Religion & Spirituality - 26 December 2006

Christians say that I need to accept god to go to heaven. I currently do not think he exists because I have no proof. The evidence is not there. However, let's say that I do want to accept god. I can't just say "I accept god" because he would know I really don't. I can't choose to believe in him any more than I can choose to believe in unicorns. But I still want to, so how do I do it?

2006-12-26 09:38:54 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

a religion until it was the approved religion of the Roman empire some 400 years later?

2006-12-26 09:37:26 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-26 09:34:14 · 26 answers · asked by Mayonaise 6

I do NOT wish to debate whether the issue about Jesus and Mary Magdalene marrying and having children is true or false.

My question is, if it were true why would it be a big deal? I don't think there would be anything wrong with Jesus having a family, after all having a wife and kids is a good thing that brings happiness. Also, would Jesus's divinity (as told in Christianity) be any lesser if he did have children? I don't think so, but what do you think? Would it affect your belief system at all?

2006-12-26 09:28:20 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

BUKARI: “the prophet married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old” http://www.islamicity.com/mosque/sunnah/bukhari/062.sbt.html#007.062.064

I have never met a Muslim who understood this issue or who refused to apologize for pedophilia.

THE ISSUE: Whether or not an adults marriage to a child (pedophilia) should stand as an example of excellent conduct for all time.

Muslims always respond with "back then it was common". This shows totaly ignorance of the issue.

In Islam, everything Muhammad did is the excellent eternal example. So every act of Muhammads will always be the standard to follow.

SO, even if it was common "back then" for adults to marry kids, under Islam, what was good for Muhammad back then is perfect for Muslims today.

However, Muslims, please help me out. When and where was it ever common for old men to marry kids? Kids marrying kids, yes of course, but adults to kids? Show me.

2006-12-26 09:27:56 · 10 answers · asked by Asmodeous 1

2006-12-26 09:26:22 · 13 answers · asked by silverleaf90210 3

There are hundreds of other questions that use foul language and slurs about a number of other religions and ethnicities that are not deleted.

Zionist Yahoo is extremely bias to Jewdom to the point of being bigots.

2006-12-26 09:23:51 · 19 answers · asked by mikeygonebad07 1

the mayas were very intelligent people who were famous because of their mathemathical advancements. Somehow they were able to predict today's critical situation such as wars among nations and the destruction of the earth. They said that humanity would experince a drastic change and would come back to the stone age. It may sound stupid, but youguys think about all the recent events such as 911, the sutnami, huricane katrina, the war in the middle east, and the alarming global warning. Is this going to mankind's doom?

2006-12-26 09:23:38 · 16 answers · asked by The Most Beautiful Men 1

Did he reeeaaally take two of every animal on some boat? I mean, come on...

2006-12-26 09:23:29 · 12 answers · asked by Atlas 6

The concept of time eliminated the following question from the head:

where did God come from? He didnt come from anywhere...He always was <---thats what I think but to each his own. So does time really exist?

2006-12-26 09:22:35 · 11 answers · asked by Antares 6

If Adam and Eve are the ultimate ancestors of every person on earth, where did the many different races come from? Remember that if you think that humans adapted over millions of years to accomadate their regions of the world, that eludes to evolution. Please clarify.

2006-12-26 09:19:28 · 32 answers · asked by Pogo 2

1) Raining like cats & dogs. Why they referenced to cats & dogs?
2) Tossing tiny salt across a shoulder. What is the believe in it?
3) Jewish to put tiny stone(s) on the head stone. What is the believe in it?

2006-12-26 09:17:21 · 7 answers · asked by Yosemite Sam 3

2006-12-26 09:17:12 · 11 answers · asked by U make me sick 1

2006-12-26 09:16:32 · 20 answers · asked by Oh Dee! 3

Heres Islam in a nutshell: Insecure men trying to preserve a misogynistic culture.

WIKIPEDIA: "Entire cultures may be said to be misogynist if they treat women in ways that can be seen as harmful. Examples include forcing women to tend to all domestic responsibilities, demanding silence from a woman, or beating a woman. Subscribers to one model, the mother/whore dichotomy, hold that women can only be "mothers" or "whores." Another variant is the virgin/whore dichotomy, in which women who do not adhere to a saintly standard of moral purity are considered "whores."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misogyny

Ever hear what Muslims say to each other or what they write? Every woman who doesnt dress like casper the ghost is a "whore" and "slut" and "c***".

Listen to Muslims speak to one another in chat rooms or anyplace where they wont be tempted to modify their norms for western ears.

2006-12-26 09:15:07 · 9 answers · asked by Holy Warlord 1

'cause if so, count me out.

The only way to cope with born again christianity is with beer.

2006-12-26 09:14:48 · 29 answers · asked by devlsadvoct 2

2006-12-26 09:14:40 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Belief is not a choice. If I ask you to honestly choose to believe that there is a red hippo on my lap, can you do it? If not, how can you expect me to choose to believe in god and why should I be punished if I do not?

2006-12-26 09:14:00 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I support Palestinians b'cause I have read countless stories about Palestinian children being heartlessly murdered by Israeli soldiers.Young children are being detianed and treated with such brutallity.Every time I read a story about a Palestinian,it is always heart wrenching.The first time I read a story about a Palestinian,it felt as if someone just stabbed me in the heart one thousand times.

2006-12-26 09:12:04 · 34 answers · asked by cherokeet_girl 2

2006-12-26 09:10:26 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-26 09:10:22 · 6 answers · asked by dead witch 1

Honestly, I think it is a myth to believe in Evolution. I had read a whole buch of books written by prominent scientist who are against the so called "theory" of evolution because it has a lot of contadictions.

2006-12-26 09:10:19 · 16 answers · asked by The Most Beautiful Men 1

Was Jesus instiuting his new will for to take place or was he trying to bring these people back to what the Law really had to say about it.

2006-12-26 09:09:44 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
Francis Bacon

2006-12-26 09:09:00 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

It's ok. You can admit it.

big HIYA to you guys. Missed a lot of you.
Didn't miss others, though!

You know who is which!

2006-12-26 09:08:42 · 10 answers · asked by devlsadvoct 2

vested political interest in what was included and excluded in the Bible?

2006-12-26 09:03:55 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

He is the one who made Heaven and Earth
Wake up people

2006-12-26 09:01:49 · 40 answers · asked by ruru 2

2006-12-26 08:59:23 · 32 answers · asked by Atlas 6

Better put "the dominance of insecure males".

Secure men love woman to have freedom because nothing enhances the feeling of love/sex/romance more than feeling freely loved as opposed to being Islamically forced (arranged) or intimidated.

Deprogamming a Muslim is difficult work, largely because of the depth of their ignorance. You have to go back to square 1 on everything and they are already trained to distrust and hate you.

Sometimes however, the dialogue reaches a point where the Muslim has enough integrity to no longer deny the Quran errors and finally come out with the truth.

Ultimately, it often comes out that, despite all the problems in the Quran, Islam just "feels right". No doubt canablism "felt right" to canibals, so this is a circular problem. But imagine, a world where woman are separated from men "feeling right"?

In my mind, this feeling is really the power of male a dominated culture. Men are naturally stronger, so their dominance is natural. Thats Islam.

2006-12-26 08:58:33 · 11 answers · asked by Holy Warlord 1

2006-12-26 08:58:16 · 5 answers · asked by Luis 4