Religion & Spirituality - 3 December 2007

QUOTE Aristotle taught that virtue has to do with the proper function of a thing. An eye is only a good eye in so much as it can see, because the proper function of an eye is sight. Aristotle reasoned that man must have a function uncommon to anything else, and that this function must be an activity of the soul. Aristotle identified the best activity of the soul as eudaimonia: a happiness or joy that pervades the good life. Aristotle taught that to achieve the good life, one must live a balanced life and avoid excess. This balance, he taught, varies among different persons and situations, and exists as a golden mean between two vices - one an excess and one a deficiency. END QUOTE

What is the function that man must have that is uncommon?

2007-12-03 18:41:44 · 8 answers · asked by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7

For those of you who are saved Christians, who follow the Bible and Jesus, please help me out with this.
My sister started going to this church recently and wants me to go with her.
I was looking through their website, and some of the things they say worry me a little bit.
Is it just me, or does their statement of philosophy/membership criteria seem a bit sketchy?
Thanks

http://www.unitytoronto.ca/index.php?primary=3

http://www.unitytoronto.ca/index.php?primary=3&secondary=15

http://www.unitytoronto.ca/index.php?primary=2&secondary=79

2007-12-03 18:36:39 · 26 answers · asked by Delfina D 3

Well, it is often claimed that the prophecies there are accurate... Please list all of the prophecies that have come true that aren't insanely vague. (This should be an easy 10 points, right?..)

2007-12-03 18:36:23 · 16 answers · asked by ‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‮yelxeH 5

2007-12-03 18:36:13 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-03 18:33:27 · 21 answers · asked by iiiidontcare 2

2007-12-03 18:31:39 · 19 answers · asked by ? 5

http://www.christnotes.org/bible.php?q=love+one+another

2007-12-03 18:31:12 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

A) An idea with good intentions that went wrong
B) A great idea we all should embrace
C) A terrible idea to begin with

Liberation Theology began by the Catholic church in Latin American countries. It was fueled by theories like Maslow's Hierarchy of needs and initially the idea was "feed and clothe the poor, then preach the gospel to them."

After a while it became a drive for political activism and focused on painting Christ as the great liberator of the poor. It rejected capitalism and linked Christianity with socialism.

2007-12-03 18:30:38 · 9 answers · asked by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7

Sounds pretty silly doesn't it.

Almost as silly as stating that because someone doesn't believe in God, there is nothing to stop them from committing rapes and murders.

2007-12-03 18:29:43 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

It is proven that the prophecies in the bible are more accurate than any other prophecies. Most have already happened. They say these sort of chances are 1:1,000,000. So how do you explain this? Some drug addict can not foretell the future, but god who sees it can.

2007-12-03 18:29:02 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

any religion is just a set of myths designed to teach moral behavior. THAT'S ALL!!!

and will they EVER realize that this is not an insulting comment? and that they are insulting the world with their closed-minded self-righteous beliefs.

even now, as you read this, christians (most of whom act nothing like christ) are shutting me out. they are closing and locking mental doors so that they can go on believing.

just because the bible is NOT true, doesn't mean it isn't FULL of valuable lessons.

just because you christians cling to your blind faith, doesn't make you right and it doesn't make you virtuous either.

please stop acting insulted long enough to see all the insults you give to others

2007-12-03 18:22:24 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-03 18:19:27 · 5 answers · asked by Alna 1

2007-12-03 18:15:11 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

In your view, God picks your parents. When they conceive, he picks your soul's personality to a degree. God's even given credit for miscarriages, so I hear.

Tell me why your god would force any new soul to experience incest, beatings, and psychological torture from the only people in charge of its care.

Don't say he didn't force it - he chose it like he could have chose to make a mother infertile, or have a series of miscarriages.

And please... "to understand and help others who went through the same thing" does not justify anything. There should be no one to help.

But do tell me if you know someone who tried to be raped so that they'd have more understanding.

2007-12-03 18:14:21 · 15 answers · asked by Persona 3

ie: murder, rape, theft.

2007-12-03 18:12:57 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

This question is hard to get an answer to. In the bible it says all was good and there was no evil. How did Lucifer then become evil? He wanted to "be God." But this is an evil desire, so where did this evil desire come from when evil supposedly had no existence. God didn't create evil, so therefore the Ark angel could not have created it either. Where did evil come from before the devil? It couldn't have just appeared out of no where? Who was the one to (evily) tempt Lucifer?

2007-12-03 18:11:25 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

i got word from a friend of mine today that at his school the very same school i graduated from has a extremist christian youth group and the members of this group are now acting like brain washed zombies who only do the things the youth minister (also a student at the school) says are ok to do they stop talking to freinds, they stop going out with boyfriend/girlfriends, stop going to the movies, tells them how to dress, how to talk, who to be with, what books they can/can't read(some of which were class manditory readings for liturature classes/"not sure on this 1 just what was said"/) they only eat what he says is ok, tells them were they cannot go or be seen at, tells were they can and cant eat at,so on and so forth, because he deems them "not christian enough"

THIS MUST BE STOPPED IT ISNT RIGHT

2007-12-03 18:09:19 · 11 answers · asked by sbgodofmetal 2

do you think if all people just let them be, they would make Christianity vanish eventually?

if so, are people about to witness the self-destruction of Christianity?

2007-12-03 18:07:28 · 18 answers · asked by Ťango 3

I am an artist that teaches. I am a sub. contractor and I teach at different schools. At any rate, the company that has sub. contracted me has not paid me. When I try to ask for the pay check, they brush me off. I really need to money for obvious reasons. What is the 'christian' thing to do in this situation.

2007-12-03 18:04:58 · 10 answers · asked by fred g 3

"Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones."

The quote was from a Roman emperor, and is not aimed at Christianity or any religion in particular. It's a brilliant quote that does a good job of countering Pascal's Wager when applied to atheism, but let's take it a little farther.

Consider a God in Heaven who, in similar fashion to the Abrahamic God, has some totally arbitrary rules for us. His first and most important rule is that organized religion is the ultimate sin, because it leads to intolerance and needless conflict. Any act defying logic in the name of religion would put you in serious danger of eternal punishment.

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2007-12-03 18:04:57 · 7 answers · asked by He Who Defied Fate [Atheati] 3

All religions fundamentally teach followers to do good activities. Why should a person only follow Islam? Can he not follow any of the religions?

2007-12-03 18:03:08 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

That's something I never understood when I was going to Christian schools growing up. I don't know anyone, even Christian family and friends, who enjoy being tortured or abused. I can't imagine anything that is worth going through that type of thing. Yet the Bible and many churches teach that suffering makes them closer to God. If God is that sadistic, I wouldn't want anything to do with him.

2007-12-03 18:00:09 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can someone help me update this list of heresies, which was found somewhere in the Net. Please help me correct as well, if there is any mistake, since I am learning.


17. Adoration of the wafer (Host) .....1220 AD (from previous list)
18. Cup forbidden to the people at communion .....1414 AD
19. Purgatory proclaimed as a dogma .....1439 AD
20. The doctrine of the Seven Sacraments confirmed .....1439 AD
21. Tradition declared of equal authority with Bible by Council of Trent .....1545 AD
22. Apocryphal books added to Bible .....1546 AD
23. Immaculate Conception of Mary .....1854 AD
24. Infallibility of the pope in matters of faith and morals, proclaimed by the Vatican Council .....1870 AD
25. Assumption of the Virgin Mary (bodily ascension into heaven shortly after her death) .....1950 AD
26. Mary proclaimed Mother of the Roman Catholic Church .....1965 AD


Q) Any mistakes??


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2007-12-03 17:59:54 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Naturally, no new species could've come into being since creation... Which means all of the diseases out there specific to humans had to have survived in Noah and his family. How did he get all of them?

2007-12-03 17:58:16 · 13 answers · asked by ‫‬‭‮‪‫‬‭‮yelxeH 5

Can someone help me update this list of heresies, which was found somewhere in the Net. Please help me correct as well, if there is any mistake, since I am learning.

1. Prayers for the dead .....300 AD
2. Making the sign of the cross .....300 AD
3. Veneration of angels & dead saints .....375 A.D
4. Use of images in worship .....375 A D.
5. The Mass as a daily celebration .....394 AD
6. Beginning of the exaltation of Mary; the term, "Mother of God" applied at Council of Ephesus .....431 AD.
7. Extreme Unction (Last Rites) .....526 AD
8. Doctrine of Purgatory-Gregory I .....593 AD
9. Prayers to Mary & dead saints .....600 AD
10. Worship of cross, images & relics .....786 AD
11. Canonization of dead saints .....995 AD
12. Celibacy of priesthood .....1079 AD
13. The Rosary .....1090 AD
14. Indulgences .....1190 AD
15. Transubstantiation-Innocent III .....1215 AD
16. Auricular Confession of sins to a priest .....1215 AD
17. Adoration of the wafer (Host) .....1220 AD

Q1) Any mistakes?

2007-12-03 17:58:11 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was just told in a email that my avatar is offensive to Christians.
Uh...considering who I am....anyway....is it? Truthful answers please.

2007-12-03 17:56:13 · 37 answers · asked by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7

He was immortal so why was it such a big sacrifice. He was reborn anyways. And another thing it says in the bible that God punishes the sons for the sins of their fathers, yet it says hes a loving and forgiving God????

2007-12-03 17:52:13 · 19 answers · asked by Oceanside 1

as a christian, i was wondering what you guys think is the wrong reaon?

2007-12-03 17:48:20 · 24 answers · asked by steve b 3

2007-12-03 17:46:30 · 8 answers · asked by angel tubby 2

Or were they? Is this a problem?

2007-12-03 17:44:51 · 10 answers · asked by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6