Religion & Spirituality - 18 January 2007

Why does the internet buffer? I'm trying to watch a show that I missed...........

2007-01-18 23:55:57 · 10 answers · asked by Celeritas 5

2007-01-18 23:51:57 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

When will we apologize to the religious and admit Satan made us spread those lies, and that of course a man in the sky with a grey robe and a long white beard made the human being out of clay?

What are we waiting for?

Members of the religious right, on behalf of the 90% of the human race who has been spreading this lie about Evolution and man having a genetic ancestor from a monkey, I'm sorry, we were decieved by Satan, DNA - there really isn't any DNA its a trick you can't see it even all those microscopes they are faked,

so I'm very sorry please accept my apology.

2007-01-18 23:49:56 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-18 23:49:13 · 14 answers · asked by BTH L 2

Mary is the example of a righteous believer and a sincere follower of the guidance of Allah. Again we read about Mary:
Then she brought him to her people, carrying him. They said 'O Mary thou hast done a strange thing.
O sister of Aaron, thy father was not a wicked man nor was thy mother an unchaste woman'.
Then she pointed to him. They said, 'How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?'
He said, 'I am a servant of Allah. He has given me the book and made me a Prophet;
And He has made me blessed wheresoever I may be and has enjoined upon me Prayer and almsgiving so long as I live.
And He has made me dutiful towards my mother and He has not made me haughty and unblessed. (19:28-33)

These verses tell us the story of Mary when she went to her people carrying Jesus (peace be upon him). The word for carrying him means that Mary believed in Jesus (peace be upon him) and helped him in his mission. When her people told her that she has done a strange thing, she silently pointed to Jesus (peace be upon him) who started introducing his religion to them.
In the spiritual sense, Mary signifies a true believer and a sincere follower of a prophet of Allah, who is acting upon the guidance furnished by this prophet and who is preaching his religion to others.

The words carrying him means that she has embraced his religion and reflected it in her person. When she declared this to her people and preached her religion to them, they rejected it because it was strange and unknown to them. So she silently started introducing her faith.

She pointed to the truth by her behaviour and conduct, by her complete submission to Allah and her true devotion to His service.

She became a manifestation of the Unity of Allah.

The disbelievers could see the spiritual station to which she had attained. The fruits she achieved and gained proved the truth of her beliefs and the prophet she followed. She taught the people to follow the guidance of Allah through her actions which were in full compliance with the commandments and ordinances of her religion.

The verses explain to us the perfect way of preaching a religion. Mary signifies every sincere and true follower of a prophet of Allah whether this follower is a man or a woman. A female example is used because she is representing a person who reached this spiritual level through sincerely following the example of a prophet of Allah and though being a reflection of the prophet. Mary is also introduced as a mother to indicate that she represents the true believer who who has already attained to true submission to Allah and who has already gained his fruit. He was granted a new spiritual life and has established a strong relationship with Allah. He has now reached the stage of looking after his faith and protecting it and nourishing it. So he has spiritually reached the stage of motherhood of his religion.

This fact has been explained in the Quran:

Allah sets forth for those who disbelieve the example of the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot. They were under two righteous servants of Ours, but they acted unfaithfully towards them. So they availed them naught against Allah, and it was said to them, `Enter the Fire, ye twain, along with those who enter.'
And Allah sets forth for those who believe the example of the wife of the wife of Pharaoh when she said, `My Lord! build for me a house with Thee in the Garden, and deliver me from Pharaoh and his work, and deliver me from the wrongdoing people;
And the example of Mary, the daughter of Imran, who guarded her chastity - so We breathed there in of Our Spirit -and she fulfilled in her person the words of her Lord contained in His books and was one of the obedient. (66:11-13)

In these verse we can see three examples of three different states of the inner self of a human being. The wives of Noah (peace be upon him) and Lot (peace be upon him) represent the disbelievers who reject the truth and do not benefit from the companionship of a righteous man or a prophet of Allah. Their inner self is in a state which incites the soul to evil. The wife of Pharoah stands for those believers who, vthough passionately desiring and praying to get rid of sin, yet cannot fully dissociate themselves from evil influences, represented by Pharoah, and having arrived at the stage of the self-accusing soul, sometimes fail and falter. Mary represents those righteous servants of Allah, who have closed all avenues of sin and have made peace with Allah and as a result, they are blessed with Divine inspiration. They have reached the stage of the soul at rest.

Was Mary the example of a righteous believer and a sincere follower of the guidance of God?

2007-01-18 23:46:58 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I would really like to know how do you potray angels?
Are they a sign of strength,power, or anything like that. I am not looking for religous answers.
Thank you!

2007-01-18 23:42:39 · 15 answers · asked by shiyen 1

Nowadays, after thousand of years is demonstrated that this excecrable practice has been unuseful, everyday crimes become quantitative higher and in more sophisticated forms, is that the intelligence of the man has not been able to discover another way to punish crimes instead killing people?

2007-01-18 23:33:52 · 9 answers · asked by mc23571 4

Are there any religious views and stuff for abortion and all??
V important - for R.S. coursework.

2007-01-18 23:32:24 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-18 23:32:03 · 20 answers · asked by ritesh s 1

Evolution states that humans and animals take millions of years to change to adapt to weather or survival.

The problem is that humans and animals actually have a short life span. Dogs don't live more than 14 years and humans live about 65-80 if they are lucky. How can any changes occur in such a short time? Plus humans back then lived shorter lifes do to deases and unhealthier diets. So even after a million years... why would changes occur in a species, if they don't occur in the individuals lifetime?

2007-01-18 23:31:34 · 21 answers · asked by sfumato1002 3

2007-01-18 23:30:59 · 5 answers · asked by Jimmy A 1

2007-01-18 23:29:24 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-18 23:26:49 · 34 answers · asked by Jayu D 1

I have been arguing against close mindedness, and one response by corezink has made me put this up. So I will be arguing against faith here, but it is all just in search of knowledge, so no need to get angry.

Maybe I misunderstand what faith is, but it seems to me like just a horrible excuse to not think logically. Can't I have "faith" that God is a spaghetti monster? Can't I have "faith" in Darwin and the theory of evolution? How is that faith any different than the faith in god? Why do some have "faith" in the Christian version of God while others have "faith" in Islam and that version of God?

2007-01-18 23:24:50 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Would'nt all religions hold some truth AND falseness if humans are intoroduced into the interpretations?

2007-01-18 23:22:39 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Peace and Love

2007-01-18 23:18:50 · 9 answers · asked by digilook 2

if u can please email me// thanks in advance,xxx

2007-01-18 23:16:30 · 8 answers · asked by 11:11 1

I have started a site to help pagan ideals in Warrington, called the Warrington Pagan and Agnostic Association (www.freewebs.com/warringtonpagans) and I need information about Demonology from either a practitioner or someone whos done alot of research into it.

2007-01-18 23:16:20 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Peace and Love

2007-01-18 23:14:50 · 16 answers · asked by digilook 2

I once dreamed that I was in hell where people were screaming and they told me that I had done a very bad thing but I don’t remember what it was and they burnt my forehead with something like a coin.
This was two years ago but I can’t forget it.
I am a Muslim.
Do you know what this could be representing?

2007-01-18 23:14:35 · 16 answers · asked by alireza_in_trouble 2

Talking serpents? Whales swallowing men whole, and then the man lives to tell about it? Resurrection? Burning bushes that talk? Seas parting? Water turned into wine?

Add to that MILLIONS of gullible people who believe every word of it all, and I think the answer to my question is "yes'.

2007-01-18 23:13:02 · 9 answers · asked by SATAN 2

2007-01-18 23:11:32 · 32 answers · asked by Honey 3

2007-01-18 23:08:12 · 6 answers · asked by Erina♣Liszt's Girl 7

2007-01-18 23:07:59 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-18 23:05:48 · 2 answers · asked by AD K 1

Peace and Love

2007-01-18 23:05:35 · 5 answers · asked by digilook 2

Peace and Love

2007-01-18 23:02:57 · 8 answers · asked by digilook 2

Peace and Love

2007-01-18 22:59:51 · 13 answers · asked by digilook 2

2007-01-18 22:57:31 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

By this i mean incidents where perhaps you caught something at the corner of your eye, i.e. shadows, feeling of someone watching you etc. and had doubts about it after?

2007-01-18 22:56:13 · 10 answers · asked by Honey 3