Religion & Spirituality - 15 June 2007

Suppose you came across/were shown proof of the deity of another religion. Let's also suppose you ruled out mental illness or delusion since that's a lame answer. Would this affect you? If so, how? Would you just change your internal beliefs, or would you become active about your beliefs (not necessarily by trying to convert others). I'm also curious as to whether more theists would /change/ their religion, or more nontheists would care/find it relevant/whatever. Also... what if you had evidence of the existence of a being/beings that you didn't morally agree with? Would you change your morality (even if only to a slight degree) or oppose the being(s) you now knew existed?

2007-06-15 22:20:36 · 10 answers · asked by Shaun 3

make me get my rear in gear and actually do some work?

2007-06-15 22:11:08 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

i mean...who ordered u to use the cross and Jesus as statues to worship and ask for forgiveness?
i do not think Jesus has taken the Cross as a symbol in his life, as he was still alive..... no crosses yet at that time

i am a muslim.... and we have in our religion a very important rule: what the prophet ordered us to do we do, and what he banned us from doing, we must not do. anything was invented in religion after his death is called "bedaa" which will lead to hell.

in quran we have a verse says what means :Jesus said: who is my supporters for Allah (God)? and the followers said: we are the supporters for Allah, we believe in him and we are muslims, Our god we believe in what u brought down to us ( Bible and previous books) and we followed the messenger (Jesus) ...

2007-06-15 22:09:18 · 23 answers · asked by mozakkera 2

Personally I really like Yentl.

2007-06-15 22:06:07 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

The last couple of days I have been reading alot of what they have to say about their beliefs, and others,and what I have seen is horrible. It's hard to explain but they seem sad about something. Can someone explain?

2007-06-15 22:01:06 · 26 answers · asked by ? 2

2007-06-15 21:56:12 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

You know what if I generalize Christians, I'm going to generalize everyone to make it fair.

Atheists are here to point out the flaws in Christianity, from the book you base your life on, to the character of God, to the scientific evidence that refutes Noah's Ark, and a young universe.

Science doesn't have all the answers, but some things have to be settled. Evolution is true, it's just the fine details that can be disputed, being gay is not a choice, and abotions are legal for many good reasons.

There are hundreds of contradictions in the Bible, and many errors.

When it comes down to it though it's mostly the ignorance behind any type of outside the box thinking that coincides often with religion.

I have, with a very open mind, looked at many sides of the coin and can easily decide that the Bible and everythign represents is way off.

I can support this claim with a lot of evidence, but I see this evidence get swept under the carpet everyday on here, but still.....

2007-06-15 21:47:13 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

I do. Some people believe in the Bible but do not think every story should be taken literally. I disagree.

2007-06-15 21:43:31 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-15 21:42:13 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

What should I do?

2007-06-15 21:37:39 · 33 answers · asked by Redmondinator 3

When anyone asks me what religion i am, i tell them i am atheist...but there are many other types of religions around and when they say they are jewish or muslim no one reacts they way when i say what i am???... why is everyone so judgemental, or should i hide my atheism, or ....???? a little advice would be nice, i do not want to offend anyone i just want to tell them how i feel...should i lie?...help me..

2007-06-15 21:36:52 · 18 answers · asked by dontworryitshalffull 1

I am not atheist but I absolutely do not believe in the God described by Christians ,muslims ,or jews, I just think there is something , whatever you want to call it bigger than us . I do volunteer work in Africa and many places where my fellow human being needs help,I do sincerely try to improve the life of others but I do not get involved in any religion ,I just do not believe in any of them, especially when they try to convince me to CONVERT OR GOD WILL SEND ME TO BURN IN HELL, that really inflames me more than anything else. My questions is to the religious people here, (and please do not preach , no verses from the bible, use your own words), I have been told I need to practice this or that religion to be spared eternity in turture,the famous hell you seem to like to talk about.If I anybody does such a thing out of fear it is not a sincere conversion anyway . Can you explain to me why would your God punish me just because I do not practice your religion but I am ,and really try hard to be the best human being I can? It does not make any sense that a person has to be punished or rewarded based on what religion he believed in, that is absurd,what kind of demented God do you portray to worship?

2007-06-15 21:33:11 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Did the Holy Spirit realize how many hate crimes there would be when it possessed Paul to write that being gay is wrong in Romans?

2007-06-15 21:31:12 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is goodness it's own reward or are you only in it for the "pay-off"?

2007-06-15 21:27:17 · 33 answers · asked by mesun1408 6

Why do you always answer for a God you say we can't understand?

2007-06-15 21:24:35 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know all are equal and good, but in which temple you feel the presence of Mother's energies the highest, her love the highest

I cry when I visit Vaishno Devi, and the second is Chamnuda temple in Himachal

2007-06-15 21:06:41 · 17 answers · asked by Divya Jyoti 4

Not in the Revelation of John, that is a prophetic work. Besides, "Lucifer" is mentioned once in the Bible, and, in context, it doesn't refer to the devil.
The closest I've been able to come is references to some apocryphal Hebrew text. Is it possible this whole idea started with Milton?

2007-06-15 21:06:31 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

The following books put forward a cogent case that Jesus Christ had lived in India and that is where he underwent his spiritual initiation:

http://www.sol.com.au/kor/7_01.htm
http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Lived-India-Before-Crucifixion/dp/1852305509
http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-India-Maury-Lee/dp/0738835668/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_k2a_2_img/104-6532298-2908704
http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Heaven-Earth-Preaching-Srinagar/dp/0913321605/ref=pd_sim_b_3_img/104-6532298-2908704
http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Years-Jesus-Documentary-Evidence/dp/091676687X/ref=pd_sim_b_1_img/104-6532298-2908704
http://www.amazon.com/Life-Jesus-Christ-Nicolas-Notovitch/dp/0960285016/ref=pd_sim_b_4_img/104-6532298-2908704

also check out the following sites:

http://www.atmajyoti.org/spirwrit-the_christ_of_india.asp
http://www.salagram.net/Jesus-Went-To-India.htm
http://www.proaxis.com/~deardorj/ecumensm.htm
http://www.tombofjesus.com/2007/home/welcome.html
http://mysticsaint.blogspot.com/2006/06/jesus-in-in

2007-06-15 20:49:01 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

This is why it is a good idea to develop a relationship with Jesus Christ before man. Man created these organizations:

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
John 3:6 (KJV)

2007-06-15 20:48:18 · 30 answers · asked by jesusisking51 2

2007-06-15 20:44:12 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

How would Darth Cheney and AFLAC's child look if they mated?

2007-06-15 20:42:10 · 6 answers · asked by Darth Cheney 7

2007-06-15 20:32:35 · 17 answers · asked by JimBob from 'Bama 2

Who would win a fight between AFLAC and the WSIDR?

Please keep in mind that I am *way* CuTeR.

2007-06-15 20:27:42 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I did! I took him wrong at first, but I think he's hilarious!

Good to see ya, hon :)

2007-06-15 20:24:39 · 7 answers · asked by I WALK FUNNY 4

He didn't trust or believe in the church nor did the Gnostics.

He believed God could be found anywhere you choose to look for him even within ones self, so did the Gnostics.

He said to seek truth which is basically saying to be open minded and intelligent, this is the primary way of thinking for a Gnostic.

And in the end the church had the Romans kill both Christ and the Gnostics for being open minded and truthful.

They both seem to have very similar thoughts & ideas.

2007-06-15 20:16:32 · 12 answers · asked by Sean 7

Then are we all born Bi-Sexual and we Choose to be straight. Isn't that what Christians are saying? Does that include Jesus?

2007-06-15 20:06:48 · 18 answers · asked by JimBob from 'Bama 2

AFLAAAAAAC!

2007-06-15 20:01:08 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a niece that is 16 and she is constantly getting into trouble. The thing with her is, she is whatever the situation is at the time. Another thing with her is, if people aren't focused on her, she starts in with her drama. Most of the time it's trouble she starts, so focus will be back on her. Not long ago she done something (I won't go into that) that hurt my feelings. Well, she e-mailed me the other day and asked for forgiveness. She also said that she has turned her problems over to God. Now, the thing is, I don't know whether I can believe that or not. If she has turned her problems over to God, then God Bless her. You also need to know is she's done this before when attention wasn't being focused on her. She lies just about all the time, so it's a little hard to believe her now.
What can I do to help her or to find out if she's sincere? It's really bad when you don't know if you can believe a word that comes out of her mouth. Please give me some advice.

2007-06-15 19:53:09 · 18 answers · asked by tracy211968 6

or do idiots just live by the bibles every word?

2007-06-15 19:49:05 · 2 answers · asked by yo daddy deez 1

Hey, who wants to have a good laugh at me? Now, this is something unusual. I fell off of a carnival ride, St Roman's Festival right where I live, and broke my foot. Leave it to clumsy little me to be one of the few to do that (or many, who knows?). So, do you think this is funny? hehe, I'm in pain, but I'm still laughing at myself.

2007-06-15 19:45:57 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous