Religion & Spirituality - 16 January 2007

no god, no goddess, no messiah, just "be good, pass it on" kinda thing

that or everyone be atheist/anti-theist

2007-01-16 15:21:07 · 26 answers · asked by DrewM 3

if you are a good person but you just logically can not believe there is a god, how can you be allowed to punished ETERNALLY in hell by a loving god? even serial killer has a life sentence, meaning there is an END to this, why not almighty god?

2007-01-16 15:19:59 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Specifically, Leviticus's prohibition of homosexuality?

2007-01-16 15:19:00 · 7 answers · asked by STFU Dude 6

Mine are:

1) exhuberance (at the initial notice)
2) anticipation (to see which question it was)
3) frustration (as I cant remeber what I said ususally)
4) nostalgia (as I look at it and say "oh ya I remmber that one!")
5) depression (as I come down from the high)

Sound right?

What is your typical emotional process and experience??

Blessings,
David T

2007-01-16 15:18:04 · 41 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-16 15:17:54 · 29 answers · asked by Dwyane 2

He's not stayin a my house I cant stand him!

2007-01-16 15:17:45 · 8 answers · asked by rowdy7802 3

Here is a 4 minute video explaining how humans are related to apes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs1zeWWIm5M

Can you provide a valid counterargument against this?

2007-01-16 15:17:35 · 15 answers · asked by acgsk 5

2007-01-16 15:17:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I may get thumbs down this but I really don't care. How many real atheists are tired of the anti-theists, and people who call themselves atheists bashing Christians and other believers? It's getting real old and it's making those of us who are sincere in our belief look awfully bad. Don't you think we should be tolerant of those of different beliefs? I know that *some* Christians aren't very tolerant, but shouldn't we be above that? Joking around about FSM is one thing, but to call Christians retarded is just wrong and it needs to stop.

So go ahead, bring on the thumbs down. I have very thick skin. :)

I'm waiting...

2007-01-16 15:16:21 · 12 answers · asked by Stormilutionist Chasealogist 6

2007-01-16 15:15:48 · 40 answers · asked by Anonymous

Sometimes the asker has a return message do you check back to see?

2007-01-16 15:13:40 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

You're eating a gooey candy bar, like a snickers or milkyway. You know, caramel and nougat are a must in acheiving this sensation... So you're really going to town on said candy and don't realize (until it's too late) that a hair is caught in the gooey goodness. So you're swallowing your delicious treat but a hair wraps arount your uvula and is more or less gooed in place for a minute while you struggle to figure if your efforts should be in forcing the hairy mess down or trying to coach it back up...

Does this ever make you question the glory of god and all of the things he shares with us? You gotta admire that about the guy, his attention to detail.

2007-01-16 15:13:25 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was walking past his bowl and looked at him. Suddenly two arms and legs popped out and he leaped out of his bowl. He's sitting in my chair, eating my pretzels and drinking my root beer watching a football game. He said he's a Dallas fan and won't let me watch my team play. He said he won't leave until his girl friend (my pet monkey) evolves into a beautiful 6 foot blonde. I told him that she most likely won't be blonde and it could take 4.5 million years. He said he will wait. What can I do, he's taking over my home, someone HELP! What should I do?

2007-01-16 15:13:22 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I AM A MODERN SATANIST, but I was wondering if I should find a new Religeon, (SP) (if it could even be called that, " I think of it more as guidles " ) because I read this one guys post, and he explained in logical reasons, (if they were true,) Why LaVey, was in short, a screw up, and said i should consult a new Religeon/Belief. If you are a Modern satanist or theistic (SP) please tell me if this Is/is not True and some reasons why I should stay LaVayen .... or provide some other Relegions, (sorry I spell it differently each time)


P.S. Does anyone know if those spells work ? I am yet to get the "Satanic Bible" and I was wondering if it was worth it and if the spells worked or not. Either way I'll probably get it.

Thanx and oh, Christians please dont post some stuff about letting god in my life, all it does is tick me off

2007-01-16 15:12:30 · 4 answers · asked by No one You Need To Know 1

I've recently made the choice to adopt Secular Humanism as my life philosophy... When I went to join a Secular Humanist facebook group, however, I was very disappointed. Nearly all of the groups have pictures that are clearly against religion ("God" in a no smoking sign, a figure throwing a bible in the trash, etc).

Now, I'm a light-hearted person, but I'm not one to stir the pot. I believe in seperation of church and state, but I also consider myself tolerant. I respect and support the US constitutional right of freedom for all people to worship as they please... So long as they do not bother me. Plenty of Christians and other religious people respect our beliefs... After all, it is only a vocal minority that seems to have a problem with us. Don't we owe them the same respect?

Are there any other Humanists, athiests, agnostics, etc that share my sentiments?

2007-01-16 15:11:45 · 5 answers · asked by Wicaco 3

Humans created computers and cars, do we really want them to worship us? It would seem that if god needed our worship, then his self-esteem is low. Is he not god? Why would he need to feel anything, let alone, loved and worshiped by one tiny and insignificant species in this vast universe.

2007-01-16 15:11:13 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Mind you, I know that you believe your God decided which are sins. And that's okay, I respect that.

Do you also respect that to people who don't believe your book is valid, sin is not even a concept? The woman who had an abortion, the couple that got divorced, the old man who begs for euthanasia, the homosexual...to you they are all sinners. And they have to listen to comments like 'we hate the sin, but we love the sinner'.

What makes you think that a person who is first pointed out in a very judgmental manner as being a 'sinner', even wants to be loved by somebody who first points them out as being a 'sinner' ?

2007-01-16 15:11:07 · 17 answers · asked by ? 6

Believers and non-believers have reached opposite conclusions on the same issue with equal conviction. I find that fascinating and perplexing. Personally, I am a non-believer and don't really understand how people can honestly believe in God(s). And there are believers who don't understand how I can't believe. What is that people to be so far apart on the same issue? What is it about the way believers think that non-believers lack, or vice-versa? It has to be complex than just faith or a lack thereof.

2007-01-16 15:10:39 · 2 answers · asked by Subconsciousless 7

i look after my dog, but i don't want him to warship me, i just want him to be happy. why god requires my warship? does he have low self-esteem?

2007-01-16 15:09:58 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

First you go to purgatory then there is some sort of Boolean operator that determines wheteher you go to heaven or hell. It's like the flow chart to a computer program.

2007-01-16 15:08:49 · 6 answers · asked by mullah robertson 4

I want YOUR thoughts, not what some so called science major put in your head?

2007-01-16 15:07:58 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi I was wanting to know if some pyschics out there could help me with my problem. I was wondering if I would progress really well in the job i want to be in, and to know if you are a true psychic please tell me the job i want to get into. thank you!

2007-01-16 15:07:24 · 2 answers · asked by Lady N 2

2007-01-16 15:07:08 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

I read the following sentence from a Christian: "THIS WORLD SUCKS."

I'm an atheistic agnostic student of Buddhism, and I hold the opposite opinion.

I wonder, is this determined by our spiritual perspectives?

So here's my question:

ON A SCALE OF 1-TO-10, where "1" means the world SUCKS and "10" means the world is GREAT, WHERE DOES YOUR OPINION LIE?

Also, for comparison purposes, please include your faith tradition.

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2007-01-16 15:06:12 · 16 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7

2007-01-16 15:03:56 · 37 answers · asked by Dwyane 2

When you are praying about something, what makes you decide that it is something that needs prayer in addition to fasting? do you feel that unless there is fasting that the prayer will not be answered?

2007-01-16 15:03:17 · 10 answers · asked by whattheheck 4

If there is no such biblical basis, then sola scriptura is a fallacy - an effort at begging the question - or worse, unbiblical in and by itself.

2007-01-16 15:01:26 · 13 answers · asked by Rommel 3

I just finished it and it was amazing! I was wondering if any Christians have read it. Bart Teaches at Chapel Hill in North Carolina and he graduated from Princeton as well as 2 Evangelical Colleges previously, Moody Bible institute as well as wheaton college. He is now an Atheist after he researched the origins of what we know of the bible today. He is one of the leading biblical scholars in the world. After reading his book it made me realize that anyone who thinks the bible is the 100 percent true word of God is sadly mistaken and by taken away the bible there is No basis of Christianity. Just a little side note...Bart like many Atheists didn't start out trying to "Debunk" Christianity but through his in depth research and questioning he came to realize the truth. Have Any Christians Read this book?

2007-01-16 15:01:08 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

(I know this isn't the right section to post this question, but I did anyways because there seems to be more poeple on here than anywhere else. Plus, the replies are interesting.)

I think its absolutely disgusting that he gets this much money every seven days. (I don't think he's worth that much money! not even two cents!) He's soccar skills aren't great at all (I've seen soccar geniouses in FIFA and he's N O T H I N G compared to them!) It's ridiculous that one individual out of 3 bellion people in the world is making this much money, whereas childern upon childern are plauged with harrowing proverty and diseases, who are dieing each second around the world because they're deprived from a paper substance called money. Is this justice? Does it sicken you to know that you are capable of saving millions of childerns around the world with that amount of money but only ONE person is entitled to it, whereas that individual doesn't need one sherd of it? This sickens me to the stomach.

2007-01-16 15:01:03 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Who thought of the word wicked when they first heard of it or saw it on the internet? I did and avoided it until I realized it was relatively benign.

2007-01-16 14:59:56 · 9 answers · asked by Nels 7