Religion & Spirituality - 23 August 2007

How can scientists who believed the "Big Bang Theory" holds any water; if there is no time and no mass before the Big Bang; when the infinitely small and infinitely hot substance to exists in the first place before the explosion?.

What a screwed-up brain for one to believe in such nonsense; even a little kid knows the contradiction!

Speaking just as a lay man with some common sense!

What say you all , atheists and liberals especially?

2007-08-23 17:41:42 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-23 17:41:19 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-23 17:41:17 · 6 answers · asked by ♥Come Break Me Down♥ 2

I have always been under the assumption that Atheism is a belief in no God or Spirit. Is this true? Or are you all simply on your own spiritual paths seeking out what is right for you personally?
If this is the case, may I offer my humble apology for contempt prior to investigation?

Thanks for answering

2007-08-23 17:41:04 · 7 answers · asked by trinity 5

I ask questions about God. Then I can get them to thinking about their God. I ask questions about Spirituality, then they can get to thinking about what that really means. I know that many of you have given up and only bash, ( and man, I love christian bashing more than most ) but, since we are supposed to be the smart ones, why don't we show that we are more than JUST bashers. I know . I know. But, they inhabit our world, they walk down the streets we walk, they have the people in power, in the justice system, the military (think nukes) etc. Shouldn't we try to talk to them?

2007-08-23 17:39:18 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

okay, i was watching the Tyra Banks show the other day, it was about racism, now what i want to know is what do people have against muslim and jewish people?? Im christian and i have no problem with muslims, i have alot of muslim friends.
We are all human beings, we just have different religions and cultures but that doesnt change the person. so i would like to know what your religion is and then tell me if you have anything against people that are not of your religion and just be truthful...it really disturbed me when i saw people being singled out by other people that are not of their religion.
Also whats wrong with interracial dating? couples should be allowed to go anywhere without people giving dirty looks or whispers just because they're not the same race.Well let me know ur opinion, i would appreciate it if you answer this question seriously cuz' this is not a joke to me, this really opened up my eyes, i hope someone can do something about all of this...thanx in advance :)

2007-08-23 17:34:13 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

...what happens if I just demand it? Am I not the one to accept anyway?

2007-08-23 17:33:14 · 15 answers · asked by ccrider 7

2007-08-23 17:32:49 · 3 answers · asked by bettyboop 2

From a spiritual perspective, everything that 'we' experience is an illusion of Consciousness. Time, space, physicality are all products of mind and are formations within mind rather than 'outside' since there is no outside in the absence of objective space.

Many spiritual belief systems are down with that, but sonmething we're not eager to notice is that the human is also illusion. It's just another part of the universe that forms in mind, and so what is mind. Beyond the individual concept of mind, mind is the one Consciousness itself, from which and within which all things arise and fall. Some would call this God since it is the source of creation.

Individuality is an illusion that forms in Consciousness. You are That Consciousness.

Wadayathink?

2007-08-23 17:30:47 · 17 answers · asked by philmeta11 3

Hi R & S'ers, I'm putting out a call for prayers/kind thoughts/whatever it is you do when someone is in need.

On my way home from work, I came across a man laying partially in the street. My first thought was that he was passed out drunk, but then I saw the bicycle on the ground beside him and the man walking towards him from a car parked a couple hundred feet in front of him. The bicyclist had just been hit by this car, and the man was not moving at all. I looked in my rearview mirror and saw blood on the front of the car.

I have no idea how badly he was injured, or honestly even if he's alive. If you pray, please do so for this man. If you don't pray, please just hope for him that he has no serious injuries and recovers well.

Salaam, and thank you.

2007-08-23 17:28:22 · 18 answers · asked by Wanderer 4

(8/23/07 - ATLANTA, GA) - Juanita Bynum, a televangelist with
a
> > > national following for sermons about women's empowerment,
> pressed
> > > charges against her estranged husband Thursday after she was
> bruised
> > > in a confrontation with him during a meeting to reconcile,
> police
> > > said.
> > >
> > > Preacher Thomas W. Weeks III, founder of Global Destiny
> churches,
> > > will be charged with aggravated assault and terroristic
threats,
> > > Officer Ronald Campbell said.
> > >
> > > The struggle happened early Wednesday in the parking lot of
the
> > > Renaissance Concourse Hotel near Atlanta's airport, Campbell
> said.
> > >
> > > "They were talking about a reconciliation. They got into an
> > > argument. In the process of the argument, her husband walked
out
> to
> > > the parking lot area, turned back around and started to choke
> Miss
> > > Bynum," Campbell said.
> > >
> > > "As he choked her, he pushed her down to the ground and
started
> to
> > > kick her and also stomp on her," he said. "There was a bellman
> at
> > > the location who witnessed the whole assault, intervened, and
> pulled
> > > Mr. Weeks off of Miss Bynum."
> > >
> > > Bynum, who was bruised around her neck and upper torso, met
with
> > > authorities Thursday at an undisclosed location to press the
> > > charges, Campbell said.
> > >
> > > Amy Malone, a publicist for Bynum, said, "She was not in a
fight
> > > with her husband; she was attacked by her husband."
> > >
> > > "Basically she is recovering," Malone said. "The appropriate
> steps
> > > have been taken to ensure that this does not happen again. She
> just
> > > asks that everyone respect her privacy."
> > >
> > > Weeks did not return a phone message or an e-mail request for
> > > comment by The Associated Press. A call to Global Destiny was
> > > answered by a recorded message offering only information about
> the
> > > ministry.
> > >
> > > Bynum is a former homemaker, hairdresser and flight attendant
> who
> > > became a Pentecostal evangelist. She got a break when Bishop
> T.D.
> > > Jakes invited her to speak at one of his conferences several
> years
> > > ago.
> > >
> > > Her ministry blossomed after her "No More Sheets" sermon about
> > > breaking free of sexual promiscuity at a singles event. She
> writes
> > > books, records inspirational CDs and preaches to millions
> through
> > > televised sermons.
> > >
> > > She married Weeks in 2002 in a televised wedding.
> > >
> >
> >
> >

2007-08-23 17:24:35 · 12 answers · asked by ms.yahoo answers 2

2007-08-23 17:23:22 · 18 answers · asked by Cusper 2

Someone commented this to me.

The reason I do not believe this can be so is because the definition of God is off here. God by Christian definition is a being of perfect existence, existing outside of time.

That God is a pink elephant or sandwich is an imaginative thought, but under this system of logic it is completely fallacious. Pink elephants and sandwiches have a dependant existence (have a cause) as I was demonstrating before the being which is named God is shown to be without cause.

Substituting imaginative things for such a being may be whimsical but its not a valid argument.

lol. ^.^

2007-08-23 17:20:38 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

There is a new book coming out, detailing that Mother Teresa did not "feel" the presence of God or Jesus or whatever during the last 50 years of her life. Which suggests to me that she "felt" something for the first 35 years of her life. So, what the hell are you supposed to feel? In this country of >90% God fearing Christians, no one has ever told me that they "felt" anything. People have told me that they "believed", but no one has ever spoken to me about genuine "feelings". Does anyone out there "feel" the presence of God? What does he feel like? Is he tickly? Does his breath smell OK? Or is it kinda musty? Perhaps this explains why I am an athiest. I've never felt a damn thing. Well, I thought I did once, but it turned out to just be the cat...

2007-08-23 17:20:14 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-23 17:18:46 · 37 answers · asked by . 3

I brought up this question a few monthes ago, but I want to see what people are still saying about modesty.

I don't wnat to limit this question to any particular race or religion, I wan tto see what anyone and everyone thinks from Athiests to Muslims, to Mormons, non-Denominational, to Catholics. What is your view on modesty?

I've grown up being taught to respect my body. Respect, in this case, being defined as wearing clothing that covers the middrift, where the pants aren't overly tight or overly baggy, and shirts covering the shoulders, for both genders. This isn't limitted to females. All people are included.

I don't mean exactly covering your ankels and faces at all times, but I myself, where knee leangth shorts. my swim suits are one piece. What do you all think about how to resect your body.

I also believe in one set of piercing, on the earlobes only. I disagree with tatoos also.

Give me your views and understandings on this matter.

2007-08-23 17:17:20 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm a devout Catholic who attends church every week. I also attend special masses as well. I pray to God every day and I stay connected to my religion. How many of you are Catholic? Every time I post a question on this site I always get people answering my questions who aren't Catholic. Most of the time those people just want to put me down! It's not fare! Does anyone agree with me?

2007-08-23 17:15:19 · 13 answers · asked by P 5

A 14 year old girl stayed the night at my house who said her parents had her get baptized Mormon once, then they had her get baptized regular Christian once, then they took her to a different Mormon church and had her baptized Mormon again, and then to another regular Christian church and had her baptized regular Christian again. Then they turned non-religous on her. She said they confuessed her. She don't want to be Mormon but I think it's her parents fault for confuessing her and Switching all the time on her. She wouldn't be considered an apostate, right?

2007-08-23 17:12:48 · 15 answers · asked by purifiedheartbeating 1

I've heard that stuff mentioned here more than like 5 times!

2007-08-23 17:12:08 · 22 answers · asked by Love Yahoo!!! wannabe a princess 4

I'm just wondering. Because I'm not religious and i have morals and am seen as a good person.

2007-08-23 17:10:44 · 48 answers · asked by Anonymous

........Messages as in numbers, signs, etc. I've believe that God spoke to me recently and his messages were also wonderful signs in my life.

2007-08-23 17:10:34 · 26 answers · asked by P 5

2007-08-23 17:09:43 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-08-23 17:07:10 · 13 answers · asked by . 3

2007-08-23 17:06:48 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I thought we were humans not sheep

2007-08-23 17:04:08 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why do you think she lost faith? Has your view of Mother Teresa changed in any negative sense since reading?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/23/eveningnews/main3199062.shtml

2007-08-23 17:01:38 · 37 answers · asked by Moonlit Hemlock 3

For example, Me. I'm searching for the right path, I want to know the answers to my many questions. I don't necessarily think I will find them on Y/A, but, I am searching. Isn't that what spirituality is? Now, I know some Christians hate me, and the feeling is mutual, But, some of you are pretty smart. I have seen an occasional glimpse of light in your eyes other than DOGMA. I am an atheist who knows I am not the smartest person who ever lived, therefore I don't know ALL the answers. But, like everyone else here, except for you, the one getting ready to hit the report button, we are all Spiritual, would you agree?

2007-08-23 16:59:05 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

Yes, who is behind all the spinning of Atoms for centuries of years and time immemorial and more discoveries of more and more smaller particles on the scientific front ?

Men, scientist, Darwin, Philosophers? what's your take?

I says it MY GOD and Your's too !

What say you all ?

2007-08-23 16:58:36 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

to control others and put fear into them. This man was born in the late 1800. Has anyone else heard of this? I also think if we eliminated the idea of "hell" and that God only allowed certain individuals into "heaven" we would not be so controversial. Agree or disagree?

2007-08-23 16:57:47 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok..I came across a question as to why Christians believe in a God that created hell. Someone answered it with a statement: God created Hell to punish sinners and gave an example of the Judicial system ie. sentencing someone for a crime.

My question is, What is considered a sin that will get you into hell and what is considered a sin that can be forgiven so you don't go to hell? Where does the line cross at?

Some Christians say believing in Astrology is a Sin, but yet, it isn't considered a crime in Society. Some Christians say believing in Superstition is a sin, but yet, everyone participates in a Superstitious act in one form or another. Some Christians say and believe God is the only one who can judge on judgement day, but yet, many Christians still pass judgement on those that do not follow their step.

So where does the line cross at??

2007-08-23 16:51:19 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous