Contraception and Gender Equality
According to “Gender inequality and the ‘East-West’ divide in contraception: An analysis at the individual, the couple, and the country level,” the study hypothesizes the higher gender inequality in a society is associated with higher incidence of NO use of modern reversible contraception and the higher use of permanent methods like female sterilization. Socioeconomic status is strongly related to women education, employment, and gender equality.
The study concludes countries with higher gender equality measured by women employment and higher socioeconomic levels have higher use of female reversible contraception methods.
The study compares the use of female reversible contraception methods to, other means or no contraception in 17 European countries; Austria, France, Germany, Norway, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine. The study includes East and West Europe countries to compare the division and gender equality in the 2 societies. Some countries do not fulfill inclusion criteria and are excluded due to the lack of data, geographic location and difficulty to differentiate the requirements of the study
The study uses compared variables such as women’s education, relevant education, occupation and relative occupation. Also, the study uses methods including; No Contraception, female reversible methods like contraceptive pills, IUD, female barriers, and spermicides. Female rhythm method, male reversible methods like coitus interruptus and male barriers (condom), permanent sterilization like female tubal ligation or male vasectomy.
This study results and discussion concludes higher socioeconomic status, as well as higher gender equality, increases the use of modern reversible female contraceptive methods like contraceptive pills, IUD, or female barrier. Also, higher socioeconomic status and gender equality are associated with higher male sterilization methods compared to its different societies. This conclusion can be due to higher levels of education, understanding, and communication between the partners. Also, modern reversible methods are more available to women in such societies.
On the other hand, lower socioeconomic status, lower gender equality, lower occupation and education in females are inversely related to the use of female modern reversible contraceptive methods and are associated with higher rate of female sterilization compared to male reversible methods and male sterilization. This conclusion can be due to the lack of sufficient knowledge about the methods, lack of education, lack of the importance of women’s role in society which makes modern methods or how to use them unavailable, so women are burdened with permanent solutions like sterilization.
References
Dereuddre, R., Van de Velde, S., Bracke, P. (2016). Gender inequality and the ‘East-West’ divide in contraception: An analysis at the individual, the couple, and the country level. ScienceDirect, Social Science & Medicine 161 (2016) 1-12. Retrieved from https://www-sciencedirect-com.ezproxy.csusm.edu/science/article/pii/S027795361630258
Saturday, July 14, 2018
Sexuality and TV
Sex sells! Most commercials on TV and in magazines use sex and sexuality to sell their products even when these products have nothing to do with sex.
Some of the most shocking commercials are Carl's Junior famously having very sexy slim almost naked big breasted girls moving and talking very seductively, opening their mouths very widely to bite on the burger as if they are having oral sex with the burger. Some commercials use sexual phrases like “it will BLOW your mind” next to the model open mouth indirectly referring to a blow job. Moreover, the burger juice and dressing drip and smears all over the model’s face and sometimes body.
The commercials added a strong sexual desire to the burger as if the strong fat desire is not enough. This sexuality targets and attracts all males of all ages. It also targets female trying to convince them they will look that sexy when they eat the burger despite the facts they will actually get fat and less attractive. The commercials defy any logic. It is impossible for such slim models to be in love with eating those fat burgers because if they were, they would have never been that thin or hot anymore.
Most beer commercials depict gorgeous sexy girls in bikinis on the beach smiling seductively and being attracted to the guy who is drinking or offering them the beer. This implies drinking beer will get guys surrounded by beautiful girls and will make girls drawn to them. The irony is drinking beer on the beach is illegal in most states especially in California, and it can get you arrested. Also, in reality drinking beer and getting buzzed does not make beautiful girls like guys more but it just makes guys perceive girls as more attractive.
TV has always censored scenes and talks related to sex in the past. Not long time ago even the words, sex, bitch, ass, boobs could have never been heard on TV networks like ABC or NBC. By the early nineties, the TV became more open to expression of sex even homosexuality may be on shows like Seinfeld, Friends, and Will and Grace. Recently I was shocked to see men kissing and in an apparent homosexual act on the episodes of “How to Get Away with Murder” on ABC. The scene did not include frontal nudity or genital exposure, but it was a clear admission to homosexuality as a regular part of some peoples’ lives.
“Masters of Sex” on Showtime is the true story of Johnson and Dr. Masters research in the 1950s. Considering it is a cable channel it almost had pornographic scenes but in a very acceptable manner for the sake of medicine, science, and knowledge. The episodes also discuss sex, sexuality, and homosexuality in a very open and scientific way. It was very educational for 2013.
TV has used sex scenes very frequently but not yet not as a regular part of life. The way it is portrayed is still unnatural and for obvious seduction. As far as I know from friends and family who live abroad, in Europe and Australia, sex and nudity are on regular TV. Nudity does not have that of a taboo impact on people like in the U.S. In Europe women are topless on every beach and on TV. In the U.S. it was a disaster talked about for years when Janet Jackson showed one breast with a covered nipple possibly by accident. The number of breasts equals the number of people! Yet, the American society is obsessed with breasts in an unhealthy way. Even people continuously debate whether to show or not to show breasts during breastfeeding.
Appropriate sex education is crucial in the upbringing of the future generations. In the past, information and knowledge about sexual facts were not available. Religion approach to sex is negative. This leads to generations believing in myths, suffering from guilt, and missing out on the enjoyment of sex. Nowadays, society is suffering from a different problem related to the availability of sex education as well.
Sex comprehensive education is declining in the American school system, and the internet is more and more available as the source of information about sex. This is good and bad in many ways. It is good because knowledge became available to everyone and none has to wonder about or believe in the myths about sex anymore. However, it is hazardous since the sources are usually porn sites and the information is not scientific. When searching for information about sex, often several pages of porn pop up first.
Porn does not address sex from a scientific factual point of view but usually from a nonrealistic perverted or even pathological point of view to shock the viewers and entertain them. First experiences and first impressions about sex in a person’s life are very influential. When the very young or teenagers’ primary education about sex is porn, they might associate sexual needs, fulfillment, and desires with the extraordinarily unrealistic and sometimes diverted sexual fantasies. Like substantially sized penises, huge breasts, erection, and intercourse lasting for hours, or unrealistic expectations of sex in unusual circumstances, situations or by impossible people. Not to mention, the extreme crazy fetishes including feces, cockroaches, and other things that are considered abnormal for most people. Unless a person understands porn is not the norm but just a fantasy, a person might feel incompetent or inadequate regarding his or her sexuality, performance, size of genitalia or breasts, or longevity of the act.
A person may act up towards others believing that porn fantasy could apply in reality. Also, several observations demonstrated porn can be addictive, and it alters the perception of sexual reality. On the other hand, there are numerous scientific sites with beneficial information about sex online as well. If the online sex education guarantees trusted sources, it would have been a priceless treasure for sex education.
References; Funny Commercials. [2017, August 12]. The Best 14 Carl’s Jr & Hardee's Burgers Too Hot For
TV Commercials [Video file]. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku2D_eAtTMg Skip Ad. [2017, December 5]. Most Interest Commercial (Direct TV, Carl's Jr. Doritos and
Much More) [Video file]. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mQhR9jPS40&list=PL0-r-m6dIOhtZ_LTNTVKg0gOwAQXyHG8K
Some of the most shocking commercials are Carl's Junior famously having very sexy slim almost naked big breasted girls moving and talking very seductively, opening their mouths very widely to bite on the burger as if they are having oral sex with the burger. Some commercials use sexual phrases like “it will BLOW your mind” next to the model open mouth indirectly referring to a blow job. Moreover, the burger juice and dressing drip and smears all over the model’s face and sometimes body.
The commercials added a strong sexual desire to the burger as if the strong fat desire is not enough. This sexuality targets and attracts all males of all ages. It also targets female trying to convince them they will look that sexy when they eat the burger despite the facts they will actually get fat and less attractive. The commercials defy any logic. It is impossible for such slim models to be in love with eating those fat burgers because if they were, they would have never been that thin or hot anymore.
Most beer commercials depict gorgeous sexy girls in bikinis on the beach smiling seductively and being attracted to the guy who is drinking or offering them the beer. This implies drinking beer will get guys surrounded by beautiful girls and will make girls drawn to them. The irony is drinking beer on the beach is illegal in most states especially in California, and it can get you arrested. Also, in reality drinking beer and getting buzzed does not make beautiful girls like guys more but it just makes guys perceive girls as more attractive.
TV has always censored scenes and talks related to sex in the past. Not long time ago even the words, sex, bitch, ass, boobs could have never been heard on TV networks like ABC or NBC. By the early nineties, the TV became more open to expression of sex even homosexuality may be on shows like Seinfeld, Friends, and Will and Grace. Recently I was shocked to see men kissing and in an apparent homosexual act on the episodes of “How to Get Away with Murder” on ABC. The scene did not include frontal nudity or genital exposure, but it was a clear admission to homosexuality as a regular part of some peoples’ lives.
“Masters of Sex” on Showtime is the true story of Johnson and Dr. Masters research in the 1950s. Considering it is a cable channel it almost had pornographic scenes but in a very acceptable manner for the sake of medicine, science, and knowledge. The episodes also discuss sex, sexuality, and homosexuality in a very open and scientific way. It was very educational for 2013.
TV has used sex scenes very frequently but not yet not as a regular part of life. The way it is portrayed is still unnatural and for obvious seduction. As far as I know from friends and family who live abroad, in Europe and Australia, sex and nudity are on regular TV. Nudity does not have that of a taboo impact on people like in the U.S. In Europe women are topless on every beach and on TV. In the U.S. it was a disaster talked about for years when Janet Jackson showed one breast with a covered nipple possibly by accident. The number of breasts equals the number of people! Yet, the American society is obsessed with breasts in an unhealthy way. Even people continuously debate whether to show or not to show breasts during breastfeeding.
Appropriate sex education is crucial in the upbringing of the future generations. In the past, information and knowledge about sexual facts were not available. Religion approach to sex is negative. This leads to generations believing in myths, suffering from guilt, and missing out on the enjoyment of sex. Nowadays, society is suffering from a different problem related to the availability of sex education as well.
Sex comprehensive education is declining in the American school system, and the internet is more and more available as the source of information about sex. This is good and bad in many ways. It is good because knowledge became available to everyone and none has to wonder about or believe in the myths about sex anymore. However, it is hazardous since the sources are usually porn sites and the information is not scientific. When searching for information about sex, often several pages of porn pop up first.
Porn does not address sex from a scientific factual point of view but usually from a nonrealistic perverted or even pathological point of view to shock the viewers and entertain them. First experiences and first impressions about sex in a person’s life are very influential. When the very young or teenagers’ primary education about sex is porn, they might associate sexual needs, fulfillment, and desires with the extraordinarily unrealistic and sometimes diverted sexual fantasies. Like substantially sized penises, huge breasts, erection, and intercourse lasting for hours, or unrealistic expectations of sex in unusual circumstances, situations or by impossible people. Not to mention, the extreme crazy fetishes including feces, cockroaches, and other things that are considered abnormal for most people. Unless a person understands porn is not the norm but just a fantasy, a person might feel incompetent or inadequate regarding his or her sexuality, performance, size of genitalia or breasts, or longevity of the act.
A person may act up towards others believing that porn fantasy could apply in reality. Also, several observations demonstrated porn can be addictive, and it alters the perception of sexual reality. On the other hand, there are numerous scientific sites with beneficial information about sex online as well. If the online sex education guarantees trusted sources, it would have been a priceless treasure for sex education.
References; Funny Commercials. [2017, August 12]. The Best 14 Carl’s Jr & Hardee's Burgers Too Hot For
TV Commercials [Video file]. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku2D_eAtTMg Skip Ad. [2017, December 5]. Most Interest Commercial (Direct TV, Carl's Jr. Doritos and
Much More) [Video file]. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mQhR9jPS40&list=PL0-r-m6dIOhtZ_LTNTVKg0gOwAQXyHG8K
Friday, July 13, 2018
Religion and Sex
Religion and sex
Religious beliefs have a tremendous but mainly negative impact on sex and sexuality for thousands of years. Egyptian and Greek methodologies are probably the only beliefs encouraged sex without guilt. Some other religions may have favored reproduction. However, they looked at sex as a form of degradation and considered celibacy a path to achieve a higher spiritual level and higher status of knowledge. Religions which reasoned sex impure or a sinful pleasure have caused individuals to suffer guilt and shame and subsequently loss of the enjoyment of sex for thousands of years. Definitely, women have enjoyed sex much less than men over the years because of their religious beliefs. Homosexuals had to hide their sexuality believing they are ill or committing a crime against their society and religion.
It seems many religions considered sex a form of transgression, except for, maybe the ancient Egyptian and the Greek mythologies. Sex was an essential part of life, open, and unattained with guilt in ancient Egypt. The ancient Egyptians believed life started on earth when the god Atum masturbated and swallowed his own semen, then spat it onto the land. The Egyptian gods had sex, and some were depicted with erected penises as a sign of fertility. They believed sex will continue in the afterlife. Tales of sex, adultery, homosexuality, incest, and masturbation were familiar. The ancient Egyptians had prescriptions for contraception, so women can enjoy sex as long as they want without having children. The Egyptians celebrated the feasts of Queen Hatshepsut by drinking beer and dancing all day, then engaging in sex while in a trance state. An Egyptian papyrus depicting different sex positions similar to the Kamasutra was discovered in the 19th century.
The ancient Greeks were very open-minded about sexuality and had a big appetite for all kinds of sex. Their gods were scandalous and sex deviants precisely like humans. Heterosexuality, Homosexuality, and Bisexuality used to be a norm. Alexander the Great was a bisexual. Artifacts of Phallic sex objects to please women and achieve orgasm are found and depicted in the ancient Greek icons. Masturbation was considered normal, but thought to be a waste of semen and just for the slaves or the low-status people who cannot have sex. The Romans had similar sexuality in spite of different views on homosexuality.
In ancient China, Taoism considered sex a form of joining energy and essence. They believed the joining of the Ying and the Yang is a path to health and longevity. Thunder was depicted as an act of sex between the heavens and the earth. In a way, sex was encouraged. However, Taoism looked at body fluids as a source of life and vitality; hence it has to be conserved. The act of sex was supposed to be performed by avoiding ejaculation. Some society allowed ejaculation in exceptional circumstances and others prohibited it altogether. Some cultures even believed women are the enemy because they consume semen and subsequently reduce men's vitality.
In Hinduism and Jainism, sex is considered one of the essential pillars of life, hence the Kamasutra depictions of different positions to perform sex. However, chastity was sought to achieve higher spirituality and knowledge. Buddhism considered craving a form of suffering and sex was a degradation. Monks and nuns pursuit the highest level of spiritual status by abstaining from sex.
Judaism looked at women as less, impure and untouchable during the menstrual period. It considered sex an impure act which requires purification by washing the body after intercourse. It strictly regulated sex and submitted severe fatal punishments for nontraditional forms of sex, sex outside marriage and infidelity. Judaism considered Homosexuality an abomination and is punished by death according to the book of Leviticus. Lust is a major sin.
Christianity completely opposed the Greek and Roman sexuality. It almost demonized sex, and until recently it limited sex for the purpose of procreation. It even limited sex to only one position. The Catholic Church is still against contraception even the use of condoms in the AIDS infested areas of Africa. Virgin men and women have a particular higher rank in heaven next to god according to the book of Revelation and the teachings of Saint Paul. Looking at a woman to lust or enjoy her sexual appearance is considered spiritual fornication and it is punishable by eternal hell according to Matthew so is masturbation of course. Not to mention, homosexuality is an abomination according to Corinthians.
Islam allowed endless sex, but for men only according to the Quran, Hadith, and Sharia Law. Men are permitted sex with their wives as well as women who are captured in a war which is considered, in some opinions, an act of rape and slavery. Islam allows polygamy and commanded women to always submit to please their husband anytime sex is demanded. Rebelient women were also often kept in the “house of obedience” until they submit to their husbands. On the other hand, until today in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and other countries if a woman was found to be not a virgin on the night of her wedding she and her family will be shamed and humiliated forever. Also, there is a considerable possibility she will be killed or stoned to death after being raped by the good samaritans and the defenders of religion. According to Hadith and Sahih Bukhari, It is strongly recommended to circumcise girls by cutting off the clitoris to ensure women do not have a sex drive to not commit infidelity and guarantees a man can keep his harem in check. Some followers consider women impure. They have to wash and pray one more time if they touch a woman before or during prayer. Men especially who are killed in Jihad against the infidels will be rewarded by having endless sex for eternity with a multitude of paradise virgins (the Houris). According to the Bukhari, The Houris are beautiful eyed and bodied young hairless except the eyebrows and head virgins of paradise (Jenah) who remain virgins after sex. They do not urinate, defecate or menstruate, and they have libidinous vaginas to please the Muslim men in heaven, especially the martyrs of Jihad. The martyrs will also be served fruits and wine in the afterlife by good-looking boys. Homosexuality in Islam is an abomination punished by execution or being thrown from the top of the highest building.
Many religions looked at women as less than men, demonized masturbation, demonized homosexual intercourse, and favored celibacy over sex. Many religions had and still have false guilt initiating mythical believes about forms of sex. When it comes to sex and sexuality, I think it has been proven sex is a natural human clean gift to enjoy and wasting it is a significant loss. Masturbation is normal. Homosexuality is just a form of sex. Women are as equal and vital to please as men. Nothing should initiate guilt about any thought or act related to sex.
If I choose a religion, I might prefer the ancient Egyptian or the Greek faiths for they had the most correct, natural, and guilt-free approach to sex. My second choice is to be a wealthy Muslim male in a Muslim society or a Muslim martyr in paradise! However, I would rather be a Nontheist than a believer in any religion because every religion has some form of non-factual mythical believes, restrictions, and sometimes they dehumanize sex and sexuality. I would rather be a believer in science because science frees the mind from the mythological superstitions which have had controlled human sexuality for thousands of years.
References:
https://culturacolectiva.com/history/sexuality-ancient-egypt/
http://www.thekeep.org/~kunoichi/kunoichi/themestream/sexuality.html#.WnXFDtWnFfg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_ancient_Egypt
http://www.historyextra.com/period/ancient-greece/a-brief-history-of-sex-and-sexuality-in-ancient-greece/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoist_sexual_practices
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khajuraho_Group_of_Monuments
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_sexuality
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_sexual_jurisprudence#Concubines:_Muslim_male's_sex_with_female_slaves
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houri
New Facts About Human Sexuality
New Facts about Human Sexuality
There are several new conclusions about human sexuality.
Bisexuality is a stable pattern of attraction to both sexes. It is not a transitional phase from heterosexuality to lesbian identification. It is neither an experimental phase for heterosexuals. In 2008, Lisa M. Diamond presented these results of a 10-year long study in Utah University assessing 70 women identified as lesbian, bisexual, or sexually unlabeled.
Arousal precedes desire. A study by Ellen Laan of the University of Amsterdam in 2004 about the physical response to sexual images concluded that we have a physical response to sexual visuals before the mind engages with them.
Men look more into the eyes during sexual situations than women. An Emory University study concluded when watching sexually explicit images, men looked more into the eyes of the subjects than women did. Also, both men and women fastly passed through the genital photos. The two brains responded differently as well. Men had more wave activity in the Amygdala than women.
Unwealthy men are sexually attracted to fat white women. Rich men are attracted to thin dark women. The international body project, a survey of 7,434 people worldwide concluded men in lower socioeconomic societies are more attracted to fat and white women. While in higher socioeconomic societies thinner and darker women were considered more attractive. Probably, because being in more impoverished societies fat is regarded as a sign of wealth and being well fed.
Sex drive is influenced by culture, and women sex drive decrease when in a long relationship. A meta-analysis by the University of Wisconsin, Madison concluded the significant difference in sex drive between men and women is profoundly influenced by culture. Women sex drive decreases after being in long relationships but not because of monogamy.
In summary, recent studies showed that bisexuality is a pattern, not an experimental or a transitional phase. Arousal precedes desire. Men make more eye contact with the subject of arousal than women. Women have less desire after being in a relationship for a long time. Socioeconomic status affects the criteria of physical attraction.
Reference:
Gross, J. (2014). 5 studies that offer fascinating conclusions about human sexuality.
Retrieved fromhttps://blog.ted.com/6-studies-that-offer-fascinating-conclusions-about-human-sexuality/
There are several new conclusions about human sexuality.
Bisexuality is a stable pattern of attraction to both sexes. It is not a transitional phase from heterosexuality to lesbian identification. It is neither an experimental phase for heterosexuals. In 2008, Lisa M. Diamond presented these results of a 10-year long study in Utah University assessing 70 women identified as lesbian, bisexual, or sexually unlabeled.
Arousal precedes desire. A study by Ellen Laan of the University of Amsterdam in 2004 about the physical response to sexual images concluded that we have a physical response to sexual visuals before the mind engages with them.
Men look more into the eyes during sexual situations than women. An Emory University study concluded when watching sexually explicit images, men looked more into the eyes of the subjects than women did. Also, both men and women fastly passed through the genital photos. The two brains responded differently as well. Men had more wave activity in the Amygdala than women.
Unwealthy men are sexually attracted to fat white women. Rich men are attracted to thin dark women. The international body project, a survey of 7,434 people worldwide concluded men in lower socioeconomic societies are more attracted to fat and white women. While in higher socioeconomic societies thinner and darker women were considered more attractive. Probably, because being in more impoverished societies fat is regarded as a sign of wealth and being well fed.
Sex drive is influenced by culture, and women sex drive decrease when in a long relationship. A meta-analysis by the University of Wisconsin, Madison concluded the significant difference in sex drive between men and women is profoundly influenced by culture. Women sex drive decreases after being in long relationships but not because of monogamy.
In summary, recent studies showed that bisexuality is a pattern, not an experimental or a transitional phase. Arousal precedes desire. Men make more eye contact with the subject of arousal than women. Women have less desire after being in a relationship for a long time. Socioeconomic status affects the criteria of physical attraction.
Reference:
Gross, J. (2014). 5 studies that offer fascinating conclusions about human sexuality.
Retrieved fromhttps://blog.ted.com/6-studies-that-offer-fascinating-conclusions-about-human-sexuality/
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
100 Questions to God
100 Questions to God
I have been an excellent fundamental Christian.
For 50 years, I firmly believed in one god, one son of God, one Holy Spirit and somehow, the 3 of them are one god too!
I believed, 2000 years ago, God came to earth and sacrificed himself to himself in the form of his son after impregnating a 12-year-old human virgin who remained a virgin even after she gave him a natural birth. God let himself be tortured and die on the cross to save me from a mortal sin, which I have not committed but, I was born with, because my ancestor Adam ate forbidden fruit, 6000 years ago
I believed I was born in sin and without Jesus; I am going to hell for the rest of eternity even if I have done nothing.
I believed the one Church of Jesus Christ is the only way to my eternal life of happiness.
I believed in the literal and symbolic interpretation of the bible’s old and new testaments.
I believed the physically impossible events in the bible are just ordinary miracles from God to impress people.
I believed in the revelations, the prophecies, and the rapture.
I believed my thoughts, desires, imaginations, and even dreams are sinful and they justify burning in hell.
I believed slavery started when Noah cursed Canaan the son of his son Ham because Ham saw the nakedness of his father Noah and bragged about it when Noah got drunk and naked. That is how Ham's sons, generation after generation justifiably became black slaves. Therefore, I never go to my father’s room after he drinks wine.
I believed slavery was a standard form of life as God explained how to do it in the bible.
I believed Homosexuality is a demonic sinful choice and people will burn in hell forever for committing it like the people of Sodom and Gomorrah.
I believed all the contradictions and dilemmas in the Bible are because of our ignorance.
I believed science contradicts the Bible because science has not advanced enough.
I believed the more we advance, the more we will understand the great wisdom and knowledge in the bible.
I had firm faith, but I was always looking for evidence.
I had many questions and the answers I received did not convince me but stopped me from asking, however, I continued to believe.
I sought knowledge and I explored religions, but the more I learned, the more beliefs did not make sense. So, I wrote this letter to god to ask him 100 questions and I am still waiting for him to answer.
Dear God!
1-Why do you work in "mysterious ways" and confuse people? This doesn't make sense and sounds unfair. Isn't it much better if you are clear and straightforward?
2-Why do you punish sinners if you have created them this way? Did you create sinners so you would punish them? This doesn't make sense and sounds unfair.
3-Why do you judge us when we fail if you know everything including that we would fail? This does not make sense and sounds unfair.
4-Why do you lead us to temptations if you know we will not resist? This doesn't make sense and sounds unfair.
5-Why do you teach us hard lessons in life if you know we will not learn? and by the time we learn, we are too old and die! This doesn't make sense and sounds cruel.
6-Why do you punish us for eternity when we don't learn if you knew we couldn’t learn? This doesn't make sense and sounds cruel.
7-Why do you create us sick with sin, order us to cure and punish us when we can't? This doesn't make sense and sounds cruel.
8-Why do you let bad things happen if you knew it would happen? This doesn't make sense and sounds cruel if you let bad things happen, or incompetence if you can't stop them from happening.
9-Why do you let bad things happen to good people? This doesn't make sense and sounds cruel. Wouldn't it be nicer if you protect the innocent?
10-Why do you claim we have free choice if you already decided what we will choose? This doesn't make sense and sounds unfair.
11-Why do you claim that we have “free will”? Nevertheless, you are going to burn us in hell if our will is different from yours. This doesn't make sense and sounds unfair.
12- In the Old Testament, why did you revenge and destroy everything you’ve created instead of forgiving? This doesn't make sense and sounds merciless and cruel.
13-Why did you have uncontrollable anger in the Old Testament? This doesn't make sense, sounds immature, and lacks wisdom.
14-Why do you demand blood and sacrifice? This doesn't make sense and sounds cruel.
15-Why do you never forgive unless killing happens? This doesn't make sense and sounds cruel.
16-Why did you sacrifice your own son? Haven’t you forbidden people from sacrificing sons because it is barbaric and inhuman? This is confusing, doesn't make sense, and sounds cruel and hypocritical
17-Why do you call it salvation and forgiveness if the price has been already paid in blood? This doesn't make sense and sounds confusing.
WWII German Concentration camp prisoners, the torture and genocide of 6 million Jews
Why didn’t God stop the Holocaust, the genocide and rape of the Christian Armenians, the genocide in Rwanda, the mass rape and murder in Nigeria, the terrorists in 9/11, the Tsunami in South Asia, the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan, ISIS from killing raping and bombing his churches in the Middle East, the priests from raping innocent children in the Catholic churches, the child molesters from kidnapping, raping torturing and killing innocent children, or the burning of his Notre Dame church in Paris? Did you let it happen? didn’t you want to stop it? couldn’t you stop it? didn't you care? wasn’t you paying attention? are you cruel? or because you are imaginary and don’t exist?!
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The Turks displaced and slaughtered 1.5 million Armenians between 1915 and 1918
18-Why would you punish our ancestor (Adam) by burning in hell for eternity, for just eating a fruit? Isn’t it a grave punishment for such a silly sin? Why did you change your mind 4000 years later and sacrifice your son instead? Isn’t it still a high price to pay for a silly sin? This doesn't make sense.
19-Why do you want us to believe in you but, make yourself invisible? This doesn't make sense and is tricky.
20-Why don’t you make it simple and just show yourself? This doesn't make sense and sounds unfair.
21-Why do you want us to believe in you based on no evidence? This doesn't make sense and sounds irrational.
22-Why didn't you leave archeological evidence of the great flood or the exodus from Egypt? This doesn't make sense and sounds mythical.
23-Why do you show yourself only to one person at a time when he is alone, in a dream, in a cave, or on a mountain hearing voices? This doesn't make sense and sounds weird. Aren’t hearing voices a form of hallucination and believing them a form of delusion or schizophrenia? Aren't dreams unaccountable?
24-Why will you burn gay people in hell for eternity if you claim you love them? Will you love them only when they stop being homosexual?! This doesn't make sense and sounds contradictory.
25-Why do you want to burn gay people in hell for eternity if you created them this way? This doesn't make sense and sounds unfair and cruel.
26-Why do you let people suffer if you claim you love them? This doesn't make sense and sounds unfair. It is cruel if let them suffer on purpose. It is incompetence if you can't help them.
27-Why do you let millions of innocent babies die every year, and let their parents suffer in agony for no good reason? This doesn't make sense and sounds unfair. It is very cruel if you let their parents suffer on purpose. It is incompetence if you can't save them.
28-Why do you burn unbaptized babies in hell for eternity? What have they done to you? This doesn't make sense, it sounds unfair and cruel.
29-Why are you jealous of the other gods like the Pharaohs, Usher, and Marduk? This doesn't make sense and sounds immature or insecure.
30-Why are you different from place to place on earth?
This doesn't make sense aren't you the same everywhere?
31-Why are you different from time to time in history?
This doesn't make sense, aren't you the same all the time?
32-Why do you mean different things to different people?
This doesn't make sense, Aren't you the same for everyone? This sounds like your character depends on people's interpretations and knowledge.
33-Why do the people of the same faith disagree about you? Why are the Christians divided and disagree about you? Why are the Muslims divided and disagree about you? Why are the Jews divided and disagree about you? This doesn't make sense, aren't you the same, at least, for people of the same faith?
34-Why are you completely different and opposite for Muslims from Christians? This doesn't make sense, aren't you the same for everyone who believes in you?
35-Why do you always need people to explain you to other people? This doesn't make sense. Are you unable to explain yourself?
37-Why do you let Muslim terrorists murder the innocent in your name? This doesn't make sense. It is cruel if you let them and incompetence if you can't stop them.
38-Why do you need people to worship you if you are great? This doesn't make sense and sounds needy.
38-Why do you need people to worship you if you are great? This doesn't make sense and sounds needy.
39-In the 10 commandments, why did you care about not making images of yourself even before you cared about murder? What is more important, Murder, or making images of you? This doesn't make sense and sounds like your priorities are not in order.
40-Why do you order us not to murder, but you kill millions by disease and natural disasters? This doesn't make sense and sounds contradictory and confusing.
41-Why don't you declare yourself to all people? This doesn't make sense and sounds tricky.
42-Why did you wait to declare yourself only in the first century? This doesn't make any sense.
43- Why didn't you declare yourself thousands of years earlier? This does not make any sense.
44- Why did you declare yourself to only a few illiterate Middle Easterners in the desert? Didn’t you want the whole world to know you? This doesn't make any sense.
45-Why didn't you directly declare yourself to the Chinese? They had the oldest civilization, the highest population on earth, and they also knew how to write and document? This doesn't make sense and sounds unfair or racist against Asians.
46-Why don't almost half the population on earth know you? This doesn't make sense and sounds unfair.
47-Why do you burn the people who never heard of you in hell for eternity? This doesn't make sense and sounds unfair and cruel.
48-Why did you wait 13.7 billion years to send your book of Quran according to Islam to one specific person in a cave? This doesn't make any sense.
49-Why did you order the Jews to cut the tips of their penises? Why did you create men with foreskin then order them to cut them off? This doesn't make sense and sounds weird.
50-Why didn't you condemn Lot for trying to give his daughters to be raped? This doesn't make sense and sounds strange.
51-Why didn't you condemn Lot's daughters for having sex with their father? This doesn't make sense and sounds weird.
52-Why did you wrestle with Jacob all night, try to kill him, and injure his sciatica? This doesn't make any sense.
53-Why did you attack Moses and try to kill him too?
This doesn't make any sense too.
54-Why did you let go of Moses when his wife but the foreskin blood of his son's penis on Moses' feet? This doesn't make any sense and sounds very weird too.
55-Why did you allow horrible slavery for thousands of years? This doesn't make any sense, it sounds cruel and racist, especially against black people.
56-Why did you slaughter the Canaanites and the Amalekites, men, women, and children by the hands of your people in your name? This doesn't make sense and sounds like a brutal genocide.
57-Why did you save the virgin women of the Canaanites and the Amalekites to be taken as slaves? This doesn't make sense and sounds like human trafficking, sex slavery, and rape.
58-Why would you burn in hell people who have sex outside marriage especially if you created them with this strong physiological need? They don't hurt anyone! Isn't it better than raping the Canaanite virgins? This doesn't make sense and sounds like an unnecessary deprivation.
59-Why do you want to burn people who masturbate in hell? especially if you created them with this natural need? Isn't it better than raping the Canaanite virgins? This doesn't make sense and sounds unnatural and perverted
60-Why do you care how we speak, what we eat, or what we do especially, while naked? This doesn't make sense and sounds very nosey, suffocating, and perverted too.
61-Why did you harden the Pharaoh's heart on purpose so you can torture the poor Egyptians with more plagues? What was more important to you, to let your people go or to abuse the Egyptians? This doesn't make sense and sounds sadistic and cruel.
62-Why did you murder the innocent children of Egypt? What have they done to you? This doesn't make sense and sounds very cruel.
63-Why do you punish innocent children for their parents' sins? This doesn't make sense and sounds unfair and very cruel.
64-In Genesis, why did you tell people the earth is a flat disc in the center of a dome universe, and the sun and the stars go around it? Why did you let them discover the truth 6000 years later and suspect you? This doesn't make sense and sounds ignorant.
65-Why didn't you tell people they have evolved from primates so when they find out the truth, they still believe in you? This doesn't make sense and sounds ignorant.
66-Why did you terrify people for thousands of years and make them believe you have flooded and drowned their ancestors alive on purpose? Aren't floods predictable natural disasters from ice melting on the top of the mountains into the rivers? or from too much rain and hurricanes. This doesn't make sense and sounds like a very cruel lie.
67-Why did you terrify people for thousands of years and made them believe you burned the people of Sodom and Gomorrah alive on purpose? Aren't meteors predictable natural disasters? This doesn't make sense and sounds like a cruel lie.
68-Why did you terrify people for thousands of years and made them believe Earthquakes are a punishment from you? Aren't earthquakes predictable natural disasters from the earth's crusts sliding on each other? This doesn't make sense and sounds like a cruel lie.
69-If you created bacteria, why didn't you tell people about bacteria to avoid diseases and plagues? This doesn't make sense and sounds cruel, ignorant, or incompetent.
70-Why didn't you tell people that convulsing and frothing at the mouth is just Epilepsy, not demon position and it requires sedatives or marijuana? Why did you let innocent people suffer pain, fear, and unnecessary guilt from what they didn’t know for thousands of years? This doesn't make sense and sounds ignorant or cruel.
71-Why didn't you tell people that hearing voices and hallucinations could be caused by schizophrenia, mental disease, fevers, infections, or eating mushrooms, and not by demon possession? This doesn't make sense and sounds ignorant and cruel.
72-Why did you let people kill thousands trying to cast out demons? This doesn't make sense and sounds ignorant and cruel.
Burning innocent women accused of witchcraft in the name of God
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73-Why didn't you tell people witchcraft is not real? Why did you let them burn thousands of innocents alive for hundreds of years in your name? This doesn't make sense and sounds cruel.
I have heard different answers to many different questions repeatedly, from different people and theologians of different faiths for years. None of it made any sense to me! I thought they do not know God well enough.
So, I have studied religions and prayed for 50 years to get some answers, but God has not replied yet.
Here are some of the most common bizarre statements in defense of God:
*"God knows everything, the past, the present, and the future too, but, when it comes to our free will and choices, he makes himself not know."!!!
74- So God knows and doesn't know at the same time? What a fantastic contradiction in one sentence?
*"God hurts us because he loves us."!!
75- Isn't this just a pure sadistic and contradictory concept? Is God a sadist and he shows love by inflicting pain on us? Are we supposed to accept it and enjoy it too like masochists? Please don't love me that way! If this were a relationship between humans, it would have been a sick love relationship!
*"God waited thousands of years until we are ready so he can tell us about himself."
76- Isn't it unjust for billions of our ancestors who died before us? Were Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob not worthy? This is just weird, senseless, and sounds like an arrogant concept!
*"There is also a place for the people who died before he declared himself to us."
77- Why do they get to be so unlucky and unfortunate?
78- Why do we get to be equal if we have different sets of good and bad?
*"God did not tell the people who represented him now or in the past thousands of yours to persecute, hurt, burn, or kill others in his name. It was their misunderstanding."
79- Is god merely that cruel to let them wrongly do it in his name? Or,
80- Is god that incompetent for not stopping them?
*"The people who represented God in the past got him wrong, but we got it right now."
81- Is god that incompetent to let people misrepresent him for thousands of years
*"People who represented God in the past made a mistake."
82- Is God that incompetent to let stupid people incorrectly misrepresent him for thousands of years?
*"All the other religions got God wrong, but we got him right."
83- Isn't this so arrogant, inconsiderate of the other billions in this world? This could be even a delusional statement.
84- Isn't its incompetence of God to let billions of people know him the wrong way?
*"God show himself for the chosen few believers only”
85- Why should I even try if I was not chosen? Is god biased for just a few people of his choice?
*“You only have to believe”
86- Do you mean God is only for the people who believe and do not think or question?
87- Is God biased against smart people
*"God must give you the gift of dogma to understand him."
88- Why doesn't he give everyone the gift especially those who are trying to understand? Is God biased?
*"You can't use your brain to understand or believe in God. Just have faith and believe. Use your heart."
89- Does it mean God is only for the no-brainers? Is God biased against brainers and thinkers?
*"You can't question God."
90- Why not? We only learn when we question things.
91- Mustn’t everyone with a brain question everything?
*"God created man in His likeness and image. God has human characters like anger, jealousy, regret, and he changes his mind too. That is why we look like him, and we act like him too."
First, 92- Are people who control their anger, jealousy, and mind better than God?
Second, 93- Shouldn't he at least be better than us?
Third, 94- Why does he punish us for being just like him, angry, jealous, destructive, and all those flawed characters that we inherited from him?
Lastly, if we look like him,
95- Why does Jesus look Caucasian for the whites, black for the Africans, Indian for the Indians, Ethiopian for the Ethiopians, Coptic for the Egyptians, and Asian for the Asians, and so on?
96- Did 'God create man in his image and likes' or did man create God in his image and likes? Is God man-made?
*“I don’t know.”
97- Why do you believe in what you don't know?
98- Why are you willing to die for what you don't know?!
99- Why are some people are killing others for what they don't know?!
100- If we don’t know, did we get God wrong? Or did everyone in the world get God wrong?
Sorry God,
Almost all your representatives and religions made you not make sense. They made you sound like a cruel, unfair, sadistic, immature, jealous, confusing, tricky, unforgiving, merciless, incompetent, sexist, racist, genocidal, pro-slavery, pro-rape, pro-human sacrifice and trafficking, bloodshed loving, destructive, ignorant, weird, nosey, needy, controlling, suffocating, angry, liar, pervert, and a powerful deity who changes his mind frequently and wants to burn us in hell for many reasons but, somehow loves us! Sorry, I prefer not to be loved by someone who has these horrible characters because this would sound like an unhealthy relationship.
Alphabetic order, 1st row: Baha'i, Buddhism, Cao Dai, Christianity 2nd row: Druidism, Eckankar, Hinduism, Islam 3rd row: Jainism, Judaism, Raelism, Satanism/Second degree Wicca 4th row: Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, Tenrikyo 5th row, Thelema, Unitarian Universalism, Wicca, Zoroastrianism
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Thursday, March 15, 2018
When Stephen Hawking Meets God!
"I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail," "There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark."
Stephen Hawking
In response to Stephen Hawking's death, Franklin Graham posted God created Hawking's brain and the amazing universe Hawking studied. Computers are designed by humans but God created the brain, and it is more complicated and advanced than computers. Some people are mocking Hawking's death for he met the God whom he did not believe in?!
Anyone who has a little knowledge of science and physics would be sad to lose one of the very few geniuses of the history of humanity. Hawking changed the understanding of astrophysics and how the universe works by using the evidence of mathematical formula. He is as great as Einstein, Newton, and Laplace if not even more exceptional. By his loss, science and humanity have lost a great deal. It shocks me and deeply saddens me to find that some people are happy to lose such a genius. I guess it only reflects the amount of ignorance in this world.
Dear Franklin,
Be prepared to be disappointed because scientists are making computers that will exceed the human brain. According to you, this makes humans greater than your god.
Franklin Graham is using the god of the gaps argument.
Stephen Hawking
In response to Stephen Hawking's death, Franklin Graham posted God created Hawking's brain and the amazing universe Hawking studied. Computers are designed by humans but God created the brain, and it is more complicated and advanced than computers. Some people are mocking Hawking's death for he met the God whom he did not believe in?!
Anyone who has a little knowledge of science and physics would be sad to lose one of the very few geniuses of the history of humanity. Hawking changed the understanding of astrophysics and how the universe works by using the evidence of mathematical formula. He is as great as Einstein, Newton, and Laplace if not even more exceptional. By his loss, science and humanity have lost a great deal. It shocks me and deeply saddens me to find that some people are happy to lose such a genius. I guess it only reflects the amount of ignorance in this world.
Dear Franklin,
Be prepared to be disappointed because scientists are making computers that will exceed the human brain. According to you, this makes humans greater than your god.
Franklin Graham is using the god of the gaps argument.
Whatever we don't know or understand must be the god. This keeps going all over history until we discover how things work.
The lightning and thunder were made by Zeus in Greek mythology. Now we understood the positive and negative charges in the clouds.
God brought floods to punish people in Genesis. Now, we understood how the weather works, and we can predict it too.
God rains fire from the sky to burn the evil people of Sadum and Gamora alive.
Now, we understood how volcanos and meteors work, and we can predict them too.
Now, we understood how volcanos and meteors work, and we can predict them too.
God makes earthquakes to punish people at the end of the world in Mathew and Revelation.
Now, we understood earthquakes happened when the earth crusts slid on each other, and we can even predict them too.
Now, we understood earthquakes happened when the earth crusts slid on each other, and we can even predict them too.
God made the sun, and the stars rotate around the earth in Genesis. Galileo discovered it is the opposite.
Isac Newton claimed God intervenes to make the planets rotate around the sun when he could not explain the planets' rotation using his gravity laws.
Simon Laplace was able to explain it with mathematics and not god.
Simon Laplace was able to explain it with mathematics and not god.
God is the Blackhole until we understood the black hole.
God is the dark matter because we haven't found it yet.
God created Hawking's brain, Graham claims, because we haven't understood the complexity of the genius human mind yet.
Humans already designed computers superseding the human brain in many aspects.
What will Graham say when humans design computers more complex and superseding the human brain? It is happening soon based on the crazy advance of technology today.
Humans already designed computers superseding the human brain in many aspects.
What will Graham say when humans design computers more complex and superseding the human brain? It is happening soon based on the crazy advance of technology today.
Graham claims that God created the universe Hawkings has been studying which is very contradictory and only means Graham doesn't know anything about science, physics, or astrology.
Hawkings's universe is 13.7 billion years and started with a big bang, has black holes, matter-antimatter, dark matter, dark energy, a changeable spacetime continuum, gravity, electromagnetic forces, quantum physics and mechanics, photons, Bozons, and so many many other complexes but mathematically proven elements. Hawkin's earth is a 4.5 billion years old, a nonsignificant speck in a small galaxy in a universe full of billions of galaxies. Each galaxy has billions of stars trillions of times more significant than the earth and each has many planets. Hawking's universe is proven by the 21st-century physics and mathematics.
Graham's universe is free from physics and made by God from dust air water and fire in 6 days, 6000 years ago and completely unknown how it was made. Graham's earth is at the center, and it's all about it. According to Genesis and Job, it is a flat disc hanging on pillars, covered by a dome in which the sun, moon, and the stars, rotated around it and one day the stars will fall on the earth. Graham universe is a simple observation and interpretations of unexplained phenomena by people from the bronze age who did not know anything about anything. All are written in a 2500-year-old book, free from science. This 2500-year-old source of knowledge is established on the principle of "blessed he who believed without seeing" i.e., to believe without evidence.
The truth is, An Average 5th grader today, probably knows about the universe, Volcanos, earthquakes, disease, germs, and life, more than Moses, Jesus, Muhamed, Budah, and the people who wrote the Torah, Bible, and Quran together.
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