My teahcer has a Confederate Flag hanging up in the classroom...(HELP!)?
Just ask him. Take a minute after class, or even before class, to ask why he displays the flag, and what it means to him. It would be nice to ask him in private, just you and him, or maybe you and a friend and the teacher. If you ask while the class is there, it might look like you're ganging up on him... but it could also be the start of a wonderful debate on civil liberties, the freedom of speech, or an essay assignment on something like that. As long as he lets you get your opinion of the flag across, it should be an interesting debate. It could be he displays it because someone very dear gave it to him. Maybe he has a deep interest in the civil war. And it might just be that he is a member of KKK. Or maybe he's had trouble with blacks in the past and (erroneously) thinks that keeping that flag there will let you know who's boss (true story: I had a teacher who kept a heavy lock on her desk so she could threaten to throw us with it if we misbehaved, and she actually threw it once and chipped the chalkboard). Even he sounds like he's lying about why, the truth shines sooner or later. Point said, you, and your classmates, should make it very clear that you find the flag very offending. If he can convince you that the flag is there for reasons that have nothing to do with race, let him keep it. If it's there because he's a racist... make sure you make him take it down. But don't try to take it down before actually talking to him (talking directly to the principal will only make him angry and give you grief for the rest of the year). (By the way: the flag was a battle flag that did represent the Confederacy, but the Confederacy was fighting for their economy more than because they were racists. So, the flag represents the south and unfortunately has come to mean the wrong thing over time.)
Christians; If God knew beforehand that Jesus would rise from death, then where's the "sacrifice"?
Yeah... that's pretty whacky, alright... but THIS is the part of this hootenanny that gets me... The god of the Abrahamic death cults of desert monotheism (Jehovah) was often 'appeased' by blood sacrifice. It is well documented in the Wholly Babble that he thoroughly enjoyed a good barbecue... and that a generous serving of blood COULD get him to change his mind. In the incident that you are referring to, though, he set up his own son/self to be cruelly tortured and suffer a gruesome and agonizing death... in a perverse public spectacle of blood sacrifice... to APPEASE HIMSELF. Now I sure don't want to be blasphemous here... and I don't know about you... but where I come from, folks tend to think that this kind of behavior is sympomatic of some kind of mental disorder. Oh... yeah... and BELIEVING that this sort of thing is somehow 'good' is ALSO symptomatic of some kind of mental disorder. Well... either that, or it is irrefutable evidence of brainwashing. GOT to be one or the other. P.S.: Looking over these other answers... it is absolutely bizarre that so many people have been deceived by this depraved fiction. Don't you people get it?... you are the VICTIMS of a 1,700 year-old con game. OK... you all need to think about this... REALLY THINK... this is how badly these people have screwed up your minds. You dismiss all of the thousands of OTHER gods and godesses as myths and superstitions. You dismiss all of the OTHER supernatural entities who are claimed to be the creator of the world and the universe. You dismiss all the OTHER stories of how everything has come to be. But get this... MANY of those entities, those stories, are LESS ridiculous that the one the one that YOU cling to. You believe that a cosmic Jewish zombie, who is his own father, can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him that you accept him as your master so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced, by a talking snake with legs, to eat a piece of fruit from a magical tree... (etc.)... and that there is something horribly wrong with people who ARE NOT so gullible and droolingly stupid as to believe such outrageously ridiculous codswallop... ... and you DO NOT have the mental acuity to realize that this is INSANE. .
Can science explain everything?
I perfectly agree. Science has absolutely no bearing on things that cannot be perceived in any way, shape or form. Then again, if it is a something that does nothing, is it a something at all, or just a nothing? Does something which cannot be perceived exist, or is it merely a baseless superstition? Is God a material or energetic form with some effect upon the world, something quantifiable and observable? If so, then spiritual science is no longer a hypothetical endeavor but is based in solid science, making the point null. If not, then spiritual science is a study of the incarnation of nothing, in which case there is no base for it and no reason to pursue it, for there is nothing to study. In fact, science is much more inclusive and complete than you give it credit for. Scientists have discovered the basic components necessary for rudimentary life, even created them in a lab out of what we suspect are most likely the original conditions of the earth. So much for the origins of life... and now on to the start of the universe. Scientists are developing the entirety of superstring theory, which will be able to explain the laws of physics and forces in full, possibly even how the universe began. As for consciousness, you are right. Science cannot explain it... yet. Never mistake the current state of things for the outermost limit of possibility. It is quite possible that the advancement of neuroscience will reveal the full working of the human mind in the decades to come. If, as you say, spiritual science works through what you perceive through the senses, then it falls under the proper realm of science as something which can be observed and, eventually, quantified. If it succeeds in its mission, then science will have added another branch to its myriad of subjects. Nothing more, nothing less.
Do you ever dream that you're peeing? (Not a joke).?
Seriously, this is not a joke. Sometimes when I have to urinate in the middle of the night, I dream that I have to pee. A few times I've dreamt that I had to pee really bad, and in the dream I was walking around downtown and going from place to place looking desperately for a potty. I never find one, and eventually I wake up and discover that I have to pee really badly. The funniest dream like this that I've had went like this: In the dream, I get up and stand at the toilet, and start to pee. In the dream, I pee, and I pee, and I pee and pee and pee, but still, I can never fully empty my bladder. The peeing goes on for minutes after minute, and I'm standing at the toilet peeing for what seems like forever. Then I just keep peeing, but I'm getting no relief, and I still have the feeling of having a very full bladder. Then I woke up and discovered that my bladder was extremely full, and I had to pee like a racehorse! As I was running to the bathroom, I was laughing about my dream!
What happens the first time you smoke weed?
I heard that some people cough alout and some times get really dizzy and past out how long does it take to get high and how long does it last?. what exactlly happens the first time a person smokes weed? **no im not going to do im not that crazy just curios**
What is a response for when you ask someone out and get rejected?
The less you care, the more they’ll care.I had this crush on this girl in high school. I asked her out during lunch time.I said, “Hey, I wanted to let you know I have a crush on you. I was hoping I could take you out.”She replied, “Sorry. It’s not a good time.”I replied, “Okay. Whatever.”I then walked away confidently to my table of friends. Within minutes, I had forgotten about the rejection and was already laughing at my friend’s jokes.How did she react?She got upset quickly that I’d moved on so fast. She then proceeded to question whether she made the right decision.How do I know this?It’s simple psychology. People like to feel confident in their decision making. She might have thought that I had enough confidence to ask another girl out later that day.What if the next girl said “yes”?Then she’d know she made the wrong decision.So, what happened?One hour later she comes to me and says, “Hey, I changed my mind.”I said, “Ugh, maybe some other time.”What did I learn from this?Be confident.Move on from rejection quickly.It hurts them more than it hurts you.