Religion & Spirituality - 8 September 2007

I just found out that my grandfather has a clot in his lung. He is in the hospital. Can you please pray for him. Please pray that he gets better, his name is George. Please pray.

2007-09-08 09:31:12 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-08 09:30:17 · 27 answers · asked by Robin.S 3

2007-09-08 09:27:40 · 12 answers · asked by vjhere 1

in Italy recently condemned a terminally ill man, by rejecting to give him a funeral. They said that because he choose to have is life-support system turned off, it was regarded as suicide.

Ok, i understand that the church regard this as a mortal sin.

But they have granted funerals to mafia bosses, fascist dictator Franco of Spain (who murdered and tortured) and recently Augusto Pinochet.

Where was the justice?

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

2007-09-08 09:22:47 · 21 answers · asked by irishinvenice 3

Are you born an atheist or do you become an atheist?

2007-09-08 09:17:39 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous

Might be a stupid question but has anyone actually sat down and read Richard Dawkins- The God Delusion?
I would be pleasently surprised if any has.
I just got this book (from my younger brother!) and the author has been recently been voted one of the top three intellectuals in the World.
I have just started it...it is meant to make you re-think your way of life.
Are christians too scared to read this book and why is it been kept quiet?

2007-09-08 09:17:01 · 15 answers · asked by Black Star Deceiver 6

if you are donating at the sperm bank? I mean, it's for procreation, so it's okay, right? :)

2007-09-08 09:16:56 · 10 answers · asked by danibell919 2

How soon do you think the world is going to end? These days it is almost like the days of Sodom and Gommorah, and that place never lasted too long. I think the only reason why the world has not ended yet is because the Lord is so very merciful and waiting for people to turn to Him. Are there really scanner chips happening already?

2007-09-08 09:16:06 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Okay, so I watched this documentary on this, and there was this supremely yukky story about the origin of easter and christmas worship. I am looking to do more research on the origional pagan rituals... what I remember from the show was 3 babies being conceived on one day, in commemoration of the goddess Easter being resurrected. Then one year later these babies were slaughtered (at 3 months old) and eggs were died red in their blood - the origion of the Christian 'egg' thing. The created a hair that laid eggs, hence that myth... I am looking for more info on this, can anyone reccomend any links?

Ta
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2007-09-08 09:15:58 · 7 answers · asked by Pebbles 5

My hubby was just asking me why there are always pubs joined onto catholic school and churchs but never on any other kind of church or school or places of worship

2007-09-08 09:10:04 · 24 answers · asked by jollyone 1

2007-09-08 09:05:31 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Obviously if you're a Christian who takes the Bible and 4 Gospels literally I won't ask. But historians who claim the gospels written long after Jesus died (if he even lived), where do they get this info?

Ok, I've heard already that they writers were obviously NOT John, Luke, Mark, Matthew. But I just want to know how dating is measured, once I can get this solid, i think I can defend my view.

I am asking this after see "The God Who wasn't there"

2007-09-08 09:05:21 · 15 answers · asked by Smartass 4

In Luke 21:5, 6 we read, "And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,
As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down."

If you go to the Wailing Wall (Western Wall), you will still find the original "stones" that composed the Temple when Jesus spoke these words. You can Google "Wailing Wall" and see photographs.

In 1 Peter 2:5 we read, "Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ." In this verse we see that "stones" refers to true believers or His sheep (John 10:27).

In Luke 19:40 we read, "And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out." Here again, "stones" refers to God's elect or wheat that deaire to praise and give thanks to God.

2007-09-08 09:04:36 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-08 09:04:15 · 47 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was wondering if you built a homopolar generator like the one Faraday did but built the main shaft and balanced it like a gyroscope so there would be little frictional losses, could you in theory build an overunity device.

I mean if you get a perfectly balanced gyroscope like that of one off of an single engine airplane that can spin for hours and in turn made a generator out of it,

would it build up a large enough electrical charge during those hours where you could then run it back into a battery, then discharge some power from the battery back into the generator itself to increase the rpm back up sufficiently as to produce more current to charge the battery and maybe have a little leftover as excess charge...

would there be any magnetic drag that would cause this to be impossible/impracticle???

I have tried to make this as clear as I can, let me know if I can clear anything up!

2007-09-08 08:57:19 · 5 answers · asked by Darringer 2

ok well,
my friend is from usa. but her parents are from Guyana South Amcerica. so basically she is American/Guyanese. and that makes her part Hindu basically..and well she was talking to me, and she was wondering how to pray properly? i didnt know what to tell her, cause i have no idea. she wants to know how to pray, and what to say to start off the prayer and the end. PLEASE HELP!!
and she doesnt speak any other language.

2007-09-08 08:55:56 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Were they just practice for god? I thought he was perfect. If he had to kill everything to start over, how could he be perfect?

2007-09-08 08:55:16 · 7 answers · asked by punch 7

In Revelation 16:13 we read, "And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet." **Please note that the 3 unclean spirits came out of the mouth of the beast, the false prophet, and the dragon.

In Revelation 12:9 the Bible says, "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."
"Dragon" is another name for satan.

In Isaiah 14:14, 15 we read, "I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit." **Please note that satan's greatest desire is to be God, to rule and bring judgment!

The Bible says in 2 Corinthians 11:14, "And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light." **Satan is the father of lies (John 8:44), and his ..

2007-09-08 08:55:08 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Or to help children who are being indoctrinated?

Or to speak out against religion generally?

2007-09-08 08:55:03 · 14 answers · asked by Martin Evilmind 4

I'm interested in CD's that really help to draw a person into a worshipful experience. Got any favorites to suggest? Iv'e got some Chris Tomlinson already, plus some others, but I'd like a better collection. Thanks.

2007-09-08 08:54:51 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

and if He created time, how is it possible that he "always was"?

Where could He have been, if God created "everywhere"?

2007-09-08 08:51:52 · 24 answers · asked by bruja 2

a problem if I taught to children that God is an energy that lives inside all living creatures, and that all living creatures deserve respect. That God is not a being, but an entity?

If so, why should your version be taught instead?

2007-09-08 08:51:37 · 8 answers · asked by irishinvenice 3

His nose is getting bigger too !

Are they having a hard time finding a double or did he find the fountain of youth ?


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2007-09-08 08:48:05 · 21 answers · asked by wwhy 3

Someone once wrote this: "If I say 'God does not exist', immediately theists would be... proclaiming that by saying God does not exist gives legitimacy that God as a term exists ... hence God exists."

But isn't it that the concept of God is people's idea of God existing? We know the concept of God exists - people believe. The concept is the belief - it has faith in. Also, isn't the TERM of God just its word? We know the word "God" exists.

So, saying God does not exist means that God, as a real being, does not exist. Saying the word "God" as a being - in this case, negatively, does not imply the opposite right?

2007-09-08 08:44:14 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

if god does not intervene in saving a lil girl from being raped n murderd then why would he for anything in this world,is he even REAL?if god doesnt stop bad things then he dont start good ones either.lost n lossing faith please HELP???????????????

2007-09-08 08:40:45 · 13 answers · asked by latinoheat69 1

2007-09-08 08:39:58 · 17 answers · asked by Gawdless Heathen 6

But what I'm wondering is how do they approach the definition of "theory", when they constantly debunk evolution because it is only a "theory"...

And if science is only out to get "them" and disprove god, how can they use science for their own purpose. How can they trust science?

2007-09-08 08:38:43 · 12 answers · asked by Sapere Aude 5

...If the Pledge had "Under Krishna" in it?

How about if your child was expected to pray with the rest of the class to the Great Horned God?

Or if your child had to listen to daily readings from the Koran?

Do you understand why there shouldn't be any religion in schools yet?

2007-09-08 08:36:17 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

I do, Every time i look at a paper or watch the news i hear how people think it's them. I came on here and people are still accusing them, sorry but do u no them? The way i see it is if the same thing happened to u wouldn't u want people to be there and support u instead of speculating!

2007-09-08 08:35:42 · 25 answers · asked by k@te x 1

While a mormon, I was taught that Eve opened the eyes of mankind when she ate the fruit, but still, men :-{) in the LDS church dominated women, how do you explain this when Eve opened the eye's of everyone?
http://www.exmormon.org/mormwomn.htm...
;-)

2007-09-08 08:35:27 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous