Religion & Spirituality - 30 January 2007

Is it necessary to be scientifically illiterate to believe that bible stories are literally true?

Take this story in Joshua about the Sun standing still, for example. This story was written by a primitive ancient who had little understanding of the planet he lived on, much less anything in the Solar System or beyond, and he, along with the rest of the people of his time, believed that the Sun goes around the Earth.

But the Sun does not go around the Earth. Day and night is not caused by movement of the Sun, as the bible writer believed, but by rotation of the Earth. Therefore, the Sun could never have stood still overhead. Oh, the Earth COULD HAVE stopped rotating, making the Sun appear to stand still, but this would have created such enormous tidal forces that the planet would been blown apart. Besides, if that is what happened, then the bible would have to be wrong. It did not say the Earth stopped rotating. It said the Sun stood still in the midst of heaven.

2007-01-30 13:16:12 · 22 answers · asked by tychobrahe 3

ok i have a BIG question, most cristians believe jesus is the messiah, but WHERE in the old testament does it explain the what had to accomplish to be the messiah????????/

Also, In litteral translation from hewbrew the messiah seems to be able to be anyone who is a prophet,

I have never read that the messiah is the son of G-d in the Old testament

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Now plz no christian answers like "Read it in the New testament "

I want proof in the old that he was being waited for And that he was to be the son of G-d

2007-01-30 13:15:06 · 22 answers · asked by dragongml 3

Here is a link: http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/wildlife/PUBL/wlnotebook/Pig.htm
These Pigs arent native to america. They are wild domestic pigs. They develope thicker hair, bigger tusks and are much more aggresive. Shouldn't this transformation take millions of years. There are stories about domestic pigs that excape and take on these characteristics within a couple months.

2007-01-30 13:13:11 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

what does this saying mean too you???

2007-01-30 13:11:18 · 24 answers · asked by BIGUS_RICKUS 4

2007-01-30 13:11:13 · 20 answers · asked by Norskeyenta 6

And hell is where people who disobeyed god's will go, why would he punish them instead of rewarding them for things done of his belief?

You'd figure that they evil-er you were, the better off you'd be. Especially if the devil really wanted to piss off God. If he was mean to them, he'd be like god's lackey.

2007-01-30 13:10:50 · 2 answers · asked by Dethruhate 5

In UK, Netherlands and else where based on Sharia Law??

2007-01-30 13:09:45 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-30 13:08:48 · 21 answers · asked by Genesis 4

[for intelligent design people...]

2007-01-30 13:07:57 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-30 13:07:49 · 8 answers · asked by Genesis 4

please no answers from athiests or non-believers

2007-01-30 13:06:49 · 12 answers · asked by freedb123 2

Optional: Which appliance is most pure and good? Which of these two appliances would prevail in a battle?

2007-01-30 13:03:59 · 20 answers · asked by scottr 4

What would you do?
Who would you see?
What would you talk about?
How would you die?


No, I'm not suicidal. Just curious.

2007-01-30 13:02:35 · 11 answers · asked by iamnoone 7

Can a watch create itself? No, so how much more would this masterfully designed world have needed a Creator? Take the Wombat for example: an animal with a pouch, but guess what, it opens upside down! Of all the marsupials out there, the wombat is the only one with an upside down pouch. Why? Because it is a burrowing animal. With an upright pouch, it would have buried it's young alive. Through evolutions explanation, the wombat species would have died out in a VERY short time, trying to adapt itself with an upside down pouch. HMMMMMM.... makes you think, don't it! The universe had, and has, an intelligent Creator.... His name is God. To deny that is to be ignorant.

2007-01-30 13:00:20 · 36 answers · asked by Lindz 2

Comeone, his real buddies are from like, Israel. He probably wouldn't even want to look at the typically obese and unmannerly Americans.

2007-01-30 13:00:04 · 40 answers · asked by Chipee 1

you Scared of what will happen to you when you will die ? Eternal Bliss, Happiness,
or Eternal Hell-Fire ? Will you live in a paradise place here on earth forever ?
Will you live in a paradise place forever with
Allah ? What does you destiny hold for you ?
"Do you really believe in the god-concept, which has its origin in fear ? A fear that if do not believe such a docrine, the god-concept that you will burn forever in a hell-fire place, or possibly simply cease to exist ? Fear !!

