Religion & Spirituality - 16 September 2007

Someone who was born and raised in Indian isn't rejecting Christianity, he's accepting Hinduism. If some christian missionary preaches to him, but he decides to stay with the tradition that he is familiar with, does that mean the Hindu is "rejecting" christ?

Or worse, following the devil? What about wiccans, buddhists and atheists who simply don't believe that jesus was god?

Are they "choosing hell" or just making a personal choice?

If I actually thought that god existed and jesus was salvation, I'd be a christian tommorrow. But I have NO reason at all to think that.

2007-09-16 17:57:32 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

are you all involentary stuck on this planet and scared of it and hope god will save you to never have to live this way again, if you need help you can spell it to me

2007-09-16 17:53:43 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-16 17:47:59 · 48 answers · asked by phantom stranger 3

Atheists lie by claiming the myth that there is no god of any kind is truth.

Jews, Christians, Muslims and Mormons lie by claiming the myth that there is a god is truth.

I reject the lie that myth is truth. I do not claim that myth contained within this House of Ideology Manifesto is truth. I accept the truth that myth is myth. I claim that the myth and fantasy contained with this House of Ideology Manifesto is part of a model of self and world that enables me to have the highest esteem of self and world that I can possibly imagine. I think, believe and expect that if I can enable us to have the highest esteem of self and world that we can possibly imagine with the leadership, education, and entertainment provided by this House of Ideology Manifesto then we will be in the best possible position to achieve and maintain happiness and good health.

2007-09-16 17:37:58 · 17 answers · asked by H.I. of the H.I. 4

when the doctrine of the Trinity "per se" is not explicitly described in Scripture?

It's not "whoever believes in the Trinity shall not perish but have everlasting life" or "If you confess with your mouth and believe in your heart that God is a Trinity you will be saved."

So what's the big deal?

2007-09-16 17:37:07 · 12 answers · asked by Gruntled Employee 6

2007-09-16 17:37:00 · 2 answers · asked by David Garcia 3

answer from him.. it seems God is very cruel with me.. he doesnt show to me .. I dont know if God is love or hatred,... humans speak by him,,, but God doesnt speak himself.. he is in silence..

2007-09-16 17:34:19 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

and to stem any funny jokers... (although your aloud to make me laugh)
(yes i know cars need oil, but im talking about the holy kind)

But seriously...
is there biblical support to show us that we can 'anoint with oil' something other than a person
i.e to bless it, or consecrate it etc.

(-:
peace

2007-09-16 17:33:13 · 15 answers · asked by Dr. Phil 3

"Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined, imprisoned; yet we have not advanced an inch towards uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half the world fools, and the other half hypocrites. To support roguery and error all over the earth."
- Thomas Jefferson

"I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of mankind has preserved-- the Cross. Consider what calamities that engine of grief has produced!"
- John Adams

"Lighthouses are more helpful than churches."
- Benjamin Franklin

"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason."
-Benjamin Franklin

I have more. Should I post them?

2007-09-16 17:30:23 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

Not saying any religion is right or wrong...but I find it annoying that people only follow a religion because that is the household they were raised in..i decided for myself what I wanted to follow..

Christians...why do you follow Christ as your lord and savior? What makes you so sure about that?

Jews...why do you follow your faith as opposed to others?

Muslims why do you follow your faith as opposed to others?

Everyone else why do you follow what you follow?

I believe theres a reason you think one faith is correct..

2007-09-16 17:22:14 · 21 answers · asked by Darkness 5

seriously, why the hell do we have to be born with the original sin? Like what the f*** did any of us have to do with Adam and Eve disobeying god and whatnot? I mean wasnt that THEIR problem? not ours? Im sorry but I just think this is complete bull$#!T and I think that we shouldnt have to pay for their crap? do any of you agree with me?

2007-09-16 17:20:53 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-16 17:17:07 · 20 answers · asked by don't touch my mullet 3

Is It In The Bible that generational curses, sins of the father,Infirmities...etc..can be passed from one generation to the next ? You've heard It said: Like Father Like Son...

2007-09-16 17:15:08 · 21 answers · asked by Isabella 6

I mean some stars are millions and billions of light-years away. Now light-years are a measure of distance or more precisely, the distance traversed by light in one mean solar year.

So how do we see these stars unless they existed for millions or even billions of years?

How is the universe only 10,000 years or even 100 million years old when we can stars that are billions of light-years away?

I just don't understand!

Is God just accelerating the light coming from these stars so that the light from them arrives on earth faster?
Or is God making the speed of light slower in our solar system so that we underestimate the actual speed of light everywhere else?

I heard that God made the light come here during creation. If that were true does that mean the whole foundation of the science of astronomy wrong? Please help me understand!

2007-09-16 17:11:25 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Particularly Christians, atheists and Muslims, but if you can think of more please go ahead. Best answer to the person who can list the most religious groups and attach an animal to them, or the person who simply thinks of the funniest thing. And c'mon people, have a little fun. Don't just give your religion a "good" animal and everyone else a dumb animal.

2007-09-16 17:03:47 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I asked this earlier, but I want to ask it again with all the details from the start. I genuinely want to now the rationality behind killing for a god.

Would you kill because your god told you to? For example, would you sacrifice your son because you believe God wants you to do so?

If you think your god asked you to kill, does that mean you are a paranoid schizophrenic? Does that mean Abraham was a paranoid schizophrenic? Yes God intervened and spared him, and Abraham sacrificed a ram caught in the bushes, but this story is used as an example of faith.

If you would not kill for your god, does that mean you don't truly believe? If you think god would not ask such, does that mean there was a different god in the times of the Old Testament?

Or does that mean that God was mistaken in the Old Testament and learned the errors of his ways? Does that mean that God could have been wrong?

2007-09-16 17:00:48 · 11 answers · asked by Thor 3

I was reading Hadith and saw Haya. It mentioned it was a part of faith that included many concepts including modesty, but didn't give a real definition. Later I saw Haya' and didn't think it was the same, but again no explanation of what it is.

Thank you for your help.

2007-09-16 16:57:33 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Of all the religions in the world which ones can one have a personal relationship with their god based on love, freindship, and done so in a father/child manner?

2007-09-16 16:54:09 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-16 16:53:52 · 7 answers · asked by Tom Cruise 3

So...I'm being baptized October 13th(was going to be Tuesday but I had to push it back because I missed a week of church)...and I've heard the sister missionaries about living temple worthy and stuff like that....

But what does that even mean??

2007-09-16 16:52:25 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-16 16:48:37 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

accidents or other things that cause death as God's will. Can Some one please explain?
It really does not make any sense to me that people say things such as "it was God's will" or "why God?" when people lose a loved one. I can not understand how people say that we have free will, but then do not accept it. If I chose to go swimming in the Zambezi River there is a good chance that I will be eaten by a crocodile. If I jump out of an airplane without a parachute I will die on impact when I hit the ground. If I decide to drive to the grocery store and get hit by a person that ran a red light and die how is God responsible? I even have the ability to take medicine to kill bacteria and infections that would have killed me had I not taken it. So do believers actually not believe in free will? If they do why do they not realize that we are the ones responsible and not God? People are always at risk of death, but we can put ourselves in situations where we are more vulnerable to it.

2007-09-16 16:44:14 · 23 answers · asked by ML 2

Are you or your friends religious? Approximately how old are you?

2007-09-16 16:42:34 · 17 answers · asked by rebekkah hot as the sun 7

2007-09-16 16:41:49 · 15 answers · asked by goodfella 5

Can anyone tell me what the 10 Commandments are? And while ur at it, can u tell me y that crap is even believable. Oh and, y the christians think that when theyve gone against the Commandments they can go to their God and think hell forgive em? I still dont get this...

And also, can u tell me y us students have homework???I HATE HOMEWORK!!!! Sorry, my mom told me i couldnt go on the com till my homework was caught up......its been 2 weeks and im finnally caught up.

IM BACK!!!!!! and im schemin again, fwahahahaha....LOL

2007-09-16 16:39:13 · 12 answers · asked by Smart Ash 2

Jesus taught “Love you God with all your heart and all your soul.” And “Love your fellow man as you love yourself.”

Mohammed taught “Fear God, for he delights in torturing unbelievers in the afterlife.” And “Obey Mohammed in everything he says.”

Jesus’ teachings built upon the law of Moses, amplifying them and bringing them into focus. Mohammed’s teachings brought him wealth and power and sex, but seemed to have little to do with Moses' teachings.

Why is this, if the message is supposed to have come from the same God?

2007-09-16 16:38:42 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

My parents recently died and I was going through their paperwork To pay some of their bills and I found an adoption paper, it stated I was adopted when I was 3 months old, plus there was a Baptismal Certificate saying I was Baptised in the Catholic Church, before the adoption, they never told me, they must have their reasons, and I don't hate them for not telling me.

I have wanted to become a Catholic for a long time and also a Priest, I feel this is my calling

I am 24 and after all this time, my parents never took me to Mass, am I a Catholic or do I have to start over again?

2007-09-16 16:38:18 · 20 answers · asked by Ken 2

This is the main reason people are undecided about any monotheistic religion. If God loves us, knows what we need in order to believe in Him, and has the ability to provide that, why doesn't He? If He has power over Satan, why does he allow Satan to sway us?

2007-09-16 16:36:34 · 8 answers · asked by G J 2

2007-09-16 16:36:21 · 24 answers · asked by anil m 6

You say that because we are all ''short of the Glory of God'' we need to take Jesus as our ''Saviour'', but GOD is the one that made us weak / imperfect, so what makes you think that he would expect us to be anything more than that ? If God made us weak then he will not question us for every small sin that we do, why Can't I just repent TO GOD, without saying that ''I'm worthless so I'll just take Jesus as a Saviour'' ?

2007-09-16 16:33:58 · 11 answers · asked by B 4