Religion & Spirituality - 13 June 2007

I have had many discussions with atheists, who have strong convictions about their belief, but none have been able to explain to me how they systematically or academically arrived at their belief (or disbelief).

I would like to know, specifically, if their is an atheist out there that has come to their conclusions after thoroughly, diligently studying The Bible. None that I have met thus far have any more than just a superficial (if not warped) understanding of Judaism or Christianity. Most seem to have come to their conclusions on their own without actually studying in detail the theological issues involved.

I am not judging anyone, I just am interested in this topic.

2007-06-13 05:28:40 · 27 answers · asked by h m 2

"So it came in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the Lord of the fruit of the ground. Abel, on his part also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering: but for Cain and his offering he had no regard."(Genesis 4:3-5)

2007-06-13 05:27:53 · 13 answers · asked by MoonWater 3

i used to think she was maybe a credible and real psychic but last week when she said that there were aliens in politics and in montel's audience i was like "okay has she lost her mind?" i have no clue what to believe...what are some opinions?

2007-06-13 05:27:22 · 23 answers · asked by Girlie 3

Why is there a Culture of Death and Destruction prevalent in our World Today? What can be done to change this Self-Destructiveness against Ourselves and Others?

2007-06-13 05:27:03 · 12 answers · asked by dca2003311@yahoo.com 7

example: temple of God--Jewish/Christian


please list name of building or monument and then the religion! thank you so much!

2007-06-13 05:24:12 · 8 answers · asked by fefe 4

If i could grant you one wish but all i wanted was your soul in return, and even just by asking you already sold your soul.

What is your wish? Anything you want, other than anything pertaining to me.

2007-06-13 05:24:04 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

if so, why?

2007-06-13 05:23:03 · 15 answers · asked by KEVIN D 3

2007-06-13 05:21:07 · 13 answers · asked by Green kryptonite 1

that God exists, then why are believers so keen on converting others! there is absolutely no proof of any of it!
and is there a created religion because you are afarid to lose that little spark of that theory???
it is very unsettling to me that you feel the need to instill pain, fear and suffering unto others just to make them believe in a theory!

I would understand the need to educate how to properly cross a road so you don't get killed ! but to convert someone just on the basis of a big fat MAYBE that isn't right!

what motivates you to try and swing another person towards your believes and your God????

what are you trying to improve in another person, if they are a good person to begin with????

2007-06-13 05:19:07 · 10 answers · asked by slaveof12gods 5

certainly you can't say that pride is always a bad thing. is it wrong to be proud of your children or anything else you love? of course there is a certain level with being proud of one's self too much to the point of vanity. so why do you suppose the bible doesn't list vanity as being a deadly sin and not pride? there's nothing wrong with a little pride, is there?

2007-06-13 05:19:00 · 16 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5

Praise the Lord that Lina Joy has found Christ. It was a wondrous day when that happened and her eternal salvation is ensured. But the earthly entity that governs Malaysia has determined that from a legal standpoint, she is and will always be Islamic unless she is officially declared an apostate (which isn't a good thing in an Islamic society).

I notice that a number of organizations and countries have protested the Lina Joy ruling and I wonder why any other country should have a say in how Malaysia makes these determinations. I know as a right thinking American, I'd feel pretty upset if some other country tried to tell us how we had to do something.

If it is right that other countries can tell Malaysia how to identify its people as far as religion is concerned, then would we have the right to enforce Lina Joy's rights via military intervention and economic sanctions?

2007-06-13 05:18:06 · 6 answers · asked by Repent 1

Well if i forced you to shoot someone in the face, if i forced you to physically and there was no possiblity of not doing it, should you be punished or held responsible for it, NO! So people who may be hindu intend to love god and believe they have seeked him, they have fully intended to accept god, yet apparently they go to hell for "rejecting" jesus which they obviously did not intend to do, so for the bad they happened to commit out of intending good, are they let to suffer in hell by a "loving" god? No! You lot know nothing about anything, life after death is far more complicated than morales, right, wrong, bible promises and the idea of pain. We know nothing, when we die, it's not like a hall where people wait to be judged, there are no "rights" or "wrongs" or morals.

2007-06-13 05:16:56 · 23 answers · asked by May the force be with you. 1

2007-06-13 05:15:37 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

If your like me then you think Religion is a plague on this earth and the single most detrimental quality of mankind. However should we be out there pushing reason on the world when they clearly don't want to hear about it? I think we'd be doing the world a service but it may create so much animosity towards atheism that people stop listening. Should we be like the cool mysterious belief simply leading by example and getting people to wonder "wow that guy is beholden to nobody and is content in his atheism, maybe he is onto something." Or should we be totally silent for perhaps the world is not ready to do away with god. How do you think we should handle non-non-believers? And do we really care if they hate us?

2007-06-13 05:14:25 · 21 answers · asked by dougness86 4

I've only read the KJV, alas, and what I like "best" about it is the lively dance with "Elizabethan" English. The rub there is that more than one writer put his pen to work on it. I read somewhere recently that even Will Shakespeare made a buck or two during the relatively short time of the "interpretation," or whatever. A lot of it is really pretty writing, which no doubt is why it's held in such high-esteem by Protestants in the USA. Too bad for them that the English language in play in nancy-boy James's version (that's uncalled for; I apologize) was no more than a half-century in use--almost 1400 years after events in the NT were claimed to have taken place. Other aspects of both the Old and the New Testament are a mismash of myth, legend, oral history, ignorance, guessing, outright lies, and absurdities. Hey, my fundie pals, no matter how you slice it, snakes do not talk. Etc., etc., etc.

2007-06-13 05:12:44 · 25 answers · asked by ? 3

I mean maybe WE as people are more in tune with what's around us than what we may believe & the people who are more highly aware of their surroundings actually have opened their minds to the point that they believe anything is possible regarding the spiritual.

Yes, I've had too much coffee again!

2007-06-13 05:12:22 · 2 answers · asked by Ivyvine 6

1Cor 2:13-14
This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

2007-06-13 05:11:32 · 19 answers · asked by sassinya 6

is it a holy city? i forgot if it was Jerusalem, Palestine, or whatever. if you know, please tell me what the name is and if it is a country, city, etc. thank you so much!!

2007-06-13 05:10:58 · 18 answers · asked by fefe 4

The good shepherd [pastor] had nothing and was crucified for us.

2007-06-13 05:07:40 · 9 answers · asked by Don Verto 7

How many of you were born and raised in a family that was Christian, attended a Christian church, lived by Christian morals, and had Christian friends? What branch of Christianity is/was your famly? Are you still of that Christian faith or did you change to another faith or abandon Christianity?

I was raised in a Southern Baptist Convention family in Kentucky. We made every effort to live by the morals and standards of the Bible. We had the fancy Bible on the coffee table. I am 36 years old and my faith is stronger and I attend American Baptist Association church in Arkansas. I am in the US Air Force.

2007-06-13 05:07:10 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

"Let US make man in OUR image according to OUR likeness."(Genesis 26)

God speaks of himself in the plural sense making it seem like there are more than one of him and yet most claim there is only one. Why would a single entity refer to himself in the plural sense? Or how could multiple entities be viewed as one entity?

2007-06-13 05:04:57 · 37 answers · asked by MoonWater 3

2 questions actually.

by extension when gays call christians hateful are they calling God hateful?God isnt at fault.

Is science like the athiests bible?how come all the greatest scientists believed in God?

2007-06-13 05:03:56 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I would think that anyone who has ever created anything has to have inspiration from something else whether subconsciously or not? If nothing came or went before god then how did he do it?

2007-06-13 05:02:28 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

whats the name of the chief monk? it has 5 letters. im unsure of it. forth letter is possibly a o

2007-06-13 05:01:09 · 4 answers · asked by kate100586 3

Seriously.. Do people use the term because it sounds more factual on the surface than say "Mythology Through Christ"?

2007-06-13 05:00:27 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you attend morning prayer? or do you wake up earlier to simply pray and worship?
I am looking into staring a morning prayer and worship once a week in my home for the woman close to me, together we can pray for the men and our finances and simply to seek the presence of God before our hectic day begins. I have never opened a family group, but God put this in my heart. Please tell me in what order or basically how morning prayer is done in your church or family group. I have an idea, open with worship, pray for each others needs, then give a scripture in relation to our needs... Advise please!! thanks in advance.

2007-06-13 04:57:46 · 9 answers · asked by ? 2

Haven't read the book, but watched his 2 part documentary on the telly. Hardly compelling stuff, mostly it was a preaching-to- the-converted speil. He interviewed a bunch of religious extremists and made out as if that represented all theists, and when he came across a moderate with an intelligent argument, they got about two lines in and it was over-dubbed with his voiceover ! The hate he has for religion was plain to see; he'd pull this snarly face whenever the religious extremists were being, er, extreme. It was quite amusing. Except for the extremist Muslim, he was sh*t scared of him(I was a little frightened myself). Well, I guess the atheists do need a "Fundie" of their very own. Did you see it ? What did you think ?

2007-06-13 04:57:14 · 20 answers · asked by =42 6

I have been hanging out with a new person and some of his friends. Turns out they don't believe in God and are quite set with being an athiest. I'm not the type to preach to people as I don't like to push people to believe something they don't want to, but I don't accept their ways by any means.
Any suggestions on how to approach this issue? I'm not changing my faith, I love God far to much to let somebody get the best of me.
Everytime I walk in their apartment they say Here comes the Christian and try to battle it out with me. Technically it's one guy primarily and I've tried ignoring it but I'm starting to get ninety questions thrown at me the minute I walk in the door. What should I do about this? Sink down to that level and argue it out or keep ignorning it.

2007-06-13 04:55:07 · 30 answers · asked by Andrea C 1

He makes the world according to scripture then drowns it afterwards with a flood, then repenting that he had done so. If one really questions the bible with an open heart one could see that Man has made God in his image and not the other way around.

2007-06-13 04:54:31 · 15 answers · asked by NIHIL VERUM NISI MORS 2

i mostly like to hang out at the religion and spirituality section..u?

2007-06-13 04:52:49 · 18 answers · asked by Lamya 6