Religion & Spirituality - 1 September 2007

Water: completely unrelated topics

Poison: hate being brought around by constant debate and argument

2007-09-01 03:10:37 · 14 answers · asked by Antares 6

Do you:

1. swish by arguments without being caught up in them and then land the final factual answer to get the most thumbs up :D

2. rant on and on until someone thinks youre cool and then adds you up?

3. feel everyone is your enemy and you fight your way through?

4. youve achieved Zen and can sit and smile even if your answerers are throttling each other?

:D

Chose one or make ur own!

2007-09-01 03:09:16 · 16 answers · asked by Antares 6

Not the best place to ask, I realize... but I am wondering if any 'psychics' (those with a heightened sensitivity to intelligences without traditional interfaces like bodies and such), especially those in the city, experience a strange phenomenon in the energy spectrum of the strange organism we call the city?

2007-09-01 03:08:39 · 1 answers · asked by Invisible_Flags 6

"The Jesuits boast that if they could have a child for the first few years of his life, it would remain a catholic forever."

Doesn´t this demonstrate that religious teachings take advantage of the ingenuous and formative early years of a child to guarantee "membership"?

Isn´t that an unethical practice?

Do religious teachers fear that with an adult open mind criteria, fewer people would fall for their "a la Santa Claus" story?

2007-09-01 03:08:33 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-01 03:05:58 · 34 answers · asked by anil m 6

Serious answers please and I would like to know of any personal experiences you have had...

2007-09-01 03:03:30 · 3 answers · asked by Theresa 6

....he/she is not a "real Christian"? Like, all of a sudden if a christian person rapes someone, takes harmful drugs, or does something else generally considered wrong by all faiths, people will say that he isn't a "real christian". Even if he worships the same way as them and praises their god.
Isn't it a little pompous to assume that being of a certain religion makes you perfect?

2007-09-01 03:00:51 · 44 answers · asked by transitangst 4

Do some Christians believe Jesus' birthday isn't in December but near April??

2007-09-01 02:53:13 · 16 answers · asked by ? 4

according to zen, the path to well being is proportional to how much you desire... the less you desire, the better off you'll be in life. according to psychoanlyisis (Freudian, Lacanian...), desire is precisely what keeps us going -you can't help it. moreover, our nature is one of constant insatisfaction: we're always wanting more or something else, otherwise, something would be wrong with our "psychosexual development", signaling a considerable neurosis.

besides the obvious intentions of clearing your mind or reducing the turbulence of your thoughts, how should you aproach the practice of zazen if you know you'll never stop desiring? you know you'll be searching for "things" within that space (meditating) but you are told that you shouldn't and you should have no expectations or anything whatsoever. how do you go about that?

2007-09-01 02:50:06 · 6 answers · asked by Pedro del Castillo 1

2007-09-01 02:47:02 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism

I think so because Bush is trying to push his religious idealogy on them. If Muslims don't belive in democracy then why try and force it on them?

2007-09-01 02:46:53 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Jesus demanded CHANGE at the Sermon on the Mount. Do you think he would make demands like that and not gave his own disciples a way to make those changes? Source: http://gospelenigma.com

2007-09-01 02:40:29 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-01 02:35:11 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

...then wouldn't this mean everyone, eventually? If Jimmy would have accepted Jesus in say, 3000 years, and once saved, always saved, then why send him to Hell if he died at 72 without Christ?

2007-09-01 02:27:14 · 7 answers · asked by ccrider 7

2007-09-01 02:26:35 · 6 answers · asked by ♫ Bubastes, Cat Goddess♥ 7

2007-09-01 02:25:48 · 3 answers · asked by Me 1

Clue: Its set into a ring.

2007-09-01 02:25:41 · 2 answers · asked by ♫ Bubastes, Cat Goddess♥ 7

Why do atheists (or most of them, anyway). Refuse to accept the possibility of a designer?

I have come across many who dis-regard anything I say, in regards to the evidence of God I have witnessed, and others who claim that God does not exist as a fact, yet they have not seen nor understood everything in the universe.

Since, as any good scientist knows, we can not determin facts based on un-tested theories, how can thye claim God doesn't exist? If anything, all atheists are bing very ignorant of their own logic, and should technically be agnostics.

Agnostics, at least, aren't claiming to be "all-knowing".

2007-09-01 02:23:33 · 35 answers · asked by treemeadow 5

2007-09-01 02:23:25 · 6 answers · asked by ♫ Bubastes, Cat Goddess♥ 7

2007-09-01 02:21:05 · 11 answers · asked by spider boy 1

without any otherother humans?did the sisters and brothers marry ecah other?will god allow like this ?pls explain me some one.thanks

2007-09-01 02:17:26 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

One of the Five Articles of Faith of Islam (or its main doctrines) is the belief in prophets. They believe that God has spoken through many prophets through the centuries, but the six greatest are Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad. They believe that Muhammad is the last and greatest of all these God’s messengers. This is recited aloud publicly in their Creed or Kalima in the Five Pillars of Faith, to wit: “There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah”.

If Muhammad is the “last prophet”, why are there other prophets and prophetesses who claim to be messengers of God and became founders of their own religions. The well-known who came into the scene in the 19th century are:
1. Baha’u’llah of the Baha’i Faith
2. Joseph Smith, Jr. of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints or Mormonism
3. Mary Baker Eddy of the Church of Christ, Scientist
4. Ellen G. White, recognized by the Seventh-Day Adventist Church for her gift of prophecy

2007-09-01 02:17:11 · 11 answers · asked by Peace Crusader 5

And why or why not?

2007-09-01 02:14:12 · 9 answers · asked by ♫ Bubastes, Cat Goddess♥ 7

2007-09-01 02:04:51 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

And I'm not saying only atheist are but could it be that they are seeking guidace but just in looking the in all the wrong places? ie looking oustide themselves instead of inside where the true confrontation is.

2007-09-01 02:04:45 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

There are persons who think that what they tell is right. those who beleive in God are so excited and running to prove that by all means. Atheists are in a hurry to prove that there is no God. Like that Communists and Capitalist or spokes persons of other philisophies. Can we expect some atheists may change totally into believers and some believers to be Atheists by preaching the religion or giving some science classes accordingly ???

2007-09-01 02:04:13 · 9 answers · asked by Mr.Dreamer 2

I asked this question yesterday and some of the responses I got were totally and utterly absurd.

One answer that was given: "Christianity rose to the top because christians went on a killing spree"

My response, THAT WAS 1900 YEARS AGO!!
Christianity is not a scare tactic. We live in a society now where we know better. WHY DO PEOPLE STILL CONVERT TO CHRISTIANITY IF JESUS NEVER EXISTED?

Some of you unbelievers give the most asinine answers I've ever witnessed. lol

Hey.. Christians.. Check this out!

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=At2D4ia6z0kbJCOXqpXBDbrsy6IX?qid=20070831183336AAC48ZD

2007-09-01 01:58:13 · 36 answers · asked by Bad Boy 300 3

Assume that there IS a God, but there is NO Hell. I know a lot of you already believe that God didn't create a Hell, so this will be easy for you.

If God's punishment for sin and not following his word is destruction (in other words, YOU CEASE TO EXIST AN ANY FORM WHATSOEVER), then would you choose to follow God and be with him in Heaven, or would you choose to enjoy your life now and let God eliminate your existence at judgement?

btw, if you're just going to preach about how there IS a Hell, or if you're not going to answer the question honestly, PLEASE DON'T BOTHER. There are more appropriate places for your opinions and you should be mature enough to accept that.

2007-09-01 01:55:14 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

As far as I know, God in Christianity cannot be seen. And He is everywhere.

And as far as I know, the Bible says Jesus said: those who see me have seen the Father

Will someone tell me, is this a contradictory teaching? Or a matter of literal vs non literal.

2007-09-01 01:54:40 · 10 answers · asked by Antares 6

We love him, because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19

2007-09-01 01:53:14 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous