Religion & Spirituality - 3 September 2007

2007-09-03 09:41:31 · 15 answers · asked by Reo 5

Answer for yourself if you'd like.

2007-09-03 09:37:30 · 18 answers · asked by eV 5

what would you do or how would you treat your children if they all became christian's and tried to"force" there religion on you because they didn't want to see their mother/father go to hell?

2007-09-03 09:32:32 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Seriously though. Your all giving her what she wants. Answering her questions and stuff. If you just block her and the rest of the trolls and ignore them. They will go away. Why do some people keep answering their questions?

2007-09-03 09:28:51 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hosea 1 says, "When the Lord first began speaking to Israel through Hosea, he said to him, 'Go and marry a prostitute, so that some of her children will be conceived in prostitution.'"
According to literal translation, the woman God told Hosea to marry was a prostitute BEFORE he married her. If sex automatically constitutes a marriage in God's eyes, then God just commanded one of his own people to marry someone else's wife. That is adultery.

2007-09-03 09:28:46 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

One thing I'll never understand about the religiously devout is their patent contempt for scientific inquiry.

If the universe is the work of a creator god, doesn't it only make sense that such a powerful god would be guided by logic and reason? Doesn't it only make sense that such a god would appreciate humanity's curiousity?

Is it not the case that Christians, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus and others are actually showing contempt for their respective gods by embracing dogmas which are ultimately self-serving, hypocritical and devoid of reason?

I would respectfully submit that any god capable of creating a universe as vast and complex as the one we reside in, MUST be much more vast and complex than any religion can account for.

So why not humble yourself and admit that what you think to be true (through personal experience) or believe to be true (through religious dogma) is grossly inadequate to postulate the true nature of existence?

2007-09-03 09:27:11 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

These are two typical questions or comments posed to Christians:-

1. Why do you change the stories in the bible to suit your argument?

2. Why do you take the bible literally?

How can anyone be expected to answer such unfair questions?

2007-09-03 09:24:29 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

any reference to the Michigan, Appalachian State game?

2007-09-03 09:21:22 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

do u think they would stay there or do u think they would come here and still make fun of our religions?

2007-09-03 09:20:41 · 45 answers · asked by Anonymous

would God take him back?

2007-09-03 09:20:38 · 26 answers · asked by friskygimp 5

I would really like to know how many Atheists/Agnostics have ever looked beyond Fundamentalism? I've noticed that most Atheist challenges on here have to do with literal views of the Bible, and archaic notions of God. It's easy to reduce things to their simplest forms and then dismiss and ridicule them.

2007-09-03 09:19:54 · 32 answers · asked by keri gee 6

2007-09-03 09:14:43 · 25 answers · asked by :O 1

The Bible is a compilation of stories written by different people. God didnt write it, even the Pope knows it. Where did they learn that?

I think that you must read it and understand the philosophy behind the stories and keep the good values... How come some ignorants follow the Bible as if it was the qu'ran? lol

2007-09-03 09:13:47 · 14 answers · asked by martxthexkid 2

If you were to have a huge stroke and become brain dead, but be able to know your surroundings and not be able to move.

sitting their day after day, week after week, month after month, and year after year how long would you like to stay alive before they let you die?


Remember you are fully aware of your surroundings just unable to move any part of you no speaking, no moving, just blinking your eyes day in and day out

how long would you want to stay alive for your family and children

2007-09-03 09:13:02 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

He obviously believes in a 2-stage return of Christ if you like.

2007-09-03 09:11:06 · 21 answers · asked by Dan 4

mean? bless you in another language?

2007-09-03 09:09:54 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-03 09:03:47 · 7 answers · asked by Bum Gravy. 5

Just before the crucifixion from Luke 23:28... "weep not for me, weep for youselves, and for your children." Does that sound like good news for mankind to you?

Did Jesus get it backwards, or are we being taught backwards?

Puzzle from http://gospelenigma.com

2007-09-03 09:03:22 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Eternity is a very, very, very long time. Think of the longest time you can think of. Then multiply by a trillion. That's just the beginning! You've still got an eternity to go. Granted that Eternal Bliss is better than Eternal Torment, but if Christianity were true, I'd want to opt out of both. Do my thing for a while, and then disappear into oblivion. An afterlife that, basically, is just like before birth---that wasn't so bad, was it? You already did half an eternity of nothingness, and you didn't even notice. Easy.

Other world religions don't promise Eternal Life as a reward. The Hindu religion, for example, you get eternal life through reincarnation, whether you want it or not, whether you're good or not---and no eternal torment for a finite number of transgressions. It's a burden to go through those infinite cycles of life. Buddhism was invented as a way out---a way to get off that eternal wheel into a kind of oblivion.

2007-09-03 09:02:10 · 6 answers · asked by Ruel The Midianite 4

well it happened one day when i was helping my music teacher(who is an atheist) packing the instruments and while we were packing he sneezed and i said "bless you" and he told me don't say that and i told him why not and he said that he was an atheist i felt REALLY bad about it i mean i don't want to offened him. ever since that day i have been coming up ways of saying bless you without saying bless you. if you have any ideas please tell me!

2007-09-03 09:01:27 · 53 answers · asked by Anonymous

Its 8 o' clock at night and you just woke up from a nap, you decide to go outside for some fresh air. You get outside and notice that on your block, all your neighbors are outside. They are frantically talking to each other and pointing straight up. You look up and see that on the moon, somehow, is a giant message. It reads.

"I AM COMING."

2007-09-03 09:01:05 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok. I know this thing is real, 'cause me and two other people saw it and all described the same thing. None of us knew the other had seen it.

It looked odd; it was a pale orange color and stood upright. It was about six feet tall and looked Highly anorexic. It had short ears that pointed backwards and a small tail from the looks of it. It's feet were very small and it's nostrils were slitted. I couldn't tell if it had eyes or not..But I know it was running and it was extremely fast. It moved like it was hurt, kind of jerky and hobbling, but I could tell it wasn't. Even my sister said the same thing. I don't know how else to describe it, but I hope it helps. We live in an area where a lot of suicide and traumatic death have happened; right on or next to our land. A war was fought here, too. I'm not entirely sure if it was a demon or not, but that's the only thing I guess it could be. Please help me if you can. And no stupid answers regarding whether I had "taken anything" that night.

2007-09-03 09:00:59 · 12 answers · asked by Leah C 1

what started the first materials in the big bang, didn't someone have to create it idk god? ( please dont slam this to bad atheists this is the only thing left holding me on to to believing in god)

2007-09-03 09:00:37 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-03 09:00:33 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Shouldn't you be praying for death? If you are correct and Heaven exists, surely you should be hoping that you and all the people you love will die ASAP? Shouldn't you be happy when someone you know gets cancer, or gets hit by a car? In fact, shouldn't you be encouraging your kids to play in the road?
Please don't think I'm trying to be sarcastic or mocking, I honestly would like to know why you aren't all jumping at the chance to go skydiving, or climbing Mount Everest, when you know that the worst that can happen is you will recieve eternal bliss?

2007-09-03 08:57:33 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

i heard the world was supossed to end on december 21st 2012!
and like...the moon and sun are going to be hitting the earth at the same time !
ugh i'm really worried aboutt his considering i'll only be 17 at the time!
is this true? and how is it going to end, will it hurt!?

2007-09-03 08:57:15 · 17 answers · asked by jenna 1

Would anyone have any information about this name? It's orgin, what it means? etc. Be blessed in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and Savior...
Pastor Pat

2007-09-03 08:52:33 · 8 answers · asked by Pastor Pat 2

and what type of people were they? What is the protestant ethic? Thanks :)

2007-09-03 08:52:08 · 12 answers · asked by JD 3

"You wouldn't find a painting and think that the painting decided on its own colors. Of course, an outside source must color it. The universe has many colors, therefore there must be a master artist."

and

"You wouldn't find a watch and think that the watch build itself. The watch is complex and must have been built. The universe is also very complex, therefore it must have a master builder."

Is color as much proof of God as complexity? Is one more convincing?

((I'm not saying either is good, logical, or rational.))

2007-09-03 08:48:29 · 28 answers · asked by Eleventy 6

I'm kind, I help others, I listen, I work, I go to school so that my son will have a secure and good life, I spend time with him, I have volunteered, I care...

But yet, because I am an athiest, I'm a heathen in most religous people's eyes. I'm given the cold shoulder because of my non-belief, and that I am quite verbal in my opinions and debates. Given that I am a good person, in your opinion, will I still go to "hell"? Hrmmmm....

2007-09-03 08:48:16 · 27 answers · asked by ? 6