Religion & Spirituality - 11 February 2007

Do Christians posting to this site, who constantly use the word 'atheist' as a synonym for 'unthinking, anti-spiritual enemy', realise that it is possible to be an atheist and still actually believe in something?

'A-theist' simply means we do not believe in an almighty god ruling the universe - that is what the prefix 'a-' does to a word: negates it.

I am an a-theist: I do not believe in a single almighty god.

I am a Buddhist: I have a very full and active set of spiritual beliefs.

2007-02-11 12:19:24 · 28 answers · asked by abetterfate 7

Isn't God sending His son to this rotten,sinful earth to cleanse the world of sin by torturing him seem a little like a silly fantasy.How does 12 hours of torture eradicate sin?Couldn't God just snap his fingers and make Anything happen?And this freewill theory is supposed to show how much God loves us.HUH? It just gives other people the right to mess with you and destroy your life with no interference from above.How does living in a cruel and unfair world supposed to make anyone want to worship God?

2007-02-11 12:18:50 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

If they are what is the meaning of this verse:
You shall not eat any abominable things And the pig, because it has a cloven hoof but does not chew the cud, you shall regard as unclean. You shall not eat their flesh or even touch their dead carcasses? (Deuteronomy, XIV: 8).

2007-02-11 12:18:13 · 27 answers · asked by E.T.01 5

that Hitler was able to use religion and the traditional hatred of Jews instilled in Catholics and Protestants to perpetrate the Final Solution?

How was Europe's most Christian nation so easily unhinged from its moral righteousnous?

2007-02-11 12:17:28 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-11 12:16:22 · 18 answers · asked by Nojan 2

I mean in aspect to religion.
Religion = a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe [www.dictionary.com]

And would you believe something else if someone could prove you wrong?

2007-02-11 12:15:39 · 8 answers · asked by Alien51 2

I guess God isn't so pro-life after all.


Matthew 19:29 If you really loved Jesus then he insists that you abandon your wife and children for him. Only that way will he allow you to go to heaven. (That is if you meet his other hefty requirements, don’t slip through the loopholes, and ignore the contradictions.)

Samuel 15:3 God commands the death of helpless "suckling" infants. This literally means that the children god killed were still nursing.

Psalms 135:8 & 136:10 Here god is praised for slaughtering little babies.

Psalms 137:9 Here god commands that infants should be “dashed upon the rocks”

Kings 15:16 God allows the pregnant women of Tappuah (aka Tiphsah) to be “ripped open”. And the Christians have the audacity to say god is pro-life. How and the hell is it that Christians can read passages where God allows pregnant women to be murdered, yet still claim abortion is wrong?

2007-02-11 12:15:33 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

When i am really suffering i have no time to think in anybody else, i just want to get over.
Or, if he enjoys tempting us, that means that he is no suffering. So is not too bad to be Satan at all then.

2007-02-11 12:14:10 · 7 answers · asked by ? 7

By the description given unto it.

2007-02-11 12:14:01 · 6 answers · asked by desertrose444546 1

I don't know if it is only my own expierence but I have found that priest and ministers of different faiths sometimes push their personal agendas. I find this to be the lowest form of person. Even though priest are human and capable of error and mistakes aren't they supposed to be a representation of the church of their faith?I think some of them have a power complex and get an unhealthy supererity complex and lose all of the humility.

2007-02-11 12:11:29 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-11 12:10:38 · 35 answers · asked by mixraceQT 3

OK I just got myself into trouble for using inadequate terminology - that I wil apolorgise for in this question.

However I cannot find what I need

I used the term 'militant' athiest to describe someone who does not believe in the existance of God - This would make them a strong Athiest. However I also meant someone who feels the need to convert and at the same time insults and uses patronising and incomplete arguements. I thought possible fundermentalist or extreemist athiest but can there be such a thing - and then am I insulting fundermentalists?

What is the correct word(s)?

2007-02-11 12:10:34 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

For those of you who said God always answers your prayers - How about you pray to eradicate disease tonight? We could sure use your help.

Apparently if you have faith, God can do it. So please, for the sake of the world, pray tonight that God eradicates disease.

2007-02-11 12:10:04 · 15 answers · asked by citrus punch 4

2007-02-11 12:09:49 · 17 answers · asked by mixraceQT 3

I'm looking for some well spoken,powerful prayers. WHo will answer the call? Jesus is Lord.

2007-02-11 12:09:36 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I kid you not. Yesterday I was called a liar for stating this fact.

King James VI & I of Great Britain


had sponsored the project, and the translators appropriately dedicated


the new Bible to him. At this point in his own personal life, King James had already been involved in a love affair with one man, the Duke of Lennox, which provoked a rebellion in Scotland; his current lover in England was a young man whose special relationship with the king would earn him the Earldom of Somerset. By 1615, however, Somerset's fortunes declined and James succeeded in luring his most famous lover, George Villiers, later Duke of Buckingham, into bed. What are we to make of these relationships between King James and his so-called "favorites?" Many earlier historians treated the subject with shock, disdain, and denial. Only recently has the subject been treated more seriously and fairly by scholars such as Caroline Bingham, Jonathan Goldberg Roger Lockyer, and David Bergeron.

http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/12465.htm

2007-02-11 12:08:46 · 16 answers · asked by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7

give me reasons please and exactly religously why

2007-02-11 12:08:25 · 5 answers · asked by mixraceQT 3

2007-02-11 12:07:41 · 17 answers · asked by inteleyes 7

Help! I try to respond to e-mail in my yahoo account and I can't more than the address and then it freezes.

It gives me no box to type in and I can't reply to any emails or compose any new email. The last time I had this problem...yahoo allowed me to add another name to my account janpatton2005 or now I can use jan.patton I can use either to access my account, but now I can't send any e-mail. What can I do now? HELP !!!!!!
Thanks.
I'm putting this in R&S because people answer questions here that are sometimes strange and not always where it is originally posted. I need help and I trust the Christians here will at least pray that I find an answer. Thank you in advance for your help and/or prayers.

2007-02-11 12:07:08 · 5 answers · asked by Jan P 6

ok i'm not muslim i'm an atheist but i see alot of people around here saying bad things about muslims that they are igmorant they are hateful they enjoy killing in the name of their god gimme a break theres a huge difference between a muslim and a terrist a muslim is a person who mainly believes in god and actually respect women even though a womans life is twice more than a mans a terroist is someone terroizing a government power which everyone seems to be mistaking for muslims if you're going to say things about muslims get some balls and say it to their face and see if they ring around the rosie with their rifles at you instead of hiding behind a screen ya wuss

2007-02-11 12:06:30 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

my parents are very religious and we grew up going to church every sunday. and today i guess i made my mom cry because i haven't been going to church anymore. am i wrong? is being a good person and believing in Jesus and God not enough?

2007-02-11 12:06:26 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

i dont believe but since god is a word in the dictionary i use it, by writing it it doesnt mean i believe...i can write unicorn and superman but i dont think they exist

2007-02-11 12:06:17 · 18 answers · asked by whoknows 3

the liar? Isnt this what you believe happens? I constantly hear Christians here telling us that Satan has lied to us, decieved us, ect. So, if he has, how is that our fault? If we are blind how can we be faulted? Would you condemn a blind man to death because he cant see? Dont you see how cruel and horrible this is? If God were real dont you think he would be less obtuse? Think about the people born in lands where they have never heard of christianity. Is that their fault? I know this is pointless, but maybe one person will think a little about this.

2007-02-11 12:05:20 · 20 answers · asked by sngcanary 5

To all Christians who thought they were insulted by my last question?

The point I was trying to make is: Who still doesn't know?

2007-02-11 12:03:12 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

"But if he is not able to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then he who sinned shall bring for his offering one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin offering"

2007-02-11 12:00:48 · 14 answers · asked by abcdefghijk 4

natural?

2007-02-11 11:59:16 · 25 answers · asked by peeps you 4

Powers, If not why are we so affected by his influences?

2007-02-11 11:56:29 · 16 answers · asked by kevferg64 3

Jesus is quoted many times in the Bible saying that a believer can ask for anything through prayer and receive it. He even goes so far as to say that mountains and trees can be thrown into the sea simply by praying for it. This is clearly a lie, and can be proven to be a lie by any believer. Simply pray for me to be converted to Christianity right away. Or better yet ask God to move the mountains behind my house. He could make a lot of converts that way. If I’m converted today, I’ll post a public apology on my web site and devote my life to kissing God’s a**.

1) And Jesus answered and said to them,

"Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, `Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it will happen. "And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive." (Matthew 21:21-22 NAS)

2007-02-11 11:54:57 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

You must worship, pray and beg to me. You must also believe i am totally right on everything or although you are my most prized creation in the entire universe i will condemn you to an eternity of torture and cruelty. Also you must believe i am all good even though i will condemn alot of my best children to hell for not falling to their knees for me and will reward murderers, rapists, child molestors and others that have no respect for my creations as long as they believe i am all good and right.

2007-02-11 11:54:52 · 7 answers · asked by clutchstevens 2

1. Describe what happened to Job and what can be learned from his story.
2.Explain the Significance of each of the three stages of the exiled people's return to Judah.
3. How did the experience of exile in Babylon help God's people grow in faith?
4.What is the importance of hope in our lives?

2007-02-11 11:54:32 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous