Religion & Spirituality - 23 October 2007

I have some problem doing meditation in the seated posture on the ground...padmasana or ardha padmasana because it hurts my lower back somewhat & also I have slight pain in the right upper thigh. So can I do meditation sitting on a chair ...I have been shown a posture how to do it. ?? As long as I keep my back straight & I am being able to concentrate I hope its OK. What (object or whatever) do u people concentrate on while doing meditation & also do u keep ur eyes open or slightly closed ? I am asking the slightly advanced people in meditation.
Thanks

2007-10-23 05:56:05 · 10 answers · asked by shankd67 1

then does God have sexual organs?

Note: am half serious. no offence meant :)

2007-10-23 05:55:56 · 13 answers · asked by Antares 6

Doesn't that seem counterproductive to be hostile to a woman who is raising a child alone and who probably needs help and support? I mean, if you care about the experience of the child, why would you do this? Hurt the parent...hurt the child. Does this still occur in our culture because of religious views? Why are so many of the fathers getting off the hook form the scorn and judgement? Is this all just another symptom of a patriarchal culture? Don't you agree that it takes a village to raise a child to be a healthy, well adjusted human being?

2007-10-23 05:55:20 · 26 answers · asked by MOL 3

But what about what He is doing right now in His heavenly ministry.
Please share using scripture what the Lord is currently doing in His heavenly ministry. How is He carrying out all that He has laboured to establish while in His earthly ministry.
How can we as believers and members of this Ascended Christ's Body work along with Him, coordinate and cooperate with Him in carrying out His purpose on the earth?

Ty for talking the time and energy to put forward your answers everyone:)
Ur sis
sandy

2007-10-23 05:50:15 · 11 answers · asked by Broken Alabaster Flask 6

There is a movie coming out in Dec called the Golden Compass, its geared toward Children and stars Nicole Kidman. The guy who wrote the book the movie is based on is an atheist and wants to promote his atheist agenda......here you can go to this site and read all about it.....

http://snopes.com/politics/religion/compass.asp

2007-10-23 05:50:01 · 30 answers · asked by tll 6

It a great book
;-)
What do you think?

2007-10-23 05:45:33 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

let's say there actually is a god. only he wanted the most decent people in heaven. keep in mind decency has nothing to do with believing in him. and not only was he wanting decent people, but they must also possess a good sense of reason. all the prophecies, whether you believe they were fulfilled or not, were only recorded in the bible, not to test your faith, but to test your reason. and so, maybe those who came to the conclusion that he didn't exist, would not only go to heaven, but receive a higher spot in heaven than those who believed blindly. if that were the case, would you be mad? would you be mad at god?

2007-10-23 05:40:37 · 14 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5

2007-10-23 05:36:00 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

We are both 23, we both have good income and we both graduated w/ BA degrees. I just found out that I'm about 6 wks pregnant and it came as a shocker to both of us: we are not married and I am on birth control! After I told him, he said he needed to clear his head and ended up calling his parents in the mean time. He and his parents are both very religious Lutherans and now he is FORCING the idea of adoption on me. He said that if I decide to follow through with my wishes to parent the child that he will not be in our childs life. His reasoning is that he's "not ready" (his reasonings were: we live and work too far away from each other--1 hour, we're too young, not married, and we still like to go out w/ friends to bars and stuff on the weekends). I just don't understand, RELIGIOUSLY, isn't the morally correct thing to do to be responsible for the life you created. Isn't it God's gift? How can both him and his family disown a child? Is it just b/c we're not married?

2007-10-23 05:35:11 · 55 answers · asked by Alaina's Mumma! 3

The Immaculate Conception Argument

I have a hard time with that. What is the point of Jesus if he could have just prevent us from sinning? Why bother dying on the cross? Why fulfill the law if he could prevent the breaking of it?

Gal 3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, truly righteousness would have been by the law.

For a while I could understand the analogy of a pit.

One might fall in the pit, and need rescued, and another could almost fall in but be caught, so that they to were rescued but never went into it. The pit being a picture of sin, but then why couldn't God do that for us without the death of his son? You see?

You know how deep a hole you are in by the length of the rope that pulls you out. Jesus came and pulled us out.

Gal 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

2007-10-23 05:33:38 · 14 answers · asked by Adopted 3

Is all humans are about is simply getting even with each other? What happened to love your neighbor and God? Even Islam teaches do unto others like you want done to you (in different words). Is peace the light at the end of this dark tunnel? Or is that just another neon beer sign?

2007-10-23 05:33:31 · 7 answers · asked by Sidereal Hand 5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ1IpqlOWpE

2007-10-23 05:31:51 · 21 answers · asked by tebone0315 7

2007-10-23 05:31:29 · 23 answers · asked by kamelåså 7

as in like bombed st peters and vatican square

2007-10-23 05:29:16 · 13 answers · asked by Chopster G 1

I've seen many questions on this board where someone was asking something specific that had to do with their belief system. But about half of the answers (or more) were just useless responses about how the poster thought the question was stupid because they didn't believe in that particular religion. What a waste of time! If you think it's a dumb question, just don't answer! Enough bashing.

2007-10-23 05:27:59 · 10 answers · asked by patsworth 4

2007-10-23 05:27:40 · 12 answers · asked by Eleventy 6

Just wanted to know .

2007-10-23 05:25:29 · 13 answers · asked by princecurtis7 2

2007-10-23 05:24:04 · 24 answers · asked by Lina 2

2007-10-23 05:23:38 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

There is no reason to believe that this activity has begun just in the last few decades. The number of young and innocent victims must certainly number in the many thousands. According to the bible "god" has killed people for far lesser offenses (and in some cases for no offense at all) than child molestation, which surely is one of the most repugnant of all human acts. Yet "god", as omnipotent as he is supposed to be, has done nothing, and cases of child molestation are still coming to light. He acted swiftly and with vengence in biblical stories, but oddly, he does nothing now. Assuming that "god" is displeased and angered by this (as any decent and loving "god" would be), why hasn't he done something about it? If he can create the universe, and all that is in it, why doesn't he stop little boys from being victimized by his own representatives?

2007-10-23 05:23:17 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

or are they just the same?

2007-10-23 05:21:11 · 13 answers · asked by Ťango 3

Is that why people are so defensive about their beliefs?

2007-10-23 05:18:23 · 32 answers · asked by bregweidd 6

2007-10-23 05:18:17 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Yesterday I read a post on a message board by a woman who, as a member of a prayer circle, requested prayers for herself. When she was asked why, she replied that she was going through a rough time but would prefer to keep the details private. The other members of the group seemed miffed that she wouldn't give an exact reason.

I was very surprised by the number of respondents who said, basically, "If you can't tell me exactly why, then I don't feel I should have to pray for you."

To me that sounds like, "I'll pray for you if you pay me for it with some juicy details."

What do you think? Can you pray (or send positive thoughts to someone if you are not a believer) without knowing the details? Or must you be given a specific reason?

2007-10-23 05:17:58 · 14 answers · asked by LKeri 3

It seems I have to accept the doctrines lest I become disdainful to the LORD. Why is that?

Makes me wonder if we worship the same God sometimes.

2007-10-23 05:17:50 · 6 answers · asked by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5

2007-10-23 05:16:52 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

To accept that you smiply don't know all of the answer to a question when it comes to religion.

or

To blindly accept everything as is and twist and turn the meaning and context to make it fit so as to provide an answer based on a limited source?

2007-10-23 05:15:48 · 11 answers · asked by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5

But so are they! I don't get it. The Church of Christ says every other church is man-made, but so is the Church of Christ. Someone along the line had to start the church. And yes, there aren't many examples of people using instruments in the bible, but does it specifically say "If you use instruments, you are disobeying me and going to hell"?? That's basically what a Church of Christ preacher in my community has said.

2007-10-23 05:13:24 · 25 answers · asked by FromTheTop 1

im amazed at what happens when you look at other religions with an open mind. everytime i broke any of these rules i never had peace of mind.too bad many ppl have to learn them the hard way like me. heres the link:
http://hinduism.about.com/od/selfdevelopment/a/peaceofmind.htm
how do you feel about them?

2007-10-23 05:13:20 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-23 05:13:11 · 21 answers · asked by Billy Hughes 1