Religion & Spirituality - 16 June 2007

2007-06-16 02:50:55 · 6 answers · asked by hollisterChick+#1Yankees Fan! 3

I hope not. We are one Nation under God.

2007-06-16 02:49:17 · 24 answers · asked by flawless1212 3

Is it important to see that all athiests "find God" or should folks accept people of all beliefs as is?

2007-06-16 02:45:33 · 29 answers · asked by Zloar 4

I was thinking of the inability of Christians to find fault with God, despite the fact there is much with which to find fault.

But there are other aspects.

Consider the 'token' demonstrations of punishment for those who rebel: Satan tossed into Hell, Adam and Eve tossed out of Eden, the Flood, Sodom and Gomorrah ...

Consider that death awaits those who refuse their master's orders.

Consider Paul's instructions to treat authority as God-given, and to be good slaves for your masters.

Consider Jesus' instructions to endure all things, to not look for joy in this world, but rather in the next.

Over and over the instruction is to not make a fuss, not make a scene, just do as your told and have faith in your Master.

Does this not breed a slave mentality?

2007-06-16 02:42:23 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Each religion prays to their own God, muslims Allah, Christians Jesus and so on. I decided to do an experiment with prayer.
My friend who is Christian prayed to Jesus, the boyfriend of my friend prayed to Allah and I prayed to my puppy. ALL the prayers have been answered to the same rate 50% 50%, no matter who you were praying to. This is not just my experiment , other scientific experiments have been done with the same results. How can you then say when some of your prayers were answered it was YOUR GOD that answered your prayer ? I prayed to my puppy and some prayers were answered just like those addressed to jesus or allah so is my dog another God then?

2007-06-16 02:40:39 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-16 02:38:52 · 7 answers · asked by mic 1

what are the essential forms & levels of prayers...???

2007-06-16 02:34:22 · 4 answers · asked by zanes118 1

John 5

21For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it. 22Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son, 23that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.

2007-06-16 02:33:31 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

It's still going on...........every time I visit here there's christians or muslims asking why atheists come to R&S.

Since when did you need to believe in something to have the right to discuss it?

Aren't these issues which ultimately impact on communities and all those living in those communities?

When theists put pressure on governments and lobby other groups, don't atheists have a right to present our case in every forum available to us?

2007-06-16 02:33:23 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

except for the occasional one line quote when it serves their interests?

If the writings of these two men are taken as a whole to recreate a picture of the early Jewish community that produced the Christian Church, the modern Christians go running for the hills.

They don't want to hear anything that contradicts their silly little notions of First Century Jerusalem and their comic book Gospels.

It might undermine their 'faith'.

Knowledge has a tendency to do that.

2007-06-16 02:33:18 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Namaste

Peace and Love

2007-06-16 02:32:18 · 14 answers · asked by digilook 2

together in heaven right so death would not part the married couples?

2007-06-16 02:30:45 · 6 answers · asked by diamondchichan 2

Since Christians believe God had a son and not a daughter?

And Dont you think God would have seen this question coming when He decided to have this 'son'?

2007-06-16 02:26:40 · 17 answers · asked by Antares 6

for all of you fellow atheists, what would you think if we had our own church? to further expand OUR belief? christians, jews, and every other religion has their own church in which they basically learn more about their own religion, well, why not atheists? after all, we are the ones getting yelled on for not knowing our basic knowledge of our beliefs. in my opinion, i think it would be pretty cool. although it would stir controversy with society, especially the religious. what do you think?

2007-06-16 02:26:38 · 28 answers · asked by ♪my goddess♪ 2

2007-06-16 02:25:12 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-16 02:18:41 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-16 02:12:32 · 21 answers · asked by steph l 2

2007-06-16 02:12:06 · 24 answers · asked by carpe-diem 3

wasn't he just stating the same cult beliefs shared by several communal Messianic groups in the region?

Reject your family and join the commune, do not touch the dead, do not eat meat, do not marry.

These were the by laws of every Messianic cult in the region, including the Pythagoreans, Theraputae, Essenes, Ebionites, and Nasoreans.

Biblical scholars have long associated the early Jewish Christians with these cults.

Are these the values that Christians cling to?

Or do you just toss out Jesus and embrace Paul and his popularized version of the Messiah?

2007-06-16 02:11:21 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I saw a lot of questions and answers, that give the impression the person who made them were very religious. But i see around me everyday people that say they love God, and yet do a lot of harm to other people, on purpose and with no regrets. Do you really believe in God and live by the moral rules or is it just an appearence you like to have? Can you say that, by calling atheists "idiots" and saying your religion is the only true one, you show your love to God?
I'm not a very religious person and not necesarily proud of this, but i think the way we act in our society and the way we act with the people that are in needs is how we show if we believe in God or not.
What do you see around you, and how do you see yourself?

2007-06-16 02:08:39 · 24 answers · asked by larissa 6

quotes that give you spiritual meaning in life....it can be anything :) lets make a nice list!!!! :)

2007-06-16 02:07:12 · 17 answers · asked by Zen-Psycholgy Guy 2

It always puzzles me when people say that, while they may not be able to prove god exists, nor can atheists prove he dosn't exist.

Isn't the burden of proof with the believer?

If the burden of proof were to lie with those who don't believe something rather than those who do, wouldn't that open things up for progress to grind to a complete standstill as everyone wasted time trying to prove that there were no pink teapots orbiting the sun and other such nonsense?

2007-06-16 02:06:50 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

on june 20th it will be the anniversary of my uncles suicide he was catholic after all of these years do you think he moved on to heaven yet or is he in hell,also do you think i should go to church and light a candle for him and pray for his soul,or will that be hippocritical of me as i am not catholic but i was raised catholic i feel i should do something because it is weighing heavily on my heart lately what should i do,please no rude responses thank you

2007-06-16 02:05:21 · 18 answers · asked by angelina_mcardle 5

are things better left unsaid? a lie you don't wanna tell cause it hurts so much when you think about it, but if you do tell it's gonna change everything. is it best to keep it inside? is it best not to say nothing at all since everything is going perfect? is it wrong for me to want "her/him" to stay. i just don't want "her/him" to walk away.

2007-06-16 02:05:03 · 10 answers · asked by 1111 1

Doctors also can't diagnosis, i suspect i am disturb by evil spirits do u think a pope or a mass healing group is effective

2007-06-16 02:00:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've seen it so often here......christians suggesting that the apparent lack of an explanation for something is evidence of god's existence.

The ID crowd are particularly guilty of this, saying our lack of understanding of something or other (that's invariably been explained anyway) is proof of a "designer".

Why don't they understand that using god to fill gaps in our knowledge does not qualify as proof of his existence?

Why don't they have the pateince to accept that just as we have learnt much over the last few thousand years, there is much that we will learn in the next few thousand and beyond?

2007-06-16 01:59:47 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

I thought this was the country where you can worship as you choose to worship!I We do not tear down other people's churches, and we would hope you understand that we expect the same right to worship as WE please! So why all the animosity? PLease I want to know!

2007-06-16 01:59:29 · 20 answers · asked by jaded 4

"The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other."

-- David Riesman

Your thoughts?

2007-06-16 01:56:21 · 14 answers · asked by Kallan 7

Knowledge of God is ingrained in mankind.

Even the premitive societies / groups had concept of God and Goddess. No matter what attributs were givem to their God(s)due to lack of knowledge but they could not reject the main concept of God!!

How come you totally deny the concept of God??

Do you have any thing (plan/Rule) to achieve peace & harmony in your society?? I think it is NONE!!

Do you have any witness, consensus or approval in support of your immaginative thoughts...NONE!!

If you don't find any...which you don't have! Why don't you accept one of the prevailling faiths having 124,000 Witnesses of prophets of God???


I think total rejection of so many witnessess is not fair even if some differences are evident in Faiths!!

Truth prevailes itself...and falshood perishes.
This is the only reason as to why majority of world is "Believer of God". You seems to be at dead-end!!

Re-birth is easier than you think!!

Think about Salvation and Eternal life...

2007-06-16 01:56:10 · 14 answers · asked by aslam09221 6

According to Philo and Josephus practically all of the Jewish and Greek Messianic cults of the first century were vegetarian and many didn't allow marriage.

The Christians in Judea, whoever they actually were, shared many of the beliefs and practices associated with the Pythagoreans, Theraputae, Nasoreans, Essenes, etc., such as communal living, rejection of Temple Sacrifice, refusal to bury the dead or come in contact with the dead, a leader or central figure who was considered a 'Teacher' and even a Messiah.

I'm not saying that they definitely were, but if the Christians weren't vegetarians they would have been practically the only Messianic group in the region that wasn't.

Most of the reasons for thinking they weren't come from the letters of Paul who cannot be considered a reliable source for the practices of the Jerusalem Church since he disagreed with them on so many subjects and slandered them more than once. The Gospels are unreliable for the same reason.

2007-06-16 01:54:24 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous