| Q. | Religion & Spirituality? | Related Search:
Polls & Surveys | | | I respect religions, all of them. But i have this feeling that makes me believe that lots of the people hanging around the Religion & Spirituality Section, especially the askers, have issues, i m not saying that they have serious ones, but there's somehow something not very right.
Mostly i got the feeling of "there's no point of answering this" even if i have an opinion on the subject.
What do you think?
| | A. | That really depends on the situation and on your point of view. Really religious people or the opposite - convinced atheists - may seem different to you because the subject affects them much more than you think.
From the way you sound, I get the feeling that you are neutral to this subject. That's probably why you can't see things from their point of view. When you're really interested in something that controls your whole life or something that has a strong impact on you, you can't treat the subject as if it would be an ordinary one to you, which I'm guessing is how you feel towards this.
Let's just suppose that instead of Religion & Spirituality, the category would be focused on your hobbies. Whatever you would do, if you would ask or answer questions on that particular category, you wouldn't be able to sound detached. You would come off as very implied in the subject. And when you're part of something and so focused on something, you come off as weird, just like you see those questions. For example someone who has totally different interests than you do wouldn't be able to fully understand your behaviour. It all depends on whether you can relate or not. | | | |
| Q. | Religion&Spirituality...? | Related Search:
Religion & Spirituality | | | When it will end with those STUPID questions in Religion&Spirituality??? In 300 questions maybe 5 of them are about spirituality.I don't mind if there are questions about religions but please make it a serious one...I like answering questions about Christianity but this is too much already....that's all :)
r u randy....LOL
| | A. | Are you talking about the stupid ones like: "How many days did it take god to create the world and everything?" ...where people say six but his days are longer than ours because he's an infinite god and has no need for time.
..or the not so stupid ones that ask: "If he created the world as it is written, but his days were much longer than our idea of a day, how did the trees survive since they had to do without water perhaps for ages.?"
[][][] r u randy? [][][]
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| Q. | How many atheists/agnostics can admit that religion/spirituality does do good in the world? | Related Search:
Religion & Spirituality | | | That religion/spirituality isn't all bad and evil?
I'm an atheist and I can still see the value and importance that religion/spirituality play in the world. And the many good things that come out of religion/spirituality.
This question isn't just exclusive to Christianity, Islam, or Judaism; but rather any and all forms of religion/spirituality.
| | A. | Now that is a brave and sensible statement.It appears that you are not of the "all or nothing" philosophy based on pride and principle.I admire that in anyone who admits to what is as clear as day !!!
God bless,(and a gold star)
Catholic. | | | |
| Q. | What is the difference between Religion & Spirituality? | Related Search:
Religion & Spirituality | | | I think Spirituality is believing the Universe is alive.
& Religion is believing it expects something of you.
What do you think?
| | A. | That is not a bad interpretation at all. I like it.
I think by it being alive one an intelligent human being can derive meaning from all of it. So that we can derive beauty or inspiration from all things both both nonhuman beings and nonliving things. Even when man thinks only he can do those things with his mind and say those thoughts cannot exist. It is an untruth. It is not recognizing the order and words of wisdom that is there if men but open up their spiritual eyes to see it.
Scientifically there is no problem at all seeing the world spiritually. For example men have derived meaning and clarity of understanding of the universe. By observing nature and seeing laws that profoundly impact and govern the existence and sustain it. The laws of gravity, thermodynamics, magnetism, etc. These laws scientific minds men do not make fun of. They have found meaning and clarity and gained knowledge because they recognized it.
What some fail to understand is that other spiritual qualities exist there as well. The habits of other creatures enables man to better understand himself. The bird taught man how to fly. And Man went beyond them and coupled with his understanding the laws of the universe went on to explore space. The fish and whale taught man how to swim, ride a boat, and coupled with the laws of nature build a submarine.
As for religion it's true. When man disobeys a law of nature he will pay the price. In nature in living things man can see creatures teaching their young right and wrong. That they have a big responsibility to take care of themself. Not for selfishness but most importantly for survival. If man does not hear the rattling of a rattlesnake he will get bit. A right and wrong does exist in the universe. And religion reaffirms only what is self evident in nature. Man has an obligation for doing what is right and wrong in nature because nature requires the same thing of itself for living and nonliving things.
But if this is the case and there is intelligence and wisdom hire than man that all nature and other living creatures live by then I believe man does too.
Again I like what you said. Thanks a lot.
Later.
I think your reasoning is well. | | | |
| Q. | Can anyone suggest a serious online forum dealing with religion & spirituality? | Related Search:
Religion & Spirituality | | | So many, if not most, of the questions and answers the the Religion & Spirituality section of Yahoo! Answers are entertaining & absurd. Other than being entertained, is anyone really benefited? If anyone can knows of a forum of serious discussions, it would be good to know.
| | A. | If you have a serious question, why not ask it here? There are plenty of knowledgeable people on this forum. | | | |
| Q. | Why does my question in Religion & Spirituality appear in my profile but not in questions? | Related Search:
Yahoo! Answers | | | 3 Days ago I posted a question in Religion and Spirituality which is in my profile as an open question but is not in the R&S questions!
Why?
| | A. | Sometimes you find that a question gets mis-sorted and appears out of order. I use R&S a lot, sometimes I see recent questions published next to questions which are 2 or 3 days old. And yes, sometimes questions don't appear on the category lists at all, even though the question does exist as an open question and your fans will have been sent the links by email. It happens occasionally - it's a glitch.
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Just checked out your question in R&S. I wonder if this one's been held back by the automatic censor for checking by the staff. I think the word "hypocrisy" would be listed in the lexical analysis function of the censor. Usually when this happens the question gets checked and deleted a few hours later by the staff. If you deleted it yourself, you might well save yourself 10 points and a violation. | | | |
| Q. | What do you consider to be the worst of Religion & Spirituality? | Related Search:
Religion & Spirituality | | | Yes, i am much interest in religion and spirituality cesspool,
Please reply with links to the funniest and stupidest religion & spirituality discussions you have ever seen (or are responsible for!) then please answer!
| | A. | "Stung!" and his ridiculous paranoid rants about the Illuminati and the Masons trying to take over the world. | | | |
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