Religion & Spirituality - 21 October 2007

i think human is a product of mixing/mating between an animal (human-like-body) with ghost/genie(jinn)/spirit creature. Long time ago.

because i kind of see ghostly feature on human compare to animal.

the question is, what do you think?.

maybe we are the distance relative of the ghost/genie that we are always afraid of. hoho. who knows.

2007-10-21 13:48:23 · 13 answers · asked by xc 3

For those of you here with an interest in politics, what are your thoughts on Ron Paul? I recently got wind of him and I kinda like his stance on most issues. Alot of democrats seem to be keen on him as well. However, I can't believe he will actually become a candidate. What are your thoughts on him?

2007-10-21 13:45:14 · 15 answers · asked by Loosid 6

im nonbiased and dont care one or another. just want to know what u feel about ur faith or lack of

2007-10-21 13:43:43 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Perhaps he says what Luke 21:8 says deceivers say?
Perhaps he's been wanting to vanish for over 50 years?
Perhaps we could help him vanish by using our remotes?

2007-10-21 13:41:18 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

one sercet you could never tell
what is it

2007-10-21 13:40:40 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am a Muslim. One of the 5 pillars of Islam is Zakat, to give 2.5% of your annual wealth to those less fortunate. I am getting my very first job so I'm wondering how much should I give it to. Its going to be at a coffee shop, so not so much. And should I give 2.5 percent of every check I give to charity of the masjid. But also, isn't Zakat like Taxes and doesn't the government automatically take tax away from your check.

2007-10-21 13:40:36 · 3 answers · asked by Faraj - King Of Ramadan Section 2

Rules:

It can't be something you yourself said.
It can't be from your holy books/Bible.
Make is less than 20 words or so.
Name the speaker if you know it.

I'll start. I'm Christian and my favorite is from Gandhi. "I love Jesus Christ. It's his followers that I'm not fond of."

2007-10-21 13:37:25 · 17 answers · asked by Nathan 2

2007-10-21 13:36:37 · 39 answers · asked by Moon :) 7

And, if so, what is it?

And if it does not have an official religion, does it have some official theological stance, like mono-theism?

Thanks.

2007-10-21 13:36:28 · 18 answers · asked by Zezo Zeze Zadfrack 1

2007-10-21 13:36:25 · 6 answers · asked by I'/\/\AZILLA2 3

and a huge insult to God?

I always found this story particularly repulsive.
Is our God a kind benevolent merciful, forgiving being, or a blood seekingn monster?

How would a benevolent God demand the sacrifice of any one, and especially his son, before forgiving a disobedience or any thing else?

Surely this is the thinking of barbaric, ancient, pre-Israelite tribes and others, practicing infanticide and human sacrifice. We can see the beginning of its disappearance in that horror story of Abraham attempting to sacrifice his child to God and changing his mind the last moment.

Christ brought about his own death in order to fulfil an ancient Jewis prophecy about the Messiah? God is not guilty.

2007-10-21 13:34:11 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am in a most respectful, deeply heart felt way, would without hesitation, if the Dear Lord blessed me in such a way, move in that direction. I'm older, married.....how would a person start, the money involved ,etc.

2007-10-21 13:33:03 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

not the phrase " nor have they any longer a reward " mean there will be no resurrection or rewards after life - even for Jehovah's Witnesses?

2007-10-21 13:32:28 · 12 answers · asked by Nina, BaC 7

The "fish" is nothing more than the zodiac sign for Pisces, which is the current astrological age that we are in. The astrological "month" of Pisces began roughly around the time that Jesus was alleged to have been born...what an interesting coincidence.

The cross and crown that you see at the top of this religion page? Also a pagan symbol for the zodiac. The "crown", or "corona" or "crown of thorns", represents the sun and its rays. The cross represents the 4 divisions of the year-the summer and winter solstices, and the spring and autumnal equinoxes that divide up the 12 astrological signs (representing the constellations they name).

These pagan symbols for the worship of the sun god (sun god, God's Son, wow, what another coincidence) existed long before Jesus was born.

So if Christianity is the one true religion, why did they adopt pagan signs as their religious symbols?

2007-10-21 13:29:42 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

As a child I received instructions in both the Bible and the Talmud. I am a Jew but I am enthralled by the luminous figure of the Nazarene." Einstein
"No one can read the Gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His personality pulsates in every word. No myth is filled with such life." Einstein.
"I am not an atheist. I don't think I can call myself a pantheist. The problem involved is too vast for our limited minds. We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library with books in many languages. The child knows someone must have written those books. It does not know how. It does not understand the languages in which they were written. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangement of the books but doesn't know what it is. That, seems to me is the altitude of even the most intelligent human towards God. We see the universe marvelously arranged and obeying certain laws but only dimly understand those laws." Einstein

2007-10-21 13:29:28 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Organizationally, what is the Catholic Church in England like? Since Catholicism has only been legal in England for 180 years, how did the Church re-establish itself in England? Does it have an Archbishop of Canterbury of its own in contrast to the Anglican one, etc?

2007-10-21 13:28:53 · 4 answers · asked by Doliath 1

can we do whatever we want? can we magic up our favourite meal whenever we want it? is casual sex ok?

2007-10-21 13:25:57 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think each one of you is jealous because Aaron will love me only me someday and I will be his wife and we will be happy forever.

2007-10-21 13:25:22 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does she really think that these men speak for God when they tell her how to live her life?

2007-10-21 13:24:15 · 12 answers · asked by JiveMan 2

i aked this before and everyone said no cos the robot would have no soul. But if the robot was advanced enough that it had consciousness and the ability to love god, then wouldnt that mean it had a soul? why would that not be a soul? i think well bee seeing robots in heaven eventually dont you?

2007-10-21 13:22:51 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-21 13:22:29 · 21 answers · asked by Eartha Q 6

Do your beliefs mesh with those of the Apostles? What evidence of shared faith do you have?

2007-10-21 13:22:02 · 8 answers · asked by Doliath 1

After all, you are human, and humans by their nature are capable of error. Therefore, since you ARE human and there's no empirical proof that a God exists, isn't it absolutely correct to say that it's at least POSSIBLE you're wrong about the existence of God?

Moreover, isn't it interesting that where you were born largely determines what God you believe in, if you believe in a God? After all, if you were born in India, you'd most likely believe in the Hindu Gods, wouldn't you?

So isn't it possible that you were born in the area that chose the wrong God to believe in out of all the thousands of possible Gods, and you just were unlucky in that fashion?

Moreover, if you say "No, it's impossible that I'm wrong", isn't that committing blasphemy against your God by saying that you're as perfect as he is on that one particular issue? If you can't be wrong, isn't that saying you're perfect with respect to that issue, thereby elevating yourself to the same level as God?

2007-10-21 13:19:06 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-21 13:16:42 · 8 answers · asked by white_painted_lady 5

Why do so many of you use the King James Version for this? If you are going to take it literally, shouldn't you use something translated literally, like Richmond Lattimore's translation of the New Testament?

Lattimore is highly looked upon as the best modern translator of Ancient and Hellenistic Greek. He translated the Illiad, and his translation of that is considered the best English translation. Also, he was not a theologian so he didn't try to make the Bible say anything, he just translated.

So why, even non-Literal Christians, would you use the King James Version of the New Testament over Richmond Lattimores?

This isn't to bash anyone, I just don't get it. When I came across this translation I wondered why every English-speaking Christian doesn't use it.

2007-10-21 13:16:36 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

one that is strictly humanistic, and another one that is spiritual and and God honoring?

If, as many scolars believe, Eccl. 9:1-10 reflects strictly humanistic viewpoint, can you see how the statement in verse 5 ( " For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing." ) reflects not God's perspective but fallen humanity's perspective?

2007-10-21 13:11:37 · 10 answers · asked by Nina, BaC 7

I read another post that some people believe in the literal stories of the bible, like the Noah story. So, given the dimensions of the boat, which I assume are known, how do you fit 17 million critters in there? This number is the current estimate of all species on earth. Everything that exists today HAD to be on that boat...right???

I'll make it easy, let's say Noah was a slacker and only brought half the species, how could he still fit that much stuff on one boat?
How could he build a boat that big?
How could he provide that much food for a diverse number of animals from all over the globe?
How could he stand the smell of that much crap in the boat? You can't train a warthog to do its business over the bow you know.

Logistically, this makes zero sense.

Source:
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/sci_update.cfm?DocID=134
the estimate of the current number of species is 1.7 million and that is only 10% of the total estimated to live on earth. Back then, it would have been

2007-10-21 13:10:57 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-21 13:09:48 · 9 answers · asked by I'/\/\AZILLA2 3

2007-10-21 13:09:01 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is the Lord so divided?

2007-10-21 13:05:59 · 10 answers · asked by scotty_84116 4