Religion & Spirituality - 2 June 2007

God is only one, no question about that. It only shows that he is only a prophet asking for guidance and help to the Almighty.
And you must remember that jesus told us that God is a spirit, that has no flesh & bones, but Jesus has flesh & bones, he sleep but God never sleep, he eat but God never eat, he died in the cross according to you. Can you imagine God died in the cross, just what will happen to the universe if God died 3 days & 3 nights. If you are saying that jesus is God incarnate, then show us your proof & basis from the bible. Even the word Incarnation cannot be found in the bible.

2007-06-02 23:59:41 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-02 23:58:43 · 1 answers · asked by fiiig 1

Why is it that Baptists and certain Protestant Evangelicals demand full immersion baptism but don't accept the understanding of Baptismal regeneration in the waters of baptism as explained in Titus 3:5 that God "saved us, not because of deeds done by us in righteousness, but in virtue of his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit." ?

If baptism is merely symbolic than why do they place so much importance on the ritual of baptism being only and always full immersion into the water? Some will argue this was the only bible way but is it?

http://www.catholic.com/library/Baptism_Immersion_Only.asp

"Often people miss the fact that baptism gives us new life/new birth because they have an impoverished view of the grace God gives us through baptism, which they think is a mere symbol. But Scripture is clear that baptism is much more than a mere symbol"

2007-06-02 23:58:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

i often have well meaning christian friends come and trying to 'save' me by telling me all sorts of bizzare stories, ranging from earth is 6000 years old to a man (jesus) walked on water, how do i restrain myself from laughing so i don't offend their 'sincere' christian love? i 'm serious about this quesion as i REALLY can see their good heart and their view (but they can never see my view, how sad) and i know my theory of life has a higher chance of being right

2007-06-02 23:51:46 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-02 23:45:16 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

they have a completly different god, or another explanation for being

1. what will this mean to you???

2. How serious would this be for government, religion, people?

2007-06-02 23:39:55 · 11 answers · asked by Sparky77x 2

As a long term christian I have of late become increasingly disillusioned with the teachings of the church especially with regard to their obsession with gay bashing and their anti-abortion stance, which seems to take priority over what I consider more pressing issues such as alleviating poverty in the developing world and eradicating the contagion of paedophilia which has engulfed the church in recent years.

It is for this reason that I have of late been looking into the arguments in favour of atheism as highlighted in the following link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/atheism/history/science.shtml

Do you consider that atheists provide a better model of how the world works and how our problems could be solved? Are faith beliefs such as christianity and islam just relics of the past which have no place in our modern world?

2007-06-02 23:34:24 · 55 answers · asked by pagreen1966 3

2007-06-02 23:27:33 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Christianity right from its advent has been evangelical and missionary in nature. No matter where message of Jesus went, it always motivated people to go on mission and spread the Good News or Gospel.
Gospel reached Kerala (India) in first century itself, but it never produced a single missionary in all next 18 century. Condition was that Gospel even didnt spilled to the next states of Tamil nadu or Karnataka.
I would like people to send comment, answers, views and research..
Why it never produced a single missionary? Though it survived?

2007-06-02 23:13:06 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

will you kick me out of the forum ?

(Serious question)

Or anyone has same belief as I do ?

2007-06-02 23:12:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

....... without knowing from their mother?

If their answer is “D.N.A” Medical test

Then have they asked their father to go for this Test

Or they have blind faith in their mother,

just like theist have in their holy scriptures.

Please don’t mind this question, this is not Criticism to atheist. I just want to know from atheist, does everything need to proved in science labs, or few things can be accepted without it.

2007-06-02 23:02:50 · 19 answers · asked by Dhruva 2

2007-06-02 23:02:20 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Aren't they great Holiday's? Shouldn't it not be about religion? Shouldn't everyone get to do this?

2007-06-02 23:01:06 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Church or lie-in?!

2007-06-02 23:00:22 · 16 answers · asked by Nelson 1

2007-06-02 22:59:23 · 8 answers · asked by Desiree 4

The media always talks about the Quran punishments if you sin. So I thought this was because the Torah & Bible did not mention these type of things. I was wrong big time. The bible talks more about killing than the Quran. Look at some of these quotes.

Jews Torah says A born non-jewish female is in the “state of filth”

Bible says those who blasheme “should be stoned to death.”

2007-06-02 22:55:56 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

i would really like to read it but i cant understand the way its worded or any of the the old sayings that are not used in todays modern world, any suggestion?

2007-06-02 22:55:54 · 33 answers · asked by Chloelouise 2

I worship the Holy Trinity of David Gilmour, Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix.

2007-06-02 22:46:50 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

In the synoptic gospels (ie. Matthew, Mark, Luke), Jesus referred to Himself as the Son of Man. If He had a virgin birth, and God the Father was His Dad, why'd he use that term. Son of woman, or son of God would have been alright, but not Son of Man.

2007-06-02 22:35:02 · 17 answers · asked by JIMMY 3

I should have known what it would be like, this site. But I'm ever-hopeful. I learned a bit more about Islam, knowledge which is important to us all in the West; I learned a bit about atheism, which is important to me, a nonbeliever. As to Christianity, I learned nothing I did not know as a poor kid in Jim Crow Georgia. Good people here directed me to books and sites about Islam and atheism, which I appreciate. I can't say then that my visits over two weeks have been a waste. Questions/answers sprung by "hate" and ignorance disappointed me, though clearly some kids were dancing round the mulberry bush and being playful, or merely geeky, or snickeringly perverse and thinking to sting, to hurt and insult behind the veil the Internet provides. But, all in all, I've learned here. And you?

2007-06-02 22:31:41 · 10 answers · asked by ? 3

Can you answer this question with out quoting any passage’s from the bible? I just don’t get it. In my mind its not who we love, it’s the fact that we can and we do find happiness with someone. When 2 people love each other mind body and soul even though same gender surely there is nothing immoral, it can only be beautiful as love is exactly that….Beautiful…. If you do think it is immoral can you tell me why without using any reference from the bible? Meaning your own thoughts…..

2007-06-02 22:26:10 · 28 answers · asked by Leah 4

Nobody is a certain religion out of malice or contempt for god. They are just doing what they think god wants them to do.
So, how come all these religions say that if you pick the wrong prophet, pray the wrong way, or read from the wrong book, you will be tortured for ever in the worst of ways?

Here you have people trying really hard to please god, but just because they maybe pick door number 3 as opposed to door number 2 .... BAM

Think about it.....

2007-06-02 22:19:59 · 23 answers · asked by YahooAnswersIsFun 3

The webpage is just spooky. With all the talk about the 2008 international ID cards and the one world bank (the new world order) going on, has this advanced man found out a way to "cheat" the bible and use the number of the beast to make money through the food market? And for those of you who are anti christian and just hate mongers in general, will you try to associate with this guy and get into the food industry with him to buy and sell when the new "marks" come in May 2008? What I mean by marks is, you know how Germany calls their dollars "marks" right? Well the new marks under the new world bank will be micro chips. This is what Tony Blair discussed with the president and his council when he recently visited the United States a few weeks ago. <> This is old news. Im not telling the story to warn anyone or make anyone paranoid about it since its really going to happen.

Reference --> http://www.angelfire.com/musicals/loriandbrad

2007-06-02 22:15:36 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-02 22:09:36 · 4 answers · asked by Lee Edward 1

I would rather base my belief system and eternal life on a book inspired by God than books written by a flawed, human being.

2007-06-02 22:04:18 · 25 answers · asked by Kaliko 6

This is what it is to me, but in another's words. How do you see it? What do you think about this?

"For moderate Muslims Ijtihad is the preferred method of choice for social and political change and military Jihad the last option. For militant Muslims, military Jihad is the first option and Ijtihad is not an option at all.



Ijtihad narrowly understood is a juristic tool that allows independent reasoning to articulate Islamic law on issues where textual sources are silent. The unstated assumption being when texts have spoken reason must be silent. But increasingly moderate Muslim intellectuals see Ijtihad as the spirit of Islamic thought that is necessary for the vitality of Islamic ideas and Islamic civilization. Without Ijtihad, Islamic thought and Islamic civilization fall into decay.

2007-06-02 22:01:37 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm an atheist and have a very negative view of religion. In a cruel twist of fate, my girlfriend has wholeheartedly embraced Chrisitanity and fervently attends church, despite my efforts to stop her. She never went on to higher education and I think she uses religion to fill this void in her life. Also, I've been unfaithful to her a number of times and I've been told that her religious commitment is a reaction to this.

She told me earlier this evening that tomorrow her church is going to have a "foot washing service." I was immediaely suspicious. What church is so concerned with its member's feet? She started to tell me something about a woman washing Jesus's feet with her hair. I told her she had best not put her hair on anyone's feet. She told me that wasn't it, but she'd explain later. It sounds like some bizarre fetish church to me. Why in the world would she get mixed up in something so odd? I was raised a Christian, but this is the first I heard of such a service.

2007-06-02 21:44:08 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

why do people even say this? i really don't understand. if that is the book in which you place your faith, why wouldn't you take it literally? it would make no sense for the authors to have written a book such as the bible for shits and giggles. and if i shouldn't take it literally, why should i even take it seriously? please explain. and don't give me stupid crap either, you people know who you are. and if you're a bad speller, don't even bother.

2007-06-02 21:42:44 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Al3v_wPzNbp8sXL3n0hLAjng5gt.?qid=20070603012819AAOoAmR


would you please give me your opinions on these two questions in this link. i'm finding it really disturbing to think that most people think that this is ok . please state your opinion good or bad but not offensive . thanks a lot :)

2007-06-02 21:41:33 · 10 answers · asked by Me 7

2007-06-02 21:40:34 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous