Religion & Spirituality - 24 August 2007

2007-08-24 09:17:43 · 14 answers · asked by witchfinder general 3

Hello, all! I hope that you are all doing well this afternoon. I was wondering if you have ever heard of the Anthropic Principle? For those of you that have not let me give you a definition. The Anthropic principle states that the universe actually appears to have been created specifically for the existence of life on earth. Consider the following examples:
1. If the earth was located slightly farther away from the sun, it would freeze like Mars. If it was only slightly closer it would burn up like Venus.
2. If the earth did not revolve regularly on its axis, half the planet would be in darkness without vegetation, the other half would be an uninhabitable desert.
3. If the earth was only a small percentage smaller, the reduced gravity would be incapable of holding the atmosphere that is essential for breathing.
4. If the atmosphere were not exactly 78% nitrogen and 22% oxygen and other gases, breathing would be impossible.
Now keep in mind that this is not all of the

2007-08-24 09:17:01 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

Atheists should be proud, not apologetic, because atheism is evidence of a healthy, independent mind

2007-08-24 09:16:06 · 11 answers · asked by Megegie 5

how do you know Satan isn't deceiving you?

2007-08-24 09:16:03 · 9 answers · asked by lindsey p 5

2007-08-24 09:14:21 · 22 answers · asked by James J 3

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Troll.jpg

2007-08-24 09:12:02 · 17 answers · asked by lindsey p 5

so many people do not trust mormoons, does anyone know if it's possible for a person not from that faith to fall in love just on emailsn never seeing each other, writing about one year, hel me please. thanks

2007-08-24 09:07:42 · 17 answers · asked by smart girl 2

2007-08-24 09:07:33 · 33 answers · asked by simple serenity 3

so many people do not trust mormoons, does anyone know if it's possible for a person not from that faith to fall in love just on emailsn never seeing each other, writing about one year, hel me please. thanks

2007-08-24 09:06:53 · 3 answers · asked by smart girl 2

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiGujPWynbBfofcNYf3SY.rsy6IX?qid=20070824124554AA4u5q6
I want to clearify that. Because everything is ilogical.

2007-08-24 09:06:18 · 25 answers · asked by Cristian 3

that you can get into heaven by faith alone, then does that mean that Hitler, Osama, Saddam, Idi Amin, and others could get in, too?

If your answer is no, why not?

2007-08-24 09:05:58 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want to buy one but don't know what the best one is. The typical Bible for Protestants is the NIV. That is not the closest translation but very good and widely owned. Just wondering what the Catholic equivalent of the NIV would be. PS No Catholic bashing jokes. Be mature.

2007-08-24 09:05:58 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

These are all related to the same general idea:

-Why would God create serial killers?
-If God doesn't create serial killers by planting a particular pre-destined soul into a mother's womb, or he gives free will and doesn't actively change anything for the sake of not ruining it, then is he even active in our lives?
-Does he make any changes; answer any prayers?
-Wouldn't even the answering of prayers (interacting with our lives) take away from free will?
-If God does answer prayer, and does so according to his will, and does so without taking away from FREE WILL, then why does he WILL so many horrible things to happen in the world?

2007-08-24 09:05:30 · 14 answers · asked by Jadochop 6

2007-08-24 09:04:59 · 14 answers · asked by charlie the 2na 3

is dis true why did they will dis happen?

2007-08-24 08:57:37 · 17 answers · asked by Andy K 1

2007-08-24 08:57:12 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

what do you think?

http://www.breakingchristiannews.com/index.php

2007-08-24 08:56:17 · 11 answers · asked by sisterzeal 5

2007-08-24 08:55:56 · 11 answers · asked by witchfinder general 3

Or do you just assume they're trying to make digs at you?

See this question:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AhhqWw0eMgxh4G055.z9xlnd7BR.?qid=20070824124618AAHDlKm

Some pretty defensive replies.

2007-08-24 08:55:04 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

that you can get into heaven by faith alone, then does that mean that you can get in by being an asswipe your entire life, just as long as you go to church and believe in god?

2007-08-24 08:53:19 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

In other words how do you view women?


Previous Question: Pay attention to pastor Art's answer about Mary.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070824120206AAhy8dF

2007-08-24 08:52:01 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

i was just wondering - in the jewish religion, why is it that all boys have the foreskin removed? is it symbolic? if so, what is it symbolic of?

2007-08-24 08:51:50 · 10 answers · asked by raspberry 3

I really want to meet one

2007-08-24 08:51:47 · 9 answers · asked by lindsey p 5

Evil Must Be Exposed. It's No Mystery!!!

2007-08-24 08:50:58 · 20 answers · asked by ? 4

Is faith alone good enough, or do you have to live a good life also?

2007-08-24 08:47:21 · 41 answers · asked by Professor Farnsworth 6

and why do they continue to use the incorrect mistranslated name Jehovah for the Jewish god Yahweh. William Tindall, who translated the Bible into English made this error initially. Hebrew can be difficult to translate as there are no wriiten vowels. The vowel sounds are spoken by interpreting the context of the letters.

2007-08-24 08:46:24 · 11 answers · asked by Vermin 5

And why did He sent them away from Eden when they ate the fruit? It was not their fault. The snake fooled them.They were like children.Easy to fool around. And WHY does the snake...a.k.a the devil was in Eden? Wasn't he not allowed there?

2007-08-24 08:45:54 · 19 answers · asked by Cristian 3

I've seen so many catholic people wearing crosses and kissing them why can't they just serve God without an idol like its supposed to be?
If your father or significant other was murdered with a gun would you wear it around your neck and kiss it and worship it?

2007-08-24 08:42:21 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

what should I do about this Fraudulent Spirit Seller? check this out people...

i purchased a genie from a seller known as creepy hollows (got this from her web site). She posts all over yahoo answers, i am sure you all have seen her. after i purchased from her she didn't email often and her answers became very vague.

i received the spirit and it doesn't do anything. no energies nothing. i asked about its name and she gave the first name off of her web site. abdul-adl and said it was a male marid djinn with the powerz of service. something about it being just...

I looked this spirit up on google and you know what i found?

a google answer site with the same name that she gave me...

it turns out she has been copying the names that were written for a programming code...and saying they are spirits! look at this.

her site: http://www.creepyhollows.com/djinnspirits.html
google site: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=711284

look at the names. what should i do?

2007-08-24 08:41:44 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

fear death?

what's the big deal about dying if you've lived a long, full life?

2007-08-24 08:41:21 · 50 answers · asked by Anonymous