Religion & Spirituality - 30 December 2006

we exist??

2006-12-30 02:17:13 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

I need a clear definition of transendent. My boyfriend uses it all the time and it drives me crazy. His ex made him feel this way, what can I do to help him feel this way again?

2006-12-30 02:17:09 · 6 answers · asked by April N 1

2006-12-30 02:15:14 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Killing a man, is that a sin? Of course, it is a sin.
For instance, saddam has been executed today.
But who is the sinner? The judge or the president.

2006-12-30 02:13:24 · 15 answers · asked by Salvation man 1

Do god believe in "hate the sin not the sinners"?

2006-12-30 02:12:48 · 10 answers · asked by rajesh bhowmick 2

i find mormonism to be a cult like islam

am i right?

2006-12-30 02:10:18 · 16 answers · asked by CONSTIPATED MONKEY 1

Lately I've been struggeling with my spirituality a lot. I have been feeling a little tug on my heart and I'm not completely sure what it is. I've always known that I've been a little different. I'm very intuitive, I'm an empath. I believe that there is much more inside of me that I need to unlock. I'm not sure how to go about this. I feel a creative itch that I just can't scratch, almost as though I've got all this energy and no outlet for it. I'm searching for answers. A year ago I had my palm read and it was revealed to me that I needed to "be on that side, no matter how much my family or friends do not understand" and that I have a strong spirituality. Recently after an in-depth tarot reading I was told that the answer was inside of my heart, I carried. How might I unlock it? How might I read it? I'm lost and cannot read the map I carry in my own hand and written by my own destiny.

2006-12-30 02:09:45 · 16 answers · asked by seriously2sweet4u 2

THE AWAITED PROPHET WAS TO COME FROM ARABIA

Deuteronomy 33:1-2 combines references to Moses, Jesus and Muhammad. It speaks of God (i.e. God's revelation) coming from Sinai, rising from Seir (probably the village of Sa'ir near Jerusalem) and shining forth from Paran. According to Genesis 21:21, the wilderness of Paran was the place where Ishmael settled (i.e. Arabia, specifically Mecca).

Indeed the King James version of the Bible mentions the pilgrims passing through the valley of Ba'ca (another name of Mecca) in Psalms 84:4-6.

Isaiah 42:1-13 speaks of the beloved of God. His elect and messenger who will bring down a law to be awaited in the isles and who "shall not fail nor be discouraged till he have set judgement on earth." Verse 11, connects that awaited one with the descendants of Ke'dar. Who is Ke'dar? According to Genesis 25:13, Ke'dar was the second son of Ishmael, the ancestor of prophet Muhammad.



MUHAMMAD'S MIGRATION FROM MECCA TO MEDINA:
PROPHECIED IN THE BIBLE?

Habakkuk 3:3 speaks of God (God's help) coming from Te'man (an Oasis North of Medina according to J. Hasting's Dictionary of the Bible), and the holy one (coming) from Paran. That holy one who under persecution migrated from Paran (Mecca) to be received enthusiastically in Medina was none but prophet Muhammad.
Indeed the incident of the migration of the prophet and his persecuted followers is vividly described in Isaiah 21:13-17. That section foretold as well about the battle of Badr in which the few ill-armed faithful miraculously defeated the "mighty" men of Ke'dar, who sought to destroy Islam and intimidate their own folks who turned -to Islam.



THE QUR'AN (KORAN) FORETOLD IN THE BIBLE?

For twenty-three years, God's words (the Qur'an) were truely put into Muhammad's mouth. He was not the "author" of the Qur'an. The Qur'an was dictated to him by Angel Gabriel who asked Muhammad to simply repeat the words of the Qur'an as he heard them. These words were then committed to memory and to writing by those who hear them during Muhammad's life time and under his supervision.

Was it a coincidence that the prophet "like unto Moses" from the "brethren" of the Israelites (i.e. from the lshmaelites) was also described as one in whose mouth God will put his words and that he will speak in the name of God, (Deuteronomy 18:18-20). Was it also a coincidence the "Paraclete" that Jesus foretold to come after Him was described as one who "shall not speak of himself, but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak (John 16:13)

Was it another coincidence that Isaiah ties between the messenger connected with Ke'dar and a new song (a scripture in a new language) to be sang unto the Lord (Isaiah 42:10-11). More explicitly, prophesies Isaiah "For with stammering lips, and another tongue, will he speak to this people" (Isaiah 28:11). This latter verse correctly describes the "stammering lips" of Prophet Muhammad reflecting the state of tension and concentration he went through at the time of revelation. Another related point is that the Qur'an was revealed in piece-meals over a span of twenty three years. It is interesting to compare this with Isaiah 28:10 whichspeaks of the same thing.



THAT PROPHET- PARACLETE- MUHAMMAD

Up to the time of Jesus (peace be upon him), the Israelites were still awaiting for that prophet like unto Moses prophecied in Deuteronomy 18:18. When John the Baptist came, they asked him if he was Christ and he said "no". They asked him if he was Elias and he said "no". Then, in apparent reference to Deuteronomy 18:18, they asked him "Art thou that Prophet" and he answered, "no". (John 1: 1 9-2 1).

In the Gospel according to John (Chapters 14, 15, 16) Jesus spoke of the "Paraclete" or comforter who will come after him, who will be sent by Father as another Paraclete, who will teach new things which the contemporaries of Jesus could not bear. While the Paraclete is described as the spirit of truth, (whose meaning resemble Muhammad's famous title Al-Amin, the trustworthy), he is identified in one verse as the Holy Ghost (John 14:26). Such a designation is however inconsistent with the profile of that Paraclete. In the words of the Dictionary of the Bible, (Ed. J. Mackenzie) "These items, it must be admitted do not give an entirely coherent picture."

Indeed history tells us that many early Christians understood the Paraclete to be a man and not a spirit. This might explain the followings who responded to some who claimed, without meeting the criteria stipulated by Jesus, to be the awaited "Paraciete".

It was Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) who was the Paraclete, Comforter, helper, admonisher sent by God after Jesus. He testified of Jesus, taught new things which could not be borne at Jesus' time, he spoke what he heard (revelation), he dwells with the believers (through his well-preserved teachings). Such teachings will remain forever because he was the last messenger of God, the only Universal Messenger to unite the whole of humanity under God and on the path of PRESERVED truth. He told of many things to come which "came to pass" in the minutest detail meeting, the criterion given by Moses to distinguish between the true prophet and the false prophets (Deuteronomy 18:22). He did reprove the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgement (John 16:8-11

2006-12-30 02:08:37 · 15 answers · asked by dude d 1

jesus preached show another cheek. instead of forgiving the crimes of saddam, why americans who are predominantly christians rejoicing? does not this action anti-christian?

2006-12-30 02:03:30 · 23 answers · asked by beloved_rationalist 2

2006-12-30 02:02:24 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

For Christians who believe this, why follow the Laws of the Ten Commandments?

2006-12-30 02:01:48 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-30 02:01:23 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Nature(not bounded to earth only) like god is omnipresent & omnipotent .It has got no beginning & no ending.So does seeing the nature is like seeing the god?

2006-12-30 01:59:28 · 19 answers · asked by rajesh bhowmick 2

this is what i was told by some leading muslim thinkers. is it true?

if so why?

2006-12-30 01:59:02 · 11 answers · asked by CONSTIPATED MONKEY 1

Tyrant or whatever Saddam was a big fighter against empire builders

2006-12-30 01:56:38 · 12 answers · asked by The atheist revolutionary 2

Poor people of Iraq.
Earlier they were killed by Saddam for he did not like people protesting against him.
Now the invaders are doing the same thing.
How sad I feel for the Iraquies!

2006-12-30 01:53:51 · 15 answers · asked by The atheist revolutionary 2

WHEN CAN I SEE A MERCIFUL AND FORGIVING MOOSElems THEY NEVER SHOULD HAVE KILLED SADDAM JUST PUT HIM IN JAIL UNTIL HE DIE IS THE BEST PUNISHMENT

2006-12-30 01:52:15 · 6 answers · asked by ? 1

2006-12-30 01:52:05 · 7 answers · asked by mark-mark11956 1

personally or did they swim the Indian Ocean then trek overland to meet him at the Ark. They must have travelled only by night because they are very sensitive to light?
Can Blind Marsupial Moles swim?
How did Noah know what to feed them?
How did they find there way back to Australia, where they are found today, from Mount Arrarat in Turkey after the flood, without food after all the other plants and animals were wiped out?
Is there a problem here for believers in Noah's world wide flood?

2006-12-30 01:51:43 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-30 01:50:59 · 20 answers · asked by icheeknows 5

If god is omnipresent & all powerful then only this nature (not bounded to earth only) is only omnipresent & all powerful.
So is this nature is only god?

2006-12-30 01:49:40 · 18 answers · asked by rajesh bhowmick 2

2006-12-30 01:49:36 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Saddam Hussein executed a very religious act

2006-12-30 01:48:24 · 8 answers · asked by Mike7X7J 1

2006-12-30 01:46:22 · 4 answers · asked by William C 1

Saddam was hanged just as the Sunni Eid began. The Shia do not start Eid till Sunday. Do you consider that this was planned, as another insult to the Sunnis?

2006-12-30 01:45:52 · 7 answers · asked by Shossi 6

He was sentensed to be hanged by a puppet court set up by the invaders

2006-12-30 01:41:08 · 26 answers · asked by The atheist revolutionary 2

Can god travel faster then light ?If he can what it will look like?

2006-12-30 01:38:01 · 16 answers · asked by rajesh bhowmick 2

2006-12-30 01:35:02 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-30 01:33:15 · 36 answers · asked by ? 1

Thank you

2006-12-30 01:32:47 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous