Religion & Spirituality - 30 October 2007

Religiously speaking, of course.

2007-10-30 02:02:58 · 22 answers · asked by Linz ♥ VT 4

i need this information for a short film
does anyone know how different religions view homelessness?

include any sources please

thankss for your input!

(all ideas accepted)

2007-10-30 02:02:03 · 13 answers · asked by ribena_wrath 3

Mine is Psalm 56:13
For Thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not Thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the Light of the Living....................................................:):)

2007-10-30 02:00:14 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

The bible forbids:

Divination
Consulting the dead for use with divination
Consulting with other spirits and demons for use with divination
Echanting others to influence their actions
Using drugs on others to influence their actions

Act in a way that would diminish the image of God in you. That is lying, murdering, etc.

Yahweh demands that you worship no other god or goddess but him.

So outside of this, why couldn't someone be able to follow:

Buddhism (mostly believe that Buddha is not a god)
We bear the image of God within us so this is not far off to say we contain divinity within us.

Pagan philosophy (as long as you don't do the above)

Taoism (the way is a generic word for god but names no god other than a creator)

etc.

Witch was a word they used in the bible as a blanket word for different things, the same as the word hell. Both stem from old ideas and superstitions.

So what do you think?

2007-10-30 01:59:34 · 15 answers · asked by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5

2007-10-30 01:54:35 · 27 answers · asked by The More I learn The More I'm Uneducated 5

Women you must have done some awful things for God to punish you with the pain of child birth

2007-10-30 01:54:34 · 21 answers · asked by criminal convictions 3

what does yhwh sound like? doesn't sound like Gee-Ho-va to me.

even yah-way is the wrong pronunciation for this. didn't the israellites or some other group wouldn't pronounce the name because of fear?

2007-10-30 01:53:20 · 18 answers · asked by Gruntled Employee 6

2007-10-30 01:52:54 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

and almost arrested in France........last week ?

The entire team we call "our Govt" will one day be hauled into a war crimes trial like the Nazis they are.

Do you support this justice or are you a "good German" ?

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2007-10-30 01:50:45 · 5 answers · asked by kloneme 3

alcohol is clearly banned in christian holy book. in luke chapter 21, 31 verse it is clearly is said. Why dont christians then drink alcohol. here alcohol is referred to all the things like wine , vodca, drugs etc.

2007-10-30 01:49:01 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

because you believe what the Bible says OR do you believe what the Bible says because you believe in the Bible... and do you understand the difference?

2007-10-30 01:45:22 · 23 answers · asked by I'm an Atheist 3

2007-10-30 01:44:40 · 9 answers · asked by awakeningdawn 1

I am a Christian, but I question a lot. At this point, I belive in God and I believe in Jesus, but I don't believe a lot of the stuff in the Bible, because God Himself didn't actually pen it and send it down on a cloud. It was penned by men who could have misunderstood the prophecies, exaggerated them or simply used the opportunity to write about them for selfish purposes. Therefore, I disregard a lot of the "rules" we're supposed to live by according to that book. I do believe in the basics: We should love one another and not be deceitful or hurtful toward one another. We should also repsect the life we and others have been given.
All they ever talk about is how "God is love." That's why I have trouble believing that He would send people who don't believe in Him to Hell- a torturous place that God left to Lucifer and his minions. People may have many different reasons for not believing in God, but it does not mean that they are "bad people."

2007-10-30 01:41:20 · 19 answers · asked by Rachel Bz. 2

I think the best we can hope for is peace.

2007-10-30 01:40:51 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127311

I need to turn that want into a need.

How can I spiritually justify this want as a need so I can convince my wife of my newfound need?

2007-10-30 01:40:20 · 7 answers · asked by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5

-dogs don't go to church or read the bible or pray or do any religious practices, will they go to heaven for not giving themselves to god??

2007-10-30 01:40:18 · 26 answers · asked by Missy R 2

"The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed." Titus 2:3-5

2007-10-30 01:37:59 · 16 answers · asked by don_steele54 6

Can't God's spirit in a person, work with a person's free will, clarify the truth, and bring him to freely write the truth without error? ( as with the Bible)

2007-10-30 01:37:33 · 22 answers · asked by Eartha Q 6

" This call, could not be connected, The number you are Dialling has been disconnected, please cheak the number before dialling again" Or " the person you have called is out of range or has their....... You get the point..... Why is this so?

2007-10-30 01:36:20 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why don't they ask questions that adds knowledge about religon & spirituality that builds high moral values.

2007-10-30 01:35:49 · 5 answers · asked by majeed3245 7

"And the Lord was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron." (Judges 1:19)
I have asked this before but got surprisingly few answers.

2007-10-30 01:35:49 · 9 answers · asked by Cotton Wool Ninja 6

that invalidates our arguments on any and all subjects..... I could then presuppose, that your ignorance of God negates your ability to rightly judge his existence.....thereby forcing you to arrive at erring conclusions couldn't I ???

2007-10-30 01:34:18 · 27 answers · asked by Eartha Q 6

2007-10-30 01:31:56 · 2 answers · asked by chesney c 6

ethical debate aside for the moment, would a full human clone possess a soul?
would they share a soul with their original?
I'm curious to get people's views on this.

2007-10-30 01:31:39 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

King James Version
Mathew 24:3
And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what [shall be] the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

New King James Version
Mathew 24:3
Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?"

"age" does not equal "world".

some would say this is a minor mistranslation, but people think jesus is talking about the end of the world, when in fact he is talking about a period of time.

2007-10-30 01:29:43 · 16 answers · asked by Mr. Mastershake 5

2007-10-30 01:29:32 · 8 answers · asked by Gxh 1

When there is no evidence of such? And If you have morality genes, what happens when they mutate?

2007-10-30 01:28:51 · 11 answers · asked by Eartha Q 6

Regardless of how simplistic my relgious questions are, I always seem to get berated, so please keep your personal opinions to yourselves. I respect your ability to choose upir own beliefs for youself, however I'm looking for the actually reasoning in the Bible. This is an objective quesiton, so please don't start attacking me with "you're going to hell" or "how dare you mock the bible." Its simply a quesiton and I just want objective answers. Anything else will get thumbs down.

2007-10-30 01:27:41 · 22 answers · asked by Lunar Sarah 4

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Who invented the Trinity? -I



The three monotheistic religions -- Judaism, Christianity and Islam -- all profess to share one fundamental concept: belief in Allaah as the Supreme Being, the Creator and Sustainer of the Universe. Known as Tawheed (monotheism) in Islam, this concept of the Oneness of God was stressed by Moosaa (Moses) in a Biblical passage known as the "Shema" or the Jewish creed of faith: "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord." [Deuteronomy 6:4]
It was repeated word-for-word approximately 1500 years later by ‘Eesaa (Jesus) when he said: "...The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; the Lord our God is one Lord." [Mark 12:29]
Muhammad came along approximately 600 years later, bringing the same message again (which means): "And your God is One God: There is no deity (worthy of worship) except Him ..." [Quran 2:163]
Christianity has deviated from the concept of the Oneness of God, however, into a vague and mysterious doctrine that was formulated during the fourth century CE. This doctrine, which continues to be a source of controversy both within and without the Christian religion, is known as the Doctrine of the Trinity. The Christian Doctrine of the Trinity simply states that God is the union of three divine persons -- the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit -- in one divine being.
If that concept, put in basic terms, sounds confusing, the flowery language in the actual text of the doctrine lends even more mystery to the matter:
"...we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity... for there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, another of the Holy Ghost is all one... they are not three gods, but one God... the whole three persons are co-eternal and co-equal... he therefore that will be saved must thus think of the Trinity..." (Excerpts from the Athanasian Creed)
Let us put this together in a different form: one person, God the Father + one person, God the Son + one person, God the Holy Ghost = one person, God the What? Is this English or is this gibberish?
It is said that Athanasius, the bishop who formulated this doctrine, confessed that the more he wrote on the matter, the less capable he was of clearly expressing his thoughts regarding it.
How did such a confusing doctrine start?
Trinity in the Bible
References in the Bible to a Trinity of divine beings are vague, at best.
In Matthew 28:19, we find Jesus telling his disciples to go out and preach to all nations. While the "Great Commission" does mention the three persons who later became components of the Trinity, the phrase "...baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost" is quite clearly an addition to Biblical text -- that is, not the actual words of Jesus -- as can be seen by two factors:
1. Baptism in the early Church, as discussed by Paul in his letters, was done only in the name of Jesus.
2. The "Great Commission" found the first gospel written by Mark, bears no mention of Father, Son and/or Holy Ghost (see Mark 16:15).
The only other reference in the Bible to a Trinity can be found in the Epistle of I John 5:7, Biblical scholars of today, however, have admitted that the phrase "...there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one” is definitely a "later addition" to Biblical text, and it is not found in any of today's versions of the Bible.
Therefore, it can be seen that the concept of Trinity of divine beings was not an idea put forth by Jesus or any other prophet of Allaah. This doctrine, now subscribed to by Christians all over the world, is entirely man-made in origin.
The Doctrine Takes Shape
While Paul of Tarsus, the man who could rightfully be considered the true founder of Christianity, did formulate many of its doctrines, the Trinity was not among them. However, he did lay the groundwork for such, when he put forth the idea of Jesus being a "divine Son." After all, a Son does need a Father, and what about an intermediary for God's revelations to man? In essence, Paul named the principal players, but it was the Church that later put the matter together.
Tertullian, a lawyer and presbyter of the Church in Carthage in the third century CE, was the first to use the word "Trinity" when he put forth the theory that “the Son and the Spirit participate in the being of God, but all are of one being of substance with the Father.”
A Formal Doctrine is Drawn Up
When controversy over the matter of the Trinity blew up in 318 CE between two churchmen from Alexandria -- Arius, the deacon, and Alexander, his bishop -- Emperor Constantine stepped into the fray.
Although Christian doctrine was a complete mystery to him, he did realize that a unified church was necessary for a strong kingdom. When negotiation failed to settle the dispute, Constantine called for the first ecumenical council in Church history in order to settle the matter once and for all.
Six weeks after the 300 bishops first gathered at Nicea in 325 CE, the doctrine of the Trinity was finalized. The God of the Christians was now seen as having three essences, or natures, in the form of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Who invented the Trinity? -II



The Church Puts Its Foot Down
The matter was far from settled, despite Constantine’s high hopes. Arius and the new bishop of Alexandria, a man named Athanasius, began arguing over the matter even as the Nicene Creed was being signed; "Arianism" became a catchword from that time onward for anyone who did not hold to the Doctrine of the Trinity.
It was not until 451 CE, at the Council of Chalcedon that, the approval of the Pope, with the Nicene/Constantinople Creed was set as authoritative. Debate on the matter was no longer tolerated; to speak out against the Trinity was now considered blasphemy, and such earned stiff sentences that ranged from mutilation to death. Christians now turned on Christians, maiming and slaughtering thousands because of a difference of opinion.
Debate Continues
Brutal punishments and even death did not stop the controversy over the Doctrine of the Trinity, and it continues even today.
The majority of Christians, when asked to explain this fundamental doctrine of their faith, can offer nothing more than: "I believe it because I was told to do so." It is explained away as "mystery" -- yet the Bible says in I Corinthians 14:33 that: "... God is not the author of confusion..."
The Unitarian denomination of Christianity has kept alive the teachings of Arius in saying that God is One; they do not believe in the Trinity. As a result, mainstream Christians abhor them, and the National Council of Churches has refused their admittance. In Unitarianism, the hope is kept alive that Christians will someday return to the preachings of Jesus: "...Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve." [Luke 4:8]
Islam and the Matter of the Trinity
While Christianity may have a problem defining the essence of God, such is not the case in Islam.
The Quran says (what means):
"They have certainly disbelieved who say: ‘Allaah is the third of three’. And there is no god except One God." [Quran 5:73]
Suzanne Haneef, in her book, What Everyone Should Know About Islam and Muslims, (Library of Islam, 1985), puts the matter rather concisely when she says: "But God is not like a pie or an apple which can be divided into three thirds which form one whole; if God is three persons or possesses three parts, He is assuredly not the Single, Unique, Indivisible Being which God is and which Christianity professes to believe in." (pp. 183-184)
Looking at it from another angle, the Trinity designates God as being three separate entities -- the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. If God is the Father and also the Son, He would then be the Father of Himself because He is His own Son. This defies logic.
Christianity claims to be a monotheistic religion. Monotheism, however, has a fundamental belief that God is One; the Christian doctrine of the Trinity -- God being Three-in-One -- is seen by Islam as a form of polytheism. Thus, Christians do not worship just One God, they worship three.
This is a charge not taken lightly by Christians, however. They, in turn, accuse the Muslims of not even knowing what the Trinity is, pointing out that the Quran sets it up as Allaah the Father, Jesus the Son, and Mary his mother. While veneration of Mary has been an invention of the Catholic Church since 431 CE, when she was given the title "Mother of God" by the Council of Ephesus, a closer examination of the verse in the Quran (5:116) most often cited by Christians in support of their accusation, shows that the designation of Mary by the Quran as a "member" of the Trinity, is simply not true.
While the Quran does condemn both trinitarianism (Quran 4:17) and the worship of Jesus and his mother Mary (Quran 5:116), nowhere does it identify the actual three components of the Christian Trinity. The position of the Quran is that who or what comprises this doctrine is not important; what is important is that the very notion of a Trinity is an affront against the concept of One God.
In conclusion, we see that the Doctrine of the Trinity is a concept conceived entirely by man; there is no sanction whatsoever from God to be found regarding the matter, simply because the whole idea of a Trinity of divine beings has no place in monotheism. In the Quran -- God's Final Revelation to humankind -- we find His stand quite clearly stated in a number of eloquent passages (which mean): "Say: ‘I am only a man like you, to whom has been revealed that your god is One God. So whoever would hope for meeting with his Lord – let him do righteous work and not associate in the worship of his Lord anyone.’” [Quran 18:110]
And (which means):
"...And do not make (as equal) with Allaah another deity, lest you be thrown into Hell, blamed and banished." [Quran 17:39]
Allaah tells us over and over again in a Message that is echoed throughout

2007-10-30 01:24:52 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-30 01:20:42 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous