Religion & Spirituality - 11 June 2007

darwins theory of evolution, dinosaur fossils, the age of earth
by scientists does this conflict with the bible

2007-06-11 01:09:55 · 31 answers · asked by geebob358 2

So most people on here seem pretty certain in their own beliefs. How many people here can think and argue like someone outside of their beliefs? I mean intelligently, not mockingly.

For example, as an atheist, can you make a rational argument for theism? Can a Muslim understand Christians? Do Christians understand why and how pagans think?

I'm curious. Anyone want to give it a try?

2007-06-11 01:08:10 · 6 answers · asked by Shaun 3

2007-06-11 01:05:44 · 23 answers · asked by kukunet n 1

I realize most of the adults in this section have their own views on this, but would you tell a child this? I think the standard Christian answers seems to be Heaven, but what if the child wasn't your own? What if a niece or a neighbor or someone asked you when their parents weren't around to answer? If you personally believe you go into a hole in the ground, is it a good idea to tell a child this? Why or why not?

2007-06-11 01:04:08 · 18 answers · asked by Shaun 3

What do you think about what this story says? If you went to the link, did it change your mind about anything?

"It's an event that might occur in any family--capturing a child's imagination and sending him in a new direction, perhaps shaping a lifetime. A young boy in Lahore, Pakistan, often told his uncle that he wanted to grow up to join the Army and kill Hindus. Then he saw a feature film about the man who founded his country. Now he talks about growing up to be another Jinnah, a man of justice and peace."

http://www.islamfortoday.com/soul.htm

2007-06-11 00:57:32 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

babies are new and clean why do we have to go in a world of bad corruption who said we have to suffer why cant things be lovely

2007-06-11 00:56:37 · 18 answers · asked by astra 5

Why Do Christians Think That Reading The Bible Is Important?
I'm Studying For My Religous Education GCSE Which Is Tomorrow Just Doing A Past Paper And Wondered If Anyone Knew The Answer? I Have So Far Put:-
Christians Believe By Reading The Bible They Have Some Relationship With God.
Is This Correct?
Thanks. XxXxX

2007-06-11 00:52:58 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

What does it make you think?

"Whom can you trust, if not God? But God has also been manipulated, and this is the saddest aspect of the complex we call the Middle East. God has been hijacked by terrorists. Islam is not the problem. Terrorism is the problem, and terrorists have hijacked both Islam and God."

http://www.islamfortoday.com/firestone01.htm

2007-06-11 00:51:49 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have heard about these virtual worlds, as I am so inept with everything (including the web) i think I may struggle to find one by myself, any suggestions? any good ones?

2007-06-11 00:48:12 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-11 00:44:59 · 9 answers · asked by Christina C 1

2007-06-11 00:42:09 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

feeding hungry people or educating people to support and feed themselves or helping people in countless other ways like I thought was the Christian way?

I can find NO justification for this. PLEASE explain this and help me understand.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts on this ... and please don't attack me - I'm not trying to do the same to church-goers - I just want to know why.

2007-06-11 00:36:47 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-11 00:34:50 · 16 answers · asked by Harrish R 1

We all know that what a diversity exists on planet earth.

Diversity of races,animals, insects ,fishes,stones...

and diversity of individuals,personality,music,literature,religions,philosophy

How diverse they are!

Even within myself there is the diversity.

I watch comedy I laugh I watch serious movie I get serious, I watch pornographic movie I get sexually aroused.

I love Jazz but also enjoy techno and trance and I love
Bach and Rachmaninoff.

Every time I listen or watch different things I am in completely different mood .

And I like dating different girls.

Sometimes I wonder "Am I too fickle or capricious?"

What the hell do I reall like or am I?

Or Is it just diversity within me?

Can anybody answer plz?

2007-06-11 00:27:37 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I mean all religious belief...I'm generalising on purpose, I don't want to pick out any one religion here,

2007-06-11 00:24:44 · 16 answers · asked by CHEESUS GROYST 5

2007-06-11 00:22:32 · 13 answers · asked by U-98 6

Here, two most commonly quoted verses of the Quran that are commonly taken out of context are put into context and explained. If you looked at the site, what is your opinion of it? Did it answer a question you may have had?

"“Violence in Islam” is an oxymoron; a meaningless phrase. The contemporary Muslim world situation appears to make the question, “violence in Islam?”, a relevant one. Anti-Islam forces, such as, Christian Fundamentalists, Zionists of all colors and shades, Russians, Serbs, Hindu Fundamentalists and others love to refer to the cherry-picked Qur’an verses to point out that Islam means terrorism and violence, not peace. Unfortunately, the ignorant masses of the West have been raised since their school days in believing that Islam is terrorism and violence. In addition, the pro-Zionist media loves to please the masses through reinforcing this belief and for keeping Islam unpopular in the West in order to prevent its propagation."

2007-06-11 00:22:31 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I alwasy wondered!

2007-06-11 00:19:57 · 27 answers · asked by ♥ 3

2007-06-11 00:17:07 · 10 answers · asked by amanece@sbcglobal.net 1

This is mainly directed at people that don't believe in God or any other type of supreme being.

If you do not know what Pascal's Wager is, here is an overview on it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal's_Wager

Essentially, here is what it says. It takes two variables. The first is if God exists or not. The second is if you live like God exists or not. There are four possible outcomes. If you live like God does exist, then you can gain everything if God exists but lose nothing if God does not exist. However, if you live like God does not exist, you gain nothing if God does not exist but lose everything if God does exist.

It's not meant to convert people and make them believe. All it is designed as is a way to convince people that it's worth looking at.

2007-06-11 00:14:54 · 20 answers · asked by Jason P 4

Is this the belief?

2007-06-11 00:14:04 · 15 answers · asked by Tree of Jesse 3

2007-06-11 00:13:23 · 16 answers · asked by ? 7

"The Prophet sent a message to the monks of Saint Catherine in Mount Sinai:

"This is a message written by Muhammad ibn Abdullah, as a covenant to those who adopt Christianity, far and near, we are behind them. Verily, I defend them by myself, the servants, the helpers, and my followers, because Christians are my citizens; and by Allah! I hold out against anything that displeases them. No compulsion is to be on them. Neither are their judges to be changed from their jobs, nor their monks from their monasteries. No one is to destroy a house of their religion, to damage it, or to carry anything from it to the Muslims' houses. Should anyone take any of these, he would spoil God's covenant and disobey His Prophet. Verily, they (Christians) are my allies and have my secure charter against all that they hate. No one is to force them to travel or to oblige them to fight. The Muslims are to fight for them.

2007-06-11 00:12:09 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-11 00:06:18 · 19 answers · asked by U-98 6

At Genesis 1:1 the title “God” is translated from ’Elo•him′, which is plural in Hebrew. Trinitarians construe this to be an indication of the Trinity. They also explain Deuteronomy 6:4 to imply the unity of members of the Trinity when it says, “The LORD our God [from ’Elo•him′] is one LORD.” The plural form of the noun here in Hebrew is the plural of majesty or excellence. (See NAB, St. Joseph Edition, Bible Dictionary, p. 330; also, New Catholic Encyclopedia, 1967, Vol. V, p. 287.) It conveys no thought of plurality of persons within a godhead. In similar fashion, at Judges 16:23 when reference is made to the false god Dagon, a form of the title ’elo•him′ is used; the accompanying verb is singular, showing that reference is to just the one god. At Genesis 42:30, Joseph is spoken of as the “lord” (’adho•neh′, the plural of excellence) of Egypt. The Greek language does not have a ‘plural of majesty or excellence.’ So, at Genesis 1:1 the translators of LXX used ho The•os′ (God, singular)

2007-06-11 00:06:04 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous