Society & Culture - 23 October 2006

according to religious doctrine, god is omniscient.
therefore he knows all.
therefore there is one definitive reality .
therefore we are all predestined according to religious doctrine.
but many say we also have free will.
i see a way this may be legitimate, but i dont know, it seems real shifty.
think of a person as a marble and their life's course as a tube which they travel down.
they want to follow the tube b/c of the force of gravity, so this is sort of like free will.
but i am very doubtful of this truly being free will as the tube, unless it is totally vertical, also influences their course, and even if the marble wants to break through the tube, it cannot.
i think this is an accurate metaphor for life's course as Christian doctrine sees it, but that really doesnt seem like free will to me.
what do you think??

2006-10-23 16:54:58 · 21 answers · asked by kitty is ANGRY!™ 5 in Religion & Spirituality

is it offensive to refer to people as high maintence? One person told me that it would be more polite to refer to people as high maintence and another person told me that it's not nice to refer to people as high maintence.

The person who said that it's more polite to refer the highly sophisticated people as high maintence is a high maintence person herself and another person told me that it's not nice to refer to people as high maintence isn't a high maintence person.

2006-10-23 16:54:29 · 13 answers · asked by Fell In Love 7 in Etiquette

i am going to be wonder woman for halloween and i was wondering if anybody had any suggestions for shoes i might wear with the costume that arent red boots
i'd appreciate your help
thanks! :)

2006-10-23 16:54:26 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Halloween

education, self reliance and humanity???
Thus being your own god ending and begining with you and in its self being a religion of self god opposing all other gods. Or can you define it another way

2006-10-23 16:53:47 · 16 answers · asked by maybe 3 in Religion & Spirituality

How do you get yourself feeling amped and on top of the world? I'm not depressed, but lately I've been tired all the time during the day and wide awake at night. I just want to wake up in the morining and feel like I can take on the day.

2006-10-23 16:50:51 · 11 answers · asked by Book Of Reflections 1 in Religion & Spirituality

any similar thoughts?

2006-10-23 16:50:21 · 9 answers · asked by lnfrared Loaf 6 in Religion & Spirituality

My Aunt died and I have her ashes. She really liked Egytian type stuff. Any ideas on where to find a nice urn?

2006-10-23 16:49:46 · 6 answers · asked by tootsie 5 in Mythology & Folklore

2006-10-23 16:48:59 · 20 answers · asked by Farhan 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I already got a really nice one of Bast. I looked at the sacred source catalog but I didn't find any. Help.

2006-10-23 16:47:41 · 13 answers · asked by tootsie 5 in Mythology & Folklore

what does this mean? Itsumo kokoro we hoshi itstuka
Dare katu mata koi nei utchitimu
Itsumo kokoro nei eiro itsumo
Anata dake no basho ga aru kara

2006-10-23 16:47:36 · 9 answers · asked by kira 2 in Languages

I am so so so broke, I was wondering that if one of your family members gave you a gift from the Dollar Store would you feel bummed?

2006-10-23 16:46:51 · 21 answers · asked by Easter Bunny 4 in Etiquette

2006-10-23 16:46:36 · 26 answers · asked by busterp 3 in Halloween

When I see boys in tight shirts I think either they are gay
or metro.And I can't stand guy who are skinny in these
shirts.Who agrees with me?Tell me your opinion.
Are they gay or what?

2006-10-23 16:46:33 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

* Jesus prayed to his God and Father.
* Jesus claimed to be the Son of God not God himself.
* John 3:16 says that Jesus is the first begotten Son.
* Just before he died on earth, he prayed to his God, "My Gy God my God why have you forsaken me?..."
* When he went back to heaven he sat at the right side of his Father.
* In Corinthians (after he was resurrected) he hands the world back to his Father after a thousand year reign.


Mark 13:32, RS: “Of that day or that hour no ones knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” (Of course, that would not be the case if Father, Son, and Holy Spirit were coequal, comprising one Godhead. And if, as some suggest, the Son was limited by his human nature from knowing, the question remains, Why did the Holy Spirit not know?

2006-10-23 16:46:30 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-23 16:44:32 · 13 answers · asked by maybe 3 in Religion & Spirituality

http://fakegaynews.com/index.php/2006/10/lesbian-and-bisexual-women-compete-on-next-survivor/

I like the driving through town in a minivan with a Bush/Chenny sticker one.

2006-10-23 16:44:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2006-10-23 16:44:06 · 3 answers · asked by Pawel 2 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-10-23 16:44:01 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

ok, so i know this girl likes me... how do i take it up to another level?

2006-10-23 16:42:25 · 12 answers · asked by SiMPLY ME<3 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2006-10-23 16:42:23 · 0 answers · asked by la reina 1 in Other - Society & Culture

Or raised in another religion and leaving that faith.
Do you feel any guilt or wonder if you should go back?

2006-10-23 16:42:00 · 30 answers · asked by ? 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I understand this is such a generalized question and I'm sorry for that, but I don't know how else to phrase it. I had a Southern Baptist preacher tell me that it wouldn't matter if I was Baptized because I was female and therefore the root of all that was evil and all women would burn in hell.
I would like to believe this was a single sick individual, but I know the congregation heard and not one person around challenged his statement. I was about 5 years old.
I mean no offence by my question, simply looking for validation that it was the person and not the whole.

2006-10-23 16:41:24 · 21 answers · asked by ~moon~ 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-23 16:40:29 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

There are hundreds, maybe thousands of religions in the world. All have their holy book or stories which "prove" the divine truth of that religion. Most claim to be the one and only truth, yet most are mutually incompatible with one another. None give any real evidence for their stories of miracles or supernatural occurences. Out of the mass array of religions, what makes YOURS the correct one? And if you would have been born somewhere other than where you were born, do you think you would have converted to be the same faith you are now? For example, you're a Christian from Texas. If you would have been born in Afghanistan, for example, do you really believe that you would not have been just as ardent a Muslim, and that you would have still found the "truth" in Christianity? Not one believer has been able to give me a good answer to this one thus far.

2006-10-23 16:40:23 · 36 answers · asked by Luis Valencia 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-23 16:39:02 · 11 answers · asked by LadyRebecca 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-23 16:37:43 · 5 answers · asked by starvolcom2004 1 in Other - Society & Culture

Are we or the christians/catholics and all others who believe that Jesus will come have prepared themselves?I mean that the teachings of Jesus and Mary were totally different and todays people who considered themselves to be christian/catholics etc are not following the teaching of Jesus but they are pointing fingers on Muslims. But still i totally respect everyone whehther they are christian or catholics who are following the teaching of our Prophet Jesus and living a pious life.I also request to all religious people and virgins to make time and read eacth others religions as well(such as Islam)as there are many points on which muslims,catholics and other religions are agree with such as on over Lady Mary and Jesus the Prophet of Muslims, because i believe that when there are two things,there must be one more righteous than the other, so we must research and follow the right one.

2006-10-23 16:36:35 · 10 answers · asked by Farhan 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-23 16:36:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

2006-10-23 16:36:06 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

2006-10-23 16:34:23 · 19 answers · asked by Valerie Y 1 in Halloween