Society & Culture - 28 October 2007

Christians demand proof from Atheists that God doesn't exist. They demand science explain this proof -- yet when Atheists demand Christians supply scientific evidence that God does exist they claim they don't need it, that faith is enough, or the words in the bible are enough proof for them.

With that logic, I could say science has proved that the earth is 5 billion years old. If you ask me to prove it, I could say "because the words in Stephen Hawking's book say so".

If Christians are going to attack science for not being able to "prove without a shadow of a doubt" every subtley in the universe, then I want the same standard of reasoned thinking to apply to "proving God exists". Lets level the playing field if we're going to debate evidence on its merit, lets use logic and reason exclusively. No handicaps.

2007-10-28 10:13:04 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Thanks in advance

2007-10-28 10:11:06 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

2007-10-28 10:10:04 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2007-10-28 10:09:55 · 9 answers · asked by N 3 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Not how. I don't want to know what chemical reactions happen. That is how it happens. I want to simply know WHY it begins to beat.

2007-10-28 10:09:33 · 17 answers · asked by C C 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I did, the sermon i attended which my dad is the pastor there was about unity in brothers and forgiving one another, and we talked about the twins jacob and esau, and how esau forgave jacob and they were united!

2007-10-28 10:08:56 · 18 answers · asked by aSaved-princess 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-28 10:08:36 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

he's sooo cute! **sights**

...maybe someday?
from now, you may call me Princess Hanson

2007-10-28 10:08:28 · 5 answers · asked by Love Yahoo!!! wannabe a princess 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Do you think the whole 'dumb blondes' thing is true? And do you prefer smarter people?

2007-10-28 10:05:50 · 2 answers · asked by SP 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

space are the same age as the one found on earth based on the carbon dating system? Can anyone explain?
A recent conference in Crystal City,Virginia included the usual insistence by atheists that "God is
a myth" & "children must not be taught religion" (Castillo 2007),Oxford professor Richard Dawkins unleashed his typical militant
,intolerant tirade agasint Christians. He insisted:Religion is not the root of all evil,but it gets in the wayof (determining)how
we got here & where we find ourselves....& that is evil in itself"(Castillo,emp.added).Ironic,is it not,that if atheism is true
& there is no God,no absolute,objective evil even exists. That means that
Dawkins must use the term"evil"to refer simply to his own subjective opinon.

When asked to state the main difference between believers & atheists,Dawkins unhesitatingly quipped:"well, we're bright" (Castillo)
Apart from the arrogance,let us make certain that we have grasped correctly his senitment.
In order to be an atheist,one must know(& thus be able to prove)the following(see Warren & Flew,1977,pp.7-8,55-58):

!. Matter is eternal,having existed non-congently,without a beginning.

2.Matter is all that exists.

3.Matter has always existed.

4.No one piece of matteris worth anymore than any other piece of matter.

5. By sheer chance,dead matter became living matter.

6.By sheer chance,dead matter conscious matter.

7.By sheer chance,dead matter became a human being.

8.By sheer chance,dead matter developed conscience.

But the atheist cannot know or prove any of these eight items! Even modern science acknowledges that the Universe is
not eternal(see Miller,2007,2[4]:30-31).These eight are but a fraction of the insurmountable
barriers to proving atheism.Yet,we are assured by one of the world's leading atheists that they are "bright.

Professing to be wise,they became fools.......[and]exchanged the truth
of God for a lie,and worshipped and servered the creature rather than the Creator" (Romans 1:22-25)

2007-10-28 10:05:19 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Im really depressed right now and i really need help to construct a beautiful prayer about sorrow.
At least about 10sentences

thanks

2007-10-28 10:05:09 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Don't go by what others say, and what scientists say, I want to hear what YOU have to say.

2007-10-28 10:04:11 · 23 answers · asked by Megan 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-28 10:03:10 · 17 answers · asked by Gatekeeper 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-28 10:02:01 · 7 answers · asked by evilshenanegans 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-10-28 10:01:07 · 8 answers · asked by Jordan 3 in Halloween

......The entire world was covered with water 29,000 feet above the level of the oceans today (just a bit preposterous, is it not?). We could use all that water today, if we just knew where it all went. Exactly WHERE did all that water go? Did it just "soak in?" Did "god" create an Immaculate Receding? Fundies, feel free to explain, but please don't waste pixels and look bad by saying it "evaporated", our atmosphere could not hold one perecnt of that amount of water.

2007-10-28 10:01:00 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I am a Christian.
I believe in prayer.
We used to say the Lord's prayer every morning in school ( also read a Bible verse and said the Pledge)
Did the Lord's prayer cover every Christian belief? Or was someone not represented?
We don't have to discuss other faiths and their prayers in our schools. I'm asking Christians and they don't want the others anyway; what Christian sect or cult should be represented in our schools?

2007-10-28 10:00:57 · 14 answers · asked by Prof Fruitcake 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Can it be used to say kiddo or is there another word for that in spanish.

2007-10-28 10:00:56 · 6 answers · asked by lesh 1 in Languages

Should the neighbour be fined for wasting Fire Brigade's time on a fire they could have put out themselves with a couple of buckets of water?

2007-10-28 10:00:48 · 3 answers · asked by Silver Lady 3 in Other - Society & Culture

hey...
do believe in god or you believe in big bang (science)??
and if god knows every thing is going to happen in the future
why does he put peoples that he know they will be bad or that he will put them in hell???????


many many question ???????? no anwers??????

2007-10-28 09:59:55 · 17 answers · asked by Mysterious-Man 3 in Religion & Spirituality

((((((R&S))))))

2007-10-28 09:59:35 · 18 answers · asked by Linz ♥ VT 4 in Religion & Spirituality

what happens if you put a person thats asleep hand in warm water??

2007-10-28 09:58:58 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

2007-10-28 09:57:32 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

eg. its good to discover something because it could help a friend of mine.

2007-10-28 09:57:24 · 5 answers · asked by the good guy 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Why or why not?

2007-10-28 09:55:16 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

lets say for example today is worlds ending just what do you think is going to happen and how will it effect us?

2007-10-28 09:54:12 · 13 answers · asked by prince_leonidas 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Do you even believe they existed?

Why were they wiped off and yet humans weren't? And why weren't dinosaurs mentioned in the creation story?

2007-10-28 09:53:34 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

what kind of fixing and how much did it cost

2007-10-28 09:53:11 · 21 answers · asked by gggggg 6 in Senior Citizens

same for muslims and all other religions....
do they believe that followers of the "wrong" religion are going to hell or wherever???

2007-10-28 09:51:57 · 40 answers · asked by ? 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I’m asking this question to see if believers understand what they believe. It is not meant to be offensive.


The second best argument I've ever encountered for a belief in some kind of God, is "personal experience." That is, someone will claim to have met or talked to God, or felt something like the Holy Spirit.

MY QUESTION IS do you as a believer understand the COUNTER-argument for this one? In other words, what is the counter-argument for this that non-believers will site?

Please tell me the counter argument (you may rebut the counter argument if you like but I’m more interested to see if you understand the non-believer position).


If no one puts up a good answer, I will. So please check back.

If you wish to see what I thought was the “best argument” was you may refer to my previous question:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AkAhsIVA7UZfHm8VMyIJ_uHsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071001170006AALuWUQ

2007-10-28 09:50:04 · 12 answers · asked by skeptic 6 in Religion & Spirituality