Religion & Spirituality - 5 July 2007

Hello! For those who don't know me, I'm a Christian...but I'm VERY interested in understanding other perspectives better. Right now, I'm working on purchasing books that counter intelligent design. So far I've gotten books by Carl Sagan, I'm rereading Origin of Species (which I own a 1927 edition of), and I'm ordering The God Delusion. I'm also considering Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris.
Can you guys give me a list of books to consider? I can't promise I'll buy ALL of them right this moment, but I am buying a few.
I'd really appreciate a comprehensive list.
And for any Christians who might peek in here, this question can work for you, too. If you know of books that counter the ones the atheists list, I'd appreciate those too.
Thanks in advance!

2007-07-05 10:32:40 · 28 answers · asked by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7

if your child becomes an atheist or believes in another religion, will you tell them they are going to hell? can you still love them unconditionally?

2007-07-05 10:32:30 · 7 answers · asked by karen s 4

if that is the case then whats judgemtn day about, whats resurrection day abt in Christianity, do the Muslims believe the soul waits then one is judged either to go Heaven/hell when judgement day comes?

2007-07-05 10:30:25 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Snowball earth, evolution, mass extinction, our moon being a collision then our companion, and it was once closer to earth and is still moving away, but keeps us tilted and steady, molton iron core that gives us a magnetic field, and has and still does move continents and shapes ocean currents. Come on folks.

2007-07-05 10:29:28 · 6 answers · asked by wakemovement 3

I am a Christian now although I was brought up Catholic
well..more like forced
anyhow
why can't catholic priests get married? it wasn't like that before was it?
And why do I have to go to confession when it's not like the priests are any better than me. I thought it said that everyone was a sinner so what gives the priest the right to be trusted? And why are there altars people keep telling me that I have to worship this big statue of Jesus and Virgin Mary

2007-07-05 10:27:29 · 26 answers · asked by Yuri ^_^ 5

I mean i know this a legend/myth, the wadering Jew who was condemened by Jesus to stay in this Earth till his second coming, but does anyone know who has claimd to be this Wandering Jew during the centuries, any brief info on this wud be great, thanks..

2007-07-05 10:23:51 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Jewish, Muslim, or Christian

2007-07-05 10:20:54 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous

If anyone is going to take you R+S Christians seriously, you're going to have to stop posting answers like that.

2007-07-05 10:20:34 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

It's mostly "science & logic" type atheists going at it with lunatic fringe fundamentalists. Am I the only person who gets bored with all this back and forth on idiocies like "creationism"? I had expected it to be dominated by religious minoritities. Rather colorful. All kinds of exotic belief systems. This is like listening to a 14-year-old science buff bicker with a 14-year-old Bible thumper. There are intelligent questions,but they're awfully hard to find. Is anyone else disturbed by this atheist-fundie domination? I've seen a few postings by pagans and Wiccans but not a lot and anyway there is more variety to our category topic than even that. Opinions? Please be courteous.

2007-07-05 10:20:28 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

to earth, mankind, there is no GOD are these the ones we will have to worry about trying to break in our homes steal our stock pile of water, bibles, food, because they have not prepared themselves spritually, emotionally and have no survival gear of any thing, because they just sit back saying NO
NO NO to everything that has to do with GOD or end of days, oor devastating climate crisis?

2007-07-05 10:19:33 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you always wear them? Does it start when you are baptized or married or what? Do they have to be the closest thing to your body... I didn't think so because then a girl would have a lot of trouble wearing a bra...don't have to answer this one because it is personal? And also, what do they symbolize?

2007-07-05 10:16:32 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

ALL religious writings have male authorship, deny that please. Just ask any woman in Bahgdad'

2007-07-05 10:16:23 · 3 answers · asked by wakemovement 3

2007-07-05 10:15:58 · 37 answers · asked by ? 1

Innocent children and animals to die of cancer, tumors, etc. I mean what do dogs or cats do that they deserve to die horrible deaths? Or infants coming out mutated? Are you telling me God lets this happen for a reason? And what reason would that be? What's his purpose?

2007-07-05 10:13:35 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok,so here's what happened: Back in December I had this car accident in which my car got totaled & my mom is convinced that this happened because I don't read the Bible or pray as much as I should & because one day I didn't go to Bible study because I had some homework to finish, & since I'd decided not to go, I stayed a little while after I got off work at my college to talk to my friend (future boyfriend), plus I wasn't really ready to come home yet & I like to socialize a bit after I get off work. Also, when I started driving I didn't go to Bible study as much because most of the time I just wanted to stay home & relax, & she thinks this is also a reason why my car got wrecked. So, I ended up getting another car like a month ago & I just had another accident (not too bad) yesterday. Now she's saying that if I had prayed & read more, this wouldn't have happened. I dont know what she's trying to say, but it almost sounds as if shes saying bad things wont happen just because you do tha

2007-07-05 10:13:13 · 30 answers · asked by MelloYello 5

I mean I understand that God says that were not to hate anybody but this is like different...

someone explain this to me, like and I do not get it how anyone would wanna be a satanist or whatever its called (no offense) it does nothing good for the world.

2007-07-05 10:12:10 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hell is not some vacation place. The Bible describes it like this: pain, sarrow, lonelyness, torment, gnashing of teeth, crying and weeping, A fire that is unquenchable.

2007-07-05 10:11:49 · 46 answers · asked by Dark Angel 3

If we were made in the Image and likeness of God than God is an UNDERACHIEVER!

2007-07-05 10:10:15 · 8 answers · asked by wakemovement 3

NASA seems to have a big interest in acquiring top notch space travel equipment by the year 2012. They are offering hundreds of millions of dollars to companies who can design and build high tech space travel vehicles. Why is the year 2012 so important to NASA and the Government?

NASA website clearly says "no later than 2012", so this is a deadline. According to President Bush's earlier speeches, he plans to put men on the moon again by 2012. He speaks about moon bases, manned Mars missions, and the likes. Why this big space pushes by 2012?

The Orbital Space Plane program will provide the capability for crew rescue by 2010 and the capability for crews to transfer to and from the International Space Station by 2012.

The three system design contractor teams — The Boeing Company of Seal Beach, Calif.; Lockheed Martin Corp. of Denver; and a team including Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., and Northrop Grumman of El Segundo, Calif. — will each receive approximately $45 mil

2007-07-05 10:10:00 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it all faith or is there more substance? I know my name suggests that I do not care what people say but that is not true. I am truly interested in what convinces other people of the greater meaning of life.

2007-07-05 10:09:10 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

After waiting over a hundred million years for dinosaurs to worship him God got angry and sent a space chunk to wipe them out. After mourning the loss of his beloved creators for 65 million years, he then put church building into the hands of humans we can only hope he's happy.

2007-07-05 10:05:43 · 8 answers · asked by wakemovement 3

The true God brings his creatures to his righteouness. There are no lesser sins all sin is evil there are not good and bad sins but sinful man is brought to God's righteousness. God does not jon his creation in any degree of sin but brings sinners to his righteouness through the atonement. No sinner inherits the kngdom of heaven.

2007-07-05 10:00:16 · 4 answers · asked by djmantx 7

At this time in history, should Satan say sorry to God? Will Satan be forgiven? What did Satan do that God disown him? Was Satan a bad person? Has Satan ever apologized to God in history? Did Satan have lineage in this world?

2007-07-05 09:59:56 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

The following comes from an active* member of the Church:

http://mormonskeptic.blogspot.com/2007/04/mormon-apologists.html

2007-07-05 09:59:47 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

So that Holymen can test their prostalitation skills, if your God is all that would'nt his dogma be absolute, and spread to reach ALL people.

2007-07-05 09:57:22 · 9 answers · asked by wakemovement 3

2007-07-05 09:56:27 · 7 answers · asked by ? 1

2007-07-05 09:54:17 · 13 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7

A menorah is not offensive to me, I think they are rather cool looking, and the little candles they make for them are artful.

By the way, if you are Jewish, would you be offended if a close Christian aquaintence/client gave you a menorah as a gift? Would you think they were over stepping their boundaries?
What would you think if they had a menorah in their house? (Of course they know what it stands for and what it means)

2007-07-05 09:52:45 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know if you are good and virtuous your eyes will shine brightly and have a good happy manner, but how about a bad persons's eyes?

2007-07-05 09:48:27 · 15 answers · asked by DREENA 2

2007-07-05 09:48:09 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous