Religion & Spirituality - 11 January 2007

If so, please state your reasons.

thankyou

2007-01-11 04:24:36 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok so I have a question about the concept of prayer. Correct me if I am innaccurate, but don't Christians believe that God has already made up his mind about everything that is going to ever happen? I also assume that prayer is the act of asking God for a favor. However, if God has already decided what he's going to do, then isn't praying effectly asking God to change his mind and do what you want (assuming that what he has picked is the opposite of what you want).

I understand the meaning of prayer in the sense: "we all pray that you get better". In this case it could be equivalent to "we all want the best for you". However, why don't you just say "we all want the best for you" which is more accurate since it doesn't imply that what God has planned can be changed.

So is prayer nothing more than a social expression which has no real effect? I would like an explanation from Christians...

2007-01-11 04:22:21 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

What does Brahm Gyan mean and what does it do?

2007-01-11 04:21:29 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

God said in 2 Chronicles 7:14
"If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."

If this is true, which I believe it is, because God does not lie, then if we pray to have our hearts made humble, and then with those humbled hearts pray for forgiveness as God says here, then there is hope for having our nation healed from all this mess.

Won't you pray today, if you dare to call yourself a believer in Jesus Christ, won't you pray?

2007-01-11 04:21:25 · 17 answers · asked by NONAME 4

Happy that you finally get to see Jesus and what not

or sad because you'll leave your family behind

or both?

2007-01-11 04:19:35 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-11 04:18:58 · 7 answers · asked by peacemaker 3

Compared with others of specific religions.

2007-01-11 04:17:40 · 3 answers · asked by Traveler 2

2007-01-11 04:17:17 · 7 answers · asked by pkstn pride 1

I'm not just thinking of this one sin.And I am not suggesting were supposed to be perfect , but we should want to be.Please don't bother to answer this question if your not using scripture from the Bible.

2007-01-11 04:17:08 · 14 answers · asked by don_steele54 6

Starlight problem- According to many fundimentalist chirstians/ Jews the total age of the universe is only 6,000–12,000 years. If this age is correct, it should not be possible to see light coming from stars and galaxies that are millions or even billions of light-years distant.
Get yourself out of this one?!?!

(No views are held by myself in relation to the question, so dont get stressy just need it for a essay.)

2007-01-11 04:15:51 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-11 04:15:28 · 29 answers · asked by enlight100 3

Like a relative, friend, pastor, etc......? How do they help you?
Joke if you must, but please don't say Rosie O'Donnell.

2007-01-11 04:14:20 · 19 answers · asked by Lily P 3

An earlier question made me think of this.

If they do find a physiological reason for sexuality and it was possible to redirect your sexuality, would you do it?

Life would be so much easier when you would not have to deal with bigotry and ignorance. By the way, please excuse my ignorance.

2007-01-11 04:12:42 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-11 04:12:20 · 5 answers · asked by Marsha C 1

What is the foundation for the teaching of priestly celibacy, when 1 Timothy 3:2 says: "The overseer should therefore be irreprehensible, a husband of one wife, moderate in habits, sound in mind, orderly, hospitable, qualified to teach..."?

2007-01-11 04:10:53 · 6 answers · asked by Epitome_inc 4

2007-01-11 04:10:20 · 10 answers · asked by Marsha C 1

My friend who is atheist is marrying another atheist, their families are not pressuring them to do it in a church, i asked them why she's doing it and she said cause it's tradiction. i dont agree if you dont beleive you're not supposed to get married in a church cause doing so it's presenting yourselves to God as becoming one? with the exception of pressure from family or the bried/groom to be is religious, why would an athesit want to marry in church? isnt that disrespectful? this question is not supposed to be hurtful or offensive to atheist, it's not about that. i just dont understand why that if you dont beleive in God would you do that(apart from the exceptions given)? Honest answers please no rude ones. thank you

2007-01-11 04:09:58 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

people in the world today are not Christians, and do not accept Jesus as their savior?

2007-01-11 04:08:48 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

Referring to the King James Bible (English) of 1611, and the Monarch after whom it was named: King James VI (6th) of Scotland, I of England and Ireland, and King of France; From which Royal family did King James descend?

2007-01-11 04:07:43 · 1 answers · asked by Marsha C 1

If you have father, why son and holy spirit. Why should you go to father through son? Why ask mother mary to request jesus to request god the father for forgiveness (dont quote from bible, use simple human logic)

2007-01-11 04:07:41 · 35 answers · asked by mamakumar 3

I've wanted one for a long time since I've recommitted my life to Christ. I tried to order one online but that didn't work out well so I'd rather not go that route again. Are there any actual stores that sell fairly inexpensive ones that are still pretty? (like $20-30 range, as I'm a college student and short on money) I'm guessing regular jewelry stores don't have them, but I'm not sure. Any ideas would be helpful!

2007-01-11 04:06:59 · 9 answers · asked by Stephanie M 1

2007-01-11 04:05:33 · 15 answers · asked by enlight100 3

Do you like what the Quran says?

2007-01-11 04:05:18 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I myself am a scientist and a creationist

i'm sure there will be a number of atheist answer too so for you guys I'll leave this
- the fosil record does not prove it - lots and lots of gaps and not one "missing link" fosil has ever been found
- DNA homolgy does not prove it - this only tells us that similar functioning parts are made from a similar blue print not that one must have come from another
- Embryogensis doesnt prove it - those picture you might have seen in Bio 101 text books that show we all develop the same in utero but then only at the end we change - was shown to be false only a few years later - btw that was done in the 1890s
- Early atmopheric science doesnt prove it - the experiment you probably remember from the 1950s - where someone "made" amino acids from a "supe" was shown only 10 years later that the atmosphere used was most likely wrong - nobody in that field today believes that was a correct assumption of early earths atomosphere

2007-01-11 04:03:39 · 7 answers · asked by servant FM 5

If Satan is evil, and evil people are sent to hell, won't he praise them rather than punish them?

2007-01-11 04:03:35 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

To me, there's nothing quite as amusing as someone asserting they know there's no "God" and that those who believe in a God are demonstrating ignorance, stupidity, or worse.

Many atheists claim that science is the only yardstick for measuring what is real. They confidently assert that if science can't prove God exists, then God simply can't exist; end of story. Such people then assert they are "atheist," apparently without a clue as to how exponentially more ignorant and stupid such an assertion is than even the most foolish religious dogmas.

Consider: The very "mechanisms" science uses to "prove" things, concepts like consciousness, the validity of thought, personal experience, reality, the origin of the universe itself— haven't been proven let alone correctly explained! Science can't "prove" ANY OF THEM ARE MATERIAL, let alone explain them factually.

So what is it then, that Atheists use to correctly determine they're right to accept the idea there is no Creator? No God?

2007-01-11 04:01:12 · 43 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am a praticing buddhist, mainly thervadian Buddhism, I have "been" a Buddhist for about 7 years now. My question is basically, what is the significance of being reborn on your birthday. Ex I was born on Jan 28 1985. I have never found any info in any of the cannons about this. And I'm too scared to ask the local monk about this.But I was just wondering what do you guy's think? And More to the point it doesn't have to be strictly about a Buddhist answer but it would be great, I'm open to anything.

2007-01-11 04:00:54 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

why is obedience without understanding a "blindness"? Can it be dangerous to obey blindly without understanging what you are doing and why you are doing it?

2007-01-11 04:00:30 · 13 answers · asked by Vicky R 1

I know that many ancient civilizations recorded a flood. The Mayans are one.

Do you really believe that the ark story happened? I do not.

If God killed all the people and animals, why couldn't He just recreate in 6 days or whatever?

2007-01-11 04:00:28 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ten percent of male sheep (rams) are apparently gay, & scientists are trying to maket them straight. (Link below)

FINDINGS: The hypothalmus in the brain is smaller in gay rams. By giving baby rams hormones, they have some success in making them straight.

While the "treatment" often works, it doesn't always.

CHRISTIAN DILEMMAS:

1. Gay men also have smaller hypothalmuses, indicating a biological basis for mammalian homosexuality.

2. Human prenatal test will be developed to show if baby boys might be gay. Parents who don't want to raise gay children may abort their fetuses.

3. Ram treatment sometimes fails; the goal is only to produce more sheep. If given to humans, the hormones must be given to children. There may be physical or behavioral side effects, & many will still grow up gay.

?s:
Do Christians support such research?

Does biology contribute to gayness?

Are gay people part of God's plan?

Are such abortions justified?

Should experiments on at-risk children take place?

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2007-01-11 03:59:19 · 12 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7