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Our own reality of what it is we believe. We create illusions of our lives in our own minds, much like an anorexic that believes she is fat. What you know and believe in your head is the combined processes of your memories and experiences. your life is your own creation, it isn't real to someone else.

That being said, if a person believes that their deity is real, they create the reality in their own mind, that would affect their lives, their outlook on life, and all other thoughts they manifest in their reality to affect the realities of others.

Would this then mean that God is real? Even if you don't believe, someone else does, thus making God real, so God would have an effect on many people through the actions of those that believe.

Does this prove that God is real?

If not, do you believe that you should respect the beliefs of others?

I need help. I have a 10 year old son that lives with his mother, and she has found someone else and isn't letting me see him. I I went and applied for legal aid but I make too much money to qualify. I also went and spoke to a lawyer and I cannot afford to pay the legal fees. I have cut my phone, internet and cable to help cut costs, and I am unplugging everything to save money on hydro. I have to go to the library to use the internet now. I'm at my wits end. I love my boy so much, and I don't know where to start. I have a 3 bedroom apartment, and my wife and I are now expecting another child in November. She will be going on maternity leave, and I am afraid I won't be able to support our family on my $12.50/hour income. I have taken another job in the evenings and weekends pumping gas just to make ends meet, and I now have no time to take care of family court matters. I am attaching a link to a youtube video I made of a message and a song I dedicated to my son. It's called "the scientist" by Coldplay. I need some help, if everyone that reads this could send me a little money, I would be forever grateful, even just $10. I know that I am violating guidelines, but I have no where else to turn. Please help me.

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-Matt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dCzE9nk6eY

Can we be sure that the world we experience is not just a figment of our imaginations?

I totally respect your point of view and beliefs (or lack thereof) :) Can you tell me something, are you a moral relativist, or do you believe in absolute morality? In other words, do you believe that cultures, or even individuals, can define their own rules on what is moral and what is not, or do you believe that every action has one unique, absolute, and true moral assessment? I'm not a Christian,I am going through a process of spiritual reasoning and am seeking all opinions.

Thank you

That it was the voice of God they heard and not the voice of the Devil disguised as God to trick mankind into worshipping falsely? This would explain Bible contradictions, right? How can you say the bible is the true and unerring word of God if the writers were men and men are prone to making mistakes?

Perhaps you, too, are mistaken?

If you say the Law of God, then jump off a 10 storey building and pray that you arrive at the bottom unscathed.

Science 1 - Bible 0

Sorry about this question...... I had to ask a stupid question....... You may hit me with the troll moniker......I humbly accept my fate.......

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How can you tell which verses to take literally, and which to take metaphorically? Could you show me a few verses to compare please?

We often hear stories of prison inmates who turn to Christ because they hear of the horrible things that could await them in Hell. Are they then changing themselves to act in a way where they can avoid divine punishment? There are people who are generally good and do not seek to reap the divine rewards that await them in the afterlife, don't worry, I know. But a majority of Christians only act the way they do to avoid divine punishment.

Shouldn't we be forgiving, kind, selfless and loving because it is right? Or should we do it to be rewarded? Is acting this way for a reward then a selfish act?

So many questions. Why do people risk something as valuable as their eternal soul on blind faith, when we should strive for understanding?

Who you are is limited only by who you think you are. Not a perfect soul, I am perfecting. Not a human being, I am a human becoming.

but if they tell you there is wet paint somewhere, you have to touch it to make sure?

To quote Isaac Newton, "We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances. Therefore, to the same natural effects we must, so far as possible, assign the same causes."

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Amon Re, Zeus, YHWH, the Great Spirit, Odin, Universal Consciousness, are ALL the same God, it is man that has given deity so many names, faces and attributes. This is what causes division. There is only one Spirit and it is within us all. Whatever you call it, whatever you believe DOES NOT MATTER. All that matters is the Truth. And we won't know the Truth until we experience it. Until then, it is all speculation.

The Egyptian God, Amoun also known as Amon, Ammon, Amun and Amen. Known as 'king of the gods" and "Lord of Heaven," God of Thebes and father of Khonsu. The Romans identified him with Jupiter.

Amun(Amen) was a deity in Egypt who became the patron deity Thebes and one of the most important deities in Ancient Egypt

Amon-Ra (Amen-Re) is the living force that dwells around all living things and lives within all beings. He is also the Father of of the Gods and the Ruler of the Universe who constructed himself out of Chaos(NuN); [Big Bang]

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Jesus, the true teacher, taught us that he came not to abolish the law, but to fulfill it. Paul teaqches otherwise. IF the Bible is the word of God, why do so many of Pauls' and Jesus' teachings differ? Who was God talking to, Jesus, or Paul. I personally ONLY read the words as Christ spoke them. This is the only truth in the Bible. I believe the Apostles distorted Jesus' teachings to suit their own needs.... READ ON IF YOU ARE INTERESTED.....

CAVEAT: The Law given Moses applicable to "foreigners/sojourners" (Gentiles) is a relatively small set of moral commands primarily from Leviticus, incorporating most of the Ten Commandments. So if the Law given Moses applies to Gentiles, it is not a burdensome list. Yet, we are still applying literally the Law, just as James did in Acts 15, by treating the term "foreigner/sojourners" versus "Israel" as literally as possible. This distinction perfectly explains why James said circumcision does not apply to Gentiles, i.e., Leviticus 12:1-3 only requires sons of "Israel" to be circumcised. See this webpage where we discuss this issue in more depth.

Jesus's View on the Law. Jesus emphasized the validity of the Law up through the passing away of Heaven and Earth, thus confirming its inspiration and ongoing validity. In Matthew 5:17-19 we read:

(17) Think not that I came to destroy the Law [of Moses] or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil. (18) For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the Law, till all things be accomplished [i.e., all things predicted appear on the stage of history]. (19) Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. (ASV)

Thus, Jesus can never be accused of seducing any Christian from following the Law. Jesus cannot be a false prophet under Deuteronomy 13:5 (false prophet is anyone who has miracles and wonders but seduces you from following the Law). Jesus said the Law remained valid until the Heavens and Earth pass away. This passing of heaven and earth occurs at the end of the Millennium. This is 1000 years after Christ's Second Coming, according to the Book of Revelation.

Paul's View on the Law. Paul says the opposite.

Paul is blunt in Ephesians 2:15, Colossians 2:14, 2 Cor. 3:11-17, Romans 7:1-3 et seq, and Galatians 3:19 et seq. The Law is "abolished," "done away with," "nailed to a tree," "has faded away,' and was "only ordained by angels...who are no gods." If we were to cite Paul's condemnations of the Law in one string, the point is self-evident that Paul abrogated the Law for everyone. See Eph. 2:15 ("setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations"); Col. 2:14 ("having blotted out the bond written in ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us: and he hath taken it out that way, nailing it to the cross;") 2 Cor. 3:14 ("old covenant"); Gal. 5:1 ("yoke of bondage"); Rom. 10:4 ("Christ is the end of the law"); 2 Cor. 3:7 ("law of death"); Gal. 5:1 ("entangles"); Col. 2:14-17 ("a shadow"); Rom. 3:27 ("law of works"); Rom. 4:15 ("works wrath"); 2 Cor. 3:9 (ministration of condemnation); Gal. 2:16 ("cannot justify"); Gal. 3:21 (cannot give life); Col. 2:14 ("wiped out" exaleipsas); Gal. 3:19, 4:8-9 ("given by angels...who are no gods [and are] weak and beggarly celestial beings/elements").

Finally, in Romans 7:1-6, Paul claims when Jesus died, the husband died and this dissolved the Law's bonds between the husband (God of Sinai) and wife (God's people). This henceforth made the "law dead to us." (Romans 7:4.) This death-of-God-the-husband released the Jews, Paul contends, and when Christ resurrected the bonds of marriage with the old God were not renewed. (The implication, we contend, was Paul meant a new God emerges or otherwise if the same husband-God resurrected, why wasn't the bond to the Law renewed? Paulinists come near to admitting this is the only logical meaning while even confessing they are uncomfortable with the passage's 'seemingly' polytheistic explanation... Uggh. On our thorough analysis of Romans 7:1-6, see our webpage discussion.)

For more discussion on Paul's abrogation of the Law, see chapter five of Jesus Words Only excerpted at this link.

How do those devoted to every word from both Paul and Jesus resolve the contradiction? Here is a perfect example:

If [Jesus] is saying [in Matt 5:17 by saying He fulfilled the Law, and meant] he is the 'end of the Law' [as Paul taught in Romans 10:4], then why does he say in the next vers

Romans 4:15 reads,

4:15For the law works wrath, for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.

Did Paul Teach The Abolishment Of The Law Of Moses?

Does Paul define what the ordinances of the law are, which when kept are the fulfilling of the law?

no answer? finally something you cannot dispute?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AsQ5n...

and found wives.....where did these wives come from?

Genesis 4

16 And Cain went out from the apresence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch

If something doesn't appear in the Bible, are we to assume it just happened? Did God create these people or did Adam and Eve bear them as well? Please clarify.

know where Adam was when he hid in the garden?

Genesis;

8 And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. 9 Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?”

God is perfect, The Bible is not, therefore it cannot be Gods' word.....

Who bears guilt?

GAL 6:2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

GAL 6:5 For every man shall bear his own burden.

Do you answer a fool?

PRO 26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

PRO 26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

How many children did Michal, the daughter of Saul, have?

2SA 6:23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.

2SA 21:8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:

How old was Jehoiachin when he began to reign?

2KI 24:8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

2CH 36:9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.

Marriage?

Proverbs 18:22

1 Corinthians 7 (whole book. See 1,2,27,39,40)

Did those with Saul/Paul at his conversion hear a voice?

ACT 9:7 And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.

ACT 22:9 And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.

Where was Jesus three days after his baptism?

MAR 1:12 And immediately the spirit driveth him into the wilderness.

JOH 1:35 Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;

(various traipsings)

How many apostles were in office between the resurrection and ascension?

1 Corinthians 15:5 (12)

MAT 27:3-5 (minus one from 12)

ACT 1:9-26 (Mathias not elected until after resurrection)

MAT 28:16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.

Judging

1 Cor 2:15 "The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man's judgment:" (NIV)

1 Cor 4:5 "Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men's hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God."

Good deeds

Matt 5:16 "In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven." (NIV)

Matt 6:3-4 "But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you." (NIV)

For or against?

MAT 12:30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.

(default is against)

MAR 9:40 For he that is not against us is on our part.

(default is for)

LUK 9:50 And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us.

(default is for)

Whom did they see at the tomb?

MAT 28:2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

MAT 28:3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:

MAT 28:4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.

MAT 28:5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.

MAR 16:5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.

LUK 24:4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:

JOH 20:12 And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.