I'm 21 yr old male. Most of my friends are completely different to me. granted i was brought up a JW until 12 when i stopped being apart of it. Also i have lacked a farther figure due to mine being and alcoholic who vanishes at every sight of responsibly. I just feel like i'm not in touch with...
If you’re in the market for a new mother to raise you up right this time around, look no further than Isla Fisher. The Amy Adams stunt double spoke with Fitness this month about her body image and made a statement so shocking that I’m still reeling from what she said. Seriously sit down, because...
Is there a religion in just being good? No gods, no books, no angels just being good? Or at least anything close to that? I don't necessarily believe in a god but I do believe in being good and doing the morally right thing. Is there an actually form of religion in having these moral values of...
Well a lot of the Christian boys I know that go to my Lutheran church. They are really brainwashed by the tv to mistreat women and to just use them. I see this like they only want one thing. Well, I've been having so much fun with my Jewish friend he is very nice and he has good morals. And good...
You guys have a warped sense of morals. You do good stuff to get into heaven or cuz you think jesus told you too. But sorry morals weren't invented by you. If it wasn't ingrained into humans not to kill steal cheat etc then we wouldn't have made it past the stone age
Ok so I know that in Supernatural, they deal with a lot of demons and witches and stuff. I'm a Christian and I just got watching the series and I absolutely love them! But would you say it's against God, because of all of the demons. My pasture said that its bad when they try to make witches and...
According to the statistics, countries with the highest levels of organic atheism are the ones with the best education, health care, and violent crime rates such as murder and rape. There's also less discrimination and better life satisfaction ratings. Isn't it interesting that atheists have...
Adultery
abandoning wife and eloping with another woman
planned adultery to break Scriptural marriage ties
remarriage without Scriptural permission
polygamy
dating a person not legally divorced
rebellion against the Church
promoting sects
Drug use
Drunkenness
Dishonest business practices...
What behaviors, values and norms does the myth of Hephaestus, Ares and Aphrodite reinforce? What behaviors, values and norms does the myth invalidate?
How exactly is this "wrong?"
I have to write a 2 page paper on this exact question, so I could use some details and references...
"Locked Doors" by Stephanie Burgis
You can read the short story here: http://www.strangehorizons.com/2007/2007…
I am writing a paper on this, but can't seem to really dig deep... Please help!
As the Bible is the "only" method by which we gain morals and ethics,
How come Christians have such a long laundry list of terrorism they are
responsible for? Like Christians bomb buildings, kill abortion doctors,
Lynchings, be-headings, people burned at the stake, The inquisition,
Mary Tutor...
...instinctive moral judgment? Doesn't it hinder deductive reasoning that tells you what right and wrong are?
I mean, can you imagine if many people actually followed what the Bible literally said!? Any moderately morally person would see how barbaric it would be, if that were the case.
Sadly...