Religion & Spirituality - 21 February 2007

Does he also work threw large groups of people and organizations to performe his will and destruction? I mean his greed and lust for power was so great he would have destroyed Heaven and Earth to gain control over it. These people i've named would have done the same if they were'nt stoped.Whats your opinion?

2007-02-21 17:36:33 · 13 answers · asked by chucky 3

What comes to your mind when you think of a Muslim woman? A mysterious, veiled victim of male oppression, awaiting Western liberation? A slogan-shouting terrorist? An uneducated foreigner with whom you have little or nothing in common? Unless your social circle includes Muslim friends and acquaintances, the chances are that your impressions of Muslim women have largely been formed by negative media stereotypes - images that usually have little to do with real life, and may have been designed to attract more viewers, sell more products, or gain support for someone's political agenda.
How much do you really know about Muslim women's lives or views, and why does it matter? Well, for one thing, Muslims account for 20-25% of the people on this planet, and Islam has become the second main religion in Europe. But did you know that the majority of European and American converts to Islam are women - not men? Would it surprise you to learn that many women in the Muslim world feel sorry for Western women and view them as being victimised? Have you ever stopped to consider why Muslim women who immigrate to the West usually maintain their identity and strive to pass it on to their children? A thinking person may well ask, if Islam is as oppressive to women as some journalists would have us believe, why aren't Muslim women running away in droves? What it is about Islam that attracts any followers outside its heartlands?

First of all, women are portrayed positively in the Qur'an and the Hadith (sayings of the Prophet Muhammad). The Qur'an is the only book of world Scripture in which women are frequently referred to alongside men, and both are described as being friends and partners in faith. The following verses are just a few notable examples:

The believers, men and women, are protecting friends one of another; they promote the right and forbid the wrong, establish prayer, pay the poor-due, and they obey God and His messenger. As for these, God will have mercy on them. Surely God is Mighty, Wise. God has promised to believers, men and women, gardens under which rivers flow, to dwell therein, and beautiful mansions in gardens of everlasting bliss. But the greatest bliss is the good pleasure of God: that is the supreme felicity. (Qur'an 9:71-72)

Surely for men who surrender to God, and women who surrender
and men who believe and women who believe;
and men who obey and women who obey;
and men who speak the truth and women who speak the truth;
and men who persevere (in righteousness)
and women who persevere;
and men who are humble and women who are humble;
and men who give alms and women who give alms;
and men who fast and women who fast;
and men who guard their modesty and women who guard
(their modesty);and men who remember Allah much and women who remember - Allah has prepared for them forgiveness and a vast reward. (Qur'an 33:35)

There is no question in Islam of men and women being at odds with one another, engaged in some kind of historical struggle for power. Rather, the roles of both are complementary and essential.

2007-02-21 17:36:28 · 19 answers · asked by wonderer of life 2

And then run around frantically to see if people who went to your church were mowing their lawn or anything?

I did :)

2007-02-21 17:36:07 · 21 answers · asked by Laptop Jesus 2.0 5

There's a large Catholic Cathedral there. Is that indicative of the overall city, or is it city more Protestant? Has anything changed since the early 1930's?

2007-02-21 17:34:35 · 6 answers · asked by doug_messier 1

Why can't this God just say fine you don't want to be around me go where you want I really don't care. Burning people is rather sadistic!

2007-02-21 17:33:24 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

Abraham did. Do you?

2007-02-21 17:30:22 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-21 17:29:24 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

what finally tipped the scales in favor of Christianity? Please, only answer if you really did examine all the other religions, because otherwise your answer will be a lie and of no use.

2007-02-21 17:28:09 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-21 17:27:13 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

1 John 3:6-8 (King James Version)
King James Version (KJV)
Public Domain



6Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.

7Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

8He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

2007-02-21 17:26:26 · 14 answers · asked by boatrights2003 1

2007-02-21 17:25:34 · 8 answers · asked by vishnu 1

G'nite everyone.

I've still got the champagne chilling in the fridge for tomorrow.

2007-02-21 17:24:46 · 11 answers · asked by Contemplative Monkey 3

and then claim they've found evidence that proves Evolution to be wrong.

Hello!? If it's unfalsifiable, by definition you cannot find evidence to prove it is wrong!

2007-02-21 17:24:25 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-21 17:24:13 · 6 answers · asked by dorkmobile 4

2007-02-21 17:22:45 · 17 answers · asked by Rocker Chic 1

Excluding evolution, intelligent design, and creationism are there other theories about the brith of the universe? What are they?

2007-02-21 17:21:07 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-21 17:19:32 · 8 answers · asked by Laptop Jesus 2.0 5

A correct explaination of a Jihad would be nice.
It is my understanding that there are two types of Jihad; a major jihad which is the battle with oneself, and a minor jihad which is a physical battle with others in the name of religion.
I just read a post that says that the former is the only jihad.
Please clarify...

2007-02-21 17:19:13 · 15 answers · asked by emaaaazing! 4

2007-02-21 17:18:28 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Unity in faith.

Unity in existence.

Unity in God.

Anybody home?

2007-02-21 17:16:28 · 10 answers · asked by Antares 6

If he did have children, and his bloodline went to present day, who do you think could have been some of his desendents. This is for fun only, please...No lectures, speaches, or jerks in this question,.....Only names of past and present people.

2007-02-21 17:15:21 · 19 answers · asked by mac-won 3

Ever since I saw the commercial for "The Number 23", I have been fascinated by numerology. Any good books you could suggest?

2007-02-21 17:13:43 · 9 answers · asked by XxEmoSquirrelxX 1

I want to know rebirth details of human beings. some bodies told 7 jenmam for human birth.

2007-02-21 17:12:45 · 14 answers · asked by dhava m 1

2007-02-21 17:11:53 · 19 answers · asked by Laptop Jesus 2.0 5

2007-02-21 17:10:57 · 6 answers · asked by Timmy Tard 2

2007-02-21 17:10:49 · 19 answers · asked by worldpeace 1

do christians participate in fasting like catholics-is it something jesus expects from us? i was raised a christian and i remember my catholic friends talking and doing that but i never was taught to do that, however i did read a certain sentence in the bible where jesus talked about fasting. can someone explain this to me? thank you.

2007-02-21 17:10:41 · 10 answers · asked by kburgess612 1

How does that work with all the "extra" wives? Don't they get jealous of one another.....isn't one woman enough?

2007-02-21 17:09:30 · 6 answers · asked by Mandy S 2

one of my favorites is when they insist if they'd been raised in a place such as Pakistan or Saudi Arabia they'd still have turned their back on family and society (probably on pain of death) to find "the Lord"

What total rubbish!

2007-02-21 17:09:25 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-21 17:08:46 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous