Religion & Spirituality - 10 December 2007

2007-12-10 07:42:59 · 43 answers · asked by For Sure 4

2007-12-10 07:39:12 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

The Koran is the only book that denounces and criticizes other religions. The Bible or the Torah never speak out against other religions. So why does the Koran do this?

2007-12-10 07:38:30 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have looked at the religions of the world and Hellenic reconstructionism is what I want to join. So I was wondering is there any conversion rites also please give me some sites

2007-12-10 07:36:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

1) Spawn of devil
2) Nice people with different opinions
3) I don't give a damn

Pick only one please
Again, be honest. I wouldn't be surprised if majority of you pick 1.

2007-12-10 07:33:09 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it a blasphemy?

Like "Oh my God! I am too fat to slip into these lovely pants!"

"Oh my God! My ice-cream just taste like sheet."

Are those people really respecting "God" by saying "OMG!" for trivial situations?

Thank you for your answer.
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2007-12-10 07:32:10 · 23 answers · asked by Axel ∇ 5

I looked all through my Cliff's Notes copy of the bible, and I couldn't find the part where it says, "Thou shalt not have a sense of humour", or the part where it says that God and His followers will punish the humourous. So, is it a sin?

2007-12-10 07:31:19 · 40 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm not asking if Muslims are violent. I'm asking if Islam is an inherently violent religion. I would probably say yes, because the foremost prophet in Islam (Muhammed) was a warlord who encouraged violence.

2007-12-10 07:28:03 · 30 answers · asked by mannzaformulaone 3

I will ask you this and you must think hard, if you want the true answer.

Are Atheists Questioning God or The Bible?

People will tell you that they are the same thing!

But your question has arisen inside them!

Do you really think that the words of men and a book written by men could ever represent the true God!

If you Lost your religion then would you not find your true faith!

And then maybe we could all live a lot happier together.

Maybe even the Atheists would find a little faith too.

2007-12-10 07:26:31 · 13 answers · asked by Sly Fox [King of Fools] 6

Isn't the constitution provision for cruel and unusual punishment directly contradictory to the concept of "hell"?

2007-12-10 07:26:21 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Close-Relationships-Inbreeding-Classical-Literature/dp/1850438552

Its seems to be a confused theory!

2007-12-10 07:25:48 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.yahoo.com/s/756535

He's now suing for descrimination...
What do you think ? Was his termination justified ?

2007-12-10 07:24:28 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

What is the current evolutionary theory on the origin of life on earth?

2007-12-10 07:23:57 · 18 answers · asked by harry 4

2007-12-10 07:23:40 · 16 answers · asked by Queen B 1

Meditation
Lucid Dreaming
Dream Journal
Ritual Magick (LBRP, Liber Samekh)
Folk Magicks

2007-12-10 07:23:10 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

this question is for the fundamentalist christians who don't believe in evolution? when you learned about evolution in high school did you ever roll your eyes and shout out, "evolution is just a theory!" i guess, the same question goes to younger fundamentlists who haven't started high school yet. when you take biology class and you have to learn about evolution, will you express your disaproval of evolution?

2007-12-10 07:22:34 · 13 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5

also can you explain why. thanks

2007-12-10 07:22:00 · 18 answers · asked by Stargazer 2

Does this reflect who has more influence on people?

2007-12-10 07:21:44 · 11 answers · asked by Genio B 1

...day and night for the rest of his life (assume this time period is 70 years) in my basement, would this be ethical or just or right? Think of the worst tortue imaginable for a human being to endure. If the answer is no, how can I justify believing in a God who would continue this tortue for eternity if the man never believed in Jesus? If Jesus was alive today, could you replace me with him in this scenario and have a different answer?

Just so everyone understands...I'm not an atheist. This is a difficult question, but I am still a follower of Jesus (I'm open to the idea that we got Jesus' teaching wrong on this subject though). That said, PLEASE stick to the question itself and try and provide a well-thought out, emotionally calm answer to a very difficult question of the faith.

2007-12-10 07:21:36 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous

The Acceptable Time

Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

— 2 Corinthians 6:2


Some people will say the reason they are not Christians is that it is just not their time yet. They don't think they are ready.

That would be like someone who is drowning in the middle of the ocean saying to the lifeguard, "I am not ready yet." What part of dead do they not understand? I would say that if you are drowning, then you are ready for salvation.

Unbelievers are in a worse state than a person who is drowning, because they are separated from God by their sin. If they are wondering when they should come to Jesus Christ, the time is right now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. Not next month. It's right now. God says, "Now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation" (2 Corinthians 6:2).

This is the acceptable time. We don't know how long it will last. There is coming a day when Jesus Christ will return to this earth for His people. There is coming a day when He will catch all true believers up into heaven with Him. We call it the rapture of the church. It is that moment that we look forward to as Christians, when we will go to be with the Lord. It is described in Scripture as happening "in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed" (2 Corinthians 15:52).

Now is the time when God is looking in grace upon those who are separated from Him by sin, and the gospel is going out to them. Now is the day of salvation.

2007-12-10 07:20:22 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

When the Catholic Church has clearly stated that only God is worshipped, and that we are merely asking for their prayers, just as you would ask a friend?

2007-12-10 07:18:41 · 32 answers · asked by Tasha 6

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071210/od_nm/evolution_lawsuit_dc

2007-12-10 07:17:43 · 10 answers · asked by slopoke6968 7

(Shariah law and Islam are in direct opposition to secularism.)

Furthermore, why would you want to live in the UK or the US, or France etc?

As an atheist and supporter of secularism, I can't imagine anything worse than living in a theocracy (ie Saudi Arabia), hence I don't get why you would want to live somewhere that represents many (most?) of the things that your religion teaches against?

I mean no disrespect to your personally, although I do not approve of the Islamic faith.

Thanks in advance for your honest answers...

2007-12-10 07:16:37 · 8 answers · asked by Bajingo 6

Would you still have a pretty good idea of what the picture was?

2007-12-10 07:16:08 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

The Pledge of Allegiance was written in August of 1892 and the words "under god" weren't added until 1954 after a campaign by the Knights of Columbus...a catholic organization. I think they should be taken out because they do not belong there or they would have been written in originally. If you think they should stay there how would you like it if it said under a different god that you don't believe in? Would you like your child reciting it in school?

2007-12-10 07:15:19 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm agnostic, but it's senseless stuff like this that makes me think athiests could be right! I know, some of you will say God works in "mysterious ways", or that "it was their time to go", but why create someone just to have them murdered! It puts a real strain on BLIND FAITH.

2007-12-10 07:14:14 · 27 answers · asked by ArRo 6

that is what my biology teacher thinks she said that god made the world but evolution took its course when asked about adam and eve she said they were symbolic but is it ok? that Is what I want to know thank you and buh bye!

2007-12-10 07:12:15 · 25 answers · asked by ? 5

You would think GERMANY with the horrible past it has, having (along with many in the world) allowed HITLER to MURDER millions of JEWS, GYPSIES, HOMOSEXUALS, and the millions of others from all the nations it invaded, that it would have learned something about RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE, among many things.

I know some of the stories about the "CHURCH of SCIENTOLOGY", and about the behavior of some of its most famous MEMBERS, but whether a religion or a cult, as long as they do not commit murder, rape, robbery, etc., they must be left alone. They have a right as much as the MILLIONS of Muslims making Germany their home, whom are there to live, work, and practice their RELIGION.

2007-12-10 07:11:37 · 14 answers · asked by news-n-more-news 2

religions that he couldn't even keep track of them

2007-12-10 07:11:28 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm not putting this question up for debate ground or whatever.
Its to all of you who strongly believe in evolution. I'm just interested in what you believe to be proof for evolution.
Please give PROVEN FACTS not THEORY. So nothing like the big bang or whatever.
Please only answers to the question.

2007-12-10 07:10:19 · 30 answers · asked by ocean_girl 3