Religion & Spirituality - 17 September 2007

It doesn't matter whether your a theist or atheist. I'm looking for anything that makes you think.
Thanks.

2007-09-17 05:55:39 · 30 answers · asked by Samurai Jack 6

You assume people are on the attack all the time even if they ask an innocent question. Why must you be like that? Maybe because deep down you know you're wrong?

2007-09-17 05:53:17 · 40 answers · asked by Saved by Grace 3

I want to know if you divorce with your husband for any reason eigther for adultry/infidelity, family problem or just can't work it out, or what if you just separated not even divorce and one of them go and have a child with sombody else so when you divorce with that person how does God see it?
Can the orther one marry?
How is the orther one spiritual life cause I think one of them already felt already what about the orther one?

2007-09-17 05:52:35 · 11 answers · asked by MTHEFLOWER 2

A distinguished young woman on a flight from Ireland asked the Priest beside her, "Father, may I ask a favour?"
"Of course my child. What may I do for you?"
"Well, I bought an expensive woman's electronic hair dryer for my mother's birthday
That is unopened and well over the Customs limits, I'm afraid they'll confiscate it.
Is there any way you could carry it through Customs for me?
Under your robes perhaps?"
The priest answered: "I would love to help you, dear, but I must warn you: I will not lie." "With your honest face, Father, no one will question you"
When they got to Customs, she let the priest go ahead of her.
The official asked, "Father, do you have anything to declare?
"From the top of my head down to my waist, I have nothing to declare."
The official thought this answer strange, so asked, "And what do you have to declare
From your waist to the floor?"

2007-09-17 05:50:42 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

I answered a question earlier today that asked something along the lines of: "In the ongoing R&S debate between atheists and theists, who's winning?"

I never really thought of it that way, because I have no desire to make people believe the way I do, but that's just me. What about you?

2007-09-17 05:47:23 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous

I knew this question is quite pathectic.. my bf passed away for nearly 8 weeks but I still missed him a lot and wish we could hv a conversation to get some queries on my head clear. I really really missed him a lot and wish could speak to him. Every 2 weeks I thought I start to get over it and I end up back to the same cycle of depression again.

I seen from movie before where people could speak to dead through a medium, do you think this is true and where could I get this? I understand this medium can get their spirit into their body so you could speak to them. Can anyone give me direction on this?

2007-09-17 05:46:14 · 33 answers · asked by Dreamer 1

No tricks, no strings, no technology.

Would it be more believable if I told you over 500 people have seen me do it? (you can't ask them about it though)

2007-09-17 05:44:14 · 16 answers · asked by Eleventy 6

2007-09-17 05:44:04 · 3 answers · asked by Saith 1

Are you the anti-christ?

2007-09-17 05:43:48 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Sometimes people ask whether folks would commit crimes (murder, theft, etc.) if there were no chance of getting caught.

I say no, because I would feel guilty for hurting someone, and I would have sinned.

What are the answers of other people, religious and non-religious? Do the concepts of sin and divine judgment make for a better society? Or do you view it as "brainwashing"? What motivates YOU to "behave?'

Thanks.

2007-09-17 05:42:46 · 3 answers · asked by American citizen and taxpayer 7

was jesus honest and how?

2007-09-17 05:41:57 · 11 answers · asked by christian k 1

...The Infinity?

2007-09-17 05:40:50 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-17 05:40:14 · 23 answers · asked by Hannah R 1

2007-09-17 05:38:32 · 3 answers · asked by mkarmav 1

2007-09-17 05:34:27 · 7 answers · asked by Thomas 2

In answer to a previous Q, Monkey Man said, "The person above seems to challenge atheists to say that God doesn't exist. You cannot prove a negative. It is up to you to prove that God exists which haven't done and I say ever will." I agree that this negative CAN'T be proved, and neither can God be proved. For a believer, the absence of proof is called Faith. But i challenge the general statement that negatives can't be proved. Is this scientific?

2007-09-17 05:34:22 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

For reference see the following verses:
"Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men."

"Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6).

"Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?" (Luke 14:34).

"For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt." (Mark 9:49).

"And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt." (Leviticus 2:13).

"But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt." (Genesis 19:26).

2007-09-17 05:29:36 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-17 05:29:30 · 9 answers · asked by ? 7

2007-09-17 05:28:41 · 20 answers · asked by ? 7

God is speaking to Solomon...
"but if you or your sons at all turn from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them, then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house which I have consecrated for My name I will cast out of My sight. Israel will be a proverb and a byword among the peoples."-- 1 Kings 9:6-7

Solomon and his sons did as God told them not to do. Solomon worshipped false gods and his son let the kingdom become divided. When you read this don't you get a different perspective on God's promises. If God said he will destroy the Temple and cast them out of the land then you better believe He would do it.

2007-09-17 05:25:12 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am a Christian but have been having very un-Christianlike thoughts lately (sinful). I know that if one thinks it, it is as bad as doing it and I don't want that so, how could I get these bad thoughts out of my head? I am serious and would appreciate some serious answers...not jibes from non-believers.
Thank you and God bless!

2007-09-17 05:23:53 · 6 answers · asked by ? 6

2007-09-17 05:22:55 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

What religions/denominations believe in the apocryhpha (dubious origin of books) of the Bible?

2007-09-17 05:19:33 · 12 answers · asked by vfangue 2

2007-09-17 05:15:32 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Monotheism is the true belief in the God of Abraham which is why Jews and Muslims do not believe in the Trinity.

"The three-in-one/one-in-three mystery of Father, Son and Holy Ghost made tritheism official. The subsequent almost-deification of the Virgin Mary made it quatrotheism . . . Finally, cart-loads of saints raised to quarter-deification turned Christianity into plain old-fashioned polytheism. By the time of the Crusades, it was the most polytheistic religion to ever have existed, with the possible exception of Hinduism.

This untenable contradiction between the assertion of monotheism and the reality of polytheism was dealt with by accusing other religions of the Christian fault.

The Church - Catholic and later Protestant - turned aggressively on the two most clearly monotheistic religions in view - Judaism and Islam - and persecuted them as heathen or pagan.

The external history of Christianity consists largely of accusations that other religions rely on the worship of more than one god and therefore not the true God.

These pagans (JEWS AND MUSLIMS) must therefore be converted, conquered and/or killed for their own good in order that they benefit from the singularity of the Holy Trinity, plus appendages."

-- The Doubter's Companion (John Ralston Saul)

2007-09-17 05:15:01 · 19 answers · asked by Mithrianity 3

I've been reading through a lot of questions in the religion and spirituality section in relation to tarot and i've noticed that a lot of people have a very bad view of those who read tarot or tarot cards in general, and not to pick on anyone but a lot of 'questions and answers' i've seen seem to come from christian members of this site. i don't understand, of all the time i've used my tarot cards i've never associated them with religion in any way, or 'god', or 'the devil', nor have i ever read about tarot being 'demon-praise' as i read in one answer. never heard (or read) anyone 'badmouthing' tarot use until now, its completely unheard of to me....i'm baffled...and thats not easy... Am i missing something? Whats the history here? I'd love to understand this from someone's point of view from the other side of the fence..where does the bad image come from?

2007-09-17 05:12:42 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

don't you think the name Earth is a bit too plain? I mean we have other planets called after the Roman gods, why wasn't OUR planet called after a Roman god or goddess (for example, Ceres - the Roman goddess of the Earth)? Earth is such a plain and ordinary name...

and if you had a chance to rename it, what would you call it?

http://www.crystalinks.com/ceres.html

2007-09-17 05:11:49 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

...God is asleep...
I mean seriously even He has to sleep once in a while...
What do you think?

O_O

2007-09-17 05:08:56 · 66 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-17 05:04:29 · 2 answers · asked by Mithrianity 3

OK

Sunday is the day that we are not to work, right?

Then how come on sunday there is a huge rush in stores and restaurants...

Ok, so they get out of church service and go out to eat thus supporting sinners who are working on the this holy day

THEN

they go out and do all their choirs and errands by grocery shopping and stuff like that

is this a bit hypocritical ?


what do you think?

2007-09-17 05:04:15 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous