Religion & Spirituality - 20 November 2007

no, I dont mean in the "you almightly and all powerfu grassbladel" way that some ppl worship.

I mean , do you admire it's beauty? Is your mind and emotion taken away?

Do you stop to look at tree's and spend time to dance in the rain, is a field a beautiful place for you?

Do you notice the changing moon and rejoice with the sun?

Its perrenial , it survives even when we dont want it too. When we die, it carries us along. We dont get to see its full beauty and power because we cut it away or dont let it grow as it should.

I dunno, I could see myself building a mini alter in my home and including some blades of grass , along with other things.

I feel comfortable with these thoughts and feelings?


your thoughts plz?
=D

2007-11-20 08:13:10 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-20 08:12:45 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ah8xIKMkuOhy_Or6tKregV_sy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071120093731AAcJ16B

not just this question, but all questions....they always say that their "sacred text" whatever that may be states this or that, but there are always contradictions. If it was the infallable word of god, don't you think he/she/or it would have made things pretty clear?

2007-11-20 08:11:10 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have been doing a lot of research on Astral projection. I have tried to eat only vegetables, meditation, and all the AM with George Norie "coast to coast" stuff. I even went so far as try to use DMT a chemical that is secreted from your pineal gland when you dream to try and get some answers. But to no avail.
Just some info on my meditation, is that I cannot imagine being in a grass field visually in my mind. But I can make myself feel that I am in a grass field. So in the Astral projection directions when it says visualize something I am actually just feeling like I am.
I have had several lucid dreams where I tried to manipulate it into an astral projection but ultimately just woke up. Anyone know if there is any truth to astral projection.
I am not gullible, I am a scientist and my logic and reason tells me that there is no such thing. But I choose to prove to myself that there is nothing more out there.

2007-11-20 08:10:25 · 8 answers · asked by Chad G 2

I have seen here that many see these as completely different ideas. In my dictionary it list murder as killing with aforethought. Please explain your personal view on the differences of these two words.

2007-11-20 08:08:01 · 32 answers · asked by Desert Lotus 3

How is it decided if it is moral to kill or not? I'm not talking just about humans, I'm talking about everything. No one cares if I kill a mosquito...this is actually a goverment supported act, they kill them by the thousands. However, if I killed a dog...I better have a darn good reason for doing so...like the dog is attacking a child. Is it the size of the animal, is it the domestication? I don't think it is the size, if I saw a tiger walking in my neighborhood...I don't think I would be demonized if I shot it...being that it could be dangerous. I don't think it has to do with danger either...any stray dog I see could pose a danger to my children. No one would care if I step on an ant outside. Kids do this all the time, no one really cares do they? What about if a child decides to go and kill a beautiful butterfly? Is that different than them stepping on an ant?

Continued in Details below...

2007-11-20 08:06:12 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

My friend had open heart surgery today and things are not going well they have just taken her back to the operating room for the 3rd time she is bleeding and they are having trouble getting it stopped and her heart regulated. Please pray for Joella. Thank you my brothers and sisters in Christ.

2007-11-20 08:06:07 · 8 answers · asked by Nancy B 5

what percentage of the questions here in R&S are serious questions?

It seems that most questions here are really meant to either ridicule the beliefs of others or reassert the beliefs of the person asking the question.

2007-11-20 08:05:09 · 12 answers · asked by bregweidd 6

2007-11-20 08:05:05 · 20 answers · asked by Linz VT•AM 4

david had to keep the arc of the covenant in a tent. He fought with a spear. When he became king, the king of Tyre donated cedar logs for his palace. In his childhood, it says there were no blacksmiths in the land. the only reason he is so popular is because a prophecy says his name will be like the greatest men on earth. wow.

So I have trouble when people want to write him off as non existant. i mean, you can fly to Isreal and ask the cab driver to take you to his son's fort...??

Can someone smart help?

2007-11-20 08:04:53 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I ask this because I often see creationists asking 'evolutionists' if they believe evolution can be wrong, or if another possibility exists.

It is an important question. If a person believes they cannot be wrong, that belief is not scientific, and it has no place in science.

So, do you believe it is possible that God does not exist?

2007-11-20 08:04:49 · 16 answers · asked by Mojo 5

you know, the more good you do the more spiritual currency you earn (like money). And whenever you do a bad deed is like spending your currency. and if you run out(go broke), GOD punishes you. And you need a certain amount when you die in order to pay your way into heaven. And what makes one person better than the other is how much spiritual currency they have, regardless of how much (worldly) money they have, and a billionaire could be poor when it comes to spiritual currency. And some people trade their spiritual currencies in exchange for money(pornstars, bad musicians, movie stars, fame) Thats what it seems like to me, what do you think?

2007-11-20 08:03:01 · 6 answers · asked by layn da smckdwn 4

2007-11-20 08:02:53 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

It's a natual reaction. They think of Santa, and they associate gift giving, and a spirit of friendliness, warmth, and holiday cheer with him. People start being nice to eachother, giving eachother more hugs and kisses, saying nice things to one another and are generally, just plain polite to eachother.

Does it bother you that Santa has this affect on people, while religions that are supposed to foster these things seem to push people apart more than anything else?

2007-11-20 08:00:49 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

i am very curious to this, as sometimes my faith is stronger and then sometimes i feel like i dont have any belief at all. why is this?
do you believe prayer works? why(not)??


give valid reasons for your answer...ha i sound like a teacher..:P

2007-11-20 07:55:56 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

he's the focus of christianity and yet nodody has an exact day for when he was born. not even the exact year. does this strike anyone else as extremely peculiar?

2007-11-20 07:53:31 · 17 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5

i've been in love with my best friend for months now but because she is with someone else she basically told me the other day that we will never be together, despite the fact that she told me she liked me before she started with this guy.
i had thought that we might eventually get married and because she wants to save herself for marriage then that would be when i finally had sex
but now there is another girl who has already said she wants to have sex with me. i dont love her and i never will. and i know it sounds kinda gay but i always thought my first time would be with someone i love.
i dont know whether or not i should have sex with this other girl
i'm not very physically attractive so i may not get too many chances
your opinions would be appreciated

2007-11-20 07:52:39 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

that the main "christian" holidays all deririve from pagan whatever- back up your arguments. I'm interested to hear where you get your information and how and why you believe this. So here you go--- start explaining please.

2007-11-20 07:52:28 · 11 answers · asked by Amy Clark 5

If there were prehistoric people, genetically similar to modern man, leaving elaborate paintings inside of caves, as far back as 32,000 years ago, then why did these people wait until 4000 years ago to being using these same skills to document history?

"The paintings are so fresh," Conkey says. "They look as if they were painted yesterday."

http://cas.bellarmine.edu/tietjen/Human%20Nature%20S%201999/new_light_on_the_oldest_art.htm

2007-11-20 07:51:18 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Capital punishment is something reserved for the most heinous of crimes. What were the crimes that everybody (except Noah's clan) was committing that justified killing them all?

We're they all murderers? I don't think so or else they would have all killed each other. We're they all taking God's name, or coveting their neighbor's wives or other relatively trivial things?

I'm guessing that very few of them actually committed crimes that would warrant the death penalty if brought before the U.S. legal system. Why then could God morally get away with it?

2007-11-20 07:50:43 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

but all meating animals kill for food, humans included. However, humans also kill for pleasure in the name of sport or culture. Does the bible differentiate between killing of animals for food or pleasure or is it simply that we shouldn´t kill each other.

2007-11-20 07:48:43 · 32 answers · asked by soñador 7

How did Noah travel the entire globe to tell people of their sinful ways? Or did god make them all come to Noah like the animals?

2007-11-20 07:47:20 · 13 answers · asked by Gawdless Heathen 6

Who are they trying to fool?

2007-11-20 07:46:41 · 9 answers · asked by Lex Fok B.M.F. 3

Every second person; either doesn't believe in religion, or just doesn't believe in christianity, and they let it known. It's really kind of frustrating but amusing at the same time. I just want to here your opinions. Just to let it be known, I am a christian, and I do believe in science too. Let me here your opinions.

2007-11-20 07:46:10 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-20 07:45:39 · 15 answers · asked by tigerdragonfly7 1

2007-11-20 07:45:22 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

only can save the world

2007-11-20 07:44:44 · 21 answers · asked by hellgirl666 2

2007-11-20 07:43:41 · 17 answers · asked by Yahoo Sucks 5

Berkeley (a notoriously secularist institution) has had 22 affiliates who were awared a Nobel Prize whereas the Pontifical Academy of Sciences has had 41 (all but one of which were in fields of science). So why do secularists suck so badly at science compared to Christians when it's supposed to be the foundation of their beliefs? I don't get it.

2007-11-20 07:42:57 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

-atheist-

2007-11-20 07:41:24 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous