Religion & Spirituality - 27 June 2007

Who has the better track record as far as vague, meaningless prophesy is concerned?

2007-06-27 09:17:18 · 10 answers · asked by Shawn B 7

I asked this question before and wanted to post it again. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AvxizFFCqTeITPlq2XumLpfsy6IX?qid=20070620113957AA02sbq

Life has a way of making unexpected turns, and an event happened that was directly related to this question.

My brother-in-law’s grandmother is nearly 80 years old and is a Jehovah’s Witness. About 4 weeks ago she was rushed to the hospital for congestive heart failure. She spent about a week in intensive care and then returned home to recover.

About a week ago she was rushed to the hospital again. She was hemorrhaging internally, and had lost 2 quarts of blood. Her JW children, grandchildren, and church elders were all there to make sure that the doctors would not give her blood. The doctors were considering getting a court order to save her life. She bled through the night.

2007-06-27 09:17:04 · 14 answers · asked by Danny H 6

OK, we have established that some of us have actually taken the time to research other religions, instead of just blindly following one path - usually the one our parents told us to follow.

As a follow up, which religious belief system do you find the most disturbing?

2007-06-27 09:13:56 · 33 answers · asked by nottashygirl 6

2007-06-27 09:13:42 · 10 answers · asked by David 2

If God chose you, wouldn't He be unfair to the people he hasn't called? Can you quote a scripture to support your view?

2007-06-27 09:13:13 · 24 answers · asked by G 6

Do you belive that?

2007-06-27 09:11:18 · 30 answers · asked by rcbremen 2

and how did they explain themselves?

2007-06-27 09:11:01 · 7 answers · asked by squirt_9001 1

2007-06-27 09:08:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Some days I feel like I'm expressing my points perfectly, and getting my thoughts across, and people get it.

Other days, it seems like I'm just failing at transferring my thoughts into words. (Like today.)

Anyone else ever feel this way?

2007-06-27 09:08:20 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

If man has been on the Earth for over a million years or whatever Evolution says...IF, as evolutionists claim, the earth is billions of years old, and mankind has evolved from a lower and simpler form of life, then why has mankind gone from writing upon stones to laser printers in just the past 3,500 years?

When God gave Moses the Ten Commandments, they were written upon stone. It is abundantly clear that the Egyptians carved messages into stone (hieroglyphics). So why is it that mankind has only discovered better inventions in the past few thousand years? If mankind had evolved, as evolutionists claim, then why didn't man discover ink a million years ago? Think about it.

2007-06-27 09:06:32 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-27 09:06:14 · 16 answers · asked by Ismail Eliat 6

What happened to our individual freedoms.

If two consenting adults want to marry, why should anyone be able to tell them they cannot? What right is it of yours to be able to tell others how to live...especially when it has no impact on your own life.

Even Jesus gives people free will...allows people to choose whether to follow him or not....so,

Why do fundamentalists insist on taking away free will...when free will is given by God?

And please this is not about regurgitating memorized Sunday/Bible school verses.

2007-06-27 09:03:32 · 6 answers · asked by G.C. 5

Seems to me that the Amish are the only REAL Christians left in the world. They are the only Christian organization left that follows the thou shall not kill commandment. They are the only Christians left who turn the other cheek when confronted with conflict. They never try and force their beliefs down anyone's throat. They promote peace and have never been the cause of a single problem. As an atheist, I can say that I have nothing but respect for the Amish. If all Christians were like the Amish, even if they did everything the Amish do except give up technology, I might convert to Christianity. I think the Amish should make all you other Christians feel ashamed of yourselves.

2007-06-27 09:01:47 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

This is a hypothetical questions, since heaven doesn't exist, but for you Christians, how can they give themselves to God since they wouldn't know about the dude. Guess this also works with all of those people that were born more than 3 thousand years ago. Those suckers were born in the wrong time I guess.

