The latest Religion articles published and distributed by Articles3000.com http://www.articles3000.com/rss/Religion.xml Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:12:51 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.articles3000.com/Religion/129522/Is-There-a-Simple-Solution-to-the-Problem-of-Why-God-Allows-Evil-to-Occur.html One of the most difficult questions for priests, ministers, and theologians to answer is – Why does a kind, compassionate, personal God that answers prayers and looks out for our personal welfare, allow so much evil to occur in the world This is often called "the problem of evil Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:29:14 +0100 http://www.articles3000.com/Religion/129003/A-Return-to-the-Classic-Latin-Hymns.html Throughout history, the classic Latin hymns have been an important part of the Catholic faith Two thousand years of musical development have produced a variety of hymns that encompass settings for every imaginable purpose and time o Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:22:13 +0100 http://www.articles3000.com/Religion/128716/The-Art-of-Being-Present-Part-II.html To truly be present, we need to be available to the moment with our whole self This requires not only an act of attention but also an act of integration so that we are drawing upon all parts of ourselves to 'be with' another t Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:29:17 +0100 http://www.articles3000.com/Religion/128610/The-Earth-Purifies-Earth-Changes-Flooding-And-Extreme-Weather-Patterns.html It may be difficult for us to imagine how the earth which appears to us to be a solid mass of complexly interrelated parts, can have an intentionality to purify and can be undergoing a process we normally associate with human beings on a spiritual path And even if it is true of the planetary body, we may well wonder how this happens and how it can affect weather patterns Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:43:21 +0100 http://www.articles3000.com/Religion/127979/Did-Man-Create-God.html In an era when politicians must prove they are religious to get elected and the proclamations of their ministers can get them into trouble, when schools are urged to teach creationism, when presidents and main stream movies proclaim the virtues of Intelligent Design, when fundamentalists want to destroy Western civilization in the name of religion, and when ninety-five percent of the people in the world believe that God created man, we need to ask the question, do they have it all backward - Did Man Create God a Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:43:15 +0100 http://www.articles3000.com/Religion/127473/You-Cant-Please-Everybody.html There was once a man and his son going with their Donkey to the market As they were walking along by its side a neighbor man passed them and said: “You fools, what is a Donkey for but to ride on this time they had come into town, and the passersby began to jeer and point at them. The Man stopped and asked what they were scoffing at. The men said: “Aren't you ashamed of yourself for overloading that poor little Donkey with you and your hulking son?” The man and Boy got off and tried to think what to do. They thought and they thought, till at last they cut down a pole, tied the Donkey's feet to it, and carried the pole and the Donkey on their shoulders. They went along enduring the laughter of all who met them till they came to a bridge, and then the Donkey, got one of his feet loose, kicked out and caused the Boy to drop his end of the pole. In the struggle the Donkey fell over the bridge with his feet being tied together, and drowned. “That will teach you,” said an old man who had been following them: “Try to please everyone, and you will please no one.” Abraham Lincoln once wisely said, "You can please some of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time." Oh, how true that is, Abe! Jesus Christ was the premiere example of the fact that you can't please everybody. You just can't. He was absolutely perfect, but He was disliked by many people who ultimately endorsed his public execution. He was morally perfect, yet His life showed us that it didn't make Him popular at all. The Bible tells us it is impossible to earn the approval of everyone. In fact, attaining full approval by our fellow humans actually, at times, places us in conflict with pursuing God's will for our life. Living by God's standards, as set forth in His Word, will actually make us unpopular in some cases. And if our focus is to be close to Him and seek to avoid the things that would displease Him, it is surely a recipe for rejection and ridicule. Galatians 1:10 says... "For do I now persuade men, or God? For if I still pleased men, I would not b Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:36:13 +0100 http://www.articles3000.com/Religion/127367/Submission-With-a-Smile.html I used to cringe at the word, “submission” Although I love my mother dearly, I will say that she did not do much to teach me what submission really means s Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:22:14 +0100 http://www.articles3000.com/Religion/126987/Did-the-Origin-of-Life-on-Earth-Require-Gods-Help.html The evolution of all life on earth from a single primitive life form is straight forward and fairly easy to understand on the basis of Darwinian principles of mutation and natural selection However, the question of where the first primitive life form came from is not so easy careful analysis of the enzymes in different layers, De Duve and coworkers identified two new enzyme loaded particles – lysosomes and peroxisomes. They found that distinct sets of enzymes were present in each cell fraction. "The gap between biochemistry and morphology (structure) was finally bridged." De Duve applied his expertise in cell structure to the problem of the origin of life and the RNA first or protein first problem. His proposal is outlined in two books Vital Dust, 1995 and Life Evolving, 2002. He cleverly proposed that neither came first – they both evolved together. He suggested this occurred in two stages or ages. The first was the Age of Chemistry. This involved the development of primordial ponds enriched in the simple organic compounds Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:22:20 +0100 http://www.articles3000.com/Religion/126941/Are-You-Wondering-What-the-Meaning-of-Life-Is.html What is the meaning of life And is there just one meaning or many t Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:16:13 +0100 http://www.articles3000.com/Religion/126575/Is-There-Life-on-Mars.html Are we alone in the universe or is there life on other planets And perhaps even as close our next door neighbor, the planet Mars Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:08:18 +0100