Religion & Spirituality - 19 October 2007

Such as a grownup who still believes in Santa Clause? Or in the Tooth Fairy?

What would you think of that person if he/she backed his/her beliefs on countless novels or films where Santa appears to save the day? Or on the money he/she found under his/her pillow?

How would you react if he/she went to you trying to convince you of the truth of his delusion?

2007-10-19 12:11:10 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-19 12:09:35 · 8 answers · asked by Jacob Dahlen 3

I dont believe in God. Is God punishing me?

2007-10-19 12:04:27 · 29 answers · asked by g.ferris 1

if an enemy has done you wrong, why must you "love" the enemy?

2007-10-19 12:04:25 · 17 answers · asked by Bubbs 1

2007-10-19 12:03:44 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

I go to my doctor and trust her completely even though medical research follows the scientific method.
I trust that when I go on a plane it won't crash even though aeronautical science follows the scientific method.
I trust that almost every single technology I use will work correctly because all the research that allows for it to work follows the scientific method.

Except when it comes to evolution, the big bang and the age of the earth for some unexplainable reason I suddenly stop trusting science right then and there.

It's like when I see flaws in the evidence for evolution like that one fake hominid fossil I completely reject the whole theory. But when medical science does the same thing like when a pharmaceutical company recalls a certain medication for health reasons, I still will trust my doctors and the medicine they administer afterwards and I don't start denying medical science.

2007-10-19 12:02:35 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I personally don't believe in any god or gods as I'm an atheist but I often find believers making claims about how god operates and what she wants. I think it is fair to say that the only reference point to learn of god's will is the bible (or whatever other holy book there may be for a given religion). However, people so often pick and choose what can be taken literally and what must not be taken literally. On what basis do you pick and choose? I would think that if god hand a hand in writing it, she would mean what she says and all of it would have to be taken literally. But when people do take all of it literally, we call them extremists and fundamentalists. My argument is that these extremist and fundamentalist wacko's are the ones most true to the religion. Doesn't anybody else see a problem with that? So again I ask, if you don't take the bible, q'uran, etc. literally, on what basis do you pick and choose god's will really is?

2007-10-19 11:57:21 · 9 answers · asked by RcknRllr 4

Here is Matthew 2:14-15: So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: "Out of Egypt I called my son."

Here is the verse from the Tanuk he was referencing out of Hosea 11:1 When Israel was a youth I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son.

Matthew not only quoted only half of the verse but he took the verse out of context. The verse is refering to Israelites being taken out of Egypt and Matthew tries to show us its a Messianic verse?
Did the early church doctor the doctrine or is the Bible not really divinely inspired??

2007-10-19 11:54:00 · 20 answers · asked by Jonny 2

2007-10-19 11:49:29 · 25 answers · asked by Peter G 1

2007-10-19 11:48:33 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

If a person goes through their whole life without learning about Jesus, do you think that person will go to hell because they never accepted Jesus as their lord and savior? There are many people in remote places of the earth that have never heard of Jesus. Do you think they will go to hell? Also, how about children that die before they can learn about Jesus; do you believe they will go to hell also?

2007-10-19 11:45:04 · 29 answers · asked by straightshooter 5

What would God do if..."X"?
or
What does God think about..."X"?
or
Is God "this or that" way?
or
Why does God think..."X"?
etc., etc..

Don't these kinds of questions encourage participation in the religious fantasy of unfounded faithful belief and lend support to the existence of a real God rather than discourage the nonsense of it? Isn't this type of "life giving" personification of an imaginary thing detrimental to the aim of exposing the actual truth of it?

If one asks: "Why does Superman hide his real identity by posing as Clark Kent ?" ...does this not contribute unwittingly to the dream that a flying strongman super-being is perhaps plausible; that he has a real identity and that he has the power of reason?

What do you say? Are questions that seek an understanding of God's personality or reason profitable to you or to anyone else?
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2007-10-19 11:43:29 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

Believe this theory? No? Why/Why Not?

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2007-10-19 11:43:11 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-19 11:42:02 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

How come I can't have concubines? Am I not holy enough?

2007-10-19 11:41:52 · 12 answers · asked by 2kool4u 5

Sometimes in the Spanish Catholic Church, a person undergoes confirmation immediately after birth, but other times, it's delayed until their teenage years. How old do you have to be to get confirmed in Spain? Can anyone tell me a little bit about confirmation as well?

2007-10-19 11:40:33 · 3 answers · asked by Exotic traveler 4

2007-10-19 11:38:22 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

But why do YE creationists only think dinosaurs lived with people? There's billions of other species that existed in other geologic time periods! Do you "think: these species never existed? Then why all the fossils?
Do you "think" that these billions of species co-existed with all the all the modern animals that we have today before the 'Great Flood'?

Please tell me what you guys "think"! And here's a list of the other geologic periods where millions of species existed.

2007-10-19 11:37:44 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Most of humans, forgeting the God...

2007-10-19 11:35:13 · 5 answers · asked by Abureem 1

I am in a criminolgy class and we were having an online discussion about the death penalty. One of my classmates expressed that they are a minister and I commented that maybe our difference in beliefs might be the reason we disagree with the topic. I am a non-believer. I was only pointing out that now that I know her beliefs, I understand why she feels the way she does. (That God forgives everyone).

This was the response I got.....do you think it was insulting? What do you think of her response to me?


"well Im a wise person and I choose not to respond to this email. I will say this
once you leave this earth your soul is done on earth. that is why he give us the choice
while we are living. there is no second chances your soul will be a rest. So I will end this
conversartion right here, and focus on Criminology.
No bad feelings."

I took offense....should I be offended or am I overreacting?

Thanks.

2007-10-19 11:33:49 · 23 answers · asked by KJ 5

Who knows what is the oldest building in California is?

2007-10-19 11:30:22 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

he could just get one man to write it all,why pick so many and at different times?

2007-10-19 11:30:00 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Not because they're being stalky but just because you find them annoying?

Be honest, but *please* do not name names. Just curious, thanks!

Oh and btw what happenes when you block someone? Do you just cease to 'see' them and their Q&As? I've never blocked anyone.

2007-10-19 11:28:57 · 19 answers · asked by KL 6

2007-10-19 11:28:34 · 8 answers · asked by crazyme 1

on this because I would like to have some solid answers on why she was thought to be that????????

2007-10-19 11:26:05 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

becuase my friend said they do, and i do believe them becuase once i do something bad, i dont remember, becuase i get pissed off easily and once i do something bad, i lose control, and once that bad thing i did is over, i get control again and i dont remember what happened or anything, are they real, inside us humans? and can they be released? please help me

2007-10-19 11:24:10 · 13 answers · asked by Cody R 2

Jesus established a single organization he called the Church, promising that the gates of hell would not prevail against it (Matt 16:18). However, the number of "churches" today is estimated to be about 34,000.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/worldrel.htm

A basic test for whether a religious organization was founded by Jesus is to trace the actual historical organization back to 33 AD. Does your Christian organization have leaders and historical records indicating their continuous existence as a functioning community since the time of Jesus?

2007-10-19 11:23:14 · 16 answers · asked by Bruce 7

They usually say it in weddings.

2007-10-19 11:21:10 · 6 answers · asked by .oLives. 2

If the Great Flood wasn't lethal to fish, why did all the aquatic dinosaurs die out? Sharks and crocodilians are still here, so size doesn't seem to be a factor.

2007-10-19 11:17:58 · 16 answers · asked by novangelis 7

Is that what Genesis 6 is talking about or are there other interpretations?

2007-10-19 11:17:16 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous