who know the tricks of the deceiving spirit will not be impressed by "past" lives or the few who tell their stories.

2006-12-17 08:24:14 · 20 answers · asked by Katelyn 4

In that they both reveal the future through contact with a diety?

2006-12-17 08:20:32 · 2 answers · asked by silverleaf90210 3

this is a genuine question aimed at mature and honest people i need helpful answers not clever or abusive ones
thankyou in advance

2006-12-17 08:17:14 · 23 answers · asked by jay or 2

Obviously, there will be conflicts regarding what others think and how to raise our children, but aside from those what other kinds of problems can you forsee? My finance is a third generation Turkish-American Muslim and my family members are Southern Baptists. Please no answers regarding the mistreatment of women in Islam. Thanks!

2006-12-17 08:16:35 · 13 answers · asked by Kodee 2

there is more historical proof of jesus christ being born living and dieing on a cross than julius ceaser ever being alive this is backed up not only by the bible but from many historical documents. look and u will find proof. garantueed this is not a hoax aat all. now try sayin jesus never existed and died.

2006-12-17 08:15:15 · 27 answers · asked by elliott!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3

2006-12-17 08:15:07 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why do they think their thoughts, out of the billions of human mammals who ever lived are so important?__To the extent that GOD the all powerful creator is tapped into every fleeting word?
Does God--AND the devil, read minds of the billions and billions at the same time at every moment in English or Arabic?

And, jeez, doesn't he have anything better to do?

2006-12-17 08:14:31 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I hear those who give reasoning behind their unbelief in God attribute it to reasons that relate to the well known five senses.

I can't see God or it has never done anything for me so it must not exist. There are people you have proof, true some of it may be personal proof, such as healings, close calls, answered prayer or unanswered prayers for reasons not yet known. Why does God require hard evidence for some? You believe your radio will turn on in the morning to pick up those unseen radio waves. You know that radar gun is going to work, so you slow down. You do have faith in things unseen, it’s just that the evidence comes from mechanical devices that have been invented to capture the proof. What if the device that captures the proof of God (spiritual word) are some sense in our bodies that can not yet be explained. Science even says that there are other dimensions that we can not perceive, Is this universe only physical with boundaries only us humans can understand?

2006-12-17 08:13:45 · 11 answers · asked by Sand 2

2006-12-17 08:13:06 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-17 08:12:40 · 3 answers · asked by Cyber 6

Is it bad of us (non-hindu) to buy Krishna, Sai Baba, and Puja incences and dhoops to pray and meditate with if we don't beleive in your Gods, but only enjoy the fine fragrances? Thanks. I don't want to be disrespectful. I am assuming not many people who don't beleive in Christianity would buy Holy Santos candles for their homes...you get what I am saying.

2006-12-17 08:11:15 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I wish myself and my children to be under the watch of the lord.
Could someone explain to me the difference between being baptised and being christened?
How much would it cost for a baptism or a christening?
Thank you for your answers.

2006-12-17 08:07:39 · 23 answers · asked by Mr. Insecurity 2

If so what is it called?

2006-12-17 08:06:56 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I wanted to know what the term for Angel was. Something parallel to Jinn. Also, is there a term for humans? And to confirm, Jinn are made of fire, Humans of earth, and Angels of air?

2006-12-17 08:06:53 · 2 answers · asked by retzy 4

2006-12-17 08:06:36 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous