Religion & Spirituality - 17 May 2007

Do you ever wonder why people wouldn't want this eternal life in heaven? What do you think personally are non believer's motives for not believing?

2007-05-17 06:26:28 · 32 answers · asked by thethinker 2

2007-05-17 06:26:17 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

come the bible is man made and not the word of god

2007-05-17 06:24:37 · 17 answers · asked by ? 4

God says to Noah, "But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat." What is it that God is telling Noah not to eat?

2007-05-17 06:24:26 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

How do you personally see humanity functioning?

Do you think thier would be less Murder, Rape, Child Molestation, Suicide Divorce, War Selfishness, Greed

How do you see human beings in the world that would have no hope and belief in a Divine GOD?

Would more people be in prison? more people on drugs to cope with pain, (Physical and Emotional)

How do you see it?

2007-05-17 06:23:04 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

"A fact is simply a universally accepted opinion."

To what extent do you agree/disagree with the statement above?

2007-05-17 06:19:51 · 19 answers · asked by Spurious 3

2007-05-17 06:19:23 · 5 answers · asked by CHEESUS GROYST 5

2007-05-17 06:19:23 · 8 answers · asked by segundodimla 1

2007-05-17 06:19:23 · 63 answers · asked by Anonymous

POST-FLOOD:

"And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar."

2007-05-17 06:17:59 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

the KKK is the purist form of Christianity.

agree or disagree?

2007-05-17 06:17:56 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Romans 2:23-25

You who talk about being a Christian , do you dishonor God by not acting/speaking like Jesus? It is written: "God's name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."

Are you a proper represenative of Christ and His words or do you cause shame to the ideals of Christianity before the world?

2007-05-17 06:16:46 · 20 answers · asked by williamzo 5

No disrespect intended, just wondering if anyone could explain.

2007-05-17 06:15:53 · 26 answers · asked by giiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirl 1

All sides, atheism, islam, christianity etc. have commited atrocities in the past and altogether i believe that makes each group equal. In that sense why do we need a belief in a divine being to give us morals if people that believe and those that don't believe commit the same number of atrocities as each other? Aren't religions supposed to give and make people hold more morals than non-believers? If so then why is the death count roughly the same on both sides?

If Christianity does not make people act more morally then why is it needed?

Another question that i have:
Why does the Christian God care more about your beliefs than your actions? It's your actions that actually affect anyone or anything, not your belief in a divine being.

2007-05-17 06:15:53 · 25 answers · asked by thomasgilboy 3

Descartes?
Alive?
God Almighty?
Or something else entirely?

I thought I was just a collection of circuits and programs...

2007-05-17 06:15:09 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Updated:2007-05-17 11:47:33
Convert or Die? Pakistani Christians Seek Help
By MUNIR AHMAD
AP
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (May 16) - Christians in a Pakistani town beset by pro-Taliban militants sought government protection Wednesday, the eve of a deadline for them to convert to Islam or face violence.

About 500 Pakistani Christians in Charsadda, a town in the North West Frontier Province bordering Afghanistan , received letters earlier this month telling them to close their churches and convert by Thursday or be the target of "bomb explosions."

Several Christians, a tiny minority in the predominantly Muslim country, have fled town and others are living in fear, community leaders said.

Some complained that police were not taking the threat seriously.

"Police say someone is joking with us by writing these letters," Chaudhry Salim, a Charsadda Christian leader, said during a news conference in Islamabad. "They have deployed only two policemen at our churches ... this is the kind of security we are getting now."

Shahbaz Bhatti, a prominent Christian leader and head of the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance, said the provincial government, which is controlled by a coalition of pro-Taliban religious parties, would bear blame for attacks after the deadline.

Bhatti also urged Muslim religious scholars to condemn the threats and said the federal government should take "concrete steps to provide protection" to Christians.

Asif Daudzai, a spokesman for the provincial government, asked Christians not to panic, saying authorities were doing all they could to ensure their protection.

"Christians are our brothers and sisters, and we will not allow any one to harm them," he told The Associated Press.

Christians, Hindus, Sikhs and other religious minorities make up about 3 percent of Pakistan's 160 million residents.

Most live peacefully alongside the Muslim majority, although the groups have been targeted repeatedly in attacks blamed on extremists since the country allied itself with the United States after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Islamic radicals trying to impose Taliban-style social edicts in northwestern Pakistan are growing bolder, bombing shops selling Western films, threatening barbers for trimming beards and warning hotels to remove televisions from guest rooms.

Minorities and secular opposition parties say the government is doing too little to counter the "Talibanization" of growing swaths of the country.

Associated Press Writer Riaz Khan in Peshawar contributed to this report.

2007-05-17 06:14:20 · 9 answers · asked by Gypsy Rose 2

What makes other's beliefs so wrong?

2007-05-17 06:13:16 · 18 answers · asked by bruce b 3

Why are the ones who believe faith is a choice, the same ones who claim nothing will ever change their mind?

2007-05-17 06:13:11 · 16 answers · asked by Eleventy 6

Which religion was the most brutal in 'spreading the word'

2007-05-17 06:11:46 · 17 answers · asked by thethinker 2

What religion charges you to learn about its precepts. I know about tithing but didnt Jesus say that to know about God was kinda like free of charge?

2007-05-17 06:10:53 · 27 answers · asked by Frederick G 2

2007-05-17 06:10:26 · 20 answers · asked by socmum16 ♪ 5

2007-05-17 06:10:09 · 12 answers · asked by socmum16 ♪ 5

I don't mean to sound like a neo-Nazi or anything but i think that Islam well some factions of Islam must be controlled by an evil power I'm not saying all Muslims are evil or bad or even wrong for believing what they believe, but why do some so called radicals think it is okay to kill people in the name of religion, i meen for some poor **** to blow himself up in order to kill innocent people for nothing, he must be posessed by evil, I meen if i am totally wrong in thinking this please tell me why

2007-05-17 06:08:20 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

If that's true, why did he reveal himself to Saul/Paul on the road to Damascus? He definately wasn't Christian before the conversion. Why did he cause the plagues in Egypt in front of all the idolators? Why did he turn a staff into a snake in front of the nonbelieving Pharoah? The Old Testament is full of miracles performed right in front of nonbelievers. In another question, Christians said God only reveals himself or shows miracles to people of faith.

2007-05-17 06:08:18 · 16 answers · asked by Graciela, RIRS 6

This Phd once mentioned regarding porn that what you see outside effects the inside. So even though alot of men may enjoy watching it, it makes them less moral. Agree or disagree???

2007-05-17 06:07:59 · 42 answers · asked by Anonymous

Everyone else has done it so why wouldn't he!!.....Do u think it would be a best seller & how do u think he would tell his story?

2007-05-17 06:07:54 · 14 answers · asked by bakebeanie 2

2007-05-17 06:07:26 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

could the universe create itself? They speak of big bang, but who caused the big bang? Could man create himself? Who made the laws to govern nature, night and day etc.?

Question of the century: If God does not exist why is he the burning question in every human heart? If God is non-existant and a non-factor, then why so much talk of him, on every part of the world? Even indegenous pple with no sense of civilization believe in a supreme being. Isn't there more proof that God is alive than he non-existant?

2007-05-17 06:06:11 · 16 answers · asked by nicky 1

2007-05-17 06:05:49 · 11 answers · asked by Thomas 1

What can you make out of that shocking statistic?

2007-05-17 06:05:49 · 12 answers · asked by Bad God 2