Religion & Spirituality - 24 January 2007

There are more than 1400 Christian sects in the United States, each of whom is apparently the sole owner and proprietor of the brand known as Jesus, Jesus Inc., Jesus Ltd., JesusCo, Vengeful Jesus, 900 Foot Tall Jesus, Blessed Jesus, Forgiving Jesus, and the uber-popular I Watch You 24/7 Jesus.

And just for now let's leave out the Muslim Jesus The Prophet But Not Really A God.

2007-01-24 11:38:40 · 13 answers · asked by ? 2

i jumped from a plane holding my so called parachute , which was a pouch , tangled in strings ,when i eventualy opened the mess i hit the ground close too a road , but knew all the way down i was in a dream

2007-01-24 11:38:20 · 17 answers · asked by yep ya so right 1

A basic concept in life is that we have to work for what we want. You want a good job - you got to study hard, you want money - you got to work hard. These are true. So why does our religion christianity, say that jesus died for us and we are born to go to heaven. It doesnt make sense. Does that mean we can be sinful our entire lives but it doesnt matter, jesus died for us so we are off to heaven? it does not make sense.
What if we go to our creator and told due to the sins we have comnmitted, we are off to hell. Who will we blame?

2007-01-24 11:37:29 · 8 answers · asked by ees234 1

get it together answers team.

dang.

2007-01-24 11:36:17 · 13 answers · asked by The Cashmere Sweater Retard 1

I guess I just don't understand why there are starving people in the world but God loves us so much.............?

2007-01-24 11:34:03 · 27 answers · asked by an1 1

And He still expects us to believe in Him? Why? If your next-door neighbor suddenly vanished and was gone for 50 yrs. or so, would YOU be expecting his imminent return...?

2007-01-24 11:31:59 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-24 11:31:37 · 22 answers · asked by Bastet's kitten 6

Serious question. Is it possible a god created the universe with evolution? Set it in motion?

Just curious what your thoughts are on this. If there are any websites that disprove this theory you can include them.

Christians, stay out of this. Your answers mean nothing to me.

2007-01-24 11:30:59 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-24 11:29:42 · 6 answers · asked by DevilzAdvocate 2

"True happiness is not the absence of suffering: You cannot have day after day of clear skies. True happiness lies in building a self that stands dignified and indomitable. Happiness does not mean having a life free from difficulties but that whatever difficulties arise, without being shaken in the least, you can summon up the unflinching courage and conviction to fight and overcome them."

-Daisaku Ikeda

2007-01-24 11:29:38 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

They are fighting together a common foe!
I know we are not a divided house. They are fighting as brothers with Muslims. I asked God why this is?
Have you ever wondered, why would a Christian fight with one against Israel esp. a Muslim?
What is this matter I prayed?
If we are not divided then are the Muslims with us?
Are we with them fighting a bigger cause?
Maybe for justice or something?
Can we actually work or fight together ot move mountains?
Can we Christian and Muslims help to finally solve the mid east crises?
I never thought of this before, I was too busy judging them to see their goodness and blessings they offer :(

2007-01-24 11:29:36 · 11 answers · asked by Messenger 2

Have any of you ever had a miracle happen in your life? I don't mean something as silly as "I prayed he would call and the phone suddenly rang" I mean a absolute and complete miracle that has touched and changed your life and you knew it could only be God and it was the result of your prayer or joined prayer?

2007-01-24 11:28:35 · 24 answers · asked by Diane H 1

Identical twins start out as ONE fertilised egg, then later DIVIDE to become two!!! If God implants the soul at conception, either one of the newly-divided eggs is going to be soulless, or else the soul is going to have to divide in two when the egg does!!! I think this pretty well establishes that souls are NOT implanted right at conception, don't you?

2007-01-24 11:27:49 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am not an atheist, but those that I have discussed questions of faith and reason with that are extremely religious seem to think atheists lack morality and the basic principles by which most all of mankind lives their lives by. I would like to see logic, scripture use, and differing scholarly opinions that would suggest faith in a celestial being exists and why atheists lack these traits of morality. No troll posts please. It's a broad question so express all your thoughts on faith, reason, atheism and Christianity.

2007-01-24 11:26:33 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-24 11:25:10 · 8 answers · asked by luclaya 1

I'm just curious, and I mean no disrespect. I believe in Miracles. Sure sometimes I question the fact of their existence, but I am open minded enough to give divine intervention a thought.

That said, Why don't people consider the Komodo Virgin Birth a Miracle?

Nowadays, we claim lots of stuff that are unexplained, extraordinary, and extremely rare to be a Miracle, so why not this event of the Komodo?

2007-01-24 11:24:36 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

It's starting to seem like the only thing we can be sure about is Nothing.
I hate faith because if it's all just what we believe- why does every single person's various beliefs even matter? Why does it matter that I have faith if their is no proof of anything?

2007-01-24 11:23:17 · 7 answers · asked by mapmonarch 2

'I'm taking this time to create my day and I'm infecting the quantum field. Now if (it) is in fact the observer's watching me the whole time that I'm doing this and there is a spiritual aspect to myself, then show me a sign today that you paid attention to any one of these things that I created, and bring them in a way that I won't expect, so I'm as surprised at my ability to be able to experience these things. And make it so that I have no doubt that it's come from you,' and so I live my life, in a sense, all day long thinking about being a genius or thinking about being the glory and the power of God or thinking about being unconditional love.

2007-01-24 11:23:06 · 2 answers · asked by zubeyde 3

2007-01-24 11:22:29 · 3 answers · asked by babygirl 1

this is for religion class, so please be helpful.

2007-01-24 11:20:12 · 9 answers · asked by mrfame1017 3

now don't think i am trying to get points for asking a lot of questions ok, i asked 2 questions before concerning the same topic and realized that a lot of people dont think the devil exist. so i just want to know, If the devil does not exist , how do explain the origin of evil? and evil at all? i'm just trying to get a feel of the outside world concerning GOD and the devil! i am very interested in this, and quite supprised to see how much people think the devil does not exist!!!

2007-01-24 11:19:16 · 17 answers · asked by ducky 2

I have a paper due, over what I believe about Soteriology, or the study of salvation. The questions are drawn from a catechism. There are 24 total questions within this paper that I will answer. On executive decision, I chose to post each of these on Answers! but.... I am going to do them about once each day. They will be titled "Soteriology - Q # ______ . " I am going to poast them, one each day, because I am hoping to get as many different people to answer these questions as possible. If you would like to answer all 24, search them through my name, and answer as many as you would like to. PLEASE back up your answers with Scriptural references, theologian quotes, your opinions, etc. I want you to be as creative as possible, and I want as many people to participate as possible. Thank you for your participation! I do not want you to do my research. I want more opinions than just people I can find on my own. In a sense, think of it mor

2007-01-24 11:18:57 · 6 answers · asked by ictoagsnstii 2

should be broken down into sub-categories for the different types of religions that are in the world?

Me personally I feel that it would be a good idea...how do you feel and if Yahoo created a sub-category what would you like it to be called?

2007-01-24 11:17:24 · 9 answers · asked by LS 4

see if he can find some truth in it somewhere? If he can find one or two proveable facts, he could pass these on to the Protestant Churches and they could correct their Bibles.

2007-01-24 11:16:35 · 11 answers · asked by Davie 5

Claim that it was not a choice.

By that logic I could claim it is not a choice when I eat meat because I like meat.

2007-01-24 11:15:03 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

Many have been found, Homo ecectus, Homo Habilis, Australopithecine etc etc. Were these just work in progress? did god make these first but then decide he could improve on the design? or were the remains just put here as kind of divine joke on us? Please explain....

2007-01-24 11:14:32 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am the Lord thy God, thou shalt have no other god before me

Wouldn't it have been clearer otherwise to say "I am the only God?" .

2007-01-24 11:14:28 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

So scared of answers?

I simply E-mailed this guy named marcus who is now 14 inches... about his answer to a question.

I asked if he was dumn but he was supposed to say no. The he gives me all these insaults and i have no way of answering because he wont aloow e-mail now.

I was just wandering.... what should i do about this gentleman?

2007-01-24 11:14:24 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

In your humble opinion.....

Thanks
David T

2007-01-24 11:12:13 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

A servant owes money to the king and goes to the king and asks him for forgiveness. The King agrees and when the man walks outside he sees a manwho owes him money. The servant gets him thrown into Jail.

2007-01-24 11:11:28 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous