Religion & Spirituality - 1 March 2007

For those who carefully study these books, it appears as if the writers (or teachers) seem to contradict their own teachings.

If it was indeed the word of God and can't be changed, then why was it? (PLEASE REMEMBER, THE PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE WHO DISBELIEVE IN GOD IS NOT BECAUSE OF THE WORK OF SATAN. SATAN EXIST BECAUSE GOD EXIST IN THE BOOKS... IT DOES NOT EXIST IN OTHER RELIGIOUS BOOKS)

However, scholars of each respective religions claim monopoly over truth. How can this be possible? In fact they seem to make their religion 'scientific' possible (www.harunyahya.com -check this site out for Quranic contradictions 'openly being interpreted as TRUTH') What do believers have to say?

2007-03-01 20:05:05 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is there like some special number of ppl that have to believe in it or die or kill for it before its recognized? Just an abstract thought.

2007-03-01 19:59:16 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-01 19:53:01 · 2 answers · asked by vishveshvari p 1

Besides the obvious middle eastern countries in turmoil check out this link about belief and the US

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article571206.ece

2007-03-01 19:52:37 · 16 answers · asked by wha? 2

i need a church in marikina city for my wedding. hope u can help me

2007-03-01 19:52:26 · 3 answers · asked by barbeque 1

2007-03-01 19:50:07 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Please do not say he is not a citizen of your country

2007-03-01 19:50:00 · 11 answers · asked by Born again atheist 3

How many times have we heard it here on R&S? It seems what Christians really want is for someone to validate their existing beliefs with homilies and pronouncements of "God Bless you" and "praise the Lord".

2007-03-01 19:48:29 · 23 answers · asked by Brendan G 4

2007-03-01 19:47:58 · 12 answers · asked by santanu k 1

Jesus died and burdened our sins,, so that Man willnolonger be burdened by sin nor go to hell for it. All God now requires from us is our belief in him, God indeed hqas said he understands that Man cannot be perfect So he has only asked that you believe in him and atleast try to follow jesus's teachings " try make a effort" thats all why is that so hard to get tjhrough ppls heads

2007-03-01 19:47:11 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I grew up going to a Catholic School and studying theology. But I dont believe in it. There is just to much controversy over religion and science that I have lean toward the factoids of science. I do believe people need religion in there life or there would be chaos. Some people need religion to keep them going so that they know life is not to be taken for granted. I guess that would make me an agnostic. I just dont believe in anything i cannot see.
Not alot of people i know share my similar views. I was just curious who else does.

2007-03-01 19:46:03 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Crosses, flower, candles that memorialize where a person was killed in a traffic fatality.

2007-03-01 19:44:04 · 8 answers · asked by Rizza 3

I have heard rumors that he is a satanist, but others have said that he is a member of the Church of Christ. If you believe he is a satanist or part of some other pagan religion, please site your sourse.

2007-03-01 19:41:26 · 11 answers · asked by pwacheri 4

2007-03-01 19:41:08 · 11 answers · asked by Atheist Eye Candy 4

I just cannot get the reason for the insults and name calling by those who seem to be anti-christian. Is that necessary, some of you will answer this question for one reason only, to throw out insults.
What do you expect at the RELIGION and SPIRITUAL web site anyway? Questions about what, if not R&S? That is the sole purpose of this site, why do you have a problem with that? Why all the insults and attacks and name calling? Why do you question a persons intelligence simply because you don't agree with them. Respectful people can have different opinions without insults and name calling. What is wrong with you???????????

2007-03-01 19:37:44 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

recently of the discovery of the tomb of jesus which have Ten Coffin and its Skeleton

2007-03-01 19:32:52 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-01 19:27:52 · 8 answers · asked by lice_ang2 1

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful...the Best Knower.

If I take the position that "whatever I can observe, I am not that", then what, exactly, am I, since I can observe my surroundings, my body and its functions, and even my thoughts? If I am neither of these, what am I?

If it is true that the "I" sees all but itself, then is "self-awareness" possible?

RM

2007-03-01 19:27:49 · 10 answers · asked by A.L.M. 2

2007-03-01 19:21:23 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

ithis question popped in my head when i was with a couple of friends and i recieved a text message with a list of things that says what we are gonna be when we are reincarnated.i asked my friends if we are reincarnated when we die then one of them said that 100years after we die that will happen.

2007-03-01 19:17:44 · 20 answers · asked by jlg_127 1

The majority of reasons, I've heard for the beliefs of agnostics and atheists, is rooted in a perspective of the universe which manifests before us. At the same time, many self-proclaimed agnostics and atheists hold their views because they find difficulty accepting particular beliefs and philosophies against personal moral convictions. Why does this almost always translate to immorality in the Christian view?

Also, with all of the selfishness, hate, greed, and negligence that exists in humanity that man can supposedly be redeemed of, how is DOUBT the only impirically punishable crime in the afterlife?

2007-03-01 19:14:26 · 10 answers · asked by Kai Dao 3

We have found a lot of dinosaur footprints. The so called Christian paleontologists have found the footprints of dinosaurs together. If dinosaurs lived before Great Flood why are there still those footprints? Wouldn’t the heavy rain that occurred before the flood and the pressure exerted by the high water column clear away those footprints? If the swirling of the Great Flood were so powerful enough to form the Grand Canyon wouldn’t those swirling and currents of Great Flood have cleared away all dinosaur footprints?

2007-03-01 19:11:38 · 13 answers · asked by Born again atheist 3

I am not Christians, so the soul concept is not something I readily accept. However, I am wondering if religious believers think that only humans have souls or if animals and such have souls as well. Please explain why you think that only humans do or why you think animals do as well.

Its a serious question. Are other earthly creatures capable of entering Heaven? Is God reserved only for humans?

2007-03-01 19:10:42 · 12 answers · asked by eastchic2001 5

I haven't watched the Program on Discovery Channel yet it's on Sun. But if they have found Jesus' remains along with his wife, Mary Magdeline I can not imagine what will play out.

2007-03-01 19:08:48 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you even bother to read them or do they just get a thumbs down to close them up?

2007-03-01 19:08:16 · 21 answers · asked by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7

They don't even believe it themselves? Seriously, so many answers about the bible end up being "Ah, but that wasn't meant literally, it meant..." They say it is interpretation, yet I find that interpretive art is generally NOT interpreted the way the artist meant, and so I don't think the bible would be any different.

Why read the bible if you simply say that it is not meant the way it is written? So many Christians interpret it to mean what they want it to, and so it seems they could do this just as well without the bible.

2007-03-01 19:07:51 · 5 answers · asked by Theresa A 6

Technically, an organism that feeds off of another organism while contributing nothing to the host is a parasite. Naturally people would remove a parasite.

So, isn't an unborn child a parasite?

First of all, I am pro-life. I just want to find out why people believe the way they do. I am pro life because of the potential every organism, no matter how developed, has in its continued existence.

Anyway, what do you believe? Also, I undersand the "A woman has the right to do what she wants with her body" thing, but shouldn't she have to be responsible for her decisions, and is ending a life really an appropirate way to maintain autonomy?

Oh, and I believe that raped women should carry offspring of such relation to term and give them up for adoption instead of aborting them.

2007-03-01 19:06:08 · 12 answers · asked by buggin 1

2007-03-01 19:03:48 · 11 answers · asked by easyasalife 2

i am sure that the only true church upon the surface of this earth, is the church of Jesus christ of Later-day staint, that is want i think and feel about it, because they have what it take for us to be able to inherit the kindom of God. they teach people how to preper theirself, othe things you need to know as a human leaveing on this earth, you can try it by visiting chaper around you and you will see want i told you if only you have the spirit of God with you and also if you can play to our heavely father to give you kindline that you will follow
try it and see what i told you

2007-03-01 19:00:58 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Thanks to everyone who answered my question "would you recognise a miracle if you saw one?". This was the central question of a play I've just seen called "Underneath the Lintel". Most people assume anything claiming to be a miracle has to be a "Ta-dah" moment, a presentation of some kind. In the play though, the central character starts off with something odd - a library book returned 113 years late - that leads him to another clue, and another, and ultimately to believe in the existence of a mythical character "cursed by God" to walk the Earth for all time. My supplementary question then is: Would you find it easier to believe something inexplicable if you found it yourself in stages, or if it was presented to you as a fait accompli?

2007-03-01 18:57:26 · 5 answers · asked by mdfalco71 6