Religion & Spirituality - 28 September 2007

2007-09-28 05:06:56 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

You would think that anyone with half a brain and the ability to think rationaly would see religions for what they are, unfounded belief in ridiculous ideas. Why do some otherwise intelligent and educated individuals throw their intelect away and embrace such ludicrous beliefs? Is it fear of death? I can not understand how anyone who thinks about it can come to the conclusion that there is a god, or that their religion is correct. I welcome responses to my inquiry from god people, as I would love it if someone would make sense of this.

2007-09-28 05:06:17 · 24 answers · asked by Ralishev 1

Maybe you dont exist

2007-09-28 05:06:17 · 56 answers · asked by Anonymous

what do you believe and why??

2007-09-28 05:05:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Now, I understand that you can't have pictures of any living thing. Does this include landscapes? Or are you limited to abstract art? Thank you. =0)

2007-09-28 05:03:35 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-28 05:02:57 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

The profess 1 Corinthians 13 and yet have I to see my husband family act anything close to loving. I am a Catholic and have found this path best for me ... it's not for everyone. Just as Independent Baptists are not for everyone ... and so forth. I generally see them shun the homeless person in the back, tell him he can not use their bathroom! If you don't have all the rght clothes, make up, and hairstyle they treat you like a second class citizen and make it clear they pity you. So if their core value is love ... why are they so unloving?

2007-09-28 05:02:28 · 18 answers · asked by Shells 4

do anything about those 3 nails?

dont say he chose to get nailed, he cried and asked why.
Was he a genie with a limited number of magic tricks?

2007-09-28 05:02:20 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

The end will come within the lifetime of Jesus's listeners......


"Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom." -- Matthew16:28

"But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God." -- Luke 9:27

"Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation." -- Matthew 23:36

"Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled." -- Matthew 24:34

"Nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven." -- Matthew 26:64

"Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power." -- Mark 9:1

"Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done." -- Mark 13:30

"And ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven." -- Mark 14:62

"Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled." -- Luke 21:32

"Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?" -- John 21:22

The end will come within the lifetime of the the New Testament authors.

"Waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ ... that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ." -- 1 Corinthians 1:7-8

"But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none." -- 1 Corinthians 7:29

"That ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ. -- Philippians 1:10

"Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord." -- 1 Thessalonians 4:17

"I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." -- 1 Thessalonians 5:23

"Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son...." -- Hebrews 1:2

"But now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself." -- Hebrews 9:26

"Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you." -- 1 Peter 1:20

"But the end of all things is at hand." -- 1 Peter 4:7

"Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time." -- 1 John 2:18

The end will come soon. (Within a couple thousand years or so.)

"The Lord is at hand." -- Philippians 4:5

"For the coming of the Lord draweth nigh." -- James 5:8

"For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry." -- Hebrews 10:37

"The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass. -- Revelation 1:1

"The time is at hand." -- Revelation 1:3

"Behold, I come quickly." -- Revelation 3:11, 22:7, 22:12

"Surely I come quickly." -- Revelation 22:20


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2007-09-28 05:02:13 · 17 answers · asked by Mithrianity 3

to frame the question with the word meaning is to admit there was some origonal intention, someone to intend something. If there is no origonal intention...

2007-09-28 05:01:04 · 14 answers · asked by Gypsy Priest 4

no longer believe in Santa Clause. Seriously. When you were a kid you believed in Santa, but you grew up and saw that it was just your parents giving you a story to help keep you in line, "Be good or Santa won't bring any toys!" How is the God myth any different? Instead of toys it's the myth of heaven. The church is giving you a line so you keep giving them money. Christmas is still fun, and giving and receiving presents is nice, but it's recognized that Santa is a representation of the giving spirit. Why insist that there actually was/is a Jesus/ God when the message is care for your fellow man? Aren't you losing the message with the insistence of the dogma?

2007-09-28 04:58:08 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

and about 3 times we ending up heavy petting- no sex- but heavy petting- does this mean we are not suppose to be together?

2007-09-28 04:57:52 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-28 04:56:24 · 16 answers · asked by Mithrianity 3

As a personal project I am reading up on Archbishop Oscar Romero.

While I cannot find the film "Romero" for rental per the suggestion of a Priest, I am forging ahead collecting info.

Have any of you read good articles or books on the deceased Archbishop? Or found good websites?

The topic is sad, core Catholic struggle for the people and amazing from a political/US foreign policy perspective...

2007-09-28 04:55:47 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I for some reason always had the impression that if you state you are agnostic it means you don't know and you don't care to know. However, it seems that being agnostic doesn't necessarily mean you don't care to know, after all. Your thoughts?

2007-09-28 04:55:19 · 19 answers · asked by Linz ♥ VT 4

such a wonderful mission in life?

2007-09-28 04:55:19 · 14 answers · asked by Janet Reincarnated 5

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

could jesus beat heracles or achillies in battle?

2007-09-28 04:55:18 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Sorry, but copying and pasting bible verses does not answer any questions an athiest/agnostic might have.

2007-09-28 04:55:15 · 9 answers · asked by JP 1

I was raised Catholic and my husband was given the choice to have a religion or not by his parents who only believe in God....Now i want to raised our son Catholic but he says that he should have the choice of going to church or not, but atteding Mass is how we learn to be better Catholics and learn more about the Catholic faith....he says taking him to church is the samething as forcing religion on him and that if taking him to church begins to damage our son he will stop me from taking him church......what should i do?

2007-09-28 04:54:24 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

God didn't allow anyone hurt Caim, He allowed him go away and start a new life somewhere else. Why? This passage is very discouraging, isn't it?

I believe Caim had the chance to redeem himself in another life and that is waht happens to us, we all have several chances to redeem ourselves by living several lives. I know you are going to say that's not what is in the Bible and that God gave Caim another chance in his life (not after his death), but as everything in the Bible, wouldn't that be a parable?

Your thoughts?

2007-09-28 04:53:38 · 7 answers · asked by Janet Reincarnated 5

I was raised in a pentacostal church and attended church up until about 2 years ago. Since then I have had a strained relationship with God and a bitterness towards organized religion. I still believe in God but to many things have been said and done at the church I had been attending that I did not agree with. Also it was a small congrgation and everyone knew everyone elses business and were extremely judgemental and hypocritical. Ok so anyways I should tell you I am a single mom of 2 and I recently carried a baby for a gay couple. What I need to know is what kind of church should I be looking for. Up until about a week ago I had no plans on attending church again but something in me is telling me to go. So any advice would be appreciated. Also I am in the Phoenix area so if any of you know of an accepting church near me that would be great. Thank you.

2007-09-28 04:53:37 · 14 answers · asked by Jellicle Cat 5

I heard taking a vow of silence can help you spiritually and mentally because of religiouse beliefs. But if you do take a STRICT vow of silence, is there any actuall benefit? Is there any side effect like forgetting how to speak your language or maybe not being able to speak at all? How long would you have to take a vow of silence to know when your ready to speak again? I'm really curious on this matter. If anyone can anyone answer these questions in deep detail I would appreciate it. And please dont put any small answers with hardly any detail at all, if you do, it'll show that you dont know what your talking about.

2007-09-28 04:53:11 · 2 answers · asked by Reggie S 2

To all muslims of the world be proud of your religion and spread Islam across the globe like i do to all non believers, tell them what real Islam is about brothers and sisters, dont be ashamed. Im fed up of westerners who think Islam is a extremist religion and its followers TERRORISTS this is what the governemnt to spreading in UK AND AMERICA.

2007-09-28 04:52:21 · 41 answers · asked by HI 2

ceremony? Why can't they just BELIEVE that they are married? I mean if they can ignore what God says about baptism why not marriage?

2007-09-28 04:52:19 · 13 answers · asked by Midge 7

You will know Evil by its deeds and deception..........

Satan is the father of all deception.


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2007-09-28 04:51:49 · 3 answers · asked by Mithrianity 3

I have a friend who takes the bible completely literally and he explained the dinosaurs by quoting a couple bible passages that mentioned beasts. I am just curious if there are any bible passages that the Christians are prepared to point to when life on another planet is found.

2007-09-28 04:50:37 · 11 answers · asked by Militant Agnostic 6

Many ask the question " What is God's will for my life". The simple answer is to serve others. What is it that you love to do for others? That is the area that God has gifted you. Do it as unto the Lord and enjoy the blessings he pours into your life.

2007-09-28 04:49:52 · 13 answers · asked by A Voice 5

Well i remembered, when i was in college my theology prof and me had a little, debate..
My prof said, all human being born here in the world have original sins.. Original sins starts when you still a baby. Meaning the moment you saw the light of the world you automatically has the sin.. They called taht original sin.. that why they saying nobody is perfect int his world, and all the people are born with sins..
So? if that so? if that was the lesson that my college professor learned in their craft, would it be accurate?? coz their teaching it in college level?
So doesnt it confusing.. Is in it, Jesus Christ was born here in the world? so He also have original sin? technically his not perfect too?
what can you say??

((( anyway, Im not an anti-Christ or anything against to our ALmighty. I just have questions, and as a Catholic, i guess i have the rights to know everything who really or what really im worshipping.))) tnx

2007-09-28 04:48:46 · 16 answers · asked by Bonitababe06 1

There is a purpose, I think, but What was the purpose?

2007-09-28 04:48:29 · 16 answers · asked by Janet Reincarnated 5

Psalm 111:9
He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.

Romans 3:24
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

1 Corinthians 1:30
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

Colossians 1:13-15
13Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

14In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

15Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:


O' the Blood of Jesus...it washes white as snow<><

2007-09-28 04:48:08 · 7 answers · asked by ? 4