Religion & Spirituality - 10 May 2007

but have trouble explaining it to my friends, mainly because i don't understand it well enough myself. can somebody give me the main points and some points to help me argue it as a theory alongside "absolute" evolution and "absolute" creationism?

2007-05-10 11:50:17 · 23 answers · asked by marsdenowen 2

Do you think has a positive impact on society? or a negative one?

2007-05-10 11:49:41 · 14 answers · asked by Matt21 3

http://www.cnn.com/video/player/player.html?url=/video/world/2007/04/30/robertson.afghan.abused.women.cnn&wm=9
it is not graphic

2007-05-10 11:46:01 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

200 years ago the leaders of Europe and the Church would openly call the Jews the spawn of Satan.

Now they bow their head in humility in front of the Jews.

Every Christian calls the Jews the chosen people while their ancestors only one or two generations before considered the Jews the "cursed people" who were forsaken by God.

The power of this small group to turn masses into completely opposite directions is astounding.

Rabbi Saul (St. Paul) was the best there ever was !!!



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2007-05-10 11:45:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Geologists aren't reaching false conclusions based on their ancient view of the earth. Everything appears to be just as they would expect and nothing like the Bible describes.

Astronomers aren't reaching false conclusions based on their calculations of the age of the Universe and I have yet to see a Church group launch a probe into space.

Medical Biologists are developing vaccines, antibiotics, fertility methods and genetic treatments that could not have been imagined without Charles Darwin.

Anthropologists and Archaeologists are discovering precisely the types of things they should expect in an ancient world with an evolutionary biology and the migrations of populations.

All of these disciplines have to work together, or they don't work at all. All are part of a model of the universe that far surpasses your Disneyland version of reality in complexity and it is being put to the test every minute of every day at NASA and at your pharmacy.

Are you still sure it's "just a theory"?

2007-05-10 11:44:41 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hell is a place where GOD is not present...The :Lake of Fire
has to do with someone who has pain in all respects 24/7.

We don't know what Hell is because we have GOD in our world, in our life if we choose to. When GOD removes himself from our world then we are in hell...

Most atheists here have no idea what it would be like to live in a world where GOD, his son his love and forgiveness were not present... So un-believers would you want to live in this world if every GOD loving person was removed as well as GOD himself?

2007-05-10 11:44:22 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

If time does not exist in Heaven, and human happiness is a process of a struggle and attainment, how can one be "happy" in Heaven - essentially I'm asking what do you do with happiness once you've got it if neither it nor you can move forward?

2007-05-10 11:44:05 · 12 answers · asked by mdfalco71 6

2007-05-10 11:43:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm not sure if this should even be in this section, but I know a lot of people who've studied it come here (the evolutionists I mean).

My question is this ... if it is generally accepted that the dinosaurs were killed off by some nuclear winter of one sort or another (one theory is a big meteor, the other volcanic eruption) then how come they didn't grow back to their former size?

I mean, if the earth returned to its former state eventually, then why didn't they once again evolve? And no, I'm not questioning evolution, for I believe there were dinosaurs too, but where did they go? I can see how if they died off for lack of food supply that they would never get their size back, but if it was nuclear winter that did it, why didn't they ever come back so big again?

The reason I'm asking is I saw a Science Channel thing on this huge crocodile-looking dinosaur and wondered why they didn't evolve that way again after the ice age.

2007-05-10 11:41:41 · 16 answers · asked by arewethereyet 7

I'm doing my BSF (Bible Study Fellowship) lesson and in Romans 16:19 when it says "wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil" what do you think that means?

2007-05-10 11:41:27 · 11 answers · asked by ABCD1233KIDDO 1

just where and what does it say about Sodom and Gomorra?
im asking cause all i hear is, im sinning im sinning!!
So break out your good book and tell me what it really says?
Then tell me what your book says about child molestation, adultry, polygamy(mormons)??

2007-05-10 11:41:10 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

The meaning of life is to ask the question, what is the meaning of life? is to ask the question, what is the meaning of life?

Agreed?

2007-05-10 11:38:53 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

or have they been assigned to you by the relligion, government, or society you live in. think about this before answering.

2007-05-10 11:37:47 · 34 answers · asked by marccat80 4

name the chapter and the verse:-
and write it down hear for proof:-

2007-05-10 11:29:33 · 34 answers · asked by silouz 2

Why do scientists keep fininding fossil evidence of other hominids? Why are there so many creatures being dug up that resemble bipedal primates? How come scientists are able to show timelines that show the series of slow changes that evolved primates into hominids and then early hominids into later, more advanced species like homo sapiens?

How come scientists can mark the genetic changes brought on by environmental pressure in microbes, fruitflies and other fast-reproducing species?

Unless you are willing to argue that ignorance is better than knowledge then it couldn't hurt to research the topic of natural selection and the development of early hominids from reputable sources of course.

2007-05-10 11:27:24 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

The question is:
If man did come from apes, then who were the apes parents. were they human or animal. And if they are kin to man, then why does man have to teach them?
And if we all came from one micro-organisim. where did the rest of the living creatures come from?
Did life all start by this one micro-organisim?
If man did come from apes, where did the apes come from, and how did they come to be, living aniamals, and where do the humans fit in.
And why didn't the rest of them evolve, into the human species?

2007-05-10 11:26:24 · 32 answers · asked by jc7 6

2007-05-10 11:26:16 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why is it impossible for most on this board to have even the smallest amount of respect for anyone who doesn't beleive the same as they do? Is it brainwashing and insecurity about themselves? Why feel the need to attack those of other faiths if you are so strong in your own? Personally, when I ask questions, I'm trying to clear the air. I'm not stating abuse or name calling in them when I post them. Mine are educational and try to get people of all faiths communicating and trying to work towards peace. But there are more on here than others who seem to enjoy hatred and chaos and can't stand to see people living in peace. What's wrong with those people? Were their home lives so chaotic that experiencing happiness and acceptance is impossible for them? I would sincerely like to know. Was bashing and defamation acceptable in their homes? It wasn't in mine, and my mom would ground us for weeks if we were that disrespectful. I guess not all parents want a good world for kids.

2007-05-10 11:25:15 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

The thing is that Science is not much different from religion. You have consenting and dissenting opinions in science as well as religion. Science, though people say can be proven, is based on a wide range of theories that can not really be proven. You have to have faith to believe in science as well as faith to believe in God. No one can really say that there truely is evolution or that there was a big bang. But you have faith that there was and is, right? The same goes for Christianity and any other God based religion.
I think that if there was evolution, or if there was a big bang, or that if all these theories in science is true......then God created it.
Why should we fight amongst ourselves about what we deem to be true or not, if it all requires some level of faith? Then, why should it be bad that someone just want to believe in something? That someone would want to believe that there is something better? That there is something more than this.

2007-05-10 11:22:22 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous 3

2007-05-10 11:21:06 · 21 answers · asked by szsquad 2

are not Christians? Im just curious. Notice I didnt say ALL Christians just that a good number of us are hyprocrites. I would like to know everyones views on this subject. Non Christians and Christians. No rude comments please.

2007-05-10 11:20:53 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

This makes a lot of sense. Could the kind Christians in this community please elaborate on this eloquent comparison?

Thank you!

2007-05-10 11:19:07 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Or is the law more morally just than Jesus? Your thoughts, please.

2007-05-10 11:17:46 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-10 11:17:04 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2 atheists against 2 christians ... which regulars would you choose to defend your side?

2007-05-10 11:15:59 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Adam and Eve vs' Lucy and the Zoo.
What a true chuckle.

2007-05-10 11:13:31 · 10 answers · asked by cordsoforion 5

And by "punished", I mean in the legal, court-of-law sense of the word.

Supposedly our legal system is based on Christian morality, and since most Christian responses to my last question indicated that Christian morality recognizes no varying degrees of transgression, no moral hierarchy, why the harsh punishment for one and not the other?

2007-05-10 11:13:28 · 20 answers · asked by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7

2007-05-10 11:12:30 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know that Mitt Romney is probably a very nice man. But what Sean and other Republicans don't understand, he is not a Christian. If you are a morman you are in a cult. They have manmade rules and their own bible. They do not believe in Jesus Christ the way Christians do. Christianity with Christ in the Center is the foundation of oChristianity - and was the foundation of our country when it was founded. I like Sean and most of the Republians, but you cannot be a Christian and believe being a morman is ok to run our country. It is not ok. Just like it is not ok for muslims to be in our government. Please study upon this - find out about the morman religion (cult, that is) and you'll understand what I'm talking about.

2007-05-10 11:12:21 · 12 answers · asked by Joyce H 1

Now why would you follow anyone who tells you simply 'not to doubt'? Do christians normally do this? This sounds like somebody who is indoctrinating people, how dare he say do not doubt!What he actually promises after that sentence is that you will get anything you pray for,this is of course a slanderous lie and everybody knows this-why continue to follow him?I really do not understand.

2007-05-10 11:11:17 · 8 answers · asked by thethinker 2