Religion & Spirituality - 6 November 2007

since they do not believe in eternal punishment or god. What this says about religous people scares me but that is another question all together.
An atheist comes to his moral and ethical code by thought, logic, trial and error. Since it is something we come up with on our own we know WHY we believe it which oft makes commitment to that belief easier. The knowledge that there is no force in the universe to catch me or my brother if we fall other than the fellow next to me makes this atheist kinder and a lil more understanding.

All that being said, why is it the religous make so bold as to assume they hold a monoploy on morality and ethics?
Furthermore, do you think youre more likely to follow a rule because someone told you to or because you understand the benefit to yourself and others?

2007-11-06 18:25:54 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

We should stop and thank God for all the good things, and not worry so much about any bad things we are facing, the world didn't blow up, world war three didn't start, and there is still time for so many more to come to The Lord and have salvation. Don't make silly comments, I don't even humor you by reading them, I just thought we should thank the Lord for keeping us with Him and safe.

2007-11-06 18:20:37 · 30 answers · asked by Lynn C 5

2007-11-06 18:17:50 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-06 18:13:56 · 20 answers · asked by ? 6

I heard this crazy story several years back from some guy about how the Islamic god is nothing more than a pagan deity of the moon! Supposedly, the arabs worshipped a lot of pagan gods and spirits back in the old days. This much I know is true. But then I also heard that one of these gods was the infamous MOON GOD. And one guy decided that the MOON GOD was better than the other gods. In fact, he went around telling people that the MOON GOD was the ONLY real god and that the others were all fakey gods. Well, they kicked his *** after that, which started the story of the exile to Madinah.

Apparently, there is archaeological evidence to back up this story, but I've never heard of such a thing. Has anyone else heard about this?

2007-11-06 18:09:54 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

why cant paul drink poison.. he may be true christian..?

2007-11-06 18:07:32 · 22 answers · asked by Peace 1

2007-11-06 18:07:03 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

If God wants everyone to hear the gospel and be saved, why doesn't he tell them?

There's people who have never even heard of God that would listen to him at this very moment, but he remains silent. If Christianity were true, then the Gospel would have been preached to each and every one of us directly, and correctly, by God--just as it supposedly was to the disciples who walked and talked and dined with God Himself, or to the Apostle Paul, who claimed to have had actual conversations with God, and to have heard the Gospel directly from God Himself. Was their free will violated? Of course not. Nor would ours be.

2007-11-06 18:04:33 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I need help with these cards, I just did a 3 card spread and my question was if I'm pregnant. The first card I got was the King of wands, the second was the queen of cups, and the third was the ace of swords. What do you think?? Is there a possibility (ace of swords meaning new beginnings)???

2007-11-06 18:02:32 · 11 answers · asked by ME 1

Look again, or do I always have to show you the truth for you to see it and then refute it again.. Refute anything I post in the next 100 questions and you will find yourself in denial of yourself and your very faith. Everything is going to come from your own book. Be prepaired that truth you decided to avoid is going to fall upon your very head Al hamdoullah.

2007-11-06 18:02:07 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

How wide is this belief. Here is my source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_in_Christianity but I have seen it elsewhere.

2007-11-06 18:00:59 · 6 answers · asked by Peter D 2

2007-11-06 18:00:26 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Very simple, yes?
You to are the same way.

2007-11-06 17:56:09 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

In my town there are 7 United Methodists churches. One of them is Jane's United Methodist Church....it's the church for blacks.

There is a church for the people who agreed with the North, and one for people who agreed with the South....and the blacks had to build their own church because they weren't accepted in either of them.

So are you going to start saying that United Methodists are racist? Doubt it.

2007-11-06 17:55:46 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-06 17:47:33 · 8 answers · asked by bimbeh kyuteh 1

In the Bible it is stressed over and over that you must accept Jesus in order to be saved, that Jesus is the only way to get to the father. Evidently, many Christians desperately try to convert everyone to Christianity. This all makes it very obvious that it is very "essential" in Christianity that you accept Jesus.

Now the question arises: What about those who were born before Christ Himself; Died before birth; what about those who have never heard of Jesus? There are many remote areas around the world "today" where no one has ever even heard the slightest bit of Jesus ! If these people can get to heaven without having to accept Jesus, then accepting Jesus as your savior doesn't seem so "essential" after all.

And to say these people will have the chance to accept Jesus on Judgement day is erronous. Why? If Jesus appeared right in front of them, then they do not accept Jesus through faith but through certainty.

Lets see if I can get a straight answer from this.

2007-11-06 17:47:23 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-06 17:41:36 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Someone tried to explain that the word 'sister' is 'sister in faith'; but as far as I am reliably informed, the same word 'sister' (as in sister of Aaron) is used as sister (in the flesh) in other parts of the AlQuran??

2007-11-06 17:36:18 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why?Why would he hate Atheism?

2007-11-06 17:35:22 · 35 answers · asked by Life goes on... 6

2007-11-06 17:31:17 · 10 answers · asked by kloneme 3

to me that means you have been brainwashed if you do

2007-11-06 17:30:49 · 26 answers · asked by vici 4

i can provide PROOFS from its scriptures, which shows its not the religion of terrorism and war, as percieved. judge the religion, not the followers...

2007-11-06 17:27:54 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-06 17:25:46 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have nothing against people who don't believe in God i just want to know and discuss why? why not? Don't call me annoying but its my purpose and everyone else's purpose to share religions. AND I AM SO NOT LETTING TOM CRUISE GO TO HELL ( i want him to live).

2007-11-06 17:23:13 · 21 answers · asked by pdszamora 2

the FDA won't allow it to be used because of patent issues?

The side effects are very dangerous, but it is very, VERY rare to experience them, and you should be monitored by a doctor while under treatment.....although if you are in America, no doctor can treat you with it due to legal issues. Red tape is keeping people sick.

Here is a link about the drug:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichloroacetic_acid

Makes me really hate how greedy humans can be......

2007-11-06 17:23:00 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

in which the dead and dried up orange tree in my backyard was on fire. I ran out of my house and saw it ablaze yet the tree was pretty much untouched. I thought this rather miraculous so... I said, "Tree? Ehhhh... you got something to say?"
Utter silence... well this pissed me off so I started cussing at the tree but it never responded and then I woke up.

So my question is... do you think this dream has some type of signifigance or is it merely an indication from my subconcious that I have been spending far to much time in R&S of late?

2007-11-06 17:20:39 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Jesus did not call them Abraham's children, but a "brood of vipers" [Matt. 3:7]. Oh, that was too insulting for the noble blood and race of Israel, and they declared, "He has a demon' [Matt 11:18]. Our Lord also calls them a "brood of vipers"; furthermore in John 8 [:39,44] he states: "If you were Abraham's children ye would do what Abraham did.... You are of your father the devil. It was intolerable to them to hear that they were not Abraham's but the devil's children, nor can they bear to hear this today.------Martin Luther

"And the founder of Christianity made no secret indeed of his estimation of the Jewish people. When He found it necessary, He drove those enemies of the human race out of the Temple of God. ---- Adolph Hitler, Mein Kampf, pp.174

Hitler stated: "Christ was the greatest early fighter in the battle against the world enemy, the Jews . . . The work that Christ started but could not finish, I--Adolf Hitler--will conclude."

"Hence today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord."
Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, Ralph Mannheim, ed., p. 65, New York: Mariner Books, 1999

“If I find a Jew to baptize, I shall lead him to the Elbe bridge, hang a stone around his neck, and push him into the water, baptizing him with the name of Avraham!.. I cannot convert the Jews. Our lord Christ did not succeed in doing so; but I can close their mouths so that there will be nothing for them to do but to lie upon the ground.” – Martin Luther

Martin Luther: [ in his last sermon, four days before he died, ] called for practical measures: burn their synagogues, confiscate all books in Hebrew, prohibit Jewish prayers, force them to do manual labour, and drive them out of Germany.

Did I not tell you earlier that a Jew is such a noble, precious jewel that God and all the angels dance when he farts?---Martin Luther (Germany)

“What then shall we Christians do with this damned, rejected race of Jews?
First, their synagogues should be set on fire, and whatever does not burn up should be covered or spread over with dirt so that no one may ever be able to see a cinder or stone of it. And this ought to be done for the honour of God and of Christianity, in order that God may see that we are true Christians.
Secondly, their homes should be likewise broken down and destroyed.
Thirdly, they should be deprived of their prayerbooks and talmuds in which such idolatry, lies, cursing and blasphemy are taught.
Fourthly, their rabbis must be forbidden under threats of death to teach anymore.” – Martin Luther

“If I find a Jew to baptize, I shall lead him to the Elbe bridge, hang a stone around his neck, and push him into the water, baptizing him with the name of Avraham!.. I cannot convert the Jews. Our lord Christ did not succeed in doing so; but I can close their mouths so that there will be nothing for them to do but to lie upon the ground.” – Martin Luther

Jesus did not call them Abraham's children, but a "brood of vipers" [Matt. 3:7]. Oh, that was too insulting for the noble blood and race of Israel, and they declared, "He has a demon' [Matt 11:18]. Our Lord also calls them a "brood of vipers"; furthermore in John 8 [:39,44] he states: "If you were Abraham's children ye would do what Abraham did.... You are of your father the devil. It was intolerable to them to hear that they were not Abraham's but the devil's children, nor can they bear to hear this today.------Martin Luther

They [rulers] must act like a good physician who, when gangrene has set in proceeds without mercy to cut, saw, and burn flesh, veins, bone, and marrow. Such a procedure must also be followed in this instance. Burn down their synagogues, forbid all that I enumerated earlier, force them to work, and deal harshly with them, as Moses did...
If this does not help we must drive them out like mad dogs.----Martin Luther

Martin Luther: [ in his last sermon, four days before he died, ] called for practical measures: burn their synagogues, confiscate all books in Hebrew, prohibit Jewish prayers, force them to do manual labour, and drive them out of Germany.

2007-11-06 17:20:16 · 11 answers · asked by kloneme 3

Let those that have eyes see, and those that have ears hear.
To simple?
You have eyes and ears don't you?
Yes, I am saying you don't have to believe anything, just be as you really are.

2007-11-06 17:19:58 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

He fears the supposed christian living here.
The christian groups,priests will always agaist his policies.
His first birth place is becoming a killing and firing ground.
Why should he take a chance and waisting the time?

2007-11-06 17:14:05 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-06 17:13:54 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous