MY QUESTION: -

We live in earth and worship many Gods! Kingdom of God! Does it exist here? Where it is and who is the King?

More on this question: No offence is meant! Please reply applying your own intelligence looking at our brethren who carry different faiths in them and not quoting from books that advocate a particular religion. Symbolically it can mean your own clean conscience if we believe rightly that God resides in each of us. You can differ in attitudes and interpretation. Abusive answers will be reported

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What is the Kingdom of Heaven and whom does it include? In answering this question, many Christians today would provide one of the following answers:


1. The Kingdom of Heaven is the Christian Church, beginning on Pentecost.
2. The Kingdom of Heaven is the future reign of Christ over the nations of the earth, from David’s' Throne, in Jerusalem.


However, problematic passages of Scripture have to be dealt with in defending both positions.


Passages, which support the theory that the Kingdom of Heaven is the Christian Church:


Ps 103:19
19 The LORD has established his throne in heaven,
and his kingdom rules over all.
NIV


Matt 13:24
24 Jesus told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
NIV
(Here, sowing the seed is considered to be the spreading of the Gospel)


Luke 22:29
29 And I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred one on me,
NIV


Heb 12:28
28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, NIV

Col 1:13-14
13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
NIV Passages which contradict the theory that the Kingdom of Heaven is the Christian Church include:

Matt 21:43
43 "Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. NIV
(Indicates that Israel had claim to the Kingdom before the Church began)


Acts 14:21-22
21 They preached the good news in that city and won a large number of disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch, 22 strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. "We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God," they said.
NIV
(Shows that members of the Church were yet seeking to enter the Kingdom)


2 Peter 1:10-11
10 Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall, 11 and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
NIV
(Again, shows that believers were yet waiting to enter the Kingdom)


Additionally, it can be stated that it is the main duty of the Church to point people to the kingdom, and thus, Church and Kingdom are not the same.


Passages which support the theory that the Kingdom of Heaven is the future reign of Christ on earth, from Davids' throne in Jerusalem:


Dan 2:44
44 "In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.
NIV
(The "time of those kings", here being seen as future, as it involves 10 kings ruling the Roman Empire at the same time, an event that never historically occured. See Dan.7:24)


Dan 7:27
27 Then the sovereignty, power and greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be handed over to the saints, the people of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will worship and obey him.'
NIV


Matt 7:21-23
21 "Not everyone who says to me, `Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, `Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' 23 Then I will tell them plainly, `I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'
NIV
(Indicating that entry into the Kingdom does not take place until judgement day)


Matt 8:10-12
10 When Jesus heard this, he was astonished and said to those following him, "I tell you the truth, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. 11 I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12 But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
NIV
(indicating that entry into the Kingdom takes place after the return of Christ)


Matt 25:34-35
34 "Then the King will say to those on his right, `Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.
NIV
(indicating that entry into the Kingdom takes place after the return of Christ)


Luke 21:29-31
29 He told them this parable: "Look at the fig tree and all the trees. 30 When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near. 31 Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that the kingdom of God is near.
NIV


Rev 5:10
10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God,
and they will reign on the earth."
NIV


Rev 11:15
"The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ,
and he will reign for ever and ever."
NIV


Rev 12:10
"Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God,
and the authority of his Christ.
NIV
(A yet future event taking place after the 2nd coming of Christ)


Passages which seem to contradict the theory that the Kingdom of Heaven is the future reign of Christ on earth, from Davids throne in Jerusalem:


Matt 16:28
28 I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."
NIV
Note: Some commentators claim that this passage refers to the Transfiguration on the Mount, which, in the Gospels, occurs immediately after this statement. This is problematic, however, as Jesus clearly indicates that only some of His disciples would be alive to see the inauguration of the Kingdom, and none had died before the Transfiguration occurred. As well, it states that they would see the Son of Man coming in His Kingdom, which is not what took place at the Transfiguration, for at the Transfiguration, Jesus gave us a glimpse of His eternal glory. He was not seen coming to anywhere, from anywhere.
However, the central problem with both of these theories is the Kingdom is limited to earthly and external criteria. A better understanding of what the Kingdom of Heaven is comes from this passage:


Luke 17:20-21
20 Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, "The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, 21 nor will people say, `Here it is,' or `There it is,' because the kingdom of God is within you."
NIV


Now, while it seems unreasonable that the Kingdom would exist within the hearts of the Pharisees, to whom Jesus was speaking in this passage, the heart of His answer is this: the Kingdom is spiritual, in nature.
While the Church is the body of believers, collectively, the difference between the Church and the Kingdom is that while believers enter the Church, the Kingdom enters the believer.


Another excellent way to understand the Kingdom of Heaven is to consider the Jewish understanding of it:


The Jews believed all time was to be divided into 2 parts: The Present Age and the Age to Come.


The Present Age involved the dominion of Satan, the effects of sin, and the sinful nature of man, as inherited through Adam. The Age to Come corresponded roughly with the Kingdom of Heaven, which would be inaugurated after Messiah would come. It involved a period of peace on earth, where the people of God would rule the nations from Jerusalem.


By the Christian reckoning, the Incarnation of Christ 2000 years ago caused an overlap in both these time periods. Currently, Christians live in this overlap. So while, to the Christian, the Kingdom has been initiated, it has not yet fully commenced, and the effects of sin are still felt. This is the most suitable method of reconciling all passages relating to the Kingdom of God in the New Testament.

Matt 11:11-12
11 I tell you the truth: Among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12 From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it.
NIV
This passage indicates a change in the Kingdom from defensive to offensive. This began with John, preaching repentance, in preparation of the coming of the Messiah. The offensive position of the Kingdom worked rapidly, for shortly thereafter, when the disciples went out preaching in the towns of Judea, Jesus made the statement that He had witnessed Satan fall like lightning from the heavens, indicating a serious blow had been dealt.


While passages such as:
Luke 22:29-30
29 And I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred one on me, 30 so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
NIV
...seem to indicate the Church is the Kingdom, notice this passage describes an apparent 2 Kingdoms, so, in some respects, the Church may be considered as a type of Kingdom, but should never be understood as the sum total of the Kingdom of Heaven.


Jesus made several analogies to the effect of God's Spirit on the heart and soul of the one who responds to His message, the streams of living water springing up unto eternal life for the woman at the well being a case in point. Ultimately, this is what the Kingdom of Heaven is: it is the effect God has on the heart and soul of the one who responds to His calling.


Rom 14:16-18
17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,
NIV


Kingdom of Heaven passages also cannot be confused with the Millennial Kingdom, which is evidenced by visible signs on earth preceding the Second Coming. One must be diligent in their study of the Word to differentiate the two phases of the Kingdom.


In this passage:
2 Tim 4:18
18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom.
NIV
...Paul refers to heaven as a Kingdom, which indeed it is, but again not to be confused with the Kingdom of Heaven, which has its emergence in the hearts of living believers, as evidenced by an abundance of passages which present the Kingdom of Heaven as being near or upon living believers.


As a final note, it should be said that while men could not enter the Church until after Pentecost, men still were saved and became part of the Kingdom before then. This is shown by passages such as:
Matt 8:10-11
11 I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
NIV

OTHER ANSWERS:

1.This is America. We're a republic. We don't bow down to royalty.


2. Nobody really knows what happens after you take your last breath or who is in charge of this universe (if anything or anyone) I see myself doing many peaceful things that most religious people do not ever think of doing....There are many different religions because there are many different people...I just haven't found any to be a part of.....I've tried.....but I am fine being a wonderful person all on my own


3. Somebody is the ruler administrator planner .....etc
We dont know HIM....
unimaginable by our limited brains...
But the rule of the universe is that IF you are in harmony with nature's law, you and everybody else will have a smooth sail, or else there will be hilarious accidents.
Nature’s law is a moral law that works in our minds and makes us understand naturally what is right and what is wrong. This is good side of Nature's law.
One day or the other sooner or later, History repeats and all of us will have to pay for the historical crimes we do. The worst of the emotions of human beings is.. "Revenge" & GOD one day or the other gives opportunity to every tribe to take revenge. then revenge of that revenge.. goes on and on till the world ends. That is bad side of nature's law..


4. We worship many Gods because man always look towards something else to find answers. I will admit over 300 years ago and beyond there was little to go on compared to the information we have today.

On this planet we have all the knowledge we need to solve our existing issues. What is lacking in today's world is the education of the people into this new knowledge.

Religion have seen their day and now it is time to leave them where they came from, in the past. We spend to much time fighting over outdated ways of thinking because the masses want to hold on the the status quo. How many people in this society won't even pick up a book and learn what is really going on in this world today? These are the dinosaurs that are just going to have to become extinct and I am truly sorry about that but we must be allowed to move to a higher ground in man's evolution.

The planet earth is on the brink of eradicating the primitive religions in this world. Our governments are not telling us the truth about what they know because it would cause a panic on one end but it will free the citizenry on the other. It is the free of the minds of the people that scares the U.S. government the most or any government for that matter


5. The kingdom of God resides in us. Just don't think ill of anybody. Be simple; learn to be simple. The 'term' simple doesn't mean you are exposing yourself below the belt. Not at all!
On the contrary, such an attitude emanates from the enlightened realization that this is our world. We have to make it heaven. Nobody knows what or how 'Heaven' is. But, we do have the idea that the heaven is such a place where reigns peace and bounty.
Peace will be ours as we look at others as out kith and kin. Bounty is not measured in terms of dough. Actually, the mad race for money has metamorphosed a minuscule section of human beings into money-minting machines.
Hence, Mammon worship is to be blamed for the mess. But, without money one cannot lead a decent life. But, there is no limit to the amount of money one needs to secure a satisfactory lifestyle.
So, the heaven on earth is very much possible. The golden mean is 'Lead a life governed by simple living and high thinking!'


6. You rightly said! God resides in each of us, but you know our body is an complete "Universe" in which somewhere at one spot "Thou" resides. This so called Universe is circled in the body and we (in my thesis 99.99% of us) walk in it restricted to the external requirement only, not trying to know about this Universe, resulting in accepting positively what looks around and reachable! ignoring the truth that remains in. The .01% (remaining out of us) had / have put in their efforts to meet / know the God and spread fragrance of their acquired knowledge to rest of us on basis of which we all do live our life. Now how far the .01% had met / known the God / truth! again it mostly remains with them when they move heavenly journey, because generally one life is not sufficient to meet / know the truth of God and nature around whom all creatures moves.
About worshipping! in my opinion it is an method to be self disciplined, and it works 100% positively if truly worshipped.
moreover the Idle of God / Goddess are construed / imagined materially because once it is not an living object it wouldn't reacts and this is most important in being disciplined by self. To certain extend I have my personal experience of true worshipping.
About king! he is the most accountable (to the habitats, not only human beings, and to the God, that's why he is said to be Divine Representative) person in society, if he truly accounts himself.

7. Vaikuntha dham and Lord Krishna is the king. if you want to go there than energize your soul


8. The kingdom of God lies within." It is the higher state of consciousness, when our soul energy "our mind" is residing in the upper chamber of our brain. Our consciousness ("mind") is just an electromagnetic field. When we meditate we can speed up our chakras, get into the same vibration as nature and transcend the body. The mind withdraws from the body upward (towards "the crown" of the head) and we become a king. Everyone wants to become a king, but only a king knows his own fate. When you become a king in consciousness, you are bound to take care of all others.

Source(s):

His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Art of Living Foundation.


9. I believe that the kingdom of God is here and every where. If you doubt his existence, because of the continuing evil ways, I would only say that it is because of his lila that these things are allowed to happen. This will come to an end. The existence here alone is not the end. There is a life beyond and a life after death. You will have to account for your actions, be it karma, or a judgment day

10. All Q ...one answer....
our soul is the right answer of all Questions

11. I do not think that god would be made after running a kingdom and exercise the powers of a King this kingdom of god is a proposition of one of the religions .It has been adopted by another religion also though it does not use the term kingdom of god . Those religions that say that God would sit in judgment over the deeds of the people one day that is unknown, alone speak of the kingdom of god .May be they think that kingdom is the greatest think on earth and heaven.
some eastern religions do not think that god is running any kingdom. They even consider that god himself serves the righteous man and many maharishs are portrayed as more powerful than the gods themselves.
If god is the soul of man , and while dying it is the soul that leaves the body and reach heaven or hell where is he question of any God sitting in judgment over himself as soul is god himself ?
Where is he question of the soul of man going to hell as the soul is god? Will any place where god is , can ever be a hell.? The eastern religions consider the soul of man as \God and God, the soul of man does no part take of the actions of man who acts according to the inputs of his senses only. The soul does not guide the actions of man. The senses do not go to heaven or hell. They are qualities of the physical bodies of man and they cease to exist as the soul leaves the body of the man.

12. God must remain hidden for many reasons. You can't know God so easily just by a question otherwise you will be God and God will be your servant. Slow down, bow down and rise up.




13. I believe what God's Word itself says about God's Kingdom, that it is an actual government that will rule over earth & mankind from the heavens, in order to bring them back to their originally intended state of perfection. The following 'article' is actually a grouping of Scripture reference-links, so you can easily see what the Bible says, for yourself. They are grouped together to answer these listed questions:

What Is the Kingdom of God? :
1 Where is it located?
2 Who is its King?
3 Do others share in ruling with the King? If so, how many?
4 What shows that we are living in the last days?
5-7 What will God's Kingdom do for mankind in the future?
http://watchtower.org/library/rq/article

14. We worship many gods because everyone is different the one true god made us that way on purpose and many others around the world are of the strong belief that the universe was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster. It was He who created all that we see and all that we feel. We feel strongly that the overwhelming scientific evidence pointing towards evolutionary processes is nothing but a coincidence, put in place by Him.
Some find that hard to believe, so it may be helpful to tell you a little more about our beliefs. We have evidence that a Flying Spaghetti Monster created the universe. None of us, of course, were around to see it, but we have written accounts of it. We have several lengthy volumes explaining all details of His power. Also, you may be surprised to hear that there are over 10 million of us, and growing. ...

CHURCH OF THE FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTERhttp://www.venganza.org/about/open-lette...

MY QUESTION

Who has proposed the concept of 'ZERO'? An Arab or Indian Mathematician?

More on this question: -

It is believed that the '0' concept is proposed by an Arab Mathematician and Astronomer , Muhammad Bin Ahmed in 967 A D. Or was it really the Indian Mathematician Ramanujam?

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Zero appears in the Hindu number system, which is used by all humanity today was developed by 6th century Indian mathematician Brahmagupta.

The oldest known text to use zero is the Jain text from India entitled the Lokavibhaaga, dated 458 CE.[9] it was first introduced to the world centuries later by Al Khawarizmim, a Persian mathematician, astronomer and geographer[citation needed]. He was the founder of several branches and basic concepts of mathematics.

Rules of Brahmagupta

The rules governing the use of zero appeared for the first time in Brahmagupta's book Brahmasputha Siddhanta, written in 628. Here Brahmagupta considers not only zero, but negative numbers, and the algebraic rules for the elementary operations of arithmetic with such numbers. In some instances, his rules differ from the modern standard. Here are the rules of Brahamagupta:[11]

* The sum of two positive quantities is positive
* The sum of two negative quantities is negative
* The sum of zero and a negative number is negative
* The sum of zero and a positive number is positive
* The sum of zero and zero is zero.
* The sum of a positive and a negative is their difference; or, if they are equal, zero
* In subtraction, the less is to be taken from the greater, positive from positive
* In subtraction, the less is to be taken from the greater, negative from negative
* When the greater however, is subtracted from the less, the difference is reversed
* When positive is to be subtracted from negative, and negative from positive, they must be added together
* The product of a negative quantity and a positive quantity is negative
* The product of a negative quantity and a negative quantity is positive
* The product of two positive, is positive.
* Positive divided by positive or negative by negative is positive
* Positive divided by negative is negative. Negative divided by positive is negative
* A positive or negative number when divided by zero is a fraction with the zero as denominator
* Zero divided by a negative or positive number is either zero or is expressed as a fraction with zero as numerator and the finite quantity as denominator
* Zero divided by zero is zero.

In saying zero divided by zero is zero, Brahmagupta differs from the modern position. Mathematicians normally do not assign a value, whereas computers and calculators will sometimes assign NaN, which means "not a number." Moreover, non-zero positive or negative numbers when divided by zero are either assigned no value, or a value of unsigned infinity, positive infinity, or negative infinity. Once again, these assignments are not numbers, and are associated more with computer science than pure mathematics, where in most contexts no assignment is made. (See division by zero)


OTHER ANSWERS

The Mayans developed the concept of zero--->the absence of value. The Mayans = Mexicans.



The first records we have of the symbol we use for 0, is from Hindu writings from the late 9th century.

However the Babylonians were known to have used a space as a placeholder for empty "columns" as far back as 1700 BC.
Around 1400 years later, they developed the first known symbol to stand for an empty place. It looked something like YY.


It didn't actually stand for the number we know as "zero." It was never used alone. It was only a place holder.
The Mayan culture developed a symbol for the number zero, probably independently of the Babylonians, sometime later.

Another source:
Zero didn't exist in the ancient or classical world. The greeks and romans didn't have it.

The first hint of a concept of representing zero was in India, where they represented zero by leaving a blank space.

Islamic culture, having conquered an area of the world that managed to cover many different cultural and scientific backgrounds, establish a city of light and religious tolerance, named Baghdad (though interestingly it was Islamic religious intolerance that resulted in the destruction of the center of Islamic religious tolerance).

Here, following on the from the inherited Greek tradition of science and philosophy, they made many advances such as the invention of the University (the word comes from Arabic), computing (they invented the Algorithm, mathematics (they invented Algebra) and chemistry (well they made the first primitive steps called in the west Alchemy).

They also realised that they should represent a value of nothing with a figure, which is 0. 0 is really a placeholder, and many mathematicians consider it not to be a number (try dividing 2 by 0).

This simple invention has allowed us to perform an interesting range of calculations. Because all this happened in the 9th century when Europeans were illiterate barbarians, Europeans often studied from Arabic texts or went to the Middle East to study. As a result of this knowledge, along with the lost Greek texts returned to west and helped us rebuild our civilization, and we happily use it to make smart bombs and give them as presents back to the nice people of Baghdad


The "0" was named for Zero Natta a man that lived around 21 BC. Zero was a nobody that did a lot of nothing and was widely know as the ranking expert on nothing. He used to go from city to city lecturing on nothing. He did so much nothing that his name became synonymous with nothing. Thus when people had nothing, they would say that they had "Zero". The practice caught on and is still in wide spread use today.

ZERO was proposed by an Indian mathematician. but not by Ramanujan

Zero is called shoonya in India. It was introduced by Indian scientist, philosopher and scientist in ancient times well known as "ARYA BHATT".it was first introduced in India only.
Zero is philosophy of a religion. I will put it as...

HE are forever and cyclic,

A cycle of start middle and end.

And cyclic is an endless zero,

Symbol zero says it all!

Grasp both "zero" and GOD! You will feel similarities. But not 'a single equality' among similarities!

Hindu philosophy categorically states that GOD alone is everlasting and a cyclic order of "start middle and end" is bound to each other form of material existence.

With due regard to "first part of your question" I have answered now.

Cause of a very early zero evolution in India can be attributed to "a need of language-use"

'A number-sense' present in a sentence adds a condition to said sentence and concurrently 'a more precise meaning to sentence' (which is need of a language-use)

By adding number in language it is achieved. In other words numbers are conditions!

Naturally Indians used numbers as before units/unit conditions ( 1,2,3,4....have before-units 0,1,2,3... and it was retained owing to merits of it over 1,2,3,4...). Thus a zero concept and a related Vedic Mathematics emerged too early in India. When a mathematician say Vedic Mathematics is not-scientific I grasp what is meant by word science!

I recommend you to limit questions like these by involving bare minimum words in it!

Even though I have answered logically, my straightforward answer to your question is that "no single mathematician of Arab or Indian origin" has done it.

As 'Hindu philosophy portraying HIM match to that of 'a zero of a number system' you can trust zero emerged in ancient India and no further!

Finally don't trust well laid out words but wait for your own inner signals to conclude a true state!

Indian mathematician Ramanujam

Concept of zero was proposed in India and by Aryabhatta not by Ramanujam or Arab mathematician Muhammad bin Ahmed.

As far as I am concerned its an Indian ........

I think it was an Indian Mathematician "Aryabhatta" . But probably Mayans also had some kind of similar concept.

Yes, I say that Indian mathematician proposed the number ZERO. His name is RAMANUJAM.

0 was proposed by Indian mathematician ' Aryabhatt'.
Arabian mathematician got this concept from Indians, and they passed it 2 Europeans.
The numbers are known as 'Hindsa' in Arabic language because they got this concept of numbers from 'Hindu' or 'Indians'.

Concept of zero was first proposed by kanad maharshi when he introduced 'shunya' or nullity. Later Ramanujam and other eminent mathematicians held on to this powerful concept and gave it the number status as zero.

NOT RAMANUJAN He was alive far after Calculus was created. He did cool stuff (like an infinite series that got closer and closer to pi) but it was the Aryabhati guy who got 0.

My Question -

Why people react with anger & emotional outbursts when sensible questions on religions are asked? Intolerance?

More about it: -I have enough leisure-time and I think a lot on what happens around me, particularly exploitation of the innocents on many fronts? When I can't find out proper answers myself I refer the questions to an intelligent platform as 'Yahoo Answers'. Many of the answers I have received enriched my intelligence and knowledge. But I also receive answers through the Yahoo Forum and some of which are insulting. One gave an indication that 'Indians are idiots'. I did not want to react because I believed that his/her upbringing was faulty. I am a Christian by birth and I live among Hindus, noble in tolerance and understanding and I am proud of my brethren. Many of my Christian brethren had quoted from informative sources and replied to my questions to my entire satisfaction and gratitude. But a few express intolerance towards my questions. My request is this: - Let religions not come in our way to freethinking and let not emerging thoughts be suppressed!

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Please look around and most of the things that move are round. The earth is round so that friendship can encircle this. We know that history has recorded the ice age, the Stone Age, the ancient age, medieval period, 20th century, Modern time and finally the present times. Neither the religions are made nor Gods were prayed. Still people lived. As the population grew, societies were formed and each society demanded a separate entity. That is how faith came to be followed and people imagined things there never were and asked why not. When the origin itself is not clear or not known people tend to be angry or emotional. If X calls why an idiot, Y does not become an idiot. It is an opinion expressed, and need not be true. Take it easy my friend, first you don’t become emotional. We are all just actors in a drama lasting only for a short while. Forgive and forget them.

OTHER ANSWERS:

1. I believe that people react with anger because they don't let the Holy Spirit guide their thoughts and emotions and they obviously don't have to close of a relationship with Jesus.

2. Tolerance and understanding ,sharing of thoughts and opinions,a dying art ,I live for the fact that some people can change my opinions ,what a gift they have given me ,answers to my questions ,and questions to my answers,thanks for the sharing

3. Its' called intolerance, but it really is their ego, they think "How DARE he/she/they talk about MY religion that way?" It is an Ultra-sensitive topic, and people will only be happy if you speak extremely gently about their religions, so it's best not to talk about it.

4. My friend, you know the answer and still you want to know more of it. Each one thinks differently; each his own way. Why go far, look at our families. Does a son think the same like his father or like his parents, very few! So justice and time is our main factor. People are not ready to accept real truth of life.

5. Religion is not the only rickety bridge that leads to the other side........actually I would rather say it is one of the paths that are yet discovering their ways across. What people tend to forget is the fact that each religion connects with each other and grows its boundaries and possibilities. I wouldn’t say religious intolerance is the root of the outburst of anger to questions on religion, it is ego, narrow mindedness and the inability to accept that the spiritual world is a much bigger concept that religion and that every religion gets entangled in certain controversies. The leaders of the religions should either explain them or solve them. Emotional or angry outbursts only prove that the person in question fears that his religion might be wrong in someway...however it is important that we understand that people make religions and that corruption comes along with those people. So we cannot have perfect religions considering the makes weren't and aren’t so themselves. Besides situations also affect religions...something is acceptable now... wasn't then. So we must learn to analyse and understand what we follow better than to blindly follow it.


No. Religion is a matter of personal faith. The word "personal" has all in it. Every individual has different ways of existence, which no one challenges. Similar is the case with "faith". When joined, it becomes a solid affair. Hence the reaction. Intolerance has no meaning here.

No religion is great in itself...its all ones efforts and great deeds that make a religion.....its only within India where all religions rest...one should firstly never compare any religion...after all ....every religion was given birth by a God....and again....God is one.....!! people go hyper and definitely lack tolerance and that is the reason why they react so aggressively...they themselves compare their religion with others and then start with the criticisms.....why don't they understand that if .............."EVERYTHING WOULD BE PERFECT, THEN A PENCIL WON'T HAD A RUBBER ON HER HEAD!"

People react with anger when sensible questions are asked because the reason is that they don’t know the answer which might convince the other person. People also do not like to apply their mind to give some sensible answer and sometime it so happens that the person who has asked the question may be of a different religion so one feels that he is taunting his religion. People feel sometime that their answer might go against their action which may be right or wrong.

For one thing religion is a sensitive and heart-touching subject and may rub or touch a nerve or two of some one. May cause angry outbursts. So one should be extremely careful while dealing with any aspect of religion. It is not always possible that the answers will always please everyone. Somebody may not take it in good strides depending upon his frame of mind at that moment.

Together with intolerance, they only appear to be religious and not at all truly religious. Truly religious people always experience their religion and no religion by itself is aggressive. So truly religious people are always calm and ready to share their intimate experience in religion.

Learn from animal kingdom the stronger the animal the least reactive it is to smaller cohabitants. An elephant seldom reacts to monkeys; the lion does not really mind foxes loitering around. It is the strength of wisdom and maturity that provides patience.
The lesser one has the more reactive in all likelihood.......we have anecdotes in almost all Indian languages conveying "Thohtha Chana Baje ghana." Hollow create noises.

If a person who is eligible to comment on that when asked will not react. When he is living with people of all caste, creed and habits he should not react. But at times when they tend to provoke knowing that you are from the other community for fun, the people who react are emotional. There are different types of people good or bad in all communities. Sensible person should not react with anger. All god is one and only we follow different culture and habits by virtue. You must always have self-confidence
that you respect your religion above all and not carried away by these questions and criticism by others.

It is only intolerance and added point with not knowing much about the religion followed.

Because the people are having blind faith in their religion, that's why they could not tolerate any single word against their religion. It's only happened due to the shortage of proper research on religion & language.

1. May be they do not want their religion to be less than other.
2. Sometimes making it an issue to create jealousy to others.
3. Because of the experience in their life, they need to blame someone else for their deeds and throw their frustration out.

Ignorance and only ignorance is the main reason.

Due to insufficient knowledge. Proper Education gives us softness, polite and gentleness. When we are not a position to understand each other then only we react.

Religion is based on the faith. The most important impact of the religion is being positive and optimistic in attitude. Asking sensible question on religion may hurt faith and sentiments of a person. Then people who have a degree of tolerance power may tolerate but in case of scarcity of tolerance people obviously outburst. Actually religion is not a personal matter. It is related with sentiments and faith of millions of people. So while commenting on such a sensible matter, we must be careful that your question must not hurt any body.

We Indians are mainly divided in three religions - Hindu, Muslim & Christian. Other religions like Sikh and Jain are originated from Hinduism and Muslim religions. From ancient times many races with their different religions came to India like the Huns, the Parthians and many more. But none of their religions are in existence in present day. They mingled with the Hindu religion. Because they did not posses a rich culture of their own, while Hindus were thriving with great intellectual property .So they took the culture and religion of Hindus as their own, of course keeping some of their own rituals intact. This mix of culture can be seen in the GANDHAR style of art.

But the case was not the same with the Muslims and the Christians, they possessed a great wealth of their own culture which were completely different from what flourished in Indian soil. They never really mixed, specially in higher society.
In spite of this problem, Indians could have lived in peace but there were greater obstacles. Religion is a vast idea, in Hindu mythology; this word has been used to express nearly a thousand different meanings. But today what we, the common people follow is merely a bunch of meaningless rituals. We are almost in dark about the great virtues religions taught us. And as our religion is cut-off from it's stems, it becomes very easy for orators and political leaders to provoke us in the name of religion. The British understood this fact properly and so do present day politicians. Education was considered to be the medicine but today we see engineers and scholars as Muslim Jihadees and Hindu communals. I try not to be negative, but my friend, when I think of all these, I don't really see a quick solution. If you are really concerned you can e-mail me at "mainakputatunda@yahoo.co.in". Goodbye.

People react with anger because they feel out of control of the given situation. There are some who are religious fanatics who have this intolerance. What they fail to understand is we are human beings first creation of the supreme God. Religion is man made for his own convenience. If each one understands this, the world will be a better place to live in.
Religion, religious preaching, and practices should push the practitioner to the Spirituality orbit. Apparently the fault will be in the individual, and preaching and not the religion if the persons do not evolve and revolve in the spiritual orbit. Hindu preaching is Dharma based. It is learned and imbibed in an open University system with an open mind. They practice and practice praying God for entering the Spiritual orbit. Generation to generation they strive in this direction. Money, material and other attractions do not deter their determination. Hence India is a Veda Bhoomi and Karma Bhoomi. Our tolerance should be at Zero Level. Christian conversions with wrong methods may give short spell enjoyment to the persons involved. But they are doing lot of damage to the Religion and Revered Christ. I have my feeling that Lord Krishna and Christ are one and the same. Intolerance, looses the Vivekam and grab negativity, sufferings

MY QUESTION: -

Can dark complexioned (black) parents beget fair complexioned (white) children?

More on this question: - A Commercial Evangelist presented a benefactor family of his prayers on the T V screen in his home production. He monitors the conversation with nodding gestures and promptings for the viewers to learn that the couple of jet- black complexion had no issues for several years and through his prayers the woman conceived and a child was born. The presented child was highly fair complexioned – in local term ‘white’. Is this possible genetically? Can this happen through divine intervention? The related context is that we read in News papers of Hindu statues drinking milk and Christian statues shedding tears – all period bound! Are we a nation of faith healers and faith gulpers?

ANSWERS: -

1. Biologically, it is possible for two parents with relatively dark skin to have a child with relatively light skin - and the other way around; the difference isn't usually very dramatic, but it's often there. Skin color is the result of a very complex interaction of a variety of different genes and developmental conditions.

2. Dark skinned people may have an albino baby.
Short of that, I do not think it is possible to have a child with skin radically lighter than both of its parents. I do not thing this happened by divine intervention, I see no reason why God would do this.

3. My mother is dark skinned. My father is dark skinned. I am not dark skinned or adopted. God was not involved since both are atheists.

4. It's genetic. That's something most of us learned about in our junior high life science class. The grid for skin color is fairly large, so the variations of skin color can be vast.

5. This is similar to what was once a tenant of the Church of the Latter Day Saints.
It can happen if there was a light skinned person in the family history, and that child received those genes.

6. Sure can, and I have seen just this...

7. Yes if you get a white,Mexican,Spanish,Italian or any other light skined race and mix with the black man /black woman and they will have light skined children.

8. It is definitely possible in terms of an Albino child, but I doubt it has anything to do with divine intervention so much as genetics and anomalies.
I know a black man and woman who have three white children, and that was purely because they were born albino. They all have fair hair and grey eyes, but still retain features of their darker skinned parents.Other than that, I don't know! Scientifically, what you're talking about is probably an Albino child.

9. It may be possible through Niyoga. Niyoga is the concept of Hinduism wherein husbands get wives impregnated through pious, healthy, smart and well built religious persons. This is not an ancient practice but present and future also since it is supported by sacred scriptures. However most of the people do not practise it, though it may be helpful for such very black, short heighted, sick, genetically ailing, hereditarily suffering, mentally retarded, psychologically unfit husbands.

10. We lack scientific temperament as a race

11. Simple: Use "OUTSOURCING".
"ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION".

12. This is genetically impossible. Besides which GOD loves people of all races--so why did the baby have to be white?

13. Absolutely. Just check the records.

14. If the wife has white male friends.

15. Yes, that is entirely possible and it has happened before. The fair child may have genetics related to a relative of long ago who may have been white. White is not better; it just is a color.

16. Yes, definitely. I have seen it happen in my family. I have also seen a dark skinned child be born to white couples with mixed racial backgrounds.
Additionally, there is a famous case that happened recently when twin girls were born with radically different complexions. Snopes has photos of the girls with their parents. The blonde-haired blue-eyed girl looks a bit out of place, but is their biological child.

MY QUESTION: -

Do not churches open a window for Faith Merchants and Blessings-brokers against the tenets of Christianity?

At all the Christianity 'baiting and bashing carnivals' we find men in colourful so-called holy robes sharing the podium with faith traders who fleece the naives and gullible of their money on several guises to build up huge personal assets. Jesus Christ drove away the moneychangers from the church and to me His accredited followers go on adulterating the basic concepts of Christianity by gifting credibility to the faith merchants who are hell-bent on amassing wealth. Should not we all join together and fight this evil trend?

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Whoa girl, you can write! I agree with you 100% but I am far more fascinated by your writing. You are great!

OTHER ANSWERS: -

1. As a Christian Preacher, writer and Evangelist I take exception to your statement.
I work a full time job, overtime and all, to support my family.
I have never taken one red cent from a Church or Church member.
My web-site, http://www.anchorpoint.org, is paid for my me and I do not accept donations.
Don't believe me, check it out for yourself.
http://www.anchorpoint.org

2. Not fight, but continue to serve God by offering the truth to those with ears to hear.

3. Jesus drove away those who where selling things to get their sins forgiven.
Today, the problem is not if you are selling Bibles or christian books.
The problem is when people sell things to get their sins forgiven.
Like the Catholic church selling indulgencies.
4. Just don’t go to the ones you don’t want to see

5. Some denominations absolutely forbid the exchange of money or the "selling" of even religious material under the same roof as the worship center or sanctuary.

But you are right. Especially in Charismatic and Pentecostal churches, the pastors actually invite speakers with merchandise to sell, just so they can fleece the flock. I have seen it too many times.

6. Yes, but you are talking about the minority -- most of our pastors in our local churches are just regular guys making less than some factory workers and working way more hours with no union! The guys you are against are those send-me-all-your-money guys on TV -- they are not true to God's calling.

7. It's not charlatans like Cashflow Dollar and the rest we have to fight. It is the ignorance, gullibility, magical thinking that we have to combat. Where there are sheep there are wolves. We need to turn the sheep into bears. Then the Benny Hinns and Peter Popoffs and their ilk can go get jobs they are morally qualified for like running elevators.

8. Those aren't Christ's followers!
He prophesied about them - as His Enemies:

"A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power?
And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil." -- Matthew 7:22,23

“There will ... be false teachers among you. These ... will quietly bring in destructive sects & ... disown even the owner that bought them . . . Also, with covetousness they will exploit you with counterfeit words.
And a great number will go ... in their evil ways, through whom the true way will have a bad name.
And in their desire for profit they will come to you with ... deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time ... their destruction is watching for them.” -- 2 Pet. 2:1- 3

Religion---How Should It Be Financed? :
- Giving Until It Hurts? [OR],
- Giving That Brings Joy!:
- - - Tithing and the Law
- - - Christian Giving
- - - "As He Has Resolved In His Own Heart"
- - - Voluntary GIving Today
- - - Did the Early Church Fathers Teach Tithing? [No.]
http://watchtower.org/e/20021201/article...

I trust that God can take care of matters. His plan is already in the works. It is just a matter of a little more time ...

The End of False Religion Is Near!
- What Is False Religion?
- How Will It End? ...
http://www.watchtower.org/e/kn37/article...

9. It is there everywhere.But some exempted are also there.

10. Jesus said "for many will come in my name. Do not be fooled."Also said was "They will want their ears tickled." In other words, they will love the liars. Boy do these guys know how to lie. Yes, it is appalling. What's more is their gall to take their money, so they can live like kings. I hate to think what’s going to happen to them.

MY QUESTION: -

Do you agree that striking of that "in-law" relationship with sincerity can improve harmony in home living?
The "in-law" term used in relationship in a family does indicate, promote and sustain a fabricated relationship. Agreed, you can never convert that relationship into a natural one. But still when one enters into that relationship and sincerely and determinedly make an effort to build up bonds equal to that of a natural one a certain amount of harmony can be maintained at home. In fact wisdom demands it. All over the world the 'Mother-in -law' and the 'daughter-in-law' relationships are viciously looked at and stories and jokes abound on it. But those who have done away that 'in-law' term are many and they are happy although it is a very difficult task. If from childhood this healthy relationship is preached there can be a lot of difference in family relationship in general. So why should not we have 'father, mother, brother, sister etc.' erasing that 'in-law' tag in our life. A very sensitive subject indeed! Deliberate in detail and respond, please
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If we call a horse a monkey will that change the inherent nature of our feeling toward it?

No matter what you call your spouse's mother, you should strive to have a good, friendly, reciprocal relationship with her as well as her father. And your wife should be doing the same with your parents. But it takes years to develop the depth of intimacy with "in-laws" as with your own parents.

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1. Why does it matter what you call them? I have a mother in law and a step mother in law...I get along with one but not the other. No matter what I called one of them she would still be an awful human being who was horrible to my husband when he was a child.
A name is just a name and has no impact on what the relationship will be.

2. I agree with you. The in law term should be stricken. Then it would be more like family. I try not to call my sister in law an in law. She is closer to me than my own sisters. Me and my mother in law don’t use that term. It makes us closer. We connect on a different level cuz I am like her own child. People don’t look at us any different and they don’t know she is my in law. Children should be raised with that kind of thinking. Their mother in law is no worse or better than their mother. OR father or sister or brother.
We are a bunch of people that spend time together a couple times of year. And we all have watched us grow and change. That is what family is about. I have seen my sister in law grow, get married and now having children. Same as my sister. So family is family without the in law.
thank you.

3. Never try to erase this term accept them as they are and it will be fine, a mother and daughter can take each other for granted and fight and get back together if the same if you try with in laws may be in lakh one might succeed but at the same time if you try to maintain your limits in everything then life might be better than the usual because there never is a hassle in a home always the development of hatred or misunderstanding seed is sown by either the relatives or the neighbours or some close associated in both the sides in the name of sympathising these things are created. If you are shroud enough not to discuss any of the family issues to any body not even to parents or your own kith and kin then you will view life to be very smooth. But mo human can develop that habit every body has a Naradha inside them who creates controversies.

4. Very true! 'in-laws' at home are actually 'out-laws'! mature, civilized living is, living in harmony!

5. Yes.I think this is true. The fact is that a closeness and a comfortable zone is required for a healthy relationship. So if a "mother-in-law" and "daughter-in-law" think themselves as mother and daughter, then that can lead to a good harmony in family life .But it is difficult at times when they have very different mentality. Still both should try their level best and realize and accept these things. Then the life will be beautiful and colorful.This will improve harmony in our family.

6. I agree that there are some great mother/daughter in law relationships out there. I have one of my own. My mother 'in law' is the greatest person. She helps us with the children she is there for any need that we may have, I help her with things, we go many places together and our relationship is great. I also have my own mother who I love deeply and do much of the same with her. She lives 2 hours away from me so it’s hard for her to be here all the time. On the other hand I know people who have mother 'in law' relationships that aren't so great. I don't know why and never understood all the jokes and such because it isn't as bad as it is made to sound.

7. It is just a term no different from husband, mother, father etc.

What is more important then the label is the acceptance of your new extended family and what role they will play in your life.

Start looking at them as a new addition to the family that will offer you insight into your husband and how he relates to them.

If he has a good relationship with his family chances are you will to.

If his relationship with his family is distant chances are yours will be as well.

What is more important then any label, is the relationship itself.

I am not sure if changing the title will solve the problem.

If you have a problem with the label do not use it.

Refer to your in-laws by their names, or introduce them as your husband or wifes parents.

You could say this is Louise my husbands mother.

This is Mrs and Mr so and so by husbands parents.

You need not use the term in law at all.

Your relationship with your spouses family is just that.
Do not get caught up in how society thinks.

8. No. The words "In-law" are not the problem.

The problem with the parents comes from refusing to cut the umbilical cord and wanting to continue to be the guiding influence for their child's life.

The problem with the child is not wanting to trust the spouse and wanting to rely on the parent or parents.

The problem with the spouse is jealousy toward the in-laws because they cannot make a decision between the two of them without in put from the in-laws.

The reality of the whole thing is that as a young person getting married you are used to relying on your parent's wisdom and don't want to appear dumb or make a wrong decision.

A parent finds it hard to let the child go and wants to keep the child, even though married, from making mistakes which can be avoided.

The spouse becomes infuriated because it seems like a lack of trust in their judgment if the other partner goes to consult the parents.

There is also the jealousy of "ownership" when an in-law or spouse refers to someone as "my son, daughter, wife, husband, etc."

MY QUESTION: -

Religions flourish under suppressed thoughts and misconceived fears! Do you agree?
My explanation! I believe in a single universal God common to all; but worshipped as different entities (deities), religion-wise. I also understand and appreciate the role of religions in propagating its faiths. But religions as of today has an ugly face as a divider of humanity and an asylum to evil forces, baiters of God and squeezers of the knave. Religions have now turned as the supreme commercial entity run by trained personnel with ignorant shareholders. None fights against because of imaginary reprisals from the ultimate power that is God. And God is in fact most loving and benevolent.

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Excuse me, but religion hasn't transformed. We have.

If I give you a knife, you can carve beautiful things out of it or hurt someone. You choose to hurt someone. Whose fault is it, yours or knives? Why blame religion for all that's happening around the world. We are the sole beings responsible for it.

If we stop paying attention to those who misuse religion and carry on with our own lives, we could help the issue. But we choose to join one or the other such group. It's all our fault.

All the best...

Other answers: -

1. Did you just find a way to try to make people afraid that they should believe like you? Peace be with you

2. Well, sometimes, yes. But you can't blanket all religions or specifically, all congregations of any one religion, under your statement. There are religions who behave that way, and a lot that do not.
You will find a specific congregation of one religion who behaves that way, but then another congregation of that same religion in a different place will not.

3. Religions may just do their flourishing as you suggest. Christ and His Kingdom and Family have NOTHING to do with any religion at all. Your premise fails there.

4. There can be no religions unless men organize and control it.
So why don't you blame man ...and not religion?

5. While it is true that religion seem to flourish when it is suppressed, for example the early Christian church, and in the U.S.S.R. when religion was frowned upon, the church did flourish, as did other religions.
But while fear or the threat of Hell might convince someone to accept religion, is is only a temporary acceptance and they soon return to their original lifestyle.
The only real way to true conversion, or belief is through the sharing of God's love.

6. Any religion that goes about trying to convert because 'Our Religion Is The Only Way' is ignorant, tyrannical and highly dangerous. All the terrible wars we have suffered through Milena in the name of religion have been more devastating than both World Wars put together.

In that respect the Zoroastrians score the highest. They do not allow conversion into their faith and so have not had to fight any wars to show how wonderful their religion is. When asked if his religion is the best a true Zoroastrian will say, "No. Second best." When asked which religion is best, he will reply with a little smile, "Yours!" The matter ends there and everyone is happy.

7. Religion is collective following of faith and is not based on suppressed thoughts and misconceived fears but it is rather seeking the solution of individual for the same and the preachers have the responsibility to correctly guide

8. "You alone, Jehovah, are the God above all other gods in supreme charge of all the earth." (Psalms 83:18) LB

However, there are others called gods, some of which are ideas made up by men, &, some, which have chosen to be evil.

9. Is There Only One True God?
- Figments of the Imagination
- Jesus, the Angels, and the Devil http://www.watchtower.org/e/200602b/arti...

I've spoken with various ones who trained at seminaries belonging to different churches, who admitted that they studied that sect's beliefs, & business management + money-making courses ... but no real Bible studying ever took place.

Religion---How Should It Be Financed? :
- Giving Until It Hurts vs. Giving That Brings Joy
- - - Tithing and the Law
- - - Christian Giving
- - - "As He Has Resolved In His Own Heart"
- - - Voluntary Giving Today
- - - Did the Early Church Fathers Teach Tithing? [No!]
http://www.watchtower.org/e/20021201/art...

I also recognize that many religions use an unhealthy fear to motivate membership & compliance ...

Has Christendom Betrayed God and the Bible ...?
> Unbiblical Doctrines + Ungodly Actions = Not Christian http://www.watchtower.org/library/pr/art...

However, God Himself is actually very loving ...

Identifying the Only True God
- An Identifying Name
- Jehovah or Yahweh?
- Does It Really Matter?
> The True God's Qualities
http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/1999...

Yet, a loving parent will not let their children to be brutalized indefinitely. Prophecy states that there will soon be an end to unscriptural religions, including political & other aspects of it. For anyone or organization that claims or takes on what only the Messianic government of God can accomplish, is trying to userp -- rather than support it ...

The End of False Religion Is Near!
- What false religion is
- - How it will end
- - - How to identify true religion
http://www.watchtower.org/e/kn37/article...

"Come close & listen. I have always told you plainly what would happen, so that you could clearly understand. ... This is what Jehovah --your repurchaser-- has said, 'I Am Jehovah your God, who punishes you for your own good and leads you along the paths that you should follow. O if only you would have paid attention to my commandmnents! Then you would have had peace flowing like a gentle river, and your righteousness would be like great waves of the sea." -- Isaiah 48:16-18 (Living Bible + NWT)

Is There Sound Basis for One's Beliefs?
- Your Right to Believe
- - Belief Versus Truth
- Why Do You Believe What You Believe?
- - Brought Up to Believe It?
- - Educated to Believe It?
- - Influenced by the Media?
- - Finding a SOUND Basis for Belief
http://www.watchtower.org/e/20010801/art...

10. No I don't agree! Religion / Religions never flourish where thoughts are suppressed and fears misconceived. Exposure of thoughts and existence of fear of GOD are the main sources to flourish the Religion. I agree with you "Supreme commerciality of Religions" but you know root of every thing is in the family "the parents / guardians", if this basic unit of society is truthful to its' members with literate sense of belongingness to the humanity, things would be better and entire humanity on Earth would be threaded as a one garland which is always fresh.
And let me tell you Religions never separate the humanity! it always brings together, this truth I had seen in my life period at the age, bittern 5 - 20 yrs, not in one family / village / community but at many and many places.
Being materialistic and commercializing various aspects in human life is not wrong but not at the cost of loosing moral values.

11. No. Religion is born out of freedom of thought, belief and practice. There is no religion where thoughts are suppressed and stubborn fears are acceptable. From the great religions, one thing is common, they all tell people how to live peacefully, harmoniously. Today's so called religious practises are reflection of the social evil thoughts and practise thereof. Furthermore the glitter is so much that it blinds the people and deviates from right path. True religion and the god do not talk of reprisals and fears it is so called god-man who preaches so to confuse the masses.

12. Agreed totally.

The fear of the unknown and the curiosity to know the unknown will always remain, until we understand the supreme.

And you are right in saying that the Supreme Being is one only, for all of us. Those with vested interests do not allow this universal philosophy to gain strength, and they take advantage of the vulnerable.

13. So does belief in god if you think so negative just enjoy religions they save your culture don’t take them so seriously?

14. For the time being we will forget about god.

But all most all religions go away from god and Godliness. You must have seen people who boast about their religions, do against everything which their religion has preached. Certain religions have many gods who fight among themselves.

My religion-Hinduism says there is only one God but you can see millions of Gods everywhere in temples to footpaths. People spend lots of their ill gotten wealth in these temples. People stand in queue for days/hours together to pour money in coffers of temple but will not pay a single pie to the poor.

Certain religious people who will not hurt even a fly will fleece people with high interest or selling spurious food/medicine since their religion did not say anything about it.

There is a religion, which preached about non-killing of lives. But today they eat everything that moves and are in all south Asian countries.

Certain religions have rules to pray, eat etc and most of the religions do not allow any questions to be raised against their practices and punishes the fellow who question them.

But everybody forgets that all religions are man made and that there can be only one God and cannot have many gods since god is extremely powerful.

If there are many gods will they not fight among themselves to find who is superior among them and if they fight then they will lose that position.

Godliness is extremely great. It is incomparable. It marks only the good and wants everybody to be good. God does not bother whether one prays to him or not, whether anybody offers any thing or not.

HE wants everybody to be good. You see in real life two sections of one west Asian religion are fighting and killing themselves.

Sometimes back another religious people in the highly civilised UK of two different sects fought among themselves for years together.

Which God wanted this?

People should come out of the nutshell and think.

15. There are some people who are exploiting the sentiments of people in the name of religion. But we ourselves have to change this and if start respecting the sentiments of other religion and become more tolerant, then, I don't see we can't do away with it. If start loving human kind, then nothing like this will exist. All religion preaches love and this is the very essence of ever religion.

16. There is only one religion propounded by 186, 000 prophets since Adam, refined and revamped according to the requirement of society but the practice depended upon the intellectual level of that particular society and culture as such prophets appeared periodically. Religion is meant to free you from the burdens of superstitions and fears of human beings, provide you confidence and seek protection of God who is just, benevolent, caring more than mothers as he created all the beings .Religions cannot flourish under coercion and suppression of thinking but it is rather the religiosity which overtakes the human minds ;that is the time that due to his utmost love and affection for mankind sends new prophets to help mankind for developing courage and conviction for enlightened life.

17. Perhaps Vedas are the real source for mankind to live very happily. Because, Bhagwadgita, or any other in this directions shows the dharma. However, the so-called Religions are flourshing, spreading with cynical thoughts and rule the World and claiming that their way only reaches GOD. However, the persons who are really in search of spirituality would come out from religion evolving through Religion but not hating other Religions or other Dharma Sastras. Now money, power is pushing the persons to Ayomayam (total ambiguity).

18. Hi - it could take hours to answer this and add my thoughts - however am tired! :-)
unfortunately I don't think religion has very much to do with god - it is Man made in the state it is in today.
a god that demands blind faith or burning in hell ... ????
a god that demands war be brought upon another whose thoughts are independent and different ???
to me.....god is the most loving - we are all a part of the unconditional love - and to question who we are and why, is - I hope - what part of being a spiritual human being is and not simply a human animal

MY QUESTION: -

Does it make sense that God answers only tearful prayers? Evangelists make us believe so. Is God that cruel?

More on this question:
I am a little sadistic. I get maximum entertainment viewing blessings-brokers parading the healed to add to their credibility, claiming that God answered their prayers through tearful prayers. When they pray, they cry, - no tears please - and distort their faces and features and raise their hands copying Jesus Christ in His prayers. Is our God that cruel that He makes us cry? Evangelists say that Satan sow diseases and Christ runs after and heals the victim - only after registering their tearful prayers. Why Jesus Christ allows Satan to do this evil? We believe we were His creations and does He not have a duty and responsibility to look after our welfare, as we did not choose this life we possess? Our earthly fathers take this responsibility far more seriously and are to be emulated by Heavenly-beings. I believe in the Ultimate that is our God and I am unable to digest this senseless nonsense? The image of God is tarnished by His own creations and they indulge in faith abuses.

ANSWERS: -

1. No, he most certainly does not have a duty to us. I'm sorry your only exposure to prayer has been of the tearful, mournful kind, but that's like asking why all rock and roll songs are about politics. They aren't, and much prayer is done with a joyous, grateful spirit. What I see you doing is what I did most of my life, which is to presume that God should or shouldn't do such and such a thing. You're just looking at the wrong believers, that's all. We are not all like that. Why not just recognize that imperfect people are going to respond to God in a variety of ways, most often imperfectly, and instead of assuming their God is not the real God, accept that they, me, and even you might not perfectly represent Him in our lives? Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, with prayer and petition, make your requests known to God, and the peace of God which surpasses understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.


2. Jesus never told his followers to act like idiots, or say stupid things...
If someone is sorry for their sins, doing their best, and needs help.... God will answer the prayers....they do not have to cry on TV for god to hear them...

3. God hears the sincere prayers of those who are His... He dose not hear the prayers of the non-believers who have not come to Him in The Way He prescribes... and he dose not hear the in-sincere prayers of the believers either.... God dose not answer every prayer with an affirmative.


4. Evangelists are money grubbing, hair spray using, liers, cheaters, embezzlers who will take every cent from the naive and gullible.

5. How could a creation reveal anything but a "tarnished" vision of its creator? A pot can hardly reveal the slight curve on the potters fingers let alone imagine the make of intentions of its creator outside of its own being. for us to truly know God we can but believe to know. God by definition being perfection and the all to obvious assumption that humans are flawed means again we cant truly "know" in perfection what is perfect.
Tearful prayers are a sad outcome of our society. When things are going good we take care of ourselves, when its tough we don’t want to deal and pass down the burden to a simple idea of someone who listens and takes away our pain that we so rightfully deserve. So my advice, when you encounter pain cleave onto it learning to love it for what it is for through pain come true pleasure.

6. TV Evangelists are all on the Forbes 400 list of richest men in America. They are really good at what they do to get on TV.
They are super rich and have multimillion-dollar mansions and whole fleets of jets and cars and servants and they are the highest paid movie stars on record. So they say what causes you to send money! They are all about the money and do very little good with the money except get rich. Have gold faucets and the Bakers had air-conditioned doghouse.
They build hospitals and colleges but they are not free. They to make them money and remember it is all tax-free. They try to sound respectable by being against something we all are like abortion or Gay's but there is very few of the viewing public that are that or do that.
So it doesn't really hurt their contributions. They are for big business and the Republican party, who is also for big business.
They say be good but carefully staying away from what good means. Like adultery or lies or fornication. Knowing most of the viewing public is doing those things. They are the modern day snake oil salesmen. But hardly authorities on what God does.

7. I believe God loves us & when we pray he some times says yes , no or wait . some times we cry & other time we don't . I don't think that matters. When we pray in an unforgiving state it blocks our prayers from getting to God .
He does not controal us or others . Some times others do bad things to us & our familys . Bad things started to happen when Aden & Eve were cast out of the garden of eden . They did not obey God .
Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom comes. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen.
I know life isn't always what we want it to be, but prayer always helps, putting us in the right frame of mind. Open to Gods will
God Bless You .


8. To logically challenge your mind about the existence of God check out godisimaginary.com. It offers 50 logical questions to cause believers to think.

I think careful deliberate thought has more credibility than blind faith in emotional prayers. Read godisimaginary.com and then decide what you believe.

Also, read whywontgodhealamputees.com

9. You are right in the sense the image of god is tarnished by his own creation by exactly not knowing him self. Supreme god father paramapita shiva is point of light energy speaking now through medium of prajapita brahma, saying that my sweet children i am your almighty father, I am love full, I am bliss full, peaceful. he never be a cruel. he will not sent a Satan on his creation to do evil to his children. Satan is in our thoughts. now god is liberating us from that Satan thoughts with clear knowledge. he is saying that i am the care taker of all the universe.
he does not answer only our tearful prayers. god will show kindness on all his children. we may not mercy for him. its our birth right.

10. Tears make us realise where do we stand. Knowledge of where do we stand helps us a lot to be less confused so that we can be clearer in our prayers. By praying we give indirect suggestion to us to fulfill our desires which finally leads to" Answers".

11. God is Truth and so He only understands the language of Truth. Happiness is a sign purity and spirituality whereas sorrow is a sign that some impurity is there. Being the Source of Purity He is also blissful so He naturally wishes see us Blissful also because He has so much Love for us. Some truly pray to God only when they are in trouble and have to cry. Anyway it is enough to ask God once with truth in your heart, then if it is meant to be He will fulfill the wish in His own way and at His own time. Just have full love and trust for Him and regard for whatever, whenever and however He gives, because He would naturally give what, when and how it is best for us, no? Of course, there is also the good advice "Do your best and leave the rest for God". Sometimes our eyes may become little watery because of happiness when we think of God, but i am sure no one would be disturbed by that....:)

12. The Creators strength is made perfect in weakness.
Doesn't it take a lot of pain to make a hardheaded man
turn to Our Creator?
However, the Source of Life doesn't want basket cases
as followers!
I say something often which offends people, But I'm trying to make a point. King David said, "I WILL LOOK
UP!"
I tell others all the time. Don't stand there with your head down, looking into hell. LOOK UP! For you are a Child
of God!


13. Have you ever heard a child in a store saying “Gimmie, I want that, I want it now! I gotta have it. Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie!”? Then he or she falls on the floor, screaming, kicking and crying. What does that make you feel like giving that child? Probably not what he/she is asking for.

Then there is the child who picks up something and says “Can I have this please...please...?" But when he or she is told no, he looks at it and puts it back. You know he/she is thinking “I know we don't have the money for that now even though I really want it. Maybe we will get rich someday and I will get everything I always wanted just like that kid at school.”

Now which child would you be most likely to give something to? Yet, aren't we all the children of God, (i.e. Creator, All-That-Is, Father, Allah, the Buddha, Universal Force, Jehovah, Goddess, Master, Sam, Joe, Joan) It doesn't matter what name you call your God, He or She is allowing your soul to use your body for a reason. He hears your prayers. Which child does He hear the most? I know His love is unconditional but do we ever listen to ourselves as God hears us? And do we ever sit still quietly enough and long enough to hear His answer?

Some people only turn to God in a time of need or crisis, they make promises or beg for help then they feel guilty afterwards because they had not given God a thought for such a long time. After the crisis is over, they will again forget to turn to Him or acknowledge God in their lives. God understands and really does not hate any of us no matter how often we do or do not talk to Him.

God is with us and in us every moment of our lives. He feels, understands and experiences everything we do. He has a sense of humor, a compassion and a love that is Omni (ie-greater than a human can experience). He hears us even when we are not speaking to Him and even when we do not think He is listening. He is always present.

Just as we may hate what our children do sometimes, we could never really hate our children. So it is with God. We are His children, He may hate what we do sometimes, but He never really hates us for doing it. He understands that we are souls in a human body using a limited capacity human brain and we are going to make mistakes. He knew that when he allowed us to come here. He did not make us perfect for a reason. We have to learn and He teaches us just like we teach our children.
Talk to God when you think of Him. You can call him whatever you want, He will understand. It does not matter what name you call a friend as long as you keep in touch sometimes, you will remain close friends. And a real friend understands that you have not had time to call lately but you still remain friends. So it is with God. He is our Friend. No matter how often we do or do not call Him, no matter what we call Him (or Her if that is your preference) and no matter what we say, God is always listening. He is listening even when we don't think He is. We are His children. He is our Father and our Friend. Thank God

MY QUESTION: -

Can you enlighten me on funny superstitions that are being practiced around you?

Here is one! Yesterday morning I watched a T V programme titled ‘Kottankulangara Chamaya Vilakku’ telecast in Malayalam, an Indian language of Kerala origin. It was a temple festival that paraded thousands of people who looked similar to transgender in female attire; but were not. They were all macho males, dressed up as women in fulfillment of their vows for prayers answered by their Goddess. Most surprising and disgusting - enticing too - were those with good curves who were all semblance of prosperity; educated and cultured male Doctors, Engineers, Scientists, Teachers, Computer Professionals etc., made up as women. They narrated the rewards the Goddess gave them; job, job promotion, spouse, wealth, property and what not! A show with a difference? At Evangelic carnivals the blessings brokers pray; results not revealed always. This temple show! Thanks-giving for blessings in kind! And we live in 21st Century!

1. My girl friend will never walk over three drains no matter what you say. She thinks its bad luck!

2. I am superstitious about spiders I let them live because they are supposedly a sign of wealth to come ....I am not rich yet

3. My old roommate used to spit on the broom if it brushed her feet. So gross!

4. I don't see the festival you described as "superstitious" so much. I think it's fine if they wish to do this to worship the Goddess. If they get fulfillment from it, let them do it. I don't think they are hurting anyone.

5. Yeah around here there is this superstition that if they don't have an overabundance of police then social order will break

6. Some say that you should not cut your hair and your nails on Saturdays ... I still don’t know the reason

7. Leting the main door of the home kept wide open in the evenings so that goddess of wealth enters our home.
One should not sleep in the evening for the same reason.
Cleaning the house after 18.00 is strictly wrong.
Giving sharp objects to others in need will cut the relation among them.
Cats walking across while we go on an important matter.
Seeing dead birds, dead mans procession, widows, on our way out.

8. Black cats are witches people say that .That is really weird and also don’t cross the road when a cat crossed it its bad luck wait for two minutes. Seems like some people really hate cats.

9.
1.Calorie intake needs to be a specified amount
2.Vaccinations
3.Meat won't kill you
4.Alcohol hurts the drinker only- or people the drinker comes into direct contact with
5.Books are bad for you
6.Roadkill is always dead
7.What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
8.Cars, planes, trains, and subways are safe transportation
9.Stars falling-nothing to be concerned about10.Electricity is not bad for the eyes, and is not unhealthy in any other way, either

MY QUESTION: -

What is the gender of Satan? Does He/She/Transgender resembles anything living? What details holy Book gives on it?

More on this question: - It is projected in TV Evangelism on the Screen as one with two horns, fleshy in the middle, black and with an earth-touching tail. Since the total figure is cast in silhouette, one cannot identify the gender even with an eagerly and searching look all over it. No offence is meant. Sincerely speaking I am confused. What do they do? Who has deputed it to do all the evils and only the evils? Why no power can prevent it from doing nasty things? How they are neutralized by faith healers? Could some one explain its features and functions?

Best Answer - Chosen By Voters

In ancient Jewish tradition Satan is simply an angel doing the work that God assigned to Satan to do.

The word Satan means challenger. With the idea of Satan challenging us, or tempting if you will. This description sees Satan as the angel who is the embodiment of man's challenges. This idea of Satan works closely with God as an integral part of Gods plan for us. His job is to make choosing well over evil enough of a challenge so that it becomes clear to us that there can be only one meaningful or logical choice.

Contrast this to Christianity, which sees Satan as God's opponent. In Jewish thought, the idea that there exists anything capable of setting itself up as God's opponent would be considered polytheistic or setting up the devil to be an equally powerful polarity to god or a demigod.

Oddly, proof for The Christian Satan/devil mythology is supposedly found in the ancient Jewish texts that were borrowed to create the bible. One can’t help but wonder how Christians came up with such a fantastically different interpretation of Gods assistant Satan in their theology.

Other hints about Satan’s role in human relations can be seen if you look at the name Lucifer. It’s meaning in the original tongue translates as Light bearer or light bringer. Essentially the bringer of enlightenment. The temptations of the Satan idea bring all of us eventually into Gods light. Hardly the Evil entity of Christian mythology. Love and blessings

OTHER ANSWERS: -

1. Satan is male, and his consort, Lucifer, is female. Lucifer is female because she is the “light-bearer”, the “morning star”, which is Venus. Satan is a bad dumbo and Lucifer is a wise duvet (you could compare this with Adam & Eve where Eve was the clever one and Adam was good for nothing). And yes, it’s all mythology [but true anyway].

2. "It" is a myth. It does not exist. Satan is the antithesis to god. You can't something good, without having something else designated as evil. He is basically a cop out by people who do bad things. Satan is the entity people can blame when they do something they are ashamed of. For example, if someone has sex out of wedlock they get to say "I didn't give into the natural biology that made me become aroused. Satan tempted me, and it is Satan's fault".

Interesting fact about Satan. The name Lucifer means "Bringer of Light" or "Enlightened One". Basically, the bringer of knowledge. Isn't interesting that the "original sin" is gaining knowledge? What ulterior motives did the original church have by making the desire to gain knowledge a sin?

I have an interesting theory about Satan. One I would like to explore more if time would ever permit it. From the basic knowledge I have of religion, philosophy, mythology, and theology, I think it would be possible to compare, and show many similarities, between the "lives" of Socrates, Satan, Prometheus, and the one and only Jesus. There "lives" are very similar, and the goals and events in their lives are also very similar. I am sure there are more "people" throughout the worlds of theology and mythology who could also be included, but I am not aware of them all at this point.

*Added* I will assume I got the thumbs down for saying I could present a clear comparison/ similarity between the events of the "life" of Satan and Jesus.

3. Hi, I study in the original Texts of Christian Scripture; I wouldn't listen to a TV evangelist for advice on how many sugars to put in my tea. There is so much information on Satan in the manuscripts, that I could not possibly fit it all here, so I'll give a few facts:
First of all, whether or not Satan can change his gender is unknown to us; however, in the Garden of Eden he was definitely male;
How do I know? Because according to the Bible manuscripts, Eve's sin was not eating fruit; she was beguiled by Satan, which means, "wholly seduced".

3.Isaiah 14:12-15


12 How you have fallen from heaven,
O morning star, son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
you who once laid low the nations!

13 You said in your heart,
"I will ascend to heaven;
I will raise my throne
above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,
on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain. [a]

14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High."

15 But you are brought down to the grave,
to the depths of the pit.


4. Angels are most often portrayed as female. Probably because we think they are the most beautiful, but there is never a gender given to them in the Bible. The angel names seem to imply male, but I don't know that the Bible states they are male or female. Jesus, when answering someone’s question, said that in heaven we will be like the angels, neither marrying or giving in marriage. Some think this means that angels have no gender. In Genesis God told all creatures to go forth and multiply. This might not have been a purpose of angels. Not much of an answer, but then there's not much of an answer in the Bible.

5. Ezekiel 28:11-19 describes Satan. He was a covering cherub in heaven (angel that was before the throne of God). That's the same as the angels built in gold on top of the Ark of the Covenant. Very bright! Bedecked with jewels. Beautiful. Not some character with horns, tail & in a red or black suit. I think that's one of his deceptions to get people thinking know way is this guy for real.

The Bible says Satan is the father of lies - all bad comes from him. You should read "The Great Controversy Between Christ & Satan". It'll explain a lot.

God can prevent him from doing nasty things. But, if he were destroyed before people/angels saw all his evilness then God would be worshipped from fear of punishment instead of from love. He wants us to love Him. Through this whole "controversy" that's going on Satan is revealing his true self and his time is almost up. Ezekiel 28:18-19 says that Satan will be killed by fire and will be no more. He's NOT in charge of hell for ever - he's dead.

5. I think faith healers are frauds. There is definitely a power working there but it is not from God. The Bible says Satan works with lying wonders and can be transformed into an angel of light. Since Satan is causing the infirmity/disease he can cure it, too. One of the give-aways (Bennie Hinn is the only one I've seen) is the great show that is put on in the healing process.

Edit: Thumbs up, Malcolm! That's why Satan is evil - everything he does is against a loving God. Satan wanted to be God, but that's impossible and He got thrown out of heaven because of all the strife he created so he hates God & His creation - us. He'll do everything in his power to bring us down with him.

6. As far as I can tell, Satan has evolved and is no longer the evil being some people may still claim him to be.

To speak of evil in general would be less of a misleading way of thinking. The Satan idea may have been nothing more than a remnant of European scapegoat. It wasn't a Jewish tradition in any past life memory of mine.

7. According to Christianity there is only three holy things: God, father and holy spirit. But no women.
Remember that faithful apple because of which you are here?
So where is Idea of women came to God?
Why did God prohibit sex with women (eve) (for Adam not you)?
All this proves that Satan is a woman.

8. Forget every thing they describe about 'Satan'. People having bad thoughts and intentions to harm others are 'Satan' and well wishers of humanity are 'Deities' irrespective of gender. All the stories are exaggeration and tantalization of this fact. No Satan or Deities are elsewhere but in the people's mind, heart and character so don't get confuse.
By the way, what way will you choose to be, Satan or Deity? Ha---ha---ha. Well it's up to you.

9. But Satan refers to in Holy book as "HE" So Satan is a male....!but I have doubt when I meet my wife....!

10. "Satan" is not a person. place or thing. It is a name human beings have given to the energy of fear. All of the feelings of hatred, anger, greed, jealousy, rage, judgment, righteousness, all come from fear. The fear that we are not connected to each other, to GOD, to the all knowing, loving, accepting, joyous source from which we ALL come. The fear that we need more love, money, stuff to have peace and happiness, that we need to prove our worth to ourselves and to each other and to GOD. That we are all sinners and bad and powerless over ourselves. These are the thoughts and feelings based in fear, they have nothing to do with GOD these are feelings that move us away from GOD and into confusion, hopelessness, and desperation. When we approach our lives through the lens of these feelings when we see the world through the lens of these feelings and we make decisions and act based on these feelings, we will most assuredly place our minds and lives in a state known as "hell". You said that no power could prevent it from doing nasty things. WRONG. We have the power, all we have to do is change your minds, and then we can change our hearts. Change your mind from confusion and fear and anger and hatred and judgment and hopelessness and turn to the energy of GOD, to love and compassion and joy and inspiration and beauty and hope. See what happens to your mind and your life when you make the switch. It's all right inside of us he has given us the power of co-creation of our lives and of the Universe. He has given us CHOICE on how we view and act in the world and our actions will always be based on what is in our hearts, what we are feeling. We need to stop looking outside ourselves for the answers and focus on what is in our hearts, clear out the negative, the fear and confusion so that we can hear. Hear what GOD is saying to us, when we realize that connection and listen we will never be confused or afraid again, for we know that we are being guided by our source in every second of every day. Our source that created us to be exactly who we are, a part of the divine, a part of him brought forth to create love and beauty in our own special way in the world that he loves so much. That is the purpose for all of us, to create his love and compassion in the world.

11. I suggest that you turn your focus to "What is GOD" instead of what is Satan. We will always create what we are focused on. Be mindful of what you are focused on.

12.That is a question that is unimportant for us in these last days. All I know is he is a sinful being that wants to destroy me, and I don't care about his personal attributes.

13. Good question! I do know that Satan was one of God's most beautiful angels. He was one of his main angels, until it went to his head and he wanted God's power. Well that wasn't going to happen. So he became the fallen angel. But I never to question was he male or female. It was always assumed he was male. If I find out I will let you know