The DSM lV: Jan. 2007' describes that human beings that suffers from anxiety, excessive worry, anger, depression,
panic/fear, belief in a creator god, ALL these delusions orginate From FEAR/TORMENT.
The DSM lV Jan. 2007 !

Psychiatrists use this guide book as a means of diagnosing people with all of these
Psychiatric Mental/Emotional Diseases.
Now that, is a Scary Thought.

This is the Truth. This is what is used by
Psychiatrists today.

2007-01-30 12:58:10 · 7 answers · asked by Thomas 6

Please do not say this prophet or that prophet if it pertains to the Qu'ran as no living prophets words are in the Qu'ran. Please do not say the Qu'ran because it is revealed by Muhammad and did indeed pass form him. Is there one truth in all of Islam that does not pass through Muhammad? Just one? Is Allah subject to the word of Muhammad? Does this not mean he is weaker than Muhammad as he can not reveal one truth but that which passes through Muhammad?

2007-01-30 12:57:56 · 11 answers · asked by djmantx 7

I need all types of people to post here, from eveangelics to atheists. I don't know what to think of religion, I belive in peace and love but not 100% in god, maybe not at all. It pains me to talk to my family about this because they are all pretty much Christian. What do you think about god and how do you think the world would be without religion? Drop the Atheists bias, they're aren't all glum, disturbed, or confused. Keep your answers respectfull pleas.

2007-01-30 12:57:17 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Someone said "At the beginning, He created humans to be perfect..." Adam and Eve were the first people on earth... but they ate the "forbidden fruit"... this makes them imperfect... does it not? Help!

2007-01-30 12:56:47 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I mean, compared with say, the buddhist sutras, the contents of the Bible are violent, oppressive and God is the most ruthless being to have ever existed (Noah's arc- he wipes out EVERY living being on the planet other than the arc dwellers). According to the Bible, God also thinks/demands tens of millions of innocent people should be killed/stoned to death.

If you work on the sabbath you should be killed.
If you drink/eat too much as a teen you should be killed.
If you sleep with another man you should be killed.
People of other nations should be enslaved, and beating them is OK.
Women should be oppressed and not allowed to talk in public.
Villages/towns of atheists should be destroyed & every inhabtant killed.

I am against murder for whatsoever reason, and ~apparantly~ so is God in the 10 commandments, so how can the Bible be deemed 'good' for legitimizing murder in some of the above scenarios and more?

2007-01-30 12:55:52 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

4 years into a 7 year path of celibacy and someone good has come along offering a relationship, which fork in this road do I take? do I break a promise to myself or make a promise to someone else?
I have something Buddhist going on with myself here.

2007-01-30 12:54:10 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

He shunned wealth and greed. He was a savior to the poor. He lived a simple life. How communist can he get?!?

2007-01-30 12:52:28 · 22 answers · asked by Chipee 1

What CAN a Christian do exactly? Is kissing, hugging ok? like is finding a girl's body attractive sinful? or getting turned on and such. Is making out a sin? Serious question. Christian answers only.

2007-01-30 12:52:24 · 20 answers · asked by CK 5

You can praise God while you build strong legs to march the streets for God.

2007-01-30 12:49:44 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-30 12:49:38 · 24 answers · asked by mrs.mom 4

Even God gives his children a Tootsie Roll?
I pay $186.00 and didn;t even get a Tootsie Roll.

2007-01-30 12:49:18 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Cuz no one has asked a question in forever???

k, so, I'll ask: What's your religion, how did you find your religion, how long have you had your religion?

2007-01-30 12:47:44 · 10 answers · asked by Chrissy 3

I think Jesus is cool, but I prefer Moses. Maybe that's because I watched the Prince of Egypt too many times....

2007-01-30 12:46:06 · 14 answers · asked by Chipee 1

only devoting your life to the Lord.. without falling in love with a man.

you know any nuns?
are you a nun?

how.. why?

2007-01-30 12:45:34 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

some say that Adam and Eve gained knowledge of sex after being tempted, as a result, they lost their child-like innocence (paradise?) and entered the real world.
what are your thoughts?

2007-01-30 12:45:23 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous