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Knowledge.
A mentor of mine once told me that confidence is linked to performance. If you become good at something or succeed at something, it will make you feel better about yourself. That confidence will then improve your performance, and the two feed on each...
Intelligence, being independent-minded and strong willed, and a sense of humor.
"yeah, well if theres so much proof, then why can't everyone accept it? " For the same reason not everyone accepted Copernicus' theory that the sun, not the earth, is at the center of the solar system. It challenged a very old religious belief that...
It's a Cold War issue. American society is more conservative than European society, for the most part. Also consider that the policies of left-leaning candidates and parties tend to be a little more socialistic, and historically Americans have mu...
According to the account in Genesis, God created Adam from the dirt and Eve from Adams rib. According to those who don't live in fantasy land, humans evolved from hominids.
"Those who go to hell are not the children of God, they are children of the devil... And that's where His enemies live..in hell. " That sentence would have been so much more dramatic and effective if you had ended it in caps. Like this: "And that's...
Hmmm...this time, I'm going to say God will go old school, and resort to some good, old fashioned fire and brimstone raining down on San Francisco and the Bay area. Before he does this, he'll warn Arnold Schwarzenegger to leave the state. Unfortu...
Ohio maybe concerns me the most, because it was so important in the 2000 and 2004 elections. I would be thrilled to see the Dems carry PA with either Obama or Clinton. Florida and Michigan are also tough ones...the Dems have been able to count on MI ...
"I actually think Obama has a much better shot at beating Old Man McCoot than Clinton. I think her negatives are way to high." Well, we've discussed this before and you know I respect your views, but what concerns me is Obama's performance in the "b...
womanofvirtue, I checked out that website. The fact is, the authors have not done their research. Read "The Pagan Christ" by Tom Harpur as well as the work of Alvin Boyd Kuhn and you'll see all the relevant information about the Egyptian legends of H...
lol, I've changed my mind a few times. At the beginning of the primaries, I was firmly in the John Edwards camp, as I was in the 2004 primaries. I didn't have high hopes for him this year, though, because I was afraid he used up all his political mom...
Well, I disagree with some of Gore's claims about the impacts of global warming. He plays hard and fast with the actual scientific data sometimes, and I think he tries to dumb down and politicize the issue too much. That being said, much of what ...
If you're talking about the impact on the people who fought and lived through each war, I'd say World War I was worse. You had all this new, 20th century technology and the leaders were using 19th century tactics, so the casualties in each battle were...
Hitler did believe in a kind of ethnic nationalism which had been invented in Germany years before he lived, referred to as the "Volk". It was the belief that ethnic Germans, the "Aryan race" as ty points out, had achieved more and were therefore supe...
"This is what I know t be true: God being pure cannot even look upon sin " So you pretty much just cut and paste this answer, right? Anyway, to answer the original question, the afterlife is a human invention. In early society, I think people we...
The Bible makes no reference at all to the medical practice of abortion, or to the topic of whether a fetus is a human life, or to whether a woman should have the choice of getting an abortion. Abortion may be a hot button issue for Christians tod...
Christians say the reason that most of us will be punished eternally is because we choose sin over God's sacrifice. They say humans must be punished because God, in his universe, cannot tolerate sin. But that's only looking at part of the picture...
Pelosi is under the thumb of special interest groups, just like many other members of Congress. While I agree she hasn't been effective, I doubt her replacement will be either, whether it's the next Speaker of the House or the next Representative from...
Keep in mind that China's own national debt is much higher than ours, both in gross sum and as a percentage of their GDP. China would not be able to purchase US debt instruments if they themselves weren't able to borrow money from Western and othe...
"Research: The OIC represents 57 Muslim states." Fascinating. So Obama's secret plan is to bring the US into the OIC, thereby creating a powerful bloc of Muslim states that can fund international terrorism and extinguish Christianity from the globe...
flossheal: I see your point, but according to Christian teachings, God's plan of salvation through Jesus Christ is the bottom line, the meaning behind everything, the reason for the way things are. Given the importance we can and should expect ther...
Being here in Europe, I am seeing the results of creating a single government for Europeans and the results are mixed. On the one hand, Europe does usually resolve its conflicts peacefully now. People are more easily able to travel and do business. ...
"To fulfill the Law. . . " I think he's asking what part of the Mosaic Law Jesus was charged with violating by the Sanhedrin, I.e. why did they arrest him and want him killed.
"if there was not a god then there would be no earth nothing would exist I think that should be enuph proof for you " Even if I did accept that the universe was designed by an intelligent being, I have literally thousands of gods and creation storie...
Because the story of Jesus Christ is based largely on the Egyptian god Horus, whose life story is also told in two segments (child to age 12, and then grown adult). The story of Horus also involves a virgin birth and adoration, followed by Horus growi...
"they actually found a foot, w/ a spike in it, they believe it was Jesus's, theres the proof I have" I thought the story said the tomb of Jesus was empty, I.e. his body wasn't there because he supposedly rose from the dead? How would they be able t...
Religion is a confusing issue, and an interesting one. I'm an atheist, but I study religion all the time because it's an important part of human life. I like what you wrote in your blog. It's honest, and it shows that you are really thinking abo...
flossheal, large numbers of people throughout history have died for all kinds of causes, including religious cults. That doesn't make a belief system valid. The reason I dismiss the Gospels, mainly the four in the Bible, is because they don't sta...
"I would assume that someone here will point you to the Jewish historian Josephus, who wrote about the Christians and their founder, whilst they were still a new religion. " The consensus on Josephus now seems to be that his Testimonium was clearly ...