Religion & Spirituality - 5 August 2007

That is the number of times Jesus claimed to be God. It's also the number of times he talked about the Trinity. It's the number of times he said giving to the poor makes them dependent. It's also the number of times he spoke English, said democracy was the only way to govern. It is how many times he said you should pray to him. It is how many times he said you should complain about taxes, welfare and immigrants. It's how many times he talked about homosexuals. It's how many times he talked about church attendence. It's the number of times he said life begins at conception, that abortion is murder, and that courtrooms should have the ten commandments in them. It's the number of times he said there should be prayer in schools. It's the number of times he said the pledge of allegiance.

Wow...zero is a pretty handy number. Or can anyone dispute those things?

2007-08-05 02:16:47 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've seen a lot of questions here about Islam, and I've seen a lot of people who aren't Muslims answering.

I'm from Saudi Arabia, I'm an Islamic guider, and I would like to answer any questions you may have, as well as I possibly can.

Please, only serious questions...

2007-08-05 02:10:38 · 30 answers · asked by some one 5

2007-08-05 02:09:36 · 12 answers · asked by Jess B 1

Please also state whether you are an atheist, agnostic, Christian or otherwise. Thank you in advance for answering

2007-08-05 02:06:22 · 20 answers · asked by Sweet n Sour 4

2007-08-05 02:05:48 · 16 answers · asked by zurioluchi 7

This is a serious question for serious responses please. I would like to hear from church folks who have a role in their church and are paid for their services- such as musician, clerk, custodian, etc. I have a problem 'asking' the pastor for a raise. I am a musician and have been for 16 years. The first 15 I was paid $500 per month to play the piano, sing, teach songs to the choir, be available for other services of the church, and outside visitation, prayer, etc. Since then, I have received one raise of $100. So, for 14 years this is the salary I have made. I can almost count on one hand the times I have missed. I have never 'officially' taken a vacation, my expectations have increased (we go out to serve more, when members of the choir do not show up, I sing their lead and backgrounds, I lead (all the time), I arrange music, write; play for funerals, weddings, arrange workshops, play for revivals (this also conicides with my regular work). The problem is I am ashamed to ask.

2007-08-05 02:05:09 · 11 answers · asked by THE SINGER 7

...Then why can't he write his own books? Why does a human have to write them for him? And why doesn't God realize that humans write so many books and make so many false claims, that the inquisitive among have no choice but to be skeptical of our fellow humans? And if it's so important to God that we believe in him, why doesn't he come up with a more effective method for communicating with us?

2007-08-05 02:04:08 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Abortion is a grave sin against the Fifth Commandment of God: "Thou shalt not kill" (Ex. 20:13). "God alone is the Lord of life from the beginning until its end: No one can under any circumstances claim for himself the right directly to destroy an innocent human being" (Donum Vitae 5). The person murdered through abortion has the same right to life as those who conspire to kill him—his mother, the abortionist, and the politician who legislates the "right" to kill. To speak of one’s right over one’s body as justification for abortion is sophistry. There is not one body but two; not one person but two, both with an equal right to life. Fortunately, abortion kills only the body of the victim, but the soul of the victim is unharmed. That soul will live forever in God’s love, with the degree of happiness that God’s love and mercy bestows. How can any Christian/Jew/Muslim support this crime against God?
( good article at: http://www.catholic.com/thisrock/2000/0009fea4.asp )

2007-08-05 02:04:05 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

They keep avoiding all my questions so all I'm getting back is people telling me how correct I am! There are a few theists so it isn't that bad but I'd prefer some more to answer. I've noticed that I can get more to answer if I dumb down my questions but that isn't a very effective way of conveying a point. I don't want to insult anyone or anything either. Am I therefore doomed to have the majority of people around me agree with me all the time? Any atheists got any tips for me?

2007-08-05 02:02:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

little children are made to work 18 hours a day to produce carpets. They dont go to school, and are in slavery

will you still buy carpets ?

ex muslim / free thinker

2007-08-05 02:01:34 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Have you never believed in God, or did you once believe and something happened to sour you?

2007-08-05 02:01:03 · 18 answers · asked by ♥Lovebird♥ 4

God dose exist whether you believe or not.and we are living in the end times.And Jesus will come to judge the living and the dead.

2007-08-05 02:00:49 · 17 answers · asked by josie 4

2007-08-05 02:00:35 · 9 answers · asked by Brookllynn © 4

2007-08-05 01:58:26 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

How lucky do you hafto get to be magically born into the right one!!
I was raised roman catholic, but all i believe is there was a jesus there is a god and i hope theres a heaven!!

I just cant trust human conceptions of the bible or even the bibe itself(written by humans!!!)

2007-08-05 01:57:44 · 11 answers · asked by Bertie 1

Are they both speakng about the same thing?
Also I noticed many Christians speaking of morals as a requirement. Do Buddhists feel the same way?
If yes, then what do morals have to do with it?

2007-08-05 01:57:10 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

--Bill Cosby.

2007-08-05 01:54:40 · 11 answers · asked by Sky in the Grass 5

that we are experiencing global warming?

2007-08-05 01:53:35 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

i'm not talking about losing faith. i'm asking you how often you challenge centuries-old doctrine. i'm starting to see some things in accepted theology that seem like they contradict what the bible actually teaches, and i'm just wondering how many other christians are the same way. again, i'm not talking about losing faith. i'm merely asking how many of us are following what 2 timothy 2:15 says. have a good day, everybody. i'm off to church, and i'll check this when i get back.

2007-08-05 01:50:10 · 11 answers · asked by That Guy Drew 6

2007-08-05 01:48:45 · 10 answers · asked by Bertie 1

2007-08-05 01:44:07 · 30 answers · asked by Link , Padawan of Yoda 5

Someone had to say "Let's make a bible" after all it was written by men. So who did that and why did they choose some gosples and not others? Why did they decide to put the new testement together 150 to 300 years after the supposed time of Jesus?

2007-08-05 01:43:37 · 8 answers · asked by frankyzee 2

A hypothesis is:
1. a proposition, or set of propositions, set forth as an explanation for the occurrence of some specified group of phenomena, either asserted merely as a provisional conjecture to guide investigation (working hypothesis) or accepted as highly probable in the light of established facts.
2. a proposition assumed as a premise in an argument.
3. the antecedent of a conditional proposition.
4. a mere assumption or guess.

Where did we all come from? A frequent mere assumption / guess / antecedant of a conditional propostition / assertion is that God did it. This is logical only because as far as humans are aware of, humans are the most intelligent and powerful beings in the universe. So if we were created by anyone, it would be someone like us. That makes some sense, but it possesses problematic premises: that humans are the greatest thing ever, and that we needed something intelligent and powerful to create us. I cannot think of any reason why someone powerful

2007-08-05 01:42:49 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it much differant from catholic? what are the differances?

2007-08-05 01:39:22 · 13 answers · asked by Bertie 1

--We Who Dream.

2007-08-05 01:39:00 · 6 answers · asked by Sky in the Grass 5

--We Who Dream.

2007-08-05 01:37:21 · 8 answers · asked by Sky in the Grass 5

to put it rather simply... does your God WANT to forgive you?

the impression I get from some, is that God more or less only forgives because he schitzophrenically exploits a loophole of himself,... or something.

I mean, if "he loves us so thats why he sent jesus so we could be forgiven" ... does this not seem inconceivably, almost psychopathically circuitous, unless he was *unable* to go about it in a more direct manner?

so the less critical version...

if God CAN forgive merely by willing it... why would he go about it instead, in such a peculiar way?

if God CANNOT forgive merely by willing it... ... why not?

and by "willing it" I mean, just by feeling like doing so, minus the ceremony of the whole jesus thing.

1) please no "god doesn't exist", its just wasting everyone's time.
2) please no "because he felt like it"
3) please no explanation with "god" and "can't" in the same sentence, (or equal meaning) unless your INTENDING to concede your God to be in fact, NOT Omnipotent.

2007-08-05 01:36:51 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

Before Christ was born, followers of God needed to sacrifice the best of their flocks to God, to clear them of sin. Then, in a moment of great compassion, God let humans slaughter his "son" as a final sacrifice, which would allow him to forgive sins from then on without any further deaths of humans or animals. My question is, why did God require a sacrifice at all? Couldn't he just forgive sins for the sake of it? Surely a God who can do anything can forgive sins without someone or something getting killed???

2007-08-05 01:32:49 · 13 answers · asked by MJF 6

gobbling rich food?

2007-08-05 01:27:16 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/74157/what-would-jesus-weigh

2007-08-05 01:27:16 · 12 answers · asked by Murazor 6