Religion & Spirituality - 3 April 2007

I have never been religious at all, but lately the things I've read about Buddihsm have really interested me. Does anyone know a good website for more information?

2007-04-03 09:23:09 · 5 answers · asked by kitmandoo22 3

2007-04-03 09:21:03 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

so here's another thing i don't get about the bible. forgive me if i'm mistaken on this, but as i've been told, biblical scholars have claimed that although jesus never said he is god he used a form of saying I AM that is only used by a person professing to be god. for such a form of the combination of those two words to exist such that it's recognized on such a large scale, doesn't that mean that it was used a lot? for linguists to have determined that there was a special circumstance when to use this form of I AM tells me that a lot more people than just jesus were using it. we don't have that large of a number of people claiming to be god today, hence no use for a special I AM. your thoughts?

2007-04-03 09:19:54 · 16 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5

I have been reading in chapter John and i am having troble understanding its meaning.

"In the begginging was the word, and the word was with god, and the word was god."

can someone please translate.

Thank you

2007-04-03 09:19:51 · 15 answers · asked by justin 2

2007-04-03 09:14:33 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

What's your first thoughts when you look at this?

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2007-04-03 09:12:52 · 18 answers · asked by ♫O Praise Him♫ 5

I was trying to help my friend the other day, with all his troubles, but all I can tell him is to keep faith, and that one day God's Grace will liberate him from it all. But he argues back with,

"I was born Bi-polar, Schizophrenic, *something else I cant remember*, and gay. God has damned me to hell from my birth"

He is a really good guy, even though his parents detested him since birth; constantly putring him through gruesome labors and telling him he is a nobody and will always be a nobody, He was the laughing stock in society, he can't get a job because of his disabilities, he doesnt have friends from it all, He fights with He's mind everyday so as to not cause a sin...

Yet he still had faith, through it all he kept believing, but its been 19 years and he's givin up, and I dont know what to tell him. What could I dare say that will justify 19 years of that magnitude of cruelity?

I'm open to any answers you might have from those 3 religions. Serious commentors only

2007-04-03 09:12:29 · 7 answers · asked by eros_halo 2

I mean if something bad happenes we all start praying but if there would be no one to make bad things(the devil) then we would stop praying and beliving

2007-04-03 09:11:43 · 12 answers · asked by Phoenix 4

I'm looking for a script /text to use with young people on a Christian meditation - maybe 20 minutes long. I've heard one which use a woodland walk and an encounter with a loved-one as its context

2007-04-03 09:08:42 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

So hey all... I am a Uni. student and I was suprised to find that all the christians I know go clubbing. I grew up in a Christian home where my parents told me it wasn't right to go clubbing. I have been really struggling with this and I'm not sure if I should go with them to the clubs. I always thought that Christians should set an example and I don't think clubbing will set a good example. So what should I do? I really want to live for God. Should I go clubbing with my christian friends? Is it wrong for a christian to do this? Thanks guys, I really appreciate it!

2007-04-03 09:06:51 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-03 09:06:05 · 38 answers · asked by ♫O Praise Him♫ 5

2007-04-03 09:05:39 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

If so, it is amazing to me that they have such a hard time believing that small mutations aggregate to large ones.

2007-04-03 09:04:09 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-03 09:03:20 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

This is false. It is possible to prove a negative by proving that the converse leads to contradiction.

For example:

You assert there are two integers, a and b, such that a/b is minimal in form and equals the square root of two, sqrt(2).

I say, let us assume that there are, as you say.

By definition of square root, this means (a/b)^2 = 2.

By mathematics, this means a^2/b^2 = 2.

By mathematics, this means a^2 = 2 * b^2.

By mathematics, 2 * b^2 is even. This means a^2 is even as well, and can be expressed as (2*k)^2 for some given k.

By mathematics, (2k)^2 = 2b^2.

By mathematics, 4k^2 = 2b^2.

By mathematics, 2(2k^2) = 2(b^2).

The ability to simplify contradicts your assertion that a/b was in simplest form.

As such, I have proved the negative existential: There exist no integers, a and b, such that a/b is the square root of two. I've also incidentally proven that sqrt(2) is irrational, but that's moot here.

You can prove negative existence.

2007-04-03 09:03:15 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

This is for my senior project that is due tomorrow, I just need to interview a couple people, everyone thanks for your help

2007-04-03 09:01:55 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-03 09:00:25 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

which is more moral, helping the poor out of concern for their suffering, or doing so because you think the creator of the universe wants you to do it, will reward you for doing it or will punish you for not doing it?

2007-04-03 09:00:19 · 10 answers · asked by T-unit 1

The Bible says in the end times there will be wars and rumors of wars. Also natural disasters. The falling of the twin towers was manifestation of what prophecy?

2007-04-03 08:59:51 · 17 answers · asked by monilesa 1

2007-04-03 08:59:29 · 31 answers · asked by Contemplative Monkey 3

I've seen a lot of heated questions involving both. Why?

2007-04-03 08:59:26 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you have no doubt in your mind that there is not a god of any kind, why do you waste your time in this section?

2007-04-03 08:58:04 · 28 answers · asked by logank1469 2

Funny that you claim that. Because here is everything that the jesus-myth said about gays in the bible:

".........."

NOTHING.

Your claims that he spoke out against gays is void. What he spoke of, regarding marriage, most christians ignore. Like his tenets against divorce...and yet, we have a 50% divorce rate among christians, and no outcry!

Xians shriek about gay marriage claiming that gays will ruin it. HUH? Look at it now! You claim ownership over the institution that you say is sanctified, but that is little more than a joke. It's already ruined...by many of you!

I could list the many, many NT tenets that christians ignore regularly, but you really have gall to claim that he spoke against gays. Saul of Tarsus spoke against them, and women. But, of course, you ignore the anti-female laws (in 1Cor and 1Tim, among many others) and seek to enforce the anti-gay ones, in your usual double-speak hypocrisy.

When does the hypocrisy end? Why lie to make a point??

2007-04-03 08:57:44 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

What about the gods of the 1 billion Hindus, 1 billion Chinese and 1 billion Muslims?

2007-04-03 08:57:44 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do atheist really have the concept of what hell will be like if they don't accept jesus christ?

2007-04-03 08:57:14 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

Growing up with faith and a devote belief in Jesus Christ it astounds me when people discover I am a Mormon and am shocked that I am also Christian. I just dont understand how this misconception came to be. I mean, even the formal name of our church is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints...I just dont see where the misunderstanding comes from. So if anyone can offer some perspective here I would greatly appreciate it.

2007-04-03 08:54:41 · 24 answers · asked by tangogirl 1

Do atheist really have concept of what not believing in jesus really means?

2007-04-03 08:51:28 · 41 answers · asked by Anonymous

And was angery and serious about it. What was the situation?

2007-04-03 08:49:17 · 28 answers · asked by ♫O Praise Him♫ 5

2007-04-03 08:45:31 · 24 answers · asked by T-unit 1

that everything was created with a purpose , but as hard as i look i cant find what the appendix does except burst and make us ill.

2007-04-03 08:45:28 · 8 answers · asked by Dhpo 4