Religion & Spirituality - 22 May 2007

from sand or rocks...the air or plants,bla,bla,bla...how come you don't believe God made you when he was the one who made you?Jesus died for you and you don't even show any respect at all..

2007-05-22 20:16:56 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-22 20:15:14 · 13 answers · asked by freebubba 3

Isnt it ? it seems to stalk me...it feeds on my being raped....it seems as if rape is a key that opens the door for it. Sometimes it made me feel like smashing things and tearing up my room.

Will somebody shoot the frigging monster ?

2007-05-22 20:14:17 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-22 20:11:23 · 8 answers · asked by freebubba 3

why follow a religion that dont let you participate as leader, there is no pope women? dont let priests get married, a religion that called the nearest woman too jesus a prostitute, and blame on Eve the original sin, supposed to be created after the man cause he was alone??? heretic man was convinced to turn theis beliefs, heretic woman were witches burned on fire....

so? you like this ideas?????

(sorry the poor grammar)

2007-05-22 20:10:53 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-22 20:10:34 · 8 answers · asked by ibid 3

son, brother ro father i cant remeber which, save that all god wanted was one family member to kill another in teh blind faith that it would all be ok...

2007-05-22 20:10:21 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-22 20:08:55 · 6 answers · asked by The Church Lady 3

Dear Believer:

I do not accept the Bible as God’s word because it contains thousand of errancies and contradictions that can not be solved, only rationalized. I refuse to accept Jesus as my personal savior, for his behavior and teachings often expose one who should be escaped and not worshipped. I ask that you read this pamphlet in light of the bible’s teachings; Christians should be “open to reason” (James 3:17 RSV), that we should “reason together” (Isaiah 1:18) and “he who hates correction will die” (Proverbs 15:10) to understand my perspective that the bible has MANY shortcomings.

1. According to your Bible I am to believe that human kind is sinful for Adam and Eve ate the fruit of knowledge. Why are we being punished for the original sin? After all, they ate the forbidden fruit, we didn’t. Reason would lead one to say it’s their problem, not ours. Even the bible contradicts itself by claiming in Deuteronomy 24:16, “children shall not be punished for the sins of their fathers.”

2. We are told that the Bible has no scientific errors and is utterly perfect/protected, yet it says the bat is a bird (Leviticus 11:13 & 19), hares chew the cud (Leviticus 11:5-6), and some fowl (Leviticus 11:20-21) and insects (Leviticus 11:22-23) have four legs.

3. Heaven is supposed to be a perfect place. It is of course, the place you strive for and name “salvation”. Yet, it experienced a war (Revelation 12:7). How can there be a war in a perfect place and if it happened before why couldn’t it happen again? Why would I want to go to a place in which war can occur? That’s exactly what I’m trying to escape, aren’t you?

4. We are told salvation is obtained by faith alone (John 3:18 & 36) and then the Bible claims that it is repentance that shall save us (2 Peter 3:9) yet Jesus told a man to follow the Commandments-Matthew 19:16-1 8 (saving by works)-if he wanted eternal life. So which way is it and how do you know your belief is the correct one?

5. According to the text there are 29 cities listed in Joshua 15:21-32. One need only count them to see that biblical math is not to be trusted. The total is 36.

6. Surely you don’t believe Ecclesiastes 1:9 RSV (“What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun”)? How many cities had an atomic bomb dropped on them prior to 1945, and how many people walked on the moon before 1969?

7. If the Bible is our moral guide, then how can it make pornographic statements such as: “...they may eat their own dung and drink their own piss with you” (2 Kings 18:27)? Also consult Numbers 31 where a whole tribe of people, including the elderly and children are slaughtered. The only survivors were the virginal women, who were later raped by the “just and perfect” Moses and his men. Is that what you want your children reading on Sunday?

8. If God created everything, (Colossians 1:16, Ephesians 3:9, Revelation 4:11 & John 1:3), then he did create the world’s evil (Isaiah 45:7, Lamentations 3:38). Thus, he is responsible. Any being who could create situations such as rape, death, malnutrition, disease, molestation and murder is certainly not fit for worship.

9. For justice to exist, punishment must fit the crime. No matter how many bad deeds one commits in this world, there is a limit. Yet, hell’s punishment is infinitely greater. It’s eternal. Shouldn’t a sinner suffer until remorse is felt and the crime is atoned for? What “justice” is there in infinite damnation?

10. Jesus said, “whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire” (Matthew 5:22). Yet, he himself did so repeatedly, as Matthew 27:19, Luke 11:40 & 12:20 show. Shouldn’t he be in danger of hell too? Jesus also told us to “Love your enemies; bless them that curse you," but ignored his own advice by repeatedly denouncing his opposition. Matthew 12:34 (“0 generation of vipers”), and Matthew 23 :27 (“... hypocrites... ye are like unto whited sepulchres.“) are excellent examples of hypocrisy. If Jesus himself is a sinner by his own admission then surely he can not be the “perfect lamb of god”.

11. Except those of biased Christian writers, there isn’t one writing outside the Bible in all of ancient history that clearly refers to Jesus of Nazareth. The decision to dedicate my life to a deity requires at least one shred of conclusive evidence. Your lord knows non believers exist as a result of this, yet he makes no attempt to supply proof. How can the bible claim god wants all in heaven if he doesn’t make efforts to ensure that we all believe in him?

12. Paul says Christianity lives or dies on the Resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:14-17). Yet Jesus made many promises concerning his return during the lifetime of his then followers. (Matthew 16:28: “There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom”. Matthew 23:36, 24:34, Mark.9:1, 13:30, Luke 9:27, 21:32 & John 21:22) None of these prophecies have come true. Does this not make Jesus a false prophet? If so wouldn’t that make Christianity invalid?

13. I find the idea that a man had to die for my sins revolting. If God was truly omnipotent he could have simply forgiven us. What kind of deity, would execute one child in order to forgive it’s others? Modern society would call an individual like this sadistic, insane and cruel. Surely, you would not worship a child killer, why do you expect me to? Would you find a judge worthy of the title who would allow my child to be executed in lieu of my sins?

14. John 14:12 states a follower in Jesus can perform any of his works and do it even greater. If you continue to insist I believe in Jesus, it is only fair I may ask of you to show just how strong your faith is. After all, you would be my “mentor” in Christ. I’m not a believer as of yet, but surely you are. Would you mind perhaps resurrecting a dead relative or walking on water?

15. Okay, obviously you didn’t do number 14 and backed out with the “this is metaphorical” excuse. Surely you can try Mark 16:17-1 8 which says believers can drink “any deadly thing” and “it shall not hurt” them. But I don’t think you would be naive enough to drink any arsenic offered. Perhaps I’m wrong and you would be willing to test the Book’s veracity-”lay it on the line” so to speak?

16. All right, so now you have backed out of two of my questions. I’m starting to think you don’t really care about my salvation as much as you claim. Well, unlike your Jehovah, I shall be kind and offer a third chance at redemption. Consider Jesus’ teaching in Luke 6:30 “Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.” Perhaps, if you emptied your wallet and “give of thee” I may seriously ponder accepting Jesus as my savior. A far greater number of Biblical discrepancies can be found on the web at the following addresses:

2007-05-22 20:04:30 · 20 answers · asked by Janson D 1

Or does this psycho ball of fur like bouncing off my walls and knocking pictures down at midnight because of some other reason? Tell me...whyyyyyy?

2007-05-22 20:01:07 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I mean he loved everyone, healed all he came in contact with, and even forgave from the cross those who brutilly beat and murdered them, and prayed for them...
look what he said in John 1518"If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. 19If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. 20Remember the words I spoke to you: 'No servant is greater than his master.'[b] If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. 21They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the One who sent me

yet they couldn't see his love.

2007-05-22 19:58:32 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Did you keep that faith after you were an adult or did you change? I have always been a Baptist born and raised.

2007-05-22 19:55:43 · 19 answers · asked by PatTheCat 2

what are the basic codes of conduct? the messages?

2007-05-22 19:54:58 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

If so, I would love to hear your thoughts and opinions on this.

2007-05-22 19:53:01 · 2 answers · asked by trinity 5

1. What book would say this on the inside cover blurb: "A visionary analysis of how the politics of fear, secrecy, cronyism and blind faith has combined with the degreadation of the public sphere to create an environment whtat is dangerously hostile to reason."

2. Could anyone say something like this to intentionally antagonize squirrels?

2007-05-22 19:51:47 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I mean the story about how God first called him and spoke to him when he was a student of a rabbi, where in the Bible is this found?

2007-05-22 19:48:41 · 10 answers · asked by Patrick E 6

Those who are Near and Dear to you....... Let them know you Love them please
And if it's hard for you to say the "L" word let them know they are appreciated, Yeah?
It would mean so much to them and alot to you

2007-05-22 19:48:40 · 24 answers · asked by ? 6

where do they get that name from? how did they come to think that Gods name was jehovah? do they have a differnt bible then Christians do? if so, where did they get theres? and what is there law on being friends or possibaly being in a relationship with a Christian or any othere faith? please any infor mation will help. i dont mean to affend anyone, it is just a few few questions i want to get answerd.

2007-05-22 19:48:27 · 11 answers · asked by invayne619 2

2007-05-22 19:47:09 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

This person I was talking to started saying that God has a plan for everyone and when you die that is the time you should die,but I asked him"What about the people that get brutally killed?"Did God plan that for them?He is like"Yes",that is what he had planned to that person's life...I could not believe that he said God is a murder,it really got me upset to know that someone thinks that way.God would never plan that for anybody, it can happened but that has nothing to with God,it has to do with evil people.What do you think?What can I tell that person to make him change the way he thinks?

2007-05-22 19:44:10 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

why arnt they alloud to associate with people out side of there "religion"? that is what i was told.

2007-05-22 19:43:45 · 9 answers · asked by invayne619 2

Please make sure you don't offened anyone of the above personalities while answering. If you don't know the answer please do not speculate. Please give authorised answers only.

2007-05-22 19:42:59 · 6 answers · asked by Dhruva 2

noahs ark...how the hell is that even remotely believable?

2007-05-22 19:42:54 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-22 19:39:54 · 23 answers · asked by kenneth r 1

2007-05-22 19:39:00 · 15 answers · asked by tita , kristy 1

I picked it up today. Has anybody else read it?

Just imagine that a guy who writes books like this could have been our president instead of a guy who is challenged by "Hop on Pop"

2007-05-22 19:37:03 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why didn't Noah save the dinos? Didn't God command to take two of each animals?

Why discriminate the dinos?

2007-05-22 19:37:03 · 13 answers · asked by Nanook~Maybe I need a longer Name?~ 6

2007-05-22 19:35:42 · 11 answers · asked by jejune jane- 3

2007-05-22 19:35:20 · 15 answers · asked by WWTSD? 5

Here is another hoax prying on religion -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkULyv9fxFA
Someone just posted about it on here.

This is very graphic. The story is about a muslim that was tortured after death, dug up from the grave 3 hours later to find his hair had turned white and was bleeding from the nose and mouth.

Don't watch it, it is gross. But an obvious hoax.
1 - people do not bleed after death. Any medical doctor or forensic scientist can tell you this. The heart stops pumping blood, it clots. This blood is from before death.
2 - even a muslim post on youtube that he has seen this clip before, but with a different story - it was a christian woman.
3 - this body is well over 3 hours postmortem. It is decompossing. More along weeks postmortem.

This is a hoax, just like the screams from hell that christians believed. Russia drilled a deep tunnel and heard people screaming as if being tortured in hell. The recordings were fake.

Why are religious people so gullable?

2007-05-22 19:29:48 · 6 answers · asked by Deonne T 2