Society & Culture - 30 September 2006

Causality states that there is a cause for every effect. God-given freewill states that we should rise above cause and choose the effect ourselves.

But if we are not loved, we hate. If we are not wise, we do foolish things. If we do not steal, we starve. How can God expect us to rise above circumstances of which are beyond our control? I do not control how much I am loved, how much I am taught, how much I eat. The love I've felt was denied to others. The knowledge I've learned was denied to others. The land I live in was stolen by my ancestors.

2006-09-30 09:17:54 · 8 answers · asked by Xo 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I was at a restaurant with my boyfriend and i ordered something that he thought was too expensive and he kicked me under the table and i was like ok i'll order something else

2006-09-30 09:17:32 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

If you don't know who or what I'm talking about get your two points elsewhere please--serious replies only.
The Sumerian/Hebrew daemoness, Lilith has a captivating mythos surrounding her. Most agree that she was cast out of the garden of eden for standing up to Adam, and perhaps even for fighting him off when he tried to rape her, and this makes me think she got royally screwed. It is easy for this look at her beginnings to see her as an antiheroic, victim gone mad, who made the best she could out of really bad circumstances. However if you look at what she became, it's hardly anything to be proud of. She wandered the Earth in the guise of a whore, seducing any male creature she could, dropping litters of children in every corner of the globe with no intention or desire of caring for them in any way. She became the most powerful daemon in the world, but all she cared to use that power for was to feed her hungry crotch. Is this a goddess? Or someone we're better off forgetting?

2006-09-30 09:15:36 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Firstly forget politics out of this and talk ab religion. The word bible isnt even in the bible, so there begins the human fabrication, how can someone claim its the word of God if it was changed so much by humans. The New Testament was written 200 years after Jesus(pbuh) died and in a language he didnt even speak. Jesus didnt even call himself a christian(another fabrication). In the Bible Jesus predicted that ppl would worship in vain, "But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men." This verse, Matthew 15:9. Which is the true one. Why are there so many mistakes in the bible surely this cannot be attributed to God (e.g. of conflicting verses II Samuel 6:23 Genesis 6:3 John 5:37). Lastly i dont understand how christians can claim monotheism when they worship jesus and God, how can he be the Son of God and God at the same time this is the biggest contradiction. Would a true believer ask God why he has forsaken him, how did he talk to God(if hes God)

2006-09-30 09:14:58 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I am a muslim and I believe in Jesus as a prophet and in the Bible (not the Bible that we have now, for it is pretty changed, but the original one from Jesus). Most christians believe in the Trinity: the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit. We know that Jesus called for monotheism, but the Trinity is believing in those three. If God the Father is Omnipotent, why should I worship something else? Some try to explain it in terms of an egg which consists of three elements but still make up one whole thing. But if there wasn't its shell, there wouldn't be an egg. We can't say that there wouldn't be God, if there wasn't Jesus, can we?
Second, if Jesus is Son of God, how can he be God himself. Any logic? Some try to explain it by the divinity of his birth. What about Adam? He didn't have not only a father, but he didn't have a mother either. Why isn't he a God, or God's son?

2006-09-30 09:11:59 · 26 answers · asked by lugil 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I am aware of the fact that 99 out of every 100 people are basicly good people. Nice, loving people, no matter from what culture, race, gender or religion they are.

I'm very interested in what causes what I call the 'dark side of religion'. What happened to a person before he starts to condemn gay people based on an old book? What happened to a person's brain before he kills himself and others in the name of his/her God? What happened to a person's brain before he confuses his/her imagination with the so called one and only truth? Those sorts of things I truly wonder about.

Most of the answers I get start with 'they don't all do that'. For some that's even the full message of their answer. I don't even get how that _is_ an answer.

What has happened to this planet if the basic assumption is that everybody generalizes?

2006-09-30 09:11:56 · 13 answers · asked by Thinx 5 in Religion & Spirituality

people of one religion or faith to discredit anothers?
can these people not just accept that everyone has their own beliefs and just leave it at that?

2006-09-30 09:10:46 · 10 answers · asked by bgdadyp 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Jesus followed only the old testimony.but u christians follow new testimony.how ca u say that u follow Jesus.what the bible u follow was written by u as per ur convinient.feel ashame of this

2006-09-30 09:10:30 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

and why?
i dont becaus if we had destinys that would mean we have no controll over our lives and are only living with the illusion of free will

2006-09-30 09:09:51 · 24 answers · asked by daidiiro 2 in Mythology & Folklore

follow only certain things from the bible according to their convenience? Lol I have heard christians say that was in the "old testament" we follow the new testamanet now.. Then why do they talk about "The 10 commandments"? Isnt that old testament? Lol hehehe



PS. Don't report me! Lol

2006-09-30 09:08:55 · 37 answers · asked by Atheist Eye Candy 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-09-30 09:08:44 · 7 answers · asked by vtowngirl08 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Island 2 with Matt Damon?

2006-09-30 09:08:26 · 8 answers · asked by IM THE GAY GOD ALL FEAR ME 5 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

J'adore la langue francais, mais c'est tres difficile de trouver des autres gens qui la parlent.

2006-09-30 09:07:56 · 6 answers · asked by alex e 3 in Languages

2006-09-30 09:07:34 · 15 answers · asked by Giggly Giraffe 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Or should we just tax them anyway? Should they help pay for the blanket of protection that the US provides them -- which makes it posssible to provide all the free health care that they are always talking about?

2006-09-30 09:07:30 · 4 answers · asked by tommy w 2 in Other - Society & Culture

what will be situation of "Abdulah bin abdul mutalib" and "Aminah bint e wahab" (parents of prophet Mohammad PBUH) because they died before Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) received Revelation.

2006-09-30 09:06:16 · 12 answers · asked by Julia's Bro 1 in Religion & Spirituality

this afternoon, while dealing with a friend, 1 pigeon slowly gliding towards me and when i stretch my arm, the pigeon landed. My friend told me it was a sign of goodluck.

2006-09-30 09:03:43 · 11 answers · asked by Beboy 1 in Mythology & Folklore

this is for anyone....

what reading, study, research, personal experiences, ect has caused you to belive the things you do? wether its atheist or christian or whatever, obviously SOMETHING lead you to belive as you do.

and remember that an atheist saying "because its just not real" without further explanation is no different than a religious person saying "it just is real" or whatever, if not supported by other info.

I ask, because I've seen people post, seemingly honestly, things that through personal experience, I know to be untrue, and I am boggled by how people can belive these things.

2006-09-30 09:03:43 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-09-30 09:03:31 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-09-30 09:03:05 · 8 answers · asked by hypercb1 2 in Earth Day

I am thinking on marrying and would like to find a girl lloking for a serious relatiionship, but I think most of girls are wasting the time. Do you think it is possible to find a good girl on internet?

2006-09-30 09:02:39 · 10 answers · asked by LEO DE VINCI 2 in Community Service

2006-09-30 09:02:39 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

You know those horrible crane flies (or as I call them, flying daddy longlegs)? There seems to be loads of them around this year and they're absoleutely EVERYWHERE! I'm not one of the brave people who can catch them and throw them out the window or torture them by decapitation. Some people think its an irrational fear but I've found out that they're actually really poisonous but they have no fangs to do anything with the poison. The worst thing is when they disappear from sight and you don't know where they are. I just want to know how many other people are scared of these nasty flying spiders!

2006-09-30 09:02:10 · 8 answers · asked by Gemba 1 in Other - Society & Culture

hi,
i wannna tell a girl that i miss her soo much,, and want to meet her and tell her soo many things....

how do i tell her these things in polish language,,

i guess all of u there,, understand wht i am feeling right now,,,

please hep me out,,
thanx

2006-09-30 09:02:03 · 3 answers · asked by pvskc c 1 in Languages

2006-09-30 09:01:42 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

"IF" you could lick yourself like a cat can?


** pur-r-r-r-r-r-r-r?

2006-09-30 09:01:38 · 3 answers · asked by somber_pieces 6 in Etiquette

do the christians still want to burn witches but because the law is on our side now they cant? or did you really change? or did only some of you change?

2006-09-30 09:01:03 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

life changing decision or event?
Do you pay attention to the signs?

2006-09-30 09:00:05 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

never heard from. yet, they continue give money to, and even worship this possible person. I'm here on earth, I exist, I'm real, and yet if people worship me, and give me money, its called a cult and I am a bad person who should be locked away. Why?

2006-09-30 08:59:57 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

My best friend goes braless all the time and likes it. She is really small (32a) Sometimes when she bends over you can see all her boobs. Should I tell her that I can see them, and other people can too? My dad even noticed them and told me that she should wear a different shirt. She is my best friend and I dont want to make her mad.

2006-09-30 08:59:39 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette