Religion & Spirituality - 17 December 2007

I know all these, among other major faiths, have different histories, different stories, and their own unique claims about revelations of the divine.

But would you say that they all basically teach the same moral and ethical values?

2007-12-17 16:58:04 · 15 answers · asked by Zezo Zeze Zadfrack 1

I did when I was sleep a year ago when I noticed a strange glowing figure hovering above my bedroom. It was silverish and twisty looking and had no form. I thought I was seeing things but it was real because it had a brightness to it and I keep my bedroom completely dark when I go to sleep so it was not a refelction of light at all! Till this day I still wonder what it was.

2007-12-17 16:56:53 · 23 answers · asked by ? 3

Ever done scrying and actually got it to work... Cuz yeah, having problems here.
Oh yeah, and does anyone know a purification spell, because I can't think up one and neither of my sisters, and well the internet just doesn't want to help. well anyway. If there is anyway you can help, that would be awesome. And no flames please, I'm just curious.

2007-12-17 16:56:38 · 16 answers · asked by [Skye] 1

faith means believing in something without evidence or facts.

so why do atheists want proof of God?

whats wrong with taking a leap of faith?

why do you stay up so late on R&S?

it is almost 12:00am (central) shouldn't you be in bed?

2007-12-17 16:54:11 · 30 answers · asked by dbu_44240 4

whats happened with you all lately that makes you want to praise God?

2007-12-17 16:52:58 · 22 answers · asked by Purple i 4

He is 41, he has cancer, its inoperable, he has 2 daughters (9 and 11), he is good man, Loves God and give all glory to Him… why is God letting him die? He can move mountains, calm seas….. why my good friend?

2007-12-17 16:50:45 · 35 answers · asked by Mark 7 1

I seriously mean no disrespect and have nothing against atheists as a group, but sometimes I think that maybe some atheists on here think they are a bigger group in the US than they really are. Do you ever get a somewhat skewed perception of just how large your group is by being on here where I would say the proportion of atheist to christians is more even?



I am making an assumption here that this person is an atheist, and I dont know for sure but she answered a question with this response

"I believe that even Hilary can win because people will vote AGAINST a fundie rather than FOR anyone.

Most of this country now sees all Christians as ignorant fundies"




I have to wonder if she realizes that most of the country is still christian and if sometimes atheists get a little distorted view of just how religious the country really is by spending time on this message board.

2007-12-17 16:48:56 · 17 answers · asked by cadisneygirl 7

In Hellenic Polytheism we have a festival called Pyanopsia in honour of Apollo, which celebrates the harvest and gives its name to the month Pyanopsion, roughly October. It takes its name from the cooked beans served as part of the festival.

I make a Lentil Soup recipie for that festival.

Is there any particular recipie that you associate with a particular religious festival (like lamb for Easter/Passover)?

2007-12-17 16:47:01 · 21 answers · asked by Anne Hatzakis 6

Painful for Mary, that is...

2007-12-17 16:45:59 · 15 answers · asked by KanzJ 4

http://www.eagleforum.org/column/2006/aug06/06-08-16.html

Godless: The Church of Liberalism (Hardcover)
by Ann Coulter (Author)

(2) Your broad and breezy reference to the "....corroboration [of macroevolution].....carbon dating, fossil discovery, biology, genetics..." suggests to me that your faith in Darwin still rests almost entirely on all those, "A long, long, long time ago, back when your great/great/great/great granddaddy swung from his tail through the jungle trees...", Little Golden Books you read in first grade.

2007-12-17 16:44:17 · 10 answers · asked by realchurchhistorian 4

I was raised Roman Catholic, even went to Catholic school...now I am at college and have discovered a true relationship with Jesus. I want to explain to my parents that I think Catholicism isn't enough, that there's more to the Bible and to Jesus with us than I'd been taught, but I'm really afraid of how they might take it--a rejection of their beliefs, an attack on their faith, etc...anyone been through anything like this, or have any suggestions? For what it's worth, I feel like I'm closest to Baptist, but would more just call myself a Biblical Christian...thanks!

2007-12-17 16:43:04 · 18 answers · asked by razzamatazzzz 2

"I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: 'I'm ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don't accept His claim to be God.' That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic -- on the level with the man who says he is a poached egg -- or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to." – Mere Christianity, pages 40-41.

2007-12-17 16:41:42 · 26 answers · asked by jubka1 2

Are there Godesses? Why would God need to have a gender, if there is nobody to procreate with? Do you feel that God's gender may have been inspired by the people that wrote the Bible?

2007-12-17 16:39:21 · 22 answers · asked by looks like a human 4

and outside of a few claims of personal connection with various deities and their messages, we've just got a few texts that claim to speak for one god or another.
What makes the existence of your personal deity even remotely likely?

2007-12-17 16:38:47 · 13 answers · asked by ? 6

If you were raptured or killed tonight, would you be ready? I saw a woman die in a highway crash tonight and it made me think ...Would I be comfortable looking God in the eyes tonight? What must I do to be saved?

2007-12-17 16:38:29 · 12 answers · asked by Mark 7 1

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2007-12-17 16:33:14 · 11 answers · asked by Little Miss Cutie!™® 3

Six criteria for Hijaab.

According to Qur’an and Sunnah there are basically six criteria for observing hijaab:

1.

Extent:

The first criterion is the extent of the body that should be covered. This is different for men and women. The extent of covering obligatory on the male is to cover the body at least from the navel to the knees. For women, the extent of covering obligatory is to cover the complete body except the face and the hands upto the wrist. If they wish to, they can cover even these parts of the body. Some scholars of Islam insist that the face and the hands are part of the obligatory extent of ‘hijaab’.

All the remaining five criteria are the same for men and women.
2.

The clothes worn should be loose and should not reveal the figure.
3.

The clothes worn should not be transparent such that one can see through them.
4.

The clothes worn should not be so glamorous as to attract the opposite sex.
5.

The clothes worn should not resemble that of the opposite sex.
6.

The clothes worn should not resemble that of the unbelievers i.e. they should not wear clothes that are specifically identities or symbols of the unbelievers’ religions.

2007-12-17 16:32:59 · 13 answers · asked by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7

Many times i keep getting all these pop-up's in my head about God and stuff.I feel bad because i feel as if i'm letting God down.Almost everyday i pray just because of the bad stuff i though about God.How do i fix this? also don't want to go to Ihell because of this.I never committed any major crime and i've be a good person.God loves everybody but there are thoughs in my head that are Very bad.

2007-12-17 16:31:42 · 32 answers · asked by Nick 2

Answer these questions:

1. Is Heaven a literal place or is it a metaphor for something else?
2. Is it here and now or is to come?

Give opinions and or theological answers if you wish.

2007-12-17 16:29:34 · 28 answers · asked by PHIL B 2

Who are you going to blame? Yourself?

2007-12-17 16:26:58 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've never been before, Im pretty nervous (going by myself for the first time and all)

2007-12-17 16:25:52 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

who does the religious right have to replace the popular 'god' icon of prez. Bush?

will religion really sway politics again this year?

2007-12-17 16:25:30 · 7 answers · asked by voice_of_reason 6

just curious if God can be found to be a lier. He said man would only live to 120... I asume that is the max a person has live...cuss no one lives that long. Not that I am trying to make him into a lier, but to increase my faith.

2007-12-17 16:25:12 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am an atheist. All of the evidence around me seems to implicate a godless universe.

However, I have the desire to be a Christian. I have no idea why. I wish every day that desire would go away. I don't want to end up converting and being a mockery of myself.

So...why do I have the desire to convert and what can I do about it?

2007-12-17 16:25:02 · 36 answers · asked by Nowhere Man 6

2007-12-17 16:24:27 · 13 answers · asked by Morshidi S 1

Please read this:

"Brother U r right women gets double the rights than man than why they want more in my life i have seen many women beaten by their husbands and in 90 % cases the fault is of a woman and she doesn't give a ****
medically it is proved that man and woman are different so they can be simillar but not equeal their rights should be the that each one gets totality equal but may differentiate in between

u can read this answer from dr. xakir naik
Question:

Why does Islam degrade women by keeping them behind the veil?

Answer:

The status of women in Islam is often the target of attacks in the secular media. The ‘hijaab’ or the Islamic dress is cited by many as an example of the ‘subjugation’ of women under Islamic law. Before we analyze the reasoning behind the religiously mandated ‘hijaab’, let us first study the status of women in societies before the advent of Islam"

2007-12-17 16:23:36 · 13 answers · asked by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7

2007-12-17 16:22:52 · 15 answers · asked by Cracker's back 2

2007-12-17 16:22:19 · 21 answers · asked by mario m 1

2007-12-17 16:21:20 · 10 answers · asked by youngandfly 1

if you value your culture... you might understand this...I think ther are spirit whether u believe it or not.. there are some place they are hunted the only way to pass is show respect to the spirits who own the place.... what to you say?

2007-12-17 16:21:06 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous