Religion & Spirituality - 14 April 2007

2007-04-14 05:19:40 · 9 answers · asked by comtnguy64 2

god created a fault object then blames it.
how is that a kind and rational god.
therefore logically god is created in mans image

2007-04-14 05:17:50 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-14 05:14:05 · 15 answers · asked by Mudcat 2

PLEASE!

2007-04-14 05:13:46 · 4 answers · asked by bobsacamano32 1

My friend said you must go Saturdays and NOT SUNDAYS to go to Heaven. She gave me the below script in writing. What do I say? By the way, she is 7 day adventist.

"Sunday is a Catholic institution.... From beginning to end of
Scripture there is not a single passage that warrants the transfer of weekly
public worship from the last day of the week to the first." Catholic
Press, August 1900
"For, since we [Catholics] deny that the Bible is the sole truth, we
can fall back upon the constant practice and tradition of the Church."
Francis Lentz, Catholic priest, 1900
"If Protestants would follow the Bible, they should worship God on the
Sabbath day. In keeping Sunday they are following a law of the Catholic
Church." Albert Smith, Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, 1920
Even the Protestants themselves admit that Sunday observance is not
biblical:
"There was never any formal or authoritative change from the Jewish
[sic] seventh day Sabbath to the Christian first day observance.... The
[Gentiles] brought over the consciousness of various observances in the
pagan religions, preeminently the worship of the sun - a sort of Sunday
consciousness." W. Carver, professor at Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 1940

2007-04-14 05:12:48 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-14 05:10:38 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-14 05:07:12 · 15 answers · asked by debbie t 1

Did God create everything that exists? Does evil exist? Did God
create evil?

A University professor at a well known institution of higher learning
challenged his students with this question. "Did God create
everything that exists?"

A student bravely replied, "Yes he did!"

"God created everything?" The professor asked.

"Yes sir, he certainly did," the student replied.

The professor answered, "If God created everything; then God created
evil.
And, since evil exists, & according to the principle that our works
define
who we are, then we can assume God is evil."

The student became quiet & did not respond to the professor's
hypothetical
definition. The professor, quite pleased with himself, boasted to the
students that he had proven once more that the religious faith was a
myth.

Another student raised his hand & said, "May I ask you a question,
professor?"

"Of course," replied the professor.

The student stood up and asked, "Professor, does cold exist?"

"What kind of question is this? Of course it exists. Have you never
been cold?"

The other students snickered at the young man's question. The young man
replied, "In fact sir, cold does not exist. According to the laws of
physics, what we consider cold is in reality the absence of heat.
Everybody or object is susceptible to study when it has or transmits
energy,
& heat is what makes a body or matter have or transmit energy.
Absolute zero (-460F) is the total absence of heat; & all matter
becomes inert
& incapable of reaction at that temperature. Cold does not exist.
We have
created this word to describe how we feel if we have no heat."

The student continued, "Professor, does darkness exist?"

The professor responded, "Of course it does."

The student replied , "Once again you are wrong, darkness does not exist
either. Darkness is in reality the absence of light. Light we can
study,
but not darkness. In fact, we can use Newton 's prism to break white
light
into many colors & study the various wave lengths of each color. You
cannot measure darkness. A simple ray of light can break into a
world of
darkness & illuminate it. How can you know how dark a certain space
is?
You measure the amount of light present. Isn't this correct?
Darkness is a term used by man to describe what happens when there is
no light present."

Finally the young man asked the professor, "Sir, does evil exist?"

Now uncertain, the professor responded, "Of course, as I have
already said.
We see it everyday. It is in the daily examples of man's inhumanity to
man. It is in the multitude of crime & violence everywhere in the
world.
These manifestations are nothing else but evil.

To this the student replied, "Evil does not exist, sir, or at least
it does
not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is
just like
darkness & cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence
of God.

God did not create evil. Evil is the result of what happens when man
does
not have God's love present in his heart. It's like the cold that
comes
when there is no heat, or the darkness
that comes when there is no light."

The professor sat down.

2007-04-14 05:05:42 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

1) Why did God create Earth?
2) Why did God the Almighty and All-Powerful need to rest on the 7th day?
3) Why did Adam listen to Eve and ate a fruit from the tree of knowledge?

Well. I was inspired to make this because Atheists immediately thought that I was targetting them on my other question, and thought I was Christian.

2007-04-14 05:03:39 · 18 answers · asked by Lady Myrkr 6

Shouldn't we all know why would 75% of the violence throughout world come from the muslim community?

Source: http://www.news.faithfreedom.org/

2007-04-14 05:02:15 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

The recent scandal surrounding the Justice Department's firing of several US attorneys has inadvertently revealed the dangerous influence the religious right wields over the current administration. While the media is focused on the political firings of these attorneys, the connection between the administration and Pat Robertson's Regent University -- which has seen over 150 graduates hired by the Bush administration in recent years -- is a more worrisome reality.

In today's New York Times, Paul Krugman acknowledges the danger the religious right poses to our nation. Krugman exposes how these "extremists" have long sought to merge their ideology with government policy, a reality that we understand all too well. He also points out just how little attention this serious threat to democracy has received from mainstream media:

"The infiltration of the federal government by large numbers of people seeking to impose a religious agenda -- which is very different from simply being people of faith -- is one of the most important stories of the last six years. It's also a story that tends to go underreported, perhaps because journalists are afraid of sounding like conspiracy theorists. But this conspiracy is no theory".

http://defconblog.org/2007/04/paul-krugman-blows-religious-right-influence-over-current-administration-wide-open/

2007-04-14 04:59:26 · 19 answers · asked by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7

2007-04-14 04:58:58 · 20 answers · asked by t_a_m_i_l 6

Recently I heard a message about the signs that we are in the end times (e.g. natural disasters, wars etc). With all the conflicts at the moment, the rise of Islamic extremists and the mounting hostility towards Christianity - perhaps Satan knows his days are numbered and is working overtime to keep all he can from being saved before being thrown in the lake of fire with his demons. Are we as Christians in Western society being too complacent? Are we ready for Christ's return? We will have the victory - but we must make more of an impact to ensure more of the lost will share in this victory with us!
I am interested - do you think we will witness the return of Christ this century?

2007-04-14 04:57:34 · 21 answers · asked by Sarrate 2

Some people say that their parents or the ones before impose morals they learnt from religion... is that true?

2007-04-14 04:57:07 · 41 answers · asked by Unicornrider 7

The Holy Quran

[3:186] You will certainly be tested, through your money and your lives, and you will hear from those who received the scripture, and from the idol worshipers, a lot of insult. If you steadfastly persevere and lead a righteous life, this will prove the strength of your faith.

2007-04-14 04:56:25 · 17 answers · asked by istanbul 2

They would have to be, they keep posting the same point in a slightly different question over and over again. More so it seems than religious groups. YA athiests are forever trying to convert others. YA athiests are forever attacking everyone elses beliefs. YA athiests cannot accept the fact that others could possibly have different views to what they have. They just keep posting and posting and posting to try and convince others. They do this ... religiously.

2007-04-14 04:55:44 · 26 answers · asked by =42 6

We atheists love our children.

We respect the rights of others.

We want to make the world a better place for everyone.

Why do christians always seem to think a godless soceity would be lacking in morals?

2007-04-14 04:53:38 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Today I was riding my bike, just for fun. There was a cable hanging over the street, it was hanging too low. At the last moment I saw that cable, I ducked. I was lucky to see it, or else my head would have been cut off.

When I visit this section and read the answers, do I really have to assume the following events happened?
1) the Devil woke up bored this morning, and hung a cable above some street
2) the Devil sat in his chair, waiting for me to pass that road
3) God woke up, he saw me riding the bike and called some angels
4) Angels landed on my shoulder, and moved my eyes towards the cable
5) Angels pressed on my back, to make me duck
6) The Devil is defeated again by a loving God.

Yay!

Is that really how things happen?

2007-04-14 04:50:00 · 22 answers · asked by ? 6

The term 'Messiah', translated as 'Christ', is not a name but a title. Is there a single Prophecy where it says that the name of the Messiah will be JESUS, and that his mother's name will be MARY, that his supposed father will be JOSEPH THE CARPENTER; that he will be born in the reign of HEROD THE KING, etc. etc.? No! There are no such details! Then how can you conclude that those 'thousand' Prophecies refer to Jesus (Peace be upon him)?"

2007-04-14 04:48:33 · 11 answers · asked by greenisbestcolor 1

1) What caused the Big Bang?
2) Why is there gravity?
3) What did cells and Amoeba evolve from, or were they just always here on earth?

Eh. Just thought of these for Atheists, since, y'know, a lot of them (not all, just a lot) tend to question Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Pagan, and pretty much everybody's thought patterns.

So, you guys, have a merry ol' time responding to these.

2007-04-14 04:45:58 · 34 answers · asked by Lady Myrkr 6

2007-04-14 04:44:58 · 29 answers · asked by Adia Azrael 4

So I think I'm giving up trying to convince creationists that evolution is a fact..."a theory is just a guess" and "where's the missing link" -- it's all exhausting.

I think we should attempt to reconcile Genesis and evolution.

2007-04-14 04:42:23 · 20 answers · asked by Eleventy 6

I mean no one has ever seen the earth go around the sun. What do you think, they've sent space ships traveling polar to the sun to peer down on the solarsystem?

It's just a theroy.

2007-04-14 04:42:12 · 6 answers · asked by skeptic 6

2007-04-14 04:41:00 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-14 04:35:07 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

Catholics, Muslims, Mormons, Pagans, or Atheists?

Which one is more wretched in God's sight?

2007-04-14 04:33:34 · 22 answers · asked by Skippy 6

2007-04-14 04:32:58 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Dictionary definition of theory:

A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena.

Why do creationists keep saying that evolution is theory rather than fact when by definition, a theory is based on facts?

2007-04-14 04:30:58 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

and the sacrament of confirmation?

2007-04-14 04:29:15 · 6 answers · asked by bobsacamano32 1

doesn't this show discrimination ??

2007-04-14 04:23:06 · 13 answers · asked by greenisbestcolor 1