Religion & Spirituality - 12 November 2007

I've heard a few people make this claim and I was wondering if somebody could point me to the book, chapter and verse (or at least the book and chapter).

Thanks.

2007-11-12 04:51:03 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-12 04:50:55 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

If we Believers are deluded and dysfunctional and brainwashed and misled and all that, isn't tormenting us kind of like playing "Hide the Spoon" with a retarded child?

Not that I object to that, in particular---it's amazing how many times you can get 'em to crawl under the table if you keep a straight face...

2007-11-12 04:49:28 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

My parents aren't really Christians, they don't believe in it, nor were they ever members of the Church. But since I got to a Catholic foundation school I'm beginning to accept the faith and I really believe in God... I'm just confused about myself because this is a really awkward situation. Could I possibly call myself a Christian? And am I accepted as one in the eyes of God?
Thanks in advance!

2007-11-12 04:49:06 · 16 answers · asked by :) 2

2007-11-12 04:48:35 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

If Heaven exists, do you earn the privilege to go there? Or is it random chance? Or is it a gift from God? Or is it somethingelse?

Refer to my profile on my religious affiliation before you say anything about it; otherwise, don't answer the questions.
?Comprende? >:[

2007-11-12 04:48:18 · 16 answers · asked by Kinic 2

Can you see love? Can you touch it? Can you correspond with it? No, but evidently, it's there is it not? You can definantly feel it. Atheists should understand that God is no different. You cannot see him, nor touch him, nor correspond with him (in the literal sense), but you can feel his presense if you want to. I'm not talking about imaginary crazyness or pretending, I'm talking about actually feeling the presence of God, or a Divine Being. Take away the Bible, the Church, the Commandments, and anything documented as a religious article, and just focus on the essence of a Divine Being. Can you not feel it, even at least sometimes? Can you not combine love and God into one, because they are essentially the same thing. People get so stuck up in trying to force the image and likliness of God that eventually, it sounds like an absurd story. Atheists, don't dismiss the presence of anything. Just because we can't see it (ex. love) doesn't mean it's not there.

2007-11-12 04:48:11 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

My mother passed on Christmas day nine years ago. I still don;t know what to think of it as far as religiously.. as a christian it's hard not to try and put some religious belief to it.. Any thoughts?

2007-11-12 04:47:46 · 48 answers · asked by .sincerious. 6

i asked a question for jehovah witnesses and well it got deleted i asked a few questions and i clearly said i wasnt bashing i think im being stalked by trolls o.o

2007-11-12 04:46:27 · 5 answers · asked by ? 5

who ever answers corectly and clearly i will chose for best answer and i will give you a prize but the prize is a secrit for now hehehe!

2007-11-12 04:45:59 · 21 answers · asked by Rianna 2

2007-11-12 04:45:19 · 33 answers · asked by Amanda M 5

I was just wondering whether Christians believe whether God wants us to act as Adam and Eve did... apart from the Sin of course.

2007-11-12 04:45:14 · 17 answers · asked by jenny84 4

I'm sure we all know what the bible says about sex before marriage...but what does it say about making out?

2007-11-12 04:43:48 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-12 04:43:16 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

A few weeks ago, I was in a bookstore with a friend of a friend and she handed me a copy of "God is Not Great" and said I'd probably like it.

Was it my sarcastic humor? My egotistical attitude?

2007-11-12 04:42:44 · 22 answers · asked by Eleventy 6

2007-11-12 04:42:14 · 9 answers · asked by MR TT, VT enthusiast 2

I just wanted to know if you have to ignore the following verses in your Koran to live peacefully with your non-Muslim neighbors?

3:28 "Let not the believers take disbelievers for their friends in preference to believers."

3:32 "Allah loveth not the disbelievers."

4:91 "Take them and kill them wherever ye find them. Against such We have given you clear warrant."

5:51 "Take not the Jews and the Christians for friends. ... He among you who taketh them for friends is (one) of them."

9:73 "Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites! Be harsh with them. Their ultimate abode is hell, a hapless journey's end."

How do you obey your scriptures with regard to this?

2007-11-12 04:40:01 · 9 answers · asked by pixie_pagan 4

So I work as a cashier & I've had a customer who was a pastor try to refer me to his church but I told him I was Agnostic because there's so many things in the bible I don't understand. I asked him if I was Buddhist, if he would still try to convert me. He proceeded to go on about how some people didn't agree with Christ & tried to start their own religion.
Buddhism is more of a lifestyle than a religion. There is no god in Buddhism, Buddha is more a prophet, NOT A GOD.
I've had a few more customers try to refer me to their church, & the occasional Jehovah's witness knock on my door.

Honestly, of all the religions, why is it that Christians must go about trying to convert others? I was brought up as a Roman Catholic but I eventually came to the conclusion that some things don't make sense (how come the bible doesn't mention dinosaurs!?) or some things are just plain ridiculous (ex: same sex relations are wrong).

Seriously, why are Christians like this!?

+++ Please no Bible quotes.

2007-11-12 04:39:52 · 28 answers · asked by Muuusica 2

2007-11-12 04:38:16 · 3 answers · asked by alfbeta 1

2007-11-12 04:36:00 · 10 answers · asked by Jacob Dahlen 3

"There is only one God and He is God to all; therefore it is important that everyone is seen as equal before God. I've always said we should help a Hindu become a better Hindu, a Muslim become a better Muslim, a Catholic become a better Catholic." - Mother Theresa

2007-11-12 04:34:32 · 24 answers · asked by maki 2

In Jebus and God? Why? and why not?

2007-11-12 04:32:34 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know I do.

2007-11-12 04:32:20 · 20 answers · asked by Mark 2

Other boards are fine. When you visit this one, you can always ID the fundie.
Ridiculous spelling.
Bad grammar.
Poor syntax.

Do you hate English as much as you do science?

2007-11-12 04:31:59 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-12 04:28:49 · 19 answers · asked by Y!A-FOOL 5

There is NOTHING about full frontal nudity or full nudity in the ten commandments.

in the story of adam and eve GOD WANTED HUMANS TO BE NAKED.

ONLY AFTER the apple, which according to the story, they were NOT SUPPOSED to eat, did they put on clothes.

yet it is christian groups the most that flip out when aging pop star's breasts pop out during sporting events, when someone shows a butt on tv or wholly natural nudity or sex in the movies.

christian groups flip out more from nudity than they do violence in america.

why? isn't this against god's wishes? god said "thou shalt not kill" yet entertainment violence is ok, god said nothing about "thou shalt not show the breasts of a woman" yet this is prohibited.

please explain the hypocrasy in this ameircan-christian way of thinking.

2007-11-12 04:28:43 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

If they KNOW they are right, why should it matter what proofs Richard Dawkins comes forward with, in an attempt to disprove god. Why aren't they just content in knowing that they are right and he is wrong? Or is it because the proofs that the religious are refuting are so dangerous to religion that they must be stopped? Answers from both sides of the argument are welcome.

2007-11-12 04:28:24 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-12 04:28:20 · 7 answers · asked by me45404 3

What makes methodists different from let's say the catholics or protestants? Just curious as I really don't know the differences. Thanks.

2007-11-12 04:27:53 · 3 answers · asked by Kaliko 6

It seems to me that if you drink wine or beer, in some religions you're going to helll, so which religion should I stay away from then? And who accepts it?

2007-11-12 04:26:40 · 31 answers · asked by Yummy♥Mummy 6