Religion & Spirituality - 25 May 2007

2007-05-25 10:54:15 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

this is a sort of question AND challenge.

i responde to a question recently about when should people begind beating their kids, besides the obvious sick humor behindthe question and its obvious answer (never) it got me thinking of a story i read recently

apaprently a man took his child, less than a year old, and stuck her in the microwave. she was burned. from what i understand bad, but not too bad.

the woman insistred to the police that her husband was innocent, as it was Satan controlling her husband.

now heres my question. we hear alot of stories of super religious parents doing horrible things to their children...how about atheist parents.

heres the challenge. if you can please provide me a story youve read about or heard on the news/online/newspaper (credible source, not somethin you heard from a friend) about some atheist/non-theist parent abusing their child or doing something horrible as in the story above.

im just curious to see if there are any stories.

i doubt it.

2007-05-25 10:51:22 · 15 answers · asked by johnny.zondo 6

to say, or having the Churches of Christendom lobbying the government for laws to force you to listen to what they have to say and obey their rules?

2007-05-25 10:50:30 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

"You saw me before I was born and scheduled each day of my life before I began to breathe. Every day was recorded in your book!" [Psalm 139:16]

2007-05-25 10:50:13 · 23 answers · asked by Graciela, RIRS 6

The Bible even says that slaves are property. How can this be justified?

Exodus 21: 20 and 21 says,

"20"If a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod and he dies at his hand, he shall be punished.

21"If, however, he survives a day or two, no vengeance shall be taken; (M)for he is his property.

2007-05-25 10:47:24 · 15 answers · asked by Graciela, RIRS 6

I find myself to be agnostic, i believe that i dont know whether or not there is a god. I cant decide on whether to believe or to not believe. Does an "i dont know" sound like a negative assertion..making me an atheist?
im confused and indecisive..is that how agnostics are supposed to be?!

2007-05-25 10:46:07 · 15 answers · asked by jasfuehajdhfjka 1

(For starters, next round's on me)

1. I exist.

2. I have an idea of a supremely perfect being, i.e. a being having all perfections.

3. As an imperfect being I would be unable to create such a concept through my own thoughts.

4. The concept must have come from God.

5. To be a perfect being God must exist.

6. God exists.

Who can take more than two shots of that???? FFS!!

My liver cries freedom.

2007-05-25 10:45:59 · 8 answers · asked by Doomsday 2

even just a light tap on the bum.

2007-05-25 10:45:12 · 12 answers · asked by Bipolar Bear 4

2007-05-25 10:38:51 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-25 10:34:47 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous

ok one night i was asleep and i had a horrible dream and it was of this demonish lookin creature with a golden thing around its arm, kinda of like the rock wears in that scorpian king movie..i think. but this creature was blueish green kinda and was after me and trying to kill me..but when i woke up i was like oh what a dream haha..but then it got worse the next night i was alone and something seemed to be watchin me and waiting for me...but that night i had no dream... a few nights later i had been having trouble sleeping and everytime i would shower or go to the restroom i could sense something outside watchin me (theres a restroom in there) and that night i heard a wistling sound and could hear footsteps in my house and something stomping on the roof...and it felt like something or someone was right by my bed watchin me i could sense this.. then one night i went to go feed my dogs and they were going crazy barking and jumping for some reason and then i could sense that wierd feeling i had been having for a week..getting chills and goosebumbs and i felt someone close and i heard a wierd sound in the trees...and it seemed to be getting worse..i was getting barley like 4-5 hours of sleep at night and i tried putting headphones on and listening to music to not hear these sounds but i could sense it and hear it over the music..( i know this sounds wierd and fake but i sware im telling the truth.. i talked to my mom and some of my aunts about it and they told me stories of my grandma having a simular problem with something called the La Chusa...and it was always in her trees and by her house but she got rid of it by being very religious..and they told me one of my aunts was playing some game with her friend while they were there and they said my grandma told them not to be around this girl..but this game was some kinda of game that u asked it a question and u put ur hands on it or something and it would answer by giving you letters..and they said that they were playin it one time and she asked it something and all of a sudden the room got pitch black and they saw the demon things and then they told her to stop...and she did but this girl was my aunts bestfriend..so they were playin one day and she did something to my aunt...and my aunt one day was sweating tremendously and was in bed and all of a sudden the door slammed shut in her room and my grandma tried to open it but it wouldnt open until she splashed holy water on it..and then she took my aunt to some lady to help her with her sleeping problems and to see who had put this thing on her...cant remember what this lady is called..but eventually she helped find out who it was and it was her best friend...im just trying to explain other freakish things that have happend in my family) but back to my story.. things just seemed to get worse so i would put that holy water around my house and bed but it barley helped i was still freaked out to go to sleep and cud still sense this feeling...i went to talk to my priest and he explained that i have to have faith and just pray and that some saints and others were put threw similar and worse things...so i prayed many times and put a cross over my bed and kept holy water with me. one night it was the worse night my room..which is usually cool and comfortable..was blazing hot and i was sweating alot, and the feeling i had been gettin was as worse as ever and i just started praying and after about an hour i somehow feel asleep i dont remember how tho.. after that night which was way worse that it sounded this feeling and noises died down and kinda somewhat left me alone and then finally went away...sometimes i still sense stuff outside and especially when im in the shower or restroom shaving...but can someone help explain this or anythign about it? was my faith or belief being tested? was i being haunted? any help would be nice...

2007-05-25 10:33:15 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

i am confused....i mean the scientifical evidence is all around...its as obvious as night and day to me...its been proved time and time again,i just dont understand were they get off claiming ALL the credit for the phenomena associated with the human mind......jeees what is this world comming to. ( and the insults only fuel my fire...insult= Ame very very proved right)

2007-05-25 10:30:33 · 20 answers · asked by amecake83 3

Hey guys - I'm divorced and remarried (very happily, I might add.) My point was, that the bible is ridiculous for considering remarriage to be adultery.

2007-05-25 10:30:15 · 12 answers · asked by Kathryn™ 6

2007-05-25 10:26:58 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I can talk to anyone that has belonged to the religion for soem time and that has knowledge on it. I am very interested in it and that is why I chose it. I have only a few questions.

2007-05-25 10:25:27 · 9 answers · asked by Tina 1

2007-05-25 10:23:53 · 15 answers · asked by ? 1

I am not speaking of all Christian women here, just the ones that seem to have bought into the dogma that they are less capable, less valuable and should be in a subservient role to all men because they feel they are too emotional and do not have the same level of leadership skills. In some cases they appear to be more stanch supporters of these believes than their male counterparts.

What's up with that, does it make them feel more comfortable with their circumstances preaching this ideology even louder than Fundamentalist Christian men?

2007-05-25 10:23:37 · 14 answers · asked by Fluffy Wisdom 5

just trying to make a stupid question based on the article I read,

pretty fascinating stuff,

well, drink up friends

2007-05-25 10:21:53 · 10 answers · asked by ? 1

If so why?

2007-05-25 10:21:39 · 15 answers · asked by punch 7

Matthew 19:9 tells us, "I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery." See also Matthew 5:32. These Scriptures clearly state that remarriage after a divorce is adultery - except in the instance of "marital unfaithfulness."

2007-05-25 10:19:44 · 20 answers · asked by Kathryn™ 6

From what I've seen in a few short clips on youtube.com he knows very little about preaching God's Word. Sure he's a nice guy with plastic hair but does anyone ever get saved at his church in TX?

2007-05-25 10:19:15 · 11 answers · asked by yaabro 4

im just asking this to see how many atheists answer. ;)

Anyways, Do you think God is real?

2007-05-25 10:16:31 · 13 answers · asked by DEPRESSED™ 5

I have a girlfriend that is mormon and I know that there is a age restrection for them so what is it.

2007-05-25 10:15:15 · 12 answers · asked by tom t 2

Note: Revelation 1:7 "Every Eye shall see him"

1Thessalonians 4:13-16 "We shall be caught up to
meet him in the air"

11Thessalonians 2:8 "The wicked will be destroyed at
the brightest of his coming"

11 Peter 3:10 " The Lord will come as a thief in
the night

11Peter 3:9 "Not willing that any should perish
but that all should come to
repentance".

2007-05-25 10:14:58 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Assuming Christianity is the one true religion, how do they account for all the people who have attained enlightenment?

2007-05-25 10:14:25 · 10 answers · asked by madmarkuk2003 2

I ask this because it seems completely illogical. They say no one has ever witnessed evolution. Well guess what, no one has ever witnessed an atom. They can see the outline of an atom with an electron microscope, but they certainly cannot see the sub-atomic particles. I don't see Christians protesting Chemistry in school. No one has ever seen a mountain form, but I don't see any Christians protesting geology in schools or more specifically tectonic plate shifting. No one has ever seen gravity. All anyone has ever seen is it's affects and yet I don't see Christians protesting gravity. Atoms, mountain formation, and gravity are all theories, and still schools teach them as facts and you never hear any Christians complain that these are all theories but for whatever reason, they protest evolution. What the hell?

2007-05-25 10:12:21 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-25 10:10:05 · 21 answers · asked by ? 1

and hinge on what others think of their beliefs?

Just look at how angry "Chloe" got.She became defensive and volatile when a basic question was asked.Sure it had some sarcasm to it.But the question was reasonable.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ao5MXtprb9y11iYTicHOt2_sy6IX?qid=20070525133547AA4tubz

Are responses like that proof that faith is held as a shaky belief system that could fail at any moment?

2007-05-25 10:09:54 · 11 answers · asked by Demopublican 6

2007-05-25 10:08:59 · 14 answers · asked by Bipolar Bear 4

I'm kinda glad that Christians can't logically prove that God is there. That is what FAITH is about. You have to believe and have faith.

I'm also glad that evolution cannot be proved (or some would say comlpeted).

Maybe it sounds weird that i'm glad God cannot be proved logically to us, but I feel that the fact that we can't prove either side will test personal faith.

2007-05-25 10:07:02 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous