Religion & Spirituality - 23 December 2006

I think kids should be exempt from theology-based dramas dreamed up by their twisted adult parents.

2006-12-23 15:56:21 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I will, Lord willing.

2006-12-23 15:55:15 · 22 answers · asked by ? 6

Please let me know if you are a Christian or of another faith - if any at all.

2006-12-23 15:51:53 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

There was a kid working at McDonalds once who's nametag said "Jesus." Has this happened to anyone else? Do you think it's offensive to name or nickname someone "Jesus"?

2006-12-23 15:51:06 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

your Christmas menus and excitedly awaiting the arrival of family and friends for your Christmas feast?

2006-12-23 15:50:47 · 4 answers · asked by lookn2cjc 6

How Old is the Earth? Traditional Thought
How old is the Earth? Good question. The Earth was thought to be fairly young (thousands of years old) until the 19th and 20th centuries, when uniformitarianism (which assumes an Old Earth) and evolutionary thought (which demands an Old Earth) became popular in mainstream society.

How Old is the Earth? Recent Consideration
So, how old is the Earth? In the 19th century, it was proposed that the Earth may be as much as 70 million years old. Then, certain evidence was brought to light indicating that evolution was not possible in so short a time. So, the age of the Earth was pushed back. During the 20th century, it was thought that the age of the Earth was as much as 1 billion years old. Now, with the development of radiometric dating and the application of that technique on the meteorite "Allende", it is thought that the world is up to 4.6 billion years old. However, this is not conclusive. The assumptions that are fundamental to radiometric dating are extremely controversial, and are not held to be reasonable by many leading scholars. Furthermore, uniformitarianism has been disputed by such geologic features as poly-strata fossils and the lack of erosion between strata. Moreover, evolution is a theory in crisis with the discovery of DNA and its complex language convention, plus the absence of transitional fossils.

How Old is the Earth? Modern Evidences
By the 21st century, "How Old is the Earth?" has become an increasingly difficult question for Old Earth advocates. Every year, more and more Natural Chronometers indicating a Young Earth are being identified. While the majority of scientists still presuppose an Old Earth, 80% of the observable data indicates a Young Earth. With the weight of evidence indicating a Young Earth, the ranks of Young Earth advocate groups has swelled.

How Old is the Earth? Natural Chronometers
"How old is the Earth?" This question is once again sparking a heated debate. With discoveries such as the following Natural Chronometers, we are at the forefront of a Young Earth revolution:

* Our oceans contain concentrations of Aluminum, Antinomy, Barium, Bicarbonate, Bismuth, Calcium, Carbonates, Chlorine, Chromium, Cobalt, Copper, Gold, Iron, Lead, Lithium, Manganese, Magnesium, Mercury, Molybdenum, Nickel, Potassium, Rubidium, Silicon, Silver, Sodium, Strontium, Sulfate, Thorium, Tin, Titanium, Tungsten, Uranium, and Zinc. The river systems add to these concentrations at fixed apparent rates. Comparing the amounts already in the oceans with the rates at which more are being dumped, indicates the earth, as well as its river systems and oceans, are fairly young.
* Sediments are being eroded into our oceans at a fixed rate. There are only a few thousand years worth of sediments on the ocean floor.
* The Earth's magnetic field has been accurately measured since 1829. Since 1829, it has decayed 7%. It is decaying exponentially at a fixed rate. By graphing the curve, we see that approximately 22,000 years ago the Earth's field would have been as strong as the Sun's. Life would have been impossible.
* Comets are constantly losing matter. They are losing and losing and never gaining. "Short Period Comets" (like Haley's comet), which have predictable orbits, should deteriorate to nothing within 10,000 years. Why are there still Short Period Comets?
* Jupiter is losing heat twice as fast as it gains it from the Sun (it is five times further from the Sun than Earth). Yet Jupiter is still hot. If it is billions of years old, shouldn't it have cooled off by now?
* Jupiter's moon, Ganymede, which is roughly the size of Mercury, has a strong magnetic field, a possible indication that it is still hot. Why hasn't it cooled down?
* Saturn's rings are not stable. They are drifting away from Saturn. If Saturn is billions of years old, why does it still have rings?
* The Moon is slowly drifting away from the Earth. If it is getting further, at one time it was much closer. The Inverse Square Law dictates that if the Moon were half the distance from the Earth, its gravitational pull on our tides would be quadrupled. 1/3 the distance, 9 times the pull. Everything would drown twice a day. Approximately 1.2 billion years ago, the Moon would have been touching the Earth. Drowning would be the least of our concerns!
* Earth's rotation is slowing down. We experience a leap second every year and a half. If the Earth is slowing down, at one time it was going much faster. Besides the problem of extremely short days and nights, the increased "Coriolis Effect" would cause impossible living conditions.
* In 1999, the human population passed six billion. In 1985, it passed five billion. In 1962, it passed three billion. In 1800, it passed one billion. In 1 AD, the world's population, according to the censuses taken by the governments of that time, was only 250 million. At the current human population growth rate, considering wars and famines and all such variables, it would take approximately 5,000 years to get the current population from two original people.

2006-12-23 15:49:53 · 19 answers · asked by ? 4

2006-12-23 15:47:58 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-23 15:47:27 · 4 answers · asked by Wot Shines Like Diamonds?Ruby =P 2

2006-12-23 15:45:53 · 20 answers · asked by mike a 1

2006-12-23 15:43:43 · 19 answers · asked by shasha2992 1

Evolutionary theory declares that everything has a mere appearance of design. Richard Dawkins is probably the leading proponent of evolutionary theory.

Dawkins writes: Biology is the study of complicated things that give the appearance of having been designed for a purpose.

He goes on to say: ..the living results of natural selection overwhelmingly impress us with the appearance of design as if by a master watchmaker...

Nevertheless, Dawkins is an atheist who staunchly maintains that the design we see is merely an illusion -- that these amazingly complex systems are an accidental product of natural selection.

Interestingly, in all other fields of human endeavor we find that "design necessitates a designer." Thus, design detection methodology is a prerequisite for many disciplines, including archaeology, anthropology, etc.

Because of the metaphysical implications of life resulting from "Intelligent Design", a surprisingly large number of us seek to reject the foregoing statements and find a mechanism by which complex biologic machines may arise naturally by random chance.

However, I was now seeing a tremendous inconsistency...

When it comes to the origin of life there are only two possibilities: creation or spontaneous generation. There is no third way. Spontaneous generation was disproved one hundred years ago, but that leads us to only one other conclusion, that of supernatural creation. We cannot accept that on philosophical grounds; therefore, we choose to believe the impossible: that life arose spontaneously by chance!

2006-12-23 15:42:23 · 15 answers · asked by ? 4

Ok well in Genesis 1:27 it says that God created male & female humans. WELL how come it says he's just now creating a woman in Genesis 2??

2006-12-23 15:40:21 · 19 answers · asked by LiSa iS a PRiNceSS =) 2

Harold Marowitz, an atheist physicist, created mathematical models by imagining broths of living bacteria that were superheated until all the complex chemicals were broken down into basic building blocks. After cooling the mixtures, Marowitz used physics calculations to conclude that the odds of a single bacterium reassembling by chance is one in 10 to the power of 100,000,000,000. Wow! How can I grasp such a large statistic? Well, it's more likely that I would win the state lottery every week for a million years by purchasing just one ticket each week.

Hmmmm....Dawkins theory of intelligent design is just as bad too.... more coming.

2006-12-23 15:36:19 · 31 answers · asked by ? 4

Just pick one, any one.

2006-12-23 15:33:49 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous

Assume you came from another planet, or lived somewhere where you never heared of the bible, the koran or any holy book. Would you have any trouble with the theory of evolution? What would your objections be?
___ I am just trying to find out if there are any reasons(other than religious reasons)that make some people object to evolution.Do they really find the theory 'illogical'? or is it a matter of pride(me son of ape? noooo!) or a matter of knowing false or incomplete information about the theory?.____
Thanks for sharing your opinion.And please stick to the subject of the question (stating your specific objections to that specific theory) and dont turn it to a Science VS Faith diatribe. Thanks.

2006-12-23 15:32:37 · 24 answers · asked by bunkushbunkush 3

2006-12-23 15:31:42 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-23 15:30:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

papya book found and bought in Egypt Said to tell Judas' version of the crucifixion of Jesus It is only by faith that we can accept the version told in the Bible. It is difficult to accept that Judas was not forgiven for betraying Christ. How in the world would anyone accept such a horrible fate? I do not know alot about it's content. And I have questioned a very learned Priest and received a very pat answer in which there was no forgiveness for Judas.

2006-12-23 15:29:02 · 10 answers · asked by JOHN 7

2006-12-23 15:27:25 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-23 15:27:16 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

you know what i mean?

2006-12-23 15:27:15 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't want the "end" to happen in my lifetime. But it just feels so scary. The decline in morals, the affluenza, the destruction of the planet, the mocking of morals...do you think things will get better before they get worse? I mean, do you think this is just a false alarm and things will get better again, and then in the distant future things will get bad again and that's when he'll come? I'd hate to be living in the end days. I wish people would wake up and change. But I think a lot of us are. But is that enough?

2006-12-23 15:27:03 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

In Genesis 1:11 we read; And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after it's kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

2006-12-23 15:24:43 · 14 answers · asked by n_007pen 4

2006-12-23 15:23:19 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

Genesis 1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after it's kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. Genesis 1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after it's kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after it's kind: and God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

2006-12-23 15:19:52 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

JESUS REBUKED THE FIG AS AN EVIL ABOMINATION.
"Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he was hungry.
"And when he saw a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing on it, but leaves only, and said to it, Let no fruit grow on you henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
"And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon has the fig tree withered away!"
--Matthew 21:18-20
JESUS COMMANDED US NOT TO EAT OF THE CURSED FIG.
"The next day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry:
"And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if perhaps he might find any thing on it: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
"And Jesus answered and said to it, No man eat fruit of you hereafter forever. And his disciples heard it.
--Mark 11:12-14
EAT A FIG, GO TO HELL.
"He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamore-figs with sleet."
--Psalm 78:47

2006-12-23 15:18:16 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can I be forgiven, or have I blasphemed against the Holy Spirit, which the Bible calls the only unforgiveable sin?

2006-12-23 15:18:13 · 32 answers · asked by Nowhere Man 6

1. What is the purpose of our life?
2. If everyone is created SPECIAL, then no one is so SPECIAL?
3. are religions (and the Gods) were Created by the man by their own spirituality conscience or do they really exist?
4. Am I too big (I'm 14) now to believe that fairies and santa claus really exist?

2006-12-23 15:16:04 · 1 answers · asked by wonder why 2

2006-12-23 15:12:01 · 26 answers · asked by unknown 1

My husband wants to start going to church again, (he went before he met me). I went when I was a small child till I was about 14. (sex scandle) Yes we got married in a church (his not mine) . But he stopped going and I never believed again. Now he wants to start to go again, and I'm worried how I will react to it, when I don't know if I believe there is a god.

2006-12-23 15:09:34 · 30 answers · asked by Rorie P 2