Religion & Spirituality - 29 October 2007

Do atheists really burst into flames upon entering a church?

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2007-10-29 10:49:06 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-29 10:48:14 · 22 answers · asked by Brendan G 4

2007-10-29 10:48:05 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was commenting to another Christian that if I had a time machine, I'd like to wander back to that time, take a little time to learn the local language, and listen to the sermon on the mound and see other events from Jesus' life. My freind acted like I was speaking blasphemy, but didn't go into detail and changed the subject. How do you feel about that?

2007-10-29 10:47:49 · 12 answers · asked by wayfaroutthere 7

2007-10-29 10:45:39 · 17 answers · asked by * 6

Here's mine:

You know, Episcopalians will do *anything* for the Lord ... as long as it's not tacky.

2007-10-29 10:45:03 · 40 answers · asked by KL 6

2007-10-29 10:43:04 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-29 10:42:19 · 75 answers · asked by Anonymous

Premillennialism teaches that there will be a future, literal, earthly millennial kingdom, and that it will begin when Christ returns. The pre- indicates that Christ will return before the millennial kingdom is established. This is the literal 1000 year reign that I would say most protestants hold.

Amillennialism teaches that there will be no literal millennial kingdom. The prefix a- indicates a simple negation. They believe that we are living Christ's reign, and thus the millenium is essentially spiritual.

Postmillennialism teaches that Christ will return after (post-) the millennial kingdom concludes. They believe that the world will become more and more Christian and that the 1000 year reign will be ushered in by the world getting better and better until it is Christ's reign.

2007-10-29 10:39:48 · 17 answers · asked by KL 6

2007-10-29 10:39:44 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Who made who, who made you?
Who made who, ain't nobody told you?
Who made who, who made you?
If you made them and they made you
Who picked up the bill, who? And who made who?
Who made who, who turned the screw?

2007-10-29 10:39:20 · 13 answers · asked by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5

I have been told that the reason there are problems in the world is because god gave us free will. This apparently opened the door to all kinds of evils, and allowed people to be deceived by satan. However, that does not explain natural disasters. No matter what choices I make in life, I cannot cause a tsunami, a hurricane, or a tornado.

2007-10-29 10:39:16 · 18 answers · asked by Sal 5

I have had a good life and I'm still young. It looks as if it's going to get better, too.

But that doesn't mean I wouldn't like to go back and do the old days all over again, as they were good to me. How about you?

2007-10-29 10:39:13 · 19 answers · asked by Monty 1

2007-10-29 10:38:00 · 6 answers · asked by hi 1

i caught this show about the story of david and goliath on one of the bazillion christian channels on cable. now, is it me, or is there more to this story than just overcoming adversity? what seemed evident in this show was that they pointed out how the bible made sure to mention that david did indeed believe in god, or at least the right god, and that goliath didn't. is this really what's taught in the bible? if it is, doesn't this somewhat equate to promoting a slaying of the non-believers?

2007-10-29 10:37:40 · 18 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5

2007-10-29 10:37:17 · 19 answers · asked by mannzaformulaone 3

Just curious

2007-10-29 10:36:35 · 23 answers · asked by strplng warrior mom 6

What do JW elders do if they hear a child complaining about child abuse by the parents?

2007-10-29 10:36:11 · 13 answers · asked by yikes_its_me 1

2007-10-29 10:33:24 · 14 answers · asked by musiclov3r17 2

If anyone can help me with any of these, that would be great.

1. Like Judaism and Christianity, Islam is a religion based on revelation. In the Muslim view, the revelations in the Koran were sent to correct all previous revelations. Using the introductory material in our text (or an outside source if you prefer), discuss the meaning of this statement: Islam is a religion based on revelation.

2. Were you surprised to find so many familiar names in the Koran--names such as "Joseph," Zacharias," "Mary," "Abraham," "Moses," and so on? From your reading of the selections from the Koran, how do you think the followers of Islam regard these people many of us know from the Bible?

3. Who is "the Merciful"? Discuss what his main attributes seem to be, according to the short readings we are studying.

7. What is the Koranic attitude toward women as revealed in Suras 4 ("Women"), 12, ("Joseph"), and 19 "Mary")? Add your own comments to your response

2007-10-29 10:32:59 · 10 answers · asked by wingsfan1979 2

I have seen many times on here that the catholics are accused of worshipping false idols because they have statues and pictures of Jesus, Mary and saints in their churches.

I just asked the question "Do protestant churches have stained glass windows? What do they depict?"

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AvtV37LFkEo_kspOkXXk0dTd7BR.;_ylv=3?qid=20071029141956AATfmOv

Most of the answers were yes, they depict saints, biblical scenes etc.

Can someone explain to me what the is difference please?

2007-10-29 10:31:19 · 11 answers · asked by Grotty Bodkin is not dead!!! 5

How would you respond to this?

The Bible is a great book and will teach great life lessons. Even if people think it is just a book full of made up stories, so long as it will teach people to be compassionate and loving (which it does) then why is there so much interest by some non-believers to discredit it or speak out against it?

If it is helping people overcome sadness and have hope then why not encourage people to believe the bible rather than speak out against it?

2007-10-29 10:30:17 · 26 answers · asked by badgirlzhvmorfun 3

and so omnipotent why would He allow such sin and evil to exist in the world? Why permit his creations to go to hell? Or why not just end all the suffering? You opinions please.

Since the service of love can alone be acceptable to God, the allegience of His creatures must rest upon a conviction of His justice and benevolence. Humans being unprepared to comprehend the nature of consequences of sin, could not then have seen the justice and mercy of God in the destruction of satan and all things evil. Satan was cast out of Heaven. Had he been immediately blotted from existence. (as God could have easily done) humans would have served God from fear rather than from love. Even if God had destroyed satan the influence of the deciever would not have been fully destroyed, nor would the spirit of rebellion have been utterly eradicated. God permits evil and sin as He permitted satan to carry forward his work until the spirit of disaffection ripened into active revolt . That all may see..

2007-10-29 10:28:53 · 15 answers · asked by SMX™ -- Lover Of Hero @};- 5

Just curious. I'm Agnostic.

2007-10-29 10:26:14 · 51 answers · asked by Paige H 1

2007-10-29 10:25:11 · 17 answers · asked by Brendan G 4

In daily life, when you get "owned" by somebody, do you have the stones to admit that you were wrong, take notes, accept it as a learning experience, and incorporate the lesson into your life so as to avoid similar mistakes in the future? Or do you take it personally and refuse to back down, and keep defending your position with increasingly ridiculous arguments, even though you know and everybody knows that you're wrong?

The one is Science, the other is Religion. Can you guess which is which?

2007-10-29 10:24:26 · 47 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-29 10:24:14 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Most of the winter Catholic marriages I know of take place in January, is this because Catholics can't get married in Advent?

2007-10-29 10:23:57 · 5 answers · asked by sublime 1

2007-10-29 10:23:28 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-29 10:22:07 · 11 answers · asked by inbetweendays 5