Religion & Spirituality - 17 June 2006

If there is no guiding force outside the drive to survive and reproduce, what confidence can I have that even my own thoughts are not the product of the survival/reproduction drive?

Ex. A caveman has a belief that sabertooth tigers are friendly and that the appropriate display of friendship is to run away and hide. His belief seems to be false, but his behavior would produce survival.

There are many more belief-behavior pairs possible, and it seems to me that if evolution is true and there is no God who is guiding our minds toward truth, then we should remain agnostic about the truth of our beliefs, including the belief that evolution is true.

Thoughts?

2006-06-17 05:20:17 · 18 answers · asked by pensive_01 1

2006-06-17 05:18:00 · 13 answers · asked by cuteangel 3

2006-06-17 05:17:08 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

He was very active in the Old Testament, no working in mysterious ways there, it was pretty in your face. Where has He been since? Looking at the 20th century and present day, we sure could use Him now.

2006-06-17 05:12:13 · 15 answers · asked by Kenny ♣ 5

2006-06-17 05:11:29 · 12 answers · asked by pope 2

does exist no one has actual proof no one has actual proof of anything you name it jesus santa he not real lol uh the devil we dont have proof only this fake painted a painting of jesus and made jesus up and the devil too we dont have PROOF.

2006-06-17 05:10:34 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-06-17 05:10:09 · 16 answers · asked by fuentes2513@yahoo.com 1

2006-06-17 05:09:25 · 21 answers · asked by Fighter 1

2006-06-17 05:06:36 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

Not just the earth but space.. deep space ? Where did all this come from ?

2006-06-17 05:06:22 · 11 answers · asked by blair321123 2

why? When Lisa, plugged in the toaster, his "Oink Factor", went off.

2006-06-17 05:05:29 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

When he answered Wilbur's questions?

2006-06-17 05:01:15 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-06-17 05:01:14 · 15 answers · asked by anthony_alsup 3

And where you ended up after reincarnation was either the U.S. ( where you would mostly find yourself at Mc'donalds, Wendys or Burger King) or India (where you would be worshiped and allowed to make cow flaps anywhere on the continent, even in the Taj Mahal) all depending on how well you behaved as a human being. Would you mend your ways?

2006-06-17 04:58:45 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

The word Bible has 5 letters, and Quran only has 4, that is UNDENIABLE PROOF that the Bible is HOLIER THAN THOU! I mean, it's clearly holier than me, my name only has 3 letters.

Right?

2006-06-17 04:57:59 · 17 answers · asked by Lil OL REBORN 2

Do you believe in the big bang, God, or evolution? They all seem to make scence.

2006-06-17 04:55:58 · 35 answers · asked by :) 2

bearing in mind the effect the passage of time has had over the last 2000 years,do you think there will spiritual agreement amoung them

2006-06-17 04:55:50 · 9 answers · asked by gasp 4

2006-06-17 04:53:26 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

What is the origin in the bible or other readings that would make this number coincide with the devil?

2006-06-17 04:50:21 · 17 answers · asked by scantoo101 1

2006-06-17 04:50:14 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

Christians Don't hate Jews as Jesus was a Jew but why Muslims?
Christians hate Muslims because they think Muhammad was false prophet, but they don't hate Jews although Jews do not consider Jesus as prophet.
So my dear Christian and Jew brothers, can we dictate our Creator to pick up the prophet of our choice, from our tribe, from our color and race?
I believe prophets are noble persosns who just deliver the message of God, nothing else!!

2006-06-17 04:49:45 · 8 answers · asked by imran 3

For our own silly mistakes.

2006-06-17 04:44:55 · 42 answers · asked by technocase 3

why is it when i ask my mom detailed questions about stories in the Bible, i.e. what happened to all the dead bodies that were left behind after the flood, why did God kill pregnant women and young children and babies in the flood, does she say 'well, you just have to take the story as a whole, n not try to discect it?' i'm not trying to be sacreligious, or disrespectful, i just have really minute questions. she's always told me that if i have questions, ask, n there's no such thing as a dumb question, so why is she tearing apart my search for answers now?

2006-06-17 04:41:16 · 15 answers · asked by kelleygaither2000 1

2006-06-17 04:37:22 · 21 answers · asked by gasp 4

With all the new popularity in the holy grail and royal bloodline conspiracy theories through books like the DaVinci Code and The Last Templar, what do people actually think of the theory?

Books recently have brought out a lot of things to think about like:
- The truth in the bible
- Jesus' relationship with Mary
- Contradictions between the Bible and the Gnostic Gospels
- The early Church manipulating the truth of Jesus
- The holy grail and its wherabouts

2006-06-17 04:35:50 · 33 answers · asked by baggiesfan89 2

2006-06-17 04:34:03 · 21 answers · asked by brianna_the_angel777 4

I'm wonder beacuse teaching is to love everyone and turn his cheek. So what would he do?

2006-06-17 04:33:29 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I thik yes, that's why he makes them hungry. At least, that's what he told me during our last conversation! Are you going to defy God's wrath?

2006-06-17 04:30:46 · 21 answers · asked by Lil OL REBORN 2

For every anti-religious comment made on this site, I will incite God's wrath and feed a puppy to my pet elephant, Sampson!

If I threaten this, God sayeth 'They shalt stop with fear' so where's your feasr?

We must protect the SANE-TITIE of STRATE marriage!!!

2006-06-17 04:29:40 · 20 answers · asked by Lil OL REBORN 2

In both Greek and Hebrew the masculine plural can include women, or a woman. For example: if there is only one man and a hundred women, "they" or "their" would be masculine; or if there is one man and one woman "they" or "their" would be masculine.

Since Moses and Elijah appeared with Christ on the Mount of Transfiguration in glorified bodies (which cannot be killed),
these two prophets mentioned in Revelation 11:3-13 must be two individuals born, and alive, on the earth in "the End of the days," which are now.

2006-06-17 04:29:24 · 12 answers · asked by freddy d 1