Religion & Spirituality - 8 January 2007

Peace and Love

2007-01-08 05:19:40 · 5 answers · asked by digilook 2

since the world was repopulated by Abraham, that technically makes us all jewish, does it not?

For the record, a Christian told me this in answer to the bible verse that says only seven hundred seven thousand tribes of the jewish nation will be allowed into the kingdom of heaven

2007-01-08 05:19:28 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-08 05:19:23 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do some of you consider yourself to be seasonal christians?

2007-01-08 05:19:06 · 5 answers · asked by Still Standing 4

Thought I would ask this again since I did not get a good answer from a Christian. See the ABC News item below. This woman started as two separate embryos that later fused in the womb into one. She has two different sets of DNA in her cells. Some cells have the set from one twin, some from the other.

Let's be clear. Two entirely separate embryos in the womb with presumably 2 souls. The two embryos combine into one embryo. Neither embryo dies because the cells from both are still in the combined embryo.

How many souls are there?

Seems like four possibilities to me:
1) Zero (correct answer by the way)
2) Two
3) One (Because one of the embryo souls "dies" when they combine and the other is left)
4) One (Because both embryo souls "die" and god creates a new one. So three total souls are involved)

If you pick 3 or 4, please explain in detail how this would work.

Look here for the story from ABC:
http://abcnews.go.com/primetime/story?id...

2007-01-08 05:19:03 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Has is ever occurred to anyone else, like it did for me, that yearning for excessive, scalding heat may be an indicator that you yearn for hellfire? I was in the shower just now, and I couldn't get the water hot enough! I know some christians must enjoy a nice hot bath (unlike the devout Catholic grandfather from Family Guy, who liked his showers cold as ice). Just a weird thought! Atheists as well as theists, what is your input? Am I a demon?

2007-01-08 05:18:42 · 10 answers · asked by Nyara 4

that is not destructive to the embryo, does anyone see any reason that research should not continue using these cells?

For those who haven't read the article, scientists have discovered a way to extract stem cells from the amniotic fluid in the womb, rather than from the embryo. This does not hurt the embryo in any way. Does anyone feel there is still a moral issue surrounding THIS particular form of stem cell research?

2007-01-08 05:18:38 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-08 05:18:18 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-08 05:15:23 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why?

2007-01-08 05:15:19 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does not descreditting the fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden completely cancel out our need for Jesus Christ? Without the original sin we would be sinless and not need Jesus to die for us on the cross.

2007-01-08 05:14:45 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

good or bad?my eyes cant see the fine print in my concordance well enough to read it..Also in connection in the book of psalams chp 103 verse 12 God says "as far as the east is from the west,so far hath He removed our transgressionsfrom us"I've always wondered about these two scriptures because i have done some bad thing and have ask God to forgive me but on judgement day will He punish me even though He has forgiven me for the things i have done knowing all along it was wrong with the ideal i will ask for His forgiveness.Sin is an awful burden and i want to start the new year by becomming a better child of God.

2007-01-08 05:12:42 · 11 answers · asked by nursegoodbody 1

And that being the case Heaven is going to be an empty place

2007-01-08 05:11:50 · 18 answers · asked by Gezza D 2

Tell me about stonehenge. I'm sure there are a lot of ideas out there about them but what do you think they are for? What I know about them is that they are ancient structures but science can't really come up with a solid answer.

I figured why not ask the ones who probably have a good spiritual idea about them.

2007-01-08 05:11:32 · 6 answers · asked by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5

I know Christianity doesn't really condemn it, but that most of the followers of it do, so I want nothing to do with them. Are there any that just accept people for who they are?

2007-01-08 05:11:16 · 12 answers · asked by Autumn 2

I asked a question about evolution and several Christians politely pointed out that evolution contradicts the Biblical account of creation, which I do believe is true. A lot of you said, basically, "The Bible is true, so if science says otherwise, then science is wrong." I respect that, even if I don't agree with it.

{It was also mentioned that without the fall of Adam and Eve, Jesus' death was not necessary. I reject this argument because humans are "sinful" (as sin is defined in the Bible) regardless of what our ancestors did, so our need for salvation would not disappear if Adam and Eve hadn't existed. (No, I'm not a Christian, but I used to be one.)}

My question is this: If the creation story is "true" (i.e. literal and correct and not a parable for the human condition), why does science have so much evidence for an old earth and evolution? Did God put the evidence there to test our faith or are all the scientists wrong?

2007-01-08 05:11:01 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-08 05:10:45 · 16 answers · asked by Jeancommunicates 7

2007-01-08 05:09:18 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-08 05:09:00 · 11 answers · asked by Prophet Mo 1

2007-01-08 05:07:53 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous

Sure ... Nobody knows the answer... For me that shows that she is non existent.... What do you think?

2007-01-08 05:05:17 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

IT MAKES IT ABOUT AS BELIEVABLE AS ME WHEN IM DRUNK!

2007-01-08 05:04:32 · 18 answers · asked by Anarchy puke 1

Theres tons of theology and almost infinite theories on the internet, but few things that shows that God is alive and lives?! God is so real to me, and His presence always comes like a covering. And I see Him in the workings of everything in my life. But why don't other people see it? How do I show them that He is real?

2007-01-08 05:02:51 · 43 answers · asked by Rephidim 1

I would like sort of a summary of these two belief systems. There is so much information out there that I just want some information from those in the know.

Thanks in advance!

2007-01-08 05:01:02 · 5 answers · asked by ihavenoidea 3

2007-01-08 04:59:03 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-08 04:57:58 · 9 answers · asked by sojo 2

I saw someone talking about it and I don't know what it is.

2007-01-08 04:57:42 · 1 answers · asked by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5

I"ve been seeing this for the past few days. "Is it haram to do this," and "Is it haram to do that?" I always thought a haram was a group of girls/boys/both used for sexual pleasure. So, theses questions don't make any sense.

What are they trying to ask when they say, "Is it haram?"

2007-01-08 04:57:28 · 11 answers · asked by sister steph 6

(Disclaimer: I realize that not ALL Christians disbelieve in evolution. I'm generalizing, yes, because I didn't want a super-long question title. I apologize for any insensitivity on my part.)

I was raised a Christian by Christian parents. I was sent to private Christian schools and instructed from Christian texts. I went to church regularly, and truth be told, I rarely met or spoke to anyone who wasn't a Christian. I even went to a Christian college when I got my first degree.

When I got out of college, I thought evolution was total bunk because, well, I'd been taught that it was. It wasn't until someone sat me down and showed me some good websites and even better books that I realized that the arguments I'd been provided with were not logical. All the stuff I'd heard about watchmakers and thermodynamics had been misued to try to disprove something. I was also shocked to find that there are thousands of transitional fossils - something I'd been blatantly lied to about.

2007-01-08 04:57:06 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do those who have religious experiences understand that I do not doubt that your experiences were absolutely real and that many people have them.

Where we part company is that I think that they are not as a result of the supernatural but of the very real world in which we live, that although they may be powerful to you there is no external reality to which they correspond.

Therefore stories of unevidenced religious experiences no matter how convincing to you will not persuade me that a god, or ghosts for that matter, exists.

2007-01-08 04:55:46 · 8 answers · asked by fourmorebeers 6