Religion & Spirituality - 2 December 2007

People are always going on about him, but he's never there. Isn't that just a tad suspicious?

2007-12-02 23:56:02 · 12 answers · asked by Birdy is my real name 6

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Volume 4, Book 54, Number 493:

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:

The Prophet said, "If anyone of you, when having sexual relation with his wife, say: 'In the name of Allah. O Allah! Protect us from Satan and prevent Satan from approaching our offspring you are going to give us,' and if he begets a child (as a result of that relation) Satan will not harm it."

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/054.sbt.html#004.054.493

2007-12-02 23:55:04 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Would a 'Just' God, a 'Fair' God, a 'Loving' God -- punish Jesus for the sins of the people that he called to follow him?

2007-12-02 23:47:14 · 11 answers · asked by nYc g@L 4

What does this mean?
Mark 9:1
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
Luke 17:21
Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

2007-12-02 23:46:51 · 30 answers · asked by Old Hickory 6

i hate it when religious people try and push their religion on you and you dont want to hear it.. what would you do if religious people came up to your house and you didnt want them there??

2007-12-02 23:40:50 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-02 23:38:39 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I mean they want to kill everyone over everything. I could give a duce if someone names a teddybear Jesus. It must suck to be so miserable that when you hear that some white chick said Muhammad that it must be time to shoot her to death. Muhammad Muhammad Muhammad

2007-12-02 23:33:50 · 13 answers · asked by Bogtrotter 3

2007-12-02 23:32:29 · 6 answers · asked by trinity 5

I have been gone for a minute or two, (caught up in dailey life) and decided to log on for a bit today...
I don't know why it suprised me....seems like the same questions, over and over...so, if the only absolute truth is change, why doesn't that apply here?

Blessings
)o(
Trinity

2007-12-02 23:31:12 · 5 answers · asked by trinity 5

2007-12-02 23:23:31 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

I completely understand that you can believe God creates everything, but dinosaurs aren't in the bible. My friend is a devout Christian and I want to talk to her about it but do not want to offend her in any way. My question is also not intended to insult any religion or anyone's beliefs.

2007-12-02 23:19:50 · 20 answers · asked by ♥ Minki ♥ 5

2007-12-02 23:18:39 · 55 answers · asked by LoveBeingAMum 5

when jepththah murdered his daughter (judges 11) he did it because god had tricked him, and being a true believer he did what god commanded.

christians would also murder their children if their god told them to (as magda goebbels did), but are they already corrupted by admiring jephthah as a model of piety?

does one need to personally do evil in order to be counted wicked, or is it enough merely to admire someone who did evil on your behalf?

http://michaelcaputo2.tripod.com/jephthah.htm

2007-12-02 23:18:13 · 16 answers · asked by synopsis 7

Child mutilation (circumcision - male and female), beating, forced marriage, gender discrimination, slavery, denial of education. Shouldn't everyone stand up against these? Is this not the 21st century when the world is fast becoming one large, open community?

2007-12-02 23:11:22 · 15 answers · asked by dlm 3

I know what Atheist means so no need to tell me, I am one.

Is it the actual religions/beliefs, or the power hungry church's that put you off, or both?

2007-12-02 23:10:42 · 31 answers · asked by always right 4

Who do you tithe to when the local church has closed and there are no other ones to go to? Do you tithe? I would like some sound advice.

2007-12-02 23:01:30 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/055.sbt.html#004.055.543

2007-12-02 23:00:52 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I had a disagreement with my roommate about that which can't kill me can only make me stronger. He seemed to hold it as being absolutely true, but then I was able to argue him to my point of view which was that it isn't ALWAYS true. But then one of my dorm mates came in and held it to be absolutely true and I wasn't able to disprove his position because I couldn't find any counter examples he couldn't justify away. I argued that an individual can come away weaker from a negative experience and that that disproves the statement being absolutely true, but he argued that because it's a matter of perception and that it's an individual's own choice of whether or not to become stronger from an experience. I still want to win this argument so I need help.

2007-12-02 22:54:47 · 17 answers · asked by Blade Edge 2

if your holy religious book whatever it might be did not have any mention of heaven or hell would you still follow it and support it so much.If you were not guarenteed some reward after you die would you still follow what ever religion you follow

2007-12-02 22:53:32 · 9 answers · asked by upside 4

Its from one of his books THE MYSTIQUE OF THE ISLAMIC ORIENT

'May any muslim who happens to read these lines forgive my plain speaking. To them the koran is the word of allah and i respect their faith. I dont share this idea and i do not wish to get carried away by such myths the way some orientalists have done in order to be in good terms with muslims or islamic governments.

while muslims have every right to read and believe every single word as logic in the koran , they must extend that privilage to any free thinker who is willing to stand up and question the absurd claims this so called holy book makes in the name of an arabian deity'

How will you answer dear old Maxime Rodinson?

2007-12-02 22:52:32 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

that it takes a certain level of maturity to accept that you will die and cease to exist?

2007-12-02 22:49:45 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

or do they use the rosary?

2007-12-02 22:40:12 · 27 answers · asked by numero uno 2

I am looking for an accurate Psychic/ Clairvoyant in the (AUSTRALIA) Newcastle/ Lake macquarie area. Went to one a few years back but wasn't that accurate. Felt robbed. I am looking for one that can tell me what the hell I am supposed to do in life and where I am heading. THANKS!!!

2007-12-02 22:39:45 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

thanks!

2007-12-02 22:37:32 · 3 answers · asked by beautifuldisaster 2

Well, how do they explain things like dinosaurs that lived millions of years ago, ancient fossils, rocks that are billions of years old and prehistoric human artifacts that date back 30,000 years?

2007-12-02 22:20:10 · 48 answers · asked by Vivi 5

Worship-wise, the Catholic Church continues to celebrate the same sacraments that were celebrated in the first century. Fundamentalism uses a type of worship, depending on the branch, developed sometime between 1650 and 1920.

2007-12-02 21:57:00 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-02 21:42:25 · 19 answers · asked by hurricane197 4

I am a non-religious, I was just wondering how this works.

2007-12-02 21:41:07 · 17 answers · asked by Link strikes back 6

I have been having a lot of small strange things happening to me lately . example ....ilove animals ...on my way to work 3 times last week i had a hawk swoop down in front of my truck and fly with me until i caught up with it and it then flew up and away.i go into the forest and feed the birda and squirles ....last week i started having the birda land on my hand and eat and not just one bird ....many birds. ....anyway there is bad also ...my dogs and cats have been getting sick and throwing up and going to the bathroom in doors...this is something that has never happened before ...they has been with mee for 5 to 10 years and until about a week ago this has never happened ... any ideas? please no bad stuff

2007-12-02 21:28:54 · 9 answers · asked by Steven H 3

If you are a Christian, can you tell me your denomination and whether or not you ever consume any alcohol. Just curious.

2007-12-02 21:28:26 · 15 answers · asked by hurricane197 4