Religion & Spirituality - 1 October 2007

that a mass murderer/serial rapist should burn in hell forever...

Imagine unbearable pain searing through every nerve fiber you have in your body. Imagine your eyes melting and oozing out from your sockets. Sharp instruments piercing various parts of your body sending it to convulsions .The blood in your veins literally boiling. Your brain will be fried. Despite these extreme tortures, there will be no death, in the annihilation sense...

NOBODY, and I said NOBODY should deserve this kind of torture (we are not talking about hours, weeks, months but for ETERNITY!!!! )...

a person with unforgivable sins should be chained, shackled and imprisoned for life....Given just enough food for surviving, reliving the utmost misery a human can conceive...until he realizes he's folly, his misdeed...even when there’s no turning back for him. His soul would finally rest in peace after passing away. Hell is never a solution…

So why does God even let hell even exist in the first place?

2007-10-01 22:12:04 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am just wondering if someone after baptism, broke all the commandments regularly, he prayed and repented before his death, but where will he be after death : Heaven or Hell?

Doesn't that defeat the purpose of baptism which the Protestants believe?

At least for Catholicism, holy communion, regular confession and penance are much needed to restore a soul (state of grace) back to God.

2007-10-01 22:11:35 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-01 22:04:11 · 12 answers · asked by G P 2

But they won't tell you this straight away. Beware!

2007-10-01 22:03:33 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm pentecostal and well we like to make some noise in our services and from what i've heard catholics are really quiet how come? i heard its for respect or something... but the bible does say praise him with shouting and dancing and the with the clash of cymbles and all that

2007-10-01 22:02:47 · 11 answers · asked by architect4jc 1

But when those who are driven by Christianity push so hard, aren't they just acting out too?

I feel we are all here to somehow get along, and everyone needs to keep their social skills regardless of how we are supposed to find our faith. I disdain Bible thumpers as much as hateful anti-Christian posters. How do you feel about this?

2007-10-01 22:01:40 · 7 answers · asked by Your Uncle Dodge! 7

I don't care about anything in the OT. This question is directed at the NT. I am not talking about mistranslation, but rather is it possible for something to be totally incorrect. I am also not talking about slight differences in the stories in the gospels either. Also does the bible say anything about it being perfect?

2007-10-01 21:58:34 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Let's say that a woman was an alcoholic. If her husband continued to bring alcohol home and always made it visible to his wife, most people would call that a little a**holish. However, when god does that, he loves us. I know that most people will say that the devil, not god, tempts us, but come on people. God created everything. Why can't he uncreate?

2007-10-01 21:56:20 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-01 21:54:26 · 22 answers · asked by G.xi 1

2007-10-01 21:51:43 · 14 answers · asked by G.xi 1

After Jesus was resurrected from the dead, He walked around in a glorified body and showed his disciples the nail piercing scars in his hands and feet.

So how are we to be resurrected that brings our spirit back into our body if say we were burned into ashes and scattered into space???

It doesn't seem fair to me or make sense. How is it we will resemble our earthly bodies? What if our earthly bodies are ghastly and horribly deformed? What marks or scars will we humans carry with us thru all eternity?

Why did Jesus rise from the dead in His present body with scars and all and does that include sex organs, heart, hormones, secretions, etc... what parts function and what parts don't?

Any scripture insight or information will be most helpful...thanks.

2007-10-01 21:43:06 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-01 21:40:59 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'd take Atheist's Wager because of what it says is true.

2007-10-01 21:39:18 · 19 answers · asked by Imagine No Religion 6

2007-10-01 21:37:09 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-01 21:36:11 · 24 answers · asked by thematofylaks 2

Quran 5:51 : “O ye who believe! take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors" http://cwis.usc.edu/dept/msa/quran/005.qmt.html

Knowing the Quran's literal postion on friendship, and the majority agreement with it, why would any self respect non-muslim ever consider a freindship with any Muslim?

Any engagement with members of the Islamic community is in part, legitimizing doctrines like that one cited above. If this sounds "bigoted" then using the same logic, you might as well call me a bigot for not wanting anything to do with nazis, skinheads or members-of-nambla.

If youve read the Quran, youve essentially read the religious version of Mein Kampf. What difference does it make that Islam is considered a "religion". Is there anything inherently good about being labeled a religion? If so, then lets speak more found of the Aztec religion that ripped beating hearts out of sacrifical rib cages.

2007-10-01 21:36:03 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-01 21:36:02 · 8 answers · asked by my name 1

Murder is morally wrong. But why? Is it wrong in realtion to God only .... (Realitive)
Or is it wrong because it just is. (Absolute)

If you say that sin is wrong because God says so. Well then (if) God said that murdering people for fun was ok, would it be morally right? You might say God would never do that because it is wrong. But ohh ohh now you are implying that Sin is absolute.

So which is it????????????????

2007-10-01 21:35:42 · 16 answers · asked by Future 5

Can you show me another view please, I think it's very interesting! =]

2007-10-01 21:30:27 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

The light itself?

2007-10-01 21:26:31 · 14 answers · asked by Socratic Pig 3

Do we as Christians tolerate certain things that is now aceptable in the world becuase we do not want to be labled as "intolerant"?

Sin is Sin and the Wages of Sin is death (notwithstanding inflation)

Let us then boldly speak the truth in love.

Take care


The Christians has become so liberated that they don't call sin as sin by conviction, it is referred to as telerance.

We should stand up for what we are convicted of not what society wants us to do and that is to be tolerant towards people who are sinning.

God loves the person but hates the sin.

2007-10-01 21:25:56 · 14 answers · asked by INCOGNITO 3

I know Jesus then told them not to forbid them that whoever is not against us is with us, but who were they? I'm open to all opinions please.

2007-10-01 21:25:20 · 5 answers · asked by fullofideas4u 4

ok goodnight all signing out thx for all your great answers

2007-10-01 21:14:33 · 24 answers · asked by Inou 3

Do we as Christians tolerate certain things that is now aceptable in the world becuase we do not want to be labled as "intolerant" labeled

Sin is Sin and the Wages of Sin is death (notwithstanding inflation)

Let us the boldly speak the truth in love.

Take care


The Christians has become so liberated that they don't call sin as sin by conviction, it is referred to as telerance.

We should stand up for what we are convicted of not what society wants us to do and that is to be tolerant towards people who are sinning.

God loves the person but hates the sin.

2007-10-01 21:13:07 · 11 answers · asked by INCOGNITO 3

Does anyone recall what that time of their being was like... ? where they were... ? who else was around... ?

Although there's potential to grow, an infant's brain is not very highly developed at birth and I suspect that this fact may contribute to our general inability to recall specifics from our personal memory, but if we were indeed alive before birth, (in any sense at all,) wouldn't we have some idea of a pre-birth existence?

2007-10-01 21:12:47 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok, so a lot os religious folk (not all so don't tell me I'm generalizing!!) seem to be under the impression that all atheists are just angry at God, so everyone please explain why you're atheist, try to be mature about it so they can take it seriously, I want to show them that we disagree with organized religion for what we see as blinding them because I'm sick of the "Can you really be an atheist" question.

2007-10-01 21:07:46 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

how was the christian child created by god from parents that evolved?

2007-10-01 21:00:42 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-01 20:59:13 · 12 answers · asked by tyke 1

For example, if you are Catholic and you want to go to a Methodist church, they aren't going to kick you out. Can anyone attend a Mormon church too? Some people like to go to different chuches as they explore their spiritual side.

2007-10-01 20:58:19 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have often wondered what went through the minds of the British men who bombed London, and the program gave an insight into the hate which is preached by some extremist Muslim groups.

Young Muslims. Please, please think twice before you get caught up in these groups. Check everything you are told in the Koran, and think calmly and carefully about the things you are being told. Islam is not a religion of hate and vengeance. The leaders of these groups are mislead.

You have a right to be angry at the Government for their policy over Iraq. But please understand that most British Christians are also angry about the Iraq war, and all the innocent Iraq people who have died. Muslims say that their Iraq brothers and sisters have been killed. But they are the brothers and sisters of Muslims and Christians alike. We are all part of the human race. That's why Christians have always welcomed Muslims into Britain when they wish to escape from suffering in their home countries.

2007-10-01 20:55:21 · 12 answers · asked by Copper 4