Religion & Spirituality - 16 June 2007

all lutherans and catholics please post a simple "hi" or "hello" here so that i may add you all to my friends.

-thanks!

2007-06-16 11:02:43 · 6 answers · asked by Restlefan 2

This surprisingly common argument reflects several levels of ignorance about evolution. The first mistake is that evolution does not teach that humans descended from monkeys; it states that both have a common ancestor.

The deeper error is that this objection is tantamount to asking, "If children descended from adults, why are there still adults?" New species evolve by splintering off from established ones, when populations of organisms become isolated from the main branch of their family and acquire sufficient differences to remain forever distinct. The parent species may survive indefinitely thereafter, or it may become extinct.

There is now NO REASON for you to make this ignorant statement EVER AGAIN..!
But will you..??

2007-06-16 11:02:32 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was surfing the home page last year and came across a religious rant by a user named, "Elmo the Stoner". It made me laugh and I haven't left R&S since.

What's your story?

2007-06-16 10:54:03 · 17 answers · asked by JellyBean 3

Romans 1:32
Who knowing the judgement of God that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same but have pleasure in them that do them.

What are some of the the things that is worthy of death?

2007-06-16 10:52:55 · 14 answers · asked by Sandy S 2

why rely on some made up person you've never met. that's like....say I went looking for a date on the internet, then I see this guy, we spend 2 years talking. that whole time he's asking where I live. I avoid the question. the guy I met tells me all about him, and he sounds like the perfect guy. then I meet him and find out he's a 60 year old pervert who has been to jail 9 times. how do you know that's not like god?

2007-06-16 10:52:15 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-16 10:47:37 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have found this phenomenon interesting. You go to a typical Asian church (Chinese, Japanese, or Korean) and the majority of the people don't care about important theological issues. The Bible studies are usually just "fellowship" hangouts where they just discuss their weekday troubles or gossip about the latest news. I find that many Asian Christians just want to use church as a country club or a place they can just feel comfortable. A place not to worship God, but just to feel a sense of community. I disagree with this way of doing things. However, people who call me judgmental are usually the ones who don't want to repent and change their ways to conform to Scripture. They just want to persist in their disobedience to God. We are called to judge fellow Christians who are disobedient to the Word. Why don't so many people see that?

2007-06-16 10:47:34 · 9 answers · asked by helper725 3

"I used to ask myself why [my students] believed what I taught them.... I finally concluded that most students believe me because they trust me, they feel that I have their best interests at heart and that I would not deliberately deceive them by teaching things that I myself did not believe. They also trust the institution that awarded me a physics PhD, and the university and the physics department that hired me and allow me to teach them. And I use that trust to effectively brainwash them. We who teach introductory physics have to acknowledge, if we are honest with ourselves, that our teaching methods are primarily those of propaganda."

~Mano Singham "(For the record, I am perfectly comfortable with the standard scientific models of cosmology and evolution, and am not a closet creationist.)", associate director of the University Center for Innovations in Teaching and Education, at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio
http://www.asa3.org/archive/ASA/200011/0029.html

2007-06-16 10:46:59 · 10 answers · asked by Deof Movestofca 7

And in a word or two, describe what you see through each of their eyes that has changed the way you were....or what has made you better as to what you are today?

Try not to refer to the "Bank of Dad" as I already know that one.

2007-06-16 10:45:25 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Two days ago I ask a question about the hate on this planet and the principal answer from the Christians is that Satan is in charge (at least for the moment). If this is true why God allow that?

2007-06-16 10:45:13 · 31 answers · asked by Lost. at. Sea. 7

Can you imagine Jesus sitting on a hill by the beach, and the masses listening to him tell about "faith the size of a mustard seed". That would be awesome!

2007-06-16 10:43:22 · 16 answers · asked by KJ 4

And how did so many of you become such thorough experts?

2007-06-16 10:41:48 · 31 answers · asked by St. Tom Cruise 3

by that user? None of the other questions give me that message.

2007-06-16 10:40:57 · 10 answers · asked by in a handbasket 6

I believe so. I study theology, I know what I am talking about. Unlike many of you so-called Christians who embrace this unbiblical teaching, I actually have a theological education and studied the Bible intensely.

2007-06-16 10:40:06 · 4 answers · asked by helper725 3

2007-06-16 10:37:12 · 23 answers · asked by ccrider 7

I am trying to set up a study on the fear of the Lord, I need to ask how does someone teach on the fear of God the right way. I know that if your were taught to fear God the wrong way when your young it can hurt a child in a long run..we teach them God is Love and then you tell them you have to fear God. I have found a couple scriptures on fear that if you would like share your thought on them and if you have any that would be better to explain please let me know..All are welcome to answer but it is mostly for believers to answer. Thanks
Isaiah 8:13 (King James Version)

Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

1 Peter 2:17 (King James Version)
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

2007-06-16 10:35:53 · 14 answers · asked by pops 4

serious answers please,

i have a close friend who has such a wonderful heart, and who wants to become a minister.

i would love to know if anyone knows how he could become one.

thanks
xxx

2007-06-16 10:35:21 · 13 answers · asked by lovelifelivelife 2

I just don't get what killing an animal has to do with a relationship with a god. Why do you follow a religion that demands blood sacrifices, whether you follow Christianity or Santoria??

2007-06-16 10:34:12 · 17 answers · asked by bete noire Carpe Noctum 5

i think i finally figured it out last night! the only reason people are christian, or follow a GOD is because they are insecure about themselves. and dont want to make decisions on thier own. like "hey you wanna go drink tonight?"...."no sorry its a sin to do that" yeah see they all make up excuses for themselves! they cant answer "no i dont want to" they have to have an escuse! its so SIMPLE! ok so who's with me?

2007-06-16 10:33:35 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

............. just asking ........................

2007-06-16 10:32:37 · 14 answers · asked by Donets'k 5

is the theme today "biased generalizations of Atheists and Christians in terms of reporting instinctively and having multiple accounts"?

just wanted to make sure I'm correct

2007-06-16 10:30:41 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-16 10:30:28 · 5 answers · asked by Shari l 1

Yes, that's right.

2007-06-16 10:30:23 · 15 answers · asked by WWTSD? 5

I am leaving soon to go to the church my wife and I recently joined. I am scheduled to be baptized in this evening's service.

I was baptized as an infant in another church of another denomination but, since it was a "sprinkling" of holy water and not a complete immersion (and also because I was an infant and not of an adult age) the current church does not accept is as a baptism.

Do you think God did not consider me baptized for those reasons? Or did he accept my baptism so many years ago?

Is there anything peculiar about being baptized twice?

Any thoughts on this?

2007-06-16 10:30:07 · 17 answers · asked by tabulator32 6

I was told that since a Episcopal priesthood is not valid they have no eucharist. How about a Catholic priest that became an Episcopal.When he says mass would the eucharist be valid?

2007-06-16 10:30:03 · 4 answers · asked by bill k 1

In the Bible, Jesus said that we will be known by our fruit (in terms of how we live our lives). http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%207:15-23;&version=31;

Matthew 7:15-23

If that is true, what type of fruit are you right now?

With that in mind, I need to go and get my fruit in order, and I'm laid up from work with a bad hip (bursitis). Take care, everyone!

2007-06-16 10:25:15 · 18 answers · asked by Searcher 7

...just a thought.

2007-06-16 10:24:13 · 18 answers · asked by SophiaLeo 2

2007-06-16 10:22:37 · 11 answers · asked by ? 6

2007-06-16 10:22:27 · 26 answers · asked by JellyBean 3

Yes, I complained to Yahoo, they gave me my points back, and I reposted the question. :p

:)

2007-06-16 10:21:44 · 18 answers · asked by WWTSD? 5