Religion & Spirituality - 14 May 2007

I've asked people why they hate/dislike gay people so much and I pretty much get the same excuse "It's against the Bible." This coming from people who, other than that one thing, don't really follow anything else in the Bible, never go to church, never show any inkling of their religion, other than to use it as a convenient excuse for homophobia. This isn't addressed to those who do follow the bible as much as possible, but for those hypocrites out there who use religion/the Bible when it is convenient and then stomp all over it when it doesn't suit their purposes.

2007-05-14 15:41:15 · 17 answers · asked by Her 2

I am just looking for some actual stories of phenomonons. Maybe weird coincidences, or something that made you believe you had witnessed a miracle of some sort.

2007-05-14 15:41:13 · 8 answers · asked by tangerine 4

this is obviously not a mechanism of death question. Its theoretical/spiritual so if you have the I am 13 yo and I just got back from Bible camp thing going on save your answer for someone else.

2007-05-14 15:39:42 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-14 15:39:19 · 24 answers · asked by John L 2

2007-05-14 15:37:43 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

okay, mormons are really gay. i know, i am really prejudice, but their beliefs are screwed up!!!

okay, i want a mormon to try and explain this:

did j. smith actually think a lizard was God??? ive heard it was a lizard or a grasshopper. hahaha. so, mormons, try to explain some of the crap you have learned.

2007-05-14 15:35:22 · 13 answers · asked by thanks a latte! 2

most would say life I suppose...but I think it's death. Without death, what would life be worth? What do you think?

sex is up there in the rankings too though. ;-)

2007-05-14 15:34:07 · 45 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know it's hard for many of us to imagine our religion being incorrect, but you must accept the premise in order to enjoy the thought experiment:

If God Himself advised you to abandon your religion, whose advice would you put first, God's or your religion's?

(These thought experiments are important for coming to terms with what is most important to us.)

2007-05-14 15:33:28 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am pretty sure I believe in god, I pray a lot-every night, and go to church, but sometimes I question whether he's real or not. I hate questioning it because it hurts me to think I might not believe in him, and I am afraid I might go to hell. I just think how the indians had strange beliefs about the gods, and now we laugh at them for that, and I wonder if some day people might laugh at us-because they find out he doesn't exhist. And that is exactly what I mean by ' i question him.' Please help me to know how to have stronger beliefs in him, because I am afraid and ashamed.

2007-05-14 15:30:03 · 18 answers · asked by *oxox* 2

without seeing or feeling?
im a catholic and i want to be stronger but its really hard

2007-05-14 15:29:37 · 14 answers · asked by paintballenator51 2

2007-05-14 15:28:33 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I hate to be alone, but "you're always better off alone than in bad company"

2007-05-14 15:27:55 · 33 answers · asked by karma 3

2007-05-14 15:24:33 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi lam Gay Christan and love God and I go to church and pray in the holy spirit!!!! I never denies that I am not Gay I go to church and I don't care what they say I know God loves me and lam the apple in his eye and I have children and married to a man for 3 years now.They can say any thing they want to" I just say what did you come here to do? "
I just came here to Praise the lord and thats what I do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...

2007-05-14 15:24:16 · 12 answers · asked by Spirit Enchanter 2

2007-05-14 15:24:08 · 9 answers · asked by kenneth j 1

2007-05-14 15:22:02 · 10 answers · asked by Captain Galactic 6

I cant decide...

2007-05-14 15:21:03 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

It's similar to the traditional "now I lay me down to sleep", but has that particular phase in it about an angel at my head and 2 at my feet. I'm looking to find it to print out for a friend.

2007-05-14 15:17:11 · 5 answers · asked by Sweet_Hazel 2

i feel different.. i dono y...im not being conceited, just that i dono...i feel the need to take up evrybodys burden..i dono y i do that but..i just dont feel like im normal.

2007-05-14 15:16:44 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

What was it?

2007-05-14 15:16:03 · 12 answers · asked by James B 2

Why does the argument of discounting God usually come up as discounting Jesus and Christianity?

2007-05-14 15:15:54 · 32 answers · asked by cmwhansen 1

Why does the the church seek to disprove the Davinchi Code
if it is not true?

2007-05-14 15:14:25 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Several times I've heard people in church say that nothing, absolutely nothing, could make them believe that the Bible wasn't true or that Jesus wasn't our savior or that the Church is corrupt, etc.

Think about what such a claim means:

If you experienced some miraculous event that seemed to be of divine origin and that challenged some belief you hold dear, you still wouldn't question your belief.

Do you realize what this says about you and your belief?

2007-05-14 15:11:52 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have sooo much to do...A Autobiography, 15 Page Term paper, Powerpoint project, and other stuff..I feel sick. Its almost time for finals, I havent slept in 2 days...and I feel really sick...I keep wasting my time here because i want to forget all this stuff...And I keep worring about graduation...(next year) ahhh! Someone help! pray, something?


Kitty is going crazy!

2007-05-14 15:11:01 · 14 answers · asked by ♥ God's Kitty ♥ 2

2007-05-14 15:07:59 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

A scientific theory is a mathematical description, a logical explanation, or a proven model of the manner of interaction of a set of natural phenomena, capable of predicting future occurrences or observations of the same kind, and capable of being tested through experiment or otherwise falsified through empirical observation. It follows from this that for scientists "theory" and "fact" do not necessarily stand in opposition. For example, it is a fact that an apple dropped on earth has been observed to fall towards the center of the planet, and the theory which explains why the apple behaves so is the current theory of gravitation.

2007-05-14 15:06:22 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-14 15:02:59 · 23 answers · asked by shiningStar 2

atheos thinks, that since he is the supreme creator of this world and evolution, his followers (atheists) would be his fan. i mean, i created them!! come on, show some respect for your creator!!!

Atheists should show some respect, eh?

2007-05-14 15:01:27 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

I find it interesting and sad that most "Christians" believe that God, who is deemed as loving and caring in the Bible, punishes humans in a fiery hell. That's not justice, yet the Bible speaks of God as being just. Why do you want to believe in a God that punishes in such a cruel way? Have you even studied the Bible thoroughly to reason that there really is a hell? Have you considered that maybe there isn't a hell? Do you believe everything your preacher tells you rather than God himself through the Bible?

2007-05-14 14:59:31 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

man. Along a path the devoutly faithful man told the other man he was going to heaven. "Well," exclaimed the other, "I am an atheist and I don't believe in God." Not soon after both men came up to a gate, and someone said, "Who goes there." The faithful one said, "It is I who have done the will of God and done all he has asked and I have come to enter heaven." The guard said, "Enter unto yout glory." Then the guard asked the other man who he was. Nervously, the other man said, "I am of the faith of God." to which the guard said, "And which one is that?" The atheist said, "I believe in nothing, which is the faith of god, is it not?" The guard pondered and said, "Well, you see that gate over there in the distance?" That's for all of the faith of nothing. Go there and they will let you in" When the atheist got to the gate, he said, "Is this where I go as I am an atheist." The guard there said,
"Well you've come to the right place. Everyone's allowed in here." As soon as he entered he noticed everyone was just sitting around doing nothing. He asked the guard why everybody was just sitting around, to which the guard replied, "Well, we believe in nothing, we accomplish nothing and we DO nothing. Isn't that what you wanted?" Isn't that the way most people want life? Being part of "nothing?, putting down those who believe in something, especially those of god? Why does it "bother" non-believers so much?

2007-05-14 14:59:08 · 20 answers · asked by Theban 5