Phoenix: Princess of Cupcakes

I've heard that fiber is a component of muscles - like muscle fibers. So I think I should eat a lot of it to get strong.

Please share your thoughts.

Brahmin? Xenu? Hathor? Frigg?

Which god have you been pretending to worship just in case we turn out to be wrong? I personally keep a fake altar to Chac Mool in my basement. He's kind of feisty, so he's the last god I'd want to torque off in the event there really are gods.

I mean, shouldn't you believe, just in case?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iUU6jTqB6k

WWJD?

As Insulting Other Participants?

...as we know it? It has the potential to provide much information about the world that was previously unknown or a mystery. By furthering our understanding of the universe, could it undercut religion? Could the knowledge we gain make religion obsolete?

I'm inclined to believe that most people wouldn't understand the information we gain and would reject any theories that refute religious ideas about the world on principle, just like evolution. I mean, evolution isn't that difficult to understand, and yet people don't "believe" it. Could physics possibly make a dent in the religious community? Or even completely invalidate religion? Would enough people get it?

I really just wanted to ask another "the collider is going to kill us" question. But what are your thoughts?

If you don't believe in evolution, do you think it's silly for them to have a show about it?

Was there absolutely nothing but God in the beginning or was God -somewhere-? If there was nothing before God made it, how exactly did he exist? Or where?

This is obviously for those of you who believe in god(s). I use "God" as a generic.

Why don't we have an annual "grief-fest" for the 2350 people who died at Pearl Harbor? Was that tragedy really an less, well, tragic, than 9/11? Yes, we have a quasi-memorial day, but nothing like what has developed for 9/11. So what's the difference? Or will we forget about 9/11 in 60 years, too?

That is, if there were a being that could break the laws of physics, etc. (which is a large part of my definition of a god) do you think it would destroy the universe, or at least throw it into utter chaos?

Just curious.

And what's your religion?

No, I'm not trying to imply the two are connected in general, but would be interested in hearing if your personal experience showed a connection.

Since we might not even see tomorrow, does it make the end of the entire earth insignificant? I'm sure we're all within 100 years of our own "end times".

I guess what I'm thinking is that I know I could die on the way home from work; I'm not going to get all hung up on some end of the world prophecy because I might not even make it that long and I've had a good run as it is anyway. I just seems silly to have all these doomsday prophecies when you can't even count on tomorrow.

What do you think?

I do feel we should refrain from exacerbating or causing Armageddon, however.

1 being not at all important and 10 being extremely important.

Does that factor into your religion or lack thereof? Do you think it makes religious assembly more or less important to you? If you are not religious and crave a community, what community do you operate in instead?

After decades of Democrats and Republicans being our only real options in the US, many have wondered when third parties would break through tradition and present viable candidates. Now it seems that the Republican party is becoming increasingly far-right Christian. Could this be what brings the Republican party down and opens the flood gates for third parties to successfully foray into politics?

As many Christians feel that pre-marital sex is a sin, do you think that adding a candidate who has an unwed pregnant teenage daughter would or did turn off some of the far-right voters?

I'm not looking for judgment of Palin based on her daughter here. I'm wondering if the simple fact that her unwed daughter is pregnant lost the GOP some votes, regardless of Palin's own skills or ability as a candidate, given that abstinence until marriage is a big deal for many Christians.

Since it's mostly dark, would I be able to see the sights and get a lot out of the visit? I realize that the summer is a better time to visit, but my vacation is in December.

This video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCbKv9yiLiQ

Such as the "definition" given in this question:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=200808...

You'll notice that she completely forged her own "dictionary definition" to bash Catholics and imply that they worship Mary. Is this an acceptable tactic? It certainly seems very common. What does it say about a person when falsehoods are all they have to support their stance?

Only if we operated through a God perspective could we see any reason to assert that any being is the highest of all beings. This whole "highest of all beings" idea is not even something that atheists think about. We don't view the world that way (most of us, anyway). Is it so difficult to look at the world from a non-theistic perspective to see that an idea like the one in my question is ridiculous?

I realize that humans try to explain the world through what they know, and theists know a world with "higher beings", so they would apply that concept to atheists, but atheists just don't follow that concept, so that conceptualization of how atheists operate is way off base.

So, where do people get these ideas and why can't they see how the differences in the way atheists view the world (compared to theists) make such characterizations completely invalid?

Some say things like "it's all part of God's plan." This implies that God sets out at least some part of our lives. Does he ever set out the part where we don't accept him and go to hell for it? Is NOT setting out the part where we DO accept him and go to heaven just as bad?