Religion & Spirituality - 13 July 2007

People that believe in god seem to think that everything in their life that is good happens because of him. I always hear people say that they didn't die in a car accident because of god or they could walk after a leg injury after the doctor said they couldn't because of god. They don't credit themselves for the hard work and effort they put into stuff. If you get your legs crushed and just lie in bed praying to god to walk you never will but if you get up everyday little by little and try you absolute hardest you might walk. I just don't understand how they pat god on the back before themselves. Why?

2007-07-13 06:01:19 · 10 answers · asked by joe d 4

2007-07-13 05:59:24 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-13 05:56:48 · 6 answers · asked by ? 4

What do mormons believe about dancing
And what does their health code prohibit them from eating or drinking?

2007-07-13 05:56:36 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm not asking for any religious bias here. I'm only looking for facts made in history. Which out of these 5 religions came first and please provide a year? It doesn't have to be right on the dot year but something like 700 AD or 5000BC whichever is right.

Judaism, Norse, Christianity, Hinduism, & Islam.

2007-07-13 05:56:12 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know many of you will only respond with "But that's NOT how it is so I can't do it." Very well. If you can't do the thought experiment, just ignore the question!

But for those of you that can and who believe in a literal hell. A place of punishment in the next life. Please imagine with me that instead of setting up a hell, god lets everyone go to heaven. Those who have sinned in this life have the opportunity to learn from their mistakes. Once the lessons have been learned and the mental illnesses cured, they are allowed in the presence of god.

Do you have a problem with things being set up this way? Do you feel uncomfortable if they're not punished forever or do you feel in some way that things are "unfair"? Does this view of an afterlife change your opinion about heaven or god or morality?

Thanks!

2007-07-13 05:54:25 · 27 answers · asked by Laptop Jesus 3.9 7

How many Jehovahs Witnesses are on here bantering back and forth counting this time on your time sheets as preaching? I see a few people posting incessantly the watchtower.borg website link with their answers. Is this considered time now?

2007-07-13 05:51:33 · 11 answers · asked by ? 3

like us?!!

2007-07-13 05:47:46 · 22 answers · asked by yassinimtiaz 2

2007-07-13 05:43:42 · 27 answers · asked by LineDancer 7

2007-07-13 05:43:29 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-13 05:42:05 · 20 answers · asked by Linz ♥ VT 4

2007-07-13 05:39:19 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. (Mark 13:30-31)

He also said to them, "Amen, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see that the kingdom of God has come in power." (Mark 9:1)

"Truly I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God." (Luke 9:27)
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He didn't come back Christianity has been destroyed let's all worship the flying spaghetti monster.

2007-07-13 05:36:50 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

has anyone ever spoke to god in person? or have him send a message to you?

id love to hear about it

2007-07-13 05:36:43 · 5 answers · asked by guitar fool 2

XBOX or at least HOOPS?

2007-07-13 05:35:25 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

so wutt did u think of it? wutt did u think of the last day's symposium that talked about the sermon on the mount!? it was my fav!

2007-07-13 05:34:51 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Because when the first Hindu prayer opened the Senate yesterday, three "Christian patriots" decided to yell, interrupt, and disrupt it.

""Lord Jesus, forgive us father for allowing a prayer which is an abomination in your sight."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070712/pl_afp/uspoliticsreligion_070712205448

And of course, a conservative Christian group tried to prevent it beforehand.

I'm glad Rajan Zed was allowed to proceed, but angry that it had to be made so difficult for him!

What do y'all think of this?

2007-07-13 05:33:26 · 16 answers · asked by GreenEyedLilo 7

What are realistic terms that both sides will agree on?

2007-07-13 05:33:07 · 15 answers · asked by Muslim 1 3

2007-07-13 05:33:01 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Christianity:
Mine believes in the golden rule.
Prayer/meditation
some holidays

2007-07-13 05:32:45 · 7 answers · asked by ~Heathen Princess~ 7

Ok this question has kept me up some nights and now I want to what you think God Thinks about us. Please don't tell me I don't know anything believe me I've asked and still waiting for the answers to the many questions I have. I would really like honest answers.

2007-07-13 05:32:05 · 25 answers · asked by Okami Ryuu 3

I posted earlier this moring and received wonderful answers to my question. I am interested now, in your take please.
I see a lot questions asking about "true" Christians -posed from atheistic thinkers, the agnostic fellowship and those of other faiths.
I like that and understand why so many of the best answers are those that support one's intial theory. What I don't understand though is this:
If you know what a "true" Christian "should" look like or what a "true" Christian is "not", doesn't that say that you know a lot about what a "true" Christian should be, who Christ was, what He taught and His example to us? If this is the case, what is it about Him and His teachings that you reject? If your answer is based on disbelief of His existence or deity what is the reason for this line of questioning? Is it simply to encite division, point fingers or display your scriptural knowledge?

Like "Christians" that attempt to use Christ as a battering ram?

2007-07-13 05:30:42 · 17 answers · asked by Mrs.M 4

fundamental Christians and Pharisees? And isn't that what Jesus spoke against?
Phar·i·see /ˈfærəˌsi/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[far-uh-see] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. a member of a Jewish sect that flourished during the 1st century b.c. and 1st century a.d. and that differed from the Sadducees chiefly in its strict observance of religious ceremonies and practices, adherence to oral laws and traditions, and belief in an afterlife and the coming of a Messiah.
2. (lowercase) a sanctimonious, self-righteous, or hypocritical person.


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[Origin: bef. 900; ME Pharise, Farise, OE Farīséus < LL Pharīséus, var. of Pharīsaeus < Gk Pharīsaǐos < Aram pərīshayyā, pl. of pərīshā lit., separated]

2007-07-13 05:30:35 · 11 answers · asked by ~Heathen Princess~ 7

2007-07-13 05:30:12 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I work
I go to school
I volunteer
I play with my children at the park
I swim (yes in a public pool with an Islamic bathing suit)
I go shopping, buying whatever it is that I want to wear
I drive
I go out with friends till 2 in the morning

And I do all these things without my husband. So I would like to know how I am oppressed.

My husband:
Gives me flowers every time he is paid.
Hands me money when ever I ask, and does not say but you have a job too.
Pays all the bills
Gives me everything I want and more, my car is even better than his.

So please tell me why I as a Muslim woman am I seen as oppressed. Why do some people look at me in pity? Why would someone think that I do not have a voice and would not be able to think for myself?

2007-07-13 05:29:58 · 33 answers · asked by Layla 6

I am a Christian and i though my boyfriend was too because he went to church and he prayed. But last night he told me that he wasnt because he couldnt believe one religion when all religions think they are right. This made me really sad, but i didnt show it. In the Bible is said to be equally yolked and before i went out with anyone i promised myself that i wouldnt go out with anyone who wasnt a Christian. I am still growing in my relationship with God. (im 15 yrs old) So, when he said those things it made me feel mad and sad that he didnt believe. If someone could help me with this or give me some bible refrence that would help me so much. I really need some help. Thanks.

2007-07-13 05:29:40 · 11 answers · asked by ericastoke 1

Atheists, go to the sport category, you are a pain in the ***.

2007-07-13 05:27:51 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

And it was not a test, would you? If that was the only way to get into heaven ?

2007-07-13 05:27:05 · 11 answers · asked by Kira 3

This is it, the BIG question, prompted thanks to the little 'Band of Brothers' that has coalesced here on Y!A., and it is thanks to them that I am brought to ask it.

We all know, thanks to Albert, that energy is matter, and vice versa. It is just different manifestations of the same 'stuff', thanks to the elusive Higgs-Boson 'particle', which is still theoretical, although CERN and Wisconsin are working on super-accelerators to try to refine our understanding of this, and other, major issues of particulate physics.

Now, we know pretty much, albeit very crudely what happens, and even one version of how, matter returns to the energetic state. The nuclear reactions, both fission and fusion are fairly well understood now.

The BIG mystery, about which we apparently have no clue, is the opposite, how does energy become matter ?

Please feel free to let your mind go free in answering this question, the answer is staring us, quite literally, right in the face.

{{{{{{{{{ Oneness }}}}}}}

2007-07-13 05:26:23 · 19 answers · asked by cosmicvoyager 5

Is Ritvik different from Iskcon? Is true the reports saying Iskcon has been split?

2007-07-13 05:24:36 · 3 answers · asked by Jayaraman 7