Religion & Spirituality - 12 March 2007

Atheists, Christians or other groups? Mmm

2007-03-12 10:57:38 · 5 answers · asked by ? 6

If so, where are some in northern and central CA? Preferably by Fresno. Thx!

2007-03-12 10:57:37 · 6 answers · asked by laineyette 5

Proverbs 30:8

2007-03-12 10:57:35 · 12 answers · asked by sokrates 4

I have a very pretty Christian women laying on my couch as I write this. She has tried to have sex with me already once today. She is my neightbor, and has lost her pet dog after 17 years today. I'm not sure what to do. I can't send her home, and I can't afford to give into having sex with her. She is just looking for condolence for her loss and sex is not the solution. Also I should mention, I have a g/f who is do home in about 4 hours, and she has a b/f whom lives with her due home sometime as well. HELP!!!!! I'm a horny man who can only resist so much...

2007-03-12 10:56:58 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

The childs mum is catholic, the dad is protestant. the child is 6 months old and they are currently looking to get him baptised a catholic. But there are concerns, there are 2 catholic god parents and 2 protestants now years ago when another child in the family was getting baptised the protestant god parents did not get to sign the register that was 18 years ago, has it changed at all, as the protestant god parent is also the childs aunt, so there is trouble over whether she will be recognised or not.

2007-03-12 10:54:44 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-12 10:54:35 · 7 answers · asked by A Me 2

I do not want my granddaughter or her friends believing in Muhammad..........period.!!!!!!!.......they reject Jesus as the Truth and Muhammad never made any prophecies.......Islam is a lie from the pit of HELL.........In Jesus name i rest my case and ask God to forgive me for not speaking in LOVE......HIS LOVE....sorry!

2007-03-12 10:53:34 · 19 answers · asked by pacerswin61 1

oNLY GOD HAS THE RIGHT TO INTERFERE WITH OUR GENES ' DO YOU AGREE GIVE REASONS FOR YOUR ANSWER SHOWING YOU HAVE CONSIDERED ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW.iN YOUR ANSWER YOU SHOULD REFER TO RELIGIOS TEACHINGS...............ESSAY QUESTION please help cos i dont know christian or muslim views on this i have to write 600 wwords!!!!!! id appreciate the help!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thankyouuuuuuu

2007-03-12 10:52:13 · 23 answers · asked by sweety 1

2007-03-12 10:51:29 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous

And what is hell and heaven to u?

I believe hell is just a grave for dust you are, and unto dust shall you return something like that and Heaven i'm not really sure?

2007-03-12 10:49:23 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

Give me your reasons why you believe that there is a God. Use the socratic method. And for the atheists that were uninvited to this forum. Ask yourself why you don't think there is a God.

2007-03-12 10:49:03 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-12 10:46:53 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just saw footage of it on Inside Edition, he beat her and mugged her, she only had 30$ and didn't fight back!!!
It happened in the lobby of her apartment in New York!
sound off friends

2007-03-12 10:46:19 · 17 answers · asked by ☆♥•´`•.¸ ;-) •´`•.¸ ♥☆ 4

In Matthew 23:37 Jesus says, "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her!" And the book of Revelation says, "I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus." "Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God has avenged you on her!"

2007-03-12 10:43:40 · 8 answers · asked by shachor 1

2007-03-12 10:42:58 · 28 answers · asked by Appel 2

hes constantly cutting and stitching letters together to mean something.

anyone think hes trying to find stuff where theres nothing to be found? or do you guys actually think hes onto something?

his question...

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aip.JsSunnjTSTZu15TPV2fd7BR.?qid=20070312143209AAwQ9p1

2007-03-12 10:41:57 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2007-03-12 10:39:50 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-12 10:38:47 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

In reading people's answers to questions about their religions, I have found that so many answers sound the same. It's almost as if these people were programmed to say things a certain way...

2007-03-12 10:35:50 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

are concerned about their health
they believe in eating in moderation eating less meat more veggies. eating lots of grains nuts berries and fruits.
they dont put harmful things into their bodies so yeah they dont do drugs or smoke.they believe in jesus christ and in god and the holy spirit.they believe in the king james bible and the beleive in prophets and spiritual revelations by god
they belief in only one spouse
they believe in families belonging together forever
they teach their young children to be reverent.
they beleive in going to the temple and going to church
they beleive in sending their young men between the ages of 19-24 to go on a 2 year service to god to serve others just as christ did. they beieve in family home evenings where they meet one nite a week and talk about god devote time to prayers singing and playing games and childrens activites with their children and teach them about god in their games and activies. they beleive in volunteer work & education

2007-03-12 10:33:57 · 25 answers · asked by Tracey P 2

Me and my friend were talking about this haha
really though, where the hell did it come from!:|

2007-03-12 10:33:56 · 16 answers · asked by rds_pyro 1

2007-03-12 10:32:26 · 59 answers · asked by puddi317 2

We can offer a variety of, say 4 major religions at each school. And, if a particular community requests it, we can add other religions to specific schools as necessary. Let's say, in an overly Buddhist community, the school can teach the religion of Buddhism as well. And, if enough parents in the school district request it, they can even teach about that Spaghetti thing. (fat chance)

Don't want your kid to learn religion? They can take an ethics class instead. This way, maybe our public schools can do some more than teach students how to be criminals.

BTW, your public schools may not do that, but I am from New Orleans; the only math they teach our students here is how to calculate the Bond payments to get out of jail on Bail.

But, of course, the liberals are going to tout the IMAGINARY "Separation of Church and State" and the Freedom from Religion they so love to tout. oh well.

2007-03-12 10:31:53 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-12 10:31:09 · 8 answers · asked by qutiepy9 2

do voodoo dolls even actually work?

2007-03-12 10:30:40 · 5 answers · asked by unknown 1

How I Came to Islam (Cat Stevens)



All I have to say is what you know already, to confirm what you already know of the message of the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) as given by God - the Religion of Truth. As human beings we are given a consciousness and a duty that has placed us at the top to creation. Man is created to be God's deputy on earth and it is important to realize the obligation to rid ourselves of all illusions and to make our lives a preparation for the next life. Anyone who misses this chance is not likely to be given another, to be brought back again, for it says in the Qur'an Majeed that when man is brought to account, he will say, "O Lord, send us back and give us another chance.' The Lord will say, 'If I send you back, you will do the same.'

My early religious upbringing

I was brought up in the modern world of all the luxury and the highlight of show business. I was born into a Christian home.

We know that every child is born in his original nature, and it is only his parents that turn him to this religion or that. I was given this religion (Christianity) and thought this way. I was taught that God exists, but there was no direct contact with God, so we had to make contact with Him through Jesus, and Jesus was in fact the door to Good. This was more or less accepted by me, but I did not swallow it all.

I looked at some of the statues of Jesus; they were just stones with no life. When they said that God is three, I was puzzled even more but could not argue. I believed it, simply because I had to have respect for the faith of my parents.

Pop star

Gradually, I became alienated from this religious upbringing, and started making music. I wanted to be a big star. All those things I saw in the films and on the media took h old of me, and perhaps I thought this wa my god: the goal of making money. I had an uncle who had a beautiful car, and I thought "Well, he has it made". He had a lot of money. The people around me influence me tho think that this was it, this world was their God.

I decided then that this was the life for me, to make a lot of money, to have a 'great life'. My examples were the pop stars, and so I started making songs. But deep down, I had a feeling for humanity, a feeling that if I became rich, I would help the needy. (It says in the Qur'an that we make a promise, but when we make something, we want to hold on to it and become greedy)

So it happened that I became very famous, as a teenager, and my name and photo were splashed in all the media. They made me larger than life, so I wanted to live larger than life, and the only way to do that was to be intoxicated (with liquor and drugs).

In Hospital

After a year of financial success and 'high' living, I became very ill, contracted TB and had to be hospitalized. It was then that I started to think: what was to happen to me? Was I just a body and my goal in life was merely to satisfy this body? I realized now that this calamity was a blessing given to me by Allah, a chance to open my eyes, 'why am I here, why am I in bed', and I started looking for some of the answers. At that time there was great interest in great interest in the Eastern mysticism. I began reading and the first thing I began to become aware of was of death, and that the soul moves on, it does not stop. I felt I was taking the road to bliss and high accomplishment. I started meditating and even became a vegetarian. I now believed in 'peace and flower power', and this was the general trend. But what I did believe in particular was that I was not just a body, this awareness came to me at the hospital.

One day when I was walking and I was caught in the rain, I began running to the shelter and I realized, 'wait a minute, my body is getting wet, my body is telling me I am getting wet.' This made me think of a saying that the body is like a donkey and it has to be trained where it has to go, otherwise the donkey will lead you where it wants to go.

Then I realized I had a will, a God given gift: follow the will of God. I was fascinated by the new terminology I was learning in the Eastern religion. By now I was fed up with Christianity. I started making music again and this time I started reflecting my own thoughts. I remember the lyric of one of my songs. It goes like this: 'I wish I knew, I wish I knew what makes the Heaven, what makes the Hell, do I get to know You in my bed or some dusty cell while others reach the big hotel/' and I knew I was on the Path.

I also wrote another song 'The way to find God out.' I became even more famous in the world of music. I really had a difficult time because I was getting rich and famous and at the same time I was sincerely searching for the Truth. Then I came to a stage where I decided that Buddhism is alright and noble, but I was not ready to leave the world, I was too attached to the world and was not prepared to become a monk and to isolate myself from society.

I tried Zen and Ching, numerology, tarot cards and astrology. I tried to look back into the Bible, and could not find anything. At this time I did not know anything about Islam, and then, what I regarded as a miracle occurred. My brother had visited the mosque in Jerusalem, and was greatly impressed that while on the one ;had it throbbed with life ( unlike the churches and synagogues which were empty), on the other hand, an atmosphere of peace and tranquility prevailed.

The Qur'an

When he came to London he brought back a translation of the Qur'an, which he gave to me. He did not become a Muslim, but he felt something in this religion, and thought I might find something in it too.

And when I received the Book, (a guidance that would explain everything to me: who I was, what the purpose of life was, what reality was, and where I came from), I realized that this was the true religion - religion not in the sense the West understands it, not the type foe only your old age. In the West, whoever wishes to embrace a religion and make it his only way of life is deemed a fanatic. I was not a fanatic, I was at first confused between the body and the soul. Then I realized that the body and soul are not apart and you don't have to go to the mountain to be religious; we must follow the will of God, then we can rise even higher than the angels. The first thing I wanted to do now was to be a Muslim.

I realized that everything belongs to God, that slumber does not overtake Him. He created everything. At this point I began to lose the pride in me, because hereto I had thought the reason I was here was because of my own greatness. But I realized that I did not create myself, and the whole purpose of my being here was to submit to the teaching that has been perfected by the religion we know as Al-Islam. At this point I started discovering my faith. I felt that I was a Muslim, on reading the Qur'an. I now realized that all the Prophets sent by God brought the same message. Why then were the Jews and Christians different? I know now how the Jews did not accept Jesus as the Messiah and that they had changed His Word. Even the Christians misunderstand God's Word and called Jesus the son of God. Everything made so much sense. This is the beauty of the Qur'an; it asks you to reflect and reason, and not to worship the sun or moon but the One who has created everything. The Qur'an asks man to reflect upon the sun and moon and Good's creation in general. Do you realize how different the sun is from the moon/ They are at varying distances from the earth, yet appear the same size to us; at times one seems to overlap the other.

Even when many astronauts go t space, they see the insignificant size of the earth and vastness of space, and they become very religious, because they have seen the Signs of Allah.

When I read the Qur'an further, it talked about prayer, kindness and charity. I was not a Muslim yet, but I felt that the only answer for me was the Qur'an, and God had sent it to me and I kept it a secret. But the Qur'an speaks on different levels. I began to understand it on another level, where the Qur'an says "Those who believe don't take disbelievers for friends and the believers are brothers." Thus at this point I wished to meet my Muslim brothers.

Conversion

Then I decided to journey to Jerusalem (as my brother had done). At Jerusalem, I went to the mosque and sat down. A man asked me what I wanted. I told him I was a Muslim. He asked what was my name; I told him 'Stevens'. he was confused. I then joined the prayer though not so successfully.. Back in London, I met a sister called Nafisa. I told her I wanted to embrace Islam and she directed me to the New Regent Mosque. This was in 1977, about 1 1/2 years after I received the Qur'an. Now I realized that I must get rid of my pride, get rid of Iblis and face one direction. So on a Friday, after Jummah I went to the Imam and declared ;my faith (the Kalima) at his hands. You have before you someone who had achieved fame and fortune. But guidance was something that eluded me, no matter how hard I tried, until I was shown the Qur'an. Now I realize I can get direct contact with God, unlike Christianity or any other religion. As one Hindu lady told me, 'You don't understand the Hindus, we believe in one God, we use these objects (idols) to merely concentrate.' What she was saying was that in order to reach God one has to create associates, that are idols for the purpose. But Islam removes all these barriers, the only thing that moves the believers from the disbelievers is the Salat. This is the process of purification. Finally I wish to say that everything I do is for the pleasure of Allah and pray that you gain some inspirations from my experiences. Furthermore I would like to stress that I did not come into contact with any Muslim before I embraced Islam. I read the Qur'an first and realized no person is perfect, Islam is perfect, and if we imitate the conduct of the Holy prophet (peace and blessings of God be upon him), we will be successful. May Allah give us guidance to follow the path of the Ummah of Muhammad ( peace and blessings be upon him). Ameen!

Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens)

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2007-03-12 10:29:47 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-12 10:27:58 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

I always thought that doing this is a sin because it's in a way insulting what God and Jesus did for us but I'm just not 100% sure.

2007-03-12 10:27:52 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-12 10:27:43 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can I develop this ability? If so how? Or do you have to be born with it?

2007-03-12 10:27:08 · 18 answers · asked by pinksparklybirdy 2