Religion & Spirituality - 4 October 2007

If so, what did you do to influence your atheism?
i.e., were you REALLY an active atheist, or merely a disinterested UNBELIEVER?

If you were an atheist, can you name some of your atheistic influences? Philosophers or Intellectual Atheists whom you may have studied. When you say that you were an atheist, did you really give atheism a chance, or did you simply jump on the Christian bandwagon when it came along, having been compelled by the emotional pull of the sermon?

Why did you leave atheism? and how could you, after having learned that Jesus never existed and that the Bible is a very shaky compilation, etc, etc.
Did you get sucked into all those apologist websites (Josh MacDowell, Tektonics) that give out wrong information?

Do your emotions really have that much control over you?

2007-10-04 09:28:49 · 9 answers · asked by The Burninator 1

I often see ghosts right after an accident..but last night I saw Elvis.

It's possible an Elvis impersonator had just died but I am not convinced. He looked real. Why can I see Elvis..?!?!

2007-10-04 09:28:09 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

NO GOD
Religion is a big lie
Christians are mis-guided delusional or liars
The Bible The Torah, The Koran all books of lies
Jesus never exsisted
No Afterlife
Nobody has experienced Heaven in a NDE no one experiences the Holy Spirit
No one has a 6th sense
FINALLY:
You evolved from Apes or roaches you have this life *only* and if it's good great and if it sucks *Oh well tough luck* and when you die you evolve back into the dirt for the critters to eliminate on.

That is the world you live in?

2007-10-04 09:27:35 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-04 09:26:50 · 8 answers · asked by ? 6

2007-10-04 09:25:01 · 19 answers · asked by jen 1

Have you had a personal experience that you can share?

2007-10-04 09:24:03 · 14 answers · asked by ? 1

2007-10-04 09:22:56 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I left because when I was doing doctoral research (Comparative Religions - Duke University) I discovered that Jesus never existed and that the same is likely true for Moses.
Not to mention all the thousands of problems with the Bible (Textus Receptus) - Translations - no original MSS, forgeries, politics, rip-off's etc, etc, etc.

I realized that knowing what i know - anyone would be a fool to base his or her life on such a thing.

2007-10-04 09:22:29 · 32 answers · asked by The Burninator 1

about Baptism?

Is it simply a symbolic gesture and an empty ritual? Or is the Holy Spirit truly at work, bestowing graces upon the newly baptised?

In either case, why would anyone be opposed to an innocent baby being baptised?

"Let the children come to me, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these." - Jesus

2007-10-04 09:22:12 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just for the hell of it, I did a search on q/a involving beliefs on Hell. I looked at a good, good several questions.

In EVERY case, questions reguarding Hell always had tons and tons of responces. Is it possible that hell has an emotional reason for people believing in it? Could it be a subconscious desire to punish people who disagree or simply fail to adore us and our thoughts as much as we would like?

2007-10-04 09:20:21 · 6 answers · asked by Queen Bee 2

I'm just curious. And if you did believe what church(es)/faiths did you belong to and what was the big moment that finally made you say 'I don't think so'. Thanks!

2007-10-04 09:20:09 · 12 answers · asked by Yogini 6

2007-10-04 09:17:08 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-04 09:15:46 · 2 answers · asked by gregory_harkins 1

2007-10-04 09:13:58 · 27 answers · asked by Jason The Great 6

And Jesus cried with a loud voice then yielded up his spirit. And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to botton; and the earth shook, and the rocks were split; the tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, and coming out of the tombes after HIS resurrection they went into the holy city appeared to many. There is no dead lying in graves The Jehovah Witness's are wrong don't believe them, your loved ones are alive in the Spirit World or Heaven do not be deceived by cults. And they can communicate with us.

2007-10-04 09:13:02 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

When you were a Christian, did you listen to Christian music and if so, who were your favorites?

Do you still listen to them? and Does it compel you to return to Christianity?

If you didn't like Christian music, what was your favorite Christian commodity (books, movies, etc.)

Personally, I liked Jars of Clay and still listen to them. I liked Josh MacDowell and CS Lewis, and Ben Hur wasmy favorite movie - but (OF COURSE) none of that compels me to return to Christianity because, now that I'm a FREETHINKER, I could never return to those ridiculous myths. But someof the music, etc, is still cool.

PS. Don't you agree though, that most Christian Music is extremely CHEEZY?

i.e. "When I eat my HAAAAM- I'll worship the LAAAMB...."
(you know)

2007-10-04 09:12:38 · 15 answers · asked by The Burninator 1

I'm a rapper who happens to be an Atheist

I tricked them and pretended I had a new song on my website. I gave them a title to look for.

SOURCE
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=An1PPH2bA6mSebT4ug3gOZfsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071002111421AAW1IzM

1. They bashed a song which they never heard
2. They lied and said they heard the song just to bash it
3. They know i'm an Atheist and they're out to bash anything I do

THIS IS EVIDENCE THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL DOING WICKED THINGS IN THE NAME OF GOD

2007-10-04 09:11:46 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Christian's spiritual walk will eventually reach a deeper level of understanding and power to live the Christian life. The deeper level is called the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. This is the level where the Holy Spirit is not only indwelling in the believer's spirit (salvation) but also giving the victory and power to live the Christian life.

Sometimes the Baptism of the Holy Spirit happens at the same time of salvation and other times it happens as a separate experience.

John 14:26----But the Helper, The Holy Spirit, which the Father will send in my name,. that one will teach you all things and bring back to your minds all the things that I have told you.

John answered, saying, to all "I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire" (Luke 3:16).

Act 3:28 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ

2007-10-04 09:11:22 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

Please don't leave rude comments...

2007-10-04 09:11:07 · 6 answers · asked by Undead 3

2007-10-04 09:11:07 · 10 answers · asked by miss moo 2

2007-10-04 09:11:03 · 30 answers · asked by Philbert1969 2

I mean out of my class in school All but two of us were, according to the goverment, were christians but none of us really believed in it. This was the same in my uni classes and several other groups. Our local church probably has a catchment area of 1,000 but they barely get over twenty people in their church.

So how many believers do you think they have, I'd put it at around 200,000,000 or less.

2007-10-04 09:10:33 · 14 answers · asked by setsunaandkurai 2

How can you define yourself? According to what i mean? Or, in other words, what is the thing to which u value yourself?

Good Luck!

2007-10-04 09:09:55 · 31 answers · asked by cleopatra 4

2007-10-04 09:09:55 · 16 answers · asked by Queen Bee 2

http://www.rense.com/general32/americ.htm

This was an official report of the communist agenda in 1963. Very anti-biblical, and very much in support of evolution.

2007-10-04 09:08:08 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-04 09:07:31 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

Here was an answer from someone earlier on;
"
the 500 recorded accounts of people who saw him after his crucifiction that were recorded not only in the bible but in other works or written material "

This person is either lying through their teeth or have information that has eluded historians and scholars for centuries.
The FACT is that NO historian that lived in the time that christ is supposed to have existed in mention him at all. Not one. Further the ONLY passage who does mention him (Josephus)
has been found to be a 12th century forgery.

So if this person has credible evidence to support their comment about "500 eyewitnesses" then they should produce them. Think of the fame! You'd be able to do what NO other scholar or historian has been able to do in history; produce ONE single credible shred of evidence supporting the existence of someone called jesus (of bible fame) living in or around the 1st century.
I for one await this "evidence" eagerly.

2007-10-04 09:07:25 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-04 09:05:13 · 21 answers · asked by jen 1

2007-10-04 09:05:04 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

would the world try to clone jesus them having the shroud cloth

2007-10-04 09:03:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous