Religion & Spirituality - 22 June 2007

how did you become an atheist?
were you raised that way?
being an atheist myself, i've always wondered how other people came to be one ...

2007-06-22 11:16:46 · 35 answers · asked by Liquid Spear Waltz 3

In Ezekiel 38 & 39, we're told that Russia and an alliance of nations will attack Israel during a time when Israel will wrongly perceive that there is no immediate threat posed against it.

Magog - Most agree this is a reference to Russia.
Meshech - Most associate this with modern day Turkey, ancient Anatolia, but some say it refers to the Moscow area.
Tubal - Most associate this with modern day Turkey, ancient Anatolia.
Persia - modern Iran
Ethiopia
Libya
Gomer - eastern Europe or Turkey
Togarmah - southeastern Europe or Turkey...Thoughts?

2007-06-22 11:13:51 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Theist women: The question only relates to my personal experience. lol

2007-06-22 11:12:12 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

When i graduate from highschool this year i want to become a "ghost hunter" as seen on t.v. is that weird?

2007-06-22 11:11:27 · 27 answers · asked by steph 2

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

If you have, can you tell me about them? how the faith started, where they mostly live, how they beleive ect...

Thanks in advance!

2007-06-22 11:10:39 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

THE WIDOW



Her husband had passed on and the new widow was so distraught that she sought out a spiritualist who told her that her husband was just fine. She added further that he was eagerly awaiting a reunion with her.

"Is there anything he needs?" the distraught woman asked, between tears.

The spiritualist went into a transient state, then replied, "He says he'd love a package of cigarettes."

"I'll send a carton immediately." the woman said joyfully. "But did he say where I should send them?"

"No," replied the Seer somberly. "But he didn't ask for matches."

2007-06-22 11:07:55 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Jesus is real and our true living God! Jesus is the only way to heaven. He loves us all and He saves. No sins will enter heaven. Jesus forgives us of our sins if you accept Him and live for Him!! All sins and all evil will only end up in hell. praying for the lost souls. Jesus does love you.

2007-06-22 11:05:32 · 38 answers · asked by ? 2

Christians are limited in what they can do or say in Polictics, Education and on moral issues. We are told, separation of Church and State. But yet the Constitution does not say separation of church and state. It only limits the government on this issue. But if think about it, (ie. Evolution is a type of religion (faith in science)) nothing would be taught, you would not have a policital system, you wouldn't even have the right to choose what morals you want to follow. It all revolves around faith. Faith in what, God Almighty, self, science or what

2007-06-22 11:04:46 · 20 answers · asked by Harold F 1

I hear that sometimes people get 'black listed'. What is this all about. Has anyone ever had a bad experience leaving a church because your views changed? Just curious.

2007-06-22 10:59:24 · 24 answers · asked by get dent 3

i am curios cos they both have diffent meanigs thank u

2007-06-22 10:57:41 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

`You will hardly find one among the profounder sort of scientific minds without a religious feeling of his own... His religious feeling takes the form of rapturous amazement at the harmony of natural law, which reveals an intelligence of such superiority that compared with it, all the scientific thinking and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant reflection. This feeling is the guiding principle of his life and work, in so far as he succeeds in keeping himself from the shackles of selfish desire. It is beyond question closely akin to that which has possessed the religious geniuses of all ages.'

Albert Einstein

2007-06-22 10:56:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you meditate, which method have you found the best getting into it?

2007-06-22 10:52:47 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

What do you think about Christians stealing your book and useing it to spread hate?

2007-06-22 10:52:28 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-22 10:52:13 · 22 answers · asked by Midge 7

Ive always wondered why blacks in America are so feverently Christian, when the religion was used to enslave them, and was later used to justify their enslavement...

Recently, it dawned on me that The Church has probably been the only solid social institution that hasnt turned its back on Blacks throughout the history of the United States - it has been there for them through the periods of slavery, segregation, Jim Crow laws and racism that is still prevalent.

IS THIS WHY many blacks in America today are so religious?

2007-06-22 10:52:11 · 3 answers · asked by ? 5

get to be the "Whores"? I never understood that.

2007-06-22 10:50:43 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

If your knowledgeable and open minded then you would not claim God doesn't exist or call it mythology when it hasn't been proven false. Belief in God isn't the same as belief in myth or superstition or the Bible. I mean God as creator of everything. I have studied biology as well as physics. I see it as possible God created everything. This includes history which is cause and effect. God gave us the illusion of a free will and the concept of heaven and hell, religion and morality to steer our behavior. Just think what the world would be like if everyone believed in cause and effect. There would be no progress. Everyone would just do what they needed to survive and would not feel responsible for their actions. People would even giveup on living. God, right now, is the only explanation. When you have nothing else, the only explanation no matter how crazy, is the most possible. I think not believing in God is very close minded, but maybe God just made you that way.

2007-06-22 10:50:19 · 17 answers · asked by wisemancumth 5

2007-06-22 10:48:52 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_United_States
(Of course there are exceptions to every rule, so I'm not looking to hear from the exceptions per se).

Fierce invectives against women form a conspicuous and grotesque portion of the writings of the Church fathers.
— W. E. H. Lecky

Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord
— Ephesians 5:22

Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife
— Proverbs 21; 19

A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping on a rainy day, restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.
— Proverbs 27; 15/16

A normal feminine influence in recasting our religious assumptions will do more than any other one thing to improve the world.
— Charlotte Perkins Gilman

2007-06-22 10:44:48 · 29 answers · asked by HawaiianBrian 5

2007-06-22 10:42:49 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-22 10:41:56 · 22 answers · asked by Lee Edward 1

Why do Religious people constantly use Albert Einstein to justify their beliefs. Do you people not realize that Einstein did not believe in God. When Einstein said God, he was using the word God as a metaphor for the natural laws that govern the universe. This is a quote from Albert Einstein in 1954.

"I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it."

2007-06-22 10:38:44 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

LOL.

2007-06-22 10:37:48 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

If Atheists say "If I don't see it I don't believe it" then does that mean if you don't see a hurricane then it didn't happen at all? and if you say others told you about it but it wasn't on the news then isn't that the same concept as many people tell you there is a God and his son died on a cross but you don't believe it

I am just trying to mak a point please no rude comments

2007-06-22 10:37:31 · 15 answers · asked by Oh la la! 4

2007-06-22 10:35:38 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

ok its allowed in the us because its protected by the first ammendement ..as long as its legal. ( no black mailing , threats ..............)

ok but then why is it ban in evry other country on earth?
for you safety ( if conserned ) read this site http://xenu.net

also is too much liberty kill liberty ??

2007-06-22 10:32:19 · 10 answers · asked by ddddddd d 4

2007-06-22 10:32:02 · 6 answers · asked by ANyone but you 2

How can non-believers say there is no God when they really can't prove there isn't......you know what I mean.
four people Mark, Mathew, John and Luke
wrote about the same person same stories. without communication
In Egyt there are Heiroglyphics that talk about the parting of the Red sea.... and many other writings and incedents throughout history.
Mary has appeared to people and in the same way...like where I live in New Mexico

I am not trying to put people down I am simply making a point..Please no rude remarks about religions. thanks

2007-06-22 10:31:56 · 13 answers · asked by Oh la la! 4

An all-powerful, all-knowing God would know beforehand who gets into heaven and who doesn't. So why try and accept him to get saved? He already knows whether he's going to save me or not regardless of what I do. Free will? I daresay not. If your God exists then it is predestined that I should be an atheist. Thereby, he has already condemned me to this supposed 'lake of fire'. Why preach to me to accept him into my heart then?

2007-06-22 10:31:55 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous