Religion & Spirituality - 17 April 2007

2007-04-17 01:38:59 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

My wife and I spent a week in Malysia a few years ago.

It was surprising just how western the country really is.

We felt completely safe roaming the back streets looking for places to eat in the early hours.

Most people were just as friendly or friendlier than what we were used to in Australia.

Going about day to day life there, we saw very little, aside from the odd mosque, that showed it as muslim rather than christian.

Why do so many christians seem to have a problem with the general muslim population when the real trouble makers are so few?

2007-04-17 01:32:13 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

when really he's just moderately forgiving? he gives us free will, but when we use it to choose not to believe in him, we don't go to heaven. that doesn't sound very forgiving to me.

2007-04-17 01:32:10 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

then why do people commit suicide? please don't answer "they had a mental illness" because that still means god gave them something they could not bear

2007-04-17 01:29:46 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-17 01:26:58 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-17 01:20:34 · 15 answers · asked by joyce s 4

2007-04-17 01:20:01 · 21 answers · asked by muhannad 1

2007-04-17 01:15:36 · 17 answers · asked by annan 2

"Bring to the storehouse a full tenth of what you earn so there will be food in my house. ‘Test me in this,’ says the Lord All-Powerful. ‘I will open the windows of heaven for you and pour out all the blessings you need.’"
(Malachi 3:10)
When you show God that you’re trustworthy, you remove the limits of what He can do in your life. This is the way to blessing and increase. God works by laws, including the law of the tenth, or tithe. When you give to God’s work and to help others, you are helping to fill His storehouse. And notice the promise God makes to those who honor Him first. Opening the windows of heaven is about the strongest language the Bible uses to describe the extent of God’s blessing! But it starts with your response to God’s offer to test Him in this area by giving to Him first. This is one test you cannot fail, because the Almighty God will pass everyone who takes it!

2007-04-17 01:12:12 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Most christians around the world actually believe in evolution and don't take the bible as being something to be interpreted literally. Certainly not many outside the states consider Genesis to be factual.

Yet the fundamentalists in the USA seem to think they represent mainstream christian thought rather being the fringe dwellers that everyone else sees them as.

Are they really that disinterested in paying attention to the rest of the world?

2007-04-17 01:11:48 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm not real clear on why so many Christians seem so set against US legislation allowing gay marriage?
Yes, I know homosexuality is an abomination. .
I think homosexuals themselves know there is something unnatural about it, or they wouldn't be telling us how they "do it" in the animal kingdom, as if they think we ought to pattern our sex lives after chimpanzees.
None of this is the point. The point is that people who are not Christians do not feel as if they ought to be bound by Christian laws...and who are we to disagree with them? I don't recall hearing nearly so much noise from Christians when the issue was whether or not homosexual couples ought to be allowed to adopt and raise kids, why all the noise now? Surely you know that making it legal in the US will not make it legal in God's Kingdom? We still have the right to say we don't want gay marriage in our churches, don't we?

2007-04-17 01:10:20 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you have read my profile you'll note that I completely admit to being a goofball. I was as always will be the class clown. With that in mind I have a question kinda silly but a question about a T-shirt I bought. I believe there is only one God and that's Jesus Christ but I bought a t-shirt that reads:

"I have the body of a God...unfortunately it's Buddha"

Is wearing that disrespectful to my faith? If you a fellow Christian saw that on me would you be offended...it referring to Buddha as a God? Silly question I know...your opinions anyway please

2007-04-17 00:59:04 · 23 answers · asked by † H20andspirit 5

is this as bad as a fortune teller hedging their bets

2007-04-17 00:53:56 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

not any particular God, just _a_ God.

2007-04-17 00:50:41 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-17 00:47:57 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I see them on TV, and they live in luxury yet preach about being like their Jesus.

Is that ridiculous or what?

2007-04-17 00:42:45 · 17 answers · asked by . 1

do u believe in convertin to a muslim if u are white catholic

2007-04-17 00:39:23 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

If Adam and Eve did not disobey God - would we still need Jesus to atone for our sins? Please explain why or why not - thanks

2007-04-17 00:36:25 · 7 answers · asked by yucare 2

2007-04-17 00:19:31 · 34 answers · asked by Artistic Hand 2

This person said that no peaceful Muslim has ever condenmed terrorists.

http://www.cair-net.org/html/911statements.html

Released September 21, 2001

We, the undersigned Muslim organizations, support the President and Congress of the U.S. in the struggle against terrorism. Holding to the ideals of both our religion and our country, we condemn all forms of terrorism, and confirm the need for perpetrators of any such acts of violence to be brought to justice, including those who carried out the attacks of Tuesday, September 11, 2001.
Signed:

Afghan Muslim Association (Fremont, CA)
American Muslims for Global Peace and Justice (AMGPJ)
American Muslims Intent on Learning and Activism (AMILA)
Arab-American Congress, Council on American-Islamic Relations (Northern California)
Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) Bay Area
Islamic Networks Group (ING)
Islamic Society of the East Bay (Union City, CA)
Islamic Society of San Francisco
Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) West Zone
more com

2007-04-17 00:17:29 · 10 answers · asked by ? 5

2007-04-17 00:15:16 · 7 answers · asked by Artistic Hand 2

Don't you want more of his sweet love?

2007-04-17 00:08:53 · 5 answers · asked by manna eater 3

2007-04-17 00:05:44 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-17 00:01:01 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous