Religion & Spirituality - 1 June 2007

give an example of a spiritual moment in your life? Even if you don't believe in a soul, can you remember something that made you feel connected to the universe in a way that seemed spiritual? For believers, can you give an example of a time you felt close to God or just very spiritual?
Just asking out of curiosity, I am feeling down today and was looking for some uplifting moments to think about.

2007-06-01 15:30:09 · 17 answers · asked by future dr.t (IM) 5

2007-06-01 15:27:04 · 52 answers · asked by burlingtony 2

2007-06-01 15:25:17 · 17 answers · asked by sahara_springs 3

In Ezekiel20:25 it states that God says that he intentionally gave out bad laws, how can a perfect God do such a thing under any circumstance. This could lead one to suspect any of God's laws or commandments.

2007-06-01 15:23:19 · 16 answers · asked by Progeny Rising 2

or something that has blessed your life in an unimaginable way

2007-06-01 15:22:30 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Before gracing us with your ill informed opinion?

2007-06-01 15:22:07 · 15 answers · asked by Stew 4

Every I post here?
Just like me~,
They long to be~,
Nosing at you~~~~...

:)

2007-06-01 15:18:51 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is that position still available?

2007-06-01 15:16:26 · 23 answers · asked by rebekkah hot as the sun 7

the Catholic Church claims to have apostolic succession, with the bishops tracing their line of succession to the Twelve Apostles, as so the Orthodox Church makes the same claim. though the Patriarch of Rome and the Patriarch of Constantinople excommunicated each other in the year 1054. the Eastern Orthodox Church claims that the Roman Catholic Church broke away from the true church and the Roman Catholic Church claims that the Eastern Orthodox Church broke away from the true church. which side is right?

2007-06-01 15:16:14 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-01 15:15:35 · 19 answers · asked by Deof Movestofca 7

The Koran says kill all the Jews and Christians

2007-06-01 15:14:40 · 6 answers · asked by sahara_springs 3

2007-06-01 15:14:30 · 7 answers · asked by rapturefuture 7

How many violation notices does one have to get before his/her account is deleted?

2007-06-01 15:14:01 · 5 answers · asked by Patrick the Carpathian, CaFO 7

In Biblical Version in Luke 1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, "The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall OVERSHADOW THEE"
So how did the Holy Ghost come upon Mary? and how did the Highest overshadow her? That it was an immaculate conception because the language used here is distasteful (gutter language).

In Qur'anic Version in Chapter 3:47 and the angel says in reply "Even so: Allah createth what he willeth: When God hath decreed a plan, He but saith to it, BE and it is!

This is the Muslim concept of the birth of Jesus. For God to create a Jesus, without human father, He merely has to will it. If He wants to create a million Jesus without father or mothers, He merely has to will them into existence. He does not have to take seeds & transfer them, like men or animals, by contact or artificial insemination. He will everything into being by His word of command "BE" and "IT IS".

2007-06-01 15:12:05 · 18 answers · asked by Lyka23 1

That was 2000 thousand years ago. I am sure that some of those listeners are dead. I found this in Matt 16:28-Mark 9:1 and Luke 9:27. If this is false one has to question what else is?

2007-06-01 15:11:36 · 16 answers · asked by Progeny Rising 2

you belive that god/jesus will heal, does that mean you dont take medication...and if you do, is that not having faith in god? what happens when you get cancer, why do you except treatment when god will cure you....

im not attacking, im genuinely curious....

2007-06-01 15:10:57 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-01 15:10:05 · 5 answers · asked by SHELLTOE BISCUITS 3

Does God exist?
AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION.



An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, The Almighty.

He asks one of his new students to stand and .....


Prof: So you believe in God?

Student: Absolutely, sir.




Prof: Is God good?

Student: Sure.



Prof: Is God all-powerful?

Student: Yes.




Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn't. How is this God good then? Hmm?

(Student is silent.)





Prof: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fellow. Is God good?

Student: Yes.




Prof: Is Satan good?

Student: No.




Prof: Where does Satan come from?

Student: From...God...




Prof: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?

Student: Yes.




Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct?

Student: Yes.




Prof: So who created evil?

Student does not answer.




Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don't they?
Student: Yes, sir.





Prof: So, who created them?

Student has no answer.




Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son...Have you ever seen God?

Student: No, sir.




Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?

Student: No, sir.




Prof: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter?

Student: No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.




Prof: Yet you still believe in Him?

Student: Yes.




Prof: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?

Student: Nothing. I only have my faith.




Prof: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has.

Student: Professor, is there such a thing as heat ?

Prof: Yes.




Student: And is there such a thing as cold?

Prof: Yes.




Student: No sir. There isn't.

(The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)




Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don't have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold.

Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.



(There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)




Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?

Prof: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?




Student: You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light.... But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? In reality, darkness isn't. If it were you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?

Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man?




Student: Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.

Prof: Flawed? Can you explain how?




Student: Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure.



Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one.

To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it.



Now tell me, Professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved
from a monkey?

Prof: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.





Student: Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?

(The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument is going.)




Student: Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher? (The class is in uproar.)




Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's brain?

(The class breaks out into laughter.)




Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable
protocol, science says that you have no brain, sir.



With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?

(The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face unfathomable.)



Prof: I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.




Student: That is it sir... The link between man & god is FAITH.

That is all that keeps things moving & alive.



Does God exist?
AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION.



An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, The Almighty.

He asks one of his new students to stand and .....


Prof: So you believe in God?

Student: Absolutely, sir.




Prof: Is God good?

Student: Sure.



Prof: Is God all-powerful?

Student: Yes.




Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn't. How is this God good then? Hmm?

(Student is silent.)





Prof: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fellow. Is God good?

Student: Yes.




Prof: Is Satan good?

Student: No.




Prof: Where does Satan come from?

Student: From...God...




Prof: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?

Student: Yes.




Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct?

Student: Yes.




Prof: So who created evil?

Student does not answer.




Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don't they?
Student: Yes, sir.





Prof: So, who created them?

Student has no answer.




Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son...Have you ever seen God?

Student: No, sir.




Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?

Student: No, sir.




Prof: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter?

Student: No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.




Prof: Yet you still believe in Him?

Student: Yes.




Prof: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?

Student: Nothing. I only have my faith.




Prof: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has.

Student: Professor, is there such a thing as heat ?

Prof: Yes.




Student: And is there such a thing as cold?

Prof: Yes.




Student: No sir. There isn't.

(The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)




Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don't have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold.

Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.



(There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)




Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?

Prof: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?




Student: You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light.... But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? In reality, darkness isn't. If it were you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?

Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man?




Student: Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.

Prof: Flawed? Can you explain how?




Student: Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure.



Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one.

To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it.



Now tell me, Professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved
from a monkey?

Prof: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.





Student: Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?

(The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument is going.)




Student: Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher? (The class is in uproar.)




Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's brain?

(The class breaks out into laughter.)




Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable
protocol, science says that you have no brain, sir.



With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?

(The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face unfathomable.)



Prof: I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.




Student: That is it sir... The link between man & god is FAITH.

That is all that keeps things moving & alive.

2007-06-01 15:09:56 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous

do you think that is logical or healthy?
do you think that forgiveness works?
:)

2007-06-01 15:09:05 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-01 15:08:23 · 24 answers · asked by sahara_springs 3

2007-06-01 15:07:20 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-01 15:07:08 · 15 answers · asked by Stew 4

2007-06-01 15:06:22 · 7 answers · asked by breezyhope 2

I didn't know that? Don't jump all over me I am just asking?
I thought everyone believe in wicked angels.
then who is the bad part? I mean every story has to have a villian?

2007-06-01 15:04:07 · 15 answers · asked by Steven 6

Anyone know this?

2007-06-01 15:02:44 · 18 answers · asked by Zezo Zeze Zadfrack 1

2007-06-01 15:01:42 · 19 answers · asked by sahara_springs 3

Some people from other countries (including Canada) think it is. Your thoughts - and thank you.

2007-06-01 15:01:19 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION.



An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, The Almighty.

He asks one of his new students to stand and .....


Prof: So you believe in God?

Student: Absolutely, sir.




Prof: Is God good?

Student: Sure.



Prof: Is God all-powerful?

Student: Yes.




Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn't. How is this God good then? Hmm?

(Student is silent.)





Prof: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fellow. Is God good?

Student: Yes.




Prof: Is Satan good?

Student: No.




Prof: Where does Satan come from?

Student: From...God...




Prof: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?

Student: Yes.




Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct?

Student: Yes.



Does God exist?
AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION.



An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, The Almighty.

He asks one of his new students to stand and .....


Prof: So you believe in God?

Student: Absolutely, sir.




Prof: Is God good?

Student: Sure.



Prof: Is God all-powerful?

Student: Yes.




Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn't. How is this God good then? Hmm?

(Student is silent.)





Prof: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fellow. Is God good?

Student: Yes.




Prof: Is Satan good?

Student: No.




Prof: Where does Satan come from?

Student: From...God...




Prof: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?

Student: Yes.




Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct?

Student: Yes.




Prof: So who created evil?

Student does not answer.




Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don't they?
Student: Yes, sir.





Prof: So, who created them?

Student has no answer.




Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son...Have you ever seen God?

Student: No, sir.




Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?

Student: No, sir.




Prof: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter?

Student: No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.




Prof: Yet you still believe in Him?

Student: Yes.




Prof: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?

Student: Nothing. I only have my faith.




Prof: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has.

Student: Professor, is there such a thing as heat ?

Prof: Yes.




Student: And is there such a thing as cold?

Prof: Yes.




Student: No sir. There isn't.

(The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)




Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don't have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold.

Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.



(There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)




Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?

Prof: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?




Student: You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light.... But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? In reality, darkness isn't. If it were you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?

Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man?




Student: Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.

Prof: Flawed? Can you explain how?




Student: Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure.



Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one.

To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it.



Now tell me, Professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved
from a monkey?

Prof: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.





Student: Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?

(The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument is going.)




Student: Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher? (The class is in uproar.)




Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's brain?

(The class breaks out into laughter.)




Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable
protocol, science says that you have no brain, sir.



With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?

(The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face unfathomable.)



Prof: I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.




Student: That is it sir... The link between man & god is FAITH.

That is all that keeps things moving & alive.






WANT TO KNOW WHO THAT STUDENT WAS ?

2007-06-01 15:01:10 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you believe A) The rod is used to beat the child.
Do you believe B) The rod is used to guide and teach the child.
Thanks in advance.

2007-06-01 14:59:33 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-01 14:55:42 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous