Religion & Spirituality - 23 March 2007

Aristotle wrote: They say that the whole heaven is limited, the opposite
to what those of Italy, called the Pythagoreans, say; for these say that
fire is at the centre and that the earth is one of the stars, and that
moving in a circle about the centre it produces night and day. And they
assume yet another earth opposite this which they call the counter-earth,
not seeking reasons and causes for phenomena, but stretching phenomena to meet certain assumptions and opinions of theirs and attempting to arrange
them in a system. . And farther the Pythagoreans say that the most
authoritative part of the All stands guard, because it is specially fitting
that it should, and this part is the centre; and this place that the fire
occupies, they call the guard of Zeus, as it is called simply the centre,
that is, the centre of space and the centre of matter and of nature.

2007-03-23 19:46:43 · 7 answers · asked by Terry 7

What is the spiritual significance of his Trishool (tridetn)??

2007-03-23 19:45:05 · 5 answers · asked by ۞Aum۞ 7

2007-03-23 19:44:26 · 19 answers · asked by hwdfoo 1

These passages seem to be really... well, insane. I know there are plenty of other examples, but to be brief, here's two. Now, if the bible is fact and a good moral compass from beginning to end... what gives? (Both from the King James Version)

Deuteronomy 21:18-21
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

PSALM 137:9
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

2007-03-23 19:44:26 · 9 answers · asked by Alex 2000 2

1. why dos the brain have the ability to think

2007-03-23 19:43:55 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

LXXXII





The unbelievers have girded for war against the Lord of heaven and earth -- like dry leaves against the mountain wind! As long as the wind is soundless, one hears the rustling of the leaves. But once the wind begins to howl, it will scatter the leaves over the marshes and roadways, and left there, leaf upon leaf, they will perish like rumors and will be blinded with mud.



For an unbeliever feels strong in a crowd and makes noise. In solitude fear and weakness devour him. But when a believer is in a crowd, he shares the weakness of the crowd, while in solitude he shares power with You; therefore solitude is his strength and his song.



Against whom do you wage war, you lunatics? Is it against the One who kindles suns with His thought, and goads His flocks of suns and stars with His staff? Truly, it would be a less ridiculous war for the willows to declare war on the thunder, or for the bach fish to carry out a war against the awesome condors.



You have forged weapons, with which you crush one another, and so you have risen up to battle against Him with the same weaponry. But behold, He can walk over your swords like soft moss. Nor is he intimidated by your fortresses any more than He is by your graves.



You have concocted petty words, with which you insult and humiliate one another, and so you think that with your petty words you will humiliate the One who alone knows what a word is and whence it comes? Indeed, He created your vocal cords in your throat, and expanded your lungs beneath those cords, and cut open your mouth and attached your tongue in your mouth. Truly, it would be less ridiculous for a shepherd's flute in a shop to rebel against its master craftsman, or for the strings on a harp to rebel against the hand that plucks them.



You have declared war not against God but against your­selves, and God watches your suicide with compassion. Dry leaves are declaring war on wheels of iron!



The more seriously you war against Him, the more unimpededly is He drawn out of you. The Lord withdraws His strength out of you, as well as His beauty, His health, His wisdom and His blessedness. This is the way the Most High Lord wars with His adversaries.



What remains of you, embattled battlers, once the Lord has drawn out from you what is His? Does anything remain other than weakness, ugliness, sickness, madness and wretchedness? The Lord will not take from you anything of what is yours. And what is yours is weakness. And once He takes away His power, which you are abusing, He will leave you with your own sepulchral weakness, which can be neither used nor abused.



The Lord will pull His health out of you, and your blood will be transformed into sweat, and your odor will be pleasing to worms, an odor that will cause cities to close their gates.



The Lord will return His wisdom to Himself, and in your madness you will run through the groves, and quarrel with caves.



The Lord will retract His blessedness and His peace to Himself, and even the springs will be frightened by your anxiety and will flee; and the vines in the hills will wither from your wretchedness, and the earth in the fields will return its fertility back to the earth.



This is the way the Most High Lord wars with His adversaries.



Like a child, He is powerless to do evil. He does not return evil for evil, for He is destitute when it comes to evil. Instead He merely gathers His good gifts and walks off with them, away from the one who gnashes his teeth at Him. And the Lord leaves the unbelievers to be by themselves. And they disintegrate like worm-eaten wood, from which the moisture has evaporated and throughout which worms wend their way for food, as through a deserted home.



Thus does it also happen with a people, that declares war on the Life-Giver.



I have told my people -- remember: such is the victory of the Life-Giver, and such is the defeat of the godless.

2007-03-23 19:43:49 · 7 answers · asked by Socinian F 3

sure he can cure lepracy and walk on water, but judging by his pictures, I give him 120 lbs max.

2007-03-23 19:39:46 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-23 19:38:46 · 14 answers · asked by hwdfoo 1

2007-03-23 19:38:18 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

for my sister's b-day. i cannot find any stores so if there are any pentecostal women out there who can help me i would appreciate it...praise jesus!!

2007-03-23 19:37:53 · 5 answers · asked by Landon C 1

1.what causes the brain to generate thought
2.what urge starts a thought
3.are thoughts just a collection of neurotransmitter connections
4.can we think out side the brain

2007-03-23 19:36:57 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

In Geeta chapter 10 (shloka 21&23)Shri Krishna says - I am Vishnu among Adityas ....I am Shiva among all Rudras.

Now the one who is above Vishnu and Shiva will only say this that shiva and vishnu are His Manifestations.

Then why is Krishna called Manifestation of Vishnu? Was Krishna not The highest God far above shiva and vishnu, who were created by Krishna? What are your views ?

2007-03-23 19:33:04 · 8 answers · asked by ۞Aum۞ 7

Do Christian feel like minorities in this secular nation while atheists feel like minorities in this Christian nation?

2007-03-23 19:32:30 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Over 30 of them are line dancing in the front street, 5 are breakdancing by the front door, As I opened the door to the garage.. I saw 2 dirty dancing, one looking alot like the corpse of R. Kelly.. What should I do to stop this menance to the living?

2007-03-23 19:31:58 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads. [NIV Leviticus 20:13]

Is this a hateful comment or a legitimate religous belief? (if we consider that religious beliefs can be legitimate)

2007-03-23 19:31:18 · 31 answers · asked by canuckgirl2005 1

how would you feel about living all eternity in Heaven with your child's murderer?

2007-03-23 19:28:46 · 35 answers · asked by Brendan G 4

2007-03-23 19:27:40 · 40 answers · asked by hwdfoo 1

http://www.religioustolerance.org/vis_brain.htm

2007-03-23 19:27:24 · 10 answers · asked by U-98 6

the holy bible

2007-03-23 19:25:54 · 21 answers · asked by ZO 2

Ok, so I was born with the ability to see and feel energy. I can see peoples' (most, but not all) auras. I am Christian and I have talked to my preacher about this to see if he thought it was bad. Since I was born with it I couldn't see how it was a bad thing, and he agreed with me. He told me that if I was worried about it I could pray for God to take it away if that was His will. I have done this and it has not gone away. My preacher and I believe that He must have some purpose for my having this ability to serve Him.

Christians, what's your take on this?

2007-03-23 19:23:24 · 16 answers · asked by Bella_Donna 2

Thialand, vietnam, Sudan, Da For Chris Hansen special on international sex trade showing children as young as 4 and 5. Please be serious on this topic because it is very real and Hansen has actual vidieo on MSNBC

2007-03-23 19:22:21 · 9 answers · asked by JOHN 7

I'm wondering just how many of the ten commandments are being broken here... HA HA HA!!

2007-03-23 19:19:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-23 19:19:03 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

answer both questions please

2007-03-23 19:17:32 · 15 answers · asked by kaltharion 3

If so, what do you think of it?? Especially looking for answers from Christians. Here's the website if you don't know what I'm talking about. She bases her work on the Bible and Jesus Christ, and incorporates Quantum physics.

www.ramtha.com

2007-03-23 19:17:28 · 3 answers · asked by Bella_Donna 2

2007-03-23 19:16:33 · 10 answers · asked by hwdfoo 1

answer both questions please

2007-03-23 19:15:52 · 14 answers · asked by kaltharion 3

that they not only are commiting in other coutries but supporting through supporting their troops...whether by voice, vote or sending their loved ones? Can it really be justified? Or is it just an oil war and you'll wipe out as many Muslims as possible (who simply do not beleive as you do) who stand in the way?

2007-03-23 19:14:00 · 18 answers · asked by me 2

what would it be? eg. coke 'everything goes better with coke' nike 'just do it'

2007-03-23 19:12:58 · 15 answers · asked by MJR 5

Read the whole thing before answereing, it would make a lot more sense.

What's your thoughts on this?

For Peter, Jesus was a servant of God. Peter said: “God raised up his servant...” (Acts 3:26). The title servant refers to Jesus. This is clear from a previous passage where Peter declared: “The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus.” (Acts 3:13).

Peter must have known that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob never spoke of a Triune God. They always spoke of God as the only God. Here, as in Matthew 12:18, Jesus is the servant of God. Matthew tells us that Jesus was the same servant of God spoken of in Isaiah 42:1. So, according to Matthew and Peter, Jesus is not God, but God’s servant. The Old Testament repeatedly says that God is alone (e.g. Isaiah 45:5).

All of the disciples of Jesus held this view. In Acts 4:24 we are told that the believers prayed to God saying: “...they raised their voices together in prayer to God. ‘Sovereign Lord,’ they said, ‘you made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything in them.’” It is clear that the one they were praying to was not Jesus, because, two verses later, they referred to Jesus as “...your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.” (Acts 4:27).

If Jesus was God, his disciples should have said this clearly. Instead, they kept preaching that Jesus was God’s Christ. We are told in Acts: “Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.” (Acts 5:42).

The Greek word “Christ” is a human title. It means “Anointed.” If Jesus was God, why would the disciples continually refer to him with human titles like servant and Christ of God, and consistently use the title God for the one who raised Jesus? Did they fear men? No! They boldly preached the truth fearing neither imprisonment nor death. When they faced opposition from the authorities, Peter declared: “We must obey God rather than men! The God of our fathers raised Jesus...” (Acts 5:29-30).

Were they lacking the Holy Spirit? No! They were supported by the Holy Spirit (see Acts 2:3, 4:8, and 5:32). They were simply teaching what they had learnt from Jesus — that Jesus was not God but, rather, God’s servant and Christ.

2007-03-23 19:09:09 · 27 answers · asked by damanjd1 2