Religion & Spirituality - 16 August 2007

because we'll be dead?

2007-08-16 13:00:53 · 48 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just saw it on CNN and it made me sick to my stomach i dont know how people can be so intolerant of other peoples beliefs

If you are a member i want you to know that you are the most vile and disgusting people in the world

2007-08-16 12:59:34 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-16 12:59:33 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

If our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ authorized this Himself, I want book, chapter, and verse. In other words, I want proof.

2007-08-16 12:57:32 · 23 answers · asked by tsc1976ers 4

Do I have enough ammunition?
Is your cattle save from......gee never mind.
Is your crop a success?
Did I choose the right deity?
Does IKEA have what I need?
Is Marla right for me?
Can you mix equal parts of gasoline and frozen orange juice concentrate and make napalm?
Should you consider Basketcase?
questions questions.

2007-08-16 12:56:12 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

...Is having a birthday without your best wishes??

Happy Birthday, my darling. You sent so much to me by giving one of your birthday wishes and now I ask that you make two more. One for yourself and one through me. I am sending all of my positive energy your way. Hey, when can I become a cosmic?

((((((((((MAD HUGS)))))))))))))

2007-08-16 12:55:05 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-16 12:54:55 · 8 answers · asked by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5

I'ver heard a lot of crazy things. I'd like to know their real beliefs.

2007-08-16 12:53:42 · 27 answers · asked by David E 2

hey guys what are some of the misconceptions that people have about your beliefs ?
feel free to put them all down and perhaps it would help others understand more
(((((HUGS)))))

( this is my third time posting this so hopefully it goes through )

2007-08-16 12:52:12 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

A Chinese couple want to name their son "@":
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_china_language

This raises the very important question: If you had to pick a punctuation mark for your name, what would it be?

Mine would be ~


and oh yeah - if I have to make this mor R&S related, then pray for me.

2007-08-16 12:50:56 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-16 12:49:10 · 7 answers · asked by starbuck's asteroid 1

For those of you who don't know what one is:

http://wicca.timerift.net/fluffy.shtml

What do you think of fluffy bunnies? Are they really breeding like rabbits, clogging up the religion? Have you ever encountered one, and if so, what did you do (if anything) about it?

2007-08-16 12:46:55 · 33 answers · asked by prairiecrow 7

Are going to hell for all time no matter if they were good or not is that fair? if all thos nonchristens are going to hell than god isn’t very good more like dictator ( follow me or die) than a wonderful creator trying to help all his children, sending 2/3 of them to eternal torture pain and torment

"New Testament punishment - Mark 16:16 “He that believeth not, shall be damned”."

2007-08-16 12:43:28 · 33 answers · asked by TK 3

The Christians with the dumbest statements have their emails blocked

2007-08-16 12:43:17 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

If so, what are some of the meanings? Is it a particular kind of tree? How is this incorporated into your theology and rituals?

2007-08-16 12:43:13 · 7 answers · asked by Witchy 7

Would a compassionate deity punish a person for that?

2007-08-16 12:42:54 · 8 answers · asked by sspence966 1

2007-08-16 12:42:42 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I saw many christians use to sex morethen one men/lady not actal wife or hasband is it genuine in christian?

2007-08-16 12:41:37 · 15 answers · asked by graph g 2

"Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyzes the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step." -- Sir Winston Churchill - circa 1899

Churchill was a great man, and its quotes like this that remind you of how well he understood...just about everything. In the quote above, Churchill is contrite. He recognized that the brainwashing of Islam creates some attributes in its followers that, on the surface, appear admirable. However, he also recognized that there is something very scary about the ability of a religion to program uniform beahvior.

I challenge every reader to sift through the many accounts of Islamic suicide bombers. Non-muslims who knew them are always shocked. They were quite and seemed nice.

2007-08-16 12:37:21 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why do people do such hate crimes?
The only thing I can figure out is this:
When someone tries to diminish or belittle a religion or group is only out of fear. Someone would destroy a mosque because they fear everything about it. They fear the fact that they will one day be overpowered. Same reasons why racists act the way they do.
Why would you attack someone weak? It doesn't show how strong you are, just how weak and a sissy you are.

There are too many unjust people, and the only reason they do such terrible things is because they are afraid of them. Shows how string and brave one is.

2007-08-16 12:37:14 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

you meet a wonderfull hispanice /spanish/asin/african/indian
women do you not try to under stand if they were spelling
and could not would you stop talking to them??????. ok
your grilfrind is french. she can not chat on line??? this is not going away this is not about thought and reaction this is about
life. If it was not for computers 90% persent of human beings wrighting would still not been understood. Facts your doc gives meds can you read it ????????????? No. have respect for some ones will to try.

2007-08-16 12:36:50 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm not asking if you would worship a deity other than your own, but would you ever involve yourself with a group of people of a different faith for the purposes of understanding more about it, as a social event, or to show encouragement for a friend or family member?

2007-08-16 12:36:32 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

You know, I called someone out today and I apologize for that. Donegal, I am sorry for calling you out in a post. That was wrong of me. You were merely expressing yourself and who am I to make a judgement call on your motivations.

Do you think if there were more sincere apologies in the world we'd all be less stressed?

2007-08-16 12:35:59 · 12 answers · asked by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5

I don't have anything against organized religion per se. We all need something in our lives. I personally just have not accepted that belief. But I'm one of the few.”
-- Lance Armstrong, Time, Sept. 29, 2003

“I don't believe in heaven and hell. I don't know if I believe in God. All I know is that as an individual, I won't allow this life--the only thing I know to exist--to be wasted.”
-- George Clooney, profile in Washington Post (September 28, 1997)

“If some good evidence for life after death were announced, I'd be eager to examine it; but it would have to be real scientific data, not mere anecdote. As with the face on Mars and alien abductions, better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy. And in the final tolling it often turns out that the facts are more comforting than the fantasy.”
-- Carl Sagan, "The Fine Art of Baloney Detection," from The Demon-Haunted World: Science As A Candle In The Dark, 1996


“Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences.”
-- Susan B. Anthony.,The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, Vol. I, page 197, edited by Ida Hustad Harper (1908). (Also see Women Without Superstition: "No Gods - No Masters".)

“Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the Church, and the private schools, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.”
-- Ulysses S, Grant, address delivered in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1875

“My parents did not practice any organized religion, although my father was raised Roman Catholic and my mother was Jewish. But there was always an ethical context to our lives, a very strong notion of individual moral responsibility.”
-- Harrison Ford, Parade, July 7, 2002

“When a religion is good, I conceive it will support itself; and when it does not support itself, and God does not take care to support it so that its professors are obliged to call for help of the civil power, 'tis a sign, I apprehend, of its being a bad one.”
-- Benjamin Franklin, Works, Vol. XIII, p. 506


“This loathsome combination of Church and State.”
-- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) to C. Clay, 1815

“I don't believe in God now.”
-- Jack Nicholson, Vanity Fair, 1992 (cited in Who's Who in Hell edited by William Allen Smith)

“Talking to god is crazy.
Hearing god is schizophrenia.
Acting on it is insanity.”
-- Robert Patterson


“Faith is believing what you know ain't so.”
-- Mark Twain, "Puddinhead Wilson's New Calendar," I, Ch. 12, p. 132, Following the Equator, (1894).


“I am happy that I can aid those admirable men, both living and dead, who by their pens or their tongues have aided the great cause of human liberty and universal happiness.”
-- James Watson, "A Voice from the Bastille," February 23, 1833


“Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by difference of sentiment in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated. I was in hopes that the enlightened and liberal policy which has marked the present age would at least have reconciled Christians of every denomination, so far that we should never again see their religious disputes carried to such a pitch as to endanger the peace of society.”
-- George Washington, letter to Sir Edward Newenham, Oct. 20, 1792.

2007-08-16 12:33:01 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-16 12:31:46 · 14 answers · asked by indie9999 2

2007-08-16 12:30:58 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-16 12:29:10 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can you give examples of each? Which, if any, do you use in your practices? Is this practice more of a daily rite, monthly, seasonal, yearly, etc.?

2007-08-16 12:28:14 · 13 answers · asked by Witchy 7

he didn't have any friends so he created a universe. everything is going peachy until sentient lifeforms evolve. he thinks this is great so he befriends us,. but little did god know, his appearance would lead to the creation of religion.

god, realizing the consequences of his actions, storms off from the universe to go play chess with Buddha. no one has heard from him since.

2007-08-16 12:26:48 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

And so we embark on Pagan Friday...

Fellow Pagans and Wiccans, do you have a favorite piece of liturgy that really resonates for you and that you would like to share?

For me, it would be the Charge of the Goddess in its various forms; this is one that I particularly like:

http://www.reclaiming.org/about/witchfaq/charge.html

2007-08-16 12:24:49 · 7 answers · asked by prairiecrow 7