Religion & Spirituality - 4 October 2007

Isaiah 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.KJV

I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I am the LORD, that doeth all these things.ESV

Forming light, and preparing darkness, Making peace, and preparing evil, I am Jehovah, doing all these things. YLT

these are all the christian translations of the bible.....so this means God created evil?......wow!

2007-10-04 05:49:02 · 0 answers · asked by stewart t 5

2007-10-04 05:47:44 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Am I supposed to tithe if it leads not being able to save enough:
1. for a retirement plan?
2. for a reliable but NOT new car?
3. to ensure my wife is able to return home once a year to visit her family?

No where is it in God’s plan for me to be unable to take care of my needs or provide for appropriately for my family. Is it?

2007-10-04 05:47:12 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

if you have seen Me, you have seen the Father? Could this Scripture explain it all?

I Timothy 6:14-16 says, that you keep this commandment without spot, blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ 's APPEARING, which He will MANIFEST in His own time, He who is the blessed and ONLY Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who ALONE has IMMORTALITY, dwelling in UNAPPROCHABLE light, whom no man has SEEN or can SEE, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.

2007-10-04 05:47:11 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Here's a fresh idea. Religionists are always making the accusation that 'atheism' is a 'religion'... so, why don't we just embrace that idea, and engage them on their own turf? The goddess 'Athe'... divine patroness of knowledge, reason and critical thinking. Since Atheists already outnumber Jews, there should be no problem in attaining tax-exempt status... nobody could dismiss 30 million 'believers' as a mere cult. Surely, some christians will make the accusation that we can't 'prove' that 'Athe' actually 'exists'... but that argument can easily be defeated by reference to their own play-book... although in this case, 'exist' would only be in the sense of an abstract idea... like 'Logos'. We could even have 'Saints'... Darwin... Einstein... Paine... Bacon... etc.

There should be a figurehead... 'Pope' is already take. How about "The Freakin' Deacon"? We could have an election... the obvious candidates would be Dawkins... Dennett... Harris... Hitchens... maybe a few more.

2007-10-04 05:47:08 · 43 answers · asked by Anonymous

I asked this question the to Christians and got NOTHING: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AhknN8aNGbR8cLEdnXjbPrTty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071004072708AAurHgL

Bu the way I asked the same question to the people of another religion (and you can't believe which one) and got a whole bunch of positive answers.

2007-10-04 05:47:01 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

on the history channel, I watched this program about the last of the godfathers mob familes in italy apparent like years ago 80's 70's the last of the biggest crime familys came to an end in italy their was lots of destruction going on because of war between the familys the police didnt and couldnt do nothin, they were never cought, then the pope said during that that let these crime families repent or let Gods hand punish them, after the popes speech one by one the God fathers of the crime familes were arrested until all of them were caught or killed. I thought that was kind of weird that they were gettin away with all that until the pope said somethin, then all of a sudden they all fell makes no sense , a long time ago during the templer age, the templers were all executed , before the leader of the templers were executed his last words to the pope and king was in 2 days I shall see you both at a tribunal before God. in 2 days time both the king and pope died,

2007-10-04 05:43:57 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is acohol a drug?
Is doing drugs a sin?
If you sell drinks are you a drug dealer?

2007-10-04 05:42:37 · 13 answers · asked by guest 3

2007-10-04 05:40:31 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

how does one overcome depression, mood disorders or chemical imbalance without taking medicine? this is what happened to me. i know in my heart it was God, but will be more then happy to hear others explanation.

2007-10-04 05:38:58 · 32 answers · asked by warrior*in*the*making 5

What do you think is better?

Doing something good because you will be judged later on?
Or, doing something good because you genuinely want to?

I have been having this debate with Christians who don’t seem to understand this very well. Why would someone Not Kill, Not Steal, Not cheat on his/her husband/wife...etc..etc. because “God” is watching them and told them not to and NOT because they don’t want to hurt anybody and/or they know how it feels to have these things done to them and would not wish that on anyone else.

Do you ever ask yourself what your motive is for being a good person?

2007-10-04 05:38:42 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

there would have been no 9/11, no Iraq and Afghanistan.

the people who perpetrated these acts believed in the same God as you do.

2007-10-04 05:38:26 · 13 answers · asked by Brendan G 4

How can it be a religion of peace. Also it is a proven fact that Mohammad married a girl called Ayesha at around the age of 6 and consumated at around the age of 9.

This is from Islamic scholars, islamic websites, islamic writings and -

How can a religion that promotes violence to Jews and paedophilia be respected

QUOTES from Quran

The standard Quranic reference to Jews is the verse [Qur'an 2:61].[29] It says:

And abasement and poverty were pitched upon them, and they were laden with the burden of God's anger; that, because they had disbelieved the signs of God and slain the Prophets unrightfully; that, because they disobeyed, and were transgressors

Jews transformed into apes and pigs
The Qur'an refers to some Jews being punished by God and transformed into apes or pigs, in Suras [Qur'an 5:60],[Qur'an 2:65], and [Qur'an 7:166]:[22]

And well ye knew those amongst you who transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath: We said to them: "Be ye apes, despised and rejected

2007-10-04 05:37:08 · 29 answers · asked by trinity 1

2007-10-04 05:36:26 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Evangelism, witnessing, and the like, is religious persecution, is it not? Trying to change the religion, or lack thereof, of someone through harassment?

Is persecution OK as long as you are on the giving end?

This is in response to someone who said christians are persecuted daily on R&S. Guess you can dish it out, but can't take it.

2007-10-04 05:35:16 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Like Ruby Tuesday for example. And if it is OK there, then should it be any different if they were bartending elsewhere, like a bar or tavern? Curious...

2007-10-04 05:32:02 · 42 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-04 05:30:38 · 36 answers · asked by Linz ♥ VT 4

the talking snake that convinced eve that she should eat the apple from the tree even though god had commanded her not to. i know that the snake was being possed by satan but does the snake itself have its own name?

2007-10-04 05:29:02 · 40 answers · asked by Anonymous

My wife told me I had to give up drinking beer. She said it was too expensive.
Then, I noticed that she'd spent $65 on makeup last week.
So I asked her why I had to give up stuff, but she didn't?
She said she needed that makeup to look pretty for me.
I told her "that's what the beer's for too".


She's not coming back, is she?

2007-10-04 05:27:55 · 31 answers · asked by Samurai Jack 6

2007-10-04 05:27:06 · 16 answers · asked by The Asker 4

If that is the deity that you worship than no wonder you are so full of hate too.

2007-10-04 05:26:21 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Gave your life to Jesus and became saved
I am a Born again Christian and gave my life to Jesus 16 years ago and know I am going to heaven when I die

2007-10-04 05:25:23 · 31 answers · asked by Bill 1

on "I, Robot" The one who keeps saying "My logic is undeniable" and then the other robot is like "Yea, but it just seems too heartless"?

2007-10-04 05:25:12 · 14 answers · asked by JWill 4

2007-10-04 05:24:25 · 12 answers · asked by inbetweendays 5

someone who believes in an everlasting afterlife or someone who believes this life is all there is?

2007-10-04 05:23:49 · 7 answers · asked by Brendan G 4

I once inadvertantly upset an Anglican lay member by calling them a 'Protestant' but where I come from members of C of E congregations refer to themselves as 'Protestants'.This lady said "We are all Catholics , SOME of us just happen to be ROMAN CATHOLICS !"
I always thought Anglican meant C of E is this not the case? Are they similar like Methodists and the United reformed church ?

2007-10-04 05:23:08 · 16 answers · asked by Andielep 6

with three hands and eyes in the back of his head (every parent and teacher knows these are needed so surely they will evolve eventually) any way this evolved life form will be wondering through the jungles of lower Manhattan (global warming don’t cha know) and coming upon the remains of the Empire State Building and its surrounds will deduce the only logical conclusion. That these did indeed evolve from the brick he found laying in the street a few blocks back. I mean that is only logical isn’t it? There’s not a lot of difference in that scenario than in someone looking at a structure so complex as DNA, and saying “yeah its here by chance nothing but random events in nature brought this into being.” And you say we are delusional.

2007-10-04 05:21:45 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

It's easy to understand why it is benificial for primordial man ('cavemen,' if you will) to believe in God - they found that they could outwit many other species with their intelligence. With being at the top of the food chain comes a false sense of Theism, I would argue. Early man looks at other animals and their plights and it seems that he has been placed there - a world designed for him. But how did this help evolution in Homo Sapiens? Well, it gives man morale, and perhaps helps us in old age to look after our extended family in order to praise the false God.

But what about today?

Is it still genetically natural to believe in God, like primorial humans?

Or are Atheists (like myself) modern genetical freaks?

Is it still beneficial in evolutionary terms (to spread our genes prolifically) to be religious or spiritual?

2007-10-04 05:21:44 · 15 answers · asked by Golgi Apparatus 6

relegated to Hell, what then?

2007-10-04 05:17:17 · 11 answers · asked by Brendan G 4

2007-10-04 05:16:13 · 29 answers · asked by Rita 6