I have a question for everyone. What do you belive in? I am trying to see how many people belive in God compared to non-belivers.

Jesus Hitler Christ, learn what Satanism is before talking about it. Satanists (Read: members of the Church of Satan) do NOT believe in a God or a devil. They do not worship your concept of Satan. They worship "Satan" as a symbol of man's true self. Satanists believe that religion impeeds on man's true nature.

I believe that the one, almighty God is our creator, and that He first created man perfect. Then we disobeyed Him, and He reversed it. Now, we have free will, and can do whatever we please. However, there is a heaven for those who do good, and a hell for those who do evil. I believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and the Holy Spirit. I basically follow the Bible, my "handbook." I'm guessing you know the rest

I'm deeply religious... so I don't mind if you guys question it, but don't trash it

MTLBYAKY

u know what i am really so taken by buddhism that i really want to become one..can u tell me more about buddhism and its priniciples..right now, i am reading the autobiography of dalai lama ( freedom in exile) , its amazing how he reconciles releigion and politics ad the best part is the way he sees a human being in virtually the most devilish person !!!
who should rule the world , global community.......

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What plausible testible data? How can you have data for something that supposedly happened before anything existed?

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The whole entire Universe provides a source for plausable testable data, I.E. Matter, Energy etc.
God forbid that we test the universe we live in to test theories about this universe, but no that would make to much sense.

I'm officially Roman Catholic, but I'm not sure what I believe...God confuses me lol.

If people ask me about my faith I don't lie to them (except to my boyfriend's family- they're Catholic). Most people do seem fasinated by it. But if the subject doesn't come up I usually don't say anything.

Wow! I didn't know that wicca still existed! Its amazing! Do you let people know straight off that you are part of the wicca or do you wait to tell them until they get to know you? Does it put them off? There probably are some people out there like that. I personally think its very interesting.

I'm Buddhist myself. We have no god, goddess or sepreme (sp?!!) being, we just have a founder and a belief... that's pretty much it.

Wicca is a branch of Paganism. Paganism has been around for many centuries. It's a little difficult to explain. We believe the Goddess and the God have many faces (Athena, Venus, and Morgan Le Fay for example). They are seperate and yet the same. We worship nature and all it's splendor. We celebrate 8 holidays based on the turning of the wheel of the year (seasons). Some Wiccans practice magick but that is a choice. Those of us that practice magick are witches. Contrary to popular belief we not worship Satan. we do not believe in Heaven ir Hell. Most Wiccans believe in reincarnation. The really nice thing about Wicca is there is room for personal opinion and preference. There are a few rules/laws that we follow. "Ever mind the rule of three for what thou does comes back to thee." Whatever energy you send out into the cosmos, good or bad, comes back to you threefold. "A true witch does not manipulate someone's free will." So not allowed to do love spells targeting a certain person or anything like that. We are also not allowed to cast a spell on someone without their permission. The only exception to this rule is a healing spell. Of course, some people try to make loopholes for these rules but is not recommened due to out first law. Is there anything else you would like to know?

What plausible testible data? How can you have data for something that supposedly happened before anything existed?

I'm not sure which theory to believe. Both seem a little farfetched to me. But anyway, why do we need to know how we came to be? The thing we have to focus on is how we're going to stay here. We are destroying this planet and need to try and reverse this.

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If yoou believe we all evolved from monkies than i ask u- where did the monkies come from???

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Monkeys and humans came from similar ancestors and later in time we branched off to become separate beings. don't believe me? why are there skeletons under the ground that look half human and half ape? as you dig deeper they appear more and more apelike.

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also explain jesus and the miracles he performed and all the countless eye witnesses who saw him perform them.

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You have the burden of proving that to us. But I will tell you this. When David Blaine walks up to random people on the street and levitates for them or when he yanks off a chicken's head and puts it back on, I'm not watching that and saying "he must be the son of God". In my opinion all these little tricks that Jesus performed were just illusions (misleading images presented to the vision). People in those days were extremely gullible and its sad that you cant extend your perception in the year 2004 to more important things other than a fictious book full of lies that has led some people to pure insanity.

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If yoou believe we all evolved from monkies than i ask u- where did the monkies come from???

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Where did god come from, at least the Big Bang has plausible testable data to back its claim up.

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if u think that something exploded and we just came to be, the chances of that are like 1 in 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 and on and on and on

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According to what calculations, what sources, what theroem did you use to figure this out?

"""the chances of that are like 1 in 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"""

___Do you know how big the universe is?

I believe God sent his son to die for us to save us from our sins. if u dont believe this than i have a question for you- What is the purpose of life? r u here to get a job, get married, have kids, and then die??? since i am a christian, my purpose is to serve God by serving others and leading them to christ. If yoou believe we all evolved from monkies than i ask u- where did the monkies come from??? if u think that something exploded and we just came to be, the chances of that are like 1 in 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 and on and on and on. in other words it is almost scientifically impossible. also explain jesus and the miracles he performed and all the countless eye witnesses who saw him perform them.
ill say more another time- Devin

I've always wanted to ask: Where does the "goddess" come from?...And how was wicca started?...

I'm Wiccan. We believe in a God and a Goddess.

I really cannot be asked

There's Google. There are thousands of web pages on that subject. Get to work...

I personally don't get the big bang theory. I mean "Nothing exploded and became the universe"?
How does that work?