Religion & Spirituality - 4 May 2007

You can't convice an atheist that God exists no more than you can convince a Christian that he doesn't...why try? A person is entitled to their own opinions and beliefs...why try to impose it on another? Is it because you are unsure of your belief yourself as an atheist or as a christian? Think about it...

2007-05-04 06:08:18 · 17 answers · asked by jeffwilliams1979 2

The majority of Christians who I encounter (a combination of rural Southern Baptists and inner-city Baptists) in person are totally unable to back up any of their religious beliefs. They can’t even say that the Bible backs them up because they do not know what is in the Bible. If you call Christianity into question, they simply look at you like you are crazy and say they will pray for you. I realize that this is not really a question, but I just wanted to commend the Christians who come into R & S who are at least open-minded enough to acknowledge questions that non-Christians have. I think there is a link between religious open/closed mindedness and intelligence. It is obvious that the R & S group is much more intelligent than the average Christians.

2007-05-04 06:06:14 · 24 answers · asked by Biggus Dickus 3

...don't you think He would've let Moses do it when he wanted to it? Why did He have to wait till jesus' time?

2007-05-04 06:03:01 · 12 answers · asked by -♦One-♦-Love♦- 7

I am extremely confused about religion, but I am searching for the truth. How can someone pretend to have knowledge of life after death (i.e., heaven, hell, purgatory, etc.) if they haven't died before? Am I suppose to pretend that I possess knowledge that I do not truly possess? Why delude myself like that? I feel like Martin Luther King, Jr. when he said, "I had doubts whether religion is intellectually respectable."

2007-05-04 06:01:23 · 23 answers · asked by job_32787 1

2007-05-04 05:58:11 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

...is one version preferred above the others? Does it differ between denominations?

Having just finished them all, my money would be on St John as the fullest account, but what's the 'official' line?

Ta much.

2007-05-04 05:58:10 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Take a good look?!?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganesha

The Bible says in Genesis 1:26-27; "Then God said, 'Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over...all the creatures...So God created man in His own image, in the image of
God He created him; male and female He created them."

(In kindness I share, take that cursed thing off of your neck!)

*******
MY LOVE,
You are divinely created and wonderfully and fearfully made...
please, please start acting like it! Yes you!
*******
XOXO

2007-05-04 05:57:25 · 11 answers · asked by divineconscioussoul 1

Anyone know the name of the organization?

2007-05-04 05:53:05 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

from the english language bible
an angel of the LORD is God
an angel of the LORD=an angel named within the LORD
both sides of the equation sum up to the same number
God is the sovereign Lord
the king is the sovereign lord
abaddon is king of the abyss of angels
b=D I . (sealed together strangely) ex. IIII I .
a "b" add on = God
Todd named within LORD (in times new roman font)
God also called the "I AM"
I AM=I AIVI(sealed together)
l arri(cut and sealed together)=i am
add 3 rrr together to from the real m
larry (cut and sealed together)=i am(where rrr=m)
God is One, beginning and end (ie similar to alpha and omega) beginning and end is A and Z.
God is 1,A,Z
1,A,Z are all form of .I7 mixed up and sealed together.
Stevens.n is also a form of .seventeen mixed up and sealed together where e+e(upside down)=S

Thus God is called larry TODD Stevens.n(Stevenson) and is a "b"add on in the form of the I AM(I AIVI sealed together) that is like IIII I .(DIO), french saw it as IIII I E U(DIEU, E=[iL), Spanish saw it as IIIII I . S(DIOS, S in times new roman font spells S\\ ie siI)

further proof in past writtings.

false God=Don
false god=61121957154=6+1+... =42=4+2=6
Don=41514=4+1+5+1+4=15=1+5=6

THUS A BAD DON IS NOT REAL GOD.

a b add on is real God

Real God=God named within WAR
both some to 8

note name /AR\(lARi) TA-D within a times new roman font WAR.

Solved your Good News bible in less then 500 words.
and good news is God ain't italian but God, the Fatherr.

so God Himself taught you that.

and no the quran is not the book of God, its a book of an angel pretending to be God.

and Lord Jehovah and Lord Yahwey might only be God in name not power.

2007-05-04 05:52:42 · 12 answers · asked by I AM=iam 1

2007-05-04 05:52:31 · 6 answers · asked by crusadawannabe 2

no judging and killing in his name?

2007-05-04 05:52:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Even if you being tormented by the enemies to the point where your body cannot tolerate anymore?

2007-05-04 05:50:50 · 19 answers · asked by Alvinz 1

Have you taken hold of His wonderful grace?

2007-05-04 05:47:21 · 19 answers · asked by Mandolyn Monkey Munch 6

2007-05-04 05:46:53 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Rising Protestant tide sweeps Catholic Brazil

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070503/lf_nm/brazil_pope_religion_dc;_ylt=Ag.O7zZKgKjVrJg6UskWzWADW7oF

2007-05-04 05:45:54 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Namaste

How to explain it to others?

Thank you
Peace & Love
LPM

2007-05-04 05:44:53 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

There are all those other stories, like Adam's first two wives, and Jesus' childhood, that would make the Bible EVEN THICKER. Whew! It's long enough already, right?

2007-05-04 05:44:25 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I.e does it matter if you worship Jesus, Mohammad, Budda etc as long as you have got a faith of some kind?

2007-05-04 05:39:14 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-04 05:38:32 · 12 answers · asked by MoPleasure4U 4

Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron from the Way of the Master Ministry on ABCs Nightline?
http://abcnews.go.com/nightline/story?id...

2007-05-04 05:37:45 · 19 answers · asked by Buff 6

If you were reading a book to your children at night before bed and they asked they could try kissing a frog in the morning to see if he turned into a prince, wouldn't you be proud of them for wanting to show themselves what is truth and what is not?

I always encourage my kids to try things to see if it really happens like on tv or in books. With that same practice in mind, my kids tell me I am silly when I once tried to explain about how they had a guardian angel. I was told that I was silly.

Christians seem to have the idea that all children are pure until the age of five and have an innate sense of God etc.

I grew up a christian and myself began talking to my kids about God, but they still say I am silly. I have a different view on God at this time and do not believe in any anymore. I never influenced my kids in this regard, they just naturally disagree with it.

What say you?

Thumbs up to everyone.

2007-05-04 05:36:22 · 8 answers · asked by Star 5

2007-05-04 05:36:06 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

War, greed and intolerance are preached and endorsed by 'televangelists' like John Hagee. How can they claim to follow Jesus' fantastic advice when they clearly contradict it?

War is murder - especially a pre-emptive one.

Remember the good Samaritan - he was an Arab.

These evangelists expect their congregation to give lots of money to them and the fellowships are mostly rich and see a lack of wealth as a weakness - Jesus said it would be harder for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven than for an ox to fit through the eye of a needle.

2007-05-04 05:36:01 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

As all the "signs" foretell it should happen any moment and the position still seems to be open.

2007-05-04 05:32:15 · 24 answers · asked by Quantrill 7

Time and time again, it seems like a lot of people throw around the word "cult" against a faith they don't like or don't understand to scare others away from it. Why do you think this is? I'd rather respect the differences in beliefs than to bad-mouth someone else's by trying to frighten people.

2007-05-04 05:29:34 · 17 answers · asked by Daniel 4

2007-05-04 05:29:20 · 3 answers · asked by MrsOcultyThomas 6

I have a question about Religion and religion believers. First of all, if Adam and Eve were suppose to be the first humans ever...how can you explain the ancient people like the Maya, Aztec, Ancient Greeks, and other Great and dominant civilizations of the past? Obviously these civilizations did not worship the god that is worshiped today.

So with that being said, if society today can dismiss the gods of the past great civilizations...like that of Ancient Greeks which society now calls their beliefs as MYTHology, and has been widely accepted to be myth and not real. What is it to say that hundreds or thousands of years from now when our great society comes to an end what is to stop the beings (human or not) from saying that the beliefs at the time were myth and widely accepted as not real.

I guess what i am getting at is, what makes todays religion any different form what the ancients believed to be the "truth"?

(don't mean to be offensive, just a thought i have had)

2007-05-04 05:27:34 · 9 answers · asked by tRuThBtOlD 5

Isn't this using God's name for profit?

2007-05-04 05:27:21 · 16 answers · asked by G.C. 5

gain?

Let me add...I am a gay man...

Would a fundamentalist church accept a million dollar check from me?

If they do, are they hypocrites?

If they don't...wouldn't they be turning down money that could be used to "further God's work"?

2007-05-04 05:24:55 · 10 answers · asked by G.C. 5

If she is supposed to be following you around everywhere, then why not have her appear so you can sleep with her at night?

2007-05-04 05:24:17 · 4 answers · asked by [ΦΘΚ] ﮎl4CK3R 2