Religion & Spirituality - 30 May 2007

believing that you have just this one life and then you die and rot and that's it? It sounds so final and makes me feel sad for you.

2007-05-30 07:50:06 · 40 answers · asked by Kaliko 6

The first Christians were gnostics including Paul.They believed in the 'Jesus story' as an allegory. Then at a later date the followers became literalists and started to destroy the gnostic gospels in an attempt to make the story true.They succeded. Today they believe in faith.What other reasons can christians give for believing in a man who has no historical reference and no proof of existance?

2007-05-30 07:49:37 · 12 answers · asked by TAFF 6

After some research lawyers have sued drug companies for wrongful death and such
I compare it to the equivalent of crack , only differnce is one is lega the othe ris not.

2007-05-30 07:49:02 · 9 answers · asked by Dr Velvet 1

"And these signs shall follow them that beleive; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues. They shall take up serpants; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover."
If you truly beleive i need your help.
i'll give you a cup full of gasoline. If you have faith you'll drink it and not get hurt. after that you can cure my asthma. ok?
thank you christian brothers and sisters. If you do this for me i'll beleive what you say and accept jesus christ as my lawd and saviour.

2007-05-30 07:48:10 · 19 answers · asked by DonJuan 2

I keep getting e-mails that tell me “The wisdom of god is foolishness to those who are perishing (un-believers, etc).”

So does it follow that, “This foolishness about god is wisdom to those who believe”?

2007-05-30 07:46:35 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-30 07:45:23 · 7 answers · asked by hobo 7

Various origin myths can be identified as having come from Asia, but origin mythology has not held an important role in Asia for many centuries. This is largely because much of Asia came to be dominated by Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism, all of which are highly philosophical and say little or nothing about origins.

2007-05-30 07:45:10 · 4 answers · asked by morena_shay 1

2007-05-30 07:44:17 · 16 answers · asked by lovemychihuahua 3

Can someone describe the Protestant Movement or tell me where to find good sites about it. It's for a school thing and I would appreciate it if you could help me out

2007-05-30 07:43:41 · 6 answers · asked by confuzeduh_kid 2

2007-05-30 07:43:21 · 10 answers · asked by Graciela, RIRS 6

OK I'm a Christian but lately I've been looking at other religions and they seem right well not right but understandable, I need help!! Help me with what's rights right!

With things like Buddha I believe in him as a PERSON not a GOD. Same with Muhammad etc. See I recently learned about a religion called Bahai and it seems VERY understandable!!

I know I'm sinning but I can't help it. HELP!!!! Advice!!!!

2007-05-30 07:42:39 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am near sited. I can read a book at arms length but further than that things become a little fuzzy.

Mirrors only reflect the light from objects. Mirrors aren't near sited. If I have the mirror inside my reading distance, I should be able to read things in the mirror, that are reflected from across the room. Yet this does not happen. This is something that has puzzled me for a long time. Any and all comments are greatly appreciated. Why are things not clear in the mirror? Is there more to mirrors than we know?

2007-05-30 07:42:15 · 16 answers · asked by God!Man aka:Jason b 3

On the spiritual path, that is. Explain?

2007-05-30 07:41:53 · 19 answers · asked by ? 6

are there any other people out there sick out having other people's beliefs rammed down their throats? because i am christian does not mean i hate/am ignorant about every other religion, i find all religions beautiful. and because someone disagrees, and is a very proud pagan/atheist/whatever does not mean they have the right to completely disrespect my chosen religion. it works both ways

i'm sorry for ranting, but its really something i've noticed about this place is everybody's religious-intolerance.

does no one else feel this way? I'm christian and content not to bible-bash everyone's heads in, i can talk to pagans, i've studied paganism and how the religions all interlink, and i come from an atheist family.
anybody else feel how badly christians seem to come off around here?

2007-05-30 07:41:52 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know what I believe. What about you?

2007-05-30 07:40:52 · 45 answers · asked by Brian O 3

were too close to home to my friends, we were so astonished how they described and reflected the individuals, even showing thier descriptions.
What i want to now is whether it is against god to dabble with the tarots?

2007-05-30 07:39:41 · 17 answers · asked by oops ok! 3

2007-05-30 07:37:18 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-30 07:37:03 · 5 answers · asked by GhO$t FiGuRe$ 1

Please no jokes. I am so upset and alone right now, I really need anyone willing to pray for me. I am in a situation with my job where I was going to be promoted from my old job (which I love) to another job which will eventually pay better but I do not love as I do the old job. I decided that I didn't want the promotion. The problem is, I havent signed anything official yet, so I am still technically in my old job, but my employer has already hired someone else to move into my new job, forcing me to take the new job or another one which is much lower and worse than the other two. I really feel that I have been tricked here, and am waiting to talk to my 2nd in line boss, but in the meantime I could really use some prayers from others willing to help me out. I really want to keep my old job. Please pray for me, if you are willing. Thanks and God Bless You.

2007-05-30 07:32:22 · 38 answers · asked by Nelly Wetmore 6

Because humans are here many assume we must have been created by something. If god is there do you think he wonders the same thing?

2007-05-30 07:32:22 · 22 answers · asked by dougness86 4

I have been involved with Paganism in some form or another on and off for the past 19 years +. I keep feeling drawn back to Christianity, but I've not been able to just turn my back on Paganism... any advice?

2007-05-30 07:32:12 · 13 answers · asked by Kellenor 2

I am curious as to what it entails and exactly what it means to be a Shaman.

2007-05-30 07:31:54 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-30 07:28:37 · 15 answers · asked by Midge 7

Be careful. The photos are to be seen with discretion

http://www.christianaggression.org/tactics_sexual_abuse.php

2007-05-30 07:27:58 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

"I'm here aren't I?" I wonder if we realize we do the same thing to our Lord if we only go to Church because we feel we have to.

2007-05-30 07:27:44 · 11 answers · asked by Midge 7

In many Native American and Asian mythologies there is no specific creator god or act of creation, instead the world is said to have formed out of chaos, and the development of life is said to be a product of some spirit force. This spirit force is often said in these belief systems to be ever-present and continually acting. Native American mythology generally presents humans and animals as being related and having common ancestry. Many different Native American cultures discovered and interpreted fossils and integrated the knowledge of fossils into their origin mythology

2007-05-30 07:26:37 · 11 answers · asked by morena_shay 1

im a teen *over 15* and im getting to that stage in life where i want to. when does the bible say you can have sex? also if it does have a date and its like at the age of 20 or so, would it still be alright to have it before?

2007-05-30 07:24:18 · 33 answers · asked by **sexy-back** 1

Do you believe in anything at all? I just want to know. If you don't believe in an afterlife, God the devil...don't you get a bit afraid of that? That your life means completely nothing and what you do on Earth is a complete waste? What turned you off of the thought of a higher existence/power?

Perhaps you can clear this up for me because I'm curious. And no I'm not attacking your belief. (I can actually understand why there are such people as atheists). I've always wanted to know what an atheist had to say about this.

2007-05-30 07:21:57 · 19 answers · asked by chrisamethyst 4

2007-05-30 07:21:22 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

...I noticed that they became ever darker with each new book. After awhile, I kinda felt bait-n-switched. I mean, I became so interested in the story as well as the special effects that I kinda-sorta lost sight of what I was actually watching. The story centers around a school for warlocks and witches. It focuses on one kind of evil (magic and witchcraft) battling another, like Voldemere. The use of magic and spirits permeates the storyline.

It's easy to hand wave all this away because kids are wildly reading the books, perhaps we really think it's neat, and so on. After all, it's a story about kids...isn't it?

But, I know this...my grandparents would have never aloud me to watch it or read it. I can see them saying its witchcraft and not good -- you need to go out and play, or go to bed. I see how our society is becoming indifferent to this kind of story, much as it has become numb to TV violence.

Do you really want kids being entertained by this kind of stuff?

2007-05-30 07:16:10 · 31 answers · asked by BowtiePasta 6