Religion & Spirituality - 29 May 2007

I've been discussing the origin of HIV with a number of young people.

The scientific view is that it evolved from similar viruses (simian immunodeficiency viruses) that commonly infect animals similar to humans such as chimpanzees and other primates. We know a fair bit about how viruses evolve, and the ways their genes can naturally change over time. There's a lot of evidence to support this scientific view. Kids with a basic understanding of evolution seem to get this.

But some kids believe that living things have to have been created or intelligently designed. This means either HIV was made by God as part of His Plan, or evil but intelligent humans made it. The former hypothesis implies to me a theology of a capricious and psychopathic deity; the second has more in common with the delusional belief systems of paranoid schizophrenia. Neither "theory" has evidence to support it.

Is "intelligent design theory" benign?

2007-05-29 01:38:48 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Thanks
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2007-05-29 01:34:46 · 12 answers · asked by Jeanmarie 7

2007-05-29 01:27:20 · 20 answers · asked by Holy Cow! 7

My father lost both his parents to forms of cancer when he was still young (his mother at 11 and dad at 20-something).

Iasked him the other day what it was like to watch his father waste away- apparently he was so far gone that they unhooked him from his support and it still took him a fortnight to starve. For the last month he could not speak or move, could not feed hmiself or use the toilet and did recognise even his own son and daughter.

My dad, who is a tough old-fashioned sod of the old school, said that if he'd had the chance he would have finished off his old man with a pillow as they'd discussed it, but they were never alone for long enough.

What are your opinions on this, and please try to be understanding? Also, what do you think would have actually happened to my father? Would the doctors, in actuality, have pressed some sort of charge or do you think they would have understood? This was in the 70s.

Thanks!

2007-05-29 01:25:32 · 28 answers · asked by Nelson 1

2007-05-29 01:18:49 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

Doesn't it show that he has limitations?

2007-05-29 01:14:32 · 58 answers · asked by Silver Suffer 1

because someone said Jesus was not son of God.

This is not question of his existen. Just 100% assuming that Bibble is CORRECT.

2007-05-29 01:10:51 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-29 01:09:52 · 18 answers · asked by MrsOcultyThomas 6

why do we read so much anti semetic stuff in the gospel of john?

Let me give you the reason,

The hate that Germans had towards jews goes back thousands of years in history , and the Bible was put together mainly by Germans in German monasteries and there is very good proof to support the idea that the gospel of john was altered by jew hating germans who used the name of jesus to insult jews.

Muslims did the same when they wrote the koran by adding terrible anti semetic views that justifies the murder of jews and even christians.

As a result we see how Hitler had over 3 million jews gassed and we still see jews been attacked by muslims.

any comments from my friends?

xmuslim

2007-05-29 01:05:00 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

when you lose it, how in the hell do you regain it with more inthusiasm then before???? HELP!!

2007-05-29 01:04:01 · 7 answers · asked by theonlyjasmine 2

-of your Life?

2007-05-29 01:03:55 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Why gospal of barnabas declared apocrypha?

2007-05-29 01:01:44 · 6 answers · asked by Punter 2

What did you think of it? I still have read flags up with some things in the book, but let me tell you this if that book was from Jesus we will be going home sooner than you think. If you have not read it read it, and let me know what you think. I am still confussed about that book. I know you cannot believe everything you read or hear, but this woman claims Jesus took her spirit out of her body in 1996 and took her to Heaven and showed her some parts and even showed her her own mansion that is equsite.(however it is spelled)She is a Korean American who loves Jesus and is obedient to him. Jesus told her that he is coming sooner than most people think, and Jesus never gave her a date or year. Worth reading. It is called Heaven is so real.

2007-05-29 01:01:32 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-29 00:59:33 · 20 answers · asked by MrsOcultyThomas 6

I get this over and over again. There are Christians who insist that when non-believers deny the existence of God, they do so out of fear that he truly exists.

If a person suspected that there exists a supreme being, how could they possibly plan to simply argue God out of existence (given its supremacy)? Science is not faith-based. Conclusions come from available data.

Is it not that these Christians are assuming everyone experiences spiritual undercurrents as they do, and are projecting their own insecurities?

2007-05-29 00:51:42 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

*this is "dedicated" to the people who have used this argument which i have seen many times on this site :P lol

EVEN if he did (which i highly doubt because his own daughter has announced that this is a lie) what difference would it make to the theory of evolution?

science doesn't really rely on the personal beliefs of scientists but on evidence! there are mountains of evidence to support evolution!!

why do people use this argument?

2007-05-29 00:50:28 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

forcing Muslim to remain a Muslim even though they stop believing in Muhammad when they have discover who is Jesus Christ that he died for our sins. That Muhammad was not a prophet but a false prophet


http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070527/ap/d8pcs4tg0.html

2007-05-29 00:50:03 · 13 answers · asked by ubuntu 2

Everywhere I go I see Christian influence...hmm...not knockin the Christians but...I don;t think we're as free as "the man" wants us to believe...yes i said it "THE MAN"

2007-05-29 00:49:03 · 15 answers · asked by redfrontstar 1

This question is not meant to be despiteful and simply seeks opinions of non-Christian people about Christianity.
As a "non-Christian", what is your opnion of this faith? Do you think they are misguided (because your particular faith is the true one)?
Please note that this question is not meant to injure or advocate any particular doctrine; I have asked the same question about two different faiths already and this was the last one.
Intelligent answers will be welcome. Thank you

2007-05-29 00:47:07 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

It must show diversity from all around the earth

2007-05-29 00:47:06 · 6 answers · asked by jobees 6

The Christians, most it seems, believed Bush when he said there were newly created WMD. None have been found, just some old junk from the 1980s that was no longer dangerous.

We were to be greeted as 'liberators', but aside from some staged photo-ops and the gratitude of the Kurds, who were working with Al Qaeda, we haven't gotten many flowers.

It was supposed to take a few months, or a year or so, and we'd leave, but we're still there.

The oil industry was supposed to pay for it all, but Congress just approved a few hundred billion more.

Bush dismissed the Civil War warnings of the Generals in order to sell the idea to the American public, but there are few who refuse to call it a Civil War these days.

Is this what 'Faith Based' decision making is all about?

2007-05-29 00:46:52 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-29 00:43:54 · 24 answers · asked by redfrontstar 1

2007-05-29 00:43:51 · 5 answers · asked by gm 2

I want to start 'To Collect Pray Request'.
Please guide the proper way for doing to collect Pray Request.
I want to help those person who is in problem.

2007-05-29 00:40:28 · 8 answers · asked by vikas jain 1

Picture: You have been offended at some stage of your life, what can you do to get hold of the key that will unlock Satan's trap of offence?

2007-05-29 00:38:36 · 5 answers · asked by INCOGNITO 3

‘Christ according to the faith, is the second person in the Trinity, the Father being the first and the holy Ghost the third. Each of these three persons is God. Christ is his own father and his own son. The Holy Ghost is neither father nor son, but both. The son was begotten by the father, but existed before he was begotten--just the same before as after. Christ is just as old as his father, and the father is just as young as his son. The Holy Ghost proceeded form the Father and Son, but was an equal to the Father and Son before he proceeded, that is to say before he existed, but he is of the same age as the other two. Nothing ever was, nothing ever can be more perfectly idiotic and absurd than the dogma of the Trinity.’

2007-05-29 00:37:03 · 19 answers · asked by Punter 2

with their Creationist Museums and their contempt for education?

We already have to import our research scientists to compensate for the lack of scientific comprehension in America.

How long before theses scientists are no longer interested in helping a primitive people? How long before they decide to stay home and help their own people?

2007-05-29 00:30:58 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

From my knowledge, Australian Aboriginals have the oldest known Bones found, apox. 60,000 years ago. (No Religion)
And Oldest Religion has a 5,000 year History (Hindu)

2007-05-29 00:30:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-29 00:29:57 · 59 answers · asked by Silver Suffer 1

ah yes Svebenburg and the famous seance... they 'contacted' someone from the planet Saturn during a seance who 'explained' that stars came from nebula

to bad they didnt ask how the peep of Saturn keep their roofs on during those 1000+ mph winds of Saturn, it would be right handy to know

2007-05-29 00:29:45 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous