I've just been reading Terry Pratchett's "Reaper Man". It contains a rather interesting idea, that cities are living beings just the same as animals or plants.
I have been trying to remembe...
Dear President Bush,
Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I have learned a great deal from you and understand why you would propose and support a constitutional ...
Hello,
How do Plato's views on goodness and happiness differ from Aristotle? What is the reason to be "just" in Socrates' point of view?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_0OvO3TODM
In short: dressing outside the norm you should expect to draw unwanted attention. Some clarification as to how that statement should *not* be misc...
Was it Cain, back it up with scripture.
In the late 19th century, Nietzsche proclaimed "God is Dead". In the absence of God, we have no easy handouts when it comes to meaning or morality. We have to come up with meaning and morali...
Vayikra - Leviticus - Chapter 11
40. And one who eats of its carcass shall immerse his garments, and he shall be unclean until evening. And one who carries its carcass shall immerse his garme...
I have been raised as a catholic, I do not practice the religion at all and have serious doubts about the existence of any God. I do think Religion and the idea of a God or Gods as being very ...
Hi all
I have My cousins wedding this saturday and she has asked me to pick and read a reading from the bible
Does anyone know of any nice (shortish) bible readings suitable for a catho...
Matthew 5:38-39
"Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy righ...
As I understand, the word "Abrahamic" refers to the ancient prophet Abraham, who is respected in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as the first prophet of God.
So do Judaism, Christianity, and...
In the Bible Joseph interpreted dreams for the pharoh. Could this be possible, can dreams be interpreted. If yes please explain, if not then how could joseph do it. Are there any other people ...
I am looking for the best case to be made for an opinion which contradicts mine.
The 'winner' of the points will be the post that makes the best argument against my point of view.
I also...
A question for our resident atheists...
Being a Christian, it's hard for me to imagine someone looking at what we know about the universe, our Earth, life, etc. and coming to the conclusion...
It seems religious moderates interpret some passages of their Bibles, Torahs, Qur'ans, etc, literally, some passages figuratively, and completely ignore most others. How does one decide in wh...
Hi Everyone;
After reading about lady who adopted a child and gave it back after 18 months, a crucial question came to my mind. As I understand the situation, she claims that she ...
Here I have a list of people after Christ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messiah_claimants
Thanks
We hear the phrase often, but what does it mean excactly?
how should it make me feel?
Answers invited from believers and unbelievers both :-))
regards JakobA
Is it? Agree? Disagree? [example?]
I always considered predicting the future is something silly and used to ridicule from those who believe in such issue, but I shocked when I lately watched TV show about one of those clairvoya...
Hi Everyone:
I am in the process of helping my girlfriend with a poem entitled The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. At the present time, we are having difficulty understanding the w...
Unmessable
From http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=unmessable+&defid=0
"Being 'unmessable with' : someone who can generate possibility with anyone at anytime under any circu...
Interested to hear your interpretations of this song:
Lend me your ear while I call you a fool.
You were kissed by a witch one night in the wood,
and later insisted your feelings were tru...
And the answer I'm looking for isn't "man created god". I'm looking for a theological, apologetic explanation to help me understand creationist reasoning.
If the reasoning behind a creator...
Most "true" (unbiased) scientists recognize that mind (at least the human kind)
cannot exist without memory storage units (brains in humans). That is:
Matter --> Mind OR Tangible --> In...
