Religion & Spirituality - 2 October 2007

2007-10-02 06:26:42 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

They can't all be.

2007-10-02 06:26:15 · 15 answers · asked by Murazor 6

Do you think anyone will notice?

2007-10-02 06:26:00 · 1 answers · asked by FridaY 3

I saw this decal on the back of a pickup truck today. I don't speak White Trash, so can someone please translate for me?

2007-10-02 06:24:41 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Please give me credible links for:

1)archeological evidence - ruins

2)evidence of any steeles or ancient parchments or manuscripts from those civilations or mentioning them

3)coinage found with the inscriptions of these places

4)metal weapons found in the Americas dating before Christ

5)DNA evidence that American Indians are descendents of the Jews

I have heard that there is no evidence of these great and mighty civilizations that the book of Mormon says flourished here and that all the DNA evidence concludes that Native Americans descended from Asians, not Jews. Here's your chance to proove that false. Please back up your claims from prestigeous non-Mormon Universities or non-Mormon professionals. Thanks.

2007-10-02 06:23:17 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

is atheism just 1 continuous religion
or is it like christianity and has different branches?

2007-10-02 06:22:34 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

Some people may wounder if God Exist, I was once an atheist and like most atheist I know we spend our time thinking of many ways to prove to believers that Gods existance are false and unreal. There have been times that every second of my life was a wounder of why people believed in God, there were even times I've lost sleep trying to figure out a way to prove them wrong. You may notice by reading this that God stayed on my mind an offer lot to say I didn't believe in his existance, why do you think that's so? The thing is rather I knew it or not the reason God stayed so heavily on my mind because he was proving his existance all along. Just think of it this way, if you knew a child that beleived in Santa Clause would you try to spend every second of your life proving Santa does not exist? I think not, so why is it that atheist spend so much time thinking about someone they don't beleive is real anyway?

2007-10-02 06:22:23 · 21 answers · asked by dira67 1

Is god infallible? Dose the bible spell out his divine law and should it be followed to the letter?

Atheist, please don't answer, I am an Atheist. i am just trying to learn how theist think.

2007-10-02 06:19:39 · 11 answers · asked by Patrick M 4

In the book of Kings--the Mother was always in a position of power---there were many wives and many concubines--this is why the Mother was made Queen.

2007-10-02 06:18:34 · 14 answers · asked by Midge 7

...uses the same recycled logic that they have already twisted and misunderstood time after time?

Consider this poor analogy...
Person A: Look at this fossil!
Person B: It's a rock. I already told you I don't like rocks.
A: But this one is 20 million years old.
B: It's still a rock.
A: Okay how about THIS fossil?
B: That's a red rock.
A: How about THIS one?
B: That's a green rock. Stop showing me rocks.
A: I will find evidence you like. Hmmm..... this one??
B: Yellow rock.
Person C: Did you show him THIS DNA?
B: Yes, I have already seen CSI, it's just a TV show.

and on and on and ON!!!

Is it that hard to learn what evidence is and recognize it when you don't like it? Yes it is....

(This post has been straight-up cribbed from Criss Cross Christ
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071002082700AAHu59i&r=w&pa=FZptHWf.BGRX3OFMiDVWU3Cyjx08B7K0pwFSs1bnaeMjAmclFw--&paid=answered#IbgoLGHJDWm5Q9JRkQ9V)

2007-10-02 06:13:53 · 15 answers · asked by primary_chem 4

People that say they think that God is a stupid idea created by man...they believe everything has to have proof. Has to have a logical base. And then calls the people that DO believe small minded....

Narrow Minded:
1. having or showing a prejudiced mind, as persons or opinions; biased.
2. not receptive to new ideas; having a closed mind.
3. extremely conservative and morally self-righteous.

And "prejudiced mind" is:
1. an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
2. any preconceived opinion or feeling, either favorable or unfavorable.
3. unreasonable feelings, opinions, or attitudes, esp. of a hostile nature, regarding a racial, religious, or national group.


So there you go Christians. Proving that Atheists are the ones that are narrow minded, not us.
I listen to what they have to say, I take evolution into account.
They refuse to listen, take anything we have to say into account...
Christians agree?

2007-10-02 06:12:00 · 22 answers · asked by Megan 3

What was the significance of this statement to the 1st century Christian church in the context of the Graeco-Roman culture of which they were part? What exactly did this declaration mean to them?

Quotes from historians, theologians, please, to support your answer?

Thanks in advance for all sincere, polite replies.

May God bless you.

2007-10-02 06:11:55 · 4 answers · asked by Carlito 3

2007-10-02 06:09:19 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

When I and other non-believers have questioned Christians about why it is that God endorses slavery in the Bible, the most common Christian response has been that slavery was such a way of life for the people of that time that God had to speak to them in a way that they could understand and/or relate to. In other words, as one Christian said, “God had to work with what he had. He wasn’t endorsing slavery.” My question is: Why then, as man morally/socially evolved to the point where slavery became a controversial and debated issue, to the point that a massive war was fought (Civil War) about it, did God not update the Bible or speak to man to straighten out the issue? Even though things ended up working out in the end and slavery is now illegal, thousands of men died horrible deaths fighting for/against the cause and generations of black people were whipped, raped, and mistreated before the issue was somewhat resolved. Somewhere around 1600, could God not have somehow made it clear that slavery was evil? To this day, each of us could pull out the Bible and use it to make a sound religious argument that slavery is okay. Luckily, we have rational minds that tell us otherwise.

2007-10-02 06:08:34 · 24 answers · asked by Biggus Dickus 3

i dont know how to respond to him...i get really lost and confused that my faith might be gone or very little...how can i respond to him?

2007-10-02 06:06:15 · 20 answers · asked by ღ 5

2007-10-02 06:05:17 · 11 answers · asked by rangona 1

The reason most reject Young Earth Creationists is probably due to the overwhelming evidence that the Earth is significantly older than 6,010 years. The Earth is said to be more around 4.5 million years old, and as methods to measure its age enhance, we're only becoming more and more convinced that the figures are correct, and that ~6,000 years sounds ridiculous. Creationists keep reciting the same arguments: there are no transitional fossils, evolution is a godless religion, the Second Law of thermodynamics precludes increasing complexity, and so on. We evolutionists come back with: here are intermediates in horse evolution, creation is intrinsically religious and not scientific, the Second Law applies only to closed systems. Why does the argument's conclusion remain stagnant? Does anyone honestly reject evolution entirely? Yes--I can understand skepticism. But to reject it entirely and take Creationism as an alternative is like believing in a flat Earth today. Your thoughts?

2007-10-02 06:03:44 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

dose the bible spell out his divine law and should it be followed to the letter?

2007-10-02 06:00:46 · 19 answers · asked by Patrick M 4

.......should I have a fire extinguisher available?

2007-10-02 05:59:56 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071002/ap_on_fe_st/odd_shakespeare_yanked_1

2007-10-02 05:59:16 · 36 answers · asked by ZombieTrix 2012 6

I want to buy the old version but which one.

2007-10-02 05:56:02 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

The Bibran is the word of the one true God Jehallah, whereas the Origin of Species is just a book written by some guy named Chuck.

So which one do you believe?

2007-10-02 05:53:58 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am humanist & atheist

2007-10-02 05:53:54 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-02 05:51:09 · 24 answers · asked by G's Random Thoughts 5

Is it logical to take an empirical stance and say "God does not exist!" It seems closed minded and hard headed to say nothing exists which has not been proven. Could there be a paralel universe? What about the overwelming emptyness between the energetic particles that make up what we call reality? What is the power that holds them together that confounds the physisists?

2007-10-02 05:50:39 · 24 answers · asked by Gypsy Priest 4

There's a lot of peeps here that are ~still~ using Witch and Wiccan intercangeably. I've seen, even asked, questions regarding the differences here. I understand how it could be confusing at first since Wiccans use magick in ritual (therefore are witches due to the magick use, not by simply being Wiccan!). What would it take for people to see and realize the differences between Wicca, a religion, and Witch, a way of life??

2007-10-02 05:49:54 · 20 answers · asked by Heathen Mage 3

Honestly...like if I wanted a pair to wear if I were ever really drunk and depressed and felt like making a scene...I always wanted to cry in mormon underwear.

2007-10-02 05:48:51 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I left the lds church several months ago, and I left because it was harming me spiritually. I didn't leave for "the facts" that I've been seeing on alot of exmormon sites, nor was it because their culture seems severely dysfunctional. I simply left because innately, I felt it was supressing me spiritually.
My question is, are there other people out there who have left or changed religions for this reason?

2007-10-02 05:47:54 · 13 answers · asked by goalissoul 2

is this any different than "the strong belief in things hoped for"?

Is "the evidence of things unseen" any different than "the strong belief in things unseen"?

If so, how?

2007-10-02 05:47:31 · 4 answers · asked by Eleventy 6

In the Board of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School District v. Grumet, 512 U.S. 687 (1994), Justice David Souter, writing for the majority, concluded that "government should not prefer one religion to another, or religion to irreligion".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#Establishment_of_religion

Isnt bush breaking this amendment, by claiming that he is working for the christian god? He is directly justifing his actions in the office by his beliefs.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1586978,00.html

Our forefathers, the greatest patriots in american history, stressed the importance of seperation of religion and the state. ITS IN THE VERY FIRST AMENDMENT.
So, for bush to go against this, makes him an anti-patriot, and "anti-american". Why dont more people get upset about this?

2007-10-02 05:47:04 · 16 answers · asked by learydisciple 2