Religion & Spirituality - 13 January 2007

The hair is partly covered and the belly thing? Why is that? religious... Sorry to ask... in real life I am too shy to ask you guys :)

Thanks in advance,
Muslimah!

2007-01-13 06:10:03 · 8 answers · asked by Jessi 2

2007-01-13 06:09:19 · 13 answers · asked by Gazriel The God 2

Your holidays and rituals.... and stuff YOU KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT :)

Respectfully,
Muslimah!

2007-01-13 06:08:19 · 12 answers · asked by Jessi 2

Or more specifically, who are the virgins and other servants who dote on and care for martyrs, as an example. If these servants exist in heaven, were they not saved themselves? Why must they serve? Does the Koran address this?

2007-01-13 06:08:08 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have the power to send you to hell when you die. I'm going to send you to hell, unless you change my mind by sending me a donation of five dollars.

Sure, I might be lying, but how can you ever know for certain? It's just a measely five dollars, and isn't it worth it to be safe and secure in the knowledge that I won't send you to hell? What's five dollars against the merest possibility that I might be right? Are you willing to take that chance?

Remember that this is not a normal betting situation. The payoff is infinite and the cost is finite. If there is any chance, no matter how small, that I can damn you then it's a good bet to send me the money. You have so little to lose, and infinitely much to gain.

Should I send you my paypal account address? If you don't believe I can send you to hell, why should we believe your God can do the same to us? Because he said so in a book? Well, I'm saying so here on Yahoo Answers. Does Pascal's Wager still make sense to you?

2007-01-13 06:08:08 · 10 answers · asked by Aeryn Whitley 3

Respectfully,
Muslimah

2007-01-13 06:07:10 · 12 answers · asked by Jessi 2

For people whose watchword is "tolerance", they certainly show none towards people who don't share their nihilistic beliefs. What is it about denying the existence of a Supreme Being which turns people into such rabid evangelists for their cause?

2007-01-13 06:05:39 · 38 answers · asked by Rick N 3

Just wondering! Thanks so much :)

2007-01-13 06:04:22 · 17 answers · asked by Jessi 2

while still in Egypt?

2) It is written in Exodus that God hardened the hearts of Egyptians in order to be in conflict with them and showed his power. Does that mean that God provokes disobidience and then punishes people like he did with Egyptians?

3) When the Israelites were starving because of femine, God said they should go to Egypt. This implies that His chosen people would have perished if they didn't go to Egypt. When Jesus was born, his "parents" were told to take him to exile in Egypt. This means that Christianity wouldn't have come to being as Jesus would have died but for fleeing to Egypt. So, why Egypt in this two important events of formation of Christian history?

PS. I am no Christian or believer in any religion. I'm just trying to make sense of the bible.

2007-01-13 06:04:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Im a christian and the guy i really love is an Atheist.... im only 15 but if he asked me out and said he wanted to marry me i definately would stick with him as long as he wants cuz he means everything to me... but the problem is that Im christian and hes an atheist... is it ok for us to get married or would it be against my religion or against his ?

2007-01-13 05:58:36 · 52 answers · asked by Anonymous

Flying fish.
someone told me that fish means that someone is or will be pregnant.

2007-01-13 05:56:10 · 13 answers · asked by Alicia 1

Who is Isa? God named him Yeshua (Savior) because he would save his people from sin. Allah says he is not the savior? His name was Savior and God named him that but Allah forgot or what? How come the Gospel knows the word is Savior and that name is true to the Gospel and yet he was named before the Gospel and the Qu'ran by God. Why is his name in agreement with the Gospel but not the Qu'ran when both are suposed to be the same God and the Gospel could have been corupted according to Muslims Did those meanys that corrupted God's word also corrupt the name of Jesus before the Gospel was written? Seems to me the only place anyone ever heard this name Isa is in the Qu'ran as Jews called this man Yeshua Christians call him Jesus...Arabic Christians call him Yasu...Where did Muahmmed get this name Isa could it be from Esau? Surely Allah did not anme a mere messenger Savior? But God sure did! Then how is Allah God? And who the heck is ISA? When Allah said say your God is my God did he forget?

2007-01-13 05:53:39 · 8 answers · asked by djmantx 7

Because they rely on circular reasoning, that's why.
The most powerful part of Pascal's argument is not his refutation of atheism as a foolish wager (that comes last) but his refutation of agnosticism as impossible. Agnosticism, not-knowing, maintaining a sceptical, uncommitted attitude, seems to be the most reasonable option. The agnostic says, "The right thing is not to wager at all." Pascal replies, "But you must wager. There is no choice. You are already committed [embarked]." We are not outside observers of life, but participants. We are like ships that need to get home, sailing past a port that has signs on it proclaiming that it is our true home and our true happiness. The ships are our own lives and the signs on the port say "God". The agnostic says he will neither put in at that port (believe) nor turn away from it (disbelieve) but stay anchored a reasonable distance away until the weather clears and he can see better whether this is the true port or a fake (for there are a lot of fakes around). Why is this attitude unreasonable, even impossible? Because we are moving. The ship of life is moving along the waters of time, and there comes a point of no return, when our fuel runs out, when it is too late. The Wager works because of the fact of death.

Suppose Romeo proposes to Juliet and Juliet says, "Give me some time to make up my mind." Suppose Romeo keeps coming back day after day, and Juliet keeps saying the same thing day after day: "Perhaps tomorrow." In the words of a small, female, red-haired American philosopher, "Tomorrow is always a day away. And there comes a time when there are no more tomorrows. Then "maybe" becomes "no". Romeo will die. Corpses do not marry. Christianity is God's marriage proposal to the soul. Saying "maybe" and "perhaps tomorrow" cannot continue indefinitely because life does not continue indefinitely. The weather will never clear enough for the agnostic navigator to be sure whether the port is true home or false just by looking at it through binoculars from a distance. He has to take a chance, on this port or some other, or he will never get home.

Once it is decided that we must wager; once it is decided that there are only two options, theism and atheism, not three, theism, atheism, and agnosticism; then the rest of the argument is simple. Atheism is a terrible bet. It gives you no chance of winning the red prize. Pascal states the argument this way:

You have two things to lose: the true and the good; and two things to stake: your reason and your will, your knowledge and your happiness; and your nature has two things to avoid: error and wretchedness. Since you must necessarily choose, your reason is no more affronted by choosing one rather than the other. That is one point cleared up. But your happiness? Let us weigh up the gain and the loss involved in calling heads that God exists. Let us assess the two cases: if you win, you win everything: if you lose, you lose nothing. Do not hesitate then: wager that he does exist.

If God does not exist, it does not matter how you wager, for there is nothing to win after death and nothing to lose after death. But if God does exist, your only chance of winning eternal happiness is to believe, and your only chance of losing it is to refuse to believe. As Pascal says, "I should be much more afraid of being mistaken and then finding out that Christianity is true than of being mistaken in believing it to be true." If you believe too much, you neither win nor lose eternal happiness. But if you believe too little, you risk losing everything.

2007-01-13 05:51:38 · 19 answers · asked by Jeff C 4

2007-01-13 05:51:37 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-13 05:51:36 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-13 05:51:24 · 3 answers · asked by ammr1993@sbcglobal.net 1

2007-01-13 05:49:56 · 20 answers · asked by soccerxgirl00 1

2007-01-13 05:49:52 · 28 answers · asked by ? 6

if u are sure that whatever u believe in is right?
many times when talking about religion, all it means is that someone believes and practices all that is asked of him by that religion. so if that religion is good than why is it wrong to believe whatever is said in it.

am i wrong in thinking that a lot of a good thing cant be wrong?

2007-01-13 05:47:18 · 13 answers · asked by Lara^mt 5

2007-01-13 05:47:10 · 8 answers · asked by ivorytowerboy 5

I seem to be getting violations if I post a question about Jesus. Even if it is asking for interpretation of a scripture.

Is asking questions re: Jesus as bad as posting a picture of Mohammad?

2007-01-13 05:46:24 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

if you die from smoking (ciggz) doez G-d punish you for commiting suicide?

If so why?
If not why not?

2007-01-13 05:44:42 · 7 answers · asked by ? 4

What exactly happens in this process? Is it necessary? If so, is it more necessary for the congregation or for the believer who takes another path? And finally, does it really matter on the part of the believer who has left, seeing that s/he is not affected by the religion any longer? I mean no disrespect, only seeking knowledge! :-D

2007-01-13 05:42:26 · 10 answers · asked by hayaa_bi_taqwa 6

a concept, ordered and in array, A whirlwind happens to blow through a school yard. What is the chance that after its passage a fundamentalist will be able to understand the concepts??

2007-01-13 05:42:22 · 5 answers · asked by ♥ Trek Ice Dancing Queen 1

VERY INTERESTING-

1. The Garden of Eden was in Iraq .

2. Mesopotamia, which is now Iraq, was the cradle of civilization!

3. Noah built the ark in Iraq .

4. The Tower of Babel was in Iraq

5. Abraham was from Ur, which is in Southern Iraq !

6. Isaac's wife Rebekah is from Nahor, which is in Iraq !

7. Jacob met Rachel in Iraq .

8. Jonah preached in Nineveh -
which is in Iraq .

9. Assyria, which is in Iraq, conquered the ten tribes of Israel .

10 Amos cried out in Iraq !

11. Babylon, which is in Iraq, destroyed Jerusalem .

12. Daniel was in the lion's den in Iraq !

13. The three Hebrew children were in the fire in Iraq (Jesus had been in Iraq also as the fourth person in the
Fiery Furnace!)

14. Belshazzar, the King of Babylon saw the "writing on the wall" in Iraq .

15 . Nebuch a dnezzar, King of Babylon, carried the Jews captive into Iraq .

16. Ezekiel preached in Iraq .

17. The wise men were from Iraq .

18. Peter preached in Iraq .

19. The "Empire of Man" described in
Revelation is called Babylon, which was
a city in Iraq!

And you have probably seen this one: Israel is the nation most often mentioned in the Bible. But do you know which nation is second? It is Iraq ! However, that is not the name that is used in the Bible. The names used in the Bible are Babylon , Land of Shinar , and Mesopotamia . The word Mesopotamia means between the two rivers, more exactly between the Tigris
and Euphrates Rivers . The name Iraq , means country with deep roots.

Indeed Iraq is a country with deep roots and is a very significant country in the Bible.

No other nation, except Israel , has more history and prophecy associated
with it than Iraq .

And also, This is something to think about: Since America is typically represented by an eagle. Saddam
should have read up on his Muslim passages...

The following verse is from the Koran, (the Islamic Bible)

Koran (9:11 ) - For it is written that a son of Arabia would awaken a fearsome Eagle. The wrath of the Eagle would be felt throughout the lands of Allah and lo, while some of the people trembled in despair still more rejoiced; for the wrath of the Eagle cleansed the lands of Allah;
and there was peace.
(Note the verse number!) Hmmmmmmm?!

2007-01-13 05:41:28 · 23 answers · asked by marnefirstinfantry 5

I want to believe in them, i do, but i dont know what to exactly belive in. i am really confused about everything, i do not like reading, therefore i'm not going to read the bible, could somone tell me in a short paragraph the main things that happend?

2007-01-13 05:40:45 · 7 answers · asked by gina_is_sxy 2

I am wondering about churches around the area so if anyone could answer me, I'd be very appreciative. I'd like some debate, as well, on the churches in Elizabeth City, NC>

2007-01-13 05:38:32 · 3 answers · asked by Lena 2

2007-01-13 05:37:58 · 8 answers · asked by ♥ Trek Ice Dancing Queen 1

2007-01-13 05:37:10 · 11 answers · asked by Vader 2

Who made the quote and what is his religion?

The full quote refers to chances of s single yeast cell arising by chance.
__________

A junkyard contains all the bits and pieces of a Boeing-747, dismembered and in disarray. A whirlwind happens to blow through the yard. What is the chance that after its passage a fully assembled 747, ready to fly, will be found standing there?

Who made the quote and what is his religion?

2007-01-13 05:36:04 · 15 answers · asked by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6