Religion & Spirituality - 20 December 2007

2007-12-20 03:54:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

By the same years that we use? I know a day is with Jehovah as 1000 years is to us or creative days maybe billions of years. So actually suffering hasn't been going on that long?
Were those people really 969 years old ?

2007-12-20 03:52:18 · 13 answers · asked by cloud 7

......when they are responsible for women beigb treated like this:
The king in Saudi Arabia recently pardoned a women who was sentenced to jail and 200 lashes for "being alone with a man who was not her husband". Thing is...SHE was the victim! She was attached and raped by 7 men!!!!!
http://wjz.com/national/saudi.arabia.rape.2.612299.html

2007-12-20 03:52:05 · 19 answers · asked by Yinzer from Sixburgh 7

for Ceiling Cat this Catsmas?

2007-12-20 03:51:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

...about the origins of religion, or how to think critically, or about the diverse and inconsistent beliefs of world religions, so as to innoculate them againts that threat?

Freedom of religion does not imply freedom from exposure to known facts.

2007-12-20 03:49:30 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-20 03:49:11 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

How convenient to teach that the government is controlled by Satan, then use that very government to protect yourselves and your 'profits'. I guess you've got Satan in your back pocket.

2007-12-20 03:46:57 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Not meaning to be blasphemous, but what big things would you do or change IF you were God? I would love to hear answers from non-believers as well. I was going to limit this to "serious answers only", but I realized that God has a great sense of humor, so think big. Be funny, be serious, be creative. Absolutely nothing is off limits. What would you do? If you could give a reason why, then explain. The only thing I would ask is to please be respectful. This is in fun, but can be serious also. Just no meanness.

The last thing I would love to know is are you a Believer or not? I thought that this question could possibly generate some really interesting answers, if enough people will answer.

By the way, if I were God (and as a Believer), one of the things I would do would be to let animals talk so that we would finally know what they are thinking! Oh, and I would allow people one ability that they've always wanted to have. Like for me, I have always wanted to fly.

2007-12-20 03:44:25 · 17 answers · asked by WhoMe? 5

Did they magnify themselves in their heart and not stay humble, or did they do it for the sake of filthy lucure?

2007-12-20 03:42:51 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-20 03:41:05 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've just got back from Sweden after visting some friends and they wore wear T-shirts that said, "2030 Sweden is ours".

It is inevitable that your children or grand children will be muslim and a i urge you all to save yourselves and discover Islam today. contact me for further info on Islam.

2007-12-20 03:40:56 · 20 answers · asked by Abdul 5

Heard Thru Grapevine.

2007-12-20 03:40:50 · 1 answers · asked by conundrum 7

2007-12-20 03:40:01 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

do people really care about jesus, or just getting a lot of presents on christmas?

2007-12-20 03:39:47 · 11 answers · asked by KJSS 2

What is the most effective way of witnessing?
How do i get about telling people about Christ just through general talk.
I need genuine answers, a few real life incidents might help.

2007-12-20 03:37:57 · 25 answers · asked by Integrity 2

I'm sorry, it's just so easy to rile you R&S people up. Discuss!!

2007-12-20 03:37:11 · 27 answers · asked by The Jesus 5

i recently heard from a friend that jews do not believe in donating organs after they have passed away. I have no idea if this is true or not, im not jewish, but i was curious about this subject

2007-12-20 03:36:44 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-20 03:34:13 · 9 answers · asked by Living Saved 1

It's like no Christian that believes in eternal torment thinks it's weird. Love + Eternal Torment = Acceptable Behavior For An Omniscient, Omnipotent, Infinitely Loving Being? NOT.

So, are ANY of you Christians (at least the ones that BELIEVE there is an eternal torment) angered, disappointed or at the least even slightly confused by this apparent discrepancy/ conundrum/ profound paradox? Do any of you feel any emotion on this subject?

2007-12-20 03:33:31 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

democracy, as we have been told by o.b.l. the mullahs the imans and almost all muslims that they do not want democratic freedoms, of the 56 muslim countries almost all are ruled by kings and dictators, a way of life muslims like. just look at the hate the muslims have for the removal of sadam. muslims all over the world believe the americans in iraq are just there to kill muslims.and they go out and hunt down and kill thousands of innocent women and children each day. its time the u.s. remove its self from all muslim countries.even with their great wealth of natural resourses. mulim countries only have the gnp of half that of finland, a country of 4 million. to live in proverty is a scrafice for allah. please! help keep domocracy out of islamic countries.

2007-12-20 03:31:59 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

those who do not and can not belive in him or jesus

2007-12-20 03:29:45 · 12 answers · asked by misskitti7® 7

All cultures have always had gods -or a god

All through history there has been a religon wherever we found people -

And those gods all had somthing to say - they all had an instruction list of some sort even if it was as simple as bring me food or as complex as a specific code of behaviour

What has it been in man in our society our cultures for thousands of years and all over the globe - a need a belief of or in a god(s)

And why is it so seldom looked at in this light ?

2007-12-20 03:24:57 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

this kinda intriuges me... it is said that "sinners" will burn in the fire pits eternal? (or get eaten by maggots, raped by demons, etc)

won't we eventually get used to it?

2007-12-20 03:21:21 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-20 03:20:28 · 24 answers · asked by MoPleasure4U 4

2007-12-20 03:19:29 · 8 answers · asked by zeht89 3

A key theme that runs on R&S is an idea propped up BOTH Christians and Atheists about some sort of future period of vindication. Christians express this in downright Apocalyptic terms at times, or in a mild sense a Society, Nation, Earth that is fully Christian.

Some atheists follow suit, adopting a sort of "the time is now" rhetoric speaking how the world's religions will be swept aside by further education in the sciences.

Both are based on an unsubstantiated hope - much like a belief in the Communist Utopia, "The Internet shall unite the world," Anarcho-capitalist society, etc.

Its rather funny actually, as it assumes some sort of "victory" which cannot be overturned by the mistakes of future generations.

What i want to ask, as a pragmatist, to all is this: If you can't get rid of the other side, can't rob them of their influence either:

Then what's the 2nd best solution?

2007-12-20 03:19:11 · 22 answers · asked by I C 2

2007-12-20 03:18:38 · 13 answers · asked by Gershon b 5

2007-12-20 03:16:39 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

See this question http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AkX8i6FWtiVTmpyGzEHrxTtIzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20070108040234AAr9CAw everone called the theory stupid and absurb but I have proof then white man was bioligcally designed shipped to west Europe and became ferals walking on for legs and gradually becoming monkeys overtime

AN OVERVIEW OF ANCIENT HISTORY
Between six and seven thousand years ago, signs of disruption began to appear throughout the ancient civilization of the Near East. For nearly a thousand years the cultures of that region underwent a change; a period of regression. As chasos and dissatisfaction grew, problems intensified and the ancient societies of the Near East slipped deeper into despair. Then about 6,000 years ago, the inevitable happened--civilization fell apart.
What caused the breakup of civilization six thousand years ago? Some historians had speculated that a natural disaster, such as an earthquake or some similar event took place, but they were unable to find any evidence to support their claims. Besides, all of the clues pointed in the direction of an event quite different from that of an earthquake - a condition that grew over an extended period of time. The picture is on of communities in turmoil, of societies collapsing and falling apart from within; of chaos, dissatisfaction and unrest. The most accurate summation would be to say that the people just began fighting and killing one another - this is the best way to describe what was happening in the Near East 6,000 years ago.
Soon after the unsettling of civilization, another interesting change began to take place. This change occurred in the area of the Caucasus Mountains. There, in West Asia, a previously unknown group of people suddenly appeared as if from out nowhere. Collectively they are known as the Indo-Europeans, Caucasians or white people. The facts show that they first entered the area around 6,000 years ago. 2,000 years later their invasions would bring them into contact with the civilized nations to the south. Because they had no fixed homes and wandered about from place to place, historians usually describe their way of life as 'nomadic'.
Since they were so backward, it is very difficult to use archaeological evidence to help pin down the original home of the Indo-European tongues.
With the arrival of the Caucasians into that cold and sparsely populated area of the world, the few older communities, which earlier had been established there in Europe were either abandoned or destroyed. The evidence clearly suggests that the original inhabitants of those settlements either fled or were killed off by the newly arriving whites. After the whites showed up, drastic changes started to occur in the region north of the Caucasus.
A time period around 3500 B.C. forms a caesura between Old Europe and Indo- European Europe. It is a time when life in the large villages and townships either stops or is markedly changed. The degeneerative changes in the settlements of the Old European Civilization may be assumed to indicate the beginning of the Indo-European presence.
Following the breakup of the ancient societies and the arrival of the whiteman in Europe, the people of the Near East worked to re-establish the level of peace and security they had once known. Slowly, over time, communities were rebuilt, prosperity was restored and signs of new live started to emerge.
In Africa, along the banks of the Nile River, Egypt blossomed into the Pyramid Age. In Mesopotamia, between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, the Sumerians too, established a civilization reknown for its high level of culture and refinement. Even as far away as India, along the tributaries of the Indus River, the Dravidians constructed the magnificent twin cities of Mohoenjo-Daro and Harrapa. Rich in arts, sciences and the necessities of life these civilizations laid the foundation for trade and finance, architecture, geometry, mathematics and astronomy, philosophy, law and government, writing and religion.
Throughout the period of reconstruction, not much attention was paid to the nomads of the north; the threat never seemed significant. From time to time, a few nomadic bands would wander down into the center of civilization, but their activities never amounted to more than occasional raids or skirmishes. In the course of time small groups of the whites were abe to establish camps along the hills and deserts outside of Mesopotamia. Although such camps survived mainly by robbing and scavenging, their overall impact upon civilization remained minimal; most of the whites were at that time still beyound range up in the hills.
But the Caucasians of the north were not to remain a distant novelty forever. 2,000 years after their arrival, the nomadic tribes began to move away from what for years had been their home. As they swarmed down, out of the hills, some of them began to travel west, toward the Aegean Sea. At the same time another large group trudged southward, in the direction of the centers of civilization. "for unknown reasons,the group went into a ferment shortly before 2000 B.C. and started spilling out all over europe and western Asia.
As they moved southward, they were joined by smaller groups - members of their own who had earlier taken up positions along the hills and caravan routes ouside of Mesopotamia. As they advanced toward the centers of civilization, they began a series of violent and devastating attacks. One by one the great cities of the ancient world began to topple. So complete was the effect of the onslaught that when it was all over, nothing was left standing.
During a period of about three hundred years, beginning soon after 1700 B.C., the civilized world was overrun by barbarian conquerors. Hill peoples living north and east of Mesopotamia, tribesmen from the desert fringes of Syria, Palestine and northern Arabia, together with wide ranging war bands originating from the northern steppe combined in varying proportions to attack all existing centers of civilized life. The range of these barbarian conquests was never again equaled...At the two extremes of civilized world, in Crete and in India, little but smoking ruins remaind.
So the facts show that after the reconstruction of civilization, the whites came out of the hills and destroyed it all. Every historian agrees that the uprooting of those civilizations were the resul of attacks from white barbarians who came rushing down, out of the hills of West Asia.
In India, Mohonjo-daro was sacked and its people were enslaved or killed. The outcome was the same for those of Mesopotamia and Egypt too.

2007-12-20 03:16:39 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Follow the link to see where I am coming from:

http://www.wbschool.org/Chinese.swf

2007-12-20 03:15:26 · 10 answers · asked by JR 1