Society & Culture - 27 October 2006

...you receive an answer to a question where people would rather tell you what an insufficient person you are rather than answer the question? In my questions, I'm not trying to solve any problem that I have, I am trying to learn about other's beliefs, and if they give me negativity, then I am taught negativity about them and their religion. Is that what they are hoping for?

2006-10-27 14:12:10 · 10 answers · asked by -skrowzdm- 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Okay, I have studied this stuff in college and outside for my own knowledge and enjoyment. Most educated people, most probably being scientist or others involved in fields that require deep contemplation, exploration, and comprehension are non-believers. I don't expect the average Joe to understand the complex processes of the brain. However, one should have a degree of common sense, which leads them to understand human nature.

Making everything either black or white is obviously foolish when it comes to certain philosophical issues. It seems that Christians tend to place things in black and white so that it fits into their neat little doctrines. Unless science has taken a stand on an issue, it is usually up for debate. However, taking the preferred route for your own beliefs and self-assurance is certainly not the correct path. One should take the path of reason and not the one that leads to foolishness.

There is all this fuss about free will yet no one wants to accept that we do not consciously choose what action to take. How many factors play into our actions? If it only were free will, then why would our biological make-up have such an impact? Genes wouldn't matter right? If they have an influence at all, then obviously free will doesn’t exist in these terms. Would you kill someone? No right? What makes a killer kill? If you have free will why don’t you go out and kill someone? Something stops you right? How are you different from that serial killer? These factors play apart in that actions we take, they should not merely be smudged away with the words, ‘free will’.

I know many Christians can’t even explain free will in a biological manner. Do you realize that your ‘forgiveness in Jesus’ doctrine clashes with the idealism of inescapable sin? Why would killing someone be an acceptable sin; but disbelief based on reasonable and logical knowledge be unforgivable? Wouldn’t that be another form of sin? But why am I saying all of this? I have no faith that I will ever meet a Christian that reasons with me instead of taking the path of foolishness.

2006-10-27 14:11:44 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-27 14:11:27 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-27 14:11:26 · 14 answers · asked by scarlett g 2 in Halloween

besides going to heaven, our your ultimate goal.,what it is you wont to obtain,to realize now in this life,.spiritual love?, peace ?pure faith?. ellimanation or control of greed?. lust?. anger?.undo attachment,? what goals have you set for your spiritual advancement.Thanks

2006-10-27 14:11:02 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Why are so many people willing to die in God's name? And why do they always have to take as many other people with them as possable? Doesn't anyone want to live for God anymore?

2006-10-27 14:10:48 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

christians admired Jesus too much to the limit of worshiping him beside God, they put too much focus on Jesus than the father.

Muslims, they put too much focus on God the father of which they worship God alone?

2006-10-27 14:10:39 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

is it because it is not untill late adulthood that the frontal lobes of the brain involved in abstract and higher level thinking mature.

And that teenages use the primitive imigdula as opposed to the frontal lobes for reason and emotional thinking and the aformentioned.

I read a lot of things on here that just make me feel sorry for how ignorant and utterly uneducated people really are.

This is why I can't stress enough the importance of a college education.

A lot of people opinions aren't their own but rather just regurgitation what the've been told.

This is why I don't believe in organized religion, I do believe in a higher being.

And people views on reincarnation... how we may only live for a few hours and die as infants but then it off and done with life and the physical world for all eternity!... seems stupid to me.. but that's just my opinion... I can go on...


but what I wanted to know was.....



WHAT ARE YOUR OPINIONS???

thanks

2006-10-27 14:10:09 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Friday night, I'm beat after a weeks' worth of 9 to 5 psychological abuse, I'm staying home and cooking enough food to feed three people, and I'm gonna eat it all by myself. Tomorrow, I get on a bus at ten, spend the night somplace about 60 kilometers away, sleep wherever we get the chance to, then take the bus back on sunday morning, or perhaps afternoon, come home, sleep the hangover(s) off, and get all set for another five weekdays of punishment.
Nonetheless, what will you be doing while I'm doing that?

2006-10-27 14:08:08 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

There is nothing pagan about Halloween anymore.
Its all for fun and getting free candy!

2006-10-27 14:07:46 · 32 answers · asked by novagirl117 4 in Halloween

2006-10-27 14:07:45 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Halloween

2006-10-27 14:06:58 · 15 answers · asked by crazy hindu philosophy 1 in Religion & Spirituality

When you smile, your smile is warmer then the summer sun,your eyes sparkle like diamonds.I'm honored to have a special friend like you.Our friendship so rare and so precious it is tresured in our hearts forever.TRUELY you are an Angel sent from Heaven above.

2006-10-27 14:06:37 · 11 answers · asked by kenshaw01 3 in Other - Society & Culture

how long would it be before the ACLU would back off and the stores would wish us a Merry Christmas? Without Christ there is no reason for this holiday. Instead: A HOLY day for us.

2006-10-27 14:06:25 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-27 14:04:03 · 10 answers · asked by crazy hindu philosophy 1 in Religion & Spirituality

would you do it? And I mean only in his shoes...nothing would change other than where your perspective was placed, meaning you had god's..brain, or w/e you believe he has and abilities to every extent and you wouldn't realize you changed places, also would make the exact same decisions and judgements...but that would be who YOU were...would you do it?

2006-10-27 14:03:21 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Explain!

2006-10-27 14:02:04 · 18 answers · asked by AZRAEL Ψ 5 in Mythology & Folklore

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2006-10-27 14:01:00 · 1 answers · asked by K 3 in Halloween

Is no one else disturbed that there are references to God in a disrespectful way. Why would God's own book speak that way?

Psalm 78:65"Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, as a man wakes up from the stupor of wine

Psalm 44:23 ""Awake O Lord,Why do you sleep? Rouse yourself"
(as if God can sleep or have a hangover)

"then know that God has wronged me and drawn his net around me"Job 19

"Smoke rose from God's nostrils, consuming fire came from His mouth" 2 Samuel 22 (God doesnt have a temper to display his anger this way, this give God the same characteristics that are not good in humans"

"Your name will no longer be Jacob but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and have overcome"Genesis32(can a man fight with God and win?)

"and God rode upon a cherub and did fly"(2 Samuel 22:11)

Id like to think that the book of God speaks of Him as something above acts that in humans are not favored-being drunk,fighting with man,having a temper,being unjust

2006-10-27 14:00:20 · 14 answers · asked by Jennifer123 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-27 14:00:17 · 4 answers · asked by scarlett g 2 in Community Service

I can fight then all. Do you agree fat men are more masculine?
I am fat and proud. I aint a sissy skinny boy. Besides what way to feel powerful when you can crush your opponent by throwing your weight. Also in the bedroom you are powerful when on top of a skinny woman and you are fat. Its like she can't get away and you are the fat man on top of her.

2006-10-27 13:59:30 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

I am a 24 y/o woman who is sick to death of "sexy" or "naughty" costumes. Did you ever see Mean Girls? I'm the hag in the sea of Playboy bunnies, and this year I'm fresh out of ideas.

What's your best idea for an interesting costume that is *not* just a tiny dress with fairy wings or devil horns?

2006-10-27 13:59:30 · 7 answers · asked by MyFireElf 3 in Halloween

my friend told me about wearing a tshirt that say's
"GO CEILING!!!", and if anyone asks I can say I'm a ceiling fan!
Love it, but I would also love any more suggestions along those lines...
the keys: easy, free, original, modest, and ready for tomorrow's party!
Thanks!!!

2006-10-27 13:59:19 · 9 answers · asked by Mozzie 1 in Halloween

2006-10-27 13:59:15 · 6 answers · asked by Stephanie D 3 in Religion & Spirituality

ive been a good and moral person all my life, but ive hurt some people along the way, specifically in relationships, and basically now i cant seem to find a stable relationship which before was so easy to find. Is it god that is "punishing" me for my previous endeavours and errors in life which i regret doing, and if so do i knee down and ask for forgiveness from him for making stupid mistakes with my love life? or do i keep my head up and tell myself that it is not time for love and that love will come sometime in the future(being optimistic). What do you think?(everyone is free to share what they feel)

2006-10-27 13:59:06 · 11 answers · asked by balanced112 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I want to give out something different, and not just the same junk candy as everyone else. I don't want to contribute to the sugar highs kids experience in early November.

I was thinking of handing out Capri Suns, but I'm open to suggestions.

2006-10-27 13:58:52 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Halloween

2006-10-27 13:58:04 · 11 answers · asked by aguiarvann 1 in Other - Society & Culture

a grey bearded man in the sky, who lived here for a time and then replaced himself with us, who now sits up in the sky, looking down on us, watching, registering the scores on his laptop as to whether we are in compliance with his rules or not; waiting until we die to either reward us with eternal bliss or punish us with an eternity of suffering? These are very bizzare beliefs, but it was the image handed to me and many others for the nine years i was in a catholic school and for the four years i served as an altar boy; in those days noone wanted to answer my existential questions about the nature of reality, i was encouraged to believe what i was taught rather than encouraged to decide for myself. Don't get me wrong, I am thankful for starting out with an organized religion; i found it to be a useful stepping stone to get to the next level of spirituality.




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2006-10-27 13:57:37 · 31 answers · asked by -skrowzdm- 4 in Religion & Spirituality

What do you do if two people don;t like you and you don't like them.

2006-10-27 13:57:06 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

I am trying to talk to the ghost in my house. Is there a way I can? I have a ouija board but can't seem to get anyone to do it with me. Can I do it alone? I just want to know if it is aomeone in my family. My house was built about a hundred years ago by my great grandfather and his father. Just very curios and interested.

2006-10-27 13:56:33 · 18 answers · asked by Snowflake25 2 in Mythology & Folklore