Society & Culture - 5 August 2007

...Then why can't he write his own books? Why does a human have to write them for him? And why doesn't God realize that humans write so many books and make so many false claims, that the inquisitive among have no choice but to be skeptical of our fellow humans? And if it's so important to God that we believe in him, why doesn't he come up with a more effective method for communicating with us?

2007-08-05 02:04:08 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Abortion is a grave sin against the Fifth Commandment of God: "Thou shalt not kill" (Ex. 20:13). "God alone is the Lord of life from the beginning until its end: No one can under any circumstances claim for himself the right directly to destroy an innocent human being" (Donum Vitae 5). The person murdered through abortion has the same right to life as those who conspire to kill him—his mother, the abortionist, and the politician who legislates the "right" to kill. To speak of one’s right over one’s body as justification for abortion is sophistry. There is not one body but two; not one person but two, both with an equal right to life. Fortunately, abortion kills only the body of the victim, but the soul of the victim is unharmed. That soul will live forever in God’s love, with the degree of happiness that God’s love and mercy bestows. How can any Christian/Jew/Muslim support this crime against God?
( good article at: http://www.catholic.com/thisrock/2000/0009fea4.asp )

2007-08-05 02:04:05 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I am getting a student that only knows sign language, they have an interpetor but to get a closer relationship with him I would like to know sign language myself, I already know the basics. My question than is does anyone know where would be the quickest and best place to learn ASL (American Sign Language)? Have you tried? How long did it take you to learn?

Thank you!

2007-08-05 02:04:03 · 8 answers · asked by Confused 2 in Languages

They keep avoiding all my questions so all I'm getting back is people telling me how correct I am! There are a few theists so it isn't that bad but I'd prefer some more to answer. I've noticed that I can get more to answer if I dumb down my questions but that isn't a very effective way of conveying a point. I don't want to insult anyone or anything either. Am I therefore doomed to have the majority of people around me agree with me all the time? Any atheists got any tips for me?

2007-08-05 02:02:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

little children are made to work 18 hours a day to produce carpets. They dont go to school, and are in slavery

will you still buy carpets ?

ex muslim / free thinker

2007-08-05 02:01:34 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Have you never believed in God, or did you once believe and something happened to sour you?

2007-08-05 02:01:03 · 18 answers · asked by ♥Lovebird♥ 4 in Religion & Spirituality

God dose exist whether you believe or not.and we are living in the end times.And Jesus will come to judge the living and the dead.

2007-08-05 02:00:49 · 17 answers · asked by josie 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-05 02:00:35 · 9 answers · asked by Brookllynn © 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-05 01:58:26 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

How lucky do you hafto get to be magically born into the right one!!
I was raised roman catholic, but all i believe is there was a jesus there is a god and i hope theres a heaven!!

I just cant trust human conceptions of the bible or even the bibe itself(written by humans!!!)

2007-08-05 01:57:44 · 11 answers · asked by Bertie 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-05 01:57:37 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Are they both speakng about the same thing?
Also I noticed many Christians speaking of morals as a requirement. Do Buddhists feel the same way?
If yes, then what do morals have to do with it?

2007-08-05 01:57:10 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

--Bill Cosby.

2007-08-05 01:54:40 · 11 answers · asked by Sky in the Grass 5 in Religion & Spirituality

that we are experiencing global warming?

2007-08-05 01:53:35 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i'm not talking about losing faith. i'm asking you how often you challenge centuries-old doctrine. i'm starting to see some things in accepted theology that seem like they contradict what the bible actually teaches, and i'm just wondering how many other christians are the same way. again, i'm not talking about losing faith. i'm merely asking how many of us are following what 2 timothy 2:15 says. have a good day, everybody. i'm off to church, and i'll check this when i get back.

2007-08-05 01:50:10 · 11 answers · asked by That Guy Drew 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Ok. People who say "Mexicans need to go back to their country, and get out of MY country". I recently heard a caucasian person say that and It pissed me off. Caucasians weren't the first ones here. Native Americans were. AND México once had the land united states had BEFORE the U.S. had it. Everyone in this country are either immigrants or come from a family that were immigrants at one point in their lives. No one should be downing no one and no one should be racist towards other races. Another thing that pisses me off is when people say "IF mexicans dont like AMERICA or AMERICANS so much then go back to your country". If you ever say that your ******* stupid. When you say AMERICA you are talking about NORTH and SOUTH america. Which includes México. So why would Mexicans hate on their own people since they are Mexican-American. Wow. EVERYONE is either an immigrant (yes including all races) or have family members who are/were immigrants. Hating on immigrants is hating on a lot of ppl.

2007-08-05 01:49:44 · 8 answers · asked by francisco_esquivel13 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-08-05 01:48:45 · 10 answers · asked by Bertie 1 in Religion & Spirituality

any other languages will do i dont care.

thnks!

2007-08-05 01:48:07 · 28 answers · asked by sun_kissed_gurlie77 2 in Languages

Allen: Should I turn off these lights before I go?
Bruce: No, only the "ones" in your offices.

Why only the "ones" in ur office?
Can I say only "one" in office?

Thank u 4 ur time!

2007-08-05 01:46:34 · 5 answers · asked by ºѪ⠳ 6 in Languages

2007-08-05 01:44:07 · 30 answers · asked by Link , Padawan of Yoda 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Someone had to say "Let's make a bible" after all it was written by men. So who did that and why did they choose some gosples and not others? Why did they decide to put the new testement together 150 to 300 years after the supposed time of Jesus?

2007-08-05 01:43:37 · 8 answers · asked by frankyzee 2 in Religion & Spirituality

A hypothesis is:
1. a proposition, or set of propositions, set forth as an explanation for the occurrence of some specified group of phenomena, either asserted merely as a provisional conjecture to guide investigation (working hypothesis) or accepted as highly probable in the light of established facts.
2. a proposition assumed as a premise in an argument.
3. the antecedent of a conditional proposition.
4. a mere assumption or guess.

Where did we all come from? A frequent mere assumption / guess / antecedant of a conditional propostition / assertion is that God did it. This is logical only because as far as humans are aware of, humans are the most intelligent and powerful beings in the universe. So if we were created by anyone, it would be someone like us. That makes some sense, but it possesses problematic premises: that humans are the greatest thing ever, and that we needed something intelligent and powerful to create us. I cannot think of any reason why someone powerful

2007-08-05 01:42:49 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I dont find anything addictive in it !!!

2007-08-05 01:40:30 · 8 answers · asked by Harshâ 1 in Other - Society & Culture

Is it much differant from catholic? what are the differances?

2007-08-05 01:39:22 · 13 answers · asked by Bertie 1 in Religion & Spirituality

--We Who Dream.

2007-08-05 01:39:00 · 6 answers · asked by Sky in the Grass 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Amy: I'd like to return this dress, but I don't have the receipt. It was a gift.
Clerk: In that case, I can only "issue a credit", not a refund.
Amy: That would be fine. I'll use it toward this blouse.

Could u pls tell me what "issue a credit" means.
Thank u 4 ur time! ^_^

2007-08-05 01:37:44 · 2 answers · asked by ºѪ⠳ 6 in Languages

--We Who Dream.

2007-08-05 01:37:21 · 8 answers · asked by Sky in the Grass 5 in Religion & Spirituality

With the recent influx of spanish speaking immigrants to the US, do you think more job opportunities will open in spanish translation. Where can I find out about a career in translation, and do you think a minor in Spanish would qualify me (if my major is English) or would I need to major in Spanish?

2007-08-05 01:37:02 · 3 answers · asked by Frank K 1 in Languages

to put it rather simply... does your God WANT to forgive you?

the impression I get from some, is that God more or less only forgives because he schitzophrenically exploits a loophole of himself,... or something.

I mean, if "he loves us so thats why he sent jesus so we could be forgiven" ... does this not seem inconceivably, almost psychopathically circuitous, unless he was *unable* to go about it in a more direct manner?

so the less critical version...

if God CAN forgive merely by willing it... why would he go about it instead, in such a peculiar way?

if God CANNOT forgive merely by willing it... ... why not?

and by "willing it" I mean, just by feeling like doing so, minus the ceremony of the whole jesus thing.

1) please no "god doesn't exist", its just wasting everyone's time.
2) please no "because he felt like it"
3) please no explanation with "god" and "can't" in the same sentence, (or equal meaning) unless your INTENDING to concede your God to be in fact, NOT Omnipotent.

2007-08-05 01:36:51 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Before Christ was born, followers of God needed to sacrifice the best of their flocks to God, to clear them of sin. Then, in a moment of great compassion, God let humans slaughter his "son" as a final sacrifice, which would allow him to forgive sins from then on without any further deaths of humans or animals. My question is, why did God require a sacrifice at all? Couldn't he just forgive sins for the sake of it? Surely a God who can do anything can forgive sins without someone or something getting killed???

2007-08-05 01:32:49 · 13 answers · asked by MJF 6 in Religion & Spirituality