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Is there a God?
Just once wouldn't you love for someone to simply show you the evidence for God's existence? No arm-twisting. No statements of, "You just have to believe." Well, here is an attempt to candidly offer some of the reasons which suggest that God exists.
But first consider this. If a person opposes even the possibility of there being a God, then any evidence can be rationalized or explained away. It is like if someone refuses to believe that people have walked on the moon, then no amount of information is going to change their thinking. Photographs of astronauts walking on the moon, interviews with the astronauts, moon rocks...all the evidence would be worthless, because the person has already concluded that people cannot go to the moon.
When it comes to the possibility of God's existence, the Bible says that there are people who have seen sufficient evidence, but they have suppressed the truth about God.1 On the other hand, for those who want to know God if he is there, he says, "You will seek me and find me; when you seek me with all your heart, I will be found by you."2 Before you look at the facts surrounding God's existence, ask yourself, If God does exist, would I want to know him? Here then, are some reasons to consider... Just once wouldn't you love for someone to simply show you the evidence for God's existence? No arm-twisting. No statements of, "You j... more -
Turtle Island Project Director Some rich view Indigenous Peoples as "expendable co...
TIP Dir. Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard:
I think we have here two different forms of religion. Ands its this religion of my ancestors that I participate in that I think really has been the problem. I think we have to come to understand that religious consciousness evolves just like anything else does. It's not just the material world that evolves but also our cultural world evolves and the realm of the concept evolves. We are going now, as a people - there was a time from prehistorical religions to historic religions. the religions of the book Judaism, Christianity, Islam to this historic period. Now I think that is transending to this transrational understanding of spirituality. And as part of this transrational understanding of spirituality is an appropriation of this knowledge and spirituality of Earth-based cultures. I think we have to be open now to what John Trudell called ‘spirit making and escape.’ I love this idea. My spirit needs to make an escape from my religious consciousness. The racial and cultural genocide that still goes on today inside this country . Judaism is an inherently ethical religion except you have to be a Canaanite. You may get your ass kicked or your head cut off but basically it's OK. But sky Gods and cultures that worship sky Gods are traditionally barbaric - Read the Old Testament - Wow! Talk about patriarchy. But we are in a war. It is not a war of my choosing.But we are in a war I truly believe that - a war fore our hearts and our minds. We have to continually fight.It's multi-generational. We fight against great principalities and powers. It's amazing. If you stick your head up out of the foxhole just a little bit and you start speaking on behalf of the poor. Those bullets are flying. I said something about a corporation. I said we created these corporations and political structures that aren't moral entities because you have to say things like: ‘I'm sorry. I made a mistake.' You have to admit your humanness. When's the last time your heard a politician ever admit a mistake unless they were forced to? ‘I did not have sex with that woman - I did not inhale - yes I smoked but I did not inhale' And I said corporations are liked this too - they are not moral entities because they cannot do these things like apologize. Well, good Lord that's attacking a sacred cow - there's a guy in my congregation who just went ballistic - who quit the church because he had spent his entire life benefiting from, working for, a non-moral entity. I did not say all corporations were liked this - I just said some corporations are like this. Well that's all you have to say. Rev. Hubbard said Americans and all people who call Earth home need to protect the environment. He said we have lost the sense of the sacred - a lesson that can be learned from Native Americans and other Indigenous peoples. I understand this because I feel desperate. What John Trudell was talking about is the same way. We've lost our way. We do not have any spiritual sense because we have lost any sense of the sacred. A great historian of the religions Mircea Eliade who was at the University of Chicago where I for many years - I did his funeral. Mircea Eliade had this notion that in order to have a hierophany, an experience of the sacred, you have to have sacred space. If this Earth is not sacred to you, which it isn't to Mickey Mouse, then you can't have an experience of the sacred. I deal with people every day in my congregation who have lost or are losing any sense of the sacred. And it's not only - like you were saying this relationship between Earth and women - and the earth and man. If you do not have power in a capitalistic society, you become part of and you are thought of in terms of the Earth. Women who have less economic power, children who don't have any power at all unless somebody gives it to them, Indigenous communities, you are all thought of as expendable commodities. TIP Dir. Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard: ... more -
Indie Thriller The Collective and Experimental Rock Band Sandbox in music video Th...
Indie mystery thriller The Collective, premiered in the Brooklyn International Film Festival. Experimental rock, electronica, drum band from New South Wales, Sandbox -- in music video, 'The Hub.' Indie mystery thriller The Collective, premiered in the Brooklyn International Film Festival. Experimental rock, electronica, drum ban... more
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A Genius Outside the Academy
The Hip Hop Caucus tour featuring Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. Yearwood is a minister, community activist, military chaplain, and one of the most influential people in Hip Hop. A powerful and fiery orator. The Hip Hop Caucus tour featuring Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. Yearwood is a minister, community activist, military chaplain, and one of ... more
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Holy smoke! Police find cannabis in nunnery
"A Greek Orthodox nunnery was turned into a marijuana plantation by two men posing as gardeners for elderly nuns, police said on Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, officers raided the nunnery in the village of Filiro, near the northern port city of Thessaloniki, and found more than 30 large cannabis plants in the enclosed garden.
"Two unknown men had told the two elderly nuns in the nunnery they would like to help them with the garden and then proceeded to plant the cannabis," a police official told Reuters.
"The nuns did not know what they were and assumed they were large decorative plants," he said.
Police did not arrest the nuns and have launched a hunt for the culprits."
Reporting by Karolos Grohmann
Editing by Sophie Walker "A Greek Orthodox nunnery was turned into a marijuana plantation by two men posing as gardeners for elderly nuns, police said on Tuesd... more -
Ramadan in London
We follow Haidar and his young British Muslim friends as they finish 30 days of fasting from sunrise to sunset. We observe them talking about their experience of fasting over the previous month and about what its like to be an observant young Muslim in British society. We follow Haidar and his young British Muslim friends as they finish 30 days of fasting from sunrise to sunset. We observe them talkin... more
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Unholy alliance: Israeli Arabs supporting ultra-Orthodox zionist party
The party known as Shas, who wants a Greater Israel guided by the Bible is being supported by Israeli Arabs.
This is because the party understands the needs of the poor, like sewage flowing on the streets and electricity etc, which is common problems for both Muslims and Jews. However both Arab Muslims and Jews have their differences on national issues.
Tunisian born-Jew a representative of shas in a Arab neighbourhood says:
“I don’t believe there is a great difference between Arabs and Jews. Both of us are human beings. But we Jews who come from North Africa, we have exactly the same traditions as the Arabs. We live with them in Tunis, Morocco and Iraq. In these countries we never felt anti-Semitism like the Jews who came from Europe. And now we support them like they supported us in their countries,” he said. The party known as Shas, who wants a Greater Israel guided by the Bible is being supported by Israeli Arabs. ... more -
Town swears in first Muslim mayor
The first Muslim mayor in the Humber region will be sworn in on Wednesday.
The Current Mayor of North Lincolnshire, Tony Ellerby, will be replaced by Councillor Jawaid Ishaq MBE, 62 at ceremony at the Plowright Theatre in Scunthorpe.
Mr Ishaq making history...
In 2002 Mr Ishaq made history by organising the Queen's first visit to a British mosque at the Islamic Centre in Scunthorpe.
He said at the time: "We invited her not knowing whether we'd be turned down or not. But she agreed to visit and she chose Scunthorpe."
The first Muslim mayor in the Humber region will be sworn in on Wednesday. ... more -
S. Arabia: "Islam Does Not Condone Domestic Violence"
A two-day conference on domestic violence ended on 7th May 2008 on domestic violence.
Experts from across the Kingdom participated in 5 sessions of discussions at the first National Experts Meeting to Fight Domestic Abuse Against Women and Children, with all participants agreeing that Islam does not condone abuse and that the problem should be brought to an end.
“Traditions that allow abuse should be brought to an end,” said Dr. Maha Al-Munief, executive director of the National Family Safety Program (NFSP), which organized the event. “We will start training courses for people who work with abuse victims... We need cooperation from all NGOs,” she said in a press conference held to announce the recommendations. One of the recommendations included a suggestion for the need to have a clear fatwa about the topic that would serve as a legal basis to approach a court.
Speakers in Tuesday’s session included Sheikh Salman Al-Odah, supervisor of the Islam Today website, and Dr. Suhail Zain Al-Abideen, head of the Women’s Section at the National Society for Human Rights.
The participants stressed the need for enacting clear rules against domestic violence and discussed such varied issues as punishments for perpetrators and agencies responsible for handling complaints.
A two-day conference on domestic violence ended on 7th May 2008 on domestic violence. ... more -
Jamiat chief: "Islam is against terrorism"
NEW DELHI: Jamiat-Ulama-i-Hind president Maulana Arshad Madni on Thursday asserted that terrorism and extremism were against the very basic tenets of Islam and criticised attempts to hold Islam responsible for the rise of extremism, violence and political unrest in various parts of the world.
He said the Darul Uloom, Deoband, recently launched an anti-terror campaign and well-attended meetings were held in Hyderabad and Kanpur where Islamic scholars and heads of seminaries presented Islam in the correct perspective. In the same series, he told reporters, another anti-terror conference would be held here on Saturday.
Maulana Madni appealed to all secular forces to keep at bay communal and divisive forces.
NEW DELHI: Jamiat-Ulama-i-Hind president Maulana Arshad Madni on Thursday asserted that terrorism and extremism were against the very ... more -
Which religion has the best phone?
The Buddhist phone tops all the other religious phones according to Mike Elgan, with its distinct feautures of sheer beauty and customisation (its reportedly gold-plated) and has features such as the Buddhist ring tones, software and other trappings.
The phone contains a piece of jade called the "Buddha video button." when pressed you can watch a Buddhist video. The back has an embossed image of the Buddha. It plays classic Buddhist music and 12 sutras. The battery, stylus -- even the little door that provides access to the removable media card -- are all adorned in Chinese Buddhist style.
In second place came the Muslim phone with features such as the call to prayer and also comes with the full text of the Quran in both Arabic and English, and tells you the direction of Mecca.
The Jewish or the "Kosher phone" as it is known came in third place, has less functions rather than more as it only makes and recieves calls. Theres no SMS function, or camera function and over 10,000 phone numbers for dating services and sex hotlines have been blocked.
Here's the best part of the Kosher phone...
The phone offers steeply discounted per-minute charges when calling other kosher phones. However its costs you a massive $2.44 a minute for calls placed on the Sabbath (to stop deviation from one of the 10 commandments). How innovative is that?!
The Buddhist phone tops all the other religious phones according to Mike Elgan, with its distinct feautures of sheer beauty and custom... more -
Atheist Life vs Religious Life
Which is better, an Atheist Life or a Religious Life? This video has some neat comparisons.
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Imam Hussain and Zuljanah
Shia muslims observe the martyrdom of the grandson of Prophet Mohammad (p.b.u.h) every year in the first Islamic month of Moharram. In this video I showed the footage from Karachi procession. Every one seems very mournful and sad and all of them pay respect to the grandson of Prophet Mohammad, Imam Hussain, by showing up . Some people bring duplicates of the flags, horses or other related things to show the true picture of the tragedy. Of course it is a great example of portraying and showing the understanding of Imam Hussain and his family's tragic death.
Zuljanah was the name of the horse of Imam Hussain and he helped Imam Hussain all along the way during the three day war. Very Impressive animal! Shia muslims observe the martyrdom of the grandson of Prophet Mohammad (p.b.u.h) every year in the first Islamic month of Moharram. In... more -
Air Force Sued for Religious Intolerance
A New Mexico man sued the Air Force on Thursday, claiming Air Force Academy senior officers and cadets illegally imposed Christianity on others at the school.
The suit was filed in federal court by Mikey Weinstein, an academy graduate and outspoken critic of the school's handling of religion.
Weinstein claims that evangelical Christians at the school have coerced attendance at religious services and prayers at official events, among other things.
There have been complaints at the academy that a Jewish cadet was told the Holocaust was revenge for the death of Jesus and that another Jew was called a Christ killer by a fellow cadet. A banner in the football team's locker room read: "I am a Christian first and last ... I am a member of Team Jesus Christ." A New Mexico man sued the Air Force on Thursday, claiming Air Force Academy senior officers and cadets illegally imposed Christianity ... more -
Is Atheism the opposite of spirituality?
Atheists reject 'God' and the concept of 'God.' Religious folk say that means they reject spirituality. What say you?
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Children Brought To Texas Polygamy Sect Without Parents
It is likely that some of the Canadian children seized by authorities recently at a polygamous Mormon enclave in Texas were there without their parents, a former member of the sect said Wednesday.
It is likely that some of the Canadian children seized by authorities recently at a polygamous Mormon enclave in Texas were there with... more -
new muscian from st louis missouri
A new cd release from 2mello. A real unique blend of club dance style beats with orchestrated instruments. worth the hit on the site. downloads are available. Cool music video. A new cd release from 2mello. A real unique blend of club dance style beats with orchestrated instruments. worth the hit on the sit... more
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Because We Remember
Music video tribute to the men and women of our armed forces. visit www.2mello.com
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From childhood to adulthood, has your faith changed?
More than a quarter of adult Americans have left the faith of their childhood to join another religion or no religion, according to a new survey of religious affiliation by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
The report, titled “U.S. Religious Landscape Survey,” depicts a highly fluid and diverse national religious life. If shifts among Protestant denominations are included, then it appears that 44 percent of Americans have switched religious affiliations.
For at least a generation, scholars have noted that more Americans are moving among faiths, as denominational loyalty erodes. But the survey, based on interviews with more than 35,000 Americans, offers one of the clearest views yet of that trend, scholars said. The United States Census does not track religious affiliation.
So let's ask you this question...were you raised on one religion and have changed your views as you entered adulthood. More than a quarter of adult Americans have left the faith of their childhood to join another religion or no religion, according to a ... more -
AL (artificial life) actually a reality???
This sends chills down my spine, though I'm all for it!
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