Religion & Spirituality - 4 September 2007

I was just reading about what they believe on Wikipedia. One quote I especially like is one that I've espoused for years without knowing about Unitarianism.

"We do not, however, hold the Bible - or any other account of human experience - to be either an infallible guide or the exclusive source of truth. Much biblical material is mythical or legendary. Not that it should be discarded for that reason! Rather, it should be treasured for what it is. We believe that we should read the Bible as we read other books - with imagination and a critical eye. We also respect the sacred literature of other religions. Contemporary works of science, art, and social commentary are valued as well. We hold, in the words of an old liberal formulation, that "revelation is not sealed." Unitarian Universalists aspire to truth as wide as the world - we look to find truth anywhere, universally."

I love it. This may bring me back to Church.

2007-09-04 10:24:01 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSL0111597220070901?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews

2007-09-04 10:21:39 · 5 answers · asked by papaz71 4

2007-09-04 10:19:20 · 14 answers · asked by Kenshiro 5

monkeys, apes, chimps... or what ever?

if we did, why don't we see people walking around that look like monkeys? wheres the middle man, in this so called evolution B.S.? they can't find the missing link.
maybe thats because WE DID NOT COME FROM ANIMALS anyone ever thought of that?

2007-09-04 10:18:59 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

These are the two answers I received from one christian and one muslim.

You should repent before it is too late!
You need to be saved, judgment day is coming , so repent, do you know what it is going to happen to people that do not repent? Hell fire, torture, all atheist and non Christians will be burning there.
I suggest you to start praying and stop judging us Christians, we follow the word of our Lord, we know better.
REPENT!


Christians are hypocrites, look at k716 she talks about muslims, you woman ,should not even be allowed to be on the internet, women do not have the right to be on here.
Christians have to learn, Allah knows best.

Here the question do not go onto the second link, the answers are below.

2007-09-04 10:18:07 · 18 answers · asked by ateo 2

one of my teachers belvieves in god but does not believe that the bible is true. he told me he would apriciate some facts that would persaude him into thinking it is true. do yall know any?

2007-09-04 10:17:09 · 19 answers · asked by treyhughes32 2

Prominent creation scientist Em Adjineri has recently concluded her study of gryphons. She has determined that they conclusively prove the literal truth of the Bible.

A gryphon is a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle. If evolution were true, then this creature would have to be a lion-eagle hybrid. However, in the Em Adjineri study, the lion would not mate with the eagle.

This proves that the gryphon could not have evolved. Therefore, it must have been created by God. If God created the gryphon, then intelligent design is true. Therefore, the Bible is literally true.

2007-09-04 10:17:05 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-04 10:10:17 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-04 10:08:20 · 14 answers · asked by The Asker 4

What makes you think it couldn't just be some superior, but not omnipotent being that perhaps created our universe to observe us like a kids science project, or a complex computer simulation?

Why does it HAVE to be God and why does it HAVE to be the God of the Bible?

2007-09-04 10:07:58 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

guys, I dont understand why you don't just be Christian? The Holy Bible is clear about it, and just the fact of the world should tell poeple its true. Don't wait untill its to late!

2007-09-04 10:07:43 · 35 answers · asked by vérité 6

I found these terms in a book I am reading. For one I find the terms to be linguistically luscious. Beyond that they are all alternative explanations of consciousness that maintain the distinction between mental and physical processes without resorting to faith in a higher power.

(The God Gene, by Dean Hamer - chapter 6)

Question - to what do you attribute consciousness?

2007-09-04 10:07:03 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

This is not meant to be offensive to Catholics...but recently the Pope came out reaffirming the Church's position that the Catholic Church is the only "true church" (insinuating its necessity for salvation, and that therefore protestants are not saved). Yet at the same time in Vatican II the Catholic church goes on to say that Muslims who do not believe Jesus is God are saved...

Second Vatican Council, Lumen Gentium 16, November 21, 1964: “…The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first place amongst whom are the Muslims; these profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God, mankind’s judge on the last day…”

Surely, they are not saying Lutherans are condemned, but Muslims saved? Can someone clarify this for me?

2007-09-04 10:02:41 · 19 answers · asked by whitehorse456 5

2007-09-04 10:02:20 · 21 answers · asked by me man 2

According to the Lutheran Church, they aren't. In fact, Martin Luther was a major force in the arguments during the Reformation concerning various disputed books of the Bible. These included the Apocrypha, and others, including the Book of Revelation, which Martin Luther for much of his life believed was NOT scriptural!

Lutheran theologiansmake a distinction between the books of the New Testament which were unanimously received as canonical in the early church (the so-called Homologoumena or undisputed books) and the books which were disputed by some (the Antilegomena). In this class of 'disputed books' are the Epistle to the Hebrews, James, Jude, 2 Peter, 2 and 3 John, and the Revelation of John. These books are considered to be canonical in modern Lutheran churches, with the caveat that they are not quite on the same level as the other books as complete expressions of evangelical truth, and should be used with care.

So can we be true Christians, and interpret like Luther did?

2007-09-04 10:00:44 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

With hopeless fairy tales that things will get better when they put all of thier trust hope and faith in MAN.
Technology, Medicine and Education has been instrumental in a world of progress, but that does not give hope and and happiness to a person, that old saying *You can't by love* It is true love for your fellow human being that makes the world go round a pretty simple concept, and when people lose love for GOD they lose it for humanity and you can see if every day, we live in a growing world of coldness and bitterness twoards GOD and you see it in humanity.
The reason GOD says to forgive is because it frees us from having to do his job when it comes to *judgement* if GOD is out of the equation people will be the ultimate judge of everyone and you think that is good?

2007-09-04 09:59:31 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

A Dutch Catholic priest suggests that Christians should call God 'Allah' to help create unity between Christians and Muslims. What do Christians, Jews, Muslims and atheists think?

2007-09-04 09:59:08 · 69 answers · asked by Anonymous

As members of many and different faiths and none, do we feel that our religious and/or philosophical guidelines help us in our understanding of environmental issues and how pressing a concern should this be?

2007-09-04 09:58:15 · 6 answers · asked by Rabbi Yohanneh 3

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070904044001AApxpnb&r=w&pa=FZptHWf.BGRX3OFMiTxcU2_Ir0xB4QFoegf_HbQSce4slV_QcA--&paid=answered#HIRIGTS0Jlbujno5qCSF

Especially check out the fourth answerer, sony_kumari74.
I mean is this guy for real. Read his entire post, it's insane.

There are a lot of smart people in R&S.What to do guys think of his comments, have you ever heard of that theory before, or is it completely fabricated by him ?

2007-09-04 09:56:46 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

just wondering, If you do believe in evolution, how is that compatible with what it says in the bible...do you think Adam and Eve really existed, and if so, at what point in evolutionary development do you think they lived? If you don't believe there was one couple who the entire human race descended from, then how do you interpret the book of Genesis?

2007-09-04 09:53:01 · 26 answers · asked by lindsey p 5

Let's assume that "a" God created the universe. this takes all of the science arguments out of play.
What makes your God or Goddess prevail over someone elses belief?
Knowing that all books are written by man and then claimed to be "inspired".
What makes your holy book more prevailent than any other that makes the claim?
And for the religions that make the claim of sole "truth"
Why is faith more important than what we can investigate (see, touch, smell, hear.) when there are so many choices?
What makes your faith the "clear" choice?

2007-09-04 09:50:58 · 7 answers · asked by The true face of religion 4

http://tv.yahoo.com/show/253/news/urn:newsml:tv.ap.org:20070904:tv_goldberg_vick__ER:66890

Whoopi states that in the south, where Vick comes from, dog fighting is normal.

Not only did Vick, the Atlant Falcons football player, participate in dog fighting, he tortured his losing dogs....

What are your thoughts?

And if you are against dog fighting...what is the difference between dog fighting and hunting? Is it humane to chase Bambi through the woods with a semi-automatic weapon gun with a sight? If you were truly going for sport, wouldn't you run after Bambi with a knife, or homemade bow and arrow?

Is it humane to participate in dog fighting? Is it humane to hunt wild animals for sport?

I ask in R&S because this is the most active site...and want a "Christian" perspective.

2007-09-04 09:50:05 · 49 answers · asked by G.C. 5

I'm asking for some responses that include some kind of response against evolution. What I'm going to do is take all of these responses and post them in another question with rebuttals so any and all questions regarding evolution are answered.

I hope that everyone posting will take this seriously and

a) be civil

b) provide good responses that don't quote the bible, and use real-world evidence or reasoning

c) will check back in...uhhh.... 4 hours or so for the question with the responses. You can bookmark my profile page or something like that if you'd like to.

Please don't respond and then not check back, that is very immature and intellectually dishonest.

2007-09-04 09:47:33 · 23 answers · asked by Patrick T 2

The verse often used by those who do not accept the trinity or divinity of Christ. translated: Deut. 6,4 "Hear O Isreal, the Lord our God , the Lord is One". But is that the real translation?....
"But when we look more closely, we see that Adonai, often translated “LORD,” is plural, “my Lords.” Eloheynu, often translated “God,” is also plural, “our Gods.” A literal translation of the Shma would be, “… my Lords our Gods my Lords one.” Three mentions of God. A perfect representation of the Blessed Trinity. The second mention of God, moreover, is Eloheynu, “our Gods,” not Elohai, “my Gods,” suggesting the Second Person, who would open the Torah to the whole world. “One” reminds us that God is one Blessed Trinity."

http://www.secondexodus.com/html/jewishcatholicdialogue/shma.htm

2007-09-04 09:47:30 · 7 answers · asked by THEHATEDTRUTH 2

If you disagree, is it because you believe that...
-there is no God?
-there is a God, but the Bible is mostly inaccurate or false?
-there is a God, and God is so omniprescent and powerful and infinite that the Bible only contains a tiny portion of what there is to know about God?
-other?

2007-09-04 09:47:02 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

Going to mass or church one day a week isn't being relgious.
Do you read the Bible everyday, and actaully practice what you learn?
Do you smoke, get drunk, agree with abortion, go to wars, steal,etc. even though the Bible says not to?
I find alot of people claim they are religious, but don't even know the first or last book of the Bible.

So really, HOW BIG OF A ROLE DOES RELIGION PLAY IN YOUR LIFE?

2007-09-04 09:46:19 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just heard about Birthright Isreal, and I was just wondering if anyone had heard of any Catholic organizations that offer free trips like the one's birthright does.

2007-09-04 09:44:07 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

here it is...
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/05/13/books/cover450.jpg

2007-09-04 09:35:04 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'll start by admitting I know nothing about anything, so hurl away with the insults should you feel compelled.

But it's been proven, at least by correlational data, that the more educated a population is, the less likely it adheres to religious beliefs. Yet, the United States, the most powerful (and, in my opinion, greatest) country in the world is deeply religious.

Question: Is the population of the United States well educated?

2007-09-04 09:34:20 · 46 answers · asked by Anonymous

Before I start, don't get me wrong.. I respect your religion and what you believe in.

I have been to three different churches (various girlfriends dragged me there).. Catholic, Baptist, and an Atheist church. And within the 3 or 4 hours of sitting there, all three of those churches said the same thing "if your not a devowed _______, your going to hell."

I began to think, if that's the case, we're all pretty much screwed.

Anyway, my question is this.. why are religious people so bent on this is the way it HAS to be. "The way of god", "jesus is the path", etc etc.. "let jesus into your heart", all the rest. I try to explain to people that I am not a devowed anything, and the serious religious people look at me like im the devil's son or something.

Just because I am not religious doesn't make me a bad person, and yet some seriously devowed people look at me like im the anti-christ. What is it about these people?

2007-09-04 09:31:38 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous