Religion & Spirituality - 25 March 2007

...instant karma happened to everyone, everywhere, always?

2007-03-25 09:00:29 · 9 answers · asked by Bored Enough To Be Here 6

2007-03-25 08:59:52 · 15 answers · asked by Alie T 1

Why do u say Christians are full of hate? I see that all the time, but i am not full of hate, and i know many that are not....

2007-03-25 08:58:19 · 30 answers · asked by Chris 3

If someone believes in a higher power but not the Christian God or Jesus, will they still burn forever in Hell after death?

2007-03-25 08:56:40 · 19 answers · asked by trybugle 1

Honestly, some of the most bizarre things are in the new testament and yet many claim that everything happened just as the bible said. Yet, I've never heard any other religion claim that their stories/myths are absolutely true. I'm interested in knowing why this is the case...Any ideas?

2007-03-25 08:56:25 · 26 answers · asked by Silverwing6700 2

1. We shouldn't misuse the privalige of being able to do what we want with the earths resources
2. We shouldn't try to be God (we shouldn't try to recreate the things he does, like create animals)
3. We shouldn't mistreat animals.

2007-03-25 08:56:07 · 5 answers · asked by claireybearyfairy 4

About 5000 years ago, someone said "Man, know Thyself'.

A few thousand years later Socrates repeated it, approximately 900 years later, Jesus said the same thing. Then St. Paul wrote about it, in on of his many letters to the Corinthinthians, comparing it to Life & Death, how life starts & departs, in all living things, basically his interpretation of it.

What does that mean to you, today?

Obviously, it has nothing to do with : your name, education, color of your skin, where you live or how much money you have, etc. And yet this 'Self', as Jesus described it, like the kingdom of heaven, a spirit, 'its closer than a brother / heatbeat away'.

Religion, for the past 1800 years has chosen to call it 'the soul', and that it must be 'saved', before it can enter heaven.

Some schools of thought - Psychology, especially, believe its maternal, and they claim to be able to trace its origins to your parents, or whomever you grew up with.

Its Interesting to note that 'IT' was our closest friend & ally, up until we were, 5 or 6 years old, before we stopped listening to it.

Further, since we cannot intellectually, source it, or even hope to find it with out 5 physical sense, limited as they are. It appears that if you ask yourself the same question for approximately a few hundred times, depending on your dedication, etc., it will start to respond.

How would you go about researching something as important as this?

So, the question is, ' Who am I'?

2007-03-25 08:55:56 · 5 answers · asked by SandBagginDog 2

in hell is it really correct to call it a lake of fire.

if it was fire it wouldnt be lake it should be something like a lake of gasoline that has been lit on fire?

and if it is big enough for everyone in hell shouldnt be an ocean?

2007-03-25 08:55:39 · 21 answers · asked by philosophizer 2

Some people point to social behavior among animals as evidence of them being moral beings, but good and evil are philosophical concepts that result from perceiving a higher conflict between two opposing forces, not merely being able to observe that something causes harm or benefit. An animal does not help another animal because it is morally right, or because such behaviors have any "virtue", but because the behavior is beneficial to survival of the individual or species in some way and gets preserved. Many religions that are based on enlightenment rather than moral absolutes like HInduism and Buddhism might teach compassion and doing good deeds, but is no concept of evil, in the sense that there is a villian that has to be defeated. "Evil" is really ignorance and spiritual weakness or lack of enlightenment.

2007-03-25 08:55:01 · 7 answers · asked by Joe S 3

2007-03-25 08:54:59 · 3 answers · asked by katjam234 3

One more question arising from a recent visit by Jehova's Witnesses to me, an atheist. They weren't very good at explaining things, so I have to ask around.
On leaving the lady promised to pray for me so that God would change my mind about believing.
Do Jehova's Witnesses / any Christians believe that it is possible to get God to alter somebody's opinions ? What about free will - I thought the choice was one's own to make, even according to the Bible ? I'm a little disturbed to find that some people feel it's acceptable to get their divinities to intervene in my head without my permission, whether they exist or not.
Please don't go off topic or lecture me - read the question and see if you can answer it. If you can't, don't.

2007-03-25 08:54:06 · 36 answers · asked by gav 4

but Charles Darwin healed them all by ignoring superstitions and jump-starting modern biology.

Who is greater?

2007-03-25 08:53:03 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-25 08:51:48 · 18 answers · asked by This Virus Called Language 1

they are just people like you and me. some are good some are bad. why cant people learn to get along? I think war of religions have started on 9/11. sooner or later the world is going to be just messed up!!

2007-03-25 08:51:40 · 31 answers · asked by Afsoun_Nicole_32907 2

before eating a pig? (Human meat is forbidden only on a biblical level because of desecration of a body - which only applies to a Jewish body. Otherwise it is d'rabbanan. Pig meat is forbidden scripturally.)

Please explain your logic, and give sources if you are knowledgeable enough. If not, just explain the train of logic.

It might be hard to out answer Teacher, he's been on a role.

2007-03-25 08:51:35 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-25 08:51:31 · 6 answers · asked by Rocky 1

To everything there is a season
a time to die
a time to plant....

2007-03-25 08:51:21 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think science is one of the main reasons why miracles happen, but I also believe there is a god out there. I don't think Jesus had any supernatural powers and I believe he was a real man, but that his powers were just exaggerated. I don't believe in going to Church and I don't believe in the Pope. So would I be an Agnostic or Deist? I am thinking I am either one of those.

2007-03-25 08:51:07 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

god told me to ask this question.

what should i do?

2007-03-25 08:49:29 · 5 answers · asked by philosophizer 2

2007-03-25 08:45:07 · 33 answers · asked by trybugle 1

2007-03-25 08:44:03 · 33 answers · asked by lara 1

the sumerians, tibetans, egyptians, cherokees, hopi, and mayans beleived in a 26,000 year cycle in which earth transits through each of the 12 signs of the zodiac for about 2152 years each. each of these astrological ages represents one month of the grand, cosmic year......with that said, these people believe the world as we know it will end in dec 2012. what do you think of this?

2007-03-25 08:42:59 · 32 answers · asked by tandypants 5

2007-03-25 08:41:56 · 6 answers · asked by aldrenck@sbcglobal.net 1

Do you ever consider who you really are, and why you chose to go through a life on planet earth right now? Is there more to life than getting an education, establishing a career and living your dream life....is there a higher purpose to being on this planet? www.selftransform.net may have some answers.

2007-03-25 08:41:53 · 16 answers · asked by Ray 1

us study and be more assured we are correct? Or could it make us at some point give up on all the side issues and concentrate on the central event.

2007-03-25 08:41:32 · 10 answers · asked by expertless 5

If this is you and you do not believe in Christ, I highly encourage you to think about it. I am a follower now and honestly, I have tried churches that are very old fashioned and I just could not seem to connect with him. I now go to LifeChurch, it is VERY good. It truly tells people that you are okay the way you are and God loves you. Please visit this website if you do not believe in him, click on the internet campus and just listen to some of the messages. You can watch every week online, especially if you dont feel comfortable going to church. I just prey you would visit and look into this. The sight is www.lifechurch.tv
Thank you, God loves you :)

2007-03-25 08:41:23 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

I will tell you what's inside if you give me a star. It's a theory/experiment, go with it, OK?

2007-03-25 08:41:12 · 18 answers · asked by lara 1

Chapter and verse please.

2007-03-25 08:40:09 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

hate is as real as love..
it eats and fills the soul with malice
it destroys the heart that is filled with hate..
how to cure hate is add love to hate and hate goes away..

2007-03-25 08:39:03 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

What about fairies, elves, and Santa Claus - do you believe in them as well ?

2007-03-25 08:38:45 · 23 answers · asked by gav 4