Religion & Spirituality - 25 September 2007

2007-09-25 21:44:44 · 33 answers · asked by lorisknight3 1

Ok, first, I am a Christian. I have some questions though.
According to some Christians I know, alcohol and tobacco, or the excessive use/addiction of these substances is a sin. Everything in moderation, right?
How come SO many of these Christians I know are extremely overweight (excessive/uncontrollable eating) and are addicted to coffee (in my opinion, caffeine is a horrible addictive substance). The number of deaths caused by obesity is up there with cigarettes and alcohol. Why do these people then scoff when I have a glass or two of wine with a nice meal?????? Are they being hypocritical or am I not getting something here? Please, no answers from Christian-haters.

2007-09-25 21:43:32 · 12 answers · asked by hurricane197 4

All christian churches say they follow the bible. But they are all different in their teachings. Which church follows all the teachings from the bible correctly.

2007-09-25 21:25:16 · 24 answers · asked by william h 1

so i can see how big the difference is.
i don't know how to post a poll yet.

2007-09-25 21:21:28 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

...What do you think about the 'informed' atheists here on YA? What I mean to say is, do you think that the group of atheists on YA (Who say that they are informed about the Great Tribulation even though they do not believe in it) will still deny the Tribulation even after the Rapture? They seem to be the sort that says,"If I witness the event, then I will believe in Jesus Christ." So, if they are as informed as they say they are, do you think they will believe in Christ if and when the Rapture occurs, or will they still think that it is some plague that coincidentally 'killed' every Christian in the world?

2007-09-25 21:08:07 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

This has to be a sticky topic. I imagine that if you're praying with a good heart it can't be wrong, but either way my prayer life could be improved. I have very recently been saved and I feel like I have so much work to do on myself that I often feel very selfish in my prayers even though I do want him to work through me and change me for the sake of glorifying Him. Anyways... any suggestions would be appreciated!

2007-09-25 20:57:33 · 22 answers · asked by THATgirl 6

Are you really content with who you are and your life's situations?

2007-09-25 20:56:10 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does reading it with your enlightenment cause us to read it correctly? Like that without your input we are incapable of reading the Bible?

2007-09-25 20:54:14 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

And other faiths too, are they the devil. or fake, which would lead to the devil. Muslin / Hindu / budda. they all the devil?

2007-09-25 20:49:46 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am an atheist, but I'm willing to entertain the idea of god and heaven if I can find proof of it. In my opinion the bible isn't proof because it was written and translated by the hands of man. I'm not looking to be converted so please don't preach, my path to enlightenment is one I must travel alone.
I have been reading Stephen Hawking books about the universe and if the universe began with a "big bang" that means that there was a moment of creation (a day when there was no yesterday). The universe started as an atom and exploded and now it is expanding at an ever increasing rate. What is beyond the edges of the universe? If it's expanding then it must be expanding into an empty area? What is this area beyond the universe and does it have an end? Could the universe be forced by bounderies to stop expanding? Where does heaven fit into the picture? could heaven be in this empty space somewhere? If so, what do you think will happen when the universe reaches it? Thank you!

2007-09-25 20:39:00 · 30 answers · asked by pxyfox2000 2

Do you know of any Christian message boards? I am especially looking for boards focused on parenting, but any would be wonderful!

2007-09-25 20:38:44 · 3 answers · asked by Somaesthesia 5

Deuteronomy 34:5

"And Moses the servant of the LORD died there in Moab, as the LORD had said."

I accept the FACT this is just a few lines away from the END of the Torah.


Also, why is it in 3rd person then? I would not write a book and say "then David did this..."

It would be correct to say "then I did this"

Thoughts?

2007-09-25 20:20:47 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Here is something I have taken from an anti Islamic website:
"Seize them and slay them wherever ye find them; and in any case take no friends or helpers from their ranks." (Surah 4:89)

However, when we look at the right translation and taking into account what the verse before says, we get this:

[4:89] They wish that you disbelieve as they have disbelieved, then you become equal. Do not consider them friends, unless they mobilize along with you in the cause of GOD. If they turn against you, you shall fight them, and you may kill them when you encounter them in war. You shall not accept them as friends, or allies.

[4:90] Exempted are those who join people with whom you have signed a peace treaty, and those who come to you wishing not to fight you, nor fight their relatives. Had GOD willed, He could have permitted them to fight against you. Therefore, if they leave you alone, refrain from fighting you, and offer you peace, then GOD gives you no excuse to fight them.

2007-09-25 20:20:40 · 10 answers · asked by Ahmed A 4

If there were going to be a heaven, what types of things would you like to be there? According to Islam, there would be 72 virgins, which is cool, but what do the women get? As far as Christianity is concerned, Heaven is going to have streets of gold, but that doesn't really matter if you can always get whatever you want anyway (and I'm assuming that all we'll want once we get to that place is our "freedom of choice" back). So what do you think? What would you put in your heaven if you started a religion today?

2007-09-25 20:16:45 · 13 answers · asked by justin r 2

Note: I am a novice tarot reader.
I was counting my deck when I realized I was one card short and once the cards were sorted I realized it was the high priestess card. I looked all over and recounted my deck NUMBEROUS times but to no avail.
Then weeks later during a reading (I made a makeshift high preistess card out of an extra blank card) when the original one appeared as I put it down.
It wasn't stuck to another card (In recounting my deck earlier I had rubbed each card in hopes that it was stuck) it was was there.
What should I think about that. What does it mean.

Thanks for the (future) answers from anyone with insight on this.

2007-09-25 20:13:18 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why don't Christians do any of those things? Have you ever thought about that? I've seen some Atheists say that the Bible's the reason they became Atheist.



If you look at this site: http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/


You can see a lot of sick verses, and passages in the Bible. So why don't Christians do any of those things?


Yeah, I know you can claim "they're picking and choosing" but who goes through such a "disgusting and evil" book, and picks and chooses for as long as the Bible's been around?


And yes, I also know you can say "Some people need religion/ crutches" and some are in denial/ too stubborn/ being deliberately obtuse.


It just seems weird to me that when you enter a church, you're not thinking "these people are sick" and I don't think too many people can say they know a Christian who does all that stuff.

2007-09-25 20:04:51 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

"Christianity...[has become] the most perverted system that ever shone on man....Rogueries, absurdities and untruths were perpetrated upon the teachings of Jesus by a large band of dupes and imposters led by Paul, the first great corrupter of the teaching of Jesus." --- Thomas Jefferson

“The son-ship of Jesus Christ is the greatest fiction of human history.” (Lord Bishop of Canterbury Commission, the Spiritual Head of England, 1910.)

“The son-ship of Jesus Christ, the Trinity, the blood sacrifice of the lamb of God, atonement are not the teachings of Jesus. These are all inventions of Saint Paul who never really met Jesus.” (Hastings Rashdall, The Theory of Good and Evil)

"Initially there were 34 gospels that were compiled by word of mouth. Four were chosen for unclear reasons and 30 were left behind [burned]. (Encyclopedia Britannica)

“There is strong reason to believe that St. Paul fabricated the belief system of Christianity from Zoroastrian mythology. In order to hide Paul’s plaigerism… Christians burned the library of Alexandria in 390 A.D. Books in that library kept Mithra’s original story of what Pauline Doctrine is an almost exact copy. (George Sarton , Introduction to History of Sciences) ,

Although Nontrinitarian beliefs continued to multiply, and among some people (such as the Lombards in the West) it was dominant for hundreds of years afterward, the Trinitarians gained the immense power of the Roman Empire. Nontrinitarians typically argue that the primitive beliefs of the Christianity were systematically suppressed (often to the point of death), and that the historical record, perhaps also including the Scriptures of the New Testament, was altered as a consequence.

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

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2007-09-25 20:03:51 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I looked it up but still do not really understand?

2007-09-25 20:03:13 · 3 answers · asked by toothbrushx2 1

I keep reading people write pbuh after Jesus or Allah's name.

What is the significance of it? What is it that people try to convey?

The definition of word upon is:
On;
used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable.

a. So is Peace On or Over God (Jesus, Allah, others)?
Why not "Peace in God"?

b. Can the term God interchanged with Peace?

Or is it an abbreviated version of some other meaning?

Grammatically speaking it didn't make much sense to me, do you think the same?

Curious...

2007-09-25 20:03:11 · 7 answers · asked by TrueBlueAqua 2

do nothing to prevent them.

2007-09-25 20:01:46 · 20 answers · asked by thematofylaks 2

How come I can't jump as high as I want? Or does god Limit my free will? And if it is limited....is it really free will?

2007-09-25 20:00:48 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

"Happy the man who shall seize and smash your little ones against the rock!" (Psalms 137:9, New American Bible)


Deanna Laney bashed in her childrens brains with a rock as ordered by GOD.

TYLER, Texas - A jury on Saturday began deliberating whether a homemaker was insane when she used rocks to bludgeon two of her sons to death and severely injure a third after receiving what she claimed were orders from God.

He recounted Joshua's killing: "He got strike after strike after strike on his head to the point that his brains were coming out of his head like liquid."

Defense attorney began her argument by asking the jury why a DEEPLY RELIGIOUS woman would kill two of her children and maim another without so much as a tear.

Laney, who home-schooled her children in the tiny town of New Chapel Hill, 100 miles southeast of Dallas, was convinced she was divinely CHOSEN by God to kill her children last Mother's Day weekend.


http://www.rednova.com/news/display/?id=53918


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2007-09-25 19:58:30 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

i'm well my parents are mormon and i'm not and i kind of and open to new religions i don't really belive in god because well what has he done for me and someone i know is bubbist probaly spelt that wrong or scientology cause i know two people that are those and i havn't looked into them because well i don't know where to go to look for stuff like that and i'm just into finding a new religion so if you can help me find where to see the different religions and like what there beliefs are and if you can help that would be great or just tell me what your religion is and what your religion is about

2007-09-25 19:56:01 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-25 19:54:52 · 30 answers · asked by Somewhere in Time 3

Matthew 8
8:28 And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
8:29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
8:30 And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
8:31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
8:32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.


POOR LITTLE PIGGIES!!! What did the piggies do to Jesus, to deserve to be drowned in the ocean???? ...but ok - further in the text, the villagers didn't like Jesus much after this stunt of his, and asked him to leave.

2007-09-25 19:54:50 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I mean Muhammed didn't even perform any miracles and Jesus healed the sick and the blind, he fed thousands of people with a loaf of bread and some tiny fishes, he walked on water, he rose people to life from the dead, he himself came back from the dead.

Tell me what is on Muhammed's resume that I should trust him over Jesus?

If you're going to tell me the bible is corrupted and Muhammed actually tells the truth about what Jesus taught think again - New Testament was written within a generation of Jesus's death. We have first-hand accounts from the Apostles regarding what Jesus said and taught. Muhammed didn't recite the Qur'an until about 600 years after Jesus's ministry on earth. How would he know what Jesus actually taught?

If you're going to tell me God spoke to Muhammed, prove it!

2007-09-25 19:53:10 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Most people that believe or have faith, both want to as well as need to.
Religion and faith of this magnitude allow people to except complex and not well understood areas of being.
When addressing religion from an objective stand point. Many logical questions arise. Those who are more subjective about religion spend a majority of there time convincing themselves to have faith against logic.
"Religion is the opiate of the people."
Carl Marx
Religion is used to control both those who chooses not to use rational thought and well as those who are hoodwinked into it.
If you believe and you are also willing to accept the truth and the fact that your concept maybe wrong than please watch this video. I would also suggest studying other religions. Your belief surely cannot be right simply because you know not of others perspectives and beliefs.

2007-09-25 19:52:53 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Alcohol related deaths are higher than Cigarette Smoking

2007-09-25 19:50:56 · 10 answers · asked by Moe Hawk 2

2007-09-25 19:49:22 · 16 answers · asked by Inou 3

Luk 14:26 If any [man] come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.


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Philip Badowski breaks chainsaw while cutting up the bodies of his Christian Missionary Parents


CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Dec 11, 2004 — A college student who admitted he fatally shot his parents in their bedroom and broke a chain saw cutting up their bodies told investigators: "GOD told me to."

He said the killings were "spur of the moment" after his parents scolded him when they returned from a weeklong missionary trip to Haiti.

http://www.bluelineradio.com/godsaid.html


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2007-09-25 19:49:12 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous