Religion & Spirituality - 2 July 2007

thosands of people getting shot every day ? or why is there a war in they world ?? why doesnt god help these people ? why doesnt he if he is so powerful why doesnt he just make the world better? is it because he is not real maybe ??? im atheist any way but i like to see people explain it to me

2007-07-02 10:48:03 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Everywhere yout turn, lust, greed, sodomy, and the like are surrounding us.

2007-07-02 10:47:58 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just don't understand as to why people think he's made up, or some people wrote the bible as a bunch of lies to control you.

2007-07-02 10:47:57 · 53 answers · asked by kiya b 2

The truth of the Great Snot Demon and his son Booger Boy.

2007-07-02 10:46:28 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

and why?

2007-07-02 10:45:20 · 29 answers · asked by corndog 1

ok, so i have heard this alot lately "well if i am wrong no harm done. but if you are wrong, your going to hell. do you wanna take that chance?"


first off, what happens if the mormons are right? how about if the jews are right?? you will still go to hell. what happens if the muslims are right, or one of the denominations of christianity that doesnt follow the same guidelines of you is right??

ultimately there is too much variety in religion for you to say that. and to say or believe that is against what your god wants.

having a religion as a back up plan is just ignorant, to say well i dont really know if its true, but hey i love you god and let me go to heaven if its there.


ok so thats the preface, and heres the question.

why do so many christians use the threat of hell to try and convert people??

some christians use jesus' endless love to do it. but on here most just tell us we are going to hell BUT jesus still loves us.

so why do you try and scare to convert

2007-07-02 10:45:01 · 16 answers · asked by Demosthenes 2

All you Xian right wingers out there...

How would jesus feel about seperating familes and turning away people who are only trying to feed their families ?

Will all the right wing xenophobes burn in hell for their sin of hate and lack of compassion ?
(if there is one, I think they might)

2007-07-02 10:44:10 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-02 10:43:06 · 15 answers · asked by Galahad 7

2007-07-02 10:42:27 · 8 answers · asked by CHEESUS GROYST 5

A lie, pretty much by definition, is something that isn't true.

A really good lie is one that SEEMS true, but still isn't.

The best of lies makes the actual truth look false.
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Assuming for the moment that gods that are out there communicate with people (either directly or through works), how can we tell a truly perfect god from one that is just a perfect liar?

2007-07-02 10:40:10 · 10 answers · asked by Doctor Why 7

I don't mean later modern interpolations and made up English translations and interpretations, I mean in literal translations.

2007-07-02 10:39:57 · 24 answers · asked by CHEESUS GROYST 5

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2007-07-02 10:39:39 · 3 answers · asked by LeBlanc 6

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of Spritus Mundi
Troubles my sight: somewhere in the sands of the desert
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.
The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

2007-07-02 10:39:03 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am a 19 year old Christian man following Jesus Christ. I have been pondering this lately and I just want to hear other christian thoughts on this:

Do you think, as a Christian, I should pursue young women who are more mature in their faith than I or should it not matter? I mean, I naturally am attracted to very godly women but within the ladies that I am attracted to should I take into account their maturity in their faith when I consider asking them out? so in short... Should i take maturity of faith into account when I consider asking a young lady out? If yes, to what extent should it be taken into account? if no, why not?

please do not tell me about psalm 37:4, to be patient, or attack my maturity of faith because i am asking this question. i am sick of asking a question that doesn't deal with my maturity of faith and getting "you call yourself a christian but you don't have faith?" "Just pray about it!" "Be patient!" etc. Please just give me your opinions and pray for me

2007-07-02 10:36:54 · 23 answers · asked by Kevin 2

Tobacco or alcohol?

Tobacco kills but so does alcohol. Why should one be socially acceptable and the other not?

2007-07-02 10:33:02 · 51 answers · asked by Part Time Cynic 7

2007-07-02 10:31:04 · 20 answers · asked by LordVader 4

-Them seem very uptight.

-Always looking forward to the end of the world, rather than enjoying the beauty of the earth given to us.

-ever read the "Word and Way", the Southern Baptist paper...all of the infighting,name-calling, back-biting, and legal actions! It is quite sad.

-Have fundamentalist Christians lost sight of God...because they don't seem to be full of the joy that God gives....but, they seem to be full of something else.

Your thoughts?

2007-07-02 10:29:32 · 34 answers · asked by G.C. 5

I know the answer to this, I was just wandering, how many Christians know (without googling, having a sneaky peek at the Bible or copying another answer!)

No, offence meant... i'm just curious???
Thanks :)

2007-07-02 10:28:30 · 15 answers · asked by :~Debbz~: 4

2007-07-02 10:25:49 · 12 answers · asked by The Church Lady 3

THEN MUSLIMS BELIEVE TH 12TH INMAN IS MESSIAH WHEN HE WILL BE THE DEVIL???

According to Shiites, the 12th imam disappeared as a child in the year 941. When he returns, they believe, he will reign on earth for seven years, before bringing about a final judgment and the end of the world.

Ahmadinejad is urging Iranians to prepare for the coming of the Mahdi by turning the country into a mighty and advanced Islamic society and by avoiding the corruption and excesses of the West
Ahmadinejad, who has denied the Holocaust and repeatedly threatens Israel and the West, urges Iranians to prepare for the coming of an Islamic messiah, the Mahdi, by turning the country into an advanced Islamic society and by avoiding the corruption and excesses of the West. Shiites believe the "12th imam" disappeared as a child in the year 941, but when he returns, he will reign on earth for seven years before bringing about a final judgment and the end of the world..THOUGHTS?

2007-07-02 10:25:26 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

does this show their lack of understanding of the word omnipresent? or more evidence that they make highly illogical claims without realizing it?

whats ur take on their god being omnipresent but not present in hell?

2007-07-02 10:24:52 · 21 answers · asked by Chippy v1.0.0.3b 6

Gotta break this up a bit. We're getting too serious in here......

2007-07-02 10:23:18 · 37 answers · asked by Yogini 6

I consider myself to be agnostic. I do believe that there is the possiblity of a higher being, or force or whatever, but I find it unnecessary to follow any religion. As a matter of fact, religion annoys me. What do you think?

2007-07-02 10:20:42 · 41 answers · asked by Anonymous

A saint!!!

ZING!!!

Jimbo does it again!!!

2007-07-02 10:17:38 · 13 answers · asked by OBMIJ 2

I won't go into my opinion, I'm more interested in hearing what others have to say.

-B

2007-07-02 10:17:04 · 15 answers · asked by The Brian 4

I just made reservations to the biggest heathen fest in Key West! all the Drag Queen shows you can handle , homosexuals every where ! alcohol and beaches are sure to bring a good time! dancing the night away meeting lots of folks from all over the world !

won't you come and join me in a super good time with some of the most wonderful ppl on planet earth????? won't you?????

you get a complimentary GOD with your reservation
(usually it's just a hotel bible)

2007-07-02 10:13:42 · 15 answers · asked by slaveof12gods 5

God could handle a little ribbing, I would assume.

2007-07-02 10:12:31 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

To be Protestant you must believe the Church became doctrinally corrupted at some point, otherwise there would be no reason to be outside it.

Can anyone show when and where this change happened? For example show that the Church believed one thing in the second century and changed it in the fourth.

I am not interested in personal disagreement with any particular Church doctrine, but in historical evidence of a change.

2007-07-02 10:11:59 · 21 answers · asked by Josias B 2

Paul said that we as Christians should be of one mind and have no divisions amongst us. When confronted with Paul’s claim, many of the Protestants I speak to say they are united over the primary or important doctrines, which deal with our salvation. They, however, disagree on the secondary or unimportant ones that don’t affect our salvation.

My question is where can I find in the Scriptures this idea of primary and secondary doctrines?

2007-07-02 10:09:52 · 10 answers · asked by Josias B 2

If God is all-powerful, that means any time anyone suffers, God could have prevented it if He wanted to. Even if you think some greater good comes from the suffering (e.g. preserving free will, or learning a lesson), God could have accomplished that good thing without anyone suffering. (Or is that beyond God's powers? Too difficult for Him?)

It's also no argument that people bring suffering on themselves by turning away from God. Plenty of faithful people suffer, and so do small children who are too young to understand God. Whatever good comes out of their suffering, God could have made it happen without them suffering if He wanted to.

That means God wants you to suffer, for no other reason than just to make you suffer. Either that, or He is unable to prevent it. Do you really want to worship a God like that? Why?

2007-07-02 10:09:01 · 14 answers · asked by rainfingers 4