Religion & Spirituality - 27 May 2007

ok please don't be mean,i'm new here and i'm not even an atheist-i'm a hindu....i've seen several questions here by christians asking how atheists (since they don't believe in God/s) can have morals...and i don't get it...i mean,just because you don't believe in God/s doesn't mean that you can't have moral values?!!

a lot of buddhists are very moral and they are atheists....and even though i am a theist,i don't follow ethics simply because of my belief in Gods!

and even if you say that morals may have had their starting point in religion (though by no means limited to theistic religions ONLY! ),still an atheist can take those ETHICS into consideration while not believing in the supernatural right?

2007-05-27 23:57:17 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

why does He allow us to suffer?

2007-05-27 23:55:23 · 18 answers · asked by anil m 6

Christianity and Islam were brought to Africa by Whites and Arabs? In both of these religions, equality is preached. Somewhere on the line, it seems people lost track of what they were preaching. Or did it feel good to just think that you are better than someone with the same type of blood, brain matter, senses and intelligence, just because on the surface, the skins are a different color?

2007-05-27 23:53:26 · 19 answers · asked by sierra_ivoire 1

2007-05-27 23:51:51 · 12 answers · asked by anil m 6

Ok, the bible is put together in the 1st century. It doesnt benefit the Jews or Romans. It originates in Israel. Who gained from it?

2007-05-27 23:49:55 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why not we get accussed of everything else. The other day I read a web site that proclaimed evolution was an atheist /satanic conspiracy to make everyone gay.

A pan handling drunk on the street looked down on me because I wouldn't pray with him and don't go to church.

Many people on R&S have stated that atheists are stupid, don't understand, have no meaning in life....I could go on.

Yes, some atheists on here are rude. I get that but is it okay to make personal assumptions about someone based on disbelief? If you say that your are a Christian/Muslim or Hindu you are identifying what you believe. We can assume that has an affect on the way you view the world.

Why assume the worst about atheists?

2007-05-27 23:48:27 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

what was it, I know about Sodom. but what spicificly is Gomorrah?

Im a christian and I know full what the story of lot and the citys was. But God was showing me Gomorrah is signiicant by itself. why, what is it about it. what dose it mean?

God also showed me Babel. I know that is confusion and unifacation and I understand what that means from what He showed me but Gomorrah has something to do with it too.

I dont know if that makes any since to you or not but yeah. I dont care what religon you are if you kow anything about it, let me know please

2007-05-27 23:48:02 · 5 answers · asked by robertt223 4

What if Chrisitanity is a sham and Jesus was just a story? What if the entire Bible was a book written not in the 1st Century, but in the 12th? Does that mean Christians are doomed?

What if you're wrong and Chirst was everything He said He was and more?

2007-05-27 23:39:30 · 8 answers · asked by capitalctu 5

Would a sign of a spiritual visit be feeling ice cold, shivering, and getting goosebumps on your whole body when the temperature is at 80? Just curious. Somebody asked me about this and I told them I'd see what everyone here says, since I'm not into that.

2007-05-27 23:25:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

What would be one good thing you could say about each major religion or belief individually? Good night everyone...Happy Holidays

2007-05-27 23:21:46 · 13 answers · asked by † H20andspirit 5

In the Genesis, God told our foreparent to eat all kinds of fruits from the trees, except the one in the middle of the garden. But why we then came to eat meat or slaughter.

2007-05-27 23:18:46 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have lost my Blackberry and all my appoinments and meetings and dates have been lost!
http://www.religioustolerance.org/end_wrl1.htm

2007-05-27 23:13:42 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3958241.stm

2007-05-27 23:10:23 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Im just curious....until I've watched the documentary about Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code at National Geographic Channel...

2007-05-27 23:10:23 · 13 answers · asked by Daphne Aprille N 1

Is there no punishment for those who live by greed and vicious methods? Oil barons who jack up prices just so they can make huge profits. hurting those who cannot afford to live? Murderers and rapists, who inflict pain and suffering, not only their victims, but, the families of victims as well? So, should we live our lives and get as much as we can out of life, not caring who we hurt? And live by a policy, "Take what you can, because this is the only life you have" ?
And those of us who do try to live honest and benevolent lives, are doing so for nothing? Is it better to take advantage, and get ahead, than be a fool, and be taken advantage of?
No punishment for the wicked?
No reward for the honest?

2007-05-27 23:09:25 · 17 answers · asked by Hickemtwiddle 4

http://www.trinityfi.org/trinity/investi.html

2007-05-27 23:08:19 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Think about it, how populate the world would be.

I guess about 50 billion people now ?

2007-05-27 23:06:43 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-27 23:05:51 · 7 answers · asked by Andrew R 1

http://www.dpjs.co.uk/
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article1769416.ece

2007-05-27 23:03:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqWJ4rPzhQA

2007-05-27 23:02:02 · 4 answers · asked by Jason 3

I'm scared about the stuff in Revelations and everyones been telling me to read Gospels...why would that help? What is Gospels about?

2007-05-27 22:53:57 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

How is it that Jesus died for MY sins almost 2000 years before I was even born?

2007-05-27 22:51:11 · 13 answers · asked by shpadoinkall 2

I am just wonder, everyone wonder about next, I just want to know what was I before born as human.

Anything in Bibble ?

2007-05-27 22:50:47 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

11th Commandment - “Thou shalt not think, thou shalt just believe by faith alone and not ask any questions.”

2007-05-27 22:49:49 · 6 answers · asked by U-98 6

They are essentially based upon the same nonsense? A single category would suffice AND conserve limited bandwidth. Robert Pirsig observed: "When one person suffers from a delusion it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion."

2007-05-27 22:49:46 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

There's always creationist types who "catagorise" people by whether they believe in "their" god, or not..
If "alleged" disbelievers also had an interest in, and acceptance of ALL mainstream scientific principles and understandings, they may instead be called "evolutionists", but still considered "athiests".

I don't "define" myself by my disbelief in your god, but if a term had to be used, I'd consider myself more of a realist.
In my view, a realist can be from any corner of the globe, and from within any community or culture. Unlike religion, it isn't possible for a scietifically literate realist to provide discriminatory explanations.

Atheist: a disbelief in the existance of god.
Agnostic: one who holds that we know nothing beyond material phenomena, and maybe some things are unknowable.

So what would christians and their fruitcake creationist brethren call: "embracing mainstrean science, and an appreciation for the work and findings past, present and future"?

2007-05-27 22:49:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-27 22:43:25 · 18 answers · asked by rihannsu 2

I'm a Goth, and I want to know if being Goth is cool for YOU.
I lke to know your answer.

2007-05-27 22:43:11 · 18 answers · asked by Lhady Goth 1

2007-05-27 22:42:26 · 6 answers · asked by rihannsu 2

http://www.krabinteriors.com/paintings.html
The third painting in the coloumn, This is the painting which I made on Mahisasura Mardini.
Pl comment

2007-05-27 22:39:45 · 11 answers · asked by The More I learn The More I'm Uneducated 5