Religion & Spirituality - 25 March 2007

"'By no means have I faith. I am a shrewd fellow by nature, such as always have great difficulty making the movement of faith, though I wouldn't attach any importance in itself to a difficulty which, by overcoming it, brings a shrewd fellow no further than the most ordinary and simple-minded person has already reached without the difficulty.'"


Loosely paraphrased: "I'm an intelligent person, and intelligent people have a hard time having faith. But I would not attach any importance to a thing that, being overcome, brings an intelligent man no further than a man of less intelligence who has come to the same conclusion with no difficulty."


I want your thoughts, everyone... do you agree? If so, why? Why not? Just tell me what you think...

2007-03-25 07:17:49 · 6 answers · asked by Godfather76 2

So as an obviously intelligent being, I believe that He would understand why some people find it hard to believe that He exists. He knows there is no proof.

As an obviously intelligent being, what do you think He would think of a book that portrays him as a jealous vengeful monster? If you do not believe in Him, could you speculate?

2007-03-25 07:16:49 · 32 answers · asked by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7

Not to mention He is all-powerful and omnipotent

2007-03-25 07:16:13 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-25 07:15:45 · 9 answers · asked by don_steele54 6

2007-03-25 07:15:00 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-25 07:12:43 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

i am a morman i have 3 friends 2 are nothing 1 is a morman like me my familly never goes to church any more my 2 friends are sayin g be nothing my 1 friend is saying stay a morman im not sure what to do ive missed 3 years of churh
should i stay one or be nothing!!
~Mollygrl

2007-03-25 07:11:58 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-25 07:10:35 · 25 answers · asked by skitz 2

There is not one documentad piece of evidence,like The robe or nails or pieces of the cross. Was he a made up character to help embellish the story of Jesus

2007-03-25 07:07:31 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

When all those kids from Jesus camp become abortion clinic bombers and such should they also prosecute the people who brainwashed them?

2007-03-25 07:06:46 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-25 07:05:15 · 20 answers · asked by Christopher Y 2

I order to believe in Hell you have to be Christian in the first place. Therefore to threaten me with eternal damnation if I don't repent is about as effective as telling me I'm going to have to stand in line at the DMV for all eternity after I die because I don't believe either are true.

2007-03-25 07:05:12 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

Did Divinity say "Dang it, they found the loophole."?

This of course, is keeping with the philosophy of Divinity merely being that which has put order to the universe, denying us natural flight.

2007-03-25 07:04:44 · 4 answers · asked by gimmenamenow 7

by Catholic laws, does that mean that i'm technically not married in the eyes of God? Our marriage has not been blessed by the Church, because my husband is atheist.

2007-03-25 07:04:39 · 16 answers · asked by jenniferb 3

2007-03-25 07:04:19 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Thanks Smarty Pants for the idea for this question.

Before I came here I had NEVER spoken to an Atheist, a Pagan, a Wiccan, or a Satanist. I knew very little about each of those beliefs, for lack of a better word.

You have enlightened me immensely and I will always be grateful.

2007-03-25 07:01:52 · 25 answers · asked by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7

Which story do you find ridicoulous? That the entire univers was created by a supernatural being to nuture life, or two small microscopic adams qoincidently colliding to create almost all of life and space itself?

2007-03-25 07:01:06 · 24 answers · asked by hah k 1

Which Church is the only one that has not dropped its moral standards with regard to this teaching of morality?
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2007-03-25 06:57:39 · 13 answers · asked by Peace2U 2

What are they used for-other than just display? What is the history/

2007-03-25 06:53:52 · 5 answers · asked by ummmm 2

If the entire universe is actually only 13 billion years old what was it like 1 year before the big bang. Alot of people say nothing, but they can never say what that nothing is.

2007-03-25 06:53:35 · 30 answers · asked by hah k 1

As faithful catholic, after Ash Wednesday, I refrain from eating meat on Fridays until after Easter Celebration - My Mum and I are having a heavy debate over this, I want to show some proof - I want to end this silly squabble over this debate.

2007-03-25 06:53:08 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Entertainment is what initially drew me in. Then came knowledge that I obtained from many people more knowledgable than me. Then came friends. You are the reason that I stay.

Thanks to you all for the laughs, deep thoughts, and camaraderie.

2007-03-25 06:49:21 · 28 answers · asked by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7

I need to know different opinions and stuff.

2007-03-25 06:49:15 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

why there are some one-celled organisms that haven't evolved into more complex organisms yet?

2007-03-25 06:48:22 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RNfL6IVWCE


Pastor becky fischer is just one of the evangelicals that helped promote this film.
some evangelicals find this movie to be demonic, while others found nothing wrong with it!!!

in the documentary, Pastor becky fischer says that she knows it is brainwashing, but that this is still moral.
sadly these are the people fighting todays war.

IS this an example of brainwashed people brainwashing others?

2007-03-25 06:46:56 · 20 answers · asked by Honor 2

"Hence today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord.."
--Hitler (Mein Kampf, Chapter 2)



"We, the Order of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, reverentially acknowledge the majesty and supremacy of Almighty God and recognise His goodness and providence through Jesus Christ our Lord."
--Ku Klux Klan creed (from the Constitution and Laws of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan )



"God has revealed to me that those doing battle for Allah and our country and meet death will immediately go to Heaven."
-The Ayatollah Khomeini (1984)



"God is on our side, and Satan is on the side of the United States."
---Saddam Hussein

Rev. Pat Robertson-

"Satan is a tool of God's love in the sense that he forces us to see God's loving patience."
[Pat Robertson, Answers to 200 of Life's most Probing Questions, Bantom Books, 1984]

2007-03-25 06:46:46 · 18 answers · asked by skitz 2

I been praying to god for my boyfriend, toget saved, and my boyfriend been always telling me , he's been depress and he tells me , he feels emty inside , and that something is missing, how can I tell him about god, and what he's missing and feeling inside. I feel that sometimes I dont say the right things, but I want to help him. Do you think god is answearing my prayers about my boyfriend?

2007-03-25 06:46:25 · 12 answers · asked by kitty 6

Hitler believed in God! Ha!
Yeah, but Stalin didn't! Ha!
But Hitler did! Ha!
But Stalin didn't! Nanana!
Oh stop it! Hitler did! So you are wrong!
But Stalin didn't! So you are even more wrong!
And Einstein didn't believe in God either!
Yes he did!
He did not!
He did too!
No way!
But Darwin recanted on his deathbed!
LOL! He didn't!
Yes he did!

Which leaves me with the shortest question I've ever asked in this section: So what?

2007-03-25 06:45:23 · 12 answers · asked by ? 6

Genuine, serious answers only please from Catholics

2007-03-25 06:44:10 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-25 06:43:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous