All categories - 17 April 2007

The atheist Bertrand Russell wrote in his book "Why I am Not a Christian" that if it is true that all things need a cause then God must also need a cause. He concluded from this that if God needed a cause then God was not God (and if God is not God then of course there is no God). This was basically a slightly more sophisticated form of the childlike question, "Who made God?" Even a child knows that things do not come from nothing, so if God is a "something" then He must have a cause as well, right?



The question is tricky because it sneaks in the false assumption that God came from somewhere and then asks where that might be. The answer is that the question does not even make sense. It is like asking, "What does blue smell like?" Blue is not in the category of things that have odor, so the question itself is flawed. In the same way, God is not in the category of things that are created, or come into existence, or are caused. God is uncaused and uncreated - He simply exists.



How do we know this? Well, we know that from nothing, nothing comes. So if there was ever a time when there was absolutely nothing in existence then nothing would have ever come to exist. But things do exist. Therefore, since there could never have been absolutely nothing, something had to have always been existing. That ever-existing thing is what we call God.

2007-04-17 17:53:54 · 12 answers · asked by theconsciousmind 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Since we seem to have a lot of open minded Christians on tonight, this might be interesting!

2007-04-17 17:53:38 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Today at work they had three TV's showing the presidents speach at Virginia Tech CNN and CBS were in sinc but Fox was thirty seconds behind. Are they ready to censor anything that might make Bush look bad. Do we need more proof that they are the administrations mouth piece? I checked it through out the day and every time there was a live simulcast Fox was the only one with the delay. I checked it with ABC, MSMBC, and even ESPN.

2007-04-17 17:53:26 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Guys... boxers or briefs
Girls... grannie, bikini, or thong

2007-04-17 17:53:23 · 20 answers · asked by idahoturkey 4 in Polls & Surveys

and if it is dill ...is that thing kosher?

2007-04-17 17:53:23 · 15 answers · asked by killer bee 3 in Polls & Surveys

The atheist Bertrand Russell wrote in his book "Why I am Not a Christian" that if it is true that all things need a cause then God must also need a cause. He concluded from this that if God needed a cause then God was not God (and if God is not God then of course there is no God). This was basically a slightly more sophisticated form of the childlike question, "Who made God?" Even a child knows that things do not come from nothing, so if God is a "something" then He must have a cause as well, right?



The question is tricky because it sneaks in the false assumption that God came from somewhere and then asks where that might be. The answer is that the question does not even make sense. It is like asking, "What does blue smell like?" Blue is not in the category of things that have odor, so the question itself is flawed. In the same way, God is not in the category of things that are created, or come into existence, or are caused. God is uncaused and uncreated - He simply exists.



How do we know this? Well, we know that from nothing, nothing comes. So if there was ever a time when there was absolutely nothing in existence then nothing would have ever come to exist. But things do exist. Therefore, since there could never have been absolutely nothing, something had to have always been existing. That ever-existing thing is what we call God.

2007-04-17 17:53:11 · 15 answers · asked by theconsciousmind 1 in Philosophy

It was a people control issue. Do you think that since we now have foreign terrorists attacking our students that all Campus Police whould have firearms and be trained to kill?

2007-04-17 17:53:02 · 12 answers · asked by touchesstudents 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

2007-04-17 17:53:01 · 3 answers · asked by buddy l 1 in Toronto

i don't mean to offend all you math lovers out there, but i really hate math. i only need one more math class to graduate and its btw probability or cal 3. i hate calculus, but i hear cal 3 is easier than cal 2. is probabilty or cal 3 easier?

what is a college probability course even about? i can't imagine an entire semester of figuring out what the odds of rolling a 3 on a dice five times in a roll.

2007-04-17 17:52:32 · 4 answers · asked by DoughboyFresh 2 in Mathematics

Ok im 16 years old 6'0 and 220 pounds, big time over weight and i want to be 180ish by september. for the last week ive been eating 700-900 calories a day(bread vegtavbles, and fruits). workout twice a day (total time hour and a half)

How much pounds will i lose in a month. i hear this isnt healthy to do and it takes fat from ur muscles or something, but im working out alot. and i do cardio 2-3 a week.

What r some causes will i face in september, and how much can i lose in a month eating like that?

2007-04-17 17:52:11 · 3 answers · asked by mike 1 in Diet & Fitness

I am curious if mixing the two would cause a reaction with one another causing an overdose of some type. I am very fluish right now and I am trying to bombard my body with all I can! Thanks for your help.

Sincerely yours,
Aezrel

2007-04-17 17:52:06 · 3 answers · asked by aezrel 1 in Other - Health

2007-04-17 17:52:04 · 4 answers · asked by timsue99 2 in Garden & Landscape

or do you give it to them

2007-04-17 17:51:58 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

Anything!

2007-04-17 17:51:44 · 46 answers · asked by Kat 2 in Celebrities

2007-04-17 17:51:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

2007-04-17 17:51:30 · 6 answers · asked by manju aneja 2 in Other - Computers

Would it be wrong to convert them with force?

2007-04-17 17:51:03 · 13 answers · asked by ? 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-04-17 17:50:56 · 14 answers · asked by Christian C 2 in Other - Food & Drink

2007-04-17 17:50:28 · 20 answers · asked by FatBoy!! 3 in Polls & Surveys

Do You Know? That due to the radical scope of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, a right to abortion was effectively established for the entire term of pregnancy for virtually any reason, whether for sake of personal finances, social convenience, or individual lifestyle...Therefore, no significant legal barriers of any kind whatsoever exist in the United States for a woman to obtain an abortion for any reason during any stage of her pregnancy.
Do You Know? At 22 days after conception, a baby's heart is already beating.
Do You Know? At 6 weeks, brain waves can be measured. At 8 weeks, the stomach, liver, and kidneys are functioning, and fingerprints have formed. At 9 weeks, the unborn child can feel pain.
Do You Know? That 700,000 abortions are performed each year in America after 9 weeks into the pregnancy.

2007-04-17 17:50:23 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

is there a good place where i can get good money to buy a mount b/c i'm buying one 4 my little bro b/c i want us both to have one it doesn't matter to me b/c i'm a warlock mines only 1g but i need a place where i can get good money i've been in arathi highlands so far training on the spiders,raptors ect. i'm lvl 36.

2007-04-17 17:49:58 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Video & Online Games

Assume that after washing your hands, you leave ten bacterial cells on a new bar of soap. You then decide to do a plate count of the soap after it was left in the soap dish for 24 hours. You dilute 1 g of the soap 1:10 to the 6th power and plate it on a standard plate count agar. After 24 hours of incubation, there are 168 colonies. How many bacteria were on the soap? How did they get there?

2007-04-17 17:49:57 · 3 answers · asked by magendie 1 in Biology

2007-04-17 17:49:50 · 3 answers · asked by r1114@sbcglobal.net 4 in Politics

there are a lot of different theories out there, and this is just one of mine. what do u think?

2007-04-17 17:49:26 · 18 answers · asked by j.c. 3 in Religion & Spirituality

ok look, i know he's not much of a looker, but i think he's a wonderful singer! am i the only one that thinks so? i just love the sound of his voice! he did really well tonight!

2007-04-17 17:48:52 · 8 answers · asked by superyduperymommy 5 in Television

me and my gf have been dating for 4 months now im her first bf and during the first week i had sex with anouther girl. how do i tell her now?

2007-04-17 17:48:39 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Singles & Dating

2007-04-17 17:48:27 · 30 answers · asked by sensational-girl 2 in Television

2007-04-17 17:48:24 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

2007-04-17 17:48:16 · 33 answers · asked by redsoxfan1144 3 in Polls & Surveys

Help!! I just bought a house and need 20 or more lawn lights. Does anyone know of a good site to purchase these lights in bulk....meaning the price will be cheaper rather than buying from a retail store like Target.

2007-04-17 17:48:11 · 11 answers · asked by SassySista 2 in Garden & Landscape