Society & Culture - 29 October 2007

Who here thinks "believing" is a matter of "choice", and who thinks it's "subconcious"?

Can you choose to believe that dogs can fly and honestly believe so? Can you choose to believe that your mother hates you and honestly believe so? Can you choose to believe you are a girl when your a boy and honestly believe so?

For example, if your friend told you that your girlfriend is cheating on you, and you believed him. Why is that? Did you choose to believe or was it subconcious? Here's why you believed your friend. 1)Your girlfriend has cheated on you before and you caught her, 2)You have never caught your friend lying to you before, 3)There were other witnesses who confirmed your girlfriend was indeed cheating on you. These three factors led you to believe in your friend, and that is what we call "subconcious", not "choice".

2007-10-29 17:12:29 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-29 17:09:41 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

is it okay?

2007-10-29 17:06:26 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-29 17:06:24 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans%208:26-30&version=9

2007-10-29 17:05:04 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

This season at www.giftbasketswithstyle.com.au,
we are adding Christmas decorations & supplies to our online retail & wholesale store.
We'd like to know:
What are your Christmas decoration faves?
Would you buy decorations online?
Thanks everybody.

2007-10-29 17:04:06 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

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We therefore remind the important role the *forest* play in maintaining ecological balance as sinks and reservoirs of greenhouse gases

2007-10-29 17:03:47 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

I know there is the comedy but I thought that there was also a scary movie called that with many sequels?

2007-10-29 17:03:39 · 11 answers · asked by reydi 5 in Halloween

In California people took pictures of a Blood red Moon because of the smoke and atmosphere conditions.

2007-10-29 16:59:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-29 16:58:25 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Halloween

Okay, my Mother inlaw's birthday was celebrated 2 weeks ago. And it was her 70th.
We all had a great time, as it was a joy to be w/her and she just loved the party and all.
Well the following wk. while she spent the weekend watching grandchildren, during this time my SIL asked her to write down her [MIL] doctors,their phone #'s, and what she would like done if she becomes incapacitated, and where all her important papers are. And when my SIL emailed us, said she'd "give us copies".
Hmmm, hey-well I personally understand the logic and concern on this topic, however in my opinion [just my opinion now], in my eyes it seemed rather inappropriate to aske sort of questions like this SO soon after her birthday {?!}

Well, what is YOUR opinion, I'm truely very curious.

But also at the end of her email she said "we should make out a living will/do it, and give it to all of our parents".
I felt like she overstepped her boundries when it came to that part specifically, as I'm not even

2007-10-29 16:57:44 · 17 answers · asked by Auntie Marie SueB 3 in Senior Citizens

Please share it with us.
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2007-10-29 16:57:06 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

my brother is in new york, and he asked me to choose my gift so i want to know if there's somthing special and cheap as gift to ask him for?

2007-10-29 16:56:40 · 4 answers · asked by dfdstdfdhf 1 in Valentine's Day

There's a guy my friends and I sit with at lunch, and we'll be talk about something, and mention the color black, and be talking about someone's shirt color. And he'll go "That's racist" What's a good comeback we can say to him to make him shut up with his inappropriate comment?

2007-10-29 16:56:03 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

I mean no offense and I place this question out of curiousity, not disrespect.

I've always been curious how a person can 100% genuinly believe that when you die, it all goes black and that is it? To believe in no after life of any type, to me essientally means that you really do not exist at all.

When I look at my daughter, I cannot fathom the idea that there is no chance of there being some sort of afterlife, heaven, something. It's just too difficult to imagine. I have this almost intictive feeling that a greater loving entity must exist for us all, as this is my wish for my own offspring. If you believe we happened by total accident and when you die that is it, then by two generations, you never existed at all. Think about it. There has to be more. How can you describe love, emotions, life's pleasures, if it is all for not? Most atheists cry out for God when they are facing death, this is a proven fact. Why is this?

2007-10-29 16:55:02 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-29 16:53:58 · 7 answers · asked by James K 1 in Halloween

What did they take? How did it affect you?
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2007-10-29 16:53:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2007-10-29 16:53:48 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

my brother and sister are going to a halloween party on saturday and want to go as a duo? but want something a little different!! something noone will think of maybe?

2007-10-29 16:53:21 · 8 answers · asked by Jess M 1 in Halloween

2007-10-29 16:53:16 · 18 answers · asked by dixiechick025 1 in Halloween

Just wondering. Awfully diverse crowd, but I don't hear much about this.

2007-10-29 16:52:53 · 1 answers · asked by Katie Short, Atheati Princess 6 in Religion & Spirituality

my friend and i are going trick or treating together but we arent sure what to be. we dont have time to buy a costume so we need to make our own. do have any ideas for us? we are both blonde if that helps...

2007-10-29 16:52:17 · 8 answers · asked by hugs_not_drugs493 1 in Halloween

2007-10-29 16:52:07 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Any tips?
(dress, items, etc)

2007-10-29 16:51:32 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Halloween

2007-10-29 16:51:20 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. The courage to change the things I can. And the wisdom to know the difference.

2007-10-29 16:49:51 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Does anyone think that Jesus and God are mythological, in the sense that people often create explanations for things when they don't know the real reasoning behind an event. For example in ancient Rome and Greece, the people used to create gods for things such as thunderstorms and the Sun, just because they didn't know the real reasoning behind those events (thunderstorms- evaporation, temperature, etc. The Sun- the center of our galaxy with a gravitational field that holds all of the planets in orbit). This is in reference to people crediting God with the creation of the Universe and Jesus with miracles (I believe that miracles are phenomenon "Phenomenon- a fact or event of SCIENTIFIC interest susceptible to scientific description and explanation).

2007-10-29 16:49:38 · 13 answers · asked by nsteedazx3 1 in Religion & Spirituality

And what other similarities are there between Mohammedism and Mormonism?

2007-10-29 16:49:19 · 4 answers · asked by 6th Finger 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Here is another argument from an atheist:

"If Christianity is the one true religion, if you don't accept Jesus as your savior and you burn in Hell FOREVER when you die, then why didn't Indians in America know about Jesus until about AT LEAST 1,500 years after he died (some took much longer)? This is NO small detail?"

Here is my rebuttal:

Who's to say Indians didn't know Jesus in their own way? You are assuming.

Also, God used missionaries to tell people about Jesus. If it took over 1,500 years, then it is not the fault of God. It is the fault of missionaries.

You could say that God will not send Indians to Hell for not accepting Jesus. Atheists say why give these people free rides to Heaven?

I say that the Lord works in mysterious ways, but make no mistake. He IS wise and fair and the decision He makes will always be the best. No one knows what will happen to the people in the past, but NOW you have no excuse. The word is out there.Open your hearts.

Your thoughts?

2007-10-29 16:48:21 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-29 16:47:26 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Halloween