Religion & Spirituality - 13 August 2007

Are you tolerant of other religions? Assuming that the extremists in each religion aren't representative of the religion as a whole? (IE-sacrifices, killing infidels because Allah says so, killing gay people because they think God hates gays)?

Or do you believe other religions ..other than yours..are a scourge than needs to be wiped out..and their masses converted to yours?

2007-08-13 20:49:45 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

In my school there is a good lookign girl everytime i look at her i commit lust what are some ways from stopping this.
like im in 3 of her classes and sometime i will have to look.

2007-08-13 20:46:52 · 8 answers · asked by dazzi_4592 1

2007-08-13 20:42:56 · 20 answers · asked by Sarah 2

I was told that i was not a christian cuz i am always deppressed. Is that true? it seems like it!

2007-08-13 20:37:42 · 23 answers · asked by thecrazygirl 1

Some guy just asked a question nothing to do with religion and yet someone gave a religious answer... which was stretching.

Do these Christians have such a complete lack of conviction in faith that they constantly have to keep bandying phrases from the bible to try and convince themselves?

In a nutshell, cant Christians just mind their own business and keep their faith to themselves rather than forcing it on others...

Christians talk a good game about tollerance, but they seem to have trouble practising what they preach...

rant over.

2007-08-13 20:35:58 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

should, by now, have convinced most, if not all, of the religious people that religion is only in the mind, taking the place of something which, in the past, could not be explained, and completely disproved by science and intelligent thinking?

2007-08-13 20:35:04 · 19 answers · asked by Montgomery B 4

2007-08-13 20:33:17 · 5 answers · asked by Loooopy 1

Because most humans believe in God. Even scientists, who have admittantly said that theyve made many discoveries transpired by some higher source or power like God. then whats to say about you? You dont believe that there is a God, yet you are willing to use the work that has been brought forth through the inspiration of God through his children. Isnt that a huge contradiction? Not just scientists, doctors, builders, landscapers.......count in millions as many are Christians. You use our buildings, read our scientific studies, but one thing you fail to acknowledge is that many Christians believe that their work is made possible through a Christian God. Will you still continue being a minority in denial? Or finally face the possibility that you are important too? Christians and other religions love their God and acknowledge him in their lives. Because you use our use our buildings, buy our cars, eat our food....in some real way you do too! Duh!

2007-08-13 20:32:29 · 20 answers · asked by LooneyLu 2

If you're going to say I've put it out of context, be so kind to put them in context and make sense out of it.

Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign.
- 2 Kings 8:26

Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign.
- 2 Chronicles 22:2

2007-08-13 20:31:08 · 22 answers · asked by 恐龙 1

2007-08-13 20:24:44 · 26 answers · asked by Sarah 2

What do you say? How can they call themselves this when their actions go against Islam?

In the Prophet's time and indeed in moderate forward thinking Muslim countries today, women are respected and honored. To turn a sick woman out of her hospital bed is against all the teachings of Islam, which again and again requires believers to show compassion to those who are sick in any way. Mothers particularly are revered In Islam. The Prophet Muhammad (s.a.a.w) said that paradise lies at the feet of mothers, and upon being asked by a new male Muslim to whom he should show respect, the Prophet replied: "First your mother, second your mother, third your mother, and fourth your father." Where is that respect now in Afghanistan and elsewhere?

In September 1996, the Taliban took control of Kabul and a large portion of Afghanistan.

2007-08-13 20:20:52 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Yesterday, while having a cuppa at my mum's, I picked up the previous Sunday's paper. I read about the 17 month old baby - tortured to death. I threw the paper away and went into the kitchen where MY 17 month old baby was cuddling with her Gran, I picked her up, buried my face in her tiny curls and wept like a baby.
I felt grief, sorrow, anger and a murderous rage that made it hard to breathe...I felt like I'd been kicked in the chest.
I then realised there cannot be a 'God', an 'almighty' all-loving being who could leave this to happen to babies, children, all vulnerable people.

Heaven is having no conscience.
Hell is here on Earth.
The Devil is the human race itself.
The bible was a story book, written by men, to fool other men.

There is no 'God'......is there?

2007-08-13 20:20:04 · 42 answers · asked by Welshdragon 5

I only ask this to understand them, not being Catholic myself. They call their Reverend "Father" asking "Forgive me Father, for I have sinned". Isn't that praying to a preacher instead of God? And they pray to saints. Isn't this a form of worship? And worshipping something/someone other than God himself?

2007-08-13 20:14:53 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

care to explain hon?

2007-08-13 20:13:33 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-13 20:11:32 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why is it that no matter how much me and this girl from my gym have berated each other, have been harsh to each other have been abrasive toards each other.She's iranian and i'm asian which caused us to have racial differences and incidents,but anyway,she will still try to get my attention,pop up in what ever area i'm in,and all of those things.I ignored her for awhile bevause i didn't trust her,and we only really had 1 good conversation with each other,but why is she still acting like this?I don't look her in the eye because i am embarrased about my behavior toward her and mad about how she behaved towards me.

2007-08-13 20:10:47 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-13 20:07:42 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Wow, it is just the internet, why are people concerned about rudeness on the internet? It isn't real life, go cry about it somewhere else....

2007-08-13 20:06:14 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

the question intends to find answers to the qualities Jesus saw in chosing the twelve disciples.

2007-08-13 20:05:41 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Im Apostolic, not all people who believe Jesus is God are Trinitarian, I don't believe in Three divine persons, I only believe in One God who manifested himself in Three ways, this isn't the Trinity, this is one God meaning one person manifesting himself in three ways, God is our Father in Creation, Son in Redemption, And Holy Spirit in Regeneration. Three persons seem polytheistic if you ask me, Im strictly monotheistic, Please learn more about our belief before jumping to conclusion and Assumptions like most do, lol. God bless

2007-08-13 20:02:18 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

If a religious person said to a room full of lifetime religious people that he or she has seen God and had a one hour conversation with him... don't you think the room full of people would not believe this really happened? But still, the room full of religious people would live their lives believing God exists. But... even they in this realistic world accept the fact that God has never and will never show himself... it just don't happen

2007-08-13 20:00:21 · 1 answers · asked by larry d 2

I've heard there is one case of a woman where it happens so frequenty she has a team of scientists from MIT tracking her spiritual rebirths!!

2007-08-13 19:54:09 · 18 answers · asked by bbd 2

If a guy believes the government is ran by aliens, we aren't showing very much respect to his belief by throwing him into an asylum are we?

2007-08-13 19:53:05 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can we agree to disagree? We all have our opinions and reasons for them. There is no need for all this finger pointing and ignorance. I admit my fair share of faults at answering questions and posting questions. But what is the point? We are going to disagree anyway.

2007-08-13 19:51:01 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

This is mainly to "Johnny Appleseed" who keeps giving me this scripture to try to prove the Trinity.

John 5: 7-8 ~ "For threre are three that bare record in heaven, the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit"

This is known as the Johannine comma and is spurious to many Scholars because it was not found in Hundreds of Early Greek Manuscripts but was found in 8 manuscripts later written. This was not an original scripture written by the Apostles. This scripture was written in as a note in brackets and later the brackets were removed making it into a scripture supposedly written by John the Apostle. I could have written more but i will leave you with some links to check out.

http://www.bible-researcher.com/comma.html
http://www.bible.org/page.php?page_id=1186

2007-08-13 19:49:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

It seems to me that dogmatic Christianity, as opposed to those that believe Christianity is a spiritual relationship with God, contradicts all other cultures. Am I correct in that observation?

I believe it is the root of American and before that British imperialism, racism and ethnocentrism. Agree or disagree?

2007-08-13 19:48:29 · 15 answers · asked by skunk pie 5

2007-08-13 19:48:27 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

I went to Catholic school until 8th grade, and in our science classes, we were taught the theory of evolution; and in histroy, we studied the (as in over 6000 years ago.)
In religion class, we... didnt study the actual Bible, but the principles of it. We were taught that the days of creation were actually millions of years each.
Okay, I know that many non-Catholic Christians don't beleive in evolution, but why did my Catholic school teach it? Do most Catholics beleive in evolution?
I'm curious.

2007-08-13 19:45:38 · 10 answers · asked by Moonlit Hemlock 3

2007-08-13 19:43:32 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you refuse to believe in the correct version of God, then you deserve to burn in Hell forever when you die. It doesn't matter how good of a person you are, you will burn FOREVER along with murderers for DARING to commit the SIN of believing in the wrong version of God.

Christianity has been scientifically PROVEN to be the one true religion years ago, but some people (roughly 66% percent of the entire population of the WORLD) refuse to believe so a loving, PERFECT, FAIR, and LOGICAL God has NO choice. It doesn't matter how good you are, if you believe in the wrong version of God he has NO choice. He is all powerful and he LOVES you, but if you are not a Christian he has NO choice (he is POWERLESS to do anything) but to send you to be tortured for all eternity.

He is a NICE guy. Agree?

Do you accept the scientific evidence and agree with this?

2007-08-13 19:36:08 · 20 answers · asked by Jared L 1