Religion & Spirituality - 29 April 2007

Genesis 4:7
If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it."

2007-04-29 05:28:17 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Genesis 4:7
If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it."

2007-04-29 05:27:22 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

If so, is ugliness evidence against his existence?

2007-04-29 05:27:21 · 7 answers · asked by Eleventy 6

2007-04-29 05:24:35 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

1. John 18:37
"You are a king, then!" said Pilate. Jesus answered, "You are right in saying I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me."

2007-04-29 05:23:30 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

i'm not religious so please no "god doesn't exist" answers. i just dont see how we can be pushed aside by this "almighty saviour" just for being wrong; if being a christian is right..............which it isnt

2007-04-29 05:21:47 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

Did he mean all except Baptists, who are saved already?

I know for a fact that this Bible verse does not apply to Baptists, cause they are saved already; and every other place where Jesus talks about the requirements for salvation, the Baptists are exempt, for the they possess an extra principle, which for lack of another term I would call Spontaneous Salvation.

The Baptists' spontaneous salvation is an advancement beyond the ideas of Jesus, and represent a more glorious route into heaven. Correct me if I'm wrong.

2007-04-29 05:09:00 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why He still letting the evils lurking in the world if He knew that He has the power to do so?

2007-04-29 05:06:52 · 20 answers · asked by Alvinz 1

For instance : Atheists "say"..we just want to be left alone , we dont want any religion shoved down our throats...but yet look how they come...look how they flock in droves to the religion room. Thats a bit hypocritical wouldnt you say? BUt why would an atheist be hypocritical like that? Hypocrisy is a relgious trait..a religious charachteristic and well....duh...everyone knows that atheism isnt a religion. So why are you gona start acting all self righteous now that Ive asked such a question? Self righteousness is a religious trait. Come on now atheists. Youre busted?

2007-04-29 05:03:52 · 8 answers · asked by biblestudent07 3

Muslim men must cover from the navel to the knee. Muslim women must "throw their cloaks around themselves when out in public," effectively covering everything but their hands, feet and the oval of their face.

How is that fair? And why is it necessary in 2007? I understand the original purpose, the idea behind it (so that men do not get tempted by women) - but in Western society today, a woman dressed conservatively (long pants or skirt, long sleeves) is not stared at, thus making covering her hair unnecessary. Why then, the specific rules? Are the dictates of the Qur'an really for all time, or is it being interpreted incorrectly?

2007-04-29 05:03:06 · 22 answers · asked by nomadic 5

I'm guessing that there won't be an answer that will satisfy me but I'm curious to get some feedback.

2007-04-29 05:02:42 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

why does society have difficulty in accepting a muslim woman to wear her hijab and have no respect for her but have no difficulty in a nun to wear her habit and have the utmost respect for her?? really i dont understand this.....

2007-04-29 04:58:38 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

What all goes on at a Lutheran Chuch? I am trying to do the similarities and the differences with the Catholic Church but I am having some trouble, can anyone help me?

2007-04-29 04:55:45 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Or would atheism even appear on any such a spectrum? Would it be as if athiesm doesnt even exist, sort of like their non- existant God that they so faithfully believe in?

2007-04-29 04:47:42 · 10 answers · asked by biblestudent07 3

I'm trying to do some research for an RE essay.

2007-04-29 04:46:56 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

The MOST famous name for God in the OT is called the Sacred Tetragrammaton –It is YHWH.

The name Yahweh is derived from the statement God made to Moses in Exodus 3:14. Moses asked God as to what his name was and he got the reply -- "ehyeh esher ehyeh" .

The editors of the NEW JERUSALEM BIBLE explain this as : "The Hebrew can be translated literally 'I am what I am' , which would mean that GOD did not wish to reveal his name to them" (p. 85)

Biblibal scholars go even further and admit :

"The truth is , nobody knows for sure how the name of God was pronounced" (Pg. 7 - Watchtower Bible and Tract Society)



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2007-04-29 04:46:10 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Saint John the Divine, the guy who had the revelation, was the son of Mary and Joseph. This makes him Jesus's brother.

Why doesn't he get some kinda recognition.

2007-04-29 04:44:11 · 15 answers · asked by shivercraft 3

2007-04-29 04:42:05 · 20 answers · asked by Templar 3

The main molecular ingredients required for all known life are Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Phosporous and Sulpher.
Also, scientifically gathered evidence suggests all lfe on Earth is related, and conforms with current mainstream evolutionary understandings.

Why are the innocent children from religious backgrounds denied access to this information, or be told it is untrue?

And when alternative nonsensical religiously slanted explanations and concepts are rammed down their young necks instead, why isn't this considered child abuse?

UInforgivable in otherwise modern and scientifically enlightened communities..

2007-04-29 04:41:54 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

Well, I was thinking if I were to write a book, and not put my name on it, and put it in a biblical format (books, letters, "gospels"), and wrote it in a similar format, and had it priced cheaper than the Bible... maybe it could get widespread.

And then I could have made up rules in there along with creation stories. Perhaps my own arsenal of celestial beings and noteworthy people. (don't worry, I have some sense, the rules wouldn't be stupid or wrong in anyway)

I won't use last names, either.

Do you think if I gave it enough time, it'd be thought of as a Bible and be followed like a religion?

2007-04-29 04:41:39 · 17 answers · asked by Lady Myrkr 6

2007-04-29 04:40:34 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-29 04:35:58 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Did Job experience the joy of the Lord while going through his sufferings?
(question not meant to be sarcastic)

2007-04-29 04:35:38 · 7 answers · asked by me 6

2007-04-29 04:30:28 · 9 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6

2007-04-29 04:26:05 · 11 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6

Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. ---- Jesus told the Jews, who claimed they were of Abraham, that they were of their father Satan. ---- John 8:44

Jesus told the rebellious Jews, who claimed they were of Abraham, that they were NOT OF ABRAHAM because of their constant disobedience.

Jesus told the Jews who did not believe in him that they were MURDERERS.

Jesus told the Jews who did not believe in him that they were LIARS AND DECEIVERS.

Jews called the Jews who argued with him and rejected him the “Spawn of Satan”.

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Jesus compares the unbelieving Jews with the serpent devil
"Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?" (Matthew 23:33)
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Synagogues Of Satan
"I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan." (Revelation 2:9)

"Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee." (Revelation 3:9)

Here Jesus says the real Jews are his followers and the disbelievers are NOT THE REAL JEWS.

Jesus also promises the believers who are now called CHRISTIANS, that the Jews will always be under their feet as a symbol that Jesus loves those who became believers.
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“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves." -- Matthew 10:16

Jesus calls the Jews who did not believe in him "WOLVES" and the Jews who did believe in him as "SHEEP". The believers should become as wise, sneaky and deceiving as the generation of Serpents/vipers otherwise they will not survive the onslaught from the disbelieving Jews ?

Have the wolves deceived the Sheep to such an extent that they now believe the very same people whom Jesus called Vipers and the Spawn of Satan are “GODS CHOSEN PEOPLE” ?

“By deception thou shalt do war”

Instead of the disbelieving jews worshipping at the feet of the Christians, the Christians are worshipping at the feet of the “Chosen People” whom Jesus called the Spawn of Satan ?

Busted !

This is the bible, read it for yourself.

What do you think ?

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2007-04-29 04:13:00 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

The Mutawwa (Saudi Arabia's Islamic police) are the cruelest, virulent, barbaric, lying authorities in the world. They ransack homes & shops; harrass, imprison, torture, & behead people they accuse of propagating other religion. They fabricate lies to detain & torture, use religion to oppress foreigners. They catch Asians walking the street though he's innocent, bring him to headquarters, beat & forcibly take off his clothes to inspect for any signs of effeminacy, force him to sign an Arabic written confession which when translated is a false confession that the one signing is a male prostitute!
Why can foregin governments not protect their expatriate citizens working in that country? Many foreigners, mostly Filipinos, Indonesians, Lebanese, Turkish, suffer or die from the Mutawwa's cruelty.
Can int'l organizations help stop the cruelty of these barbaric religious authorities on helpless expatriates whose only reason for working there is to earn decent living for their family.

2007-04-29 04:09:06 · 7 answers · asked by Aruna Shash 1

Jesus is God and Mary was his mother so that then means God had sex with his own mother(which would mean Mary existed before God),in order to re create himself. That can't be right. The Islamic understanding is correct.

2007-04-29 04:05:22 · 16 answers · asked by aroundworldsports 2

2007-04-29 04:04:27 · 5 answers · asked by Artistic Hand 2

It's rooted in secular humanism (which is a religion) and atheist claim to have "faith" in something other than God... so why is it not a religion?

2007-04-29 04:02:17 · 32 answers · asked by Blessed 5