Religion & Spirituality - 24 November 2007

Isaiah 45:7 (KJV)
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.

2007-11-24 06:26:56 · 15 answers · asked by johnatplayct 3

Not a stab at the Muslim community. Just curious how the Coptic Orthodox community has continued to thrive and remain recognized, etc. despite:
being limited to the private realm (not really involved in political life, etc.),
a decreasing population which was small to begin with,
violence and tensions from muslim extremists,
low resources (in the way that Christians tend to be running out of resources on a world-wide level and Muslim tend to have a greater control over those resources)??

Is it because they are more well-off financially? I don't see any other countries coming to their aid to any great extent...

Also, is it wrong to define them as part of a millet system? i.e. Legally protected minority rights?

What's the impact of their native-"ness"... the idea that they were there before the "arab" movement came from Saudi?

Any takers?

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What are the origins of these Egyptian tensions?
Ethnic identity, religious identity, historical identity? Socio-economics?

2007-11-24 06:26:06 · 2 answers · asked by mtlgirl123 1

since there seems to be a couple on the boards today ..
let me ask

if you believe in and worship Satan
how do you do so without believing in the biblical God ...
because the way I see it is
Satan is a biblical figure , so to believe in him one would have to believe the stories that go along with him
this includes a place of torment

please correct me if I have this wrong
but help me understand

I can understand La Vey Satanism , but not those who worship Satan himself

p.s I am not Christian , just someone trying to understand

2007-11-24 06:24:13 · 18 answers · asked by ☮ Pangel ☮ 7

He wrote this a few months before he died...."As to Jesus of Nazareth, my Opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the System of Morals and his Religion, as he left them to us, the best the world ever saw or is likely to see; but I apprehend it has received various corrupt changes, and I have, with most of the present Dissenters in England, some Doubts as to his divinity; tho' it is a question I do not dogmatize upon, having never studied it, and I think it needless to busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an Opportunity of knowing the Truth with less Trouble...."

Wow. A man and an event (the resurrection) that effected world history to such a great degree, and IF Christian claims are true, would have to at least adjust your outlook on life and maybe the way you live, not to mention how you view eternity.....and Franklin never bothered to even gave the matter so much as a cursory glance? Am I the only one who believes this to be incredibly foolish on Franklin's part?

2007-11-24 06:20:24 · 6 answers · asked by diamond_kursed 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMZpgvrnuFQ

2007-11-24 06:19:24 · 2 answers · asked by ☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻ 1

walk That was 20 years ago. Now there's an empty space in my life.

2007-11-24 06:15:11 · 11 answers · asked by Chapter and Verse 7

Evolutionist are trying to change the word because the universities are adding words to the definition. Go and look up websters definition not the wilkpedia or any new one. It clearly say`s : " ABSTRACT THOUGHT OR SPECULATION, AN UNPROVED ASSUMTION, HYPOTHESIS ASSUMED FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT OR INVESTIGATION." The universties are trying to change the english language thru the coersion of passing students grades so they can go and get a diploma and make alot of money. It`s real simple, the majority of proffesors in charge are agnostic and anti-christian.

2007-11-24 06:12:21 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-24 06:12:18 · 28 answers · asked by Guardian 3

2007-11-24 06:12:01 · 10 answers · asked by ? 6

http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/The_Devil%27s_Dictionary



The bible is the best selling science fiction book ever made. It was written by a large cult of mentally retarded ancients, who had no idea how anything in the world functioned, from thousands of years ago. Sadly, however, idiocy has survived throughout time and many people still believe in the illogical **** spewed from page to page. As such, it may be the single greatest example of trolling, unintentional or not, that the world has ever seen.

Probably the oldest of old media, the Bible is a sprawling epic that spans thousands of years. It is part creation myth and part war story, as well as romance, adventure, drama, comedy, amateur pornography and completely irrelevant history. Although everyone knows corrupt Iranian Jews made most of the **** up to troll the Egyptian and Israeli Jews.

The main character of the book is God, who is actually a race of super-intelligent extra-terrestrials who make up ridiculous rules just for the lulz.

The book is divided into two parts, the Old Testament, and the New Testament. Most scholars agree that the Old Testament is the real deal, while the New Testament is fan fiction, written because there was no proper sequel in sight.

George Bush uses a mixture of The Bible and Mein Kampf for the basis of his politics. See also Hitler, fascism, Nazis, and stupidity.

2007-11-24 06:10:48 · 10 answers · asked by ☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻☻ 1

2007-11-24 06:09:31 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just want to know if atheists are okay with the idea of doing away with laws and living like the rest of the animal kingdom lives. If I am man enough to take your wife and your house like other males in the animal kingdom do all of the time, should anyone be angry at me or punish me for that? Don't most atheists who come here say that religion was created by men to control the rest of us? Since you come here seeking to free us from the bondage of religion, if I become free from religious restraint and realize that I am just another animal in the kingdom why call me evil for acting ike other animals act.
If you would deny me the right to act like every other male in the animal kingdom aren't you being hypocritical? Aren't you becoming my god and telling me how to act?

2007-11-24 05:59:40 · 37 answers · asked by Guardian 3

And if not why believe in any part of the bible what so ever?

2007-11-24 05:58:05 · 18 answers · asked by Mrs ACO 3

A. Judaism
B. Islam
C. Christianity
D. Zoroastrianism

Jesus

Muhammad

Torah

Gospels

Allah

Moses

The Forces of Good and Evil

Mecca

5 Pillars

2007-11-24 05:56:54 · 8 answers · asked by CG ~!~ 2

2007-11-24 05:55:07 · 24 answers · asked by ☼ɣɐʃʃɜƾ ɰɐɽɨɲɜɽɨƾ♀ 5

while on a short sojourn in county jail over an obviously stupid series of choices, i noticed the number of "faithful" was a constant majority. the entire dormatory would pace inside and in the courtyard in the counter-clockwise direction, usually discussing their faith as related to their charges. a minority of us, maybe ten, without verbal concensus, began to make our paths in the opposite direction. eventually we all began talking to each other and realized, or verified, we each followed a non-christian belief. this began on beltane and lasted for three days before all of us were released on the same day, under the same circumctances, somewhere someone had lost something vital to the cases. not a single one of the "faithful" were released that day, and many, if not most, of those remaining had new problems arise. yes, i believe a large portion simply paid lip service to their faith, but why were us unrepentant "pagans" the ones freed that day and the "faithful"
punished?

2007-11-24 05:55:06 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Are the secular countries to blame?

2007-11-24 05:53:58 · 17 answers · asked by j_emmans 6

I'm just wondering. It might be a stupid question, but I'm curious. Right now I'm trying to live a so-called "spiritual" life. I'm trying to learn as much as I can about it by reading spiritual books and googling it on the internet. I think it would be so nice to attain inner peace & true happiness. I learned about how the Buddha and other spiritual gurus attained enlightenment and just can't help wanting it also. How many of you feel the same way?

2007-11-24 05:52:33 · 12 answers · asked by Windy 2

as a joke, and i thought it was obvious i was joking, i asked a friend of mine to marry me. she said yes but i thought she was just adding on to the joke so i went along with it
now i think she really thinks we're getting married
i dont want to hurt her, but i am NOT going to marry her

what do i do?

2007-11-24 05:51:25 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-24 05:49:35 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you think it's an atheistic attempt to kill god, or just a book/movie? Would you let your children see/read it?

2007-11-24 05:49:34 · 11 answers · asked by supernothingx 2

Do you know the difference between a theory and fact? I will help you to understand? GRAVITY is a FACT! There are many THEORIES as to the CAUSES of GRAVITY. No one disputes gravity as a fact, but there are dusputes amoung theorists as to what causes gravity. They are theories because they are unproven. Unlike the evolutionary theory, the theories concerning the causes of gravity are based on observing the FACT of gravity, and other PROVEN FACTS in. These THEORIES follow the scientific method. (for theose who do not know the scientific method is to Collect data, the theorize, then test your theory.) The theories concerning the causes of gravity are theories because they have not been proven as fact. The evolutionary theory breaks from scientific method by placing theory before collecting data which ultimately leads to the corruption of the data collected. Unfortunitely this ignorance of the scientific method and the difference between Fact and Theory has people confused between the Two.

2007-11-24 05:47:40 · 14 answers · asked by Juggernaut 2

2007-11-24 05:45:45 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

If God really does exist, and if he is a god of love. Then why did he even create humans so that they could become evil if they chose to do so? If he's a good of love, then wickedness, hatred, evilness, and all such bad things should not even have existed. Then the serpent (satan) would not have induced eve to eat the fruit, and Eve wouldn't have sinned, and cursed the entire Human race...

So why did he create evil in the first place?

2007-11-24 05:45:28 · 16 answers · asked by modern_elegance 2

Or why don't us Monotheists do it?
You know, like maybe move to our own part of the planet so that we could live in harmony until The Day of Judgement?

Sources: The Holy Bible & The Holy Quran

2007-11-24 05:44:24 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

(Don't get me wrong, I LOVE IT here! But it is hardly built on "Christ-like" aspirations! LOL!)

2007-11-24 05:44:01 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Eskimo: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?"

Priest: "No, not if you did not know."

Eskimo: "Then why did you tell me?"

2007-11-24 05:43:16 · 7 answers · asked by Alberto Zone No CeNsUrA 3

Skip answers that go on longer than say, the height of your monitor? I've noticed a growing trend of these, and every few paragraphs there's often a chapter and verse citation.

Personally, I think it's like resumes. People are looking for succinct, pertinent information, not someone's life story most of the time.

2007-11-24 05:43:11 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Was the name considered ordinary (not bad) before becoming synonymous with Satan?

2007-11-24 05:43:08 · 8 answers · asked by Timber 4

today has been usually harsh here. i've been getting honest questions deleted and seen guys with swastikas preaching hate....come on guys. lets bring it together. can't we all just hug it out? i just saw Pangel on another question, so i'm hoping she bring us back to par.

(((((hugs)))

2007-11-24 05:41:21 · 9 answers · asked by Jeff S Phoenix_AM 3