Religion & Spirituality - 2 November 2007

yes or no, and where did you get it from?
i know that God told Moses the Ten Commandments but the covenant part confuses me..

2007-11-02 14:14:02 · 9 answers · asked by mrsdhaniharrison 3

Mine includes Dead smoked pigs,,,
sorry..Whats your Favorite?

2007-11-02 14:12:06 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Especially here in R&S. All these religious people, being so dull and boring, and never recognizing witty and sarcastic questions. Plus there seems to be many more atheist comics out there, such as Bill Maher, Kathy Griffin, and David Cross.

2007-11-02 14:11:41 · 29 answers · asked by Uliju 4

2007-11-02 14:10:29 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

This is for school i have to find out from about 100 people if they knew anything about Islam before 9-11...if you anwers thanks...no anwers will hurt anyone fell free to say anything...the more you say the better info i have for my essay...Thanks

2007-11-02 14:10:02 · 16 answers · asked by no_clue29 1

2007-11-02 14:08:00 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

As a thought exercise could you this instant, should you choose, completely lose your faith and disbelieve God? Would you be able to actively believe at will that he doesn't exist?

2007-11-02 14:07:54 · 11 answers · asked by Rafael 4

One of my friends wants nothing to do with God. He used to be interested alot in last day events and that sort of thing. I love him and he has a good heart. What can I do to help him know God more?

2007-11-02 14:07:25 · 27 answers · asked by Sunshine 3

Do you believe in life after death??? why or why not??? what is it that makes you believe what you believe??? reincarnation- explain...... how do you feel about organ donating??? I just want to ask because I want to know at least somethings people believe about reincarnation...........

-cora

2007-11-02 14:06:25 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-02 14:03:48 · 11 answers · asked by blueeyegagurl831 2

Most religions claim god to be omniscient and omnipotent. This translates to:

Omniscient:
1 : having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight
2 : possessed of universal or complete knowledge

Omnipotent:
1: often capitalized : almighty 1
2: having virtually unlimited authority or influence

If these things are true, God all knowing sees all suffering, without a doubt yet chooses to do nothing to stop it or can't stop it meaning he's NOT omnipotent. OR He's not aware of everything (Omniscient) (also not a supreme being). If he's truly both as everyone says, he must not be a very friendly entity, having the power to halt the suffering of his beloved, seeing it, and doing nothing about it.

Maybe this is hell after all and our God is set about punishing us all.

2007-11-02 14:03:21 · 15 answers · asked by SolarWind 4

Even to a buddhist or atheist who dont beleive

2007-11-02 14:01:42 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلى خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ(القلم 4

“Indeed you stand on an exalted standard of character.” (Al-Qalam 68:4)

Morality is an important aspect of Islam. In the Islamic terminology it is called “khuluq” and its plural is “akhlaq”. There are two aspects of a human being: one is “khalq” that is the physical aspect and the appearance. The other is “khuluq” and that is character, behavior and inner dispositions. Islam emphasizes that we take care of our physical appearance by keeping it clean, properly covered, healthy and nourished with Halal food and drinks. In a similar way it tells us that we should take care of our character and behavior.

قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَجْوَدَ النَّاسِ وَأَجْوَدُ مَا يَكُونُ فِي رَمَضَانَ وَقَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ لَمَّا بَلَغَهُ مَبْعَثُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لِأَخِيهِ ارْكَبْ إِلَى هَذَا الْوَادِي فَاسْمَعْ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ فَرَجَعَ فَقَالَ رَأَيْتُهُ يَأْمُرُ بِمَكَارِمِ الْأَخْلَاقِ (البخاري )

Ibn ‘Abbas reports that the Prophet -peace be upon him- was the most generous person. He used to become even more generous in Ramadan. And Abu Dharr said that when he heard about the coming of the Prophet -peace be upon him- he said to his brother, ‘Go to this valley and hear his words.’ He returned and said to him, ‘I saw him commanding people about the noblest morals and manners.’ (Al-Bukhari)

The Prophet was sent by Allah to teach the humanity the noblest morals (makarim al-akhlaq). He said,

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَكْمَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِيمَانًا أَحْسَنُهُمْ خُلُقًا وَخِيَارُكُمْ خِيَارُكُمْ لِنِسَائِهِمْ خُلُقًا (الترمذى

“The most perfect believer in faith is the one who is best in moral character. The best of you are those who are the best to their spouses in manners.” (al-Tirmidhi 1082)

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يُدْرِكُ بِحُسْنِ خُلُقِهِ دَرَجَاتِ قَائِمِ اللَّيْلِ صَائِمِ النَّهَارِ (مسند أحمد

‘Aishah -may Allah be pleased with her- said, “I heard the Prophet -peace be upon him- say, ‘Indeed the believer by his good morals reaches the ranks of those who spend the whole night in prayer and whole day in fasting. (Musnad Ahmad, 23219)

عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ مَا مِنْ شَيْءٍ يُوضَعُ فِي الْمِيزَانِ أَثْقَلُ مِنْ حُسْنِ الْخُلُقِ وَإِنَّ صَاحِبَ حُسْنِ الْخُلُقِ لَيَبْلُغُ بِهِ دَرَجَةَ صَاحِبِ الصَّوْمِ وَالصَّلَاةِ (الترمذي

Abu al-Darda’ reports that I heard the Prophet -peace be upon him- say, “There is nothing in the Balance heavier than the good morals. Indeed the person of good morals will reach by them the rank of the person of fasts and prayers.” (al-Tirmidhi 1926)

There are many Ahadith that indicate the high place of morals and manners in Islam. The good morals and manners should be observed in one’s personal life as well as in one’s relations with others.

Some Ahadith on Islamic manners:

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ الْمُسْلِمُ مَنْ سَلِمَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ وَالْمُهَاجِرُ مَنْ هَجَرَ مَا نَهَى اللَّهُ عَنْهُ )البخاري

“The Muslim is he/she from whose hand and tongue other Muslims are safe and Muhajir is he/she who leaves what Allah has forbidden.” (al-Bukahri 9)

حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى يُحِبَّ لِأَخِيهِ مَا يُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِهِ (البخاري

“None of you will be a believer until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.” (al-Bukhari 12)

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مَنْ لَا يَأْمَنُ جَارُهُ بَوَائِقَهُ (مسلم

“He will not enter heaven whose neighbor is not safe from his troubles.” (Muslim 66)

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْإِيمَانُ بِضْعٌ وَسَبْعُونَ أَوْ بِضْعٌ وَسِتُّونَ شُعْبَةً فَأَفْضَلُهَا قَوْلُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَدْنَاهَا إِمَاطَةُ الْأَذَى عَنْ الطَّرِيقِ وَالْحَيَاءُ شُعْبَةٌ مِنْ الْإِيمَانِ (مسلم

Faith has more than seventy branches (or he said more than sixty branches). The supreme branch is the statement that ‘There is no god except Allah’ and the lowest branch is the removal of obstacles from the path. The modesty is a branch of faith.” (Muslim 51)

These issues are not small; they are very important. No macro change can come without the micro change. Bad manners have sometimes drastic social affects.

Some of you may have heard of some interesting research on crime, called the “broken window” effect. Two researchers did the following test. They put one car in the poorer areas of New York, with the hood open. They put another car in a really affluent suburb in California. The car in New York got pulled to pieces within 24 hours. The car in California remained untouched for two weeks. Then one of the researchers smashed one window in the car and within a day, the car ended up like the one in New York.

They concluded that by breaking the window on the car, they essentially marked the car as “neglected” and thus people thought of it as “fair game”, even though it was in a good neighbourhood. Similarly, the authors concluded, if you allow little things to get away, like the breaking of windows, unless the window gets fixed very soon, all the windows get smashed.

Three years ago, in New York, they had a new police commissioner. He decided to implement this idea, by ensuring that the police no longer just attack the big issues, the homicides, the car stealings, the breaking and entering; but also the little things, like making sure streets were clean, fixing broken windows. The net effect? Crime rates in New York, formerly one of the world's crime centres, fell by almost one third in three years. Why does this work? By taking care of the little things, you give people a sense of security.

We observe good morals and manners to obey Allah and His Messenger. This is part of our faith. Our faith leads to good morals and manners and they in their turn reinforce our faith. On the other hand, we should also keep in mind the best da’wah is to live among people with good morals and manners. Before listening to our message people see us and our behavior. Non-Muslims sometimes say when they see the bad example of Muslims, “If your religion has not made you a good person, how can it be a good religion for us.” We have a big responsibility and we must take our actions seriously.

2007-11-02 13:59:56 · 11 answers · asked by muslim-doctor 3

2007-11-02 13:56:00 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-02 13:55:49 · 40 answers · asked by Rachel☺ 5

Lately i was thinking about my sister who passed and i began to wonder what happens when you die. Im cathloic (sp?) but i began to wonder if there isnt a heaven or hell what would happen to me when i die. I think the thing that scares me is that once i die its over nothing happens and Everythings Black with me rotting in some casket. With so many religons theorys on the afterlife its hard to find out witch one is actually true.

Please help me out, obviously no one will know from expierence but could someone let me know of some thories scientists came up with or some things you believe in. Id like to know what some other people think about the after life situation

10 Points for most in-depth quality and heart to heart answer

2007-11-02 13:55:47 · 51 answers · asked by Conan 2

Why has their religion spread so quickly throughout that area? Is it due to the European invasion?

2007-11-02 13:51:39 · 14 answers · asked by captainkangaroo15 1

A Christian is someone who is christ-like in spirit, attitude AND action by the power of the Holy Spirit. A Believer (in Christ) is someone who knows and accepts the truth of Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Many people feel that a Believer and a Christian are interchangible. I don't see it that way. Even Satan is a believer, since he knows the truth of God, but he's not Christian since he is the farthest from the definition. I think this is why many unbelievers view a Christian in such bad a light because many Believers who do/say terrible things assume that they, by default, are also Christian. Now I feel the reverse is true that a Christian is by default a Believer because to live a life that is christ-like WITH the power of the Holy Spirit is difficulty, and without it, impossible

For me, I'm a Believer trying, by the grace of God, to be Christian. The only one to have ever pulled it off was Our Lord, Himself. (^_^)

Is this a healthy way to look at?

2007-11-02 13:50:08 · 13 answers · asked by Phoenix Souvenir 3

Any one know anything about this? Very interesting idea and scientifically possible?

2007-11-02 13:49:22 · 11 answers · asked by Chloe 4

2007-11-02 13:48:11 · 29 answers · asked by don_steele54 6

Didn't the Holocaust provided them with enough revenge for the death of the Christ?

2007-11-02 13:47:39 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

we cannot prove that there is such a thing call love , can we and emotions like shame guilt or embarrasement........

so what is real???????? falling in love is not even real...


if there is no cause, why do we have effect....

if there is no begin where is the end...


can every thing in this world explain by science....

2007-11-02 13:46:29 · 9 answers · asked by albertt 1

For example, if a church speaks against makeup/jewelry, should a lady be allowed to sing on the podium like that?

2007-11-02 13:44:28 · 3 answers · asked by paula r 7

Its your choice GOD loves you .

2007-11-02 13:43:46 · 58 answers · asked by country boy 4

2007-11-02 13:41:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Neither orifice was "meant" to come into contact with the genitals, after all.

If you think that oral sex IS acceptable, does that also mean between people of the same sex? If not, why not?

2007-11-02 13:39:22 · 13 answers · asked by Bad Liberal 7

would I be invited???

I mean, I'm still alive, I smoke, I drink, I really really enjoy fornicating and I'm not married. I like to masturbate (a lot), I don't go to church (at all - ever), but I party like a rock star!!! I mean, my friends ALWAYS invite me to parties... I consider Jesus an all-around good guy and most good guys I meet I become friends with. So, those of you who already know him personally, do u think he'd let me in to his BASH to celebrate the birth of this great nation?!? I'd bring my own booze, of course. I'm no mooch.

2007-11-02 13:38:00 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Away from all the ambient light of a small town or city,,
and felt really small,,yet connected!
The Milky Way is much more than a candy bar...

2007-11-02 13:34:55 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

News flash: evolution is natural.

2007-11-02 13:32:11 · 46 answers · asked by Anonymous

Lets say the nicest person in the world was Atheist, and the meanest person in the world was Catholic. Would the Atheist still go to Hell, while the Catholic gets off Scott-free?

2007-11-02 13:29:12 · 29 answers · asked by Darth Nihilus 5