Society & Culture - 6 September 2007

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2007-09-06 10:36:04 · 6 answers · asked by Patty 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I was thinking about this and calling myself an atheist is not a choice. It's just what I am. I just CAN'T believe like a Christian or any other religion, I don't choose not to believe...I just can't. You know? So is any religion really a choice?

And though some people become atheist when faced with logic about things, I don't think it makes it logical. Does that make sense?

bah.

2007-09-06 10:32:29 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-06 10:32:02 · 3 answers · asked by Republicus 1 in Languages

Why are we put through this "test" if God knows precisely how we will use our "free will" in terms of salvation or condemnation? Why does it matter to him that we go through this silly little dance when he already knows exactly how we will either save or condemn ourselves?

Why didn't he just pre-sort into Heaven all of those he KNOWS would've accepted Christ? Why didn't he pre-sort into Hell those he KNOWS would've rejected his message and his son?

Why does he need to see us go through the motions that he already knows will happen? Couldn't he just explain to us in Heaven: "I already knew you'd end up in Heaven... I thought I'd just scoot you in here right off the bat."

2007-09-06 10:30:34 · 28 answers · asked by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Are you folks so lacking in Self-Esteem that you lack the initiative & imagination to even create an Avatar???

INUYASHA!

2007-09-06 10:26:32 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Many of you say religion causes Wars, Intolerance Etc.

But let me ask you this, when religion brings about comfort like that last post about the crosses found on 9/11 or the comfort that a mother might feel when her baby dies and she knows the Angel of the Lord took him to heaven to be with Jesus forever, if you took the comfort of the Lord away, that he provides to billions of people, what could you REPLACE if anything in a person's life to bring them comfort when trajedy strikes???

Do you really think people would believe and embrace GOD if they didn't feel his presence, love and comfort when faced with pain?

2007-09-06 10:24:57 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I've read a few articles about the ineffectiveness of prayer..but wonder if believers have anything to counter the articles and studies that say prayer dont work

2007-09-06 10:23:45 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

regarding a question asked by someone else...

2007-09-06 10:23:35 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

yo voy a la playa.
how do you say this sentence using the words tu, nosotros, and ella?

2007-09-06 10:21:05 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

For a while, anyway. His mother was a JW until she died. But Ike's dad, brothers and Ike himself all quit. Because...? Failed prophecies.

http://www.adherents.com/people/pe/Dwight_Eisenhower.html

2007-09-06 10:21:02 · 17 answers · asked by Suzanne 5 in Religion & Spirituality

If so are you still in the Mormon religion?

2007-09-06 10:20:58 · 19 answers · asked by universatile love 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-06 10:19:20 · 1 answers · asked by yo 2 in Other - Society & Culture

2007-09-06 10:17:27 · 41 answers · asked by rhilex1982 2 in Thanksgiving

I may go to a Unitarian Universalist Church this Sunday to check it out. For some reason lately I have been getting more religious. I've always been interested in religion, but have become more spiritual over the last few years. I have been turned off by most mainstream denominations because they are so "either/or" and exclusionary. They are full of people who claim to know with certainty where salvation lies, and who is damned and who is not, and they are so full of people who in that certainty are ignorant of the context and the history of their own religions.

I recently discovered the UU Church. And it seems as if it involves a study of all forms of spiritual truth-seeking and even atheism and agnosticism, pagan sects, and other. So, I am wondering - if I go Sunday - will I hear a typical Christian sermon? Or will it be more eclectic?

2007-09-06 10:17:27 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Why is it that when I take a message for a person who isn't in the office, the caller doesn't say "Thank you"? What happens is that after taking the message, I'll say "Ok, I'll let him know." Then there's silence, as if I'M supposed to say thanks. What the F***? And if I do say thanks, they'll say "Uh huh" like they deserved it. But I did THEM a service. What's up with these a$$holes? BTW, I'm not the receptionist here, not that it matters.

2007-09-06 10:16:49 · 18 answers · asked by sueannaj 2 in Etiquette

Personally i hate `closure`.

