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Recent content by ginkoneko

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    Western Converts to Islam

    I'm so interested in Islam. It gets me into trouble! I read about Islam when I'm supposed to be doing something else in my Bible Study. I go to a Catholic school and we started out the year in my Bible Studies class investigating other religions so we would be able to talk to people, well...
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    Anti Christian Teacher

    Have you tried talking to her? Some, not all, of the Jewish people I know do feel quite marginalized by Christians and those of other major world religions. You might try asking her sometime, privately, about her experiences with intolerance and about some of the issues she obviously feels...
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    Alcohol

    It's ok to drink. It's probably not smart to drink to the point where you're completely out of control and easily give in to temptation or do things you're normally opposed to. As long as you use judgement it's not sinful. If you find alcohol is an addiction with you or you can't stop at...
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    Western Converts to Islam

    I'm curious about the experience of Western people, or anyone not raised by a Muslim family, who converted to Islam. Such as... What religion were you before? What does Islam offer that your previous faith didn't have? What first interested you in the Islamic faith? What has the reaction been...
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    Test Tube chimeras: is this ethical?

    Is that ethical?? Giving life to something not allowed to develop? Sorry, I don't want to turn this into a pro-life v pro-choice debate, but to me the idea of creating something viable that does not exist in nature is wrong. Creating it with no intention of letting is flourish is worse.
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    Test Tube chimeras: is this ethical?

    It is definitely not ethical. Think of the life of the poor creature that resulted from that sort of thing. Would it be insane? How would it perceive the world? What kind of life would result? I don't think it's a good idea to mess with God's creation in that way. Humans and animals were not...
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    Ethics of modeling

    Thank you for making me spit diet Pepsi all over my screen. :D
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    Borat Ethics

    The rodeo scene, where everybody was cheering and clapping about the things he said about Iraq, was kind of shocking to me. I've heard people support Iraq and say dumb things about Muslims, but I couldn't believe people were cheering. It was during parts like that when I was like, oh wow, I...
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    Give up a certain food for a month, or a year

    That sounds really cool. I want to try something like that. I'm not a chocoholic really but it isn't something I need to have. I could give it up for a month anyway.
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    Borat Ethics

    Obviously. What I really wanted to know though was if it is acceptable to poke fun at certain groups of people, whether for comedy or anything else, especially when the intention of the actor behind the pranks is to point out social intolerance, etc. You comment raised another question for me...
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    Ethics of modeling

    I guess it depends on how the model feels about it. If she is able to balance her faith along with what she is doing and has control over what type of modelling she does, no problem. Nude modeling? I think that would conflict with God's desire to be pure of heart and not to lead others into...
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    Schools teach Abstinence as the only form of birth and STD control?

    Personally I believe students should be given all the information, including details on protecting themselves and exactly what the dangers are, along with the usual spiel on abstinence. This year for the first time the school board of my school (a Catholic H.S. btw) voted to teach "the facts"...
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    Borat Ethics

    Ok, I just got back from seeing the movie Borat, and I have a couple questions about it. Anyone can answer, it's not limited just to people who have seen the movie, but I'm especially curious about what other people who have watched it think about these things. Question 1. - Is it acceptable to...
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    First Time Fast

    I've felt lately like God wants me to do a short fast in order to get my life Christ-centered again and bring my focus back to God. Only, I've never done a real fast before. I have had eating issues and avoided eating for 2 days max but it was always for weight loss, not to get myself back to...
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    Showing off sex appeal

    I do not believe that dressing in a sexy way is a sin or something God will punish us for, but I do think it's a bad idea. For one thing, showing a lot of skin in a revealing outfit or dressing in something really tight can inspire lust in other people. As Christians we are called upon to help...