Religion & Spirituality - 6 March 2007

does anyone have an idea of when the messiah will might come to the people of Israel

2007-03-06 10:32:26 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

i am interested in learning more about the islam, especially the "daily living" and that stuff. Is anybody here able to tell me (without trying to convert me ;) ) what it is all about?
please no answers that are just based on what you hear and see on tv, i know that part already. i just want to see the other side. thank you!

2007-03-06 10:32:12 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

You must assume 2 things:

1. Assume you fall into the category of you believe God exists and there is an afterlife OR you do not believe God exists and there is no afterlife.

2. Now that you've categorized yourself, answer this question assuming the category you believed in ends up being wrong.

Which is worse? Believing God/afterlife exists and it really doesn't Or not believing God/afterlife exists and it really does.

Why do you feel one is worse over the other?
What are the consequences, if any, that what you believed was wrong?

2007-03-06 10:31:12 · 27 answers · asked by Greenwood 5

2007-03-06 10:30:48 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

..get you to 'believe' in a theory he's proposing, but he wants you to 'understand' his theory. Liars and religion have a lot in common, but scientists don't have anything in common with either.

2007-03-06 10:28:56 · 31 answers · asked by Desiree J 3

ok i was an atheist along time ago but today i just got screwed in my college i will never recieve a degree cause they are thinking of expelling me for good so where is god or hill mary ful of **** hm well and don't give that crap "god loves you" or "god will make things right"

2007-03-06 10:27:15 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

What do you think?

Were her activities made out of a desire to help people?

Or were they in reality places people go and recieve sub-standard or non-existant health care and are pushed into catholosism?

Was mother theresa interested in alleviating thier suffering or continuing it?

Did she believe that people must suffer in order to become closer to god?

What do you think- cite examples and please base your answer (for or against) on logic and research rather than "oh she is a nun so she must be right".

2007-03-06 10:27:13 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-06 10:27:05 · 12 answers · asked by are you the evil man 1

Can you prove that you exist? Yes, of course you can. You merely use your senses to determine that you can see, hear, feel, smell, taste and you have emotions as well. All of this is a part of your existence. But this is not how we perceive God in Islam. We can look to the things that He has created and the way that He cares for things and sustains us, to know that there is no doubt of His existence.

Think about this the next time that you are looking up at the moon or the stars on a clear night; could you drop a drinking glass on the sidewalk and expect that it would hit the ground and on impact it would not shatter, but it would divide up into little small drinking glasses, with iced tea in them? Of course not.

And then consider if a tornado came through a junkyard and tore through the old cars; would it leave behind a nice new Mercedes with the engine running and no parts left around? Naturally not.

Can a fast food restaurant operate itself without any people there? That's crazy for anyone to even think about.

After considering all of the above, how could we look to the universe above us through a telescope or observe the molecules in a microscope and then think that all of this came about as a result of a "big bang" or some "accident?"
http://www.islamtomorrow.com/allah.asp

2007-03-06 10:26:35 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-06 10:25:27 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-06 10:24:08 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-06 10:23:41 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

If Christians are sure that I have commited a ghastly sin (we are all sinners in the eyes of god - and christians), and I strongly believe I haven't - and I also believe they have no right publically insisting I have - and ruining my and everyone elses reputations - why can't the slander laws and the law courts protect me?

After all I have done nothing wrong and have nothing to be ashamed of, and feel quite uncomfortable with them publically insisting I - (and all of us) are all born sinners and should repent at birth?

2007-03-06 10:23:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you believe me?

2007-03-06 10:23:25 · 15 answers · asked by Butterflied 3

YALL GOT ME WRONG DON'T WANT TO PRACTICE IT JUST KNOW ABOUT IT BECAUSE I AM A NATURAL WITCH,AND I DO BELIVE IN GOD.

2007-03-06 10:21:37 · 11 answers · asked by mystic321cherokee1 1

I believe its ignorance and the evidence shows that.

2007-03-06 10:21:16 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

if you practice lent, what did you give up? I gave up girl scout cookies... there so hard to resist

2007-03-06 10:21:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Islam-1
Judaihsm-2
Christianity-3
other stuff too

2007-03-06 10:20:01 · 11 answers · asked by ? 2

..does this explain the reason why Christianity is so complex? Because it's just one big, seething, mass, of lies, deceit and corruption?

2007-03-06 10:17:00 · 20 answers · asked by Desiree J 3

I will never understand my own human race. Why wont people look at God as father figure instead just a God. Why? Is God really all that bad to people. I surely do not want to support my human nature because it oftens gets me into trouble. We are in way over our heads of trouble. Wars will never stop, peace is just a dream that will never come to pass. This world will always be in conflict with itself and I do not understand how it is still standing. That is like your right arm attacking your left or your foot attacking your face. How can this world still stand. One day humans will stop existing and God will get tired of our ignorance, our own way of living and not his. People just would rather rebel than live a better life. Yes no matter what a christian says. People who do not believe will support their own choices, their own nature, because their human minds can not understand God's ways. Suffering in hell for all eternity is not what I want. Living forever would be great.

2007-03-06 10:16:33 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-06 10:15:34 · 8 answers · asked by igirex 1

It amazes me to hear that he was able to memorize everything from the mouth of the Angel. How exactly did P. Muhammad (PBUH) accomplish memorizing such a long book in one go??

2007-03-06 10:14:54 · 14 answers · asked by nhk_5 2

applied rather to Jesus Christ? I have asked this before of people I know to be Witnesses, and with utmost respect to them they merely maintained that the chapter is referencing Jesus Christ. In reading the chapter over, word for word, verse by verse, it is blatantly obvious that Wisdom is the subject here. Again, with utmost respect and in ernest seeking I ask you. Praise Jehovah, always.

2007-03-06 10:14:07 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am just hungry. I don't care how fattening or healthy it is, I just want something satisfying and good-tasting to eat that will quench my hungry-man appetite.

And yes, I am aware that I am posting this in 'Religion & Spirituality'. I don't want food connoisseurs' opinions on fast food or I'll never hear the end of it. I spend time in R&S and trust your opinions.

All answers appreciated!

2007-03-06 10:13:56 · 18 answers · asked by James, Pet Guy 4

one holy , catholic and apsotolic .

List some ways we can carry out the Churches mission.

2007-03-06 10:10:28 · 7 answers · asked by cynthia c 1

well now that you do know, will you be more careful with what you say?

Love and blessing

2007-03-06 10:10:11 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

Signs of the Last Hour
The following information is a summary of a lecture given by a scholar of Riverside, Gharm-Allah El-Ghamdy, around the fall of 1991. Editor's notes are in brackets []. It is hard to tell whether certain of these events have already occurred, or when they will precisely occur. Allah knows best.

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Though Allah only knows when the Last Hour before the Day of Resurrection will come, He has given us 'clues' about its approach through information in the Qur'an and the hadith of the Prophet. The signs can be separated into two categories: minor and major. This article does not cover all the signs, but most of the important ones are here. All these signs are, of course, based on hadith and/or Qur'an, mainly the former.

Minor Signs (in no particular order)
"The coming of the Last Prophet, Muhammad ibn Abd-Allah (SAW)." [This has already happened, of course.]
"The slave will become the master."
"Shepherds will compete in the construction of tall buildings." [The modern ex-nomads of Saudi Arabia are an excellent example of this.]
"Knowledge of Islam will be taken away while ignorance will increase. This removal of knowledge will be because old scholars will die and fewer and fewer new scholars will replace them. The leaders of the Muslims will be chosen from ignorant people, and they will rule according to their whims." [Today, studying Islam formally is considered to be an inferior career in most of the Muslim world. The leaders of the Muslim world are more known for their political or military prowess (oppressive ability?) than Islamic knowledge.]
"Drinking and fornication will increase heavily."
"The population of men will decrease, and women increase till fifty women shall be for every man."
"Thirty people will claim to be prophets, followed by Al-Dajjal (the anti-Christ roughly)."
"There will be such an abundance of wealth that people will not be able to find recipients for zakat."
"Killing will increase."
"Time will be shortened so that a year will be like a month, a month like a day, a day like an hour." [This perception of the seemingly dwindling amount of time is very apparent, especially in First World countries.]
"Two great countries will fight and kill each other, both claiming the same thing."
"Earthquakes will increase in number." [Welcome to California. :-]
"A person will pass by the grave, and wish to trade places out of despair."
Major Signs (in rough chronological order)
"Al-Dajjal will come, claiming to be God holding Heaven and Hell. His purpose is to deceive, and unbelievers will follow him. He is short, red-faced, blind in the right eye, and has hair which sticks up. He will go around the world, but will be unable to enter Madinah or Makkah." [There are numerous detailed ahadith on this man.]
"Al-Mahdi will come at the time of Al-Dajjal. He will call to the true Islam, and will be a military leader. His name will be exactly like that of the Prophet: Muhammad ibn Abd-Allah, and his father's name will match the Prophet's father's name also. He will be descended from Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet."
"Isa (Jesus) will come at the time of Al-Dajjal and al-Mahdi as well. He will descend at the time of Fajr prayer on a masjid in Damascus, the capital of Syria. He is of medium height, red-faced, and his hair is as if he just took a shower. He will call people back to Islam, but he will also be a military leader. The People of the Book will revert to Islam, and wealth will be super-abundant. Isa will break the cross, kill the swine, and personally slay Al-Dajjal. He will stay on Earth for a long time thereafter, and then die."
"An animal will come and call people back to Islam." [A partial description of this animal is that it is very hairy, so much so that one will not be able to tell its front from its rear (Arabic: 'Dab-ba'). Reference to this animal is mentioned in the Qur'an.]
"Gog and Magog (two hidden tribes of people) will break free of the dam that holds them back, and ravage the earth. They will drink all the water, and kill people until Allah sends against them a worm which will wipe them out." [This is roughly before/during the time of Isa, although it is not entirely clear.]
"Three places in the world will sink and be swallowed up by the earth. One in the west, one in the east, and one in the Saudi Arabian peninsula." [This may refer to a series of giant, epic earthquakes.]
"Fire will come from the area of Aden in Yemen, and sweep northwards." [There are claims that this already happened in some medevial event.]
"The sun will rise from the west." [This description is not meant to be a symbolic one...but it is known that it is one of the last, if not the very last one before the following.]
"Smoke will appear all over the earth which will cause believers to catch something similar to a slight cold, whereas the unbelievers will be hit harder by it. Finally, a cold wind will come and kill all believers, leaving only unbelievers on the earth who will then witness the LAST HOUR. The angel Israfil will blow a trumpet, and the resurrection of all human beings will begin." [At this point, the Day of Resurrection commences in which the skies and earth are destroyed by Allah.]
This list is far from complete; there are many other signs. A couple more of interest are: Constantinople (Istanbul) will fall before Rome to Islam (note that this means Rome will indeed fall), and the Muslim political system will go from Prophetic leadership to a just Khilafah to a 'biting' authority to an oppressive authority and finally back to a just Khilafah. It seems that today we are in the next to last stage of this chain; now is a good time to actively work for the reestablishment of the Muslim state and Khilafah.
Finally, the Prophet has said that when the Signs start to come, they will come FAST - like a string of beads falling one after the other.

And Allah Knows Best.

2007-03-06 10:09:19 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't understand how the God of Abraham is seen as kind, good, and loving.

I don't understand why "unconditional love" isn't paired with unconditional forgiveness.

I don't understand why, if Jesus was sent to atone for sins, it wasn't just over with right then.

I don't understand how something that supposedly created us can hold us in such contempt.

I don't understand why any of this would have happened, from the Adam and Eve story on, if God was truly omniscient.

I don't see how free will can exist with an omniscient creator.

2007-03-06 10:09:10 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

that Jesus himself says that he is God.

2007-03-06 10:07:46 · 15 answers · asked by Luna Winter 7

Ever looked up Christianity at Wikipedia? There is an enormous amount of information and seemingly limitless links regarding the different sects and beliefs. To think of all the effort expended by the minds of human beings over the ages to make something that doesn't directly benefit the progression of our species one iota. I'm flabbergasted!

2007-03-06 10:05:03 · 13 answers · asked by Desiree J 3