Religion & Spirituality - 6 November 2007

is the second coming of christ coming through science? if we did more stem cell research, could we be closer to the 2nd coming?

2007-11-06 10:46:56 · 44 answers · asked by Anonymous

The number of his years is past finding out.

2007-11-06 10:45:23 · 10 answers · asked by inteleyes 7

Senator Grassley, top GOP on the Senate Finance Committee, has requested information from a number of televangelists for an investigation into financial wrong doings. The investigation is focusing on ministry expenses, executive compensation and amenities given to executives.

Information was requested from: Randy & Paula White, Benny Hinn, David & Joyce Meyer, Kenneth & Gloria Copeland, Bishop Eddie Long, and Creflo & Taffi Dollar.

Your thoughts?

2007-11-06 10:45:03 · 12 answers · asked by genaddt 7

I don't know about you guys, but I have a hard time reading the scriptures; Bible, Book of Mormon, ect. Actually, I've hacd a hard time paying attention to anything I read lately..lol, that's not the point right now though. :)
I was wondering, does anyone have any tricks for understanding and paying more attention to what you read from the scriptures? I'm having an especially hard time with the Old Testament- the book we're studying in Seminary this year (for all of those who are not LDS, Seminary is a class, either before school, during school, or home-study course, where LDS memebers and non-LDS alike can learn more about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. We focus on one book each year; Old Testament, new Testament, Book of Mormon, ect. ) When reading the Old Testament, how do you better pay attention? I know the simple pray before hand and all that, but does anyone else have any other ideas? I just can't seem to learn anything. All POSITIVE ideas are welcome.

2007-11-06 10:43:28 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am very disturbed by the holy books which show blind faith in God without proving that he exists.
This is especially true in Islam or Quran where it says : The purpose of life is to worship and give yourself to Allah ! But in my opinion, purpose of life would be to serve and help others and make this world a better place to live.
I am not going to disclose my own religion or lack of.
would greatly appreciate any comments

2007-11-06 10:42:58 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

*i'm a Christian, but i'm just trying to understand this*

there's verse( i forgot, SRY!) but it's very popular, where Jesus calls a woman in need, a dog. he did not know this wmoan whatsoever, so he had no right to call some random person a dog. he saw many random people everyday, and he chose HER out of all of them...WTF?!


and why does he flip over those guy's table, where they were selling sacrifices? SO WHAT if they were SELLING the sacrifice, instead of killing it! you might say "well it was Jesus's house, becuase he's God's son" ...well... in the What WE call "MORTAL" world, you don't get to choose if you wanna be God's son.
for all THEY knew, Jesus was just some random average guy who was walking passed.
isn't that called "VANDALISM"? it was THEIR property! no one "CONFIRMED" that Jesus was God's son during those times...

sry i'm talking LOUD, but i had a really bad day, and i just wanted to understand this. THANX!

2007-11-06 10:41:35 · 6 answers · asked by hhhiiiiiiii peoples 2

OK, DNA is over 99% accurate right? We accept it as science. What if I were to assemble a team of statisticians to test the probability of certain phrophecies and then had an independant team of archeologists to verify the specific elements. There are some very detailed prophecies in the bible and with the proper funding Christians could satisfy some Atheists with a quantifiable answer. I just thought this up, what are your thoughts. take the city of Tyre for example.
Nebuchadneser and Alexander the great laid devistation to it that can be seen just as described in the bible. You can take a look at the city on wikipedia to compare. the method used to bring this city down was exact. etc. then look up cyrus in Isaiah 43 I think? His name mentioned before he was born...a non jew king helps them rebuild the temple. conservative estimates are that there are about 100 of these.

2007-11-06 10:41:10 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

How many of you are telling people here they are going to burn in hell. I see this in alot of QAs from nonChristian posters that this is told to them on a daily basis all the time on here. I think I miss it when it happens, but Im sure it happens from time to time. So, do you do this and if so, why. I think I will ask this question again this evening to get a better idea of the entirety of the board. Thanks :)

2007-11-06 10:40:42 · 16 answers · asked by Loosid 6

is it wrong to question god like if you were to wonder sometimes if he was real and be scared like "what if hes not real what will happen whdn i die" and wonder if he actaully exist

2007-11-06 10:39:51 · 11 answers · asked by ? 1

2007-11-06 10:38:54 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just another correct answer?

2007-11-06 10:35:07 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

In the bible, how much older is he than the Virgin Mary?

2007-11-06 10:31:23 · 16 answers · asked by Okay.... 3

and why would you do it

2007-11-06 10:26:04 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-06 10:21:40 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-06 10:21:22 · 23 answers · asked by :) 3

Hot dogs are dogs, burritos are cats.

2007-11-06 10:21:06 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok. Well my mother is Roman catholic, and my dad is Church of England. My mum was bought up in a very religious family and grew up to hate the religon. My dad liked going to church and bought me every week (church of england) when I was young, but when I was 7 my dancing changed to sunday and I told him I wanted to leave church for dancing and because I was growing to old for sunday school he didn't try and make me go so I left.
This year i've started a Roman Catholic school for 6th form and for some reason it just feels so right. I feel that God is watching over me more and I can always find the answers to my questions now, unlike before. It just really feels right, it's hard to explain. I feel the need to convert to the faith so I can attend catholic church, Before recently, I hadn't been much of a good person and I want to wash away my sins. Problem is my mum will not be pleased and she may get angry at my nan saying that she's brainwashed me. I'm only 16 and not sure what to do?

2007-11-06 10:21:05 · 24 answers · asked by claireybearyfairy 4

... and should a movie about God be given an R- rating?

2007-11-06 10:20:08 · 8 answers · asked by I'm an Atheist 3

Okay, so I remember in high school our history class taught about the Catholic church selling tickets to Heaven to increase revenue. It was a long time ago, maybe in the middle ages. Can anyone explain when this happened, and the details of it?

Thanks!

2007-11-06 10:19:47 · 6 answers · asked by mathaowny 6

GOD

2007-11-06 10:17:34 · 10 answers · asked by mairszee 3

maybe it is not for me?

2007-11-06 10:14:34 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

Imagine you are rich and powerful and can help people at no cost to yourself. One day you find that your neighbor is a poor starving African kid with sad eyes. You find out he hasn't eaten in days. Would it be immoral for you to go next door and tell the kid you love him while refusing to feed him? Would it be immoral of you if you continued to do this every day until the poor kid starved to death?


Why, then, is it okay for religious people to claim that God does this very thing EVERY DAY? They claim God loves that kid and they can see that God, who is supposedly all powerful (and often interested enough in the lives of humans to give preachers fancy cars), refuses to feed the kid. Every day, that kid starves to death thousands of times.

And yet, they call God things like "perfect" and "moral."

Why is it okay if God does it but not okay if I do it?

2007-11-06 10:13:38 · 34 answers · asked by Minh 6

She is a modern day Saint, I would say. When she passes ---she will go up for cannonization pretty fast don't you think?

2007-11-06 10:12:38 · 1 answers · asked by Midge 7

2007-11-06 10:11:39 · 13 answers · asked by Laff -Hugs 4all- 5

I try to always receive on the tongue rather than in the hand---I just think it shows the Lord that I know it is him GIVING it to me rather than me TAKING it. I know that the Church does allow to receive in the hand and so I do not put down anyone who does but, I kind of think the baby bird thing with the nest and their head back and mouths open wide is kind of what he had in mind.

2007-11-06 10:10:59 · 14 answers · asked by Midge 7

2007-11-06 10:09:21 · 14 answers · asked by Linz VT•AM 4

I am a Christian. My thermostat is at 65 and It's cold outside- but I am trying to conserve energy. My lightbulbs are the new compact florescent ones, I recycle more than I throw away. I am upset when I see communities growing fast when there are no resources to support them (not enough h2o, etc...) I buy resale when possible to conserve energy and resources. I don't drive a gas guzzler and I consolidate errands into as few trips as possible.

It bugs me when atheists say Christians don't protect the earth.

2007-11-06 10:08:36 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-06 10:08:16 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-06 10:06:34 · 20 answers · asked by zclipped 1

At the time of Jesus, Augustus was emporer and he had been named by the Senate circa 40 B.C. as divi filius, son of God (the particular god being Julius Ceasar).

Also, virgin birth as well as demi-gods (half human, half god) were a sesterces a dozen in ancient Rome.

2007-11-06 10:05:30 · 3 answers · asked by Brendan G 4