# Questions sure to get you in trouble **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 5, 2004, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-sure-to-get-you-in-trouble/273166 "2004-11-05T13:19:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-sure-to-get-you-in-trouble/273166/21 "2004-11-05T19:17:45Z")
> [@Genghis Bob](#): > > If it was God’s will that Jesus should be crucified, and Judas made it happen by betraying him, wasn’t Judas doing God’s will? This one always bugged me. My CCD instructor kept insisting it that Judas had “free will” and therefore his actions were sinful. But she refused to even address my question when I asked her “If this was all planned out by God, and forseen by Jesus, how can that possibly be free will?” > [@Alias](#): > > Since Jesus died on the cross, are we supposed to ignore all of the original Jewish laws, or just some of them? How do we know which ones to disregard? Well for most “Christians”, just the commandments prohibiting gay sex are still enforcable. :rolleyes: Let me also add this advice for young Catholics. Never, never, NEVER ask the following question: “Since the Virgin Mary never had intercourse, could she be considered to have been artificially inseminated?” I got slapped, grounded, and lectured up & down for that (IMO) innocent question. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-sure-to-get-you-in-trouble/273166/22 "2004-11-05T19:28:35Z")
> [@Dung Beetle](#): > > A question I have learned not to answer: How old do you think I am? I always answer with “Can I see your teeth first?” My memory for faces and names is appalling, so the question I dread is, “Don’t you recognize me?” And then when I admit that I don’t, they always make me play these horrible guessing games that just make the whole exchange excruciating. I don’t get it. I don’t mind it when people don’t remember my name; I just remind them. ---
**Author:** ![Rock\_n\_Roach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Rock\_n\_Roach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rock_n_Roach)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-sure-to-get-you-in-trouble/273166/23 "2004-11-05T19:36:29Z")
> [@OtakuLoki](#): > > **IIRC** , what happened was that his daughters believed that they were the only people left in the world, and they had to start breeding up new people. And that Lot was asleep/out of it, when they had their way with him. MAN! Just \*\*HOW OLD \*\* are you anyways? Bolding mine ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-sure-to-get-you-in-trouble/273166/24 "2004-11-05T19:41:36Z")
In religion class , which I nearly failed for my entire catholic education. (12 years) I once found my hand straight up in the air, like an out-of-body experience. I was like, “What are you doing up there when you are suppose to be on my desk holding my head up?” The teacher called on me. Whatever we were discussion, I cannot recall, but it had nothing whatsoever to do with anything. I blurted, " What about The Jews?" “What?” “The Jews. When do we learn about The Jews?” “You don’t need to learn about The Jews. They aren’t important.” ( or something very similar.) I sat there thinking, " You tell that to The Jews." ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-sure-to-get-you-in-trouble/273166/25 "2004-11-05T19:43:33Z")
> [@Genghis Bob](#): > > 1. If it was God’s will that Jesus should be crucified, and Judas made it happen by betraying him, wasn’t Judas doing God’s will? In _Jesus Christ Superstar_, this is addressed in the end when Judas shows up in Heaven, dressed in white, singing his traitorous ( 😉 ) heart out. Obviously not canon, but this isn’t the first time someone gave serious thought to that question. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-sure-to-get-you-in-trouble/273166/26 "2004-11-05T19:46:52Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > **WhyNot** , they didn’t die because they ate the apple. Genesis goes on to say that God kicked them out of the Garden because there was another tree there that could give them eternal life, and God was afraid that if they ate that, then they’d be equals (or at least the equals of the angels), now that they knew about good and evil. Shoulda eaten from that Tree of Life first… ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-sure-to-get-you-in-trouble/273166/27 "2004-11-05T19:50:02Z")
Didn’t Dante cover the Judas question as well? I seem to remember something about he didn’t go to hell because he betrayed Jesus or because he committed suicide, because those were both things God ordained. He went to hell because he \*kissed \* Jesus in the garden, before bringing in the guards. His damnable sin was hypocrisy - pretending to be faithful to Jesus while he was betraying him. And that he chose out of his God-given Free Will. Also not canon, but I thought an interesting spin. Similarly, the Roman soldiers had to do what they had to do, but they didn’t have to be nasty about it. Pilate had to destroy Jesus, but flogging him was his own choice. Perhaps it was those sins Jesus was asking God to forgive. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-sure-to-get-you-in-trouble/273166/28 "2004-11-05T19:51:07Z")
> [@hildea](#): > > The best question I’ve heard about that Adam & Eve story is: “_Why_ was it so wrong to eat from the tree of knowledge? Is ignorance so holy?” 🙂 Fighting ignorance since 1,000,000 B.C. It’s taking longer than we thought. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-sure-to-get-you-in-trouble/273166/29 "2004-11-05T21:56:27Z")
Did Mary Magdalen make Jesus pay extra for the second coming? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-sure-to-get-you-in-trouble/273166/30 "2004-11-05T23:08:16Z")
> [@Alias](#): > > At work: “If I ignore this, and you never follow up on it, does that mean it wasn’t really that important?” “Can I have carte blanche to kick anyone I deem an incompetent, unmotivated bastard off my project team?” “Given past history with this kind of thing, isn’t this new idea just a huge fucking waste of time?” ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-sure-to-get-you-in-trouble/273166/31 "2004-11-06T12:08:57Z")
Who did Adam and Eve’s children marry? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-sure-to-get-you-in-trouble/273166/32 "2004-11-06T12:12:17Z")
> [@Rock n Roach](#): > > MAN! Just \*\*HOW OLD \*\* are you anyways? I can neither confirm nor deny that I am related to the Wandering Jew. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-sure-to-get-you-in-trouble/273166/33 "2004-11-06T12:38:01Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Tommy, do you like to watch gladiator movies? Ever seen a grown man naked? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-sure-to-get-you-in-trouble/273166/34 "2004-11-06T12:45:05Z")
In the Navy: “Is this the job part, or the adventure?” “If I wore a shit-colored uniform, could I say fatuous and stupid things, too?” “How many times were you dropped on your head, sir?” “Sir, would you please do me a favor and leave?” “What is your degree in, sir?” (Specifying that one wonders whether the officer’s degree is in basketweaving is a bit too close to insubordination, though.) “Can you tell me again, why I need to be trained on how to not to act like a drunken aviato- I mean an asshole idiot?” (After the Tailhook Scandal.) ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-sure-to-get-you-in-trouble/273166/35 "2004-11-06T12:59:43Z")
> [@Alias](#): > > Why was God so displeased with Cain’s offerings to him when Cain obvioulsy had done his best. Is God just not a vegetable lover? No. That’s why so many atheists are vegetarians. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-sure-to-get-you-in-trouble/273166/36 "2004-11-06T13:01:25Z")
> [@ShockingAlberto](#): > > Keep in mind, I live in Georgia, where if you’re not Christian, you’re not Georgian. And probably not long for this world. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-sure-to-get-you-in-trouble/273166/37 "2004-11-06T15:55:52Z")
Secret Answers to Unanswerable Questions: “How old do you think I am?” “Eighteen.” Even if it’s Bea Arthur asking. “How much do you think I weigh?” “A hundred pounds.” Even if it’s Star Jones asking. And when someone asks “Do you have any questions?”, it’s usually NOT okay to ask “Is wrestling fixed?” ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-sure-to-get-you-in-trouble/273166/38 "2004-11-06T16:16:45Z")
If I locked someone in a burning room, I would be considered evil, even if I let them out after a few minutes. God, on the other hand, will put people in a fiery pit of molten brimstone for all eternity for (according to my parents) such things as: - premarital sex - smoking or drinking - being gay - not going to church on Sundays Why isn’t it evil for God to burn people? ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-sure-to-get-you-in-trouble/273166/39 "2004-11-06T16:45:06Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > premarital sex > > - smoking or drinking > - being gay > - not going to church on Sundays Depends on the religion. Here’s a rudimentary rundown for Catholics. 1. Not enough to earn eternal damnation as long as you ask forgiveness. 2. WE SERVE WINE AT MASS!! Half the priests I know smoke, 3. Nope, as long as you’re celibate. (see #1) 4. No way. It helps for the sacrament, but that doesn’t have to happen at the alter. Not worthy of Hades if you miss it. Now, some other evangelical, fundamentalist sects, well they’re going to Hell no matter what they do. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-sure-to-get-you-in-trouble/273166/40 "2004-11-06T17:03:42Z")
Mom, How will you be able to enjoy heaven if you know all your children are burning in the torment of eternal hellfire? Will God erase your memory of your children so you can enjoy heaven? Wouldn’t that kind of make you a totally different person than who you are? Just wondering… laina [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-sure-to-get-you-in-trouble/273166.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-sure-to-get-you-in-trouble/273166.md?page=3)