Religion & Spirituality - 5 July 2007

... answering a question like this one with a lecture against the practice and also the Church?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aoh4kPxs89b7pPiTqr9Ajansy6IX?qid=20070705013303AAOjYxZ&show=7#profile-info-ihpoiL2Faa

The poor woman just wanted to know what her son should wear; the decision to have him baptized in the Catholic faith was already made. And yet 17 out of 21 answerers (as I write this), most ostensibly Christians, ranted against the practice and/or the Church.

It's not the first time I've seen an innocent, non-doctrinal question about a child's baptism used as a platform to preach against it.

Would it be asking too much for the body of Christ to use some discernment and consider the person behind the question before sounding off like this -- or answering it at all? You know ... show a little Christian charity? Or are the 2 points just too tempting?

2007-07-05 03:17:16 · 21 answers · asked by Clare † 5

Well... if God exists, and people think they can define his/her existance, can they define anything more specific?

2007-07-05 03:14:53 · 17 answers · asked by Ryan 4

... deep down in your heart, you know that Wotan exists? If you don't believe in Thor and Freia, how can you bear to live on Thursdays and Fridays?

Don't tell me you don't believe in the Norse gods. You're just angry at them because your sins will keep you away from the eternal banquet in Walhalla.

2007-07-05 03:12:56 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

she says that she realized it was me she should have stayed with and loves, scripturally, will God honor our remarriage? I still love her

2007-07-05 03:11:04 · 9 answers · asked by manuvgod1 1

I am Catholic - but lately i feel like i am getting farther and farther away from God ... i dont know why - but i just am ... and i went and watched that new movie Evan Almighty ... and as i was watching it i was just thinking "wowwww this movie is soooo unrealistic" then i realized "waittt ... the Bible says this ACTUALLY happened"

it made me think the story of Noah's ark is just TOO unbelievable - and crazy ... and when i got home i tried to read the bible - and i just put it down and i was thinking " this is just too weird - now that i think about it "

and now im starting to think what if everyone is right - that the bible was just written by someone ... and its just a STORY?


what is your take? PLEASE be kind ...

2007-07-05 03:08:25 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it the organization or bible students? I ask since a JW said those magazines are published by bible students.

2007-07-05 03:05:40 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I accept that he's quite popular today.

With the exception of the gospels, which were written between 1 and 3 generations after Jesus' death, is there any corroborating historical evidence that Jesus existed?

Now- this doesn't say that he didn't exist, but it does strongly indicate that Jesus wasn't a significant figure in his day.

Josephus Flavius, among others, was a
Roman historian who wrote extensively about the period, and never mentioned such a character as Jesus. If there was a man walking around doing miracles, and rising from the dead- you'd think he'd get at least a mention somewhere. nope.

And he wasn't left out just because he was an enemy of the Romans. Flavius wrote extensively about the various Jewish factions in Jerusalem.

2007-07-05 03:04:04 · 20 answers · asked by Morey000 7

they think you're mad at god, or that when you get into some kind of trouble, you ask god for help, or if someone's sick you pray to god. this for the most part just doesn't happen.

that's like saying that someone who believes in god secretly prays to odin when they need help or someone's sick. It's just not true....or is it? is there something christians aren't telling us?

2007-07-05 02:58:42 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have always called myself AGNOSTIC. My family raised me without ANY RELIGION and I'm trying to figure it all out. Lately I've been thinking I need to SETTLE DOWN and pick a religion and I've been asking questions and studying them.

The thing is, A LOT of people say there is no God. For example, if I'm an atheist and there's no God, when I die I die. That's it. And by their line of thinking if I'm a Christian and I die, I still just die and that's it.

BUT if the Christians are right then I do have A LOT to lose if I'm not a Christian when I die. So WHY would I not just be a Christian, just in case?

2007-07-05 02:58:21 · 24 answers · asked by Saved by Grace 3

I have always wondered why supposed answered prayers ALWAYS intangible, never tangible. Supposedly god answers millions of prayers all over the world every day, but not one single one of them is tangible. Why doesn't god give people eardrums, eyes, arms or legs back if they were born without them or lost in an accident? Why doesn't god answer prayers to cure people from severe mental retardation or severe physical handicaps?
Why is it that ALL answered prayers can be defined logically with physics, mathematics, random chance and science?
If there is a god, does he have something against answering prayers for tangible wishes? Does he discriminate against those with physical or mental challenges?

Or, perhaps, there is no god and religious people are deluding themselves, creating answers in order to pacify themselves?

2007-07-05 02:58:01 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

The Watchtower article "Do you know God by name?" reads in part: "What is God's name? Humans all have personal names. Why, many people even name their pets! Would it not be reasonable for God to have a name? ...Ironically, millions who profess faith in the God of the Bible do not use his personal name."

God says at Jer. 16:21"I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know Mine hand and My might; and they shall know that My Name is [YHWH / Jehovah]."

Yet, God then says at Jer. 23:5-6: 5 “ Behold, the days are coming,” says [YHWH/Jehovah] “ That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; A King shall reign and prosper, And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth. In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel will dwell safely; NOW THIS IS HIS NAME BY WHICH HE WILL BE CALLED: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS." (In Hebrew, this is "YHWH Tsidkenu.")

(continued)

2007-07-05 02:57:15 · 15 answers · asked by Suzanne: YPA 7

Where in the Yellow pages does one find a better alternative to the religion of Jehovah's Witnesses?

That religion would have to follow the Bible.
Since religion requires adherents, that means that there would be people in that religion. And those people would gather.
And that alternative would have to be able to be found worldwide.

I have not found a better alternative.

2007-07-05 02:57:05 · 19 answers · asked by sklemetti 3

The chinese have been eating the dinosaur bones!!! And I'm sure other primative cultures did the same in other countries as well. Do you xians still think the devil is hiding bones in the ground to de-bunk Genesis? Professor Dong says otherwise. LOL "Dong" LOL

2007-07-05 02:54:46 · 12 answers · asked by RealRachel 4

I am constantly seeing people claim that "God" does things to test us..or he tests us to make us stronger well don't you think it's not so much that he is testing us but just screwing with us. I mean let's start at the beginning...he creates us, makes us perfect, gives us a great place to live...yet he puts 1 tree in a garden that he tells us not to eat from...Ummm what exactly was the point of that? Why bother creating us perfect in the first place? if he is sooooo all knowing he knew we would screw up. Secondly I am tired of hearing about how a kid born with a terminal disease is some kind of test for his parents or a rape is a test for a female! When the hell are people gonna stop making excuses and realize that instead of "God" constantly screwing with his creation, he rather doesn't exist at all and human nature and genetics are the cause of the horrible things that go on in this world.

2007-07-05 02:54:09 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-05 02:53:18 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous

It is just a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away...

So, what will you do with your life?

After being rich, then what?marry?
After marrying, then what?Have kids?
After having kids, then what?Giving good education to them?
After giving them good education, then what?
What?


What will you do with your life?
What are you planning to do with your life?

2007-07-05 02:47:25 · 10 answers · asked by Mark (Don't Be Green) 5

WHY?

If you didn't know this, this is true, Some people charge you money and if you don't have it, then they won't preach.

2007-07-05 02:46:07 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

WHY DO PEOPLE THINK THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO TELL OTHERS WHATS RIGHT AND WRONG, WHEN THEY THEM SELFS LEARNED FROM SOMEONE ELSE?

WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

2007-07-05 02:44:03 · 18 answers · asked by shea 1

but when they get into trouble or someone they love gets hurt or deathly ill they find themselves asking god for help??
If you disagree you dont have to talk trash....just make a valid point.

2007-07-05 02:42:27 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous

The prevailing belief among Jehovah's Witnesses today is that the Society never predicted "the end" for 1975, but that some over-zealous members mistakenly read this into the message. However, the official prediction is well documented. See, for example, the article titled "Why Are You Looking Forward to 1975?" in The Watchtower of August 15, 1968, pp. 494-501. Allowing for a small margin of error, it concludes a lengthy discussion with this thought: "Are we to assume from this study that the battle of Armageddon will be all over by the autumn of 1975, and the long-looked-for thousand-year reign of Christ will begin by then? Possibly, but we wait to see how closely the seventh thousand-year period of man's existence coincides with the sabbathlike thousand-year reign of Christ. . . . It may involve only a difference of weeks or months, not years." (p. 499) For several other quotes pointing specifically to 1975, see the book Index of Watchtower Errors (by David A. Reed, Baker Book House,

2007-07-05 02:41:35 · 11 answers · asked by davis-marquise P 1

with the hand you've been dealt in life.... or would you like to take some more cards?

2007-07-05 02:41:15 · 24 answers · asked by Screamin' Banshee 6

If some alternate religious group feels as strongly about their religion as you do about yours (your religion) , then why is that each religious belief cant be respected.

Why are people so judgemental towards other ways of life?

Gays, lesbians, especially what does it matter who they love?
what do you think causes someone to become gay or a lesbian........ Why would someone say "hey world l love someone who is the same sex i am here's a reason to want to kill me and make fun of who i am purposely"?

If God made every one and he knows their divine fate, then why would God make people gay?

2007-07-05 02:39:55 · 15 answers · asked by shea 1

Nice answers to my other questions by the way...

Why do we (as people in general) have to debate the accuracy of our own beliefs if it is our freewill to believe and do whatever we want?

Namaste

2007-07-05 02:38:25 · 11 answers · asked by Subject of Universal Truth 2

http://www.wikihow.com/Deal-With-Religious-People-if-You-Are-an-Atheist

and here is where you can discuss such things
http://digg.com/general_sciences/How_to_Deal_With_Religious_People_if_You_Are_an_Atheist

and, you don't get reported for your opinions!

2007-07-05 02:37:37 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

People keep using the word "brainwashed" to describe religious folk, Christians in particular.

I was raised in the church, and I'm still a Christian at the age of 24, although I do see this as meaning something differently than when I was 8.

So my question for you is, if you're one of those people who always call Christians "brainwashed," "lemmings," or just outright "unintelligent," will you say it now to my face (or to my avatar at least) not knowing anything else about me except my religious beliefs?

2007-07-05 02:35:42 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous

Since his dad owned the whole universe he must have needed to protect his assets.

2007-07-05 02:34:12 · 19 answers · asked by Murazor 6

if we 'evolved' from monkeys, then where did the monkeys come from? What did they 'evolve' from? chickens? answer me that, or are you to busy 'evolving' into another creature? idiots.

2007-07-05 02:33:02 · 24 answers · asked by I Hate Devilution 1

2007-07-05 02:32:31 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

If I were to come on TV tommorow and say this would Christians be offended.

You can't prove I'm not and whenever anyone asked me to show I am Jesus I'd give them a face full of "Don't tempt me(cos I'm God and all that) Beyatch"

2007-07-05 02:31:18 · 9 answers · asked by Mustapher Crap 5

I included a link to a scientific paper in a previous post about Gentry's work on Polonium Halos.

http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/;_ylt=AkZkDkVlj.KvmxUSK__oeb0FEBV.?link=ask&menu=396545163

One answer chose an exert listing Gentry's premises and saying that it was obviously beyond my understanding.

What he failed to mention, is that reading the rest of the paper helps give a better understanding of the premises.

He also failed to recognise, that as well as including the above link, I also included a more straight forward explanation as per:
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/po-halos/

I don't claim to be a geologist, but I have read several articles about polonium halos to gain a better understanding of what the young Earth creationists are claiming.

Do these guys have a problem with people in general learning about topics they're discussing or something?

Are they still hung up on the "tree of knowledge" issue?

2007-07-05 02:28:02 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous