Religion & Spirituality - 21 January 2007

the concept of the jihad involves the idea that God offers special rewards to those who are willing to die in battle for their faith. Is there any essential difference between this attitude and those who martyred themselves for their Christian faith?how so/why not?

2007-01-21 20:35:11 · 15 answers · asked by peter 1

microwave popcorn feels stale when its fresh, theres also not enough salt or butter but i dont want to buy the extra butter ones because then ill look bad

2007-01-21 20:35:08 · 8 answers · asked by frank s 1

with regard to the Islamic ideal of a religious community, would you want to live in a community in which everyone had the same religion, and the laws were based on the laws and rules of that religion?why or why not?

2007-01-21 20:33:44 · 5 answers · asked by peter 1

I want to be wrapped in a clean with cloth(no coffin), full of perfume, and within 24 hours, my body will be placed in a gravestone.
I believe that the body is sacred and no 'alterations' of any kind should be made.

Will the priest bless me?

2007-01-21 20:33:18 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Muhammed received his message from God?Why or why not?if so, then shouldn't everyone follow them?if Not, then how would you explain what happened to Muhammad?

2007-01-21 20:32:28 · 8 answers · asked by peter 1

1 John 5:21 little children gaurd yourselves from idols.
Micah 1:7....and allher idols I shall make a deslate waste....
Jesus didnt die on a cross it was a stake one single pole not two

2007-01-21 20:28:45 · 12 answers · asked by fakeblond475 2

Please introduce websites for getting article about yoga(every thing about yoga).
the more websites you introduce, the better
Because in our country(iran); yoga as a non-islamic thing is forbidden, and they are collecting all books in the bookshops about that, (it seems too stupid, I know...) so I have to get information by this means.
Please introduce websites...

2007-01-21 20:27:46 · 8 answers · asked by m.k 2

2007-01-21 20:25:56 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-21 20:20:02 · 16 answers · asked by Vivek S 1

the principle established by the Council of Nicea is that the Christian Community can and should define what it means to be a christian and establish and lay out the basic beliefs of Christian? is it true?

2007-01-21 20:17:47 · 6 answers · asked by leonard 1

like year 2005-2006-2007??

but isn't year 2005 like 2005 years after Jesus was born???
note that I'm not Christian.

2007-01-21 20:17:14 · 21 answers · asked by Dirty 5

if you believe something, then you don't know it right? You think it with strong prejudice towards any contrary thoughts. So how can people be so certain about that which they do not know. And how can they be certain of things such as the fate of non-believers?

I contend that beliefs are in a way the opposite of facts because of their nature of requiring faith. Ofcourse truth is dictated by words and words are extremely fallible. So there are no facts really one can be certain of accept perhaps ideas like constant change and chaos.

2007-01-21 20:16:08 · 8 answers · asked by Another۞Human 2

It has been claimed that the Doctrine of the Trinity is an invention of later Greek theologians and philosophers, and that therefore it has no true significance for the Christian religion. why,thou?

2007-01-21 20:16:05 · 5 answers · asked by leonard 1

2007-01-21 20:14:01 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

In mark 4:10-12, jesus appears to be saying that he speaks in parables in order to keep people from understanding, and therefore changing their lives. How can this passage be explained, given the traditional view of Jesus and his mission?

2007-01-21 20:13:59 · 4 answers · asked by leonard 1

according to the bible, yes...

"Leviticus

21:16
The Lord said to Moses,
21:17
"Say to Aaron: 'For the generations to come none of your descendants who has a defect may come near to offer the food of his God.
21:18
No man who has any defect may come near: no man who is blind or lame, disfigured or deformed;
21:19
no man with a crippled foot or hand,
21:20
or who is hunchbacked or dwarfed, or who has any eye defect, or who has festering or running sores or damaged testicles.
21:21
No descendant of Aaron the priest who has any defect is to come near to present the offerings made to the Lord by fire. He has a defect; he must not come near to offer the food of his God. "

2007-01-21 20:13:11 · 15 answers · asked by Alucard 4

Jesus is gods son we pray through him to God not to him in place of God err at least i do.

2007-01-21 20:10:59 · 14 answers · asked by fakeblond475 2

While seeing the cruelty in earth this doubt came in my mind.There is no love.the earth is filled with selfish people. Love and kindness is only in the words but nobody is having this in the mind. everybody is hiding in the bushes to get a chance to jump on others. The earth is a forest with cruel human animals.

2007-01-21 20:08:39 · 26 answers · asked by Ignatius v 1

2007-01-21 20:07:59 · 22 answers · asked by kelleygaither2000 1

While seeing the cruely in earth this doubt came in my mind.There is no love.the earth is filled with selfish people. Love and kindness is only in the words but nobody is having this in the mind. everybody is hidng in the bushes to get a chance to jump on others. The earth is a forest with cruel human animals.

2007-01-21 20:05:17 · 24 answers · asked by Ignatius v 1

the idea that Jesus had to die on the cross in order for our sins to be forgiven, make sense?why can't God forgive our sins without the payment of a sacrifice?

2007-01-21 20:04:39 · 11 answers · asked by Edmond 1

21.6. And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. 7. Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. 8. And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. 9. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived."

Slaying infidels, massacring unbelievers, capturing booty, and beheading renegades, Capturing and enslaving women, sex with captured women and slave girls, beating and changing wives,

2007-01-21 20:03:57 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

in John 3:16 it said that the only way to go to heaven is in Jesus....
so what if the person death before Jesus born? and think abaout people in deep forest in Africa... do they know Jesus? Who the hell can tell them about Jesus... how can they believe in Jesus if there's no one telling them? Are they must go to hell after they dead? I think it just not fair...

2007-01-21 20:03:10 · 12 answers · asked by frozenloki 1

You see I hate sharks. What right to they have to do us harm without rationalizing first. Sure, they have been here for millions of years, but it doesn't give them the right to harm us so senselessly.

I'm going to build a fully shark-proof suit. Not even a 20+ foot great white will be able to do any harm to the wearer of the suit. And I'm going to have Giant Knives stick out of the suit so I can harm all the sharks to their DOOM!!!! Is that a sin? I mean we eat chicken and cows. Can I Harm Sharks?

2007-01-21 20:01:13 · 15 answers · asked by Bobby_Bomberman 1

Since Adam and Eve's children could not have children without commiting incest ! ! !

2007-01-21 19:59:17 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you think Creator looks like its creatures ?
if yes pls answer this
Does a carpenter look like a chair ?

2007-01-21 19:58:38 · 14 answers · asked by ? 2

2007-01-21 19:58:33 · 1 answers · asked by frank s 1

it is related to GOD

2007-01-21 19:58:24 · 9 answers · asked by srivastav a 1

2007-01-21 19:56:35 · 7 answers · asked by Uncle Sam 1

Since there is only three races in the planet, white European, African, and Asiatic, and the story of the bible of Shem, Ham and Japheth, the three sons of Noah who went different ways after the universal flood? Does this proof the validity of the Bible?

2007-01-21 19:54:42 · 10 answers · asked by sfumato1002 3