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Let's hear it: what spiritual questions could you ask to get group work onto a next level, or an extra dimension to evening dinner at home? Let's hear it: is there such a thing as 'evolution', do you believe in Guardian Angels? and then the stickler: is there only One God, or are there various Gods fighting each other? That and more below.

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Can evolution be explained simply as the "process" of God's work? Why or why not?

Do your religious views clash with the idea of evolution?

How do you fit evolution into your understanding of spirituality?

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    Keeferz Feb 14, 2012 @ 3:13 am | delete
    I hear concepts if word written by men translated by men... U speak as if god himself told you all of these "concepts" (man made realities). Speak out your ignorance, but don't claim it be true. Sure it's about faith, but not of fear guided concepts passed down from the ones who were born before us... Stop searching, start accepting.. When u figure out who u r, u just might understand your god. Science just explains what religion cannot.... Religion explains what science cannot... 2 paths to one truth.. Make your choice and choose wisely.
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    mariomiless Aug 4, 2011 @ 2:54 pm | delete
    no it can't work. for the simple reason that for evolution to happen there needs to be death. evolution states that things get better off of what dies. but in the garden of eden there was no death until adam and eve sinned and god killed an animal to give them something to cover up their nakedness. but before that there was no death. now evolution is happening now but its more like adaption.
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    compugraphd Feb 14, 2012 @ 12:15 pm | delete
    B"H

    I was not aware that figs were animals. The world was a vegan world until Noah's time.

    And, as far as "not working", evolution predated Adam and Eve -- Adam wasn't "born" until the very end of the creation process.
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    rajendra May 22, 2011 @ 6:08 am | delete
    No, Its not god work, it is every creatures work. Every creature is a combination of mass and energy. At the beginning of evolution energy content was very less, In every birth a creature can raise its energy level. Energy resides in the living creature in the form of thoughts while after death it exits from the body as a soul(bundle of energy). Energy (thoughts) beyond a particular threshold may be called God.
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    masunyoananda Apr 12, 2011 @ 12:35 am | delete
    As we are normally, we are attached along with the Ego. Once the ego is dropped, then we merge with God. This is the evolution...we have to work for the ego to be dropped by itself. And this working is through meditation. The cleansing of our bodies.
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    halibound Mar 18, 2011 @ 6:10 am | delete
    Sure. with god all things are possible. Including that sewing machine and 50 grand I have been dreaming about... Hint hint... Its being taken care of as I write:o)
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    compugraphd Feb 22, 2011 @ 2:13 am | delete
    ?"?

    Absolutely! G-d created the world and evolution was the route (S)He took in creating the world. Science and G-d are not antithetical. G-d created science to help us understand His/Her world.
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    Rognir Odinnsson Jan 11, 2011 @ 2:35 pm | delete
    It could be. But as you know there isn't much written about the creation. Most all we know comes from Iceland. And the story of Ymir and how his grandchildren: Odin, Vili, and Ve, killed him and created the Nine Worlds from his body. Never is there a mention (at least that we have found that explains how all the creatures of Midgard were made.
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    c Sep 3, 2010 @ 2:28 pm | delete
    God said let man be created in "our" image. There is God w the cap G and he is the prime creator.
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    Keeferz Feb 14, 2012 @ 2:58 am | delete
    Did god tell u that?
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Do you believe in guardian angels?

What are your religious views?

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    Rajendra May 22, 2011 @ 6:57 am | delete
    Yes they do exist. When energy(thoughts) leaves from the body it wanders around the atmosphere till it gets a new body(rebirth).Guardian angles have more strength in their thoughts so they can direct any body in the world
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    masunyoananda Apr 12, 2011 @ 12:35 am | delete
    Yes they do exist...they help us in our evolution spiritually....
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    compugraphd Feb 22, 2011 @ 2:22 am | delete
    ?"?

    In Genesis, Jacob (Israel) calls upon "HaMalach HaGoel Oti" (loosely, the angel that watches over me) -- I always assumed that was what Christians call a Guardian Angel. When we die, not too soon, I hope, there is an angel who acts as our defense attorney, whereas the Sahtan is the prosecuting attorney.
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    Rognir Odinnsson Jan 11, 2011 @ 2:36 pm | delete
    No. Angels are stupid. Give me a Valkryie any day
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    mcochs Nov 11, 2010 @ 7:40 am | delete
    Yes!
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    C Sep 3, 2010 @ 2:29 pm | delete
    Of corse !
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    sarah Sep 27, 2009 @ 3:59 pm | delete
    Yes i get that.......i dont think i want to have a relationship with this man. Its such a strange emotion, one i have no experience of, my mind puts the emotion down to physical stuff but i know this is not true as that would not even measure up to how i feel. Me and my partner are now ending our relationship due to the fact that we know we are no longer growing and in love, so sad. The journey inward takes courage and alot of honesty. Thankyou x
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    spirituality Sep 27, 2009 @ 3:25 am | in reply to sarah | delete
    :) No, I don't think true love is emotionless. I think the emotion transforms as the relationship matures, from infatuation to something more durable and deep. But that takes work on both sides. If you let your relationship slide, the emotion and love will disappear. Finding comfort with another man is one way to avoid facing up to the realities of your current relationship. Even if you are just texting him.

    The emotional intensity is going to the wrong man - and that takes away from your present relationship. Getting infatuated with someone other than your partner is really not that hard. But if you feed that, you put your steady partner at second place. And there's no way of knowing till you live together whether the 'new man' really is 'better'.
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    spirituality Sep 27, 2009 @ 3:25 am | in reply to sarah | delete
    :) No, I don't think true love is emotionless. I think the emotion transforms as the relationship matures, from infatuation to something more durable and deep. But that takes work on both sides. If you let your relationship slide, the emotion and love will disappear. Finding comfort with another man is one way to avoid facing up to the realities of your current relationship. Even if you are just texting him.

    The emotional intensity is going to the wrong man - and that takes away from your present relationship. Getting infatuated with someone other than your partner is really not that hard. But if you feed that, you put your steady partner at second place. And there's no way of knowing till you live together whether the 'new man' really is 'better'.
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    sarah Sep 26, 2009 @ 12:28 pm | delete
    what do you think,
    Emotion is what holds us back from true love?
    True love is emotionless?
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Different religions and different people speak of "their" God as the only God. Isn't God one and the same for all?

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    mariomiless Aug 4, 2011 @ 3:44 pm | delete
    God is one in the same for all. but only as the yahwah, jehovah god (christian god). the "other" gods have different personalitys and the teaching of the yahwah. states that he is never changing. no names aren't really important you can call him what you see fitting-Yahwah,jehovah, lord, abba, father, master, or whatever it doesn't truly matter.what is important is that you follow what he has told you. its not the name that i follow but the one with the name. and the teachings of the "other" God are not the same and so they can't be him. and so i don't think they are real.
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    masunyoananda Apr 12, 2011 @ 12:40 am | delete
    God is one....names are not important...different names and different religions are just clothes and titles....God is a womb from where we came from.....now a womb don't have any religion title.....names are here only in this material world given by men....The One who creates us has no name and no religion.
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    compugraphd Feb 22, 2011 @ 2:24 am | delete
    ?"?

    I believe in one G-d and only one G-d -- some religions give G-d a different name or different attributes, but (S)He is still the G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
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    mariomiless Aug 4, 2011 @ 3:47 pm | delete
    are you implying that God might be a female? because females didn't exist until eve. God is "abba" or "father" so how can he be female? plus he has females playing a lower part of the church.
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    mariomiless Aug 4, 2011 @ 3:50 pm | delete
    are you implying that God might be a female? because females didn't exist until eve. God is "abba" or "father" so how can he be female? plus he has females playing a lower part of the church.
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    Rognir Odinnsson Jan 11, 2011 @ 2:39 pm | delete
    No. I happen to be a hard polytheist, as well as a henotheist. I believe that all the gods (with the exception of the flying spaghetti monster) exist but I worship my Gods only. For worshipping alien gods is detremental to Vor Tru (our faith)
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    unknown Sep 21, 2008 @ 10:24 am | delete
    We can never understand the existance of God or the great power over ourlife. It is beyond our brain.
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    Margo_Arrowsmith Sep 6, 2008 @ 6:05 pm | delete
    Mathew Fox talks about One River; Many Streams. No one has it all, but they all have something.
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    RinchenChodron Sep 6, 2008 @ 11:58 am | delete
    I'm Buddhist. We see all life as sacred. We do not believe in an external "God" but in the sacredness of the cycles of air, water, fire, earth and either (or space) the elements.
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    AnswersareinGenesis Nov 17, 2010 @ 4:26 pm | delete
    If you don't believe that there is a God, then why is life sacred? Why can't we just go out and murder anyone we want? If there is no God, then it doesn't matter how you or I live because we aren't held accountable. And what makes air, water, fire, earth, and space elements sacred? I can see that if you believe in a God that it is something that is valuable and something that God gave to us as a gift when He created it. I could see it being said to be sacred, but if there is no God outside of time and universe, then why would these things be considered sacred?
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What's the most inspiring book you ever read?

Your most inspiring religious book?

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The Voice of the Silence (Verbatim Edition) by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

The Voice of the Silence (Verbatim Edition) by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

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Tibet's Great Yogi Milarepa: A Biography from the Tibetan being the Jetsun-Kabbum or Biographical History of Jetsun-Milarepa, According to the Late Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English Rendering by Zla-Ba-Bsam-'Grub, Donald S. Lopez Jr.

Tibet's Great Yogi Milarepa: A Biography from the Tibetan being the Jetsun-Kabbum or Biographical History of Jetsun-Milarepa, According to the Late Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English Rendering by Zla-Ba-Bsam-'Grub, Donald S. Lopez Jr.

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The Way in: The Book of Self-Discovery by Barry Long

The Way in: The Book of Self-Discovery by Barry Long

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What's your favorite spiritual teacher?

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What's the source of divine knowledge?

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Spiritual quizes and trivia

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What's the place of desire in your personal path?

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How should people deal with people who don't understand their spiritual life?

How to deal with varying religious views

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    masunyoananda Apr 12, 2011 @ 12:48 am | delete
    The only obstruction in one's spiritual life is the mind, that is thoughts, once one realize that thoughts are the greatest obstacle, then he'll definitely walk on the spiritual path...everything comes from own experience....sometimes one has to suffer to realize what is good.........one has to suffer to be close to God......
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    compugraphd Feb 22, 2011 @ 2:32 am | delete
    ?"?

    I try to do my best to explain, including the explanation that Judaism doesn't automatically see members of other religions as sinners. As a matter of fact, there are laws within the Tora (mostly moral laws) that are required of Gentiles. Maimonides discusses these laws in his section about the laws of kings.
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    Rognir Odinnsson Jan 11, 2011 @ 2:41 pm | delete
    Try to teach them. Try to clear up the misconceptions that they have about your faith.
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    spirituality Sep 13, 2008 @ 9:41 am | delete
    Remember that to ask for understanding is to be dependent on the other for their approval. Not necessary and won't help you any.
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    RinchenChodron Sep 6, 2008 @ 12:01 pm | delete
    Bless them and move on. We do not have to be liked or accepted by everyone. We do need to be kind and compassionate to all and pray.
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What are the universal laws of the universe?

What are your basic religious beliefs?

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The law of ultimate Unity of All Life

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What is the goal of your spiritual path?

What's your religious view of life?

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    masunyoananda Apr 12, 2011 @ 12:54 am | delete
    Am here back on earth to share my enlightened experiences with you all and to help you on the path of spiritual evolution. Am here only for this...I've dropped the 'I' which is the ego and am a lightworker here. Am here back out of compassion....am an enlightened soul....lingering here on earth for accomplishing the duty that God has given to me as gift. Showing people the way to Him.
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    Rognir Odinnsson Jan 11, 2011 @ 2:42 pm | delete
    To Honor the Gods and keep Them alive and pass my knowledge to my son.
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    s.chaitanya phani Oct 12, 2009 @ 8:54 am | delete
    To realise my real nature that -I am god.I am not the body.I am that by which I know I am or I am that I am.I am the I feeling.The mistake being done by every one is linking our I feeling to the body due to which we are not able to realise our reality that every thing in the universe.is god.God gave some clues to realise our reality.The best thing is the dream concept.Let- I am a bank employee .At night I ate & slept.Then I created a dream that I am a beggar dying of hunger and begging every one for food.Then a saint came there and said that this entire thing is a dream dreamt by me and I am not the beggar but the creator of the dream,but I don't agree.The saint asks me to meditate on the point from which I get my I feeling.Doing so I shall come out of the dream and then agree that it's a dream.I am only the beggar&saint.Here the problem is I forgot my identity and identified myself as a beggar.Likewise this is a dream and we are god and the entire universe is the creation of our mind.
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    spirituality Sep 13, 2008 @ 9:44 am | delete
    To be a blessing to humanity
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    RinchenChodron Sep 6, 2008 @ 12:02 pm | delete
    To become enlightened and to achieve the Rainbow Body.
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    Dan The Athiest Aug 14, 2010 @ 9:06 am | delete
    From what I can see, the Buddhist scriptures are simply metaphors , and that reaching enlightenment simply means realising that the only way to be happy is to stop wishing you had material goods, and so surely, Buddhism is actually one mans philosophy that has been turned into an entire religion? Anyway, I wish you luck with your search for enlightenment
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