Society & Culture - 17 August 2007

I like jeans and tennis shoes.

2007-08-17 01:44:48 · 20 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6 in Senior Citizens

When you post some version of Pascal's Wager ("Why not believe, just in case?", for those of you in Rio Linda) for the forty-eleven-dozenth time here, do you believe that you've come up with an original question? Or are you simply unaware that this little "thought experiment" was soundly trounced CENTURIES ago?

Cheers!

2007-08-17 01:43:32 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-17 01:41:38 · 10 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6 in Senior Citizens

At the end of your life, would you rather have people remember you as a highly intelligent person or a highly compassionate person?

Which of those two qualities do you think makes more of an impact on the people you are around, and which quality is more important to make our world a better place?

To put it in another way, let's say you can focus on developing the ability to be more compassionate or you can focus your energies on education so that you are more knowledgable, which would you prefer and why?

2007-08-17 01:41:37 · 16 answers · asked by Searcher 7 in Religion & Spirituality

If you are the proud owner of more than a single brain cell then presumably you are able to at least entertain the POSSIBILITY that god is an entirely fictional man-made creation as a hypothetical question....so; can you imagine anything happening which would make you NOT believe?
I only ask because it seems clear that most religious people on this site do not have the capacity to challenge their own views. i.e. they are so sure of themselves that they do not even bother engaging their brains in considering the options.

As a devout atheist, I can still at least admit it's possible there is a god. It's just that I've set "proofs" which I would need to see to become a believer: (NB. Proof must be first hand. I accept no second hand information as being inherently true, no matter how much I trust the person providing the information. i.e the bible ISN'T proof!)
- lets see a miracle, any miracle will do!
- receive any sort of communication not explanable through known science.
etc

2007-08-17 01:40:51 · 48 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I thought that every religion is against hate ?
Why is paganism so hated,then ?

2007-08-17 01:37:23 · 26 answers · asked by Laff -Hugs 4all- 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-17 01:36:58 · 28 answers · asked by mikedrazenhero 5 in Royalty

in this new 21st century with new ethics , morals and humanrights how do religious people define the term sin ?

if you read religious texts prophets such as abraham, moses, lot and mohomed commited terrible human right abuses

now why dont religious people attack them, instead of attacking and dehumanizing todays people for falling in love and having sex before they marry?

former muslim

2007-08-17 01:36:27 · 19 answers · asked by senita 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Every time somebody posts a question critical of Islam on here, muslim respondents immediately jump on the defensive, or attack the questioner. Why?

It is obviously a religion/culture with major problems, and yet not one muslim seems to wish to address them. The last two questions i posted raised some valid points, but not one muslim addressed them, or was even REMOTELY prepared to accept that i had a point, even on something indesputable like Darfur, or the treatment of Assyrians in Iraq!

Instead you get people trotting lines from the Koran, Racial abuse by Panadol or whoever he is, or flat denial!

Its no wonder islam is so intolerant, you can see that by the respondants on here!

Sure some questions are abusive, and its fair enough to react to that, but some ae actually making valid points.

2007-08-17 01:35:51 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

The Bible says that people shouldnt do this correct? Well then aren't preachers breaking this rule??

2007-08-17 01:35:26 · 13 answers · asked by Mr. Nobody 5 in Religion & Spirituality

OK I was raised in church and not ashamed to say it and 15 years ago It wasn't as bad as now now days you can walk down the street and be laughed at and judged why is it that people seem to laugh at Christians a Christian is a saved person who tries to live as god wants them to that has all faith in god through his name and word every time I look on hear theres people saying really bad things why I am saved and I have felt his power and I believe as it says in the bible he is coming back someone help me why is people so rude and cold and all that

2007-08-17 01:34:36 · 15 answers · asked by michelle_perez_2007 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-17 01:33:39 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Is it ok to pray for a friend who is considering an abortion outloud during mass?

2007-08-17 01:33:37 · 5 answers · asked by girly girl 2 in Religion & Spirituality

An excerpt from it as follows:
"Where the rippling waters go, cast a stone, the truth to know.
When you have and hold a need, harken not to other's greed.
With a fool no seasons spend, or be counted as his friend.
Merry meet and merry part, bright the cheeks and warm the heart.
Mind the Threefold Law you should, three times bad and three times good.
When misfortune is enow, wear the blue star on your brow.
True in love you must ever be, lest their love be false to thee.
These words the Wiccan Rede fulfll: An it harm none, do what you will."

Thank you for such powerfully moving words!!

Namaste

Peace and Love

2007-08-17 01:32:11 · 9 answers · asked by digilook 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-17 01:31:07 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

most of them belongs to christians groups cause according to statics 66% of them are christians, the war that they were fighting were supported by Christians in 2002 according to the Land letter sent to Mr. President G. Bush and now they suicide, are they going to hell?
I Won´t ask if the people that were killed in that war are in hell (civilians and soldiers) according to Christians they are but the soldiers are also in hell?

2007-08-17 01:29:34 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Are there other Bibles that do that? My impression is that it was changed to obscure that Paul used 'personification' in speaking of Jesus' stauros and the JW's want to minimize the symbolism of the stauros by de-personifying it.

But maybe there's a good reason for it - if so, I will apologize for doubting the motives of the translators. But what good reason could there be?

2007-08-17 01:28:44 · 7 answers · asked by browneyedgirl 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Kids who have to be bribed to be good, are like Christians that have to be bribed to be good. They are not good people, and you can never know when they will turn bad.

2007-08-17 01:25:42 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-17 01:20:48 · 36 answers · asked by chocoboryo 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-17 01:20:02 · 17 answers · asked by naddled 2 in Religion & Spirituality

let me comment as a former muslim right.

Have you seen how muslims come to Q/A and keep posting questions and answers about how islam teaches them to be good and a load of nonsense such as

treating non muslims with kindness
helping the poor
not murdering others
treating women with fairness

and they say islam teaches them to do these acts which i dont believe it does
but anyway my question to these people are,

why use islam to make you be good? dont you know that a person does not need religion or god to teach him that murder, opperssing others, treating women badly and treating non believers badly is wrong?

what we need is a clear conscience and not religion right?

2007-08-17 01:17:33 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Have you ever been in a situation... where you had to make a decision and take action... and instead of asking yourself "What would Jesus do?"... you asked yourself "What would god do?"...and you did that instead? What happened?

2007-08-17 01:17:12 · 25 answers · asked by ? 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-17 01:15:33 · 16 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I got 5 violation notices after posting about a jerk named GED who asked a question making fun of children in a burn ward.

In the illustrious words of Keith Olberman:

GED: Today's WORST person...in the world!

(I love trolls)

2007-08-17 01:14:51 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

This question is to non pagans really though anyone can answer. I just wondered what you would do if I were to become your friend and then later you discovered that I was a Witch? Would you avoid me or would you stay friends with me even though you might believe me to be evil and a satan worshipper? Honest answers please.

I ask out of interest because I have some friends who don't know that I am a witch...

2007-08-17 01:14:43 · 39 answers · asked by hedgewitch18 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I know that US constitution requires that the president should be a believer,
But out of a country with some people being atheist how come no candidate is a non-believer?!
Are they lying?
How can they truly represent all Americans?

2007-08-17 01:12:30 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i want to send a cards to my friend. But I do not konw how to say it. I want them to be happy and have good life. is there any classic sentences?
thank you erevyone.

2007-08-17 01:11:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

it says


For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?

2007-08-17 01:11:32 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-17 01:07:34 · 19 answers · asked by Jadochop 6 in Religion & Spirituality

In the movie the Ten Commandments, with Charlton Heston, there were several inaccuracies. Can you name some of the teachings/suggestions put forth in the movie which actually contradict the written record of the Bible? Your supplying scriptures with your responses is appreciated.

2007-08-17 01:00:31 · 8 answers · asked by Hannah J Paul 7 in Religion & Spirituality