Religion & Spirituality - 29 November 2007

Is science slowly becoming our new model of worship in the Western world? Do we know worship science, the scientific process, and by extension or own intelligence?

2007-11-29 07:16:09 · 14 answers · asked by harry 4

2007-11-29 07:15:21 · 10 answers · asked by ? 4

How do you become "saved", exactly? What does it mean for you in the afterlife vs. someone who isn't "saved". Do you believe that once you are saved, you are always saved?

Please be as descriptive as you can, I'm just having a hard time wrapping my head around this.

2007-11-29 07:15:01 · 19 answers · asked by czekoskwigel 5

Maybe because they are a little short between the ears? Gotta luv em!!

2007-11-29 07:11:30 · 18 answers · asked by loveChrist 6

I know the Bible has left clues behind to when Christ will make his second coming- What are those clues?

2007-11-29 07:10:45 · 18 answers · asked by jclayato 4

I always thought it was the stone.
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2007-11-29 07:10:39 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm a firm believer is heaven, although I don't care for, or practice any type of religion. I do however think, that when a person dies...they either go to heaven or hell. Now, if you think like that, do you think once you get to either place, you're able to find out the true answers to all those questions that have baffled people for decades(i.e. What really happened to Jimmy Hoffa, who killed Kennedy, who really was Buster from Chicago?) I think about those all the time, not to crime figures or events, but overall unanswered questions.....anyone else?

2007-11-29 07:08:54 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

To me it seems Jesus Christ could have incarnated into the person of Prophet Mohammed to appease the descendants of Ishmael knowing fully well that their off springs could possibly not agree nor see eye to eye with the Jews and Christians.

2007-11-29 07:08:28 · 29 answers · asked by chilaz77 1

1) How come when they crucified him, he didn't even defend himself and set himself free and ward them all off? I heard Jesus had God's power, and that would've meant he could've taken down all those men who put that crown of thorns on his head.

2) Why didn't he free himself from the big nails banged into his hands and feet? If Jesus was all-powerful, then he could've easily freed himself from that torment, he could've taken that crown of thorns off his head, and made all the bleeding stop and the suffering go away.

3) Before he died on the cross, why did he say to God
"Why have you forsaken me!?" If he was all-powerful, then he wouldn't have felt the need to ask that.



BTW, I worry that Heaven might not have the exact same things and experiences that I can have and experience right here and now on Earth. Better enjoy life now while I still can!

2007-11-29 07:07:26 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know all about atheists, being one, but this is something new...;0)

2007-11-29 07:07:25 · 45 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-29 07:07:20 · 12 answers · asked by STFU Dude 6

if there's two sides to every story, sometimes more, why do so many adhere to only one lesson person story in the bible. take the story of adam and eve for example. some might take the moral of that story to be don't trust talking snakes. i see it differently. i see the moral being, if you don't want someone to do something, don't tell them not to do it. think about it. if god had never told adam and eve not to eat of the tree of knowledge, there would be no temptation to do so. there would certainly be no sin, since even if they did eat of it, they would not be disobeying god. and satan definitely wouldn't have any desire in tempting eve to eat from it because his only goal is to deceive people into disobeying god. i must admit, i do feel a sense of irony though telling people not to take the bible so literally, as being told not to do it, they most certainly will. go figure...

2007-11-29 07:06:49 · 4 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5

2007-11-29 07:05:52 · 27 answers · asked by JWill 4

I agree that the Word of God was passed down through Scripture and Oral Tradition. However, Biblically, Oral Tradition NEVER Contradicted Scripture, and vise versa. Whenever Jesus wanted to correct the Jews' tradition, he ALWAYS used Scripture, and so did his disciples. Clearly, we are not to teach ANYTHING that was not originally Taught by Jesus and his Disciples.

If Jesus and his Disciples used Scripture to Test and Correct Tradition (Oral or Written), why is that we have absolutely no problem with accepting some traditions that have absolutely no basis in scripture?

Also, why do we give more credence to the student rather than to the teacher? It seems like we accept the tradition of a church father even when there is no evidence the Apostles themselves ever accepted or taught that particular tradition.

Ludwig Ott, who's writings are used to teach Catholic priests, even admitted that the Immaculate Conception and the Perpetual Virginity of Mary is not in scripture.

2007-11-29 07:05:48 · 10 answers · asked by mrsencere 1

other than god, what else is there. I know you'll say meeting god is all great and so, but what do you plan to do the supposed eternity you're going to be there, just stare at him and praise him forever? you're going to find your relatives, but they'll be so bewitched by god's presence that you'll end up worshipping him together, and that's all you're going to do for all eternity? please try to understand the concept of ETERNITY

what else is in heaven?

2007-11-29 07:05:43 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I find it easier to believe the resurrection than I do to believe the infallibility and perfect completion of the Bible, so I don;t view it as a viable witness.

2007-11-29 07:05:35 · 4 answers · asked by great southern trendkiller 3

whats the

2007-11-29 07:05:30 · 5 answers · asked by Z. 3

I'm starting a new religion, and I'm hoping to recruit atheists because it is hard to pull people away from existing churches.

2007-11-29 07:05:27 · 2 answers · asked by 2 5

Do you think this towel will throw them off?

2007-11-29 07:01:44 · 22 answers · asked by barchanon 3

2007-11-29 07:01:08 · 14 answers · asked by Rev.Michelle 6

or do I have to convert to athiesm?

2007-11-29 06:59:52 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

I don't know much about the Knights Templar. What I do know is that they were a group of men who stood to protect the Church in the crusades. What happened that they were not trusted anymore by the Church and were named as heretics?

*The Pope recently apologized on the Church's behalf to the Templar admitting it was a huge wrong-doing.

2007-11-29 06:58:16 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am putting together my Christmas letter. Each year I speak of the events that our family experienced during the year. Our family lost my Step-Father this year. I don't want to just ignore that part of the year, but want to remind all that we are to give praise to God even in times of trial and pain.

Any suggestions.....

2007-11-29 06:58:03 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

You seem to enjoy calling Muslims things like "backward fundamentalists", but then you get responses from Christians like Jesussaves, who said: "why is thier (sic) god (small "g") so small that a teddy bear can defile him........pitiful diety" (sic)

Or like the all-loving Christian Fish:"They should be, insulting a poor teddy bear like that."

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AvnWBjHYROjO8kPNhbS7tIbsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071129113832AAwsLVH&show=7#profile-info-TpzHq3iZaa

Muslims issue Jihads when their god is caricatured, but American Christians deny gay people their rights....

Muslims stone adulteresses, but American Christians (and Pro-Lifers, adding insult to injury) oppose highly potential life-saving biotechnologies that may come from Stem-Cell Research...

How different is this from a Muslim's view? Is the pot calling the kettle black?

2007-11-29 06:57:26 · 7 answers · asked by Lex Fok B.M.F. 3

Jesus gave his life....took it willingly

by definition he committed suicide......

is he in hell?
(this was an answer to another question--is it true?)

personally i believe he had no choice but to die--he was found guilty of a crime and was sentenced to death even if he would of denounced his crime they would of known he was lying and he would of been crucified regardless right along with all the other criminal that were crucified that day)

2007-11-29 06:56:26 · 15 answers · asked by slopoke6968 7

I read this article on yahoo and teacher went to jail for her students being alloud to call a teddy bear Mohammed? I don't understand why this is so horrible. Mohammed is a biblical name but it's also just a name. I don't get it.

See the article:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/071129/world/international_sudan_prophet_dc_10

2007-11-29 06:55:53 · 32 answers · asked by Violet 4

2007-11-29 06:53:46 · 20 answers · asked by grrr!! 2

Thanks Ahead of time For Your Honest Opinions! :-)

2007-11-29 06:53:21 · 4 answers · asked by ShadowCat 6

i know non-Christians celebrate Christmas. but if (more than likely) there are athiests that do celebrate it, why do you/they do it knowing the reason Christmas is being celebrated in the first place? Jesus' birth
i'm just wondering, i'm not trying to start anything with anyone on here.

2007-11-29 06:51:48 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

he read his bible and went to church on his own and yes he was saved,but why do people ask...are they going to tell me sorry he wasn't saved he will burn in hell for eternity ...what the ****!

2007-11-29 06:51:06 · 28 answers · asked by hieatthouse 3