Religion & Spirituality - 11 November 2007

people?? Why would he punish people who followed the religion but were not able to accept that he is God in their heart?? This seems like an awefully cold punishment for someone not being able to acknowledge truth.

Are there any verses that say that a person who is good but does not know God will get to heaven?

2007-11-11 22:36:00 · 26 answers · asked by Mr. Nobody 5

"Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the Bible prohibits the consumption, storage and transfusion of blood including in cases of emergency. This has been their view since 1945."

Personally I think this practise is callous and despicable.

2007-11-11 22:35:41 · 11 answers · asked by Golgi Apparatus 6

You get such a harsh reaction from some individuals when you mention the name of Jesus Christ, is it because He has such a powerfull Name or is it anouther spirit that recognise the Holy Spirit in us?

2007-11-11 22:20:20 · 22 answers · asked by INCOGNITO 3

Like alot of atheists i had a religious upbringing. I have had no contact from my family for 14 years. My eldest son is 20 now.What drives religious people to such behavior?

2007-11-11 22:17:36 · 8 answers · asked by CreativeMusicArtist 4

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2007-11-11 22:16:28 · 6 answers · asked by kimmmy 1

Specifically because I feel I cannot live up to Church standards. Specifically, being a "Menance to Society" by being a single male. I have been a member since 12. I am not an RM at the time most young men are normally doing that I was serving my country as an Officer in our Armed Forces. I have been married and divorced twice and though I have no biological children adopted my 2nd wifes daughter the week before I married her mother.
I don't see another marriage or even romance in my future. I have never been a "Ladies Man", I have been left for abusive men, men being released from jail and once even for a woman.

Due to panic disorder I no longer drive and the nearest ward or branch is 40 miles away. I can't get to activities and stay pretty much at home.

Ladies can find husbands during the Millienium but I have never found a scripture which says the same about men. Some have expressed opionion it must be true but I have never found a scriptural reference to it.

Opinions pleas

2007-11-11 22:09:50 · 17 answers · asked by Sid B 6

...is the planet Earth at times very unstable to life?

Such as -

* erupting Supervolcanoes (there is one ominously simmering underneath Yellowstone National Park, and it is overdue)
* regular, cyclic Ice Ages
* irregular Magnetic Field fluctuations
* violent Siezmic activity
* mass carbon realeses (whereby carbon-storing trees and oceans rapidly decreases it's storage potential of carbon thereby suddenly altering the Earth's temperature).

Most of these events only happen perhaps once every 500,000 years, but most of these are capable of casing mass extinctions.

Indeed, in the last 550 million years there have been 5 major extinctions wherby more than 50% of animal life has perished (including the Dinosaurs).

Now, the point of all this is -

The Earth is sometimes extremly hostile, but if God had designed Earth differently (e.g., a more stable world), then many of these chaotic natural events would not happen.

So why did God design the Earth to act violently?

2007-11-11 22:09:12 · 21 answers · asked by Golgi Apparatus 6

2007-11-11 22:00:37 · 32 answers · asked by Everlasting Life 3

2007-11-11 21:59:25 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a friend thats a Wicca, and she hates Christians.

I think it is about how they burned them back in the day.

What do you think?

2007-11-11 21:57:19 · 26 answers · asked by YaoYao D 5

What do some people want us to do?

The Crusades were horrible. Christians have acted badly in the past: witch burnings, etc.

What do people want Christians in 2007 to do? Do you want us to abandon our faith because members of our group acted terribly hundreds of years ago?
Do you want us all tortured and killed to somehow atone for these things?
What good would that do? Do you want revenge somehow?Sometimes it seems as if some of you are putting Christians today on trial for the atrocities of the past.



Would it give you a sense of satisfaction to see us suffer for something in which we had no part?

Do you really think that all of us are horrible people because of these things?


This is an honest, heartfelt question.
I am not attacking anyone.
I am a good person. I did nothing to hurt anyone.
Why should I or any other Christian be blamed/attacked for The Crusades, witch burnings, etc.?

2007-11-11 21:53:19 · 24 answers · asked by batgirl2good 7

in the Quran stated;

Ar-Rahman

Like unto rubies and coral. (58)

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny? (59)

Is there any Reward for Good other than Good? (60)

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny? (61)

And besides these two, there are two other Gardens― (62)

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny? (63)

Dark green in colour (from plentiful watering). (64)

Then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny? (65)

2007-11-11 21:50:35 · 3 answers · asked by singularity 3

The Quran says: God forbids you not, with regards to those who fight you not for [your] faith nor drive you out of your homes, from dealing kindly and justly with them; for God loveth those who are just. (Quran, 60-8)

It is one function of Islamic law to protect the privileged status of others, and this is why non-Muslim places of worship have flourished all over the Islamic world. History provides many examples of Muslim tolerance towards other faiths: when the caliph Omar entered Jerusalem in the year 634, Islam granted freedom of worship to all religious communities in the city.

Islamic law also permits non-Muslim minorities to set up their own courts, which implement family laws drawn up by the minorities themselves.

The Patriarch invited him to pray in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, but he preferred to pray outside its gates, saying that if he accepted, later generations of Muslims might use his action as an excuse to turn it into a mosque!

2007-11-11 21:34:59 · 22 answers · asked by A Friend 4ever 4

Who or what do you worship?

I worship the pink elelphant that is standing on my alien spaceship that fell through my chimney!

2007-11-11 21:34:19 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-11 21:24:14 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Id like to know that not all of them hate muslims ...

2007-11-11 21:11:51 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

If u say He wans't speaking as He was the only One in the whole universe, tha would mean that humans complited God's senses. God forbid!

I once heared that God the Father, God the Holy Spirit , and God the Son were all speaking with each others. What were they saying since they all were one ?

2007-11-11 21:06:44 · 8 answers · asked by cleopatra 4

Thus forcing the politicians to admit that they are Atheist. What will Christians do then when they loose all their political power become Atheist with the rest of us??

2007-11-11 21:05:30 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

Christians are motivated by the need to reach heaven. They live their lives with this goal in mind. The goal is a selfish goal and everything they do that is perceived a "Christian act" is merely another step to fulfilling the selfish goal of reaching heaven.

Are Christians merely selfish people who live a life of self reward?

Are their deeds meaningless when they are after all only performed with a selfish goal in mind?

It is a bit like marrying a octogenarian millionaire in the hope that he/she dies soon after and leaves you everything. Good deeds are simply a means to an end for Christians.

2007-11-11 21:05:28 · 22 answers · asked by penster_x 4

Why can't people just face the fact that there is a higher power and that the power is our lord and savior Jesus Christ
PS: DO NOT put things contradicting Christianity in this post

2007-11-11 20:51:11 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-11 20:51:04 · 19 answers · asked by soppy.bollocks 4

“Atheism is the height of arrogance: For an atheist to deny the spiritual experience of others is like a blind man telling me I can’t see colours.”

2007-11-11 20:42:19 · 29 answers · asked by Don 5

Is this for real? Are there really places like this that exist in the United States?

I always heard of christian fundamentalists, but I was under the impression it was a smaller group, and that people were actually exaggerating when explaining their beliefs.

You know, blowing it all out of proportion.

But this movie disproves my assumptions. What about yours?

2007-11-11 20:31:27 · 13 answers · asked by Sapere Aude 5

Hee hee. I just had to ask this. What do you think?

2007-11-11 20:24:50 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't have the answer yet but I know it's in the old testament and should I find it before you I will post it. It's not Jehovah/Yahweh or Lord.

What a faithful God have we, faithful in everyway. hmchriwillhaveanadress4usoon

2007-11-11 20:21:02 · 27 answers · asked by eddielo 1

To be honest they are all full of crap. Rud reakons he will make houseing more affordable, yea right. And Howard who says there will be no GST when he was voted in. So who are you going to vote for on your ballot on the 24th of this month? I know this question has nothing to do with r and r but I do not give a. Plus you get more answers on here anyway.

2007-11-11 20:20:15 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-11 20:07:49 · 29 answers · asked by Raven 2

2007-11-11 19:58:13 · 5 answers · asked by ? 4

Why do animists think that suffering occurs throughout the world?

2007-11-11 19:55:50 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

What we worship as God in this earth doesn't seem to be proven and each religion has its own misconcepts. Our creator is unidentifiable, needs no praising, needs no money, needs no prayers and IS TOO FAR. As for as my knowledge is concerned, whatever is happening in our lives is determined and no one can erase, touch or change HIS design.

2007-11-11 19:54:00 · 10 answers · asked by Prakasam N 2