All major religions have failed to bring peace or enlightenment to the world -What lessons should be drawn?
Q. Christianity --- a religon of peace and love - The US likes to call itself a Christian nation --- It has been at war since the end of world war 2 against someone somewhere for some reason Vietnam Korea Nicaragua Chad Libya and a dozen more I can not remember ( please do not list them all -- there is no point) The Jewish religions from what I have read make up about 2 % of the worlds population --- The nation of Israel has been in a constant state of war or war preparations The other Semitic religions including Muslim and others have been at war against someone somewhere for as long as I can remember ( mostly against Israel ) Buddhism Toaisim and the other religons have been around for a long time --- The world is still at… [cont.]
Asked by Trout - Tue May 19 00:13:04 2009 - - 19 Answers - 1 Comments
A. Religion served an evolutionary purpose of giving sense of community, explaining the world thousands and millions of years ago. That role is over. Today and the last hundreds of years religions are reactionary tools to oppress people, attack science and slow down progress. It serves power on every side in misdirecting people's justified anger and discontent into nonsensical rituals and ideas, sometimes even bloody actions The lesson should be we don't need religion but and that's very important people should arrive at that conclusion voluntary because outlawing religion is not only unlawful but also leads people to cling to these outdated superstitions more than they already do. Religious distress is at the same time the expression… [cont.]
Answered by justgoodfolk - Tue May 19 13:18:57 2009
Q. Christianity --- a religon of peace and love - The US likes to call itself a Christian nation --- It has been at war since the end of world war 2 against someone somewhere for some reason Vietnam Korea Nicaragua Chad Libya and a dozen more I can not remember ( please do not list them all -- there is no point) The Jewish religions from what I have read make up about 2 % of the worlds population --- The nation of Israel has been in a constant state of war or war preparations The other Semitic religions including Muslim and others have been at war against someone somewhere for as long as I can remember ( mostly against Israel ) Buddhism Toaisim and the other religons have been around for a long time --- The world is still at… [cont.]
Asked by Trout - Tue May 19 00:13:04 2009 - - 19 Answers - 1 Comments
A. Religion served an evolutionary purpose of giving sense of community, explaining the world thousands and millions of years ago. That role is over. Today and the last hundreds of years religions are reactionary tools to oppress people, attack science and slow down progress. It serves power on every side in misdirecting people's justified anger and discontent into nonsensical rituals and ideas, sometimes even bloody actions The lesson should be we don't need religion but and that's very important people should arrive at that conclusion voluntary because outlawing religion is not only unlawful but also leads people to cling to these outdated superstitions more than they already do. Religious distress is at the same time the expression… [cont.]
Answered by justgoodfolk - Tue May 19 13:18:57 2009
What happened to God (YHWY)'s wife and children after their divorce?
Q. abundant archaeological artifacts and ancient inscriptions throughout Israel prove that until about 6th century BCE, the ancient semitic deity YHWY whom Xians worship as god the father, had a wife, the fertility goddess Ashera, who was worshiped in her own right by the Jews. The couple had 60-70 children. The Jews were rescued from the Babylonian captivity by Persians and thereafter the monotheistic Persian religion Zoroastrianism greatly influenced Judaism to become monotheistic. So God divorced his wife. All references to Ashera were edited from the Hebrew Bible. Biblical editing to reflect contemporaneous theological vogues was constantly occurring from the earliest days of the Bible until modern times. Ashera was probably edited out… [cont.]
Asked by enigma - Thu Jan 31 16:35:59 2008 - - 5 Answers - 1 Comments
A. You are forgetting possibly the oldest fertility Goddess ever worshipped: The Goddess of Willendorf. However, I don't believe for a moment that the god the Christians worship is the one followers of ancient religions (and even Wicca) worship. My God and Goddess are still happily side-by-side.
Answered by wiccanhpp - Thu Jan 31 16:42:43 2008
Q. abundant archaeological artifacts and ancient inscriptions throughout Israel prove that until about 6th century BCE, the ancient semitic deity YHWY whom Xians worship as god the father, had a wife, the fertility goddess Ashera, who was worshiped in her own right by the Jews. The couple had 60-70 children. The Jews were rescued from the Babylonian captivity by Persians and thereafter the monotheistic Persian religion Zoroastrianism greatly influenced Judaism to become monotheistic. So God divorced his wife. All references to Ashera were edited from the Hebrew Bible. Biblical editing to reflect contemporaneous theological vogues was constantly occurring from the earliest days of the Bible until modern times. Ashera was probably edited out… [cont.]
Asked by enigma - Thu Jan 31 16:35:59 2008 - - 5 Answers - 1 Comments
A. You are forgetting possibly the oldest fertility Goddess ever worshipped: The Goddess of Willendorf. However, I don't believe for a moment that the god the Christians worship is the one followers of ancient religions (and even Wicca) worship. My God and Goddess are still happily side-by-side.
Answered by wiccanhpp - Thu Jan 31 16:42:43 2008
Christian Denominations? Which is closest to the original?
Q. I would have to say the Ancient Assyrian church, mainly based in Iraq. It has never been incorporated into the Roman and western churches, and thus was not subject to the great alterations and interferences that occurred from around 100AD onwards. The attempt to shoehorn christianity, which is a SEMITIC, near eastern religion into Greco-Roman culture and belief systems perverted the religion greatly. It was also founded within living memory of the death of christ. Its services are in Ancient Aramaic. Assyrians STILL speak Aramaic as a first language to this very day. And of course, Jesus, his disciples and John the Baptist all spoke Aramaic, as did the first christians, and the earliest christian texts were written in Aramaic. Also… [cont.]
Asked by HAMMURABI - Sun Dec 23 05:53:07 2007 - - 12 Answers - 0 Comments
A. If you want to know more about the Christian faith in the early days and especially if you want to know more about Jesus himself, you need to do research into ancient Aramaic texts and Semitic Middle Eastern culture. Of all the Aramaic dialects, Syriac is by far the most important with thousands of surviving Syriac manuscripts, many hundreds of which are older than 1000 years and a few dozen are older than 1500 years. Other than Aramaic literature which is by far the oldest, the earliest languages of Christian literature were, (oldest first): Coptic, Latin, Middle Persian and Greek. The Christian literatures which survive in Arabic and in Armenian are also very important and little researched.
Answered by Steven Ring - Sun Dec 23 06:24:51 2007
Q. I would have to say the Ancient Assyrian church, mainly based in Iraq. It has never been incorporated into the Roman and western churches, and thus was not subject to the great alterations and interferences that occurred from around 100AD onwards. The attempt to shoehorn christianity, which is a SEMITIC, near eastern religion into Greco-Roman culture and belief systems perverted the religion greatly. It was also founded within living memory of the death of christ. Its services are in Ancient Aramaic. Assyrians STILL speak Aramaic as a first language to this very day. And of course, Jesus, his disciples and John the Baptist all spoke Aramaic, as did the first christians, and the earliest christian texts were written in Aramaic. Also… [cont.]
Asked by HAMMURABI - Sun Dec 23 05:53:07 2007 - - 12 Answers - 0 Comments
A. If you want to know more about the Christian faith in the early days and especially if you want to know more about Jesus himself, you need to do research into ancient Aramaic texts and Semitic Middle Eastern culture. Of all the Aramaic dialects, Syriac is by far the most important with thousands of surviving Syriac manuscripts, many hundreds of which are older than 1000 years and a few dozen are older than 1500 years. Other than Aramaic literature which is by far the oldest, the earliest languages of Christian literature were, (oldest first): Coptic, Latin, Middle Persian and Greek. The Christian literatures which survive in Arabic and in Armenian are also very important and little researched.
Answered by Steven Ring - Sun Dec 23 06:24:51 2007
How do you know everything in the Bible is concrete fact?
Q. I hope this doesn't offend anyone. But how does one really know? You can't just say because the Bible says so, because that's what the question's about! Putting into perspective the diversity of human life and the real history of Christianity as a Jewish sect evolving into the official state religion of the Roman Empire, later adopted by former pagan figureheads of newly created European states, and the Bible's history as an oral history of one of the many Semitic pastoralists of the ancient Near East, how can one say that everything in the Bible should be taken as fact? Even if you do so, there will always be discrepancies and no one interpretation since interpretations are always subject to the individual doing the process of… [cont.]
Asked by Bastian S - Mon Jul 28 23:17:50 2008 - - 17 Answers - 1 Comments
A. Why You Can Trust the Bible Some people say the Bible is unreliable, and their views have gained wide acceptance. Thus many today dismiss what the Bible says as untrustworthy. On the other hand, what Jesus Christ said in prayer to God promotes trust: "Your word is truth." And the Bible itself claims to be inspired by God. John 17:17; 2 Timothy 3:16. What do you think about this? Is there sound basis for trusting the Bible? Or is there really evidence that the Bible is unreliable, that it contradicts itself and is inconsistent? Does It Contradict Itself? While some may claim the Bible contradicts itself, has anyone ever shown you an actual example? We have never seen one that could withstand scrutiny. True, there may appear to be… [cont.]
Answered by rutchJW - Mon Jul 28 23:35:55 2008
Q. I hope this doesn't offend anyone. But how does one really know? You can't just say because the Bible says so, because that's what the question's about! Putting into perspective the diversity of human life and the real history of Christianity as a Jewish sect evolving into the official state religion of the Roman Empire, later adopted by former pagan figureheads of newly created European states, and the Bible's history as an oral history of one of the many Semitic pastoralists of the ancient Near East, how can one say that everything in the Bible should be taken as fact? Even if you do so, there will always be discrepancies and no one interpretation since interpretations are always subject to the individual doing the process of… [cont.]
Asked by Bastian S - Mon Jul 28 23:17:50 2008 - - 17 Answers - 1 Comments
A. Why You Can Trust the Bible Some people say the Bible is unreliable, and their views have gained wide acceptance. Thus many today dismiss what the Bible says as untrustworthy. On the other hand, what Jesus Christ said in prayer to God promotes trust: "Your word is truth." And the Bible itself claims to be inspired by God. John 17:17; 2 Timothy 3:16. What do you think about this? Is there sound basis for trusting the Bible? Or is there really evidence that the Bible is unreliable, that it contradicts itself and is inconsistent? Does It Contradict Itself? While some may claim the Bible contradicts itself, has anyone ever shown you an actual example? We have never seen one that could withstand scrutiny. True, there may appear to be… [cont.]
Answered by rutchJW - Mon Jul 28 23:35:55 2008
do you think that yahoo is anti-islamic racist?!!?
Q. please check this site a picture with god name on a pig?!! what on earth is this picture supposed 2 mean/??! islam s answer to the racial problem by a german diplomat the hajj this annual pilgrimage, or Hajj as it is called in the Arabic language, is one of the five pillars, one of the five fundamental religious duties to be performed by Muslims. Without going further into the details of the conditions to be fulfilled in order to be able to proceed on this pilgrimage, or of the rites and rituals to be observed in its course, let me describe in a few words the most striking and unforgettable sight that will be present itself to your eye upon reaching the sacred territory: You will see a multitude of men, women and also children,… [cont.]
Asked by smart-doctor-egypt - Mon Apr 30 16:55:23 2007 - - 3 Answers - 2 Comments
A. not yahoo, but people.
Answered by rt1290 - Mon Apr 30 17:06:28 2007
Q. please check this site a picture with god name on a pig?!! what on earth is this picture supposed 2 mean/??! islam s answer to the racial problem by a german diplomat the hajj this annual pilgrimage, or Hajj as it is called in the Arabic language, is one of the five pillars, one of the five fundamental religious duties to be performed by Muslims. Without going further into the details of the conditions to be fulfilled in order to be able to proceed on this pilgrimage, or of the rites and rituals to be observed in its course, let me describe in a few words the most striking and unforgettable sight that will be present itself to your eye upon reaching the sacred territory: You will see a multitude of men, women and also children,… [cont.]
Asked by smart-doctor-egypt - Mon Apr 30 16:55:23 2007 - - 3 Answers - 2 Comments
A. not yahoo, but people.
Answered by rt1290 - Mon Apr 30 17:06:28 2007
1st:can anyone translate this to filipino.please.:)?
Q. etymology: In ancient Greek mythology, Europa was a Phoenician princess whom Zeus abducted after assuming the form of a dazzling white bull. He took her to the island of Crete where she gave birth to Minos, Rhadamanthus and Sarpedon. For Homer, Europe (Greek: , Eur p ; see also List of traditional Greek place names) was a mythological queen of Crete, not a geographical designation. Later Europa stood for mainland Greece, and by 500 BC its meaning had been extended to lands to the north. Etymologically, the dominant theory suggests the name Europe is derived from the Greek roots meaning broad (eur-) and eye (op-, opt-), hence Eur p , "wide-gazing" (compare with glauk pis (grey-eyed) Athena or bo pis (ox-eyed) Hera). Broad has been an… [cont.]
Asked by yanna - Sun Jun 29 00:38:49 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments
A. etemolohiya: Noong sinaunang mitolohiya ng Gresya, si Europa ay isang prinsesang Phoenician na kinuha ni Zeus pamamagitan ng pagiging makintab na puting toro. Dinala nya ito sa isala ng Crete kung saan siya nanganak kay Minos, Rhadamanthus, at Sarpedon. Kay Homer, ang Europa (sa Gresya: , Eur p ; tingin din sa ibang tradisyonal na pangalang Gresya at iba pang lugar) ay isang mahiwagang reyna ng Crete, at hindi heograpikal na lugar. Sumunod, ang Europa ay tumayo para sa inang bayang Gresya, at noong 500 BC, ang ibig sabihin nito ay nailaganap sa mga karatig lugar sa hilaga. Ayon sa etemolohiya, ang pinakakilalang teorya na nagsasabi na ang pangalang Europa ay nakuha mula sa Gresya na ang ibig sa bihin at malaki (eur-) at mata (op-, opt-),… [cont.]
Answered by empty - Sun Jun 29 02:00:30 2008
Q. etymology: In ancient Greek mythology, Europa was a Phoenician princess whom Zeus abducted after assuming the form of a dazzling white bull. He took her to the island of Crete where she gave birth to Minos, Rhadamanthus and Sarpedon. For Homer, Europe (Greek: , Eur p ; see also List of traditional Greek place names) was a mythological queen of Crete, not a geographical designation. Later Europa stood for mainland Greece, and by 500 BC its meaning had been extended to lands to the north. Etymologically, the dominant theory suggests the name Europe is derived from the Greek roots meaning broad (eur-) and eye (op-, opt-), hence Eur p , "wide-gazing" (compare with glauk pis (grey-eyed) Athena or bo pis (ox-eyed) Hera). Broad has been an… [cont.]
Asked by yanna - Sun Jun 29 00:38:49 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments
A. etemolohiya: Noong sinaunang mitolohiya ng Gresya, si Europa ay isang prinsesang Phoenician na kinuha ni Zeus pamamagitan ng pagiging makintab na puting toro. Dinala nya ito sa isala ng Crete kung saan siya nanganak kay Minos, Rhadamanthus, at Sarpedon. Kay Homer, ang Europa (sa Gresya: , Eur p ; tingin din sa ibang tradisyonal na pangalang Gresya at iba pang lugar) ay isang mahiwagang reyna ng Crete, at hindi heograpikal na lugar. Sumunod, ang Europa ay tumayo para sa inang bayang Gresya, at noong 500 BC, ang ibig sabihin nito ay nailaganap sa mga karatig lugar sa hilaga. Ayon sa etemolohiya, ang pinakakilalang teorya na nagsasabi na ang pangalang Europa ay nakuha mula sa Gresya na ang ibig sa bihin at malaki (eur-) at mata (op-, opt-),… [cont.]
Answered by empty - Sun Jun 29 02:00:30 2008
help with history homework?
Q. can you answer these questions? 8)What are the positions of the yearly solar calendar? Which two have been the most important to agrarian people in the Northern Hemisphere? Which two Christian festivals mirror these dates? 26)Who was the main character of Samaria s major epic? How did he reflect that cultures values? 27)What division of power did Sumeria create? 28)Who was the main character of Egypt s epic? How did he reflect that culture s values? 31)What is the Sumerian name for step pyramid ? 37)The dramatic differences between nomadic and agrarian society probably gave way to what organized form of theft ? 41)What is the Old Testament s equivalent of Hammurabi s lex talionis ? 46)The two differing descriptions of man s creation… [cont.]
Asked by Tanya Q - Wed Mar 18 17:59:26 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments
Q. can you answer these questions? 8)What are the positions of the yearly solar calendar? Which two have been the most important to agrarian people in the Northern Hemisphere? Which two Christian festivals mirror these dates? 26)Who was the main character of Samaria s major epic? How did he reflect that cultures values? 27)What division of power did Sumeria create? 28)Who was the main character of Egypt s epic? How did he reflect that culture s values? 31)What is the Sumerian name for step pyramid ? 37)The dramatic differences between nomadic and agrarian society probably gave way to what organized form of theft ? 41)What is the Old Testament s equivalent of Hammurabi s lex talionis ? 46)The two differing descriptions of man s creation… [cont.]
Asked by Tanya Q - Wed Mar 18 17:59:26 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments
Are Falashans (Black Ethiopians) Jews? or Native Ethiopian tribe?
Q. The public opinion is once again badly manipulated by state propagandas. News coming from Israel mention the "return" of the Falashas (the word is put between brackets by the daily le Monde), the so-called "Black Jews of Ethiopia". We have here a serious confusion which might carry dramatic consequences. Ethiopia is an extremely complex web of different societies, ruled by ancient traditions. Its modernization has long been denied by the endless rule of Emperor Haile Sellassie and is still in its early start. The Falashas, whose role in Ethiopian history is well known, never presented themselves as Jews before some missionaries and European travellers got interested in them and their religious particularism, from 1860 onwards. Physically… [cont.]
Asked by vojo007 - Sun Aug 17 22:04:35 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments
A. They are mixed native Black Ethiopians with immigrant Semitic Whites(Arabs and Jews).They claim Semitic heritage as Black because they believe Semitic Whites are Black-i.e.- the Semitic White Chaldeans. They practice the Jewish religion, not ethnicity. Many do express Semitic facial features, especially the raised hooked or pointed nose(versus the flat,wide Black African nose) and thin lips.Their only claim to being Jews by ethnicity is through admixture and by religion, practicing.In other words, they are Mulattos(Black/Semitic White mix) practicing Judaism(faith).Where and when the admixture occured is controversial. They, themselves, based on a legend of theirs, claim to be one of the lost tribes of Israel.They believe they are… [cont.]
Answered by Clyde N - Mon Aug 18 09:48:26 2008
Q. The public opinion is once again badly manipulated by state propagandas. News coming from Israel mention the "return" of the Falashas (the word is put between brackets by the daily le Monde), the so-called "Black Jews of Ethiopia". We have here a serious confusion which might carry dramatic consequences. Ethiopia is an extremely complex web of different societies, ruled by ancient traditions. Its modernization has long been denied by the endless rule of Emperor Haile Sellassie and is still in its early start. The Falashas, whose role in Ethiopian history is well known, never presented themselves as Jews before some missionaries and European travellers got interested in them and their religious particularism, from 1860 onwards. Physically… [cont.]
Asked by vojo007 - Sun Aug 17 22:04:35 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments
A. They are mixed native Black Ethiopians with immigrant Semitic Whites(Arabs and Jews).They claim Semitic heritage as Black because they believe Semitic Whites are Black-i.e.- the Semitic White Chaldeans. They practice the Jewish religion, not ethnicity. Many do express Semitic facial features, especially the raised hooked or pointed nose(versus the flat,wide Black African nose) and thin lips.Their only claim to being Jews by ethnicity is through admixture and by religion, practicing.In other words, they are Mulattos(Black/Semitic White mix) practicing Judaism(faith).Where and when the admixture occured is controversial. They, themselves, based on a legend of theirs, claim to be one of the lost tribes of Israel.They believe they are… [cont.]
Answered by Clyde N - Mon Aug 18 09:48:26 2008
To my fellow christains read this ...?
Q. well Jehovah witnesses (the ones who knock on ur door) have a bad reputation (every where...well am NOT one myself at all) but i have just realised that, actually things they say are right i was on the web just browsing until i found out this : that christmas origins werePAGAN the cross (the sign its self ) is originated in PAGAN i have copied and pasted from the web here is the info::: i have the links below , ok he information is a LOT if ur like me who is NOT a big FAN of reading LOADS..then just read the bits with stars(***) here is the info Dr. Bullinger, in the Companion Bible, appx. 162, states,*** "crosses were used as symbols of the Babylonian Sun-god ... It should be stated that Constantine was a Sun-god worshipper*** ... [cont.]
Asked by He reigns - Mon Aug 10 10:04:29 2009 - - 10 Answers - 0 Comments
A. I appreciate you started all this with "to my fellow christians." However, the Roman method of execution on a vertical post with the victim nailed to this post by means of a beam carried to the site is well documented. And the use of Christmas Day as the celebration of Christ's birth is just that, a day we use. We all know it is not "the" day or the time of His birth. It is simply a matter of the heart, not the day. History first crucifixion - the origin of Roman crucifixion Before looking into the confirmations of Jesus death in the Scriptures, it is important to know what ancient Roman crucifixion entailed. Death by crucifixion was the method of execution preferred during the Roman Empire, and there are extensive historical records… [cont.]
Answered by elyon - Mon Aug 10 10:16:13 2009
Q. well Jehovah witnesses (the ones who knock on ur door) have a bad reputation (every where...well am NOT one myself at all) but i have just realised that, actually things they say are right i was on the web just browsing until i found out this : that christmas origins werePAGAN the cross (the sign its self ) is originated in PAGAN i have copied and pasted from the web here is the info::: i have the links below , ok he information is a LOT if ur like me who is NOT a big FAN of reading LOADS..then just read the bits with stars(***) here is the info Dr. Bullinger, in the Companion Bible, appx. 162, states,*** "crosses were used as symbols of the Babylonian Sun-god ... It should be stated that Constantine was a Sun-god worshipper*** ... [cont.]
Asked by He reigns - Mon Aug 10 10:04:29 2009 - - 10 Answers - 0 Comments
A. I appreciate you started all this with "to my fellow christians." However, the Roman method of execution on a vertical post with the victim nailed to this post by means of a beam carried to the site is well documented. And the use of Christmas Day as the celebration of Christ's birth is just that, a day we use. We all know it is not "the" day or the time of His birth. It is simply a matter of the heart, not the day. History first crucifixion - the origin of Roman crucifixion Before looking into the confirmations of Jesus death in the Scriptures, it is important to know what ancient Roman crucifixion entailed. Death by crucifixion was the method of execution preferred during the Roman Empire, and there are extensive historical records… [cont.]
Answered by elyon - Mon Aug 10 10:16:13 2009
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