Religion & Spirituality - 22 September 2007

In the spirit of Jamus' beautiful monsoon in the Arizona desert today, please no flaming on this one :)

2007-09-22 11:38:45 · 9 answers · asked by Loosid 6

an almighty entity would have no desires, no wantings, no love, no hate...one cannot explain almightyness (?) from a human point of view...
an entity who has desires, who wants people to do or not to do cannot be almighty since wishing, wanting, needing or loving comes from a non perfect nature.
(small example, if you could do whatever you want would you wish to win the lottery?)

2007-09-22 11:38:43 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

most people think that the catholic church was the 1st christian church, it wasn't, in the early 1st century the christian congreation (know as a sect which Paul (saul) was determined to wipe out) ) consider this meeting at Jerusulem about 30 yrs after Jesus death where JAMES the brother of Jesus spoke for the group or governing body
(Acts 15:12-21) . . .At that the entire multitude became silent, and they began to listen to Bar′na‧bas and Paul relate the many signs and portents that God did through them among the nations. 13 After they quit speaking, JAMES answered, saying: “Men, brothers, hear me. 14 Sym′e‧on has related thoroughly how God for the first time turned his attention to the nations to take out of them a people for his name. 15 And with this the words of the Prophets agree, just as it is written, 16 ‘After these things I shall return and rebuild the booth of David that is fallen down; and I shall rebuild its ruins and erect it again, 17 in order that those who re

2007-09-22 11:35:49 · 4 answers · asked by zorrro857 4

2007-09-22 11:34:45 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-22 11:31:51 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-22 11:30:24 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Look at some of the answers to the linked question, and please tell me what you think about the non-catholic Christians who basically tell the asker to 'suck it up'.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AtT1kueiBZo2FfUjudBm5A3d7BR.;_ylv=3?qid=20070922150801AAZSKev

Aren't these the same people who whine incessantly about atheists 'persecuting' them on this forum??

(For the record, I have far more respect for Catholics, in general, than I do for fundamentalists and Evengelicals. In fact, I have absolutely no respect for the latter two.)

2007-09-22 11:28:33 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Some were Christian, of course, but the majority were Diests. NOT Christian.

2007-09-22 11:27:45 · 20 answers · asked by wd20x2 3

2007-09-22 11:26:45 · 7 answers · asked by Enigma®Ragnarökin' 7

Are we running out of "believing" saint candidates?

2007-09-22 11:25:33 · 19 answers · asked by kent☼wn 3

I have a friend who thinks sex is not spiritual. What do you think about this? What would you say to such a person?

2007-09-22 11:21:08 · 23 answers · asked by steinbeck11 6

I live in the wonderful Arizona desert. We just had a late monsoon storm roll thru here and if you ever have gotten to see one they are quite simply an awesome thing. It lead me to this question...

Do you think that in our ferverent arguments about where this amazing place came from and where its going that we sometimes forget to simply appreciate how amazing it is?

For the small moment my beloved monsoon rolls thru the valley... none of that really seems to matter. It simply is, and I am lucky to witness it.

2007-09-22 11:15:17 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I need help deciding on my religion i have developed a bad reputation for "religion hopping" (4 in 4 years) but i want to go to the religion i was before austru but a part of me wants to still be a muslim and dont give me the look into youre heart answer

2007-09-22 11:11:55 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

i know its hundreds but not sure how many

2007-09-22 11:11:27 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

Or a great deal of chicken?

2007-09-22 11:10:17 · 48 answers · asked by Anonymous

I thought I was a Christian, who has accepted Christ as my saviour. Apparently, I am wrong.

2007-09-22 11:08:01 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

Jeremiah 17:9
“The human heart is the most deceitful of all things,and desperately wicked.Who really knows how bad it is?

How can you trust your heart to tell you what God wants from you? I hear some say "I think God is leading me to do ..." or "I feel God would ...." If you are not studying God's word how can you truly know what God is saying.

Stop trusting your feelings and start trusting God's word. Study your bible to find God's will for your life.

Proverbs 30:5
Every word of God proves true.He is a shield to all who come to him for protection.

What say you Brother!

2007-09-22 11:07:57 · 26 answers · asked by Praise to the Trinity 4

I think you can be a creationist and still agree that evolution explains our sex drives much better than the Bible. What makes us horny? Natural selection or God/Satan? HOw do we have freewill over what makes us hrony? Because that would make dating easier.

2007-09-22 11:06:13 · 10 answers · asked by poke 1

One of my favorites is when they say that we lock Virgins in the Salt Lake Temple and they have to Jump out the windows into the Jordan River and swim to the Great Salt lake to get away. Anybody who has been to Salt Lake knows that is completely geographically impossible. The Temple is not anywhere near either the Jordan River or the Great Salt Lake.

2007-09-22 11:05:29 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

It's got to be true since the Bible says so right!
What do you think Adam and Eve called their pet vegetarian T-Rex?

2007-09-22 11:04:45 · 11 answers · asked by universatile love 3

tounges are only spoken three times in the bible.

Why did they speak in these tounges - I Corinthians 1:22 "For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom."

Acts 2:5

"And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven."

Those Jews were there for the feast days (Pentecost is a Jewish feast), and they were unbelieving because they had never even heard of Jesus. Peter was getting ready to preach and the disciples were getting ready to witness. The tongues they spoke (the actual languages of the visitors) was a "sign" that their message was true!



Acts 2:7
"And they were all amazed and marvelled...how hear we every man in our own tongue...?"

There were only two other cases of tounges being spoken in the bible, in both cases every one was able to understand these tounges in their language.

So does this mean if someone speaks in tounges and I can't understand them they are just babbling incoherently?

2007-09-22 11:04:32 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-22 11:04:30 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I asked a question about inner peace and spirituality and the need or lack of need for religion. This is what one particular whiner said:
" If you had attained such a state of mind, you wouldn't be on here picking on those of us who DO believe"
If asking questions that this person couldn't properly answer is "picking on" anybody, then a lot of us are guilty as charged. Basically he just showed how one example (him), can make the whole group look bad. I'll be the first to admit that I have no use for religion and fail to see any use for it, that is why I asked the question. If you consider honest questions as picking on you, you have a serious problem and no religion will fix it.

2007-09-22 11:03:21 · 14 answers · asked by Enigma®Ragnarökin' 7

2007-09-22 11:01:07 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why do people claim that gay marriage is wrong and should never be allowed? Many people argue that it is wrong because gay couples cannot have children. Well, what about infertile straight couples? They are still allowed to get married! This is a double standard, is it not? What do you think about this?

2007-09-22 11:00:54 · 46 answers · asked by Kra-Z-Man 1

Any citations? It's hard to believe that Muslims are instructed to kill non-muslims.

2007-09-22 11:00:53 · 19 answers · asked by Unafraid 6

Sourse material - Bible, 1 John 5:19

How would you explain?

2007-09-22 10:59:57 · 32 answers · asked by Steve B 2

I am doing a report and i need help!

2007-09-22 10:59:20 · 9 answers · asked by Kimbo 2

2007-09-22 10:55:31 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

That's what many people say. They say being dead is the same feeling as sleeping forever. How do scientists know this? & also, they say that your soul burning for eternity as a result of sin is not true.

2007-09-22 10:53:59 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous