Religion & Spirituality - 17 January 2007

I'm working on a research paper and looking for thoughts and feelings about God.

Why do you or don't you believe in God?
If you are a believer, do you believe wholeheartedly or do you occasionally have doubts?
Have you ever been "mad" at God? If so, why?
Why do you believe in God? Because you were told or taught?
Why don't you believe in God?

I appreciate any thoughts!

2007-01-17 01:00:29 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

How can America continue to pretend that it is about freedom? I mean it's just a joke now. I will get the usual violation notice from the same pea brain fundermentalist war loving freak as usual for this question, but who cares, I dont care anymore as I understand that to question patriotic yanks and fundermentalists mean an immediate violation notice for me,but really fundys and patriots a like why pretend your into your own constitution anymore when obviously you are against free speech and freedom? The rest of the world looks at your more like the old propaganda machine of the soviet union with a corporate\bible twist. Like all the usa seems interested in is exporting it violence past its boarders. American foreign policy seems to be about global domination(Hitler style) why not just admit it. The usa is a fundamentalists state bent on conquest. We all liked rock'n'roll and some other culture but that was yesterday, today you seem to be aiming your bombs and bibles at us.

2007-01-17 01:00:25 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-17 00:58:41 · 7 answers · asked by RED WHITE AND BLUE 4

2007-01-17 00:58:20 · 4 answers · asked by jules 1

I find it very disturbing that most Preachers use many Bible versions, and not stick to just one. Are they not being subjective and arbitrary by choosing the version that suits their beliefs...

2007-01-17 00:58:06 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

im trying to find avatars with hijabs and abayas...could u please help me find the site where to look..thank u

2007-01-17 00:57:01 · 13 answers · asked by shelbear_2006 1

2007-01-17 00:56:37 · 18 answers · asked by conservativeguyfromnc 2

2007-01-17 00:56:24 · 2 answers · asked by GODZILLA 3

was feeling cold in her room and wondered if she wouldn't mind if I closed her window that she had wide open. She obliged, but then she said, "The reason why you're feeling cold is because you have a spirit of self rejection". I was puzzled by this and just smiled and shook my head. What is self rejection and is she right that I have it?

2007-01-17 00:55:56 · 44 answers · asked by Say It Like You Mean It 4

2007-01-17 00:54:20 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why do they feel that their doctrine is Gospel, when they preach nothing that the Apostles preached, believe what they believed, and they're not even members of the Lord's church?

2007-01-17 00:53:39 · 14 answers · asked by aaronrbrundidge 2

Tell me, what is this mystic secret hiding behind the semblance of our life, and living in the heart of our existence/ What is this vast release coming as a cause to all effects, and as an effect unto all causes? What is this quickening that gathers death and life and from them creates a dream more strange than life, and deeper far than death? Tell me, good People, tell me; which of You would not awake from this sleep of Life when Your Spirit feels the touch of Love's white fingers?

2007-01-17 00:50:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

why did mr. mohomed (pbuh) suffer a midlife crisis at 53 and decide to have some hank panky with the 9 year old daughter of one mr. abu bakr of saudia?

2007-01-17 00:49:38 · 13 answers · asked by EXMUSLIMAH 1

If we are all sinners and sin daily, why do christians think wrong of ppl of a certain sexuality? If u hold Christ true in ur heart, should it matter what ur sexuality? If so, what about the other daily sins we are all quilty of?

2007-01-17 00:49:07 · 14 answers · asked by buddahbump 3

Water, air, sunshine, fossil fuels and minerals are the necessities for sustaining the life.Naturally nobody has a right of exclusive ownership of these resources and right to charge royalty or reap any kind of profit, as they never participated in their manufacture or production.Say a river emanates from permafrost mountain and destined to go through valleys and plains, to the sea.If a hydropower project is constructed over it, it does not utilise the water, it is merely creating a potential head by constructing a dam for working of turbines.After that this water is back in its natural course.Is there any moral or divine law fixing the rights of anyone on the basis of ethnic or religious, or tribal, or nationality or provincial, or racial divide?Unless a group of persons is deprived of their right for its free use, there is rightful claim for any royality!People in the adjoining areas can make a claim, only if the free use is denied to them or some of their rights are usurped.

2007-01-17 00:48:49 · 4 answers · asked by shahinsaifullah2006 4

...and Hatred?

2007-01-17 00:48:07 · 6 answers · asked by Mr Spock 2

This one's been in my head for a few days, but some similar questions are up, so here goes...

You have a friend, who, for whatever reason--from a different culture, odd upbringing, whatever--knows absolutely zip about Christianity. Never heard of Jesus or the Ten Commandments or anything. So you give him a Bible, and he goes off to read it.

He comes back, having finished the Bible. He tells you that because of it, he has become a Christian. And he wants to talk about some things in the Bible.

His interpretations are very different from yours--very different from any you would normally accept. In fact, just about the only part he sees the same way is the salvation message. Perhaps he sees the Old Testament as parables and not actual events; perhaps he sees Paul's letters as superfluous next to the message of Jesus.

Since he is a Christian, presumably he has been guided by the Holy Spirit in his interpretations.

What would you do? Go with it, correct him, discuss it...?

2007-01-17 00:46:42 · 20 answers · asked by angk 6

Chuch of God of Propercy I have been a member for less than a year, studying with them for more than 5 years. The people in the church make me not wanted. I have had soon bumps in the road, they helped out. Now I hear this person talking about this and that it is all about God. How would I still go to the same church and get the word of God and not be affected by church folk. Cold church folk.

2007-01-17 00:45:07 · 8 answers · asked by In love with God 1

Current estimates speak of 50 billion planets in our universe. According to the creation story, God spoke the universe into existence. In six days. Six days is 518.400 seconds. That is around 100,000 planets each second that was created.

And this is even without counting all the hours it must have taken to build Adam.

God must be an awesome fellow, right?

2007-01-17 00:41:43 · 18 answers · asked by ? 6

I generally feel like everyone does the best they can in any instance. Usually, when I see a disagreement, I feel like both parties have good points and that the whole thing just needs a good dose of communication.

Yet, I'm amazed that some Christians often go on about how evil and terrible everyone else is and the world in general.

When I asked why so many people interpret the "clear, true" Bible so wildly differently (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070117052116AA0EZFb&pa=FYd1D2bwHTHwIrNmEOo7RlVThVGs0tkhAxOqQ8e2C_YwowJ4bvgDpTMI_pxF0WoQN3.yuVZWtVw.SA--&paid=asked&msgr_status=), the atheists felt like the Bible was ambiguous and that it could be interpreted many ways.

The Christians, on the other hand, almost unanimously agreed that everyone who interpreted the Bible differently from them was a either "satanic", "vain", "proud", or a "sinner".

Is there no room in Christianity for the benefit of a doubt?

2007-01-17 00:38:41 · 20 answers · asked by Aeryn Whitley 3

2007-01-17 00:38:02 · 15 answers · asked by Mawarda 3

Several parts of the bible predicts the future. Thus it can be assumed that God knows the future.
Now having stated that, here is my question. If God knows whats going to happen in the future why would He create Lucifer, knowing fully well that he would turn evil and bring sin into the world along with all other evil things?
Now some of you are going to say that Lucifer had free will. But thats besides the point if Lucifer had free will or not. The fact is God knew that Lucifer would turn into Satan and would plague mankind with his sins. If God knew that before he created satan then why did he create him in the 1st place?
There are only 2 logical answers that come to my mind.
1) God dosent' know the future meaning. This means that the bible is wrong since it stats that God has a plan and things go according to his plan.
OR
2) God wanted evil to exist in the world. Which is bad..cause that would make God EVIL
e-mail me if you want a conversation about this

2007-01-17 00:37:14 · 8 answers · asked by Cre-Ve 2

i know that muhamad(pbuh)is from ismaels generation and jesus(pbuh) is from isacs generation .issac and ismael were brother.do you agree?

2007-01-17 00:30:34 · 12 answers · asked by maede 2

2007-01-17 00:30:16 · 15 answers · asked by EXMUSLIMAH 1

2007-01-17 00:30:08 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-17 00:29:03 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Are all things beautiful in themselves, and become more beautiful when known to mankind? Is knowledge Life with wings?

2007-01-17 00:27:31 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-17 00:24:07 · 20 answers · asked by EXMUSLIMAH 1

From what I have read (the Bible) God is the beginning and end. Since infinity doesn't have a beginning or end then why do religionists say God is infinite?

Did we just add this attribute to gods after we created the concept?

If God is infinite and infinity is a concept then is God a concept?

2007-01-17 00:22:26 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-17 00:21:30 · 13 answers · asked by CHEESUS GROYST 5