Religion & Spirituality - 19 February 2007

differant beliefs atheists have out there understand i ask this question because i am leaning diffrent thins that affect the world ...MY QUESTION IS THIS HOW MANY DIFFERANT ISMS ARE THERE TO ATHEISTISM ALONE ??? NO SCARCAISM PLEASE!!!

2007-02-19 20:58:26 · 4 answers · asked by THE WAR WRENCH 4

CNN survey showed a statistics that 95% of Americans had premarital sex.

The link to a cnn report has been severed. Just like the bible
Writers who put in and remove what suits them.

http://donoevil.netscape.com/story/2006/12/19/95-percent-of-
americans-have-premarital-sex

2007-02-19 20:58:19 · 18 answers · asked by halo 3

now we all know if you take one sentence without telling the whole story in the passage or chapter it can easily be taken out of context. Anyway, I was just wondering why some sit around and read the Bible in order to do this. Why can't they just live and let live? If they do this to a real christian who reads the Bible, then obviously the christian knows what the story was about and pays no mind, so why try?

2007-02-19 20:57:03 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

"For certain men whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are godless men, who change the grace of God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord."

2007-02-19 20:56:55 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

INDIA as a secular country with equal respect for all religions, what action should its law take when few religious leaders do following things in religous gatherings.

1. Ridiculing practices of other religon which are not harmful to
any human, animal, plant or environment.
2. Mocking at other religions basic beliefs.
3. Proclaiming that any person for his welfare should follow only
thier religion.
4. Showcasing important characters/personalities of other religion
as evil/demon/etc

2007-02-19 20:55:57 · 14 answers · asked by Gunadhithya R 1

2007-02-19 20:54:31 · 6 answers · asked by kalyan k 1

And if so,why? We all have the right to religion, why does it matter who I worship. I'm not pushing my beliefs on you. I respect everyone else's beliefs. When push comes to shove I know who will be victorious. Not the point.
I just don't understand why everyone else is so sure of a possibility that they put their lives before it. To me, my life is the most important thing. I may be wrong...can anyone else admit this?

2007-02-19 20:53:50 · 14 answers · asked by ? 3

Actually what I really want to know is why so many rational, level headed people seem to belieive in Scientology?

Any suggestions?

2007-02-19 20:52:32 · 9 answers · asked by f_jayce 5

Would it be better or worse?

2007-02-19 20:51:07 · 11 answers · asked by IKB 3

Are Catholic priests supposed to be virgins? (I know they can't marry and can't have children, but are they supposed to never have sex? What if they do? Is that wrong, taking into account that all the other people do this thing?)

[All other priests -Orthodox, Baptists, Muslim, Jewish etc. CAN have sex and all the things it implies after that: marriage, children, even beautiful kisses and hugs etc]

2007-02-19 20:50:08 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

But Pastafarians have issued no fatwa against him. Why is that?

2007-02-19 20:49:33 · 6 answers · asked by Brendan G 4

Can gay and lesbian couples who are committed still join in worship or should they be ostracized? Is it better to welcome them or tell them to go find their own church if they feel the need to belong to some stuctured religion?

2007-02-19 20:49:17 · 9 answers · asked by carmella 1

We see how women are treated in some Arab and Muslim regions of the world yet the Catholic Church continues to refuse women the rights to become priests even when they are forced to shut down churches because of the lack of male priests. We see a continuing number of instances where young people have been abused by priests yet the more nurturing woman is not allowed to enter the realm of the priesthood. Canada stands 27 th in the world when considering the number of women elected into government, it is a country made up of a very large number of Catholics. The trend in the world is now to give women more rights yet a religion which deprives women of equal rights continues to treat women unequally yet pretends to say they want everyone to keep the 10 commandments while they themselves allow inequality for over half of their church population. Is the rite of this church wrong?

2007-02-19 20:47:53 · 12 answers · asked by Mr. PDQ 4

2007-02-19 20:47:33 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-19 20:45:39 · 3 answers · asked by carmella 1

2007-02-19 20:42:46 · 11 answers · asked by shockoshocko 3

There is no room in the laws of Physics for choice. When we think we are making a choice, it is true that we could not have chosen any other way.

When you flip a coin, the coin doesn't chose to be heads or tails, it happens becase of the laws of chaos, aerodynamics and conservation of momentum. Subtle changes can effect whether the coin is heads or tails, yes - but the coin never choses. Our brains obey the same laws of physics as the coin - we 'decide' things based on how our brain is hard-wired, which essentially is down to nature and nurture. If that is the case, if I ask you to chose heads or tail, your decision is made in your brain and cannot have been made any other way. The only place choice is allowed is in religion (most religions say that choice is a gift from God, and that our decisions are our own).

Can an atheist believe in choice? If you believe in choice, how can you accept that the physical world is all there is?

2007-02-19 20:42:11 · 11 answers · asked by Mawkish 4

If we are all sinners then so are people who teach religion. In this case ins't the teaching of religion completely flawed? By this I mean how can you be taught true wisdom and the true words of God by a sinner?
In other words: Can you expect pure water to come out of a polluted well? (Ps: I already see metaphores about religion and filters coming...;)

2007-02-19 20:41:59 · 23 answers · asked by Meda 1

I would have a hard time accepting it if I was Catholic. What are your oppinions?

2007-02-19 20:41:54 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-19 20:38:20 · 7 answers · asked by shockoshocko 3

If dinosaurs came when the earth was form like scientist claim...then what is the deal with the bible saying that adam and eve were creating first then the animals? If the giant meteor killed the dinosaur why didn't it wipe out human life as well? and if man did come before beast why can't we find any remains of human bodies like we found of dinosaurs? Geez...thinking of meteors got me remembering blank man or meteor man...whatever that weird movie was called..lol

2007-02-19 20:38:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. [Matthew 27:28]
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And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head." [Mark 15:17]
And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe. [John 19:2]
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What happened to the colours? Did they change?

2007-02-19 20:37:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

that room ask me not to go back in that no mort so what sure i do take it be for the church or just let it go

2007-02-19 20:37:17 · 2 answers · asked by EVA J 4

hi frens, my fren died 4yrs bak, still i think their parents r lying, he is alive. if he is not alive they must be having his death certificate. I just want to know about a site where i can check this. can u guys help me?

2007-02-19 20:33:52 · 6 answers · asked by sanna 2

Evolution between living here, dying here and God will come here and take our souls ...........

2007-02-19 20:33:08 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-19 20:30:31 · 4 answers · asked by legallyblonde 1

2007-02-19 20:28:10 · 1 answers · asked by ravikumar m 1

And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let us make man in our image.... So God created man in his own image. [Genesis 1:25-27]
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And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. [Genesis 2:18-19]
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So what came first, man or beast?

2007-02-19 20:27:53 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-19 20:24:37 · 20 answers · asked by shockoshocko 3

You always say about Islam being ruthless. Then please explain this:

If a woman tries to save her husband from a beating by grabbing the other man's private parts to lift him off her husband, then both her hands must get cut off: Deuteronomy 25:11-12

2007-02-19 20:24:35 · 1 answers · asked by halo 3