Religion & Spirituality - 22 January 2007

can you asses the validity of the following question i just asked.


please please help.

2007-01-22 10:03:07 · 4 answers · asked by JAZZY. 1

Before the Holocaust there were innumerable pogroms in the Russia and Eastern Europe. All the hatred and animosity against the Jews can be traced back to the glorification of Christ by his followers. Is this what God expected to happen? Or if as the Bible mentions you know the tree by its fruits. Christianity gave Hitler its justification for the Final Solution one if not the greatest crime against humanity ever perpetrated. Pope John Paul II apologized to the Jews for the pasivity (or complicity) of christians while the Holocaust took place. The fruits of Christianity are dubious to say the least if not evil.

2007-01-22 10:02:04 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a Shia friend (female) who would like to get married to a Sunni (male) but are having troubles agreeing to a lawful way of Nikah abiding to their differences of beliefs in Islam...the list goes on. Could you share your opinions on this? Both families are arguing as to how and where the marraige should take place, under whose "rules"?If anyone has appropriate links to read upon around this subject that would be helpful as well.

2007-01-22 09:59:52 · 12 answers · asked by HeELthy^^ 2

Please, no Bible quotes, as the Bible is irrelevent to me.

The earth is overpopulated. We have plenty of available land, but our resources are dwindling; temperatures are rising; the weather is getting more tempermental; our air quality is declining both to the exponential increase of pollution and the exponential destruction of forests.

With such cases in mind, is it worth it to produce offspring just because, according to some book, you are told to do so?

2007-01-22 09:59:27 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-22 09:58:35 · 12 answers · asked by Cayla Z 1

this is a really tough question. hope yall know this.

2007-01-22 09:56:27 · 9 answers · asked by chajen v 2

Not just the view from one specific Muslim or Hindu, but the view on cloning of the religion as a whole.

2007-01-22 09:56:05 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've been healed before. Heres how it went I was watching titanic and i was fliping the channels and i stop at this 700 club it was late at night and he siad to put your hand wherever it hurts in your body so I did and he siads that theres a girl [witch is me] and she has her hand in her lower right side of her back and I was shock because I told God not to leave me and told him that I belive in him so talk to me! and when that guy siad that I was happy and shock! I started crying and he siad i had liver deaise but God cured me and that I was feeling a cleanes in my body and I was from head to toe! I want to feel that feeling again it was so peacful and I loved it! My mom has seem a angel before and she siad that its clothes were like a long white dress and it was really long and the wings were really big and she saw a demin before too.She said it looked basicly like a spirit witch I think it is becuase they can come inside of you. She drew a picture and it was scary.

2007-01-22 09:53:54 · 28 answers · asked by carribianlatinqueen 2

2007-01-22 09:52:54 · 16 answers · asked by mageros 3

2007-01-22 09:52:33 · 22 answers · asked by First name Sunny last name Jim 1

We know Jesus appeared to certain people. BUY, why didn't He appear to the religious leaders who had Him killed, and to Pilate and all the Romans. There might have been many, many people who would have become saved. Why do you think this was avoided?

2007-01-22 09:49:12 · 25 answers · asked by ZORRO 3

2007-01-22 09:47:43 · 27 answers · asked by would♥you♥like♥some♥champagne? 3

I'm trying to find out if Cardinal birds have any great meaning. I know Native American's thought that certain type of birds carry different messages or meanings. I had an experience with several of them.

2007-01-22 09:47:33 · 5 answers · asked by nofreeride20042003 1

Jesus told us exactly how to love each other.

He told us, "Forgive others for their mistakes." Then he warned us. But no Bubba Preacher would ever give a sermon on Jesus' warning. Because if he did, he would lose his congregaton;

And just what was that warning? And it was also an insistence of real love, real compassion, real Christianity.

Jesus specifically said, "If you do not forgive others, your father in Heaven will not forgive you".

How can anyone expect to go to Heaven if God has not forgiven them?

Jesus' words not mine.

Conclusion: Anyone who holds a grudge, is not a harmony-loving person, Anyone who holds a grudge against anyone, has no hope of Heaven. No matter what Paul,or Peter, or Bubba preachers say.

2007-01-22 09:47:33 · 19 answers · asked by MrsOcultyThomas 6

Okay, in my humble opinion, the idea is simple. Someone else has chosen to believe in the story of a kind and loving God. I've decided not to. Now, this person goes all out telling me I'm so ignorant, and that I'm going to burn in Hell, and that I need to repent for my sins. What did I do to deserve that? I've respected your choice and I'm more than willing to allow you to practice your religion (and any other religion for that matter). Why can't you understand my choice too? You keep throwing quotations at me from that same story, saying it is the absolute truth. But the whole point is that I don't believe that story! Why do Christians always believe they have the one single truth in their hands? Basically, an Atheïst is someone who doesn't assume anything is true before it is proven. Why is that wrong?

Or, to sum up in a comprehensible question:

Why is the response of some Christians to atheïsts so intolerant?

2007-01-22 09:47:12 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-22 09:46:59 · 15 answers · asked by hi 1

Some may refer to some religious command to "replenish", but I think authorities agree that the planet houses too many humans as it is. I would imagine that God considers it a sin to recklessly overpopulate...what do you think?

2007-01-22 09:46:56 · 8 answers · asked by dissolute_chemical 1

I'm not sure if i have spelled the word minons right, no doubt some one will correct me.....what are they exactly?

2007-01-22 09:45:04 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-22 09:43:15 · 4 answers · asked by Doug B 2

You hear of people experiencing Near Death Experiences and seeing family & friends and a light at the end of a tunnel thinking its the gateway to Heaven. Have you ever heard of people who experienced just the opposite, heading towards flames, sensing it was Hell and fighting to avoid it & returning to present day life because they didn't belong there? You never hear about that, but its true from what I've heard by people who experienced it. They experienced horror. Why do some people experience "the light" while others, "the horror" of it all? Why do people fight and/or want to come back to life instead of wanting to stay at either place?

2007-01-22 09:39:48 · 7 answers · asked by ZORRO 3

2007-01-22 09:38:10 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

i know people have been looking for it for years but why ...im serious and im not bein stupid can some plz inform me

2007-01-22 09:38:09 · 7 answers · asked by Captin Obvious 2

Astrologers from the East? Three of them? Called Wisemen? Not wise men, but Wisemen? Bringing herbal balms, incense and precious stones? Tracking an omen star over great distances? And what's this I hear about gifts from the Magi?

Please, I don't mean to offend, but the literature around them that I can find varies from opinion to opinion. No one seems to know for sure exactly who they were, but the prevailing belief seems to be that they were Zoroastrian. Nevertheless, the similarities are downright staggering.

Hey didn't they bend knee to Jesus?

*ponders*

2007-01-22 09:37:53 · 12 answers · asked by Khalin Ironcrow 5

In my interpretation of Genesis 11:6, God was afraid of mankind and hated our ability to do anything we set our minds to. In response he scattered people all over the world and made them speak different languages. Then, in Revelations, it's the Antichrist that unites mankind.

Why is the unification of mankind seen as evil?

2007-01-22 09:37:17 · 18 answers · asked by Blender 2

Are you athiest because you truly believe in only science, or were you just disillusioned/appalled/disgusted by the actions of some so-called "holy" people and their religions? I ask this because when I'm reading anything about atheists, I always find a common theme in their story...they (or someone they knew or cared about) suffered an unjust tragedy and wondered how an all-powerful God could let it happen. Or, they just cant stand how hypocritical many religious people can be. Some friends of mine are atheist and they always mention church corruption and scandals as a major turn-off to organized religion, but I never get a clear answer as to why they think there is no God. I am not a 'born again' or anything like that. I haven't had any visions or revelations. I suffered a sudden death of a very loved family member at a young age...my parents are divorced, etc. etc. While I have been angry at whatever God may be for getting a raw deal at times, deep down I don't think I've seriously doubted God's existence as to denounce him/her/it completely. I think God's message has been distorted by many to fit their own agendas. I believe in science, I believe in the Big Bang and evolution...but I also believe in cause and effect, which is one the underlying principles of the universe, and based on that I simply cannot accept as logical that there wasn't something that either wrote the code or set the wheels in motion. I think the problem is that man has tried to personify something that cannot be personified, and I think we make the mistake of always assuming everything should always be 'fair.' As you know, everything in nature has to have balance...this includes both good and bad events. if it was one way or the other all the time, nature would not have balance, and it would be chaos. Anyway, I don't think God is a superstitious "invisible man living in the sky" as Carlin puts it...but I do believe that God just is. That's my take...I'm not trying to convert anyone or change anyone's mind, but I've wanted to ask this for a long time. What REALLY made you lose all faith completely, and more importantly, would would it take to ever get it back?

2007-01-22 09:36:21 · 34 answers · asked by wuzzamaddayou 2

Could He?

2007-01-22 09:36:08 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

A Christian parent wrote "Why would any parent willingly NOT teach their child to love the God of the bible? That would be the equivalent of someone not teaching their children to run in the street until the actually get run over."

I understand. But what about when the parents beliefs are wrong? When is it RIGHT to protect children from parents' harmful beliefs?

2007-01-22 09:34:02 · 11 answers · asked by dissolute_chemical 1

i was raised an agnostic so i dont know much about the religion. but what i wanted to know is if and why you fear god/jesus. i wasnt really sure what that meant. i mean would jesus or god want you to fear him???thx

2007-01-22 09:33:45 · 23 answers · asked by =] 6

dying to yourself in order to put someone else first?

Is love that warm fuzzy feeling you get inside when you are loved?

Or is it taking care of you sick elderly mother till you drop when she doesn't appreciate it.

2007-01-22 09:31:07 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Seems kinda strange doesnt it.Jesus came back to wash out the sins ofour "fruit stains".???

*See other questions.

2007-01-22 09:30:55 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous