Religion & Spirituality - 26 September 2007

If you were raised in a therorist group and be taught that killing people is good, wouldn't skepticism save you from that? That's why we need to understand the things we've been taught before accepting them as real .

So then again, why is it bad not to believe in god or in jesus, since you don't understand or find reasons to believe? Human race was made to be this way, why is doubting a bad thing? Please don't tell me (again) that it is your choice (!?) to believe or not. It's a matter of understanding after all, and you don't chose to understand. You simply understand, or you don't.

2007-09-26 02:36:30 · 17 answers · asked by larissa 6

how do you explain things written in the quran more than 1400 years ago like scientific, historical, predictions, mathematical

did the illiterate prophet make them up and now there all starting to be proven true?

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2007-09-26 02:36:25 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

i was raised a baptist preachers daughter, and my mom always told me your not supposed to pray for patience. i never really got around to ask my dad before he died, so i was wandering if anybody out there knows the answer.

2007-09-26 02:33:58 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

If it is against their religion?

Didja see what I did there?

I think yes.

2007-09-26 02:29:00 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm a Christian a Pastor's kid. Please don't leave rude comments, because they will be ignored.

Not everybody's relationship goes right first off. Mine didn't I got abused and so did the kid's mentally. Their dad did some really stupid stuff and now he has visitation.

Is it normal to feel scared to talk or be around him? They are very "RUDE" to put it nicely. Threatening also.

2007-09-26 02:27:40 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

You actively choose to believe that there are no gods and that anyone who thinks that you're wrong is obviously uneducated, so why don't you realize that any persecution that you have to endure as a result of the path that you have chosen is nobody else's fault but your own?

2007-09-26 02:25:58 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

They seem like they should know a lot since they came from a monkey. Also do you think that they will ever shave? Or would it just keep growing back? But I seen them in suits and clothing so maybe there still evolving? hmm this is giving me a real headache

2007-09-26 02:23:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

once you tell them they have to believe or they go to hell, doesn't take free will out of it, because then they don't feel free to choose their own path?

2007-09-26 02:22:16 · 48 answers · asked by Anonymous

No Hell below us, above us, only sky?

2007-09-26 02:22:05 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

A quote I just received::

Forgiveness means giving up all hope of a better past.
-Landrum Bolling

Namaste

Peace and Love

2007-09-26 02:19:54 · 9 answers · asked by digilook 2

doesn't this show that sexual orientation is a CHOICE?

2007-09-26 02:19:19 · 21 answers · asked by Saved by Grace 3

Thank you for your response. I do understand where you're coming from, and would have even agreed with you a few years ago. Nevertheless, I no longer believe that religion is subjective.
Now, so as to clear up a misunderstanding, I'll try to explain a little more clearly. First, I do not support the public educational model. Therefore, I believe public schools should be eliminated altogether.
I do not believe that your child should be forced to attend a Catholic school. In fact, according to Catholic teaching, the parent is the primary natural educator of his or her child. You shouldn't be forced to send your child to a formal educational establishment at all, if you choose not to. You may educate them yourself, if you like. Or, if one exists, you could send them to a school which teaches secularism.

2007-09-26 02:19:14 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just curious. :o) Thanks!

2007-09-26 02:18:15 · 40 answers · asked by Linz ♥ VT 4

in a way that makes sense. In the past I have always been told it's beyond human comprehension and Christians just have faith and believe it. I cannot accept this, so please help me (and many other non-Christians) understand. Thanks.

2007-09-26 02:15:56 · 18 answers · asked by ♥ terry g ♥ 7

Would it make you feel less special?
Would there even be any reason to acknowledge it?

2007-09-26 02:13:13 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I say yes, if it is against their personal beliefs.

2007-09-26 02:13:03 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

if you sent a running 42 inch HD telivision to jesus, what would he do with it ??

1 burn it as a witchcraft ?
2 try to heal it ?
3 crucify it (thinking the thing is cursed) ?
4 use it ?
5 convert it to christianity ?
6 call it a miracle of god ?
7 call it the 2nd son of god ?
8 try to study the science behind it ?
9 or anything else ????

please don't say he knows about HDTVs already, the guy does not even know if earth moves around the sun !!!

2007-09-26 02:12:33 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am not asking if you think Science is a religion, it isn't.

What really disturbs me in debates like evolution, is that people chime in comments like "its scientifically proven that we evolved from apes" and "science proves the bible is a load of rubbish"

I see in those people the same trends as Fundamentalists Christians, which is to say that they constantly refer to the Bible as proof of their beliefs, usually without having read it or understood it but totally confident that everything they say is proven by saying "The Bible says"

just like certain people will say "But science says"

Seems to me the true believes have more in common with each other than they know. Not in what they believe, but in how they believe.

2007-09-26 02:12:28 · 16 answers · asked by Twilight 6

I mean all you have to do is say "Sorry, God, my bad" and then go on your way as if nothing ever happened.

This charge is made at Catholics all the time, but non-Catholic Christians have made it even easier by making it unnecessary to humble yourself by going to a priest to confess.

2007-09-26 02:09:22 · 34 answers · asked by Sldgman 7

Just curious because I read "Atheist choose to believe which part they want to believe. Atheist are what is called ..floaters.
Disturbing, living off of, being a nooseants to people.
What fun their life must be..huh?"

What the heck is a floater? Where can I go to live off of others so I can quit my job and stop paying taxes? And finally, where can I find a nooseant anyway?

2007-09-26 02:06:08 · 23 answers · asked by glitterkittyy 7

2007-09-26 02:05:38 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm confused... I live in an Islamic country and I never met an atheist in my life... I was shocked to find all those atheists posting here... are there really many atheists in the real life? Why do they seem to present only in non-islamic countries?

2007-09-26 02:03:46 · 34 answers · asked by Kimo 4

There is no respect of persons with God & Son.
Even Herodians knew that much about God & Son
There's only respect of persons against God & Son.

2Chronicles 19:7 no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons

Proverbs 24:23 not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

Proverbs 28:21 To have respect of persons not good

Matthew 22:16 the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any [man]: for thou regardest not the person of men.

Romans 2:11 there is no respect of persons with God.

Ephesians 6:9 neither is there respect of persons with him

Colossians 3:25 there is no respect of persons.

James 2:1 have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [the Lord] of glory, with respect of persons.

James 3:17 without partiality

1Peter 1:17 if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear

2007-09-26 02:03:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

So how about if you got it translated professionally into Mandarin, and from that to Swahili, then into Icelandic, then back to English.... would the newly translated version still be the literal and unquestionable word of God..... Heck, would it even make the slightest shred of sense at all?

Anyone want to have a bit of fun with AltaVista's babelfish function and bible quotes to find out for themselves?


So.... all in all.... are you confident that the translation of the Bible in its original forms to the present versions around today is .... accurate?

2007-09-26 02:01:54 · 16 answers · asked by Lucid Interrogator 5

Both Islam and Judaism teach the same monotheistic screed. Same creation story, same history up to Abraham. Judaism and Christianity diverge at the birth of Jesus, but most still consider the Christian God the same as the Jewish God. So why do so many people insist that Allah is not God? I mean, I understand not acknowledging the Koran, but people who reject the Book of Mormon don't insist that the LDS don't worship the same Christ.

2007-09-26 02:01:53 · 16 answers · asked by some_mystery_for_u 2

Constitute a solid argument against evolution?
Your Thoughts.

2007-09-26 02:01:51 · 7 answers · asked by Cold Truth 5

Someone mentioned this to me the other day - I'm not religious, but I find it interesting - what do you think?

2007-09-26 01:59:32 · 33 answers · asked by Gem Gem 5

2007-09-26 01:55:05 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-26 01:54:36 · 5 answers · asked by supermaryo 1

If you don't believe a higher being ordained that men rule over women, does that mean that most atheists have a completely egalitarian view on male/female relations? That men are, while obviously different, not inherently superior to women?

I have to admit, that would be a very attractive feature to the (non)belief system!

2007-09-26 01:52:37 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous