Religion & Spirituality - 5 May 2007

how come there is lots of suffering in the world
why?

2007-05-05 03:44:19 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

There are a bunch of new start up religions (and some established ones) at www.IsGodReligious.com.

2007-05-05 03:43:10 · 6 answers · asked by IsGodReligious?com 1

Are you really prepared for that?

(Just so you know, Huitzilopochtli has a real thirst for human blood.)

2007-05-05 03:39:04 · 11 answers · asked by ? 7

2007-05-05 03:38:58 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just for fun, I would like to take a poll here. Just a simple yes or no, Christian or atheist will do. No essays, please, as I am too tired today to read them.

I am overweight, have uneven skin tone, am missing a bottom tooth, and have graying hair. My eyes are brown and my hair is styled like my avatar. Who would ask me out?

2007-05-05 03:37:24 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-05 03:33:58 · 19 answers · asked by kibebrau 3

I am from a small town and would like to find a good christain church and good christain friends tio hang a round with.I would like to start a Bible study and get involved.I am an hour away from the big cities and I really want to get somrhting stated around here butnoone wants to get involved.I keep more to myself because I have a hard time with trust but I would like to find someone to talk with and confide in.

2007-05-05 03:30:41 · 14 answers · asked by swtpea80 1

2007-05-05 03:28:53 · 8 answers · asked by JoAnn W 3

to a life of misery and deprivation, and another to good fortune and endless opportunity? Is God's love, mercy or justice made manifest in this? Is there no law or purpose in our respective destinies?

2007-05-05 03:28:01 · 20 answers · asked by keny 6

Ok I am laughing while I type this but I always wanted to know, Who decided that God was one true God? People then tell me Jesus. But if Jesus was God, then wouldn't he obviously say that? Why would he call himself fake?

2007-05-05 03:27:12 · 16 answers · asked by ~Heathen Princess~ 7

When there were already many nations and religions in the world...If it were true that all religions belong to GOD.

2007-05-05 03:26:13 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Here's my list:

. Fall in love (soppy arn't I)
. Make a featrure film
. Take Mum on holiday to New Zealand
. Be happy with clothers style
. Try to Learn another language
. Try to Learn to play an instrument
. Try to Learn to cook from scratch

What's your list?

2007-05-05 03:23:20 · 23 answers · asked by bumblecustard 3

1. Why did joseph need so many wives, so many being under the age of 18?
2. Why did he take at least one 14 year old wife that we know of? Do you know any 14 year olds that are ready for marriage?
3. Did Joseph have sex with these young wives? He had sex with other plural wives, which I found records of their children on familysearch.org. If you do not believe he had sex with his 14 year old wife or other young wives then why did he have sex with his othe wives?
Resources = http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/AF/individual_record.asp?recid=7762167&lds=0®ion=-1®ionfriendly=&frompage=99
Be honest what do you think?

2007-05-05 03:23:01 · 9 answers · asked by lostsheepz7 1

Ok, God sees everything and knows everything correct. He gives us a choice beleive or die (like a guy with a gun to your head). He knows all the outcomes to our choices. If our lives our predestine to happen a certain way then God can do nothing to change this or he throws everything into chaos. Question: Why pray then? You ask God to help you(Change your circumstances) but dont you realize that this must be exactly the way he wants things so he cannot and will not do anything to help you or change your present situation because to do so would change your future and the future of everyone you come into contact with thus throwing his grand plan into chaos. if he helps you one little bit then he will have to change the futures of all mankind. This means YOU and ME are on our own! Live the life God has chosen for you because no matter how much you pray he is not going to change it. It what HE wants. Thank him if your life is good but if its bad then what? God knows= Us as pawns. Thoughts?

2007-05-05 03:16:36 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

For me this was the "Diary of St. Faustina the Apostle of Divine Mercy."

2007-05-05 03:16:35 · 17 answers · asked by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7

Matthew 7:21-24
"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
"Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in they name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
"And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."

"iniquity": gross injustice

Matthew 19:21-29
"Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
...
"And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life."

Matthew 7:26
"And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man..."

2007-05-05 03:14:13 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Don't see any atheist front-runners, why is that?

2007-05-05 03:13:09 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can you use three words to describe you?
I am:
Catholic, Wife, Mother

2007-05-05 03:10:37 · 22 answers · asked by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7

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Aren’t there as many “gods” as there are people who admit to having a “god”?

People speak of and know of their own concept of a “god-figure” and each is completely unique and at the disposal of the holder – like puppeteers, we are keepers of our “gods.” Isn’t it true that each person who believes in “a god” seems to have the uncanny ability to make his “god” be whatever he wants it to be.

Consider this: When one says: “God wants…” isn’t he actually saying “MY god wants…”? …and in so saying, didn’t the speaker, the puppeteer-keeper of “god,” impose his own desire upon his personal “god”?

Your thoughts, please.
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(This question has been re-posted for those who may have missed it.)

2007-05-05 03:07:51 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

The OT is there to show us the bad old days and how Adam, Abraham, Moses and the rest all screwed up when God tried to help 'em out. It' like Dodge City before Clint Eastwood shows up. Then the hero comes along (Jesus) and saves the day. Everything changes. You follow the new sherriff - not the guys who screwed up (Leviticus, Exodus, Hebrews, etc.)

2007-05-05 03:05:55 · 13 answers · asked by capekicks 3

Maybe i'v never noticed it before, but it seems that very recently there has been a lot of prejudice about what other people believe. If someone goes out and says "I'm a Jew", online, then it seems that everybody rallies against that person. (FYI, I'm a Christian)
Please dont bother saying anything in response to this quesion if you are going to make fun of me. Thank You!

2007-05-05 03:01:24 · 20 answers · asked by zaber3292 2

coz jesus died and went to hell to get the keys from the devil and also to preach to those that had died before he came and all that believed in him went to heaven.
so judas died before jesus died and went to hell.so if he saw jesus and asked for forgivens i think he must be in heaven.
wat do you think?

2007-05-05 02:54:53 · 20 answers · asked by BABY KING 1

Please just don't say both of them are same, if so then why you say Jesus is son of God and not God?

2007-05-05 02:49:56 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-05 02:49:55 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

For the wives that shares their husband with other wives, it is hard to think they are having sex, that the husband can even have still lovers outside of these 4 wives? your religion takes you away from the normal monogamic human desire?, you don't feel bad after he has sex with other and he comes to touch you?, do you get use to that?, can he have sex with more than one at the same time if he wants?

I am not questioning your religion at all, you have the very right to live as you are happy, I just want to go further how you cope further of the discussion of religion with being an everyday muslim wife.

2007-05-05 02:49:45 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-05 02:39:56 · 19 answers · asked by Priyanka Sharma 1

I love this one: "Heaven and earth will pass away, but MY words
will never pass away." Matt. 24:35.

2007-05-05 02:36:46 · 19 answers · asked by war~horse 4

2007-05-05 02:34:25 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

This forum is lessening your spirituality (I don't mean all Christians here but some are saying awful things). Do you want to give this kind of witness for Christ? It is not attractive at all and you have a duty to represent Christ to the World...

Comments?

2007-05-05 02:31:34 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

To be given life is the ultimate gift. When we are first born we have the right to cry or laugh. When we grow up we have the freedom to choose the way we want to be. Humans were born with rights equal to every other living thing but because of our unlimited desire human life is often of less quality than most other animals.

A small bird wakes up early in the morning singing a song waking the other birds, merrily looking for food, spending a short time to get all the bugs and grain she needs to fill her small stomach, then spending the rest of her time playing, singing, and courting. She spends a few days to build her beautiful nest. She doesn?t work too much to get the food she needs everyday. Her life is easy. She has a lot of time to play and enjoy living together with the other birds.

Humans have small stomachs as birds do. Just to have enough to eat we too do not have to work a lot in one day. If we want to build a house, we can build one in a few weeks. We can then have a lot of free-time in our life to play and enjoy life together as well. Now days people choose to work very hard, at least 8 hours per day. They work like machines just to have some food to eat even though the food they eat is not good quality. They eat the old plants and animals that have been dead many months in a can or in frozen packages. They have to live in a crowded house like a termite. If they want their own house they have to spend at least one half of their life or maybe all of their life to work for that house. Life is busy and hectic all the time.

We can see only complications with no space for beauty and freedom. We create suffering for ourselves because we don?t know the purpose of life. We are blinded and our soul turns to darkness. We can?t see beauty. We can?t enjoy living. We have only fear growing in our minds everyday. We begin to distrust other people. We cannot be friends with others around us, even relatives or family members. Our lives are lonely, even though the world is full of people. Even though we have a lot of material goods and wealth we still feel like it?s not enough. Even thought other people give us love, we still don?t trust them. We are even disturbed by the rooster?s morning call and we?re proud to say in the middle of this confusion and suffering that this is development and we are civilized.

Why do humans choose to live their life in a difficult and complicated life like this? What do we receive from our hard work all our life? Why is the simple and peaceful way not attractive to people? Life is easy, why do we make it hard?

If we think we are the most clever animal in the world, why do we make our life full of bitterness and suffering more than any other animal? Why do we have to work harder than other animals? Why do we make our lives so boring? Why don?t we have time for our kids and family or even time for ourselves? These are the instincts of all life. In 24 hours we spend more than 10 hours struggling with what we call work or said nicely, ?making a living?. We spend on average less than 8 hours sleeping and 2.5 hours a day eating, maybe .5-1 hour bathing/dressing. This leaves 3 hours left for ourselves and our family in our day. Mostly we spend this time intoxicating ourselves with entertainment such as drinking, going to parties, shopping, watching movies or watching TV. Even on our day off we love to spend the time on entertainment. We don?t see the importance of spending time with family or ourselves because we think we don?t have time. So we are not different from machines or robots because we have lost our heart and soul.

Our kids are like our pets. We take care of them enough to feed them and keep them safe but we neglect to think about their mind and soul. Kids want to be loved and cared for and to feel close to their parents but we think it?s a burden so we push them away by sending them to pre-school. Then we appease ourselves by telling ourselves we?ve done the best by them by giving them good food and expensive schooling so we can have more time to give to working and we can tell ourselves that we work for our kids. But we don?t know if the kids want what we give them or not. We assume we have given the best to them. If the kids know how to compare, they must be jealous of other animals like ducks seeing their whole family playing and looking for food together. But to be born as a human kid is so lonely. They become orphaned even though they have parents. They spend more time with strangers than their parents.

We are losing our instincts. We are destroying the system of life which our ancestors developed and lived successfully with for many thousands of years. Now we become the only animals that work this hard. Even in the past people didn?t work as hard or long as they do now except slaves and prisoners. What made people see slavery as progress or development? What is the reason people choose to live like this? Life is easy, why do we choose to make it so hard and complicated? What makes us think life has no choice when in fact we have a lot of choice?

2007-05-05 02:29:32 · 11 answers · asked by vital_moors 2