Religion & Spirituality - 2 August 2007

Yesterday, I was reading all the different answers and alot of them really resonated with me. I could see and feel the truth and depth in them.
Today, I read them again, and many seem kinda flat and lifeless. Why does the magic come and go like that?
How can I learn to hold that mindset of seeing the truth all the time? Is that even possible? (I'm referring to intuitive truth and spiritual insight.)

2007-08-02 03:19:11 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

I mean other religions give me their literature and leave....but christians are persistant!! they wont leave!(when they come to your house)They keep saying "your going to go to hell" "if you dont follow us, your going to go to hell" "if you dont do what we say your going to hell" I am just really sick of being told I am going to hell. Why are they so demanding and persistant? and no matter if you follow them or not they always want money....Why?

2007-08-02 03:18:19 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2007-08-02 03:13:29 · 42 answers · asked by Anonymous

While cleaning your kitchen you see a strange arrangement of ants on the floor. They spell out

"A seeker is a finder"

What is your reaction? Do you change your life or belief system?

Clifford A. Pickover, The Paradox Of God.

2007-08-02 03:11:35 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

(Or at least not wear pants...)

2007-08-02 03:09:47 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

For non-regulars TWSIDR is "The What Should I Do Retard"

2007-08-02 03:06:49 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Or do you think humans must have the right to kill and eat any other animal but not other way round?

2007-08-02 03:05:38 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures, or has a will of the type of which we are conscious in ourselves. An individual who should survive his physical death is also beyond my comprehension, nor do I wish it otherwise; such notions are for the fears or absurd egoism of feeble souls.

2007-08-02 03:01:16 · 41 answers · asked by Agnostic Front 6

This is a survey for people who think religion is illogical and don't believe that anything exists in any form except for matter and energy (except for vacuums), also known as atheists. It's not for Buddhists however.

3: Do you believe it's always a bad thing to lie? If not, in what instances do you believe it is good?

Again this is only a survey for atheists. Also if you are not an atheist please don't vote on the answers, as I want to see which answers most atheists approve of.

2007-08-02 03:00:49 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

't Hooft got a Nobel prise for his contribution to Quantum Mechanics. His theory is being hotly debated by Mathematicians and Physics departments world wide as it seems to prove that free will does not exist, that everything that is done and that we do, was determined at the time of the Big Bang.

Some Mathematicians feel we need to redefine what Free Will means.

Could this be a case of Science being used to prove some of the tenants contained within religious beliefs?

What does the 'panel' think?

2007-08-02 03:00:08 · 9 answers · asked by whatotherway 7

If he's only a level 3?

2007-08-02 02:58:54 · 11 answers · asked by mormon_4_jesus 7

Twice this week at R&S I've read that Jesus told His disciples to avoid the Gentiles. Is that what you actually believe?

One person cited Matthew 15:24-26, but deliberately left off the rest of the verses. It doesn't get much more dishonest than that. Verses 27-28 complete the story.

Matthew 10:5-6 was cited, but without understanding. First to the Jew, then to the Gentile is a theme that runs throughout Matthew. Matthew 28 conatins "The Great Commission."

Verses will be posed as additional material.

2007-08-02 02:58:48 · 13 answers · asked by cmw 6

2007-08-02 02:57:48 · 23 answers · asked by Drake the Deist 2

Certain professions should be held to a higher standard? For example Christians (or other religious folks) would expect to be able to trust their preacher/priest more than the average person on the street. Most trust a doctor more than a midwife for medical treatment. So why should we overlook their profession and only look at their actions when their profession is one that commands a certain amount of respect (at least in the field of their expertise)?

2007-08-02 02:57:22 · 8 answers · asked by Keltasia 6

So I am evangelical currently. I might move to the Cathlolic Church.

One thing I noticed is that with any exchange between Evalgelicals and Catholics the Evangelicals come off looking like idiots.

They say things (I did it myself) they have been thought but never researched. So its something like, you pray to mary, you believe in works, your not saved, you have idols etc etc.

All of this is not thought by the Catholic Church, when you read something like catholic.com it shows this to be fact.

So any exchange bettween these two groups has the Loving Catholic explaining their position from a point of knowledge o the bible and church history.

Then you have the evangelical quoting the bible (out of context) and fighting about things they think the catholic believes but indeed doesnt. And of course taking all their reference from their Pastors yet deriding the catholic from listening to their pastor/priest.

2007-08-02 02:56:56 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

isn't there just as much evidence that thor and zeus exist as there is that the judeo-christian god exists? can anyone give me any more proof that one exists over the others?

2007-08-02 02:54:22 · 12 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5

ok so i see this guy at the fair. i obvsilly think that he is REALLY cute. and my friend said that she kinda knows him. we do not talk to him. he is 2yrs younger then i. but just after seeing him only 1 time i can't get him off my mind. and every time i think of him my heart tottly melts. is this a sign from god that he is the one for me or am i being tottly paranoid? i have never fallen this much for a total stranger before tho!

2007-08-02 02:52:17 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I hear this argument a lot of y answers, but I don't think women are blamed for sin coming into existence, because if you read Genesis, Adam was right there with her and didn't say a word. He could have said, "Hey eve, let's not eat that" What he did was worse. He let what he wanted to come to pass happen and hoped that he could lay the blame on Eve for orchestrating it. He didn't lead, he didn't speak up, and he sure as heck ate the apple too. He probably would have done it by himself eventually. Her sin was pride (wanting to be greater and wiser than God), his was cowardice and inaction. God blamed them both.
What do you think?

2007-08-02 02:51:31 · 26 answers · asked by Mrs. Eric Cartman 6

2007-08-02 02:49:34 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Basic divinity school stuff.

2007-08-02 02:45:09 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Where is the intermediate?

2007-08-02 02:41:37 · 19 answers · asked by ReliableLogic 5

2007-08-02 02:39:54 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

- why would a god want some of his creations living in ignorance of his existence.
- 'good' morals exist without the bible.
there is no kick back from being an atheist, other than embracing the truth.
- given the choice no sane person would want this life to be the end of ones existance, themselves or their loved ones.

you dont even need science to rationalise the non-existence of god.

2007-08-02 02:39:26 · 16 answers · asked by brassmunkiee 3

why do people put up questions like "how does it make you feel when people tell you you're going to hell?" do muslims and atheists and people who don't believe in God expect us to feel sorry for you? it's the truth. "if you do not believe in God and have now asked Him to be your personal savior, you will go to hell" you guys just can't accept that. theres nothing wrong with speaking the truth. you're just too hard headed to admit it....wow, that felt good to finally speak what was on my heart : )

2007-08-02 02:36:19 · 8 answers · asked by Jonas 6

FSM = Flying Spaghetti Monster


and no the bible says so doesn't count sorry.

2007-08-02 02:33:43 · 4 answers · asked by John C 6

Who every believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God.....

2007-08-02 02:32:07 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

So if the bible was put together 400 years after christ died before that people must have used something else, not a book, but something else for guidance.

My guess is that it was the oral or written teachings of the early followers of Jesus. Some of their writings on the faith still exist today.

The bible was put together by early christians over a period of time. Forget the argument of weather they were early catholics or not, just put that aside.

So for 1200 years we have the bible that was put together by early christians. It is used in the Catholic Church (there were no other historical branches of christs followers.)

Now Martin Luther (who didnt want to leave the church just change a few corruptions that had creeped in (like in acts etc)

Martin Luther changes whats in the bible, he takes multiple chapters out of the OT and books out of the NT. A Man does that 1200 yr after the bible was made. So how can the bible be the word of God if only Catholics have it.

2007-08-02 02:30:09 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.fathersloveletter.com/flltextenglish.htmlYou may not know me, but I know everything about you. Psalm 139:1 I know when you sit down and when you rise up. Psalm 139:2I am familiar with all your ways. Psalm 139:3Even the very hairs on your head are numbered. Matthew 10:29-31For you were made in my image. Genesis 1:27In me you live and move and have your being. Acts 17:28 For you are my offspring. Acts 17:28 I knew you even before you were conceived. Jeremiah 1:4-5
I chose you when I planned creation. Ephesians 1:11-12 You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in my book. Psalm 139:15-16
I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live. Acts 17:26 You are fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139:14 I knit you together in your mother's womb. Psalm 139:13
And brought you forth on the day you were born. Psalm 71:6I have been misrepresented by those who don't know me. John 8:41-44
I am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of l

2007-08-02 02:29:47 · 4 answers · asked by I Love Jesus 5

was to a news article from Indiana. Another child (this one an autistic boy) was battered and beaten by a student minister who was trying to perform an exorcism. He actually held his fingers down the kid's throat to make him vomit. Why would I be so quick to trust a so-called man of god??? Autism is a disease not a demon.

2007-08-02 02:29:22 · 2 answers · asked by Keltasia 6

I read, as usual atheists stating as a fact there is no God, without citing their sources, as usual:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AlFvqigcXCeN90X8tRGT3PXd7BR.?qid=20070802055225AAlS2Wg

You said it, so it must be true!

I'll try and help you not to embarrass yourselves further:

Hint: Your doubt isn't evidence, so saying, "Well what's your evidence?" doesn't cut it. If you want that questions answered spend your points, use a search engine or click the link below, but stop the question-dodging / arguing.

Once again, what is your evidence? Are you going to rehash the evidenceless theories of evolution and the big bang which no one has an excuse for doing? There is much evidence against those theories:

http://romans916.com/why-i-dont-believe.pdf

Let me guess, if you see "answersingenesis" mentioned at all it must mean nothing I say is true... cuz, you said so. Great science!

Once again (for the a.d.d. stricken): STATE YOUR EVIDENCE NOT "ASK YOUR QUESTIONS.

2007-08-02 02:26:16 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous