Religion & Spirituality - 15 July 2007

IDE THEIR MINDS!" What do you think of this new rule in retrospect to "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."?

2007-07-15 04:17:22 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

How about Gene Rodenberry?

2007-07-15 04:13:23 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do they actually understand these issues?

The second law of thermodynamics is all about entropy and is explained really well in the attached link

.http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/thermo/probability.html

It is in no way a barrier to evolution.

And as for irreducible complexity, every single example of this I've seen put forward requires just 5 minutes research to find it explained beautifully through evolution.

Do these guys just accept what gets thrown at them in church, or do they just chose to read the wrong material when researching.

If they're looking for evidence of evolution, there's a mountain of it.

Do they just chose to ignore all the evidence around them for evolution, or are they scared of it?

2007-07-15 04:12:26 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Sometimes I wonder, were the three wise men Astrologers, that read the stars, and thus predicted the birth of the Christ. I know that the church deems astrology as the 'evil', but was it considered so at the time of the birth of christ? What if a wise man was considered that man that knew of the 'secrets' eg...of God, or maybe Astrology, or Spirits/Spirituality.....your thoughts?

2007-07-15 04:11:59 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'd really like to know.

2007-07-15 04:06:24 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-15 04:01:32 · 21 answers · asked by tuff*titty 4

your thoughts?

2007-07-15 04:01:01 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-15 04:00:48 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

On July 7 I got baptised as a Jehovah's Witness. That was the most wonderful thing that happened to me. I'm glad that now I'm one of Jehovah's Witnesses (Isaiah 43:10).
What I'm asking you is to answer my question and to tell me when was that day.

2007-07-15 04:00:13 · 36 answers · asked by Alex 5

This is a country of "religious freedom" so why protest a prayer ?

2007-07-15 03:58:26 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why are people still going to catholic church every sunday..

LOS ANGELES - Hundreds of people who claim they were abused by clergy affiliated with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles can expect to be paid more than $1 million each in a $660 million settlement of their lawsuits. The deal, by far the largest settlement in the church's sexual abuse scandal, was reached Saturday, said Ray Boucher, the lead plaintiff's attorney..

The settlements push the total amount paid out by the U.S. church since 1950 to more than $2 billion, with about a quarter of that coming from the Los Angeles archdiocese.

How is this possible?
How can parents allow kids to be alone with these kinds of people, they began recording keeping since 1950, I can just imagine how many centuries of abused children there are!

help me understand

Oh....and when you go to church today , hang on to your little boys.

2007-07-15 03:58:15 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do animals have a sense of religion and spirituality? If not, why don't we live like animals? They seem to be more carefree and peaceful than us. I'm jealous.

Oh, and we are animals.

2007-07-15 03:56:05 · 30 answers · asked by Sasha C 3

Then why didnt god ensure the bible was perfect?
Why are there so many translations and branches of Christianity? Why was a council of priests gathered by the roman emperor Constantine responsable for putting the bible together? Why are there different versions of Christs death found in the 4 gospels of the bible? Why did Jesus prefer the Jews to the Gentiles?


My point is; can salvation really be based upon belief in a story/book that is full of contradictions and a vast number of alterations?

Dont get me wrong I belief in Jesus. I think he was one of humanities greatest masters of compassion and wisdom.
But I also like to do a little bit of research. And when you study the history of Christianity you find out that the bible was mostly a compilation of writtings from different churches put together by a council led by a crazed Roman emperor. A council that later murdered thousands of "Heretic" becouse they believed differently. ie. Gnostics.

2007-07-15 03:55:45 · 16 answers · asked by ANyone but you 2

PLEASE don't cut and paste from elsewhere. I know what it is. I want to know what it is TO YOU.

2007-07-15 03:52:39 · 10 answers · asked by ccrider 7

Evolution functions by the survival of the fittest. It would have been impossible for God to use evolution to create the world (prior to the fall of man) because there was no death in the world.

God created a perfect world without death and pain. Evolution (if it exists) would have come into play only after we were kicked out of the Garden and ramped up after the Great Flood.

2007-07-15 03:42:55 · 17 answers · asked by nom de paix 4

What is your personal interpretation of the meaning of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Please don't 'lock on' to any particular religion or religious view, this tale predates Judaism by millenia, and thus both 'Christianity' and Islam, I would just like to hear what people think it means to acquire the 'knowledge' of 'Good' and 'Evil', what existed in proto-human minds about these two fundamental concepts before that knowledge arose, and what implications does that have for us now, in this moment ?

2007-07-15 03:42:38 · 27 answers · asked by cosmicvoyager 5

before it rings up any more compensation claims for sexually abused children. All well and good the compensation but what about the many lives ruined and for what exactly

2007-07-15 03:41:00 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just read that the church in LA is going to pay $660 Million dollars to sexually abused victums.
When is the Catholic Church going to wake up and let the clergy get married. Nuns and Priests are always involved in sex scandles and it's just not natural for men and women not to marry. God himself told Adam and Eve to Multiply and replentish the earth and Jesus Christ sanctified marriage to be between a man and a woman and that they should "cleave unto each other."
I think it's time for the Catholic Church to read the bible and do as it says. then all of this nonsense with priests and nuns will stop. What do you think?

2007-07-15 03:36:53 · 8 answers · asked by thedadof7 2

Catholic means universial. The unversial church (or catholic) is comprised of all those who worship Christ as their Savior. Those who follow one bishop who claims primacy are no more 'catholic' than the rest of Christains (and I dare say a lot LESS 'catholic').

2007-07-15 03:34:44 · 9 answers · asked by nom de paix 4

does this mean I am not liked on R&S?

2007-07-15 03:34:01 · 16 answers · asked by TTC 3

The history of the Han Chinese ethnic group is closely tied to that of China. Han Chinese trace their ancestry back to the Huaxia, people who lived along the Yellow River in northern China. The famous Chinese historian Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian dates the reign of the Yellow Emperor, the legendary ancestor of Han Chinese, to 2698 BCE to 2599 BCE.

Along the central reaches of the Yellow River were the Jiahu culture (7000 BCE to 6600 BCE), Yangshao culture (5000 BCE to 3000 BCE) and Longshan culture (3000 BCE to 2000 BCE). Along the lower reaches of the river were the Qingliangang culture (5400 BCE to 4000 BCE), the Dawenkou culture (4300 BCE to 2500 BCE), the Longshan culture (2500 BCE to 2000 BCE), and the Yueshi culture.

Strange, I bet they would have noticed if their world was flooded, yet not a peep. Also note their history extends past the traditional age of the earth as speculated on by young earth creationists.

2007-07-15 03:32:24 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Oh wait, do you know what the Gospel is?

2007-07-15 03:27:08 · 9 answers · asked by nom de paix 4

What do you get out of it? Do you get a cheap thrill out of stealing someone else's ID and using it to insult others? Do you do it because you hate that person? Or because you are secretly jealous of their happiness in life? Tell me, I would love to know what inspires such hate and dishonesty.

2007-07-15 03:27:03 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Everytime I attend a Mass, the priest prays for religious vocations. In my town, 2 smaller churches closed because there weren't enough priests. The Romans complained about it, but how many of them send their sons off to be priests?

2007-07-15 03:24:50 · 10 answers · asked by nom de paix 4

I read scripture, pray and meditate, and for the most part feel I have a more personal connection with God that I don't have the urge to go sing and hear gospel with the people in my community. Does this make me a bad Christian? It's not avoidance of the collection plate, or boredom of the sermons, but the community of eyes that are so judging based on looks alone, the fact I'm simply there isn't enough for them.

2007-07-15 03:23:38 · 15 answers · asked by tichothewolf 2

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article2079126.ece

how many more people must have their lives ruined by perverted clergymen...?

2007-07-15 03:20:48 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Are X-rays and autopsies faked just to disprove religion as well? Do radiologists Photoshop the X-rays before anyone sees them?

2007-07-15 03:20:16 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-15 03:17:45 · 9 answers · asked by gasp 4

.. in a stone named Ku Klux Klan? Or Hamass? Or Taliban? Or Dragon Knights? Or Opus Dei? Or Christ Legionaires?

I mean, you as believers in your god, shows or supports or ignores the fact all of that organizations I mentioned are RELIGIOUS driven?

I accept everything you want, answers, stars, insults, reflections, but no a bunch of biblical versicles that doesn't contain the truth or the answer I'm searching.

2007-07-15 03:16:55 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Please help with the wording.

2007-07-15 03:16:48 · 7 answers · asked by johnnydominic 3