Religion & Spirituality - 14 October 2007

why is there this discrepancy?

2007-10-14 14:03:11 · 14 answers · asked by Midge 7

2007-10-14 14:01:03 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it that Christianity is so irrational and unscientific and you dont understand how believers can't see that...or is it that people find comfort and happiness in this religious belief system of stories and unseen forces and you just cant understand how that could work

2007-10-14 13:56:54 · 40 answers · asked by h nitrogen 5

2007-10-14 13:56:04 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it bad to take communion when you are not baptised?

2007-10-14 13:55:04 · 16 answers · asked by ? 4

If god is all powerful and all knowing then why am I atheist?

2007-10-14 13:55:03 · 11 answers · asked by asourapple100 4

2007-10-14 13:54:16 · 11 answers · asked by Moonlit Hemlock 3

We never used to understand what the stars and the sun were.
Religion decided that it knew what they were and announced that they were the Gods.
Science came along and showed what they actually were.
Religions retreated from that idea and concentrated on explaining other mysteries that we weren't able to explain...yet.

Creationism vs. Evolution is just the most modern example of this age-old "religion says it can explain it first, science comes along, proves it wrong and actually explains how something works, then religion retreats into more, harder-to-disprove realms and ideas" notion.

Will there ever be a day when religion just has to admit that it's purpose was to fill in the gaps of the naturally inquistive human mind, that some people were able to make a lot of money out of it along the way, and let that be the end of it?

2007-10-14 13:53:57 · 10 answers · asked by Adam L 5

It leads us to think that the world is over 6000 or 10000 years or whatever!

Were all these radiometric isotopes found in fossils altered by God?

1. radiocarbon dating
2. argon-argon (Ar-Ar)
3. fission track dating
4. helium (He-He)
5. iodine-xenon (I-Xe)
6. lanthanum-barium (La-Ba)
7. lead-lead (Pb-Pb)
8. lutetium-hafnium (Lu-Hf)
9. neon-neon (Ne-Ne)
10. optically stimulated luminescence dating
11. potassium-argon (K-Ar)
12. rhenium-osmium (Re-Os)
13. rubidium-strontium (Rb-Sr)
14. samarium-neodymium (Sm-Nd)
15. uranium-lead (U-Pb)
16. uranium-lead-helium (U-Pb-He)
17. uranium-thorium (U-Th)
18. uranium-uranium (U-U)

I heard that God actually RECREATED Earth in Genesis and God actually took the dinosaur bones out of the old earth and buried them in the new earth he just created. After of course he must've created humans and all other life. Is that true? Or did God actually speed up the half-life of radiometric isotopes in fossils?

2007-10-14 13:53:25 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

What makes them better than me? Yeah, they all did great things but after God showed Himself/Herself to them. I thought we were all equals in his book? Does God really love me or not enough to directly speak to me?

2007-10-14 13:52:59 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-14 13:52:08 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Are we like plants, some of us bloom at different seasons?

Some of us seem not to do very good, despite others efforts to help, but in time, their season, they will come around....perhaps in God's time.
Do you think it was part of God's plan, that we not give up on anyone, that God wants us to keep sowing seeds of love and witness?

2007-10-14 13:51:20 · 12 answers · asked by inteleyes 7

According to the bible, those who are ignorant of God will get in to heaven (some "ignorance clause" I heard of). Like those people living in areas untouched by people trying to spread the word of God or people that believed in something entirely different and never heard of God or Jesus. So by spreading the word of God and those who dont accept it will go to hell. I know its their choice to accept God or not but if the Word was never spread, they would be going to heaven; now they will forever burn in hell. Why would anyone take that chance will someone' soul? They claim to want to save everyone but are kind of doing the opposite. Isnt it better to keep it to yourself? This way everyone is guaranteed to be saved. (well those that live a "good" life or whatever that means)

P.S.- Not atheist but still most likely going to hell because of the way I think.

2007-10-14 13:49:21 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-14 13:48:46 · 11 answers · asked by Lost. at. Sea. 7

do you realize there are only 144,000 souls going to heaven, good book says so. thats not very many, where will the rest go ?

2007-10-14 13:48:30 · 25 answers · asked by dawn666annapolis 6

I don't think I know of any who have escaped but I may be wrong.

2007-10-14 13:48:16 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-14 13:47:57 · 3 answers · asked by Y!A-FOOL 5

I am thinking it is more of an atheist quest. It ties in more with evolution than creationism.

2007-10-14 13:47:29 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

or is it just for decoration?

2007-10-14 13:45:29 · 5 answers · asked by jacquie 6

im just wondering if there are any statistics or evidence that praying/ sending thoughts out into the universe actually makes things happen?
thank a lot

2007-10-14 13:44:31 · 21 answers · asked by john9999999 3

Even though a lot of people have their beliefs abotu what happens after you die they are still afraid of it. Does this mean they have some doubt in their mind about what they believe happens next? I am not afraid of death because i know where i am going as should other believers. How do u feel about this?

2007-10-14 13:43:06 · 23 answers · asked by complicated 5

Let's face it. Eternity is a very long time. Describe to me what you envision DOING for all eternity?

2007-10-14 13:42:33 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

What does your worship consist of?

2007-10-14 13:40:50 · 9 answers · asked by BaC Helen 7

Census Time!!!

1. What is your faith/religion? (if any)
2. What are it's main guidelines?
3. how do you feel about people of different faiths?
4. Is there any religion you would consider converting to?
5. Is there any religion you *dislike alot*? (I dont want to say hate... but something close to it)
6. Why do you *dislike* it so?
7. Age? (this one is optional)


Thanks in Advance!

2007-10-14 13:39:24 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

1. How did you become Mormon?
2. If you are not Mormon anymore, why?

2007-10-14 13:38:34 · 14 answers · asked by Isthatso 5

How about will we know our children and husbands? Will we live as families like here? I mean what will we do.....

2007-10-14 13:38:11 · 10 answers · asked by loquita.bella 4

Or, let's just narrow it down to ONE Scientology practice: auditing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auditing_%28Scientology%29

If all US public schools wanted to require your children to participate in Scientology "auditing", would you object? Would you say "I'm not raising my children that way, so why should the schools get to do it?" or would you say "the government doesn't have the right to require my children to participate in any religious practice regardless of how I'm raising them"?

Alternately, would you shrug your shoulders at this violation of the First Amendment and opt to home school your children just to avoid putting up a fuss?

2007-10-14 13:38:04 · 13 answers · asked by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7

final hours !

2007-10-14 13:37:36 · 38 answers · asked by ♥BEX♥ 7

Why do you say we interprate Deuteronomy chpt 13 wrong? Could you interprate it for me?

2007-10-14 13:36:05 · 13 answers · asked by 2telldatruth 4

2007-10-14 13:35:24 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous