Religion & Spirituality - 30 December 2007

I am an agnostic. I think that atheists are just as silly, if not sillier, than theists, because who wouldn't want to have an afterlife? I certainly am holding out hope for there to be one, but we honestly can't be sure.

Anyway, so here's my actual question. If there is a god, and whoever it is does judge us, wouldn't he or she be understanding that we didn't believe because we really don't have any proof? Say, for example, god turns out to be in many forms like Hindus believe, or the god that Catholics believe in. And, when god confronted you for not believing, don't you think that god would be ok with your not believing since you really, logically, had no evidence to believe in god? And if you're going to cite religious text, there are SO MANY religions out there that all claim to be right. Wouldn't god be understanding if you said there honestly was no way besides faith in a certain religion to decide, and you held out hope but didn't choose because there's NO EVIDENCE?

2007-12-30 17:45:20 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

So it's on tv right now and I'm realy disturbed!!! How do people honestly deny global warming when the earth is heating up? There are speicies of animals that will die out if we continue to heat. And it's the part where they are getting to camp- with the obese lady. Um, isn't that a sin? Gluttony much? I'm sure I'll have more to say once it's over in an hour or so. But was anyone else disturbed by this documentary?

2007-12-30 17:44:52 · 12 answers · asked by RJ 5

2007-12-30 17:42:59 · 15 answers · asked by donthatemecuzuaintme 1

so what i've heard is that whenever someones dies or someone does something its "destiny"... its gods devine plan and he made this way

if god has already decided on what will happen and knows what i will do...
how can i be held liable for anything that could potentially "send me to hell" if its god who has made me do this?

2007-12-30 17:39:20 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Not that I have anything against M. Nader. I think many of his views are very valid.

2007-12-30 17:38:06 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

were they just s.o.l. when it came to being saved?

2007-12-30 17:37:41 · 13 answers · asked by import guy 4

I have a strong opinion on it and it'll never change. tell me what your opinion is on it. No, i'm not here to tell you your wrong. just curious. Is Gay Marriage okay? From your point of view? From the bible's point of view? From others points of view?

2007-12-30 17:37:29 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-30 17:36:35 · 14 answers · asked by <3 my nut brown maiden 1

Can anyone explain the robes and uniform that priests (fathers) wear?

I'm watching the da vinci code and I was wondering why they wear it and what it means

2007-12-30 17:34:15 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why do people continue being religious when it has caused so much death in the world?

2007-12-30 17:32:37 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

are Catholics right or wrong?

2007-12-30 17:31:14 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

At least not the same kind of faith Christians talk about today.

2007-12-30 17:30:14 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-30 17:29:59 · 28 answers · asked by cool person 1

There have been times where my self esteem was shattered and ripped to schreds.

I know Biblically we are supposed to die to self see John 3:30 and crucify the flesh,

My question is what are good godly ways to biblically love oneself and not always be so "needy"?

What are good ways to love yourself and respect yourself and start the process of healing and restoration.

Thank you for all your answers God bless you and Happy New year hugsoooooooooooand blessings e4g

2007-12-30 17:28:35 · 12 answers · asked by encourager4God 5

2007-12-30 17:26:22 · 41 answers · asked by crissie15 1

2007-12-30 17:25:38 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

that we should follow all the laws as set down in Leviticus or are they only picking and choosing those they like? (And yes, I'm aware that Leviticus is in the Old Testament but the Bible is the Bible, and supposedly all of it is the word of God!)

2007-12-30 17:24:53 · 9 answers · asked by suzyQ™ 5

christians, muslims, buddhuists ect the list goes on.... who is to say which religion is correct

2007-12-30 17:23:47 · 40 answers · asked by import guy 4

2007-12-30 17:23:06 · 11 answers · asked by spider boy 1

2007-12-30 17:22:41 · 59 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-30 17:22:35 · 12 answers · asked by jayawardhan b 1

I have two acquitances: an evolutionist (atheist) and a creationist (christian). When the topic of homosexuality comes up (like it always does) they have two different theories.

The evolutionist tells me flat out that my lifestyle is against the way things are suppose to be. It's unnatural. You know, violates Mother Nature. In the animal kingdom there is male and there is female and they procreate. My choice just doesn't go along with evolution. I guess in Darwin's view, the strong survive and mutliply and I don't. So much for homosexuality and natural selection!

My creationist friend tells me I somehow got a demon in me and it possessed me to choose a wicked lifestyle. However, I can be redeemed and she has even invited me to church and bible study. Once I get it out of me my slate's wiped clean and life goes on.

So, in your opinion, who is friendlier towards homosexuality - the evolutionist or the creationist?

2007-12-30 17:21:05 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

Seriously...why are people taking the time to come on this forum simply to insult other peoples beliefs? If you don't believe in a religion - you can post your opinions, but there's no reason to be needlessly derogatory.

2007-12-30 17:20:15 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous

The mark of the Beast is a brand of disobedience to God. Not only must this involve rejection of God’s sign of obedience, the Sabbath, but also the acceptance of a counterfeit sign or mark. This mark is, in reality, a brand deriving from Babylon and Rome. Is there such a symbol that has come all the way down to modern times?



Sun Worship—Satan’s Ancient Counterfeit



In ancient Babylon, the kings served as high priests of the sun, Bel-Marduk. “To take the hand of Bel-Marduk” was part of the ceremony of installation as king in Assyria and Babylon (“Babylonian and Assyrian Religion,” Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.). The celebration of the winter solstice around December 25 was regarded as the birthday of the sun. It was a major holiday associated with gift-giving and the sacred evergreen tree.

Plus Jeremiah 10:2-4

2007-12-30 17:17:36 · 12 answers · asked by mw 7

2007-12-30 17:16:47 · 16 answers · asked by <3 my nut brown maiden 1

There are several competing and overlapping theories about parallel universes, but the most basic is based on the simple, if mind-boggling, idea that if the universe is infinite then logically everything that could possible occur has happened or will happen.
Try this on for size: a copy of you living on a planet and in a solar system like ours is reading these words just as you are. Your lives have been carbon copies up to now, but maybe he or she will keep reading even if you don't, says Max Tegmark, a cosmologist at MIT in Boston, Massachusetts.

2007-12-30 17:11:21 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-30 17:10:25 · 24 answers · asked by Jack W 1

When 1/3 of the world vasnishes into thin air, how will the rest of the people explain it? What will people think? Will they think it is a government conspiracy? Maybe they will think it is alien abductions. What do you think?

2007-12-30 17:08:12 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

If you don't truly believe it?
Remember: I'm agnostic, i'm just want to hear others views on things. Like,how were sopposed to believe something that we don't believe in our hearts?

2007-12-30 17:05:04 · 35 answers · asked by greengirl 2

2007-12-30 17:00:58 · 27 answers · asked by Somewhat Enlightened, the Parrot of Truth 7