Religion & Spirituality - 22 June 2007

It may be the oldest ride in the park, but it's still got the longest line.

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2007-06-22 01:57:24 · 8 answers · asked by gone by tomorrow 1

So, I was reading on YA this morning and I found a post that stated that Jesus never said Hate the sin, but love the sinner. I agree, he didn't say that. HE LIVED IT.
He was consistantly telling people to turn away from their sinful ways. He even got so angry about it at one point that he tore up a market place. At the same time He loved those people so much that he was willing to give up his life for them.

What are your thoughts?

2007-06-22 01:56:49 · 20 answers · asked by tlcbaotou 3

Judge not lest ye be judged?

(I hope I got that right)

2007-06-22 01:56:42 · 17 answers · asked by yzerswoman 5

Don't you think that children indoctrination is actually psychological molestation and should be banned? Don't you think that someone should grow up free of religious indoctrination and only when adult decide for themselves in regard to religious matters?

2007-06-22 01:54:20 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

They annouced there going to protest with signs that read Thank God for 9-11 and Thank God for Dead Firemen

2007-06-22 01:54:18 · 18 answers · asked by dggfh f 1

When an Atheist says that Atheism isn't a belief system, how can you back that up? Even believing in nothing is believing in something.

Please, none of your typical smart aleck comments that avoid the question, I would like some serious answers, please.

2007-06-22 01:54:14 · 27 answers · asked by THE HUMAN GALAXY 1

"The spirit down here in man and the spirit up there in the sun, in reality are only one spirit, and there is no other one."

-- The Upanishads

Your thoughts? Please be respectful and thoughtful in your answers. Thank you for participating.

2007-06-22 01:53:28 · 22 answers · asked by Kallan 7

That's right, America!! It is too late to pray for the good of the USA!!

The Westboro Baptist Church used to pray for the good of America, knowing that God's blessings are mighty and His hand could be stayed from punishing this wicked nation, just as He stayed His hand from punishing Nineveh. America chose to spit in the face of their Creator, instead of heeding WBC's warnings, and now it is too late to pray for this nation.


this is some of what they have on their webpage but it all seems to be the same to me is it just me or they preaching hate not love?

2007-06-22 01:52:48 · 21 answers · asked by laura h 1

Is it an appropriate reaction to Muslim outrage at the Khight bachelor award given to the novelist 'Sir' Salman Rusdie for his services to literature?

NB: the award was bestowed by the "hardline Pakistani Ulema Council." (Metro news 22 June 2007)

2007-06-22 01:50:01 · 12 answers · asked by . 6

What people?

2007-06-22 01:47:31 · 27 answers · asked by Fisherofmen 4

I have made a very dear friend who has been a Wiccan for 37 years and is now a high priest......He has guided me and encouraged me along my path and i feel so connected to him
( Not in a romantic way i am happily married!) Its like that To Sir With Love...How do you thank someone who has taken you from crayons to perfume!!!!
Well i want dearly to get him something meaningfull to show my grattiude to him......Any Ideas for the Pagan who has everything??
Blessed Be Friends!
)O(

2007-06-22 01:46:02 · 9 answers · asked by *~Ariel Brigalow Moondust~* 6

remove your indoctrinated notions and just think a minute for yourself. if you had no conception of what god is from a religion, what then would he/she/it be?

2007-06-22 01:45:36 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

ok... so the bible tells us that as human beings we are sinners, and thus fall short of the glory originally intended for us in the beginning. however, as humans, or any other living creature for that matter, although we do have free will, we were never given the choice to be born.

that being the case, it was not my fault that i was born and thus not my fault that i am a sinner. why should i have to repent for something i had no control over? what it essentially boils down to is me having to repent for something that god did.

what say you?

2007-06-22 01:41:56 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-22 01:39:32 · 15 answers · asked by shadow 1

It is not me, but a priest at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral says she is also a Muslim. Doesn't it mean that it is one religion in deed as all the Abrahamic religions come from the same source? What do you think?
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003751274_redding17m.html

No offensive answers please.
And star this please so as to get more answers.
Thank you.

2007-06-22 01:39:09 · 16 answers · asked by Eve 5

Are Pakistani traders from Aabpara market, Islamabad terrorist? Obviously not.

“We will give Rs 10 million to anyone who beheads Rushdie,” the secretary general of the Islamabad traders association, Ajmal Baluch, told the cheering crowd.

Is Punjab Assembly speaker Chaudhry Afzal Sahi a terrorist? Obviously not.

Punjab Assembly speaker Chaudhry Afzal Sahi Thursday declared that according to Islam a blasphemer should be killed and if any blasphemer would come in front of him he would definitely kill him.


Read them at,

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\06\22\story_22-6-2007_pg1_6

and

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\06\22\story_22-6-2007_pg1_7

2007-06-22 01:36:47 · 9 answers · asked by ali 6

If there were human addition to God's Words, wouldn't that change the original message of God? Is it not God's Words incomparable to human speech? Wouldn't that be consider impure, and distorted?
Please don't take this offensive, I am merely wondering why..

2007-06-22 01:36:10 · 12 answers · asked by @hm@d {War Against Noub!} 4

2007-06-22 01:33:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-22 01:32:45 · 17 answers · asked by *~Ariel Brigalow Moondust~* 6

First of all, why is there so much emphasis on this in some churches? Doesn't the Bible say that different people have different gifts? Then why don't people push others to have the gift of teaching or giving or whatever?
As for people coming in to church and saying they were baptized in the Spirit in their private prayer time, how do others know they're not BS'ing if there were no witnesses?
I know that when a person speaks in tongues in public assembly there is supposed to be an interpreter, so when a person does this, how does he/she know there will be an interpreter?
And isn't there more to the Holy Spirit than tongues anyway?
I guess I'm a little cynical, having been raised in a church that doesn't really believe in tongues in the present day. But the church I'm in now is all over the place talking about this right now.

2007-06-22 01:29:52 · 17 answers · asked by Starfall 6

If you were given undeniable proof that your god has been a hoax what religion would you turn to and why?
Thank you
Blessed Be!
)O(

2007-06-22 01:27:30 · 13 answers · asked by *~Ariel Brigalow Moondust~* 6

I put this in R&S because it's directly related to Islam - and because I'd get more answers than in the languages category :)

I've seen some people spell certain words with "sheen" as "y" such as "Shari'a" (Syariah) and "insha'allah" (insyaallah). Can anyone explain this? Is it regional, and if so, how? Is it a transliteration issue alone, or is it an actual difference of dialect?

Be as detailed as you like, I speak and read standard Arabic fluently.

2007-06-22 01:25:48 · 11 answers · asked by nomadic 5

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Or ?

2007-06-22 01:25:45 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was told resently that the reason why pork is baned by Judaism and Islam is because pork tastes like humans.

2007-06-22 01:25:31 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

As always I'll say up front I believe in God but am not religious. My question is: Im assuming most of you were raised into the religion you are. What keeps you from asking questions? What keeps you from exploring other religions or better yet asking yourself questions? Im guessing its some sort of sin to question your own faith but it just seems to be wise to me. We used to be taught the world was flat. If everyone accepted it where would we be? I asked this same question to atheists as well. I don't get why you stop looking. Atheists often joke that people who believe don't think and that they are smart. And in a sense they are right but there non-belief is a belief and they do the same thing insist they are right and close their hearts and minds. Im not trying to offend anyone here just wondering why you stop searching and completely dismiss anything thats different than what you currently belive.

The questions themselves are what convinced me there was a god.

2007-06-22 01:20:44 · 12 answers · asked by cja752003 3

2007-06-22 01:18:16 · 11 answers · asked by girl24gr 3

or is it just an idea from YOUR imagination?

2007-06-22 01:15:12 · 11 answers · asked by biodegradable insane asylum 5

Does he represent Christianity in the eyes of some (not mine, for the record)? What do you think of what this says?

"Extremist groups who claim to follow Islam are no more representative of Islam than David Koresh is of Christianity"

http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/j/a/jab63/islam.facts.html

2007-06-22 01:15:11 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't get it, you know. Some people say that Muhammad (saw) is a false prophet and copied the Qur'an from the Bible and the Torah. Muhammad (saw) was illeterate, which means he could not read and write. So how in the world do some people think that Muhammad (saw) wrote the Qur'an himself?
Please answer this honestly, my friends.

2007-06-22 01:12:54 · 10 answers · asked by @hm@d {War Against Noub!} 4

Plaintiff alleges that by reason of these acts Satan has deprived him of his constitutional rights.

2007-06-22 01:11:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous