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is it wrong to think lustfully about others? i mean i can understand if it gets 2 be a constant thing and you objectify them, then its bad.. but is it really that bad 2 have inappropriate thoughts if its only ocasionally? please help
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Sicne you haven't hinted at religious affiliation in your question, I'm not going to assume you're of any one religion or pitch to any set of beliefs.
No, it's not wrong to lustfully of others. Quite frankly, that's human. As you've said, as long as you don't constantly objectify others, it's not "bad". Lust is an incredibly natural thing - if we didn't have lust in nature, our race would do out because of lack of reproduction, right? Assuming you're asking this question because you've been having these thoughts recently and are feeling guilty - don't. It's normal, especially at 17.
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If God gives humanity purpose and meaning, what gives God purpose and meaning?
Is God meaningless and purposeless?! If so, wouldn't that mean that humans are just meaningless and purposeless, and that their "meaning" and "purpose" given by God is purely arbitrary? (link)
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Well, the premise, "Something has to have been created to have meaning" doesn't really have a warrant. You can't necessarily prove this premise, it's sort of an assumption we've come to believe. I would argue that this is due to the inundation in the Christian dogma that your life can't have meaning without God. Thus, we've come to believe that something must have been created to have any meaning. Again, this claim isn't necessarily true.
As someone else said before him on this topic, God can find meaning in its own existence just as humans do for themselves. Consider the possibility that there is no God (a possibility, that, as an atheist, I accept). From this point, it is still possible for humans to find meaning in their life - I find meaning in mine everyday. If anything, life has more meaning because life becomes more precious. There's not a fairy-tale afterlife when all this is over, so it makes one cherish the time they have in this life.
Additionally, from a purely logical standpoint - God is supposed to be all-powerful. So, logically, God could simply will meaning for his existence into existence, if that makes sense.
I'm sure there are a number of other arguments on the subject, but the point is - God doesn't necessarily have no meaning just because it was created. In answer to your second question: from this argument, we can also conclude that humans are not just meaningless and purposeless, even if God doesn't have meaning, for the same reason. Humans don't need God to have meaning.
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Okay, you probably already know this, but my best friend in the whole world is Mormon. She believes she's a Christian, but I know that Mormons are not. I also know a lot of her friends too. I am worried about them. I want to be able to tell them what is wrong with it, but I don't want to be like "I have been your friend for a whole year and I love you and by the way, you are going to hell." Cuz that would really suck. I recently made a comment on someone's site saying that I believed Mormonism to be non-Christian, as did the owner of the site. My friend has seen it, and now she wants to know what I am talking about. I really want to save my friend, but she is a strong mormon with a strong mormon background, and I don't know what to do... I hate thinking that someday I may never see her again if she were to get in a car accident or something.
Sites if you want to know more:
http://www.icubed.com/~rpoe/mormons.htm
http://www.concernedchristians.org/
http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/mormon1.html
http://mormonconspiracy.com/
http://www.mormon.org/
http://lds.org/
http://www.gracevestal.org/truth.htm
All of those sites may not be legit, or even helpful, but I really want to be able to do something about this. It is entirely possible that she doesn't know that she does not believe what other Christians believe. I have read so many books and such and it just kills me to know that she is involved with this and doesnt even know how bad it is.
I am not saying that Latter-day saints are bad, because most of them are really nice....I just know that their interpretation of Jesus is different and I wish there was a nice way to show them what I believe and help them.
Some of the main differences between mormons and christians:
belief that the trinity is 3 separate gods vs. the trinity is 3 persons in one god.
belief in salvation through works vs. salvation in believing in jesus christ
reguarding the book of mormon as more important than the bible vs. reguarding the bible as the only true book from god.
this has been bugging me for the last year and i really want to do something without jepordizing my friendship with her. she is curious now because of the comment on that other person's xanga.
also, if you know who i am talking about, please do not tell her i am going behind her back, because i am afraid she will be mad. i am simply trying to help her and her family and friends because i care so much about her that i never want to be uncertain of what will happen if she were to pass.... and i have a feeling that the person whose xanga i commented on will feel the same way, if not more of you....
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"I have been your friend for a whole year and I love you and by the way, you are going to hell."
As an atheist (and one who countless people have tried to convert), I can tell you right now that the whole, "You're going to hell," statement usually does not go over very well.
I do not support converting people to your religion, but if you're hell-bent (no pun intended) on doing so, instead of preaching, try to open your friend's eyes to what your religion has to offer. Usually, saying that your religion is right and her's is wrong without having a reason why doesn't work. She has to want to convert, not be forced into it.
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