curious moper

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I mean, I've been believing it for so long and I've gone to every cookie-and-spaghetti seminar so far. You mean to tell me that atheism is not a religion?! What have I been doing for the past 5 years?

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I know that a bicycle rider is a "cyclist", and a motorcycle or motorbike rider is a "biker", but I don't know the name for someone who rides a motor scooter. Is there a specific name, or are they stuck with the "biker" group?

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http://news.yahoo.com/atheist-summer-camp-heaven-e...

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I was just cruising by here and I've noticed an important detail missing from Y!A - the thumbs! Where have they gone? When did they change?

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The other day I was at a barbeque restaurant and ordered some steak with a corncob on the side. The corncob was so easy to eat and so convenient, but how does it know when to do that? Is this some evolutionary trait, or is this the work of an intelligent designer?

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You know when you see a zombie and it moans and groans and limps in an awkward fashion and people get an instinctive feeling to go for their brains with a bludgeoning stick. Well how does it know when to do that? Is this the work of an almighty creator, or do zombies have free will?

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You know when you see the news and one measly article sparks an Internet frenzy greater than all the other stories combined. Well how does it know when to do that? Is this the work of a divine being, or is free will involved? Or is there a more sinister reason behind this?

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You know when you put a hard-boiled egg in the microwave and it suddenly blows up like a squished pimple, well how does it know when to do that? Have all eggs been professionaly trained to explode upon contact with radiation and extreme heat, or is this the work of a god?

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You know how on trash days a trash truck comes, picks up your garbage, and leaves your cans empty? Well how does it know when to do that? Has it developed sentience and evolved the necessity to feed on the waste that humans produce and throw out, or is this the work of the gods?

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You know when you're taking a final exam and it makes you all sweaty and stressed out, well how does it know when to do that? Does it manipulate our emotions like a child throwing a temper tantrum or is it all in our head?

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We haven't had bombing drills since the Cold War and with the upcoming raising of the "terror alert level", we might as well go back to learn the basics. So are we ready for a drill? If yes, when is it? If no, then will there be consequences?

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I understand that moonlight looks reddish on the horizon and during lunar eclipses, but moonlight is primarily blueish most of the time. Why is that so? Does it have anything to do with the atmosphere or the specific light waves that are reflected by the moon?

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It is said that no man can see God and live. Since God is also a man (by gender preference), can He see Himself? If yes, then God definitely has an image. If no, then how can God be sure that He exists?

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It is said that God is omnipresent, which means that He is anywhere and everywhere. If this is true, then God must also exist everywhere in time. Time includes the near and distant pasts, the present, and the near and distant futures. Since there is only one God, then He should know everything in the future because He is omnipresent and exists in the past and future at the same time.

So here's question 01: If God is omnipresent, then does He exist in the future?

If you answer no, then God is not 100% omnipresent. If you answer yes, then continue to the next paragraph.

God exists everywhere in time, which means that He should know everything about the past and future regardless of how it changes because He should be there to see it happen. When atheists make the claim that God is not omniscient because He cannot see the future, Christians say that foresight is not a characteristic of omniscience. However, some people say that God cannot see the future, which would be false because if God is omnipresent, then He exists in the future and knows of what is to come.

Question 02: If God is in the future, then does He know the future? If you answer yes, then that coincides with God having omniscience and being able to tell the future. If you answer no, then why doesn't He know the future?

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One thing I recently learned from my psychology class is that the process of conditioning sounds very similar to the process of indoctrination. I know the similarities between the two, but what are the differences?

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According to a small section of "facts" in the back of my Bible, it says that God is allowed to deny certain acts of good. It then directed me to the following verses for reference:

"Not everyone saying to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but the one doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens will...Many will say to me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophecy in your name, and expel demons in your name, and perform many powerful works in your name?'...And yet then I will confess to them: I never knew you! Get away from me, you workers of lawlessness." _Matthew 7:21-23

Now the apparently fake good people in question sound like they could very well be Christians, or anyone who believes in God.

If someone does good acts in the name of God and is denied entrance into heaven for not being good, then what's the difference between a Christian and a "good" Christian?

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I know the earthquake in Japan is really urgent, but just days before there was a quake in southwest China. If chain-reactions are true with earthquakes, this one may have caused the one in Japan...

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I have a feeling that it was created somewhere on the Asian continent, but I don't feel like going to Wikipedia to check. Does anyone know where the first sliding door was created?

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I was looking at this interesting section in the back of the Bible that I have and it notifies the readers of some facts.

One of those facts stated in the Bible is that Mary was not a virgin. The evidence that the Bible provides is as follows:

1) She married Joseph (Mt 1:19, 20, 24, 25)

2) She had other children besides Jesus (Mt 13:55, 56; Lu 8:19-21)

Is this true or false?

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Plants are living things, but we consider them to be soulless. So plants are just sorta there in the foreground living and such, but they're not "beings" either.

So if plants are not mortals, then we cannot call them "inanimate" because they can move, although very, very, very slowly; and we cannot call them "immortals" because they can die. So what do we call them?