Religion & Spirituality - 9 July 2007

well i do think i made the right choice but still its confusing to me. its like there were thousands of religons before christ so how can I/we be sure they arent true and i should follow them. or should i even have a religon????

2007-07-09 15:05:34 · 16 answers · asked by kevkev 2

Sometimes, when I am here on Yahoo Answers, and see all this religious dogmatic hate and mudslinging, it scares me!

Before we know it, the radical Christians and the radical Muslims are going to start coming after everyone. (Or have they started already?) It seems these right wing fundamentalists (from both sides) have so much hate in them towards everyone else, they are ready to explode. And crazy religious people are some of the most dangerous, as history has proven, time and again.

It's like we are heading back into the Dark Ages when they burned witches and threw people of other faiths to the lions. When someone who simply spoke their mind could be persecuted for not being with the majority. When people would have huge "holy" wars in order to beat the other faction down no matter how many innocent lives it cost them.

I guess, even being 28 years old, I never realized that there were so many crazy, narrow minded zealots in the world.

It's frightening. Thoughts?

2007-07-09 15:04:40 · 16 answers · asked by Calliope 5

A christians, God sent us his holy spirit to guide us on our spiritual journey. Why do then put all that power in the hands of another human being? Why learn someone else's view point when you can form your own?

2007-07-09 15:04:26 · 21 answers · asked by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5

As I browsed the questions and answers today, I am amazed by the number of WRONG answers given by Christians. For example, someone asked the question "Why does God kill people." There were numerous answers that something like, "Read your Bible, God doesn't kill people!" The people with these answers obviously had not actually read the Bible. Consider the following verses:

1 Samuel 6:19
But God struck down some of the men of Beth Shemesh, putting seventy of them to death because they had looked into the ark of the LORD.

2 Samuel 6:7
The LORD's anger burned against Uzzah because of his irreverent act; therefore God struck him down and he died there beside the ark of God.

Acts 12:23
Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

Answering the world's questions is not as simple as "Jesus loves you!" So, how many actually check before answering?

2007-07-09 15:01:23 · 29 answers · asked by MacDeac 5

OK before you read anything i want to thank you for taking the time to read and help me with this question. Also i'd like to ask for serious answers only please. thanks so much.


So i am a believer that God really exists and that there is a heaven. However i'm trying to help my friend better understand God. She believes in God and heaven, but doesnt understand how one guy could be SO POWERFUL. Can anyone give me a better explanation so i can help her out a little?

Thank you so much. It is greatly appreciated!

2007-07-09 15:00:30 · 13 answers · asked by colour_my_world<3 2

I have nothing against them at all. But I live in Florida and there are so many of them at the bus stations one day I counted nine of them I couldn't believe it I had to go around just to advoid them. I didn't feel like talking about anything that day.

Then one day I told one that am very sleepy I had to get up 4am for school and I made it close to my school by 7am but she said ok and went on.But oddly to me I think they should find new ways to pass out thoes books I see too many people like myself throwing them away to me if someones interested they would go up to one. Plus thats too many trees.

My Grandmother (the only Jehovah in the family)is one so its not like a hate thing but don't you agree that they should wait for people to go to them and not the other way around? I even missed my ride over one.

I believe in God but am not a Jehovah witness.

2007-07-09 14:56:25 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-09 14:55:25 · 30 answers · asked by Dark Angel 3

if you truly think god has a plan for your life, have you ever stopped to consider:
1. there are poor, hungry, dying people all over the world, is this his plan for them? p.s. if you've never been to a third world country, you should go, it will open up your eyes and mind.
2. why would an all-powerful being be concerned with such soap-operatic drama that he entertains himself by watching humans fulfill his ''plans''? i.e. don't you ever feel like a pawn being used in a sick, perverted chess match.
3. what does your part in this ''universal plan'' actually accomplish? because it seems as this ''plan'' of his is failing miserably.
4. if there actually is a plan, is jesus a ''referee'' of sorts.

2007-07-09 14:54:30 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

Those of you who have been answering my questions tonight have been so generous, and I thank you for it.

I'm hearing that I should live for my son's memory. And it certainly has a lot of weight for me.

But here's the thing...

When I was ten my father died.

I've spent my whole life immersing myself in idealism and the best wisdom I could find to live up to -his- memory ...

... and to make up for all the wisdom I never had the chance to learn from him ...

... so that when I had children, I'd have the best I could give to give to them ...

... and now I have to live up to be my best for my son's memory, as well as my dad's.

I feel like George Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life. I've tried so hard, struggled so hard, and everything that mattered to me is gone.

After losing all I had, I'm to start over at 50?

Is it any wonder there are days when I do -not- want to get out of bed?

2007-07-09 14:53:55 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

you know that little fish thing, that resembles Jesus or something like that? can somebody explain this to me, i dont get it. (no offense to anybody, i just have NO idea what its about and i was curious, idk how to explain it other than the fish thing)

2007-07-09 14:52:35 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

It seems that not one religion on this planet is the monopoly religion. I believe that there is a force of nature that prevents one religion from ruling the world. Christianity might have the upper edge but it is nowhere near a monopoly. Look at the statistics yourself.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/21/Major_religions_2005_pie_small.png

2007-07-09 14:49:19 · 8 answers · asked by Steve 1

theres a lot of controversy in Islam today. on one side you have wahabbiis that are saying that reading salaam on the rasool is shirk. on the other side you have the sufis who say that God forgives all sins even shirk and reading salaam on the rasool is not shirk at all. it jsut seems really hard to decide what to do. everyone is obviously acting out of good will (noone wants to go to jahanam). what exactly is shirk and what is the correct way to follow islam that is "safe". i try a lot to avoid major sins like shirk, and im terrified if i accidentally do it or something. what is the deal>?

SINCERE ANSWERS ONLY FROM MUSLIMS ONLY. DON'T WANNA CONVERT OR ANYTHING, JUST WANNA BE A MOMIN.

2007-07-09 14:47:33 · 11 answers · asked by JaFaR M 1

achieve our goals, but in the end it was worthless because we all die anyhow.

2007-07-09 14:46:49 · 19 answers · asked by owned by a siberian husky 4

He thinks anyone with long hair must be a hippie and smell funny.
He thought I was gay because I wasn't married by the time I was 21. (the time when one would normally return from a mission)
Anyone who drinks alcohol is an alcoholic.
Anyone who listens to rock music is evil.
The list goes on, but I think you get the point.

2007-07-09 14:44:10 · 27 answers · asked by Al Shaitan 3

She's not a "true" Christian?!

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AhInC1vuj28XDhZeuc.hu4nsy6IX?qid=20070709174734AA2DN3p

So, someone who wants to be Christian, follows a Christian life, and happens to intepret the Bible differently isn't allowed?

Yep. I'm solidly agnostic.

2007-07-09 14:43:47 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

To be continued tomorrow. God bless!

2007-07-09 14:43:35 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

The belief that the earth is warming due to human involvement.

Even in light of the fact it hasn't warmed since the 1990s and the Antarctic and Greenland ice shelf are growing.

2007-07-09 14:42:18 · 16 answers · asked by Holy Holly 5

do you believe Islam is the last Abrahamic religion sent by God and the last warning message from God to humans?

2007-07-09 14:37:43 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

he let's others hurt me and see them succeed in their evil plans so often.

i am so angry at him!!

2007-07-09 14:36:42 · 46 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you are walking along in the a jungle and saw a building sitting there, how would you know there was a builder? You can't see him, smell him, touch him or taste him. However by knowing that the building has design, you can know there was a designer.

Would you believe me if I told you that over millions of years glass slowly crept up from the dirt and into a frame? And then all of the other pieces, including the windshield wipers, a gear shift, pedals, an engine, and a steering wheel, morphed and created a perfect working car? Would you call me a sane person for telling you that?

So why then do you all who deny the existence of God refuse to believe that all of creation (the sun to keep us warm, the plants to provide us fruit, the human digestive tract, the human eye, the layers of the atmosphere, the hydrologic cycle, dna to hold information, and on and on) was intelligently designed as well. That's just as illogical as claiming that the vehicle made itself.

2007-07-09 14:35:30 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-09 14:34:24 · 3 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ah8dk0IzwzGRI1vsxorgurnsy6IX?qid=20070709180239AAKQrBd&show=7#profile-info-FKN4oFHiaa

1)i'm an evolutionist, doubt all you want, i am

That question above was a really inteligent one! Still the fundamentalist wing amongst the evolutionist just couldn't let it pass now could they? No its criticising their "faith" (and if you don't want people saying you have faith in evolution, stop acting like you do). There was a lot of unnecesary offenses. Now i ask did anyone amongst the ones who offended knew the awnser to the question?

Paz de Cristo

2007-07-09 14:34:16 · 6 answers · asked by Emiliano M. 6

I would not want to be responsible for his being fired.

2007-07-09 14:31:13 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-09 14:28:16 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am not bashing gays. However if we grants marrige rights to gays, then the activist groups for people who have sex with animals will want the same rights. People who want to marry their mother, or sister, will want the same rights. People who want to marry toddlers and babies will want the same rights. People who want to marry hundreds of other people will want the same rights. People who want to marry dog shitt will want the same rights. People who want to marry insects will want the same rights. People who want to marry dead corpses will want the same rights. And thus Pandora's box is flung wide open to all kinds of freaky things.

2007-07-09 14:26:54 · 32 answers · asked by Steve 1

The have ten sex chromosomes, the means by which gender is determined in them is unknown, according to the way fossil records are dated they have been around since the dinosaurs, they appear to share genes with birds, and the males are venomous.

2007-07-09 14:26:15 · 29 answers · asked by Holy Holly 5

My last question received this response:

"I searched for God and found only myself;
I searched for myself and found only God."

Thoughts?

2007-07-09 14:24:59 · 20 answers · asked by Skye 5

2007-07-09 14:24:07 · 14 answers · asked by Kaye00 1

Just because someone leaves the church doesnt mean they are holding a grudge and want the church to die, etc etc. Maybe it just wasnt for them. I am an ex-mormon and i can honestly say i have respect for them as people, i just dont agree with them on some religious points, that's all. So does that mean that every single word that comes out of my mouth that can possibly be related to mormonism is a complete lie? Of course not! Honestly, i am completely truthful about the mormon religion, and i'm not low enough to just go around telling lies to try keep people from converting or whatever.

What i'm trying to say is that just because it wasnt for them, doesnt mean that ex-mormons are liars about the church, and they can still be credible in most situations.

PS I'm not denying that there are SOME people like that, but people automatically think that about ALL ex-mormons. Most of them are completely honest.

2007-07-09 14:23:57 · 20 answers · asked by 17*mezzo*17 3

I think that whether God used evolution or not to create life (there's alot of evidence that he did) has NO effect on achieving salvation through the LORD Jesus Christ. Keep in mind that the Holy Bible's purpose is not as a science textbook, rather focuses on Jesus Christ and the world to come. Since the 7 "day" creation story was written before the rise of modern science, I think that it shouldn't be taken literally. Do you agree that If you take accept science's discoveries, such as the earth revolving around the sun, then one should also accept evolution?

agree??

2007-07-09 14:22:46 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous