Society & Culture - 27 November 2007

What would be a reasonable expectation for life on this planet, from the supposition that it all was created by this one god:

a) the entire planet worships and honors that god.
b) most of its creation worships that god, but some don't want to worship or have turned away from it.
c) the planet is a wild mishmash of beliefs, with people believing in thousands of different gods or none at all.

2007-11-27 03:14:35 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I just want to know what others think on this certain line of thought, that somebody on here has posted repeatedly. Who will remain nameless, because the purpose of this question is not mud-slinging, but real opinions on this thought process.

Somebody has posted....
"God is defined as omnipotent and omniscient. If God is omniscient, he knows what he will do in the future. That means he can't change his mind and is therefore not omnipotent. Therefore the god of the bible cannot exist."

Now, my point is this. What is omniscience? It is knowing absolutely everything there is to know, past, present and future. Perfect knowledge, right? So, if a being was omniscient, then he would never be in a situation where he had to change his mind, because that would mean he didn't have perfect knowledge about it to begin with.

Again, this is not necessarily about the God of the bible, but any omnipotent, omniscient being.

What are your thoughts on this? Thanks.

2007-11-27 03:14:29 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

its for my reasearch paper for my english calss she says if i dont pass this paper ill fell her calss so please help me Thanks Josh S.

2007-11-27 03:13:12 · 6 answers · asked by Josh S 1 in Mythology & Folklore

It's pretty good, I like it.

2007-11-27 03:13:02 · 5 answers · asked by bamidélé 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Me and my boyfriend just bought a beautiful artificial 7 foot snowcrest white pine.

2007-11-27 03:12:46 · 8 answers · asked by Pink Princess 6 in Christmas

2007-11-27 03:12:34 · 3 answers · asked by Nikki 3 in Languages

Well today is a good day. Why you ask ? Because many
of you who claim not to believe, seems that the influence
of religion is almost undeniable, even to the most skeptical
of skeptics. Now I realized there are some smart people
on this panel. And some of you may already know these
things. But some don't. So here goes..... I see that some
of you folks don't like saying Christmas with a C. And would
rather use it with an X instead. But the word for Christ in
Greek, is "Xristos", and is a common symbol for it. During
the dark ages, Christian celebrations were banned in
several countries, at different times. Using the word
Xmas, was a way for people to honor Christmas, when
they were not allowed to say or write the word. So why
do you Atheists, use that letter, if you do not believe in
The Almighty ? How about not saying it at all ? :)
Best answer wins.

2007-11-27 03:10:32 · 53 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I heard on the news this morning that the football player Sean Taylor passed away as a result of his injuries occured from a home invasion. Although he was in the NFL, this is just another sad reminder of how young black men are continuing to be killed over senseless violence. What can be done to stop this unfortunate trend?

Serious replies only!!!

2007-11-27 03:02:45 · 13 answers · asked by mz_neemarie 4 in Other - Society & Culture

why you believe in your textbooks and other book references if they are only writen by men then?

2007-11-27 03:02:34 · 20 answers · asked by lifeafter 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I don't mean like your legacy or the people you leave behind, but do you believe that your conscious energy is separate from your body? Do you believe that this consciousness lives on as "you", or that it is just recycled into a universal consciousness? Or do you believe that our bodies are the beginning and end of who we are?

2007-11-27 03:02:31 · 10 answers · asked by Grunty O 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Okay, I've seen many Muslims on here say that the Bible has been "corrupted" and that's why they don't believe it. That's fine...but then why do many Muslim apologetics then attempt to validate Mohammed's prophet status using the Bible? Shouldn't the Qur'an, which Muslims consider to be the one and only word of God/Allah be able to stand alone in this regard?
Please, help me understand. I don't get how a "corrupted" book could possibly validate your religion.

2007-11-27 03:00:35 · 24 answers · asked by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 in Religion & Spirituality

First: All beings exist and all which exists is a being. The category of "all beings" represents the sum total of things which exist, physical or otherwise. We can say of everything in this category, and the category itself that a) x is x and b) x is not (not x). Everything is identical to itself, and everything is not that which is not itself. In practical terms, this means that an apple, say, is an apple, but it is also not that which it not an apple: it has a sort of conceptual boundary. Inside this conceptual boundary are apples, and outside, non-apples. A thing which exists is minimally defined having such a conceptual boundary: it is what it is, and it is not what it is not. Nothing is what it is not, or is not what it is.

It is no problem that God is identical to him/her/itself. This does not contradict the idea that God is unlimited. But that God is not what he/she/it is not does indeed contradict the idea that he/she/it is unlimited. This means MORE COMING...

2007-11-27 03:00:24 · 14 answers · asked by ☼ɣɐʃʃɜƾ ɰɐɽɨɲɜɽɨƾ♀ 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I know this is only ONE example of millions across the globe but this particular case is so atrocious and evil in it's purest sense, you can't help but cry in fits of rage that this precious little angel SUFFERED that much, she didn't die right away, this innocent baby SUFFERED a l i n g e r i n g torment.....

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/26/body.found.arrest/index.html

My question is, if this happened to someone you knew, how would you as christians console them, what do you say to attribute or connect this atrocity to a loving God that you worship????? How do we, here on R&S as detached as we are from this angel and her family, console OURSELVES knowing that this was "allowed" b/c of the generous love our Heavenly father holds for us.
I just want to know how to explain this to myself so I can sleep at night. I'm PI$$ED off!

2007-11-27 03:00:08 · 16 answers · asked by Hope 4 in Religion & Spirituality

recently,many muslim clerics and scholars jointly wrote and signed a letter stating their willingness to maintain and strive for peace and harmony among religions and asking for the cooperation of the Christian community.the two religions have famously fought against each other many times in the past,and many muslims and christians still have a sort of apprehension towards each other.anyway,the Church at first,while supporting the idea, wasn't exactly very optimistic about its outcome.now it has finally replied and asked forgiveness for the Crusades,agreed to cooperate and joined the muslims' struggle against terrorism.Coming to the point, this was just a tiny,but significant step towards not only muslim-christian unity, but also towards worldwide peace since these two religions make up a very big percentage of the world population.so,my question is,do you feel this effort would be successful and that there would be ANY change in the present-day situation or is it just another media stunt

2007-11-27 02:59:43 · 17 answers · asked by Lamya 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Is it Gods fault for all the wars and killings in the name of religion if he doesn't exist ?or mans ?

2007-11-27 02:59:05 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

which things like u the most and feels that u need it all times?

2007-11-27 02:58:37 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Can I apologize. . .
I know in a way I've been mean, but I didn't mean for it to be taken that way.
In fact, I kind of envy you. I wish I lived thru some of the stuff you did.
But we all were born at certain times for a reason, right?

2007-11-27 02:56:42 · 45 answers · asked by ivy 3 in Senior Citizens

Wouldn't a perfect being strive to make his creations equally as perfect? Man seems to be extremely flawed in nature. Was this carelessness on god's behalf or just flat out laziness?

Surely he would have worked out all the kinks and bugs in the first 2 prototypes before sending man into mass production.

2007-11-27 02:55:57 · 12 answers · asked by Pitchy 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I know you don't believe but say you were part of it for the festivities or morals etc? Please elaborate.

or at minimum is there a Religion you at least respect and for what reasons?

Just curious. Not trying to get you to accept G-d or anything. Just curious what people observed.

2007-11-27 02:54:55 · 27 answers · asked by tekheletorah 2 in Religion & Spirituality

in a couple of weeks and I want to do something special for my 65th birthday. What is your dream birthday or yoour very favorite birthday memory? One of my favorites was my last one, I spent the day in the hospital with my husband, waiting for a grandson to be born, on my birthday!

2007-11-27 02:54:50 · 17 answers · asked by Isadora 6 in Senior Citizens

I just asked a question, many Atheists answered saying: "Our proof always gets deleted so you never see it"

"There is a Plethora of proof, believers just ignore it"

And some answered: "You cannot prove a negative"

One even gave me an informal equation to mull over that is interesting...

With the exception of one answer I am still considering, I got evasive and off-topic answers.

So I ask now for this proof either for discussion here or you can send it to me via personal e-mail(if you fear being reported etc), I have no point to prove and nothing to loose by varying my belief system, so I will asses information on its own merit not my prejudice.

Please display the Scientific quantifiable proof there is no good that is so well hidden.

Can you do this?

2007-11-27 02:54:20 · 23 answers · asked by Link strikes back 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I like the Tom Bercheron’s comment to Marie when she responded to the judges comments that she’s a doll designer and his response was, “Yes we know about that already.” Marie is just self promoting herself to sell more dolls.

Watch, when she is back on QVC, she’ll be selling her new expensive dolls wearing all of her costumes that she wore on DWTS. Just watch.


This is a dancing contest and Marie is making it too hokey. May the talented ones, Mel and Helio battle it out together.

2007-11-27 02:54:10 · 6 answers · asked by Jazzy 4 in Religion & Spirituality

So let's say God takes a look at the future and sees that you will eat an apple tomorrow. It's laid out in front of him. He sees you eating it. When tomorrow comes, can you choose to avoid eating an apple all day? The answer has to be no, since God knew you WOULD eat one. You HAVE to eat one. If you don't, that means God was wrong. That means you have no free will.

Don't say God knew you will choose to avoid eating it anyway because he didn't. He knew you WOULD eat it.

2007-11-27 02:53:39 · 6 answers · asked by Meat Bot 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm thinking of your more concentrated prayer time --- not the 'one offs' that most of us say throughout the day but when you spend more serious time talking with God.

Do you speak your prayers or think them?

What do you find the advantages to be of speaking them or thinking them?

Thanks!

2007-11-27 02:53:28 · 23 answers · asked by KL 6 in Religion & Spirituality

He's 22 really into film especially james dean, a bit camp (aww!) but cool.
Any ideas?

2007-11-27 02:53:12 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

Just hypothetical. No need to say well my religion does exist,etc.
Just trying to see others you relate to most and why.

2007-11-27 02:52:38 · 14 answers · asked by tekheletorah 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-27 02:52:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-27 02:52:10 · 13 answers · asked by carl 4 in Religion & Spirituality

then make the claim that everything he does is perfect? if you can't understand everything he does, then you're certainly incapable of distinguishing right from wrong whenever he does one or the other. all you really have to go by is "his word". it's a rather arbitrary assumption if you ask me, based on nothing more than your own belief that he's always right. isn't it possible that he's sometimes wrong? to put it another way, if he did something wrong, would you be able to understand that he did, would you be able to accept it?

2007-11-27 02:51:10 · 11 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-27 02:50:30 · 19 answers · asked by Marc P, Fundie's Bane 6 in Religion & Spirituality