Religion & Spirituality - 30 April 2007

I had a near-death experience and went into the light of God it's taken me 7 years to recover. Who would be intrested in hearing my share.

2007-04-30 16:29:03 · 12 answers · asked by attentionstarr 1

2007-04-30 16:26:45 · 14 answers · asked by Janet Reincarnated 5

2007-04-30 16:25:02 · 12 answers · asked by WWTSD? 5

I'm sure someone here will be able to give specific origins of this belief, but in some religion/beliefs, it is thought that if you sneeze your soul escapes for a brief moment. The phrase "God bless you" was said in order to thwart the enemy from stealing your soul. So in essence, when someone says that, you are implying that their soul has left their body. Not very Christ minded!
Now, I am a Christian before you start hating on me.
Don't just say it's out of courtesy, because don't you think as Christians we should know what we are saying before we say it?
Maybe when Jesus said “Forgive them Father, for they know not what they do.” Maybe He was referring to us Christians as well.

2007-04-30 16:22:25 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-30 16:22:23 · 15 answers · asked by The Church Lady 3

i was reading about buddhism on wikipedia and i saw three different divisions of buddhism but when i tried to go to them they links wouldnt work so i thought id just ask here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism here is the link to the article and if you scroll down you will see the three divisions section.

2007-04-30 16:21:40 · 8 answers · asked by drummerboy451 2

2007-04-30 16:21:24 · 6 answers · asked by boxer 2

and what religions is he??????

2007-04-30 16:20:34 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

for what reasons? are you scared of what might happen or do you fear the feeling?

2007-04-30 16:18:31 · 39 answers · asked by karma 3

Given the word Jesus means God/God when you break down the meanings of the word. What was Jesus real name if he were an actual man that walked the earth 2000 years ago.

2007-04-30 16:17:37 · 10 answers · asked by AngelGuy444 3

There is an actual origin of the word Bible, I would like to know if there are any "Christians" that know the meaning of it.

Good luck...........

2007-04-30 16:16:12 · 16 answers · asked by AngelGuy444 3

you know, i held the idea that as long as you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and God the heavely Father, creator of heaven and earth and all who belong to them, this is what matters no matter what religion you're in. But i questioned myself wouldn't this contradict with one's religious teaching like Buddhist, Muslim, ETC. since there's 'this and that"??

i'm a re-born Christian (at 19, 20 now), and i'm not trying to make other religions seem false, but considering all the many many religions out there, especially the ones that are similar like Christians and Mormons, its pretty hard to interpret the "real" meaning.

2007-04-30 16:15:42 · 25 answers · asked by musikartguy05 3

2007-04-30 16:14:28 · 42 answers · asked by Mo 7

2007-04-30 16:08:41 · 10 answers · asked by The Church Lady 3

Should the teaching of religion to young minds be considered a form of child abuse?

The fairytale nonsense they are taught is, and always will be at odds with the natural world they see around them. In an already difficult world to live in, the secularity, divisiveness, misinformation and fear mongering will add trauma and confusion to a developing mind, until total submission is achieved, and a life of less than blissful ignorance follows.

Religion, particularly Christianity, does NOT have a monopoly on family values, compassion, the concept of good and bad, respect for your fellow man, and all the other positive sides of humanity etc.

Why confuse the young minds who will inherit the world we live in, so that a secular and divisive ideology can be perpetuated?

This is a threat to peace on Earth, and actively avoids/dismisses the globally uniting understanding of the sciences, which have no boundaries and is the same train of thought for all who wish to freely access it.

2007-04-30 16:08:15 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-30 16:04:44 · 15 answers · asked by Michael L 1

What does this word mean to you? What is prayer, and what does it look like when someone prays? Do you pray, and can you describe it?

2007-04-30 16:01:24 · 26 answers · asked by peacetimewarror 4

an analogy my friend and I came up with...

the Trinity of much of christianity is like a tree with a trunk split into 3, and these splits act in some ways as separate trunks, in some ways as a collective one trunk, and they come together into a single base trunk.

where the Jewish view, (and, at least according to many people, this view is shared by Islam) God is more similar to a perfect, solid stone obelisk. one singular, perfect, undivided "object" of focus. where in the oblisk, there are facets to it, but that these facets are merely different angles of observing it, while it is still absolutley singular.

now to a person who prefers the split tree, and considers it to be "single" as it has a unified nature and a single base trunk, might look at the monolith and not see it to be signifigantly differently monotheistic.

where if one prefers the monolith, then by comparison, the tree would clearly be "more than one".

thoughts?

2007-04-30 16:01:18 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Education, logic and reason are very powerful for overcoming belief, but let’s face it; the average believer is not the brightest light bulb in the cupboard. I doubt they could even spell education, logic or reason so these concepts would be like trying to train a dog to eat with a knife and fork. The other option is drugs which can offer effective treatment for the panic and depression that would occur if the believer’s bubbles of ignorance were popped. But drugging them into a zombie like state is surely not the solution. So are there any other options?

2007-04-30 16:00:13 · 21 answers · asked by Desiree 4

If he/she/it actually existed, wouldn't he/she/it be bigger than that?

2007-04-30 15:58:53 · 26 answers · asked by Shawn B 7

2007-04-30 15:54:48 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-30 15:54:02 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

And why?

2007-04-30 15:53:42 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Traditional division and interpretation
#2 "Do not make a sculpted image or any likeness of what is in the heavens above..."

This prohibits the construction or fashioning of "idols" in the likeness of created things (beasts, fish, birds, people) and worshipping them.

Sooooo many Jesus statues.
Isn't idolatry??? Isn't against God's words?????

BIG contradiction here. Most catholics in this site are saying Jesus IS God

2007-04-30 15:52:52 · 21 answers · asked by Servette 6

2007-04-30 15:50:23 · 6 answers · asked by Anthropomorphic 2

2007-04-30 15:44:40 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

There really is a Hotel Genius!

http://www.hotelgenius.ro/

2007-04-30 15:43:23 · 20 answers · asked by Desiree 4

Also about how many religions in the world? Cults included.

2007-04-30 15:42:38 · 8 answers · asked by lonetraveler 5

2007-04-30 15:41:51 · 38 answers · asked by Pilot 4 Jesus 2

If the Bible says "thou shalt not kill" do Christians support the war or the death penalty? If so, please cite applicable verses of extenuating circumstance.

2007-04-30 15:39:16 · 13 answers · asked by MM 1