Religion & Spirituality - 15 August 2007

From my last Jehovah's Witness question (see link below) I learned that JWs believe the "soul" is actually our physical body.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AuW.RS42c_NPpRDz8gsAZfXsy6IX?qid=20070806101126AAbKu6b

Today in my studies I came across a couple of scriptures in which people died and came back to life through a miracle...

1King 17:21-22
And he proceeded to stretch himself upon the child three times and call to Jehovah and say: “O Jehovah my God, please, cause the soul of this child to come back within him.” Finally Jehovah listened to E·li´jah’s voice, so that the soul of the child came back within him and he came to life.

Luke 8:53-55
At this they began to laugh at him scornfully, because they knew she had died. But he took her by the hand and called, saying: “Girl, get up!” And her spirit returned, and she rose instantly, and he ordered something to be given her to eat.

2007-08-15 12:23:04 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Nothing evil can enter or walk on Holy Ground?

2007-08-15 12:22:29 · 21 answers · asked by colin050659 6

2007-08-15 12:20:08 · 39 answers · asked by . 3

I've often heard from Christian acquaintances that people who commit suicide automatically go to hell, because they commit a murder for which they can't ask for forgiveness. I've also heard that it's because they throw away a God-given gift. All that being said, though, would a just, compassionate God condemn someone to hellfire and damnation for having a mental illness that causes him/her such desperation that he/she decides to end it all?Surely a just, compassionate God would take into account a person's motives for committing suicide.

2007-08-15 12:18:07 · 19 answers · asked by tangerine 7

how come we're not all gross and deformed from insest?
cause we'd all be related then....

2007-08-15 12:17:43 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

That everybody agnostics muslims christians athiests..I think that a lot not all but a lot tend to judge people on what some lead you to think...I was wrong about athiest and agnostics thinkin us christians cram stuff down your throats[even though there ar ethose of you who do]...and i think it is wrong for you to think that we do tend to cram[even though some do]. i know there is a lot of people out there sending annoying e-mails and throwin bibles at you and threatning you. but sheesh we arent all like that. and i just dont like that people are thinkin that of me. So for now on i no longer call myself a christian but a follower of christ....All followers of Christ are Christians but not all Christians are followers of Christ. but just tell me what you think..this is more of me venting than a question...in a way. But just tell me your out look on it.

2007-08-15 12:16:03 · 28 answers · asked by Just me. 1

The bible states that God is both just and merciful.

To be just is to reward those who deserve it and punish those who deserve it.

To be merciful is to not punish those who deserve it .

How can both be true?

2007-08-15 12:15:45 · 23 answers · asked by Robert Q 1

with the candyman?
fear is not something universal we dont all fear the same.

2007-08-15 12:15:41 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have done some searches but i cant find exactly what I am looking for. Is there any one that has an idea or research on Paul's age at the time of Stephen's stoning, or Paul's age at the time of his conversion on the road to Damascus?

I believe that I once heard Charles Swyndoll teach that paul was approximately 45 when he began his public ministry for Christ. But I am thinking Paul was at least 30 to 35 at the time of his conversion. It's possible he was born up to 01 years prior to Jesus Birth.

So any thoughts or ideas would help. And for those of you that would ridicule or besmirch the name of Paul for what ever reason, please refrain from participating on this one. I and my fellow belivers would appreciate it.

al 4 now b

2007-08-15 12:15:35 · 11 answers · asked by ImJstBob 4

i have always wanted to know this was he black or white? ive mostly seen him as a white man but how do we know he was? he could of been black for all we know

2007-08-15 12:12:59 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

Kitty survives her last year of High School!!!

Wooo!

First Day of school..LAST YEAR EVER!!! yay!!

(untill college of course)

=]]]]

2007-08-15 12:12:04 · 11 answers · asked by † God's Kitty † 2

What you do unto others you do unto Christ? And How many of you Practice it when its hardest to do? How many of you dont?

2007-08-15 12:10:23 · 10 answers · asked by Aintitthetruth 3

That if you are hating people on earth, disliking them, treating them badly, then how can you go to heaven when you are treating people that way? They might go to heaven to. Do you think your completely going to change when you go to heaven or do you think who you become will be the same there?

2007-08-15 12:08:47 · 7 answers · asked by Aintitthetruth 3

wat is our kid going to be?wat nationalities and wat percent of each and wat will he look like?

2007-08-15 12:08:20 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

Would you objectively go and listen to him and discuss?
Would you go and try to make his sayings void?
Would you even don't bother to talk because you are so sure?
Or would you do what?

2007-08-15 12:05:32 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-15 12:02:45 · 17 answers · asked by shoppinggirls3 1

We get belly buttons as scars from the umbillical cord... when we are in our mother's womb. right?

so if Adam and Eve were not created in a mother's womb then they could not have had belly buttons...

Can you imagine how weird it must have looked?

That would have proved to all their descendents that they were indeed created by supernatural acts right? Could that be where all the God beliefs originated from?

What do you think?

2007-08-15 12:01:57 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I find that a lot of people think that christians are boring. What do you think?

2007-08-15 12:00:28 · 29 answers · asked by kelly 1

2007-08-15 12:00:25 · 27 answers · asked by Eden 4

He says to look at evidence yet doesn`t seem to like anything that conflicts with his views. I agree man made religion is used to enslave and brainwash people with many people not knowing anything about the religion chosen for them by birth. Yet how come he doesn`t look at evidense that shows governments lie and have always lied where his his scintific logic on this matter. Dawkins should stick to making fun of delusional religious people with low interlect

2007-08-15 11:56:01 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

Here lately I've had this urging to start reading the bible. And i know it may sound dumb, but how do you read it? I mean, can you read it just like a book, or do you look for different scriptures or what? I would really like to know. I preciate ya'lls help.

2007-08-15 11:53:44 · 17 answers · asked by Scott G 2

The original sin was committed when Adam and Eve succumbed to the serpent's temptation, and ate the fruit from the tree of knowledge. This story is found in Genesis, the old testament, and is considered symbolic literature. Since everybody admits such thing never actually happened -even Christians, but i don't know what's the fundies' ideas on this-, then, is there such thing as "the original sin" or not?

2007-08-15 11:52:09 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

and what do you believe happens afterwards ??

2007-08-15 11:49:24 · 43 answers · asked by Anonymous

I believe that most good hearted people condemn torture of any kind, even for brief periods. If this is the case how does religion get away with teaching eternal torture for those who think differently?

2007-08-15 11:47:06 · 23 answers · asked by in a handbasket 6

I sure do but do you?

2007-08-15 11:46:09 · 14 answers · asked by MR.cool 1

where did the christian fish sign/symbol come from?
like, whats the story behind it? what does it stand for?

2007-08-15 11:45:18 · 33 answers · asked by ashley y 2

2007-08-15 11:44:48 · 70 answers · asked by shermynewstart 7

Religions tend to attribute consciousness, intelligence and coherence and consequently a 'big' God...

But what if God is tiny.
Microscopic.
Sub-atomic.

God simply as Energy:
Energy never dies, only changes form.

God manifest as Time:
omnipotent, relentless, the dynamic to everything.

No guiding hand - just a perpetual, dynamic spirit that connects everything - creating, destroying, mutating.

Assume for a moment - just for a moment - this is correct - a big ask, I know, but please... just meditate on this idea.

How does it feel?

2007-08-15 11:44:28 · 16 answers · asked by Tyler's Mate 4

l_fidelius_graecus accused me of spouting meaningless, long winded Qs so I could feel good. This one is to prove that my previous elaborate Qs were actually to build foundations before to ask, not like some superstitious people who don´t know what cross-reference and consultation library mean.

So: Religions and cults have filled the emptiness of ignorance with unobserved answers in order to reduce the stress of the unknown for an emerging intelligent species. Today, there are still many things to explain, otherwise superstition would be a thing of the past. But common sense allow us to stand on the shoulders of giants to look a little further than the horizon and scratch superstition from our "big picture".

So, mr l_fidelius_graecus and ilk, are you willing to come up and see reality, or do you enjoy playing in your well trod (and excrement filled) sandbox?

WHAT NEED DO WE HAVE OF A GOD TODAY?

2007-08-15 11:43:23 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

"With that they called them and charged them, nowhere to make any utterance or to teach upon the basis of the name of Jesus. But in reply Peter and John said to them: “Whether it is righteous in the sight of God to listen to YOU rather than to God, judge for yourselves. But as for us, we cannot stop speaking about the things we have seen and heard.” (Acts 4:18-20)

Methods have changed over the years as to how we speak about Jehovah and his Son Jesus Christ but the love for both of them is still there always.

What method did we have before books and what many methods do we have today? What methods did we have back in the 30's etc.? The door to door method has worked the best so it needs always, be first at all times, because we get to see people face to face and therefore understand their needs more clearly. But do we not feel the end right at our door to the point we are sick at heart, not more people take note of the times? What other methods can we use wisely before the end?

2007-08-15 11:43:14 · 13 answers · asked by Constitutionally Sound U 1