Religion & Spirituality - 13 August 2007

in the Oral Law given to Moses.

My question is to all the believers of the Abrahamic faiths.
Christianity, Judiasm and Islam.

What do you understand from your faith, what GOD states about people who deny he exsists or Atheism?

Within Judaism, they have historically been accepted as a summary of the most important ten rules of behavior which God expects all Jews to follow. The Torah records that God gave the Decalogue to Moses on Mount Sinai,

Within Christianity, the Decalogue has traditionally been regarded as the foundational laws that all Christians are to conform to. Most Christians continue to hold them in high regard,

Within Islam, the religion's holy book -- the Qur'an -- appears to refer to the Decalogue and to urge that they be followed;

2007-08-13 04:14:41 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-13 04:11:36 · 41 answers · asked by Sapere Aude 5

Just curious....

2007-08-13 04:11:25 · 9 answers · asked by Samurai Jack 6

1 Samuel 15:3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and @$$.

Seems like he might be Pro-genocide to me.

2007-08-13 04:10:48 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

My 2 cousins and my aunt were hit by a drunk driver and killed instantly. The next night I was sitting up awake in bed when I saw a bright figure next to my bed. I couldnt believe what I was seeing but the image came clear and I saw my cousin, 11-year-old ben look at me a smile and he dissapeared. then three months later one night I had a dream that I saw 9-year-old anna just lying in a bed of flowers and she woke up and started up white stairs and went through a gate. I woke up and looked on my desk. There was a letter made of beautiful satiny paper I opened the letter and it read 'I am with heavenly father now. I am okay.' and it was signed by annas name!!! please tell me what you think what I should do?was this spiritual or was it my concious mind trying to tell me something?

2007-08-13 04:10:39 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-13 04:07:21 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

If so, does it orbit the sun?

2007-08-13 04:06:09 · 38 answers · asked by ♨UFO♨ 4

Throughout my life and more and more, I've heard on the radio and it happened to many of my friends that the boys in their family rape or sexually abuse their sister(as young as 6-8 or 11-13).

What do they all have in common? They all grew up in Christian/Catholic homes.

Why is this and how can society put a stop to this??

2007-08-13 04:05:54 · 12 answers · asked by Inferna Dragon 1

Who would believe it was him and how would he go about convincing anyone of who he was?

What would he do first, in your opinion?

2007-08-13 04:04:57 · 22 answers · asked by scotslad60 4

Why do some American Christians think/believe that America was founded on the basis of becoming a "Christian Nation"?

Do you think that the "Freedom of Religion" extends only to sects of Christianity?

2007-08-13 04:01:34 · 18 answers · asked by Professor Farnsworth 6

Most of the answers I've seen on this point to the Bible's historical accuracy which, even if true, would only imply that the Bible is an accurate historical record of the time. What evidence exists (or is claimed to exist) that the Bible is divine in nature?

2007-08-13 03:58:53 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

What is the unforgivable sin? suicide? blasphemy? Turning your back on/denying the existence of God? Homosexuality? Immorality? abortion? What one do you think is, and don't just list it, tell us why.

2007-08-13 03:58:42 · 23 answers · asked by momatad 4

You have been sentenced to the electric chair by a fiendish political regime that wants to put you in a bind (say because of your religious beliefs), Beside you the person you love best in the world is sitting in another electric chair. You are given the option of pressing one of two buttons. If you press button A, you will die but the other person will live. If you press button B, he (or she) will die and you will live. What would you do?

The question is asked to test the morality of suicide--i.e. whether there are any circumstances whereby suicide may be justifiable and perhaps even commendable.

2007-08-13 03:57:11 · 19 answers · asked by 2kool4u 5

I mean really, undeniable, true, proof that he ever existed ? In my thinking he is just a rebel commander or, at the most, a personification of martyrdom against the roman occupation force.

2007-08-13 03:56:27 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was raised Catholic and would like to know the difference, I know Christians get baptised when there older to get saved, and catholics as babies, and that Christians don't believe you have to confess your sins to a priest, just directly to God,,,, am I wrong or right? and what are some other differences,,, is there any reason a Catholic would want to be Christian instead, are those the only 2 reasons why there called different names?

2007-08-13 03:56:22 · 18 answers · asked by Jessie 4

2007-08-13 03:56:10 · 12 answers · asked by 1saintofGod 6

... you had to pick a partner to go along with you. Would you pick a Theist or an Atheist? Take some time to think about it and give me your honest answer and why you picked so.

2007-08-13 03:53:36 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

What is the True Purpose of Life? Is there Life after Death? Life and Death is all around us. What is the Meaning of Living?

2007-08-13 03:53:11 · 18 answers · asked by Office Executive 1

Hello. Yesterday my family joined a new church, and it is bigger than the one I went to before. So I am not used to it being so big. There are kids my age and some girls about my age too, but I am too shy to talk to them I guess, because I'm afraid they won't like me or something. They aren't all like holy roller type, some of them look like assholes but I am not sure whether I should go to the youth class on sunday morning, or if I should stay up with the adults. My brother just turned 18 and he decided not to go to church, so I am all alone and I feel really weirded out, because all these new people, and I am a pretty shy.

Can anyone give me advice?

2007-08-13 03:52:48 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why do some American Christians think/believe that America was founded on the basis of becoming a "Christian Nation"?

Do you think that the "Freedom of Religion" extends only to sects of Christianity?

2007-08-13 03:51:16 · 6 answers · asked by Professor Farnsworth 6

Protestants often misunderstand the Catholic teaching on merit, thinking that Catholics believe that one must do good works to come to God and be saved. This is exactly the opposite of what the Church teaches. The Council of Trent stressed: "None of those things which precede justification, whether faith or works, merit the grace of justification; for if it is by grace, it is not now by works; otherwise, as the Apostle [Paul] says, grace is no more grace" (Decree on Justification 8, citing Rom. 11:6).

The Catholic Church teaches only Christ is capable of meriting in the strict sense—mere man cannot (Catechism of the Catholic Church, section 2007). The most merit humans can have is condign—when, under the impetus of God’s grace, they perform acts which please him and which he has promised to reward (Rom. 2:6–11, Gal. 6:6–10). Thus God’s grace and his promise form the foundation for all human merit (Catechism of the Catholic Church, section 2008).

2007-08-13 03:51:12 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Don't they look at murder as still murder whether it's an unborn fetus or a person?
You have to read this article to understand where I got my question from.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070813/lf_nm/texas_executions_dc_4
Here is a bit of it. title: Religion and cluture behind Texas execution tally.
BIBLE BELT INFLUENCE
Like his predecessor, Governor Perry is a devout Christian, highlighting one key factor in Texas' enthusiasm for the death penalty that many outsiders find puzzling -- the support it gets from conservative evangelical churches.
This is in line with their emphasis on individuals taking responsibility for their own salvation, and they also find justification in scripture.
"A lot of evangelical Protestants not only believe that capital punishment is permissible but that it is demanded by God. And they see sanction for that in the Old Testament especially," said Matthew Wilson, a political scientist at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

2007-08-13 03:50:55 · 29 answers · asked by justmythoughts 3

Is there any purpose for creating something only to destroy and eternally torture a large portion of it? The majority of mankind would be sent to hell by the bible's definition of a righteous believer, why does god set up the rules in such a way?

2007-08-13 03:50:23 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

It's perfectly logical to believe that I may not know everything about God, therefore I may be confused sometimes. It's perfectly logical to look at the world and the complexity and organization of it as evidence of God. It's perfectly logical to believe the Bible, as it is perfect, and doesn't contradict itself at all. It's inevitable that we still have atheists believing in no God because odds are there's always going to be people who just don't get it.

2007-08-13 03:50:21 · 22 answers · asked by poetic_lettuce 1

In the declaration of independence, it is written that "We hold these truths to be self-evident" SELF EVIDENT means that the morals of this country are not derived from any religious text, but rather from common sense. The god that is referred to in the declartion is never singled out as the Judeo-Christian god, but seems to be a Deist abstraction, since it is reffered to as "The God of Nature". Therefore, our morals are not Christian.

Article 11 of the treaty of Tripoli states that "The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion". This treaty was sent to the Senate in 1797, where it was read to every Senator, and was unanimously ratified by all 23.

The phrases "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God we Trust" on our bills were added in the 1950's, during the height of McCarthyism, in order to set our country apart from Atheist Russia.

So where does this idea of a Christian nation come from?

2007-08-13 03:50:17 · 12 answers · asked by Shinkirou Hasukage 6

My Church (SBC-AFFILLIATED) makes abbreviated versions of the Bible and sends them to members of the Armed Forces. Just Psalms and Proverbs from the OT, and the entire NT. Someone claimed that their former Pastor declared it to be wrong to print partial Bibles.

Do you think it is? And do you know of any Churches that teach that as doctrine?

2007-08-13 03:50:02 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-13 03:48:54 · 7 answers · asked by Lady 5

2007-08-13 03:47:48 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-13 03:46:20 · 4 answers · asked by foxfoxcar 1

I am curious to know the answer to this one, I would have thought a J for Jesus more appropriate>

2007-08-13 03:45:13 · 3 answers · asked by Daisy 3