Religion & Spirituality - 31 July 2007

What are the odds of life arising on its own?
Full blown human? zilch. Accelerated complexity from simplicity? too many to compute (check the multiplication of virii and bacteria in a petri dish with adequate nutrients and the drosophyle mutations after a few generations).
Panspermia? Check the results of astronomic observation: a great many comets show organic compounds and fossilized bacteria (dead end evolution?) were found on Mars. It point towards the odds that life might be more common that we thought.
Created universe? Suggests the creation of this U from some other mega-universe, who created the first one then?
Could god create himself simultaneously with the U?
So what are the odds of the existence of a god? The present human situation on Earth at every level screams for a referee, isn´t he a bit long to appear? If he is past, present and future, isn´t he late?
For every answered prayer, isn´t there a huge majority of miserable people whose prayers stay unanswered?

2007-07-31 03:22:55 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I mean seriously, you have no power.what can be gained from pretending you do? If you mean you serve the devil, why not say so?

2007-07-31 03:20:33 · 24 answers · asked by sir wayne 4

If i created a toy truck from wood, i am the creator, if i made a chocolate cake, i am the creator, my mum and dad created me, and their mum and dad created them, who created God

2007-07-31 03:15:21 · 23 answers · asked by isaac r 1

Does He have any specific role in it other than to observe a profession of faith?

2007-07-31 03:12:28 · 8 answers · asked by ccrider 7

2007-07-31 03:11:00 · 8 answers · asked by sandiegogal2002@yahoo.com 3

Evolution is a scientific fact; yet many still believe in the refuted theory of creationism, as well as the god hypothesis. They question the idea of evolution because they believe there to be a lack of evidence to support it yet when their god hypothesis is questioned they just say it's faith. Well; what if atheists started saying that they believed in evolution because of faith?

2007-07-31 03:08:44 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-31 03:08:40 · 13 answers · asked by ifhusain 4

when you live in a musim family and someone leaves islam,partly, by that i mean they consider thereselves half muslim and half christian,are you ordered to sever ties with them in islam?and if u still communicate and spend time with them is it bad?

2007-07-31 03:08:26 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hello all! I pray that you are doing well this morning. Today I would just like to share. A lot of people have the idea that they are better Christians than others. I, myself have had fleeting thoughts of "being a better Christian" when I see brothers and sisters who have fallen. Thank God for His Spirit which quickly corrects us. We are all brothers and sisters in Christ. We all fall, occasionally. We just fall in different directions. There is the adulterer, the drug addict, the thief, the boastful, etc. So is the drug addict better than the adulterer? Or is the boastful better than the thief? In God's eyes, no. We are all the same. God extends His mercy to ALL of us. When a fellow Christian falls, shouldn't we extend the same mercy? Of course we cannot be as good as God. But, shouldn't we try to be understanding, instead of thinking " we are a better Christian than they are" and looking at them with pity. What about when we fall?

2007-07-31 03:07:54 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

When I read previous questions about Jesus and our current war, I see people quote- "If you do not have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one." and "Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword." meaning we are to fight (their definition)

If you believe He was telling us to fight, is that what Jesus did when He was crucified?

Which is it, do as He says or do as He does? or do you think he may have been saying something else?

My intent is not to offend anyone, just to understand both views.

2007-07-31 03:04:19 · 10 answers · asked by karen s 4

2007-07-31 03:03:12 · 18 answers · asked by Murazor 6

From many of the questions asked on this forum by non-Catholics, you would get the impression that catholics never pray to Jesus or the Father.

Question for fellow Catholics - What percentage of your prayer time is directed to God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) and what percentage of your prayer time is directed to Mary and the Saints in Heaven?

2007-07-31 03:03:02 · 13 answers · asked by Sldgman 7

Because I love me some bunny ;)

2007-07-31 03:00:37 · 9 answers · asked by ~Heathen Princess~ 7

If Jesus said this, please provide the exact chapter and verse. Don't quote Leviticus or Romans, because those are by Moses and Paul respectively, not Jesus.

I want to know if Jesus actually said that all homosexuals are going to hell.

2007-07-31 02:53:41 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

W were talking about Christian women loving and respecting their husbands despite the fact that they do not believe in God. The pastor's wife (group leader) went on to say that the bible states, "But if the unbeliever leaves, let him do so. A believing man or woman is not bound in such circumstances...". SO - I went on and asked if the bible also said that a woman is still not supposed to remarry if that husband leaves her... and she politely said that it's a gray area and a whole new topic and to ask more after the group discussion if I would like - then it donned on me that out of the 25+ people in this group some of them probably were divorced and remarried. Sure enough, we split into our smaller groups and one of them was talking about her troubles with her current husband, and her ex-husband over their daughter's custody. Should I feel bad? I do.

2007-07-31 02:52:55 · 14 answers · asked by THATgirl 6

Only 9% of Mormon marrages that are sealed in the temple ever end in divorce. while almost 60% of all marrages that are non Mormon will end in divorce.

And the number is going up!

2007-07-31 02:48:13 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why do Catholics pray to Mary and confess to a priest when we all have direct access to Jesus Christ? Who are we suppose to pray to? What does the Bible say about it? I believe that if you have your own relationship with Jesus Christ that you should pray to him and him only. You should repent to him and him only, not men. What do you all think?

2007-07-31 02:47:38 · 13 answers · asked by Proverbs31 2

including the moment and mannor of your death?
If you commit suicide did god know before your birth you would commit it and is it a sin if he did?
How can free will exist with predestiny?

2007-07-31 02:44:32 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

And if i told you that it means 'God Be With You' would that make you try not to?

2007-07-31 02:44:26 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

And if so, what kind of religion?

(I have no opinion on the subject, but I read this in one of the Bridget Jones books. But personally I can't stand self-help books, I think they tend to be kind of flaky)

2007-07-31 02:44:02 · 4 answers · asked by Julia Sugarbaker 7

2007-07-31 02:42:33 · 21 answers · asked by Happy boY 1

...if I showed up at her house in KISS makeup, holding a copy of Richard Dawkins' 'The God Delusion', with two fresh burritos?

2007-07-31 02:42:27 · 5 answers · asked by Deke 5

What are your views on 1 Corinthians 14? Can anybody do it? Is everyone suppose to do it? Can it be used today? I say yes to all these questions!

2007-07-31 02:41:09 · 13 answers · asked by Proverbs31 2

Spread the love (religious/non-religious/spiritual/non-spiritual) it doesn't matter! We're all alive and doing (hopefully) relatively well!

2007-07-31 02:32:37 · 28 answers · asked by socmum16 ♪ 5

Or do you let them learn their own beliefs of the world? Let them discover and learn what they think about everything?

2007-07-31 02:31:58 · 51 answers · asked by paganmom26 3

we read how moses died and was burried while joshua just vanished into the wilderness with no trace.

if the old testament and koran were written by these prophets then how could moses have written about how he died and got burried while joshua's mysterious journey into the wild with a no return?

How silly is that?

ex muslim / free thinker

2007-07-31 02:31:33 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't think it's a weakness to have doubts. Some things are harder to understand than others. We aren't expected to be perfect in this life, so, never beat yourself up if you've got doubts. I'm sure we all do at some point.

2007-07-31 02:29:44 · 10 answers · asked by socmum16 ♪ 5

It's ok for christians to live there life around something that they have no proof exists but when someone else believes in something else aka reincarnation its all a no-go?

pathetic & narrow minded if you ask me.

2007-07-31 02:28:45 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why do you want people to fear god,if you do not act with morality you are only causing yourself future suffering by creating negative karma? so why do it?

2007-07-31 02:23:32 · 18 answers · asked by Lightworker 3

2007-07-31 02:21:02 · 22 answers · asked by angel 2