2007-09-06 10:15:35 · 25 answers · asked by Sir Bobby`s Hairdresser 6 in Languages

i'm from the city (new york city) and when i'm here i always get touched by guys and they always sayin disgusting, perverted stuff to me. but when i went to visit my friend that moved to the south, everybody was so nice. guys held doors for us. they gave us compliments instead of saying "lemme tap that baby" like in new york. why is that?

2007-09-06 10:14:08 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-09-06 10:11:53 · 10 answers · asked by tom_liverpool14 2 in Religion & Spirituality

come on now!
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/16/miami.preacher/

I think you christians need to stop following the fake jesus in your buybull and follow this real jesus.
Look at me, I'm an atheist and I am 10 times smarter than you!
You christians should thank me for showing you the real jesus.

2007-09-06 10:10:28 · 3 answers · asked by WINDIWS VISTA ULTIMATE RULES!!!! 1 in Religion & Spirituality

my moms freind became a scientologist...went on a boat ride out to free water(10 miles off shore)...and was never heard from again.......weird....wonder if this still happens....

2007-09-06 10:09:14 · 1 answers · asked by ? 5 in Religion & Spirituality

our school dropped one of the 2 required grade 12 math courses this year. however, our class(entering g12) needed to know the information from this dropped course in order to start the 2nd course.

to help us, our grade 12 mathematics teacher did the kind favor of writing a 200-page booklet for us to look over during the SUmmer that went through all the main points we missed in the 1st course.

this way, we could enter the 2nd course with all the info we needed, even though we hadn't taken the first course.

I think this was a thoughtful thing to do and want to thank her, especially since this booklet must have taken weeks to write. nobody else (that i know of) has thanked her yet.

however, i don't want to sound like i'm thanking her only to get on her good side (like a brown-noser).

how can i do this?

2007-09-06 10:08:30 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

I've been Invited to a Temple of a different faith, should I wear my Pagan Medallion?

2007-09-06 10:07:45 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-06 10:05:05 · 12 answers · asked by miss i know i am right 1 in Religion & Spirituality

That would be Jehovahs Witnesses' which is extremely poor punctuation. It is Jehovah's Witnesses which would therefore be J'Ws. Or you could just say JWs.

Or here's a better idea: show them respect by using their full and proper name!

2007-09-06 10:04:25 · 26 answers · asked by Bubbles 4 in Religion & Spirituality

For quite a long time, i have had suspicions that people don't really like me/that they talk behind my back etc. So it has made me into a person that hates emos and rockers based on a few experiences i had where i thought people belonging to this culture were doing what i mentioned above. I don't know if they have been though. So what's wrong, why do i think this? Why am i suspicious of people and that?

2007-09-06 10:04:13 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

What languages do you speak? I speak English,Swedish,Spanish,and Portuguese. But I can also understand a few other languages.

2007-09-06 10:03:19 · 15 answers · asked by ♥Kely_Biatch♥ 4 in Languages

got caught up in a tornado and your house landed on a witch and a bunch of little men you dont know from Adam told you to follow a yellow road would you do it? Personally I dont trust those little people.

2007-09-06 10:00:20 · 29 answers · asked by timssterling 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-06 09:58:41 · 16 answers · asked by ? 6 in Other - Society & Culture

For those of you who do not know about it, here is a link:

http://www.lds-mormon.com/veilworker/oathvenge.shtml

For those of you who think it is made up, here is another Mormon site defending it:

http://fairwiki.org/index.php/Oath_of_vengeance

It seems odd that every Mormon I know (I live in Utah) claims to be patriotic, and yet at the core of their beliefs, there was an anti-American plea to God. These temple beliefs should not have been taken out, according to Joseph Smith, NOTHING should ever be changed regarding temple rites. That however, is another topic.

2007-09-06 09:58:09 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I know where I was when this happened, as I'm sure you do to.

If the truth be know, I did not cry on the day, I was too shocked.

But I sometimes hear chat shows on the radio about this whilst driving and need to pull over and cry.

The same happens to me when troop deaths happen in our wars now.

I'm a hard man, with time served in the Army, Prison, and marriage, but this sad senseless lose of life just chokes me.

So, back to the question.

The falling man.

Was this a choice, or were they pushed.

If you were the guy/girl behind them, being burned alive and needing air, would you have pushed the man infront?

I would.

2007-09-06 09:58:01 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette