Religion & Spirituality - 27 September 2007

I asked this question yesterday and recieved some enlightening answers. In case you missed it check it out and you can still give your input.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070926153612AAkMXnx&r=w

2007-09-27 08:13:43 · 6 answers · asked by A Voice 5

Hypothetical: Scientists today have solved 3 of the worlds greatest mysteries. Today scientists discovered indisputable proof of the existence of God and Evolution and the Big Bang. Does this mean the end of Creation vs. Big Bang and Evolution vs. Intelligent Design?

If this really happened would the debate be over? Would Jerry Falwell, rest in pease, and James Dobson be satisfied?

2007-09-27 08:13:26 · 19 answers · asked by Nerdbot 5000 2

Please provide a brief summary of your beliefs. How do you view the religious debate between theists and atheists?

2007-09-27 08:12:26 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

"We have little reason to think that violence inspired by Bibles and other religious texts will ever cease. One only has to look at the religious wars around the world to see belief's everlasting destructive potential. One only has to look at the Protestant-Catholic uprising in Ireland, the conflicts in the middle east with Jews fighting Moslems & Christians, the Gulf war, Sudan's civil war between Christians and Islamics, the Bosnia conflicts, and the war in Iraq. The desperate acts of fanatical individuals who have killed for their beliefs of Jesus, Mohammed, God or Satan would create a death list unmatched by any other method in history. The "Holy" Bible supports the notion of war and destruction, not only as a prophesy but as a moral necessity. If we wish to become a peaceful species, it may well serve us to understand the forces of belief that keep us in continual conflict and why the Bible has such a stronghold on the minds of people around the world."

Disgusted with Religions

2007-09-27 08:11:10 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Or is it just a result of years of evilution

2007-09-27 08:10:26 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Inane, adjective: lacking sense or meaning; silly.

What's the most inane answer you've ever seen to that same question (the one in your own response; not this one :P)

2007-09-27 08:07:44 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

That the book Narnia has nothing to do with the Bible!

The writer himself made a claim when he wrote it that it had nothing to do with God. It was just a story he made up.

So why is there Narnia crap in Bible Book Stores???

Why isn't Harry Potter or the Lord Of The Rings there to??


Who else thinks that Narnia has nothing to do with the Bible....Because the writer himself SAID it did have anything to do with the bible!!!?

2007-09-27 08:06:05 · 22 answers · asked by Megan 3

One of my favorite ways to pass the time in this forum are the roaming questions. As far as I know, it's the only type of question in which just about everyone that answers can get along without shouting insults at eachother. It's just good fun (I won't say it's clean, because it can get quite dirty at times).

It isn't something that anyone has to participate in. If you don't like to roam, simply don't answer the question. So please tell me why my R&S roaming question was offensive enough for someone to report?

Do you think it has something to do with my religious beliefs?

2007-09-27 08:05:31 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-27 08:05:10 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

From a literal interpretation of scriptures, I am told that those who do not turn from their sin,are going to hell....

homosexuals are going to hell, unless they change.... I Corinthians 6:9

From the same literal interpretation of scripture we see that:
divorced/remarried will go to hell...1 Corinthians 6:9, Luke 16:18, matthew 5:32, Matthew 19:9, unless they change by remaining celibate

Also, those who have declared bankruptcy, defaulted on student loans/credit cards have stolen...and unless they repay the debt will go to hell...Ephesians 4:27-29, Leviticus 19:10-12. Deuteronomy 5:19, romans 13:7-9

obese/gluttons will go to hell, Proverbs 23:2, II Peter 1:6, Philippians 3:19, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Proverbs 23:20-21, II Peter 1:5-7, II Timothy 3:1-9, unless they turn from their sin, and get healthy.

So fundies, who the heck will be in heaven given the number of homosexuals, divorce rate, number of bankruptcies, and the number of fat people?

2007-09-27 08:04:49 · 17 answers · asked by G.C. 5

toward a supernatural intelligence being necessary or unnecessary?

((over the past 100 years or so))

2007-09-27 08:04:47 · 4 answers · asked by Eleventy 6

I asked a question earlier about Religion being based on fear. I received an answer from a Christian stating that Christianity is not based on fear. It is my understanding that Christians believe that if you don't believe in Jesus Christ and accept him into your heart that you will not be accepted by God or forgiven for your sins........Isn't that fear? I could be wrong, I would just like an explanation of this if possible.

2007-09-27 08:03:36 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've been very curious that if someone were to commit suicide, would they go to Heaven, or be banished to Hell. Please respond as I am very curious! ^_^

2007-09-27 07:59:40 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-27 07:59:33 · 23 answers · asked by Militant Agnostic 6

and please give me any other advice

2007-09-27 07:59:22 · 9 answers · asked by ammr1993@sbcglobal.net 1

Why do most atheists seem to get so upset whenever God or religion is mentioned in schools or other public places? Considering that this country was founded by mainly christians and most of the first schools in America had biblical teaching in them, seems a little strange.

2007-09-27 07:59:20 · 14 answers · asked by Mike 1

2007-09-27 07:59:08 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-27 07:58:40 · 27 answers · asked by ? 7

I have a serious question which i am sure will be filled with bonehead answers. I am 24..raised in a non religious home. I am divorced and i live with my boyfriend. I am also very liberal. It's just that i have never felt comfortable with God. I don't *not believe* in Him, but it hasn't been a subject that I have been farmiliar with. I want to feel God's presence. But the few times I have went to church have been just like i was there. I didn't feel that special way some people feel at church. It makes me sad that i feel that way. Can I make a relationship with God being this old...can i still hold my liberal beliefs? if there is a Hell am I doomed to burn in it? I am very confused and very curious. Please only answer this if you have a mature answer.

2007-09-27 07:58:21 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am told as a gay man, that I am going to hell for my "supposed" sin, unless I turn from the sin.

So, what about the divorced/remarried folks, they too are going to hell, unless they turn from their sin by remaining celibate? Correct?

Matthew 5:32, " anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress, and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Matthew 19:9 states the same thing

Luke 16:18 same thing

1 Corinthians 6:9 says homosexuals AND adulterers will not inherit the kingdom of God.

So, considering the divorce rate is over 50% in our country...why are the religious folks railing against this sin.

This is over 50% of our country doomed for eternity in hell unless they turn from their sin by remaining celibate. I think you fundies need to start preaching the word...dontcha think?

2007-09-27 07:57:16 · 16 answers · asked by G.C. 5

We can explain that humans are created by God but how God is created?Please help

2007-09-27 07:56:16 · 13 answers · asked by P Defere 1

why does he let me feel this way knowing that for my sentiment, which is ultimately induced and allowed by him, he must send me to eternal suffering in hell. even though i always try to do right by my fellow human beings, and really, by anything else that isn't invisible. doesn't seem like the way a decent deity would have set things up.

2007-09-27 07:54:43 · 16 answers · asked by brad d 1

that aliens are not reading my thoughts? I have experienced this firsthand!

2007-09-27 07:53:02 · 7 answers · asked by JWill 4

As a homosexual, I am told that unless I repent of my "supposed" sin, that I will go to hell.

What about those who steal, (bankrupt, credit card default, student loan-defaults, etc...) unless they repay their debt they will go to hell too...for they never "turned from their sin"..correct?

The biggie, Deuteronomy 5:19 says, "do not steal"

Ephesians 4:28..."he who steals, let him steal no longer"

Leviticus 19:11...do not steal

Romans 13:7-8 "give everyone what you owe him...let no debt remain outstanding."

So, those who have defaulted on their loans, have not repaid their debt have stolen....so, unless they repay their debt, they are going to hell...for they continue to live in sin.

Considering bankruptcy, etc...is so prevelant in our society...why aren't the religious folks railing on these sins?

You should not pick and choose which ones to condemn....from a literal interpretation, this is sin too...your thoughts?

2007-09-27 07:50:34 · 18 answers · asked by G.C. 5

More specifically, what are some ways in which your life has improved as you've gotten older? In what ways are you different, and how has this been a positive thing for your life? What do you know now that you didn't before that has made your life better?

This "I don't want to age gracefully...I don't want to age at all!" question has been brought to you courtesy of Jack

2007-09-27 07:49:12 · 36 answers · asked by Jack B, goodbye, Yahoo! 6

In a couple aspects...
Energy may be transformed from one form to another, but it is never created or destroyed.
The law of conservation of energy
GOD also cannot be created or destroyed so he is the Energy that is the proof for scoffers
More to it but you cannot dispute this can you?

2007-09-27 07:48:30 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why raise an outcry and get so angry at something you don’t believe in? And why aren’t you all out protesting and filing lawsuits over the public usage of the image of Santa or any other fictional character? What would the world be like if anything that anyone didn’t believe in was banned to prevent some oversensitive twit from taking some irrational offense at it? If you don’t believe in something, and your so sure about your opinion, why do you even care?

2007-09-27 07:47:57 · 28 answers · asked by rayb1214 7

First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today.

Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.


This gives two possibilities:
1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.
2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.
So which is it?

If we accept the postulate given to me by Stacie that, "It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you," and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct......leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Stacie kept shouting "Oh my God."

2007-09-27 07:47:52 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

please provide a link

and I'm not talking about the vagin*

2007-09-27 07:45:41 · 17 answers · asked by the shiz 5

....that you not only learn more about who they are, but that your mutual respect makes both of you realize that we are not so different after all? I had the most beautiful exchange with a fine woman of a totally different belief system than I am committed to, and it was heart warming. I have respect for the beauty and humility of this woman. I will not give her name, as she is a bit shy, but I will say I am baking Cookies in her honor. In fact her generous spirit has reminded me I should take some of the cookies to an elderly man who has been a neighbor for the many years I have lived here, and he always loved the holiday treats I made. Today is a good day to do something for someone else, in fact every day is.

2007-09-27 07:45:05 · 17 answers · asked by One Wing Eagle Woman 6