Society & Culture - 8 December 2006

Charles Darwin went through a very upsetting upheaval in his faith when he couldn't deny the brutal elements of life. How do we explain the following:
1. The fact that life feeds on life with massive suffering occurring every moment as predator kills prey
2. The fact that lions and other species engage in infanticide (killing of babies) to promote their genetic line
3. The fact that a whole array of microscopic organisms are constantly at war with our bodies, trying to kill our bodies. The fact that our vulnerable bodies were built as mechanisms to keep the universe out and protect our internal organs. Why make bodies and the universe like this?

2006-12-08 07:31:15 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-08 07:31:07 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

2006-12-08 07:30:44 · 16 answers · asked by AVATARD 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-08 07:30:44 · 6 answers · asked by cata 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-12-08 07:30:43 · 8 answers · asked by Sammy C 2 in Christmas

2006-12-08 07:30:26 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

I've been talking to an athiest friend and I asked him what did he think would happen after this life? He simply answered that the 'afterlife' such as Heaven or Hell is made up to ease and cope with the emotional strain when a loved one is no longer there. And from other things he told me I would say that he does not believe in the soul either. Finally, that religion was created to control the masses.
How could I explain these things to him without making him feel put down or critisized? Any proof and comments are appreciated.

2006-12-08 07:30:24 · 7 answers · asked by Bizzy 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-08 07:29:51 · 18 answers · asked by Allyson Tania 1 in Religion & Spirituality

ur kinda blind jajajajaja well yeah ur pretty now u made me wish i could see something else jajajaja porke no me regalas esas fotos cuando te vayas?? jajaja

2006-12-08 07:29:34 · 4 answers · asked by *~sexcii_peruana~* 1 in Languages

If there is garbage on the tv or on the radio, is there not a demand for it? More often than not, the news focuses on the bad and the shocking, but would people tune in to watch good news all day? If the news is biased one way or another, isn't that facilitated by its daily viewership? In light of this, is the media merely a reflection of society or is it its facilitor?

2006-12-08 07:29:21 · 3 answers · asked by Brandon 3 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-12-08 07:29:15 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

TV...Video games...Internet etc etc....When are people going to realise this is the obvious cause........

2006-12-08 07:29:11 · 8 answers · asked by Susie2 4 in Other - Society & Culture

What is considered christmas attire in this situation?

2006-12-08 07:28:56 · 9 answers · asked by jhill0415 1 in Etiquette

That when you look in a magazine for gift ideas ALL they have are hundred dollers or even over a thousand dollers gifts?? Do they not know that not everyone that reads there magazine are rich people...I mean come on !!

2006-12-08 07:28:35 · 5 answers · asked by ?Whiskey Girl? 4 in Etiquette

if you are an adult?

2006-12-08 07:28:13 · 11 answers · asked by sheila 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

i do not know what to do here for fun, i cant even find a romantic restaraunt, everything seems really "touristy" any ideas?

2006-12-08 07:28:13 · 3 answers · asked by ncolquett03 1 in Other - Society & Culture

What do you say?

2006-12-08 07:28:07 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

whut is the perfect description of the opposite sex?

2006-12-08 07:27:13 · 4 answers · asked by Sarah 2 in Other - Society & Culture

ZEP 1:9 On that day I will punish
all who avoid stepping on the threshold,
who fill the temple of their gods
with violence and deceit.

2006-12-08 07:26:36 · 9 answers · asked by TROLL BOY 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-08 07:26:07 · 15 answers · asked by Dominique B 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2006-12-08 07:25:43 · 8 answers · asked by chemico22 1 in Languages

Perhaps we are God, and all that we think, see, feel, etc, is an illusion of ourselves as god to pass amusement while eternity passes on by?

2006-12-08 07:25:27 · 20 answers · asked by cpt_the_illustrator 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-08 07:25:27 · 25 answers · asked by vehement_chemical 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Is there a difference? I don't know which card I should buy. I've always used the word interchangeably.

2006-12-08 07:25:25 · 17 answers · asked by strtat2 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-08 07:24:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2006-12-08 07:23:28 · 16 answers · asked by Femme Fatale 3 in Christmas

I married a good american man but I now feel very dissapointed, people where I live are very impersonal, not very aproachable, the TV is full of materialism and shallow mindness, the music is the same, its been such a lonely experience that I am getting sick, I do not want to end the relationship cause I am having a baby girl and breaks my heart to separate her from his father, yet I want her to experience the loving kidness of the people in the country I grew up in. My life is becoming by the day less and less meaningful.

2006-12-08 07:23:26 · 31 answers · asked by Alejandra 1 in Other - Society & Culture

Henry?
Heathcliff?
HA HA!!!1?

2006-12-08 07:22:43 · 29 answers · asked by pastor of muppets 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-08 07:22:39 · 9 answers · asked by calichk613 1 in Other - Holidays

...do atheists always blame God for bringing wars and hatred instead of blaming mankind for their own actions?

Atheists are adversaries of God, and will have their time on Judgement Day, what do you think?

2006-12-08 07:22:18 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality