Religion & Spirituality - 27 October 2007

In comparison, it's like asking a straight person to fall for someone his/her own gender. There is just no attraction. You just can't force these things.

So is God 'imperfect' for creating sinful creatures by birth by their definition?

2007-10-27 11:02:19 · 40 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think when you read His teachings, how he advocated forgiveness, love of enemies, loving those who hate you, that Jesus would have said that the use of the death penalty is always wrong.

What do you think Jesus would have said about capital punishment?

2007-10-27 11:01:05 · 14 answers · asked by Zezo Zeze Zadfrack 1

This verse says that the messiah was to be called Emmanuel, meaning"God with us"

How come when the messiah was born not even once is called Emmanuel?

2007-10-27 11:00:23 · 8 answers · asked by Ras G 2

... so ... when I asked him if he existed 10 years ago (right before I became an atheist), am I justified by you believers in taking his silence as a "No" ?

2007-10-27 10:55:36 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you believe in his sweet sensation?
Do you believe in second chance?
Do you believe in rapture babe?

Any Sonic Youth fans on R&S?

2007-10-27 10:54:35 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

i would like to know where you go when you die? i believe in hevan but what if there is no hevan is it an eternity of blackness? does ones "soul drift through time or are u simply blinked out of exsistance? is it possible we are sent to another plane of exsistance or tranfered to another dimension? would someone be reincarnated but that wouldnt make sense if one were to be rencarnated would it be another human of same energy pattern
then if that were the case we should remember our past lives? i would appreciate some others opinions

2007-10-27 10:51:25 · 28 answers · asked by bigman198716 1

After you die. Do you think you're going to heaven or hell? Why?

2007-10-27 10:50:04 · 6 answers · asked by Time 1

Can some one prove me wrong?

2007-10-27 10:45:43 · 26 answers · asked by jonathin l 2

I'm becoming agitated by a problem I'm having.

Many Christians tell me that I should be willing to hear whatever they have to say. And in most cases, I am--I'll listen to their words of God.

But VERY FEW are willing to accept that, quite frankly, I don't feel I am obligated to listen to certain people.

Once, a 52 year old woman took me on as her charity case. But she wasn't as nice as most--she harassed me daily, about my atheism. Each time I blocked her, she made a new account. At one point, she even began to send my friends messages, telling them complete and total LIES about me, in an attempt to make them hate me for my lack of belief in "God." She said she was "saving" them from my non-God-fearing ways.

When she attempted to hack my account, I felt I had every right to make her GO AWAY. Leave me alone.

And yet, just a few minutes ago, I was informed that I was "obligated" to give this woman my time.

Why won't some people UNDERSTAND!?

2007-10-27 10:45:20 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-27 10:43:15 · 2 answers · asked by STAR POWER=) 4

If so, did they? "Yes" won't cut it. Please provide screennames.

If not, what does this say about the power of prayer?

2007-10-27 10:39:54 · 21 answers · asked by Deke 7

I'm looking for REAL answers. Before my dad passed away in January, we agreed that if there were ways to communicate after death, he would find a way. Since then, the following has happened:
1) My daughter was walking into her new school with an attitude. She said that morning she heard my dad say, "Straighten up, kid!" She didn't see him often but this was his vernacular. It made her change her attitude, right away.
2) When she was alone in the car the other day she saw him standing next to it and peering in at her.
3) We've had many incidents of the radio tuning in certain songs all by it's self and the car door locks flipping up and down; I don't have a short.
4) She's seen him twice in out house, screamed bloody murder.
5) I didn't believe all this until I SWEAR I saw him a week ago. When I asked her to describe him, he looked exactly the same as my sighting. Blue shirt, etc.
6) At his funeral a friend is still talking about seeing him there.

2007-10-27 10:37:36 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm Brazilian, and we don't have Halloween here. I was wondering what my friends and contacts do, as adults, and what you used to do, when you wre a child :)

Thank you for your answers! :)

Enjoy!! :)

2007-10-27 10:33:31 · 11 answers · asked by Moon :) 7

The U.S. government has banned the flag-folding recitations at all 125 national cemeteries. The banning came as the result of one complaint. The situation is similar to that in which one person removed prayer from schools.
This article from The Associated Press explains the situation:
Complaints about religious content have led to a ban on flag-folding recitations by Veterans Administration employees and volunteers at all national cemeteries.
At thousands of military burials, VA volunteers have folded the American flag 13 times and recited the significance of each fold to survivors. The 11th fold glorifies "the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.” The 12th glorifies "God the Father, the Son and Holy Ghost."
Citing a need for uniformity, the National Cemetery Administration has prohibited unpaid VA volunteers as well as employees from conducting the recital at all 125 national cemeteries.

2007-10-27 10:32:53 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

yesterday i asked a question about the transcription of the bible and a christian told me:

"Overwhelmingly, these 'mistakes' are grammatical, capitalization, punctuation, misspellings, and other minor transcription errors as such. Less than 0.5% of the 'mistakes' misplace one word for another (such as us using 'huge' for 'enormous') and NONE of these inconsistencies even slightly alters a bit of doctrine."

I had heard that there a considerable amount (not a ton, of course) of copies, that aren't gnostic or heretical ones, but rather are ones that are considered reliable, that have noticeable yet slight variations in some verses that have at least minute differences in doctrine.
Not enought to destroy the veracity of the bible of course, but challenging enough that that it is still a moot point point between bible scholars.
Isn't this so?

2007-10-27 10:29:08 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

do the natural born Jews accept them into the religious community? Or do the natural born Jews still consider them non Jewish?

2007-10-27 10:25:47 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

My mom is supportive in my conversion to Judaism, but only because she thinks I will discover Jesus is the true messiah. That is NOT why I am converting. I don't believe he is! She thinks I will turn on the beauty and truth I have found and go the completely opposite way! I said,"Well, I guess I'll have to get used to people throwing Jesus in my face." To which she responded, "Don't talk about him like that!" I told her it was her opinion that he was the messiah, and she said it was not her opinion, it is a fact. But I know for a fact that he was not. Gentiles distorted the Hebrew scriptures to fit THEM and their lifestyles. Christianity is completely pagan, and I don't want to be pagan. The messiah does not proclaim himself like Jesus did, and virgin births are from the pagan beliefs of gods impregnating human women. The messiah is not supposed to be worshiped, only G-d. I love my mom very much, and I will no longer argue with her about this. How can I avoid altercation with her?

2007-10-27 10:23:03 · 8 answers · asked by scottishbeauty 2

2007-10-27 10:22:39 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

why is it that all faiths in the world believe they are the only ones right.why do they believe that there one book can sum up a entity that created the universe and everything in it and more.do we forget that there has been many other faiths in the past that believed as strongly in there god or gods as the faiths of the world do now such as the Greeks believed in there gods.why is it wrong for new proven facts to come out and be accepted even if it destroys the faith systems we have now?

2007-10-27 10:17:38 · 13 answers · asked by ? 4

2007-10-27 10:15:31 · 24 answers · asked by The clone clone 2

It's been a while I don't read the Bible, but what chapter is it on? And what does it mean?

Is this what is known as the "Rapture"?

2007-10-27 10:14:22 · 4 answers · asked by 1-2informationalways 1

Many xians say things like "Well, something can't come from nothing, so there must be a god" or "What is the origin of all things? If you can't answer, that means there is a god".
Many people used to say the same thing about lightning or disease or earthquakes which we now have reasonable explanations for.
So my question is: Imagine someday scientists discover that empty areas of space can randomly spawn bursts of energy out of the nothingness. Let's say the energy equivalent to the formation of a star out in the middle of the galaxy where there is no gas, no matter, no dark matter, no nothing. Just some property of space/time that allows for random energy formation. Yes I'm assuming that the 300 year old laws are outdated (as they are already, we see virtual particles form all the time in empty space even as it expands faster than ever).

What will that make you think of the need for god to explain these things? Not in general, specifically for the origin of the universe.

2007-10-27 10:12:02 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

I recently had a conversation with a very strong Christian. He was attempting to convert me.


And I finally did it :)

I convinced a Christian that I'm a hopeless case, and they should give up.

I feel special now; I've never convinced one to actually give up, before. Usually, I just ignore them until they go away, or threaten to kill them with eyeliner, or something. But none of them have ever given up on their OWN before.

I feel special.

Do you feel special?

2007-10-27 10:11:58 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-27 10:07:10 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Or put another way, which is worse? Not believing Jesus is the messiah.... or not believing that God exists?

2007-10-27 10:06:12 · 7 answers · asked by I'm an Atheist 3

2007-10-27 10:05:09 · 27 answers · asked by science rules! 3

My mother is Baptist, my father is Protestant, I spent 12 years in Catholic school, my best high school friend was Muslim, my best friend at work is Jewish and I work for a company that was started by Mormans. I myself have no religion. I have no desire to be associated with any religion. It all seems so political to me. Instead I take from each religion what appeals to me. I believe that something bigger than myself created my. But no, I don't know his/her name. My grandma is upset that I don't call myself Baptist anymore, and that I raise my kids with "wordly" beliefs. Does anyone out there understand?

2007-10-27 10:03:48 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Then why is it that Christians believe Genesis, but don't follow the rest of the OT, and instead follow the NT?

2007-10-27 09:53:26 · 43 answers · asked by Alex H 5

Congregants in Connecticut are debating the death penalty with new anguish after the brutal murders of three members of a family who belonged to the church.

2007-10-27 09:51:32 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

If Jehovah/God created the angels, and God was the only mentor and teacher of the angels. How is it possible that Lucifer, the bearer of light was able to rebel against God? If God was the only teacher that the angels never had, and he taught them all properly how is it possible that Lucifer learned of the idea of rebellion against God. How is it possible that Lucifer desired to want to take the position of God without learning the desire from God since God was their only teacher? This point and question seems to me to be impossible with the claim of God's perfection... What do you think?

2007-10-27 09:50:08 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous