I nominate Revoltingest for new god on the strength of calorie-free chocolate and excellent TV.
If I were god, I'd give receipts for prayers. Just so you know I got 'em.
Actually, it seems to me that if the project is on people's beliefs, the best way to find out about it is to ask a bunch of people what they believe.
GuitarGuy, you might have more luck in a DIR if you're looking specifically for Christian or Abrahamic viewpoints, those people generally think...
I agree with Sunstone. Anyone making a claim assumes the burden of proof. Anyone saying not only "God X does not exist," but also "No god of any type exists" carries the burden of proving it. Similarly, people claiming the existence of a particular god, or gods in general assumes the burden of...
I grew up in a completely atheistic household and came to G-d myself as a teenager. My belief fluctuates with my experiences, but is based on one particular experience I had when I was about 17.
I am Jew-ish and I also believe G_d has no form, but I think it's really cool that He's described as having hands, arms, a back(side) and all kinds of things humans do.
Still, when I think of G_d, I think of something like light that pervades everything, not something with a finite form. When...
Yeah, I think leaders will be next. It'll take a while for society to fully internalize that gay men aren't a safety risk, but once it does, we'll have gay scout leaders. Now that they've lifted the ban on gay scouts, it's only a matter of time.
I pretty much agree with Penumbra.
I know that my own belief isn't a choice. If it were, I think I'd choose to believe more consistently than I do. But I do choose, to an extent, how much to observe. That, in turn, influences the strength of my belief.
There might be some people who can...
Well, I personally believe that the laws for sexual morality only apply to Jews, but lots of Christians feel those rules apply to themselves. Since that's what we're talking about in the OP, I've just been giving the run-down on my general thoughts on what the verse means.
And I know there are...
^That's insanely awesome.
As for myself, I only fear dying soon! I know I'll have to die eventually, but I'm afraid it'll happen while I've still got tons of stuff I want to do.
Thanks for the answers, guys! Abu Rashid, may I ask who the "People of the Book" are?
I'm staying with a (Christian) friend in a city that's new to me and she and a few of her Christian friends do a bible study every morning. I gotta say, it's interesting to hear Moses's or Isaiah's or...
Thanks for the ideas, guys.
Zardoz, I'm particularly interested in that book of Jesus's sayings all written down, however speculative it may be. It makes sense that they would later be woven into the gospels.
Levite, that is the obvious answer that I, of course, overlooked. I guess I just...
A life's partner is essential to some people's happy, well-balanced lives, but I know some older, single people who are A-OK without one and some people who married, were terribly unhappy, divorced and now have a blast being single. My great-uncle was one. He died without ever getting married or...
Yeah...but bisexual ladies seem to get a raw deal. We're looking at Lev. 18:22 here " You shall not lie down with a male, as with a woman: this is an abomination." So, what, you have to choose? Either sleep with "a male" or "a woman", but you can't lie with one as you do with the other? What...
If you're going to let your sexual desires completely run your life to the point that not having sex will make you live "alone in misery without doing anything", then you've got other problems to deal with. Sex isn't all there is to life.
How can it be like a smores bar and a sausage at the same time? I love one but not the other...too confusing.
Anyway, I voted "bad" (along with just about everyone else so far). If you take the Bible literally, you have to conclude that G-d has hands and eyes, that He comes down and goes...
But the sin isn't in FEELING attracted to the same sex (homosexuality). It's in having sex with someone of the same sex. Anyone can choose to do that, regardless of how they feel. You don't HAVE to be attracted to the same sex to have sex with a person of the same sex. Anyone, even someone who...
I voted yes. I think G-d sends angels to protect us all the time. I think we can help sustain them by doing mitzvot. (Or maybe it's our mitzvot that show G-d we want them to hang around so he orders them to stay.) But it's not like angels are hanging around in heaven waiting for babies to be...