Society & Culture - 14 June 2006

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_wager

This very poorly thought out idea of Pascal's does bring up an interesting point. Suppose god rewards the atheist, the agnostic and the skeptic. What if he punishes people who don't even bother to try to think for themselves and only follow dogma?
This would make god a much more rational being.
Would the creator of everything dump his humans on a planet, provide no answers for their existence, (other than the mad ramblings of so-called 'holy men') and then expect them to follow a book written by man to explain himself? Or is it more logical that he would create humans, dump them on a planet, provide no answers for their existence and hope that they would continually question and doubt his existence?
There is also the problem of his creating pain and suffering. But that isn't what I'm asking.

2006-06-14 01:14:04 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

What makes you say that?

2006-06-14 01:13:47 · 17 answers · asked by corpuscollossus 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Or must one belong to your chosen denomination (LDS, Catholic, JW, Lutheran, Scientologist, etc.) in order to reach heaven?

2006-06-14 01:12:22 · 15 answers · asked by idspudnik 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-06-14 01:12:11 · 12 answers · asked by rashad h 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I am not asking about the movie i want to know what the Davinci code is saying. Like what did the code say about Jesus or anyody else.

2006-06-14 01:11:27 · 9 answers · asked by LUV-ME-OR-HATE-ME 1 in Religion & Spirituality

OK I have looked at maps but want to know more about the spread of the Amazon; would it be fair to say that most of the Amazon is Brazil, and vice-versa? How much does it overlap in to neighbouring countries- is it realistically very extensive outside of Brazil?

PS are there any settlements (excluding the native tribes) actually within the forest?

I ask because I am going to Argentina in a few weeks, right up in the north between the borders of Paraguay and Brazil (near those famous waterfalls I can't pronounce, in the national park); I have been told this is heavily forested but not to the same standard as the Amazon proper- exactly how forested is it? (If I see a tarantula I will actually **** myself).

Thanks!

2006-06-14 01:11:24 · 1 answers · asked by DaveyMcB 3 in Other - Society & Culture

Help me with an arguement at work. Yes I am serious.
After pooping, how do you reach to wipe your butt?

A) Leaning forward and reaching between your legs?
or
B) Do you lean to the side and wipe from behind?

2006-06-14 01:11:12 · 21 answers · asked by _Kraygh_ 5 in Etiquette

2006-06-14 01:09:30 · 8 answers · asked by Linda 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Personally, I am an American that would prefer we move to the metric system. Consider this question, how much is one-fourth plus one-fifth? How about this question, how much is 25 cents plus 20 cents? Was the second question easier to answer? That's the power of the metric system. Help me with my goal - The United States to use the metric system by October 10, 2010. The date that day will be 10-10-10. Did you know that the metric system is already the official measurement system of the US? Why don't we use it? It's so much easier to work with a system of 10, rather than a system of 8, 12, 36, halves, fourths and other strange numbers.
How many inches in a foot? 12. How many feet in a yard? 3.
Now, how many centimeters in a decimeter? 10 How many decimeters in a meter? 10!
Why not use a system that all the rest of the world uses, and is Soooo much easier to use?

2006-06-14 01:08:11 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Im not muslim so i have no idea but you can kind of sense that in the way that thye marry 4 women and have all these privelegs?

2006-06-14 01:07:27 · 16 answers · asked by carla h 2 in Religion & Spirituality

i can challenge you all believers who beleive in the so called superpower(God) has never existed ,doesnt exist and will never exist , the human race is evolved through animals i.e monkeys and just evolved with a more functioning brain than the rest of the animal kingdom , but still his instincts are of the animals , just study the animal kingdom and our life and will get ur answers ,

so just as a warning to all the time wasters just stop wasting money and time on religions and live ur life logically as in the end the humans are the ones who are going to punish u 4 the bad deeds and not God , want ur comments for this one and dont be surprised to get punished even if u dont do a bad deed as ur are born with an animal brain and nothing follows logic in the animal world and stop blaming or cheering god for bad and good things respectively......Period

welcome to the jungle

2006-06-14 01:06:55 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-06-14 01:06:41 · 18 answers · asked by mai-kee 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-06-14 01:05:53 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Royalty

this is what a label insidie and old trunks says.
FP(UPSIDE DOWN L)OETAEION
BAE EAM(UPSIDE DOWN U)PAKOY & YI(UPSIDE DOWN U)N

OYAEI(UPSIDEDOWN L)KT9UPSIDEDOWN U)N-14
TPI(DOUBLE LOOKING T?)OAIE THA.5.08

2006-06-14 01:02:13 · 3 answers · asked by momof72 2 in Languages

2006-06-14 01:01:48 · 40 answers · asked by itsme 3 in Religion & Spirituality

We react to the same thing, or the same situation differently. Yet, I still would like to ask people out there what bothers them most. People being insensitive? People cutting you short all the time? Or people being loud?

2006-06-14 01:00:41 · 40 answers · asked by CRT 3 in Etiquette

2006-06-14 01:00:30 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

im thinking of a number whoever comes the closest wins my 10 points

2006-06-14 01:00:11 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

is it that generally the offspring of a white and black persons usally tend to have more affinity towards the black people than the white....is it becuase the whites dont accept them as theirs....

offcourse there are always exceptions...but am talking more in general.

2006-06-14 00:59:56 · 8 answers · asked by As I am 3 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-06-14 00:59:51 · 12 answers · asked by Mouse999_1999 Y 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-06-14 00:59:09 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2006-06-14 00:58:32 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2006-06-14 00:57:51 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Well I dont really see the point of the points to be honest except maybe that you have something to show for all the time you have spent on this!

2006-06-14 00:55:45 · 6 answers · asked by Orls 2 in Other - Society & Culture

....and you were asked to pick your method of execution which would you choose? Only those used in the US (Past and Present).

I'd go firing squad I think...quick, easy and only a very, very slim chance that it will go wrong.

PS, yeah I know it's morbid but I'm bored!

2006-06-14 00:55:15 · 15 answers · asked by DaveyMcB 3 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-06-14 00:53:27 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-06-14 00:52:43 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

The holocaust, 9/11, 7/7, in fact every terrorist attack since the 1st one on the 5th of November has had something to do with religion, catholic and protestant riots in Northern Ireland, the middle east conflict, Bradford riots, IRA bombings, Queen Mary burning protestants, witch hunts, almost every war ever and many more. And the theists have the cheek to say without god there would be no morals. Har! That’s a laugh. If we got rid of religion think of how much evil would be gone from the world.

2006-06-14 00:49:44 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I think there is a spirit in my home. I get bad feelings, as if somebody really angry is watching me. I have also experienced physical pushing. One time was on my stairs while pregnant and I fell from top to bottom. Another time it was my daughter. I will be standnig and all of a sudden feel a push as if I'm about to lose my balance. I've felt cold spots and have literally had a cold breeze in one spot coming from nowhere. Any idea what this is and how to get rid of it? Sounds nuts, I know, but I can't deny what I'm experiencing.

2006-06-14 00:47:40 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-06-14 00:47:40 · 16 answers · asked by kauble_ehs 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender