Religion & Spirituality - 27 May 2007

Is it because he's actually getting out there and articulating what an atheist stand point is all about?

I just can't look at what he says and call him a fundamentalist at all.

Throughout his documentary, "The root of all evil", he talks to people, listening to their viewpoint and the responding.

He espouses the virtue of accepting evidence that proves your viewpoint to be wrong.

How can that possibly be discribed as fundamentalist?

For those who haven't seen the doco, here's a link: http://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=-330281245697942053&q=root+of+all+evil

2007-05-27 02:06:08 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-27 02:00:57 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

AND if you go to church OR temple which one do you go to?

2007-05-27 02:00:52 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

God/Allah seems to have known only about Arabia and a few neighboring cities.

why is that?

2007-05-27 01:57:59 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

Nowhere in the Bible is there a prohibition against killing people in the name of God.

The exact opposite is true, the Bible is filled with commandments to kill the unbelievers and the infidels, and those who worship other Gods.

The only prohibition is against murder, meaning killing in your own name and for your own purposes.

Killing in the name of God isn't just condoned by religion, it is commanded.

Which is why you people always end up doing it. even today, even the Christians.

2007-05-27 01:57:58 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

FREEDOM OF WOMEN TO HAVE FUN WITH ANY ONE
Is it unusual to have fun with any one? Islam said "no".
Muslim women had more freedom and fun in the prophet days than the western women of today. They could offer themselves to any one they chose without raising eyebrows.

The following aya clearly proves the above point.
33.50 Mohammed, you can have sex with any woman who offers herself to you if you like her.

CASUAL SEX WAS ALLOWED BETWEEN TWO CONSENTING ADULTS
Quran says:
4.24 Lawful unto you are all those that ye seek content, give unto them their portions as a duty, there is no sin for you in what ye do by mutual agreement.

Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 62, Number 130
Narrated 'Abdullah:

"Prophet allowed us to marry women with a temporary contract".

The practice of casual sex between consenting adults is very popular among real muslims and is known as "muta" although some heretic mullahs prohibit it.

2007-05-27 01:57:03 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Talking snakes?! do you know how silly you sound! You are from the western world most of you and you believe there was a talking snake!!!! Ha ha! Just stop and think about this crazy delusion for 1 minute of your life, think what it has you saying to intelligent rational adults! When you answer questions and talk about the bible as if it were just true because it is! This is what kids do when they cannot explain things! When will you get over this mental illness?

2007-05-27 01:53:19 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

"Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence." Richard Dawkins

2007-05-27 01:45:57 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

I know that God is a Spirit, and spirits don't have a gender, so if you also believe that God can be female, what personality traits would God display to show that there is also a female side?

2007-05-27 01:45:53 · 12 answers · asked by JoJoCieCie 5

then why is their own not a consideration.
nor authors of the bible
the pope
pastors
priests
or any other sharlotan

do christians simply believe what they want to believe.
rather than accepting what is truth and logical

2007-05-27 01:43:57 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was a teenager once and I know that the more you tell someone not to do something, the more curious they are going to be about it. It's kind of like telling a fat person to just stop eating. Even when you tell them horrible consequences, they still stuff their faces. It feels good and it tastes good, so that's why they do it.

So why not try to protect people by providing contraception and sex education rather than just telling them that they are wicked and that sex is reserved for marriage? Your religious agenda continues to amaze me because you do not care about the consequences for these people. If you did, you'd be looking for ways to reduce unwanted pregnancies and STDS that actually work.

Abstinence education might work for a very small number of the population, but in reality, the negative consequences of it far outweigh the positive for the majority of people.

http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_teens.html

2007-05-27 01:42:37 · 17 answers · asked by Bipolar Bear 4

why he assume that he was the comforter that Jesus describe although Jesus was actually referring to the Holy Spirit.

2007-05-27 01:40:32 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have just read that more than 50% of Americans believe that Human Beings did not evolve but were created by God Just as we are, less than 10,000 years ago. It worries me greatly that these people have nuclear weapons and see themselves as the policemen of the world.............................

2007-05-27 01:40:08 · 19 answers · asked by Pattythepunk 3

Ok, if God created everything in the Universe and all of the animals and all of us, how come when a woman gets pregnant, or any other animal for that matter, the fetus follows the progression of evolution? I mean seems kind of weird that he would do that. So, if you can explain that to me I'd really like to know.

10 pts. to the answer that even makes remote sense.

2007-05-27 01:39:27 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

to the christians instead of Joseph Goebbels than the whole of western Europe would belong to Germany now? (I AM NOT comparing christianity to Nazism before anyone accuses me)
They have run a very good campaign all these years to be fair to them haven't they? 2007 and people still believing in this stuff! Goebbels actually said once 'If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe itone' If any statement fits religion then surely it is this!

2007-05-27 01:35:37 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

A quote from Richard Dawkins: "There's this thing called being so open-minded your brains drop out."

Do some people in here try too hard to accommodate other people's beliefs?

Do you agree with Dawkins suggestion?

Every time a walk past an "angel bookshop" I see evidence of the truth in what he is saying.

2007-05-27 01:35:09 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

My family is very religious, and we go to Church very often. But this is where the problem comes in. Recently, my son has entered the stage where he is starting to become an adult; I'm assuming you may know what I am talking about. But he is tempted to do many things that is basically sin. The question is: Does God spare mercy for those in those "confusing times"?

*I did not use the actual term, as you may all know.

2007-05-27 01:34:52 · 18 answers · asked by Prince Perfect 1

2007-05-27 01:31:23 · 47 answers · asked by The Hammer of Thor 1

I know the situation can be vice versa, but remember! It's the Christians who claim that they are of a loving religion! Us Atheists have no particular guarantees, except for standard issue emotions of humanity and empathy which most people have anyway.

2007-05-27 01:27:10 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

there is a woman whom i know who leaves her 6 year old daughter with their family dog (A massive timber wolf) and she goes to the shops.

The dog is well used to the child, but as a dog lover i would never leave a kid alone with any dog.

would you?

2007-05-27 01:23:16 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

When bible says tongues is real language spoken here on this earth why do pentecostals dont understand this?

2007-05-27 01:21:07 · 4 answers · asked by John3:16 2

2007-05-27 01:17:30 · 13 answers · asked by Poe B 3

2007-05-27 01:14:50 · 16 answers · asked by Miltant_Agnostic 2

Somebody asked about unbiblical abortions. Are the biblical ones like when God killed all the Egyptian first-borns?

2007-05-27 01:09:08 · 8 answers · asked by Mary C 1

2007-05-27 01:09:04 · 13 answers · asked by Pisces 6

Many young women have abortions because they see no plausible alternative. Are you willing to give your time and money to providing those alternatives? For example, I just saw a question about abortions for pregnant prostitutes. Would you actively support a residential facility for prostitutes to bring their babies to term and put them up for adoption, and perhaps get some practical training for a more respectable profession at the same time? Like the old-fashioned home for unwed mothers?

2007-05-27 01:07:44 · 13 answers · asked by auntb93 7

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2007-05-27 01:07:27 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

Since being on this site I have never felt more enlightened. The more I learn of your views on religion and obsesssion with that dusty book the more I am hapy within myself for not believing in anything. This is not a joke either, I feel liberated that I can think for myself, live a righteous life and get on with my fellow human. The grass has started to become greener, the sun brighter. The mysteries of the natural world should and will stay that way and that is fine for me. Who is with me on this? Everyone come round to my house now and we'll watch a wildlife show together..

2007-05-27 01:06:19 · 16 answers · asked by thethinker 2

Persoanlly, I feel we have regressed from perfection and await a new creation (described at www.revelado.org/coming.htm)

2007-05-27 01:05:57 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

as we dont need to attend weekly mind controlling reinforcement sessions or conventions to maintain ours

2007-05-27 01:02:36 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous