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Posted Friday September 2 2005, 8:30 pm
Okay well im a christian and everything....but i have tried weed a couple of times. see my sister was the one who got me high all those times and itsz SO0 hard to say no to her because i always feel ret@rded when i say no. well i guess whut im trying to say is, am i going to go to hell because i did it???? ANd i wanna stop doing it but i dont kno how to tell my sister.. and dont say just tell her no because you dont understand how hard it is. Because i NEVER see her and all that.. ijust dont kno whut to do...
plz help i rate high!
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religion
Posted Friday August 26 2005, 11:42 pm
im 13/m, and im from the middle east, and my family follows the religion Islam. from time to time, im not sure if i completly believe in the ways of Islam. Sometimes im positive that there can't be a God, other times it's the other way around. But besides believing in God, i also find other things i disagree with about the Islam religion. I'm starting to be interested in Buddhism, and I like how the religion is set around believing whatever you want to believe, but i don't know how to tell my parents this, being that they are kind of religious. I'm also not sure if im too young to change my choice of religion.
sorry if its long. ill rate 5's.
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Religion
Posted Friday August 26 2005, 10:20 pm
ive heard about a lot of different religons, and most of them i dont understand. could u guys list some religions with the basic belief/definition of that religion? (even one religion with a def. gets a
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Reasons for following a religion
Posted Friday August 26 2005, 6:41 am
Hello everyone. I am, currently, a strong agnostic. However, I am always interested in improving what I know, do and believe in order that I might adopt the most reasonable philosophy possible. Therefore, I ask you if you have a really good reason why I might reconsider what I believe. I would love to hear reasons for changing my mind - it is something that, perversely, I take much pleasure in doing!
To help you along, here are my current beliefs summarised (but badly!):
1. I am a materialist. That is, I do not believe that there is anything other than the material world. I do not believe in the supernatural or the spiritual, nor in gods, magic or souls.
2. My ethics are broadly utilitarian. That...
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Does anyone know (Buddhism)
Posted Wednesday August 24 2005, 2:36 pm
Hi, I was wondering what the buddhist bible was called... I've searched on Google but it doesn't come up... please help me I really want to read it!
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Christian/gay community relations
Posted Tuesday August 23 2005, 9:11 am
Every year, throughout the Western world, Gay Pride events take place in big city centres (and, in really progressive places like England, even in small villages which need a bit of gringo dollar to repair the church roof). And every year, in my opinion, Gay Pride events set back relations with religious groups and social conservatives throughout the Western world.
So what can be done to improve relations between "the Right" and homosexuals and their supporters?
Additional questions for consideration:
- What is really at the root of the tension between social conservatives and social liberals, and can anything be done to break it?
- Are any of you guilty of Homophobia?
- What are ...
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Arguments for and against God
Posted Tuesday August 23 2005, 5:43 am
The following questions are not really being asked so that I can be advised about my own beliefs, but rather to (hopefully) stimulate discussion.
Anyway, my first question is this:
Many people believe that God must exist because the universe itself exists. In essence, they believe that the universe was caused by something, and that cause was God. The argument assumes three things. 1. It assumes existence is necessarily caused. 2. It assumes that existence was caused by a conscious, intelligent being.
Now, it seems to me that the idea that the cause is conscious and intelligent, and even a being, is open to question. Maybe the cause is some transcendant FORCE? The first assumption, as well...
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Bat MItzvah problems.
Posted Monday August 22 2005, 1:12 pm
My Bat Mitzvah is in October and I'm JUST starting to learn my haftroah. In my hebrew school, it is belived that women don't need to read from the torah. I can read as much hebrew as I please. I have like no time to learn about 8 lines of hebrew!! I'm getting very stressed out and I'm trying very hard to learn the hebrew but my nerves keep me from doing so!! Does anyone have any suggestions to calm me down and learn the part??!!
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Posted Sunday August 21 2005, 3:46 pm
I just read in another answer that you only THINK you believe in God when you always doubt and question him and christianity. Well that's what i always do. I question and doubt him and christianity all the time. Is that wrong? I mean, i question and doubt everything.
help me!
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God
Posted Sunday August 21 2005, 1:41 pm
How do you know if you believe in God or if you just think you do?
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Believing
Posted Sunday August 21 2005, 1:40 pm
How can you make yourself believe? Can you write "I Believe In God" a thousand times on a sheet of paper? Because I've been having trouble believing lately.
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to all christians
Posted Friday August 19 2005, 4:46 am
hey...well within the last year i have become christian. but lately i have been having my doubts. i have depression, and have had it for about 2 years now. i pray so much but i dont seem to be making any progress to becoming happier. i dont understand why my prayers arent getting answered.
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Books
Posted Thursday August 18 2005, 8:57 pm
Does anybody know of any spiritual books that will change my life drastically for the better? I am specifically looking for something that will boost my self-esteem and turn me into an optomist.
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what is the difference
Posted Thursday August 18 2005, 12:24 am
what is the difference between a Baptist and a Cathlic??
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Posted Wednesday August 17 2005, 11:52 pm
What is your opinion on religion? I've heard about the theory of evolution and it makes a lot of sense.
And right now the theory of god and heaven doesn't seem real. There's no proof.
Can any of you give me your point of view? I want details b/c i'm really troubled with this.
plz help
thanks!
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god? hell?
Posted Tuesday August 16 2005, 3:39 pm
Hi. I'm a 16 year old girl and I have a huge problem. I often times wonder about God. I'm sure that I believe in him but at times I have doubts...is that normal? And also, is it true that God has a plan for everyone and some people are bound to go to hell?
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if i want to retreat from life...
Posted Tuesday August 16 2005, 2:41 pm
im a 15 yr old girl and i've all ready had enough of life and all the b.s that comes with it. i think people construct very tetarded realities for themselves that make life more complicated than it was ever intended to be by nature. is there any large association of people who feel the same way? i dont care if i have to trek half way across the world to find them. any taoists, buddhists, or peacable nihilists who just want to chill out and smoke the peace pipe in some sort of monastery? if you heard, lemme know. :)
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The Mean Church! please HELP!<<
Posted Saturday August 13 2005, 9:19 pm
Hey,
ok there is this church- it's REALLY close to me, and it's the church all my friends go to. They also hold a youth group there- also where all my friends go. But my problem is, my family hates the preacher and preist, and they hate us. But i REALLY need religious guidance, and i thought it'd be cool if my friends were there with me. And all my friends went to summer camp -- without me! lol, see the camp was held by the people from the church, and my parents wouldnt let me go! So they have all this fun at camp and they know SO much more about God than i do.. so to tell the truth, i really have no idea who/what God is! I cant read the bible because (to me) it makes no sence!! too many big words.. lol. I want to go to a church.. I...
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ouija board
Posted Saturday August 13 2005, 5:11 pm
do ouija boards really tell the truth or do ppl just make it up?
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HEY
Posted Thursday August 11 2005, 3:37 pm
hi, ok, i just wanted to thank the people who answer spirituality questions because i asked a question about how i could convice my parents to go back to church but to a difrent one and then they did. now, im going to take my 2 friends to church (yea). and i LOVE my new church. im going to go water skiing with them sunday and then going to a bmx thing next saterday! SO THANK YOU!
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