2007-06-27 09:01:23 · 45 answers · asked by Anonymous

Riegan posted a question asking if she gives off an atheist vibe. Pangel, Gazoo, Kallan, and Jillbean all responded that they are often seen as atheists. I knew Pangel, Kallan, and Gazoo aren't, but honestly I thought Jillbean was until I read her profile. Also when I first saw Kallan on here I thought she was until I read her profile.

This is leading me to wonder something. Is there a vibe out there that is being misinterpreted? What do all of us have in common that makes us give off this similar vibe?

non-christian? non-conformist? non-mainstream? or something else?

2007-06-27 09:00:10 · 19 answers · asked by ♨UFO♨ 4

2007-06-27 08:58:35 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I stopped believing in signs a long time ago. I let "signs" rule too much of my life. I thought everything was a sign. But now, I really feel like some things have happened, unexplainable things that might just be a sign from God.

Do you think God still sends us signs to guide us along a path?

2007-06-27 08:58:32 · 21 answers · asked by T the D 5

2007-06-27 08:58:00 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've often wondered that.

2007-06-27 08:57:21 · 22 answers · asked by ladydi_1987 5

and that it was made up. Which leads me to believe that christians made it up to make themselves feel better. If the discovery cahnnel is wrong please give me the verse in the bible where is talks about the rapture.

2007-06-27 08:56:45 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-27 08:54:51 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

If one is a devout Catholic Christian as I'am, there is no fear in my life. I don't fear anything. If at the time of judgement the Lord feels that my works on this earth we not as pleasing to Him as they should be and I am cast to the Lake of Fire then so be it. But I have no fear of not going to heaven, just as I don't have any fear of going to the lake of fire. What judgement the Lord casts upon me is what I deserve.

2007-06-27 08:54:46 · 11 answers · asked by tebone0315 7

2007-06-27 08:53:36 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

CT Russell founded the Watchtower magazine in 1879 as a means of 'heralding Christ's invisible presence' in the earth which he taught as beginning in 1874. He did not say "he is in the wilderness" or "the inner chambers", but he did say, in essence, "Look! He has returned to the earth. He's here, he's present." He did not claim to have a revelation from God, but he did claim that God had revealed "truths" to him gradually and he (Russell) acted as "God's mouthpiece." (Proclaimers, pages 46-49, and 143)

If Jesus was NOT present in the earth in 1874 onward, is there any possible way that Russell would be an exception, and NOT fit the description of Matt. 24:26?

2007-06-27 08:53:03 · 10 answers · asked by steervase 2

i am always accused of being atheist in R&S. why is that?

2007-06-27 08:50:50 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

around? I mean Adam and Eve knew God. They spoke to God. They knew all about him. So where did Isthar come from? Isis? Diana? Athena? Where did the goddess come from at all? Did that mean that Adam and Eve were slacking in the whole teaching thier kids about God thing?

2007-06-27 08:49:14 · 20 answers · asked by ~Heathen Princess~ 7

kill someone very close to you if you didn't receive a mark on your hand or forhead "666" would you take it?

2007-06-27 08:48:01 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

-freedom to vote,employment,amongst many other rights that should be mandatory.
However I notice that the only countries that dont allow these rights are Islamic-yet women who are Muslim claim it is the best faith and the most equal to females??
Can anyone decipher this riddle inside an enigma please?

2007-06-27 08:47:38 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-27 08:47:26 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

Einstein wrote an essay titled Science and Religion in which one of the passages rejected God as a personal God. Atheists used this essay as a way to claim Einstein as a member, but his response was as follows.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-79786939.html
"The result of this essay was that Einstein was repeatedly misinterpreted as an atheist, including being claimed by the atheists as one of their own. His reaction was beautifully captured in another of his statements: "They [the atheists] are creatures who, in their grudge against the traditional 'opium of the people,' cannot hear the music of the spheres."
It seems that Einstein found it more rational to believe in a higher being than to not believe in anything. How do you view his opinion?

2007-06-27 08:45:33 · 8 answers · asked by truthseeker52 1