Society & Culture - 13 November 2007

Strong atheist "There are no gods"?

De Facto atheist "I cannot know for certain but I think God is very improbable, and I live my life on the assumption that he is not there"?

Theological noncognitivists, "All God-talk is meaningless"?

2007-11-13 09:49:58 · 23 answers · asked by JWill 4 in Religion & Spirituality

People have been telling me certain people are claiming they are of a certain religious faith , when in reality they are not - Is this true ? Have you ever experienced it ?

2007-11-13 09:49:56 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

so they are free from STDs, wear protection, are single and adults. so....what is the problem?

2007-11-13 09:49:34 · 15 answers · asked by ♥SPARKLES♥™ 5 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Mother Theresa

Do It Anyway

People are often unreasonable, illogical,
And self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you
Of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some
False friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank;
People may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building,
someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness,
they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today,
people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have,
and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you've got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis
it is between you and God
It was never between you and them anyway

2007-11-13 09:48:41 · 13 answers · asked by ? 2 in Religion & Spirituality

All I know is from http://www.pantheon.org/articles/e/eir.html :
Eir ("mercy") is a minor Norse goddess of healing. She knew the secret powers of herbs, with which she could even resurrect the dead. She taught the art of healing only to women, who, in ancient Scandinavia, were the only physicians. She is the patroness of health-care workers, called on against sickness or injury. She is one of the goddesses on the mountain called Lyfia ("to heal through magic"), and gives both physical and psychic means of healing; shamanic healing, especially, falls into her realm
Eir is a companion of the goddess Frigg.

I have also heard She is a sort of patron goddess of Epileptics. Is this correct and what can you add?

2007-11-13 09:47:41 · 5 answers · asked by BlueManticore 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Here's a guy who spent 30 years studying the Bible - was long a fundamentalist, literalist - attended prestigious divinity schools and is now chair of the religious studies department at UNC. But what did all that Biblical research do for him? Caused him to lose his faith:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/04/AR2006030401369.html

2007-11-13 09:45:07 · 9 answers · asked by Brendan G 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Do you think God would approve?

Anyways, it is official. The doctor has confirmed my wife is 6 weeks pregnant.

Now the fear and excitement is settling in... ;-)

2007-11-13 09:43:55 · 3 answers · asked by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5 in Religion & Spirituality

This is work related. This person is coming to my town for job training and scheduled for a lunch meeting with me, I don't do this often don't know what need to prepare since my boss is not in town so I will be dealing w/ this person alone.

2007-11-13 09:41:48 · 9 answers · asked by Lucy 3 in Etiquette

2007-11-13 09:41:37 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

((((((((((( cosmic love )))))))))))

2007-11-13 09:41:16 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-13 09:40:56 · 9 answers · asked by Tabbitha F 1 in Other - Society & Culture

What evidence does he offer to support the claim that different politicians are reptiles in human form and reptiles that control the earth live beneath it in tunnels? i have often heard the claims but with no evidence!

2007-11-13 09:39:54 · 6 answers · asked by stuartie74 2 in Mythology & Folklore

I am a Christian & i believe in God..but i've found myself wondering lately how you know that you're religion is THE religion.. Of all the other beliefs, how do you know that yours is the right one?

is there even a way to know?
i'm confused :/

2007-11-13 09:39:49 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I love magic and I love watching it but recently I saw a show that showed you how to do a lot of the ticks. move a tank, float, ect, ect in all reality it is not magic just lies if that is the case how can some people get famous off of it? and are they really magic our just really good liers?

2007-11-13 09:39:12 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

2007-11-13 09:38:44 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

as bisexual. (that's the 10th in the last 4 months!) i'm starting to REALLY believe now that more people than you think are bisexual, gay or trans. i don't think we are a minority like it is claimed to be. anybody agree?

2007-11-13 09:37:44 · 7 answers · asked by ♥SPARKLES♥™ 5 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

I have a grade 10 class and need ideas about what to do to help the community. So far we've thought of creating a "toy drive" or going to visit kids at a hospital.

*Note: The class budget is $0 so all the money (if any) shall come out of the kids' pockets.

2007-11-13 09:36:59 · 9 answers · asked by L.E. 6 in Community Service

is it because there aren't any witches anymore (but then what about all the pagans, wiccans, etc. that are sooo in vogue these days) ... or is it that you've lost your nerve?

2007-11-13 09:36:22 · 41 answers · asked by Brendan G 4 in Religion & Spirituality

The lack of evidence is obviously a big one, but I think that the Catholic church's actions during the renaissance and reformation put the nail in the coffin. I'm talking about the counter-reformation and how they attempted to handle the whole situatuion. What are your reasons and what do you think about the whole Catholic church thing?

2007-11-13 09:36:09 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths

2007-11-13 09:34:45 · 4 answers · asked by ♪ 4 in Other - Society & Culture

Please mention what the god for uranus does also...THX!

2007-11-13 09:33:19 · 10 answers · asked by Niki M 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Yet you cant find the main character?
Question: please describe "God: The Father" using modern english (please use only 1 or 2 Scriptures to validate your claim)

2007-11-13 09:31:43 · 12 answers · asked by Luke A. 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Satan was an angel, part of a race of beings that God created long before humans were created. I believe that the Bible states that plainly.

But did God know that Satan would rebel? Did God create Satan to be evil? Did he intend for Satan to be evil?

God knows everything and is everywhere at all times, with all knowledge. So wouldn't he have known that Satan was to become evil?

The obvious argument would be that God created angels to have free will, which he also gave to humans. This explanation would allow for Satan choosing to become bad. But it still doesn't explain how evil is even a possible option for an angel in a universe where it never had existed before.

I guess what I am saying is that the existence of evil in a universe created by God makes little sense to me.

Can anyone help me here?

2007-11-13 09:30:59 · 23 answers · asked by Zezo Zeze Zadfrack 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I keep noticing questions about this today, so I wanted to just see what everyone thinks.

The definition of a hypocrite is:
a person whose actions belie stated beliefs

Here's my question: Doesn't this apply to everyone? I mean wouldn't almost everyone here say that it's important to treat others as you'd like to be treated --- but no one lives up to that 100% of the time (or if you do, maybe you're not married ;) ).

I'm sure there are lots of universal (or nearly) examples --- for example, again, I think most of us would say that being kind to others is a goal for which we should all strive, but very few if any of us are able to practice kindness perfectly all the time.

Am I missing something? Doesn't that put us *all* in the hypocrite boat? I'm not trying to justify "Christians behaving badly";There's no excuse for our behavior, and I include myself in that. But saying you don't want to hang with hypocrites -- doesn't that mean you have to quit hanging out with yourself?

2007-11-13 09:30:32 · 25 answers · asked by KL 6 in Religion & Spirituality

hi do u guys know wat the measurements of a hijab would be, cuz i'm thinkin about making one, but i don't even have one to begin with, so i don't know wat size it should be. i want a sqare one, if that helps, thanks in advance.
this ques. is open to muslims and other religions, the same. just please don't be rude, or u will be reported, thanks in advance everyone.

2007-11-13 09:30:08 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Ramadan

2007-11-13 09:28:43 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2007-11-13 09:27:23 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

What is the Church of England's view on abortion? Do they see it as murder? Or are there exceptions, such as if the mother is raped etc? If you follow this religion I be grateful if you could tell me thankyou :)

2007-11-13 09:26:51 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-13 09:26:50 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

What I am saying is Blacks are the original race and they reproduce all the other races out there in the world. Thats why I don't understand why we have racism. We produced the Green, Blue, Hazel, Gray, Brown eyes. We produced the different hair textures and other colors of hair. We reproduced the other races that are out there that what I mean they created the world. I know god created the world. Black are just the original race and I don't understand why people can't accept it. We reproduced the Whites who are just simple albinos of black people, we create asians, creoles, natives it was us. If you take a look down the bloodlines you will see every race has African blood traced to them. The reasons why whites have hazel, blue, brown, green, gray eyes is because what happens when blacks have albinos. Its creates brown, blonde, red hair. It creates the green, blue, gray, hazel eyes. Its in the study its in the facts. Vist

http://stewartssynopsis/blackskin_is_the_genetic_parent.htm

2007-11-13 09:25:54 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups