Society & Culture - 30 August 2006

church going and the story of Jesus as a God in general since I was a child. So my question is: If I had these questions and doubt since I was a child is my non religious attitude built into my gene makeup or learned from others and my enviornment?
Some info:
We did not go to church as children, but had a very Christian up bringing, yes sir, no sir all that, taught respect for others, punished if we even looked like we were going to act as bigots, in other words brought up like Christians just without the church or Bible reading.
Looking for serious answers, has any one else ever had these same questions as a child?

2006-08-30 16:08:32 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

many women in yoruba land (where santeria comes from) are initiated in the ifa ceremony, but cuban santeria wont alow this to
happen, why???

2006-08-30 16:08:08 · 2 answers · asked by Lurd Reithem 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Just came out of a purely sexual relationship to experiment and such.We had the threesome and other fun stuff.But man,my home town has a bunch of swingers in it.Didnt realize how many we had here.When does become ok for a spouse to ask his or her significant other if its alright to have sex with others?

2006-08-30 16:07:06 · 10 answers · asked by thickgirlsrule 1 in Etiquette

I'm an Atheist and I know exactly why you believe in God.

1. You believe in God because you just can't understand how this big Universe just formed on its own

2. You want to feel safe. A good way to do that is imagine there's a skydaddy keeping you safe

3. You're playing the better safe than sorry game. You figure if you're wrong about the existence of God, you have nothing to lose

4. There's a lot of things you dont understand. So, you just dump everything you dont understand into the God box. That comforts your fear of the unknown

5. You were raised to believe in God. It's more of a culture than a belief. Even if you stop believing. You wont admit it because you can't let go of the culture

6. You can't logically figure out the unexplained experiences you've had. So, you just write them off as God's work

7. You couldn't even take how stupid you would feel to think there's no God and you've been tricked. It's too bad to be true for you.

2006-08-30 16:07:05 · 13 answers · asked by Black Atheist 1 in Religion & Spirituality

and found out minutes later that the dog no longer lived there, but was not dead either. (I had no idea that the friend even had dogs)

2006-08-30 16:06:56 · 9 answers · asked by who? 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-30 16:06:46 · 2 answers · asked by Eric H 4 in Other - Society & Culture

they are related, but not the same, tell me how they diff.

2006-08-30 16:05:33 · 5 answers · asked by Lurd Reithem 2 in Religion & Spirituality

In response to a negative comment about people from the United States, let's hear it from all you Americans. We rule.

2006-08-30 16:05:16 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

if it came from historical times. I have been told by a Christian that the Bible is the real word of God because it has accurate descriptions of ancient cities.. Well duh.. it came from that time period.. Where is the strength in this argument?

2006-08-30 16:04:54 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

it is said that the santeria/yoruba religion has more than 100 million members in the world, do you think this is true???

2006-08-30 16:04:06 · 4 answers · asked by Lurd Reithem 2 in Religion & Spirituality

okay i have another question. is there any possible way in your opinion that some of the things in the bible could be wrong? i just cant get over the scaryness of it. in fact it almost seems kind of sick and demented. im sorry for my stupidity about this subject. and again i welcome all opinions from any religoin just please say what religoin you are.

2006-08-30 16:03:42 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Compare a game to what sorts of things go on in your life.

2006-08-30 16:03:41 · 4 answers · asked by Mr. PDQ 4 in Other - Society & Culture

i still got to wittness it. born and raised as a muslim i saw and experienced all the human rights abuses that good practicing muslims did by justifying stories from the quran (and its getting worse)
Can anyone blame me for leaving islam, and rejecting every religion?

2006-08-30 16:03:12 · 20 answers · asked by ahmed 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-30 16:02:58 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-30 16:02:25 · 5 answers · asked by 自由思想家 3 in Religion & Spirituality

what do you think about the radical christians who did those protests at the millitary funerals holding signs sayng your going to hell and god hates you and do other like that. I'm christian myself and that seems so unchristian. As christians we were taught to love everybody no matter race, religion, nationality, or wheather they gay or not

2006-08-30 16:02:17 · 8 answers · asked by novaicedogs9 4 in Religion & Spirituality

The story of Noah's Arc says that the Christians' God flooded the world for 40 days and nights, killing everything that wasn't on the arc. Doesn't this break the commandment of Thou shall not kill? And doesn't this qualify the Christians' God of mass murdering?

2006-08-30 16:01:52 · 21 answers · asked by Sera B 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Indonesia’s oil and gas reserves, however, are still promising, BECAUSE FROM unproven resources point of view, it still has oil and gas resources of 87 billion barrels and 385 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) respectively.

2006-08-30 16:01:37 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

2006-08-30 16:01:21 · 17 answers · asked by Roy W 3 in Other - Society & Culture

**Disclaimer** If it doesn't apply, don't take it to heart, I know there are true Christians who accept and love anyone

Homophobes, against any other religions, abortion, etc.

2006-08-30 16:00:51 · 28 answers · asked by candance1012 1 in Religion & Spirituality

This is from a song i have:
"In name of liberty, of faith in oneself, and of peace, burn flags and say no to religion, let ur god be a song, composed by ur own heart and ur country be wherever ur feet take you"~ Mago de Oz

2006-08-30 15:57:46 · 3 answers · asked by locomexican89 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-30 15:57:42 · 2 answers · asked by radioaahslady 3 in Languages

I am not advocating forcing young girls into marriage with men..my question is strictly concerned with whether or not a person would actually want more than wife, or whether a woman would want to be one of many wives to a man...

2006-08-30 15:57:25 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Some people say that a "gay's" drink is a martini or a slushy drink like, Daquiri's. I am gay and love beer. It's a dumb question but would like a few opinions on this.

2006-08-30 15:57:22 · 26 answers · asked by justincausejustintime 3 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Please answer if you know only.I dont want to buy things either,sorry.I have visions in my dreams sometimes and i have d'ej'avu'.I would be happy if somebody answers this.

2006-08-30 15:56:57 · 54 answers · asked by freezebreezecheese 2 in Religion & Spirituality

How many male in this page crossdress and what do you do? What do you wear?

2006-08-30 15:55:04 · 13 answers · asked by Viktor 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Thank you all so very much for your answers..I've read each one (32 I think) My question was about Mormons and if there would be any way for unity with main stream Christians/Catholics etc..the BIG tent of Jesus.

I really appreciate all of your wonderful thought's. I was rasied in a main line Protestant Church but all my friends were Catholic..I played Catholic football and we all got along very well, I never knew there was a difference other than they had a statue of Mary out front and we had a cross...but we were all just Jesus people in my neighborhood.

I just hate the way we see Mormon's..it just doesn't feel right in my spirit...it makes me feel ugly. My heart is just so broken over this...I know they believe in God, Jesus the bible..they have the book of Mormon that I don't believe to be from the Lord...but I hate the word "Cult" slapped on them. I guess I just hope somehow that grace will cover this...I don't know.

God Bless You all!

2006-08-30 15:54:00 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Thank You!

God Bless

Peace and Love

2006-08-30 15:53:53 · 11 answers · asked by digilook 2 in Religion & Spirituality

CHRISTIANS ONLY PLEASE! I think it does somewhere, and I'm trying to convince me friend that homosexuality is wrong. And if someone's gay, it's as bad a sin as killing someone. She wants a specific verse though. And I can't find one anywhere.

2006-08-30 15:52:37 · 29 answers · asked by Dominator 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Is this bad, or good?

2006-08-30 15:51:53 · 16 answers · asked by fresh2 4 in Other - Society & Culture