Religion & Spirituality - 19 July 2007

They seem to think that logic is its own entity, with it's own set of values. It's perfect, totally objective and independent of humans. This sounds like God to me.

2007-07-19 06:39:39 · 3 answers · asked by LG 7

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070718215706AAMWBlL&r=w#R4F1InPUD3D5dBfqLthn

I generally am the first to criticize the mormon faith, but I distinguish between the faith and the people, who are usually adorable. I am afraid, however, that all of the many God-fearing Mormon people on this forum are going to take it in the shorts for the comments of one guy who's having a bad day. Please understand that most Mormons (both believing/active and doubting/leaving) really are genuinely nice people. There are just some bad apples in the bunch, like there are in every religion.

What can we do to keep our criticisms from being "personal" on this board?

2007-07-19 06:38:18 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

I dont see the relevance between the mathematics that govern the universe and einsteins opinion of god. Or darwin or a dozen others. Who cares about their political opinions or their personal lives etc. All I care about is their logical and intersubjectively valid contributions to science.

2007-07-19 06:37:58 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church

He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

To avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
--Hebrews 13:4

2007-07-19 06:36:07 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Where in the Catholic Church or Orothodox Church were there anyone who said that the Bible was the ONLY source (rule) of faith before the 16th century?

2007-07-19 06:33:39 · 8 answers · asked by hossteacher 3

2007-07-19 06:33:32 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I mean its not like i hav e changed my mind. The want me to go to st marys,GA church to talk to them. I refuse to do so.

2007-07-19 06:33:11 · 15 answers · asked by dangergirl_711 2

2007-07-19 06:32:52 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-19 06:29:50 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-19 06:27:57 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-19 06:26:10 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-19 06:23:59 · 38 answers · asked by Forever Brooklyn 2

2007-07-19 06:22:37 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Yet faith healers are ok?

2007-07-19 06:18:53 · 11 answers · asked by Link , Padawan of Yoda 5

I must have missed the part of the Sermon on the Mount that talked about killing people to liberate them, or how pre-emptive invasions against uncertain threats are a good time.

2007-07-19 06:18:32 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

GOD or Man's?
Do you care in pleasing yourself first or GOD?

John Calvin rightly called the human heart “a factory of idolatry,” meaning that faithful worship does not come naturally to fallen human beings. Sinners become idolaters because God has so deeply planted the need for himself in human beings that when we do not know the true God, we invent false gods, false religion, and false worship. God warns against such idolatrous worship in the first commandment: “You shall have no other gods before me.” The idolatrous worship of false gods is condemned throughout the Bible.
Thoughts?

2007-07-19 06:17:31 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

does she not believe in the cross? or that Jesus died on the cross? every church "I" have ever been to have crosses.. I wish someone would investigate her

2007-07-19 06:13:33 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Darwin then started to notice gravity.Wow what goes up must come down.How brilliant! I'll take the credit for gravity, thank you. It is called bias against the Church.Darwins theory of relativity was also as admirable.He got that from marrying his cousin. Its all relative. He observed some facts and mixed them in with an assumption based theory, passed them off as scientifically based theory, and there is a difference. Its called the skin of the truth stuffed with a lie . All to which at the end of his life go back to believing in God and creation, which I doubt he actually ever stopped believing. He was also very regretful that he had such a big following and that people had actually took his anger/ revengeful/ assumption based theory of evolution, so seriously. And he had not lost his mind when he made this change back to God. Hmm, just blew your evolution gun into smithereens with my created nuclear warhead. BOOOOOM!!!! Your gun was designed by a disgrunteled baptist(christian). Ha

2007-07-19 06:11:03 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I saw some posts about homosexuality today so I wanted to get a decent discussion going.

Personally, I think that's a private matter between that person and the powers that be.

If you don't agree with it then fine, don't agree with it. What will anyone accomplish by making a fuss over it?

I will address christians specifically here:

I think Jesus showed us what to do in this case whenever people were getting ready to stone the poor woman who was a prostitute. He said something like let he who is without sin cast the first stone right?

Instead of worrying about what homosexuals are doing why not just go out and use up that energy to help someone instead of condeming people.

Am I off base here or something?

2007-07-19 06:10:48 · 31 answers · asked by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5

You know the correct answers of self forgiveness and living in today instead of looking at the past, but the feeling just doesn't leave. How do you get rid of it once and for all?

2007-07-19 06:08:24 · 18 answers · asked by Maggie May 3

if you just show up without having called for a pass and given your address she wont let you in doesnt seem like a very open or inviting church, what does she have to hide? what is the secret

2007-07-19 06:06:42 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-19 06:03:54 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

First why do so many of you compare homosexuality with racism??? where in the bible does it ever speak of hating different races????

Man created racism not GOD. It's a slap in the face to black people IMO by comparring thier struggles in the USA with devaint sexual acts.. People of faith are trying to follow the Word of GOD, not by being holier than thou, but by condeming things GOD said are WRONG.

Sex out of marraige, adultery, homosexuality, beastiality a host of other sins are right in the Holy Bilbe that GOD says are
SINS...
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As a society do we have the right to throw out the window things in the Bible people do not like? if that's the case why have the Holy Bilbe? why have any churches

Does the Bible have any meaning when people pick it apart?
If society says the bible has messages of bigotry then are you saying GOD is a bigot?

2007-07-19 06:03:27 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Similar to Yahoo!Answers, but primarily for people with questions relating to Christianity?

2007-07-19 06:01:24 · 17 answers · asked by Searcher 7

The belief system that believes in constant sharing through active listenning, empathy, sympathy and affirmation each of us unto another, apostling unto one another for healing.

One all knowing ever present God which is inside of us also, we are a part of that God.

No eternal damnation because God cannot separate from God's self. Everyone resurrects upon death, specialness is in the witness, not the resurrection.

Our lives are an illusion containing our passions to live within a reality of predestined circumstances.

Everyone is doing their best

Everything comes from God and as humans who are striving to get along with each other our job is to worship those part(s) and ways of beings of God that help us to functionally cooperate with one another in Forgive Affirmed Spirit.

Prayer of last resort when all else fails, when feelings are shunned and exchange of conscious thought won't penetrate your enemy;
May the Force of Caring cause them the conflict that will cause them to become a Forgive Affirmed Spirit, so as to care more about the ones they abuse.....feelings and survival.

2007-07-19 06:00:42 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

that sorta thing

2007-07-19 05:57:28 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

The world is a burning airplane. Religion offers some small degree of hope. Anthropology offers dinosaur bones. It would be wise to look for a parachute before jumping.
I decided to build a temple to atheism in my home. I thought it would be appropraite if the temple was made from dinosaur bones. The bones were just like god. Not available.

2007-07-19 05:57:23 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

What species do you think will evolve as intelligent?

2007-07-19 05:53:29 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why?...i dont understand why they have this way of thinking... my points are the following
1) so, you go to hell no matter what, good person or bad person, it doesnt matter if you're not a muslim.
2) there are many amazing people who believe in their religion and really do good things and just because they're not muslim they go to hell...
3) how can they judge this since only God knows and decides...
i've interacted with many muslims and they have told me that i'm still young and can save myself from hell, by becoming a muslim (i'm a christian, which tries doing all the best to be a good believer) ... so they think i'm going to hell...
isnt this really terribly wrong?...as i've heard from other sources, if a muslim converts someone to islam, they go directly to heaven...is this true also?... if it is, then it is really not fair...beeing a completly bad person all your life, but converting someone would guarantee you paradise...
so, can anyone enlighten me with some answers?

2007-07-19 05:53:29 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was talking to a friend and she is dating/talking someone online from the Middle East (which I have no problem with). But the fool seems to be jealous.
She and I have always been friends and he doesn't want her having contact with me because I am male. I ignored him. But he told her the other day to tell me

"tell him to stop coming around or tell him I will bring democracy to your country"

What the hell did he mean by that?

By the way my country is the great USA.

2007-07-19 05:52:56 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous