Religion & Spirituality - 7 February 2007

Is not God is something different with us, has bo reference with his creature...He is undefinable in his definablity of his existence..Help me...I am gone mad

2007-02-07 17:07:56 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-07 17:07:55 · 15 answers · asked by Black Atheist 1

If you say there is no GOD, then what ever we believe has no meaning.

But if there is A GOD, as we believe then you will be in trouble..

Is this wisdom not true..

2007-02-07 17:06:56 · 16 answers · asked by Perceptionzzz 2

I'm trying to statistical synthetize a meaning from particular view points

2007-02-07 17:06:26 · 3 answers · asked by sebesul-de-jos 1

I'm no English major, but it seems to me the only way I would be able to deny anything was if their were proof of its existence(rather than proof against it), or something tangible appeared proving the truth.

I have read the Bible from cover to cover, along with the texts of other major religions, and I can honestly say it holds no creedance over any of them in terms of logic or proving itself authentic.

Hey people, I'm a tolerant guy, I don't care what you worship, and you won't see me soon going around telling people they are denying my beliefs for not thinking the way I do. Respecting people can go a long way for how they view you, you know?

2007-02-07 17:03:39 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-07 17:03:09 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have seen people in Y! Answers present the fact that there are different 'races' of humans as being somehow at odds with evolution theory. The conclusions have usually been quite vague, and I hope those of you who have made this connection to clarify it a little more.

I actually see these different characteristics as strengthening the evolution argument; in that they would suggest that human bodies have physically adapted to better suit their environments.

For instance, native people in Africa, Australia (i.e desert cultures) have extremely dark skin which does not burn where fair skin would. East Asian Siberian/Native North American people (a natural land bridge once connected Russia and Alaska), have narrow eyes where intense light reflecting off snowy expanses would cause others to squint. In northern europe people have fair skin where sunburn is not a threat, and long straight hair which is warmer than the short curly hair Africans and Australians have which is cooler.

2007-02-07 17:03:04 · 2 answers · asked by George Bailey 2

(counting all the generations in the OT, back to Adam, also known as the Ussher date), and Christ didn’t come onto the scene until 2000 years ago, what did Christians call themselves during the intervening 2,400 years?

2007-02-07 17:01:08 · 6 answers · asked by Humms 1

Praise be to Allaah.

There is nothing strange about the Muslims rejecting this idea, because the Qur’aan in which they believe and accept what it tells them definitively states that that did not happen, as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“And because of their saying (in boast), ‘We killed Messiah ‘Eesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary), the Messenger of Allaah,’ — but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but it appeared so to them the resemblance of ‘Eesa (Jesus) was put over another man (and they killed that man)], and those who differ therein are full of doubts. They have no (certain) knowledge, they follow nothing but conjecture. For surely; they killed him not [i.e. ‘Eesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary)]”

[al-Nisa’ 4:157]

Rather the problem rests with the Christians for whom the doctrine of the crucifixion and redemption has become a central issue, so much so that the cross is the symbol of their religion.

It is strange that they differ concerning the form of this cross which indicates their confusion about this fabrication.

There are differences between their Gospels and their historians regarding everything that has to do with the story of the crucifixion.

They differ concerning the timing of the Last Supper, which according to them was one of the events in the lead-up to the crucifixion. They differ concerning the traitor who led (the Romans) to Christ – did that happen at least one day before the Last Supper, as narrated by Luke, or during it, after Christ gave him the piece of bread, as narrated by John?

Was Christ the one who carried his cross, as John says, as was customary with one who was going to be crucified, according to Nottingham, or was it Simon of Cyrene, as the other three Gospels state?

They say that two thieves were crucified alongside Christ, one on his right and one on his left, so what was the attitude of these two towards the Messiah who was being crucified, as they claim?

Did the thieves scorn him for being crucified, and say that his Lord had abandoned him and left him to his enemies? Or did only one of them scorn him, and did the other rebuke the one who scorned him?

At what hour did this crucifixion take place – was it in the third hour, as Mark says, or in the sixth as John says?

What happened after the so-called crucifixion?

Mark says that the veil of the Temple was torn from top to bottom. Matthew adds that the earth shook and rocks crumbled, and many of the saints rose from their graves and entered the holy city, appearing to many. Luke says that the sun turned dark, and the veil of the Temple was torn in the middle, and when the centurion saw what had happened, he glorified God and said, “Truly this man was righteous.”

But John does not know anything about all that!

These are not the only weak elements and indications of falseness in the story of the crucifixion, as narrated in the gospels. Rather the one who studies the details of the gospel narratives of this story will, with the least effort, notice the great differences in the details of this story, which are such that it is impossible to believe it all or even any part of it!

How desperate are the failed attempts to fill this gap and conceal the faults of this distorted book. Allaah indeed spoke the truth when He said in His Book which He has preserved (interpretation of the meaning):

“Do they not then consider the Qur’aan carefully? Had it been from other than Allaah, they would surely, have found therein many a contradiction”

[al-Nisa’ 4:82]

Apart from the fact that the gospel accounts are not sound, and their authors themselves admit that they were not revealed to the Messiah in this form, nor were they even written during his lifetime, none of the witnesses were present at the events to which they testify, as Mark says:

“Then everyone deserted him and fled.”

Mark 14:50 – New International Version (NIV)

Because these events were not witnessed by anyone who narrated them, there is a great deal of room for imagination and poetic licence.

We will complete our discussion of the fable of the crucifixion of Christ (peace be upon him) by looking at what the Gospels say about the Messiah’s prediction that he would be saved from death:

On one occasion the Pharisees and chief priests sent the guards to arrest him and he said to them:

“I am with you for only a short time, and then I go to the one who sent me. You will look for me, but you will not find me, and where I am, you cannot come.”

John 7:33-34 – NIV

Elsewhere he says:

“Once more Jesus said to them, ‘I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I go, you cannot come.’

This made the Jews ask, ‘Will he kill himself? Is that why he says, “Where I go, you cannot come”?’

But he continued, ‘You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am the one I claim to be, you will indeed die in your sins.’

‘Who are you?’ they asked.

‘Just what I have been claiming all along,’ Jesus replied. ‘I have much to say in judgment of you. But he who sent me is reliable, and what I have heard from him I tell the world.’

They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father.

So Jesus said, ‘When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am the one I claim to be and that I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me.

The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him.’”

John 8:21-29 – NIV

Then at the end he tells them again:

“For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'”

Matthew 23:39 – NIV, also Luke 13:35

The Messiah, as these texts and others show, was certain that God would never hand him over to his enemies, and would never forsake him.

“But a time is coming, and has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.

I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

John 16:32-33

Because of that the passers by, and indeed everyone who attended the so-called crucifixion, mocked the Messiah, as the writer of this Gospel says (although that could not have been true):

“Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads

and saying, ‘You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!’

In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him.

‘He saved others,’ they said, ‘but he can't save himself! He's the King of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.

He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, “I am the Son of God.”’

In the same way the robbers who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him.”

Matthew 27:39-44 – NIV

But it seems that Jesus’ certainty that God was with him began to waver, according to the distorted Gospel narrative, (although that could not have been true):

“Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, ‘Sit here while I go over there and pray.’

He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled.

Then he said to them, ‘My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.’

Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, ‘My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.’

Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping.

…
He went away a second time and prayed, ‘My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.’

When he came back, he again found them sleeping, …

So he left them and went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same thing.

Then he returned to the disciples and said to them, ‘Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is near, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners’”

Matthew 26:36-45 – NIV

Luke describes the scene and says:

“And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.

When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.

‘Why are you sleeping?’ he asked them. ‘Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.’”

Luke 22:44-46 – NIV

Because of this mockery of the message of Christ – according to their claims – and because Christ thought that God was with him and would never forsake him, then it follows that the writer who fabricated this dramatic scene would end it with a vision of the despair of the Messiah and his feelings of being abandoned by God – exalted be Allaah far above what the wrongdoers say. The fabricator says:

“From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.

About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, ‘Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?’--which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

Matthew 27:38-47 – NIV

See also Mark 15:34

If we understand what this story means when subjected to criticism, the same will apply to the doctrine of redemption and sacrifice that is based on it.

2007-02-07 17:00:49 · 14 answers · asked by Khalid H 4

Are they believers, because they fear him.
Then why dont they call it fear of god instead of belief in god ?
Or do they think that fear and belief as same.?

For me both are completely different. I prefer to be atheist than to fear god or hell.

2007-02-07 17:00:02 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

But can someone explain to me the religion of Asatru? or if it is a religion, and what it is about?

2007-02-07 16:58:50 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

But if Adam and Eve are true how did we get poeple from different coulours and natinalities?

2007-02-07 16:58:33 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

My site is proposed to be a one stop shop for everything relating to spirituality etc.

2007-02-07 16:57:34 · 5 answers · asked by Divinity 1

2007-02-07 16:57:11 · 7 answers · asked by Black Atheist 1

I want to know is there any web sites or something on yahoo that is strictly for true believers. Nothing with people disrespecting God and his people. A web sight where people can recieve encouragement from other believers.I say real Christians because everybody is not a real Christian.

2007-02-07 16:55:12 · 17 answers · asked by caramel brownie 1

"a Type I civilization is planetary: It is able to exploit all the energy falling on its planet from the sun (1016 watts). This civilization could derive limitless hydrogen from the oceans, perhaps harness the power of volcanoes, and maybe even control the weather. A Type II civilization could control the energy output of the sun itself: 1026 watts, or 10 billion times the power of a Type I civilization. Deriving energy from solar flares and antimatter, Type IIs would be effectively immune to ice ages, meteors, even supernovas. A Type III civilization would be 10 billion times more powerful still, capable of controlling and consuming the output of an entire galaxy (1036 watts). Type IIIs would derive energy by extracting it from billions of stars and black holes. A Type III civilization would be able to manipulate the Planck energy (1019 billion electron volts), the energy at which space-time becomes foamy and unstable, frothing with tiny wormholes and bubble-size universes."

2007-02-07 16:54:23 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

what, or where do you think you will go...when your body "expires"?
I didn't have room to add "reincarnation...as another human...or as an animal/ insect/tree/rock...etc...
Or maybe just haunt someone your mad at?
DJ
:)

2007-02-07 16:51:13 · 20 answers · asked by gemseeker 3

2007-02-07 16:46:57 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

Personally I wish they would go ahead and drink the kool-aid or something. I mean honestly, if they hate America that bad, then why are they here?

2007-02-07 16:46:40 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

In general just answer the best way you think is the reason

2007-02-07 16:46:16 · 15 answers · asked by rmsovine_here 1

I don't want to make a generalization, but it seems like African Americans who answer questions on this site tend to be a lot more tolerant and accepting of other's choices. Aren't most African American churches Baptist? Are the Baptist Churches unified? Are there theological differences between Southern and Non-Southern baptist Churches? What is the relationship between Baptist Churches? Can someone tell me about different branches, and the cultural and/or theological differences between them?

2007-02-07 16:46:16 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-07 16:44:05 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

puny soul?

I imagine being the center( a single neuron) interconnected with other thoughts as if my thought are yours and vice versa similar to a million neurons in a compact brain.

2007-02-07 16:40:28 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I mean those religions that were started that way....not religions that have evolved to accept it?

2007-02-07 16:38:53 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

This is from the movie Signs. The character played by Mel Gibson is going through a faith crisis because of the loss of his wife in an accident and during his struggle in understanding God he begins his turn back toward God with this statement, although he does not fully embrace his faith again until the end of the movie.

People break down into two groups. When they experience something lucky, group number one sees it as more than luck, more than coincidence. They see it as a sign, evidence that there is someone up there watching over them. Group number two sees it as just pure luck, a happy turn of chance. I’m sure that people in group number two are looking at those fourteen lights in a very suspicious way. For them, this situation is a 50/50. Could be bad. Could be good. But deep down they feel that whatever happens, they’re on their own. And that fills them with fear. Yeah. There are those people. But there are a whole lot of people in group number one. When they see those fourteen lights, they’re looking at a miracle. And deep down they feel that whatever is going to happen there will be someone there to help them and that fills them with hope. So what you have to ask yourself is what kind of person are you. Are you the kind that sees signs. Sees miracles. Or do you believe that people just get lucky. Or look at the question this way. Is it possible that there are no coincidences?

So my question is. Are you in group one? You see miracles and the hand of God around you and thereby are filled with hope? Or are you in group two? You see everything as a roll of the dice. And whatever happens, you’re on your own and that fills you with fear.

Please answer simply. Group one. OR Group two. Which is it?

2007-02-07 16:33:20 · 17 answers · asked by yagman 7

I havent read it. I am just curious, how far the quran says against non-believers.? Dont suggest me to read it, I am just intresed in your opinion based on your readings, if you have any.

2007-02-07 16:33:12 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-07 16:32:36 · 25 answers · asked by wizard1968 1

Anyone helps me create some critical questions for the Galatians (new testament). I need to ask some questions for discussion but my questions are too easy to answer.

2007-02-07 16:31:03 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-07 16:30:12 · 5 answers · asked by Me 1

I only found out it wasn't true fairly recently. Public school led us to believe that. Were they trying to rewrite history?

2007-02-07 16:27:42 · 32 answers · asked by Tiktaalik 4