God is omniscient. When he created the universe, he saw the sufferings which humans would endure as a result of the sin of those original humans. He heard the screams of the damned. Surely he would have known that it would have been better for those humans to never have been born (in fact, the Bible says this very thing), and surely this all-compassionate deity would have foregone the creation of a universe destined to imperfection in which many of the humans were doomed to eternal suffering. A perfectly compassionate being who creates beings which he knows are doomed to suffer is impossible.
2006-08-17 11:01:59 · 20 answers · asked by Atheist 2 in Religion & Spirituality
Who was Simon Kenton ? - and - What did he do ?
2006-08-17 11:01:33 · 5 answers · asked by 8upcoaldigger69 3 in Other - Society & Culture
The most important person in all humanity?
if yes/no why you (don't) think so?
2006-08-17 11:00:13 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality
2006-08-17 10:59:19 · 25 answers · asked by dunnoanything 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups
2006-08-17 10:58:07 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups
I graduated from a top 20 school with ok grads, yet I can't find a job in what I want to do. I'm trying and trying and trying, yet nothing...I'm begining to lose faith in myself....can you guys give me some words of encouragement or advice? thanks.
2006-08-17 10:58:00 · 20 answers · asked by Sassy Girl 3 in Religion & Spirituality
Having read the books, I could not find a single instance of christians being told to exercise -any- power over others.
Could that be why the Fundamentalists insist on using the OT to justify their efforts to exercise power over others? Wouldn't it make sense for them to insist the whole bible is the literal truth because they can't find any way to exercise power in the NT, so they have to justify using the OT?
2006-08-17 10:57:59 · 11 answers · asked by bobkgin 3 in Religion & Spirituality
2006-08-17 10:56:32 · 10 answers · asked by smncoll 2 in Religion & Spirituality
WHERE DID U GO & WITH WHO????/
2006-08-17 10:55:51 · 5 answers · asked by ♥GIRL POWER♥ 2 in Other - Society & Culture
Even if we were to allow the necessity of free will for happiness, God could have created humans with free will who did not have the ability to choose evil, but to choose between several good options.
God supposedly has free will, and yet he does not make imperfect decisions. If humans are miniature images of God, our decisions should likewise be perfect. Also, the occupants of heaven, who presumably must have freewill to be happy, will never use that freewill to make imperfect decisions. Why would the originally perfect humans do differently?
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2006-08-17 10:55:26 · 11 answers · asked by Atheist 2 in Religion & Spirituality
Everything that God wants you to know is there. Go get a Bible and stop asking uneducated questions.
2006-08-17 10:55:24 · 37 answers · asked by mountaingirl88 3 in Religion & Spirituality
If that is so can he smell more than a hobo? And can he fart louder than me? If he can that means i can fart less loud, so i can do something he cant, doesnt that make him not perfect? the concpet of perfection means u can do anything, but that idea is imposible by any type of racional thinking.
2006-08-17 10:55:19 · 3 answers · asked by Muss knows best 1 in Religion & Spirituality
This is going to sound rediculous, especially coming from me, but I seriously would like to know the church's official stance on this.
Say a woman is married, and her husband dies, then she later gets remarried. Assuming that all three of them lived good lives in the name of Jesus, and go to heaven, what is the marital relationship like in heaven? Does it become a polyandrous marriage, or is one husband considered "divorced", or is the whole deal off?
2006-08-17 10:54:04 · 20 answers · asked by Danzarth 4 in Religion & Spirituality
Hay personas q te quieren
Hay personas q te aman
Hay personas q te odian
Y hay personas q te extrañan
Hay personas q rien contigo
Hay personas q lloran por ti
Hay personas q solo piensan en tu vida
Y hay hasta personas q pierden la vida por ti
Aunque tu no te des cuenta
Siempre habra un amigo q te quiera
Y aunque tu no lo veas
Siempre habra alguien q te entienda
Ve quienes son tus amigos
Los q te quieren de verdad
Los q rien y lloran contigo
Los q no te hacen sentir mal
A esas personas q te quieren
+u tambien las tienes q querer
Por q son de esas amistades
Q nunca se van a perder.
Yo lo unico q digo
Es q te valoro en realidad
No por lo q usas o por lo q tienes
Si no por q te quiero de verdad.
Manda esto a 10 o mas amigos
Y a la persona q +e lo mando
Y cuando +e lo Regresen
Vas a ver quien si te quiere y Qu!en No
2006-08-17 10:54:04 · 4 answers · asked by Chris 2 in Languages
What would you change about the World and why?
2006-08-17 10:53:33 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture
Saudi Arabia is exporting 8 million barrels of OIL everyday to USA at $67/Barrel.
Lets make some calculation:
8,000,000 * 67 = 536,000,000/day
536,000,000 * 365 = 195,640,000,000
Whoa that makes up more than 195 BILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR! (Just from USA, not to forget it also exports oil to Japan and many other countires)
and the SAUDI POPULATION IS 25 Million (US POPULATION IS 290 Million)
What do you think? Will saudi arabia be one of the worlds richest countries if it kept on exporting oil for next 200 years? It also has GOLD hidden in the mountains of MAKKAH worth TRILLIONS!
Do saudi arabia have any chance of becoming world power if it becomes MODERATE (and yes they have stopped veiling their faces and women will get right to vote and drive, cinemas are being built) SO what do you think 200 years, saudi arabia world's super power?+its well known that arabs are smartest people on this earth!
2006-08-17 10:53:20 · 5 answers · asked by Abdul S 3 in Religion & Spirituality
A Truly Superficial Question, SO...You Can't Say Personality or Aura or Sense of Humor. You have to name a physical body element that you find attractive and desirable in the men you want to date.
2006-08-17 10:51:32 · 31 answers · asked by Laughing Man Copycat 5 in Other - Cultures & Groups
The guys who wore pocket-protectors,ran the AV room, read " A hithchhikers guide to the galaxy" from cover to cover, the ones that always got shoved into the gym lockers(poor dudes).
2006-08-17 10:51:18 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture
2006-08-17 10:50:57 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture
Thank you, have a nice day
2006-08-17 10:50:55 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette
2006-08-17 10:50:34 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality
or do you wonder why he never answers your prayers?
2006-08-17 10:50:14 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality
Do you think Racism exists a lot in America or is it confined to just a few states? What percentage of the population do you think is Racist? Are the federal/state governments racist too?
Can you give personal examples if you ever faced racism?
2006-08-17 10:50:13 · 11 answers · asked by Camellias 3 in Other - Society & Culture
Wouldnt that by hypocritical?
2006-08-17 10:50:08 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality
And chickensh+ts? There is no such thing as the New Age.
It is GOD opening our minds to prepare us for what lies ahead.
"Knowledge will be increased."
"Nothing secret or hidden, not revealed and made known."
"The Holy Spirit poured out on all flesh. Prophesy, visions, and
dreams."
But the knowledge can be used for good or ill. It's on YOU.,
2006-08-17 10:49:57 · 19 answers · asked by Tegghiaio Aldobrandi 3 in Religion & Spirituality
Questions about who made God and what did God do before he created us and all kinds of other questions that there are no answers for simply because God did not intend fo us to know all of that until we reach heaven. He knew that our pea sized brains could not understand such stuff. What God wants people to focus on and understand is their need for salvation and what God did so that they could be saved and spend eternity with him in heaven.
2006-08-17 10:49:54 · 31 answers · asked by mountaingirl88 3 in Religion & Spirituality
You see, I have this magic squirrel at home.
A magic blue squirrel that doesn't walk but floats and spits out diamonds on the hour, every hour, do you believe me?
No, of course not, only a complete moron would.
You would, as any reasonable person would, want to see some proof. And even my producing a diamond wouldn't be adequate proof would it? You'd want to see the Squirrel wouldn't you? And not only would you insist on seeing him, you'd want to inspect for wires and other such tricks that made him "float". You'd probably also want to check his hair to see if the blue color was just paint or a dye.
All of these things would be necessarry in order to convince yourself that this isn't a hoax.
So that's what we're asking of you, since the burden of proof rests upon the person stating the "fact" of existence.
Now, we all know this squirrel does not, in fact exist, but not all of us know that god does not, in fact, exist.
Why is that? Ignorance? Lack of education? Brainwashing?
2006-08-17 10:49:45 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality
2006-08-17 10:49:14 · 8 answers · asked by 自由思想家 3 in Religion & Spirituality
Many of you have seen the kinds of questions I pose. You may have read one or two of my answers. You know a little about me. Go ahead..tell me...I'm a good and brave listener.
2006-08-17 10:48:01 · 5 answers · asked by I am Sunshine 6 in Other - Society & Culture
If the 14th and 15th amendments can prevent a person for running for office on a platform of racism, why can't the separation of church and state prevent what is happening now? I don't think we are safe from democracy...
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