Religion & Spirituality - 19 April 2007

1 John 4:1-3 "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
"Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ [Christ means 'anointed one' or 'Messiah] is come in the flesh is of God:
"And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that [spirit] of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

2007-04-19 03:37:06 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

do you think we'd even debate the issue of abortion?

2007-04-19 03:35:08 · 20 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5

you're attacking islam without knowing any thing about it most of your knowlege depnds on what your rulers and media say.so stop that.what you say hurts people so much and dont do any thing but produsing antigonism.islam doesnt say to kill,hate or destroy any one or any thing.go learn arabic and read the quran we read ,the copies that have been sold in the middle east and islmic countries.may be you will know the truth.things dont always seem the way they are.if you think that islam belittel any other religon i think that you should know that to be a muslim you "must" belive in "god ,there is only one god who created us and we must worship him,belive that mohamed was sent by god and he has been created by god so his human ,belive in angels and ALL THE PROPHETS INCLUDING JESES, MOSES AND BELIVE IN WHAT THEY SAID "SO MUSLIMS DO RESPECT ALL THE OTHER RELIGONS CHRISTIANITY AN JUDISM.EXCUSE ME IF THERE IS ANY SPELLING MISTAKES

2007-04-19 03:31:46 · 42 answers · asked by dew 1

2007-04-19 03:29:10 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am. Just not waking up so well. So as festivities minister I just have to ask..... Why are atheists in this category??? It's RELIGION and SPIRITUALITY!!! hehe

Bullmeisters all the way around- that'll wake me up!! How bout some muffins too!!

2007-04-19 03:28:37 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't understand why it's going on here. The stupid Sunni Shia debate? When Allah sent Hazrat Mohammad Peace be upon him as a prophet, he only called people to Islam. He didn't mentioned any sects. Islam is a complete religion in all respects and it doesn't need to be devided on packed into different boxes of sect. You argue and divide into parties of Abu Bakr (R.A) and Ali (R.A). You don't know taht Abu Bakr was the best friend of Prophet (PBUH) and Ali was the beloved and son-in-law of our Prophet (PBUH). You know very clearly how much he (PBUH) loved them both. Ali and Abu Bakr are not two (Moaaz Allah) rivals. You know how much all the Muslims along with Bakr respected Master Ali. How can you love The Holy Prophet (PBUH) if you don't love his friends and you are dividing them into parties? What are you doing. Dividing and breaking Mohammad's (PBUH) Islam, Allah's Islam and calling yourselves Muslims?

2007-04-19 03:28:24 · 13 answers · asked by Emerald 2

Is this standard?
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2007-04-19 03:28:16 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm no expert but I believe that 'he' is not either of their names and so doesn't this go against the rules of the Enlgish language?

2007-04-19 03:26:46 · 13 answers · asked by zeppelin_roses 4

Right, the Virgin Mary, how come she is commonly described as a 'prostitute' in the bible (and discredited according to many scholars as highlighted in the Da Vinci code), yet she is a Virgin? Without sounding too crude did she just do 'other things with other parts' to make her money?

Is that why Jesus was attracted to her, did he think he could crack her?

2007-04-19 03:26:16 · 33 answers · asked by Oscar K 1

That makes no sense whatsoever. I mean, is He really that needy that He has to go around creating a whole world full of people who by His design are set up from birth with sin on their souls only to live their whole life in denial, fighting against their nature, scared of what they worship, and if they are lucky enough to be martyred in some horrendous way, spend an eternity thanking Him for it?

There is some majorly screwed up with that plan.

2007-04-19 03:25:45 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-19 03:22:35 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

I often hear some "Christians" in here saying things like "we don't believe Jesus is the only way", "other religions are good too", or even "everyone is going to heaven".

How can you talk like that when the Bible is clear about it. The ONLY way to heaven is through Jesus Christ. His blood is the ONLY thing that can wash our sins. Without it, there is no salvation.

Don't make compromises just for the sake of being liked by others. Don't try to be loved by the world. Read the Bible.

It's not just about salvation. Many Christians are making compromises in other areas like creation, sin (homosexuality for example), etc.

"Who is this that darkens my counsel with words without knowledge?"
Job 38:2

2007-04-19 03:19:30 · 19 answers · asked by Gui 4

Those people who do are thinking like terrorists are.

Many people who are not familiar with the Quran or did not make a good effort to study it are confused about the issue of befriending people from other religions. Many of them make grave judgment on this matter.

Quran is a complete book that occasionally presents a law or commandment over several chapters or several verses in the same chapter and the practical part of this commandment can be achieved by understanding the whole issue as presented over all the verses and chapters and not by upholding only part of the Quran. God specifically warn us against doing just that, upholding part of the Quran while disregarding the rest.

[2:85] ?. Do you believe in part of the scripture and disbelieve in part? What should be the retribution for those among you who do this?..

To understand the issue of befriending the Jews and Christians , we have to study all the concerned verses together in light of the whole Quran.

2007-04-19 03:16:35 · 18 answers · asked by ? 5

Is it rue to say that Jesus was the first maga magician and people like David Copperfield and Paul McKenna are just trying to copy him and is that why Jesus said he would not tolerate imitators?

2007-04-19 03:16:06 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

Humans have created weapons that can destroy ourselves over and over again. Most of us believe in religions that cannot tolerate or accommodate other religions (without contradictions). Is 'nature' fed up with the human race? Are we going to become extinct because of us?

2007-04-19 03:15:18 · 9 answers · asked by whocrit 3

2007-04-19 03:14:38 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-19 03:11:40 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-19 03:08:44 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I knowi's been asked a 1000 times, but if there is a god, and he does love us, why does he make us suffer so much? Why not simply make our average life expectancy NATURALLY shorter (if space is the issue) so we only expect to live for 40 years, then we'd all be much happier. Look at the list of the things he's done to make us miserable.
Tsunami
9/11
7/7
Iraq bombings and insurgency
Idi Amin
Titanic
My Hayfever
Papa Doc
Stalin
Hitler (who was a practising Catholic btw)
WW1
Oklahoma Bombings
The student yesterday in Virginia
Kiddie Fiddlers
Merseyside
Robert Mugabe
Rwanda
Sid and Eddie

The list goes on?

What is his motive?

2007-04-19 03:07:48 · 22 answers · asked by Oscar K 1

Then who are we to be so arrogant as not to sin thereby rendering his supreme sacrifice as bieng meaningless?

2007-04-19 03:07:06 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does it get defined in the Bible, in those pesky whosoever passages allegedly spoken by Jesus or does it get defined by Christians as whoever they agree with this moment?

If you are a Christian, and you base whether or not someone is Christian on actions not whether they believe in your deity form or not, how do you justify it? When you "sin," do you become not a Christian?

If you remain a Christian even when you are "a sinner," can you ever say that those who "sin" are therefore not Christians?

I only ask because it seems every few years Christians call themselves the True Christians and say Christians in the past (inquisitors, "Witch" hunters, segregationist churches, crusaders, etc.) were not "True Christians" and everytime some loony who is a BAD Christian does something s/he's "not a True Christian," to someone and everytime someone mentions a problem with a local church, the old "True Christian" nonsense is trotted out.

Where is /that/ in the Bible, anyway?

2007-04-19 03:05:24 · 10 answers · asked by LabGrrl 7

I understand that we are at war with a group of Muslims and I understand all of the paranoia about that. But don't lose sight of the fact that almost all religions have extremist actions in their history.

2007-04-19 03:03:07 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-19 02:57:46 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think this is selfish and arrogant, why can't people from other religions go to Heaven as well? I want to be a Christian, but silly things like this make me dislike the religion. Can you guys really imagine the Dalai Llama in hell?

2007-04-19 02:57:19 · 25 answers · asked by josietheninja 2

2007-04-19 02:56:11 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

...to your heart?

2007-04-19 02:52:00 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous

The Question God appears to be asking Is it Jesus,Is it Mohammed,How much time is left

2007-04-19 02:51:45 · 7 answers · asked by section hand 6

thanks for ur help!
God bless:)

2007-04-19 02:51:38 · 7 answers · asked by Change this name! 3

Whait a minute... what is that war in Israel about... hmm... strange... maybe is just me

2007-04-19 02:44:29 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I wonder what would happen if everyone in the world suddenly went crazy and started randomly painting things.

2007-04-19 02:41:54 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous