Society & Culture - 22 July 2006

God is the source of all goodness. Complete lack of God would mean complete lack of goodness. All morals you have come either directly from God as you learn about Him or indirectly through another person(your parents perhaps) whose source of morality can eventually be traced back to God. Same can be said for intelligence.

No one is born innately moral or intelligent. Kids dont come out respectful and kind and obedient and loving.

Atheist pride themselves on how wonderful they are with no need of God in their reality, yet all the decency and morals that they have in them are only there because of God, rather they acknowledge that or not.

So do a test. If you have a moral that you are proud of(lets say not stealling), find out what person instilled that in you, then ask who instilled that in them, eventually it will lead back to someone being inspired by God.

2006-07-22 19:59:52 · 22 answers · asked by h nitrogen 5 in Religion & Spirituality

The argument over Evolution vs Creationism disturbs me. I believe that God used the processes of Evolution to create the universe and any and all life therein. One doesn't have to be an atheist to believe in the evolutionary process.I happen to be a liberal protestant Christian. To answer this question, however, you do not have to be Christian. Anyone who belongs to any of the worlds religions can express thoughts on this one.

2006-07-22 19:59:23 · 11 answers · asked by Ereshkigal 3 in Religion & Spirituality

And young white males try to act black? WTF is up with all of that? Is no one satisfied with their own race?

2006-07-22 19:59:06 · 8 answers · asked by Nadir 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-07-22 19:58:10 · 9 answers · asked by Cassor 5 in Other - Society & Culture

Islam is currently the fasting growing religion in America whose adherents hail from every race and ethnicity. In the United States, where Muslims number over six million, the Islamic faith has in many estimates surpassed Judaism and is believed to be the second largest religion in America after Christianity.

some of the most famous people have turned to islam, for e.g. Muhammad Ali considered the greatest sports person ever, cat stevens made tracks like 'first cut is the deepest', or kareen abdul jabbar one of the NBAs 50 greatest players of all time, WHY DO THEY DO IT?

what i want to know is why do people convert to islam, why not judaism or christianity ?

2006-07-22 19:57:37 · 15 answers · asked by billy_uk 1 in Religion & Spirituality

name one country that the religion of Islam inhabits that has not killed women, children and people of other religions? just one, I feel like I am stereotyping Muslims but when I look around, all the country's that are poverty stricken and fighting amongst themselves are Islamic. Just wondering?

2006-07-22 19:56:36 · 11 answers · asked by melissa s 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Im talking about characters that are christian, catholic, muslim, etc. Do any try and find out about the religion and see if its true?

2006-07-22 19:55:11 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

They know that both of it are 'haram' anyway...and its a sin.

2006-07-22 19:54:52 · 9 answers · asked by Lindy 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Is it really that important to you? What do you think?

2006-07-22 19:54:36 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

why is it when people state,that they have had an encounter with a menafestion of there religion...that the first thing people answer to is....it probably wasn't the ....' '....that you spoke to or saw....now I'm not a religious person...but isnt that arogrant just to assumed that eveyone is lieing /making it up ? no dont give me crap about I'm just stupid to believe whatever some one tells me....wake up ..any comments welcome...does that make people feel insecure that other people have been spoken too/saw something that is part of there religion .....

2006-07-22 19:53:40 · 14 answers · asked by raven jack. 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Most white girls do, but mostly the blond ones. This just comes from my observation of walking on the streets of New York City and my life experience.

What is the reason?

Also, I notice many of them styled their hair straight and split in the middle of the head.

Is this hair style popular now?

Why?

2006-07-22 19:53:31 · 11 answers · asked by ? 5 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-07-22 19:51:44 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2006-07-22 19:51:06 · 5 answers · asked by mahavir prasad 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Please no one post any fraud stories here, my faith is withering away, and I need to here true stroies about how God has touched you.

2006-07-22 19:50:02 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-22 19:49:03 · 8 answers · asked by Gingerbread Man 3 in Other - Society & Culture

Some people are just good at growing these things, they do not like growing tea or coffee, or any other substitutes. With so many wars going on in the world, and so much sickness and suffering, surely there is a medical need for narcotics, and other legal pharmaceuticals that are made from these things, so why don't we allow it, in a controlled environment, of course. Don't get me wrong, I do not mean illegal drugs, I mean licenced pharmaceutical medicines.

2006-07-22 19:48:11 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Community Service

Personally I think that the muslim religion is a huge contradiction.

1 - It speaks of a "mercyful" God, but it doesn't mention "LOVING" God.
2 - It claims it defends Jesus, but people in Islamic countries GO TO JAIL if they become christians.
3 - It says is a peaceful religion, but even its founder was involved in wars.

Personally I have a sympathy for that religion (am I christian) and would like it to see fulfilled, but I wonder if there's a huge huge huge gap between theory and practice in it?

2006-07-22 19:48:08 · 13 answers · asked by fakifaki1 1 in Religion & Spirituality

i read a question asking where piercings originated 4rm, and the answer said something about piercings signifing slavery? they said to check Exodus 21 and Deuteronomy 15...but i dunno anything about the bible, can u explain?

2006-07-22 19:45:51 · 11 answers · asked by ♥ms.peREz?♥ 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-22 19:45:15 · 22 answers · asked by Z, unnecessary letter 5 in Languages

now that i got your attention

2006-07-22 19:44:54 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

what it really means

2006-07-22 19:44:42 · 7 answers · asked by Anna t 1 in Mythology & Folklore

Like in the bible God will do one thing, regret it, and then do something else. Also, he feels sorry about some things he's done. He changes the way he acts towards humans as time goes on as if his mind changes on things. There are a lot of instances where God acts just like us humans.

2006-07-22 19:44:35 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

About 10 years ago, I was driving in a very heavy rainstorm during a Tornado Warning. I was having a spiritual crisis at the time, and I prayed that God might reveal his plan for me. At the moment I made that prayer, a bird of prey flew directly in front of my car, then the rain broke and the sky seemed to open up and the Sun lay directly ahead, surrounded by great white clouds.

A voice said to me, "I am the Lord your God". I asked, "How can I know it is you, Lord? And not my own hallucination or Satan trying to deceive me?". The voice answered with a stunning revelation which I have not told to anyone, and was a "very hard teaching" which would be considered blasphemous by most mainline Christian, Jewish, and Islamic groups. It occurred to me that repeating it would bring a "sword & division" between my family, friends, and almost everyone who has an opinion about the nature of God.

If I convey the message, I will look crazy for sure. If not, I am hiding the word of God.

2006-07-22 19:44:23 · 17 answers · asked by Asquith Econoclast 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-22 19:42:42 · 16 answers · asked by Jennifer 3 in Languages

2006-07-22 19:40:44 · 19 answers · asked by ? 4 in Other - Society & Culture

Is is true about the F word ! Word derivation time again folks !?
I heard sometime ago that the F word is an anacranym for:- For Unlawful Carnal Kowledge - tracing back to debtors prisons era of UK history is this correct please - if not where does this - the number one swear word come from please ? And the other one - the ladies hate - the one beginning with C describing ladies genetalia - where does this one derive from and why is it so hated by the ladies please ?

2006-07-22 19:39:46 · 10 answers · asked by beiterspace 2 in Languages

2006-07-22 19:37:45 · 17 answers · asked by nightrider 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-07-22 19:35:22 · 15 answers · asked by smokey 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I have a question.

2006-07-22 19:34:19 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Does anyone know any lesbian hangouts for teens in Naples, FL? Or can help me find one?

Thank you!

2006-07-22 19:32:44 · 8 answers · asked by AnimeGirl1990 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender