All categories - 18 September 2006

This has happened to me quite afew times. And coincidentally others have had the same feeling too. Do you think sometimes time moves a little faster?? Do not tell me about the sun setting earliy!! Is time compresible just like matter??!!!mhhhh

2006-09-18 18:29:09 · 10 answers · asked by kevoh 2 in Jokes & Riddles

2006-09-18 18:29:05 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Education

I'm one and I think religion is a silly waste of time.

2006-09-18 18:28:58 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-09-18 18:28:55 · 12 answers · asked by vanja s 1 in Cats

2006-09-18 18:28:53 · 22 answers · asked by ? 2 in Polls & Surveys

Question is From My 8 year old- "Why does Lilith (our cat) look at me like I am some big retarded cat but she still loves me? She scratches things alot and right now she just scratched my butt- I dont' know why!!"

2006-09-18 18:28:53 · 5 answers · asked by Persephone 2 in Cats

If yes what happened and what was enlightening about it?

2006-09-18 18:28:47 · 8 answers · asked by pyt_tlc 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-09-18 18:28:28 · 12 answers · asked by Cynthia 3 in Other - Family & Relationships

2006-09-18 18:28:28 · 16 answers · asked by gautam s 1 in Other - Health

at 24 I was already too old for the gay scene. What a joke...I'm 57 and let me tell you it gets BETTER with age...much better...I wish I had known then what I know now....I'm sure that only GLBTs my age will understand this. But now people my age just look like people my age and I find them attractive as well. I never thought I'd feel like this....did you??

2006-09-18 18:28:26 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

It must have come out in the past 3 or less yrs. A kid gets his "giggle stick" chopped off by a slidin car door and his friend goes and gets it when the medics get involved.... a bunch of different stories that all tie in at the end.... I'm a big film fan with no clue on this one... please help

2006-09-18 18:27:57 · 7 answers · asked by Matty 1 in Movies

I am aware of mail order brides but are there mail order husbands and if so, where can you access one? (not that I'm looking just curious...Legitmate sites only, please

2006-09-18 18:27:50 · 9 answers · asked by kewtber 3 in Marriage & Divorce

(You would live until 110)

2006-09-18 18:27:49 · 21 answers · asked by Unknown 3 in Religion & Spirituality

The whole thing is wrong, but I'm just wondering about the ratio.

2006-09-18 18:27:37 · 4 answers · asked by Jason 1 in Other - Society & Culture

30 minutes on this one, no correct solution. Please help!!!

2006-09-18 18:27:25 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mathematics

Something that renderd you speechless...

2006-09-18 18:27:24 · 24 answers · asked by Japan_is_home 5 in Polls & Surveys

Im looking for 7 years of God's Judgment..is this after the 7 years of peace between Israel and neighboring nations?? 7 years of tribulations or 7 years of Gods Judgment..Thanx.

2006-09-18 18:27:24 · 10 answers · asked by Megatron 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Kindly tell me truth, or corect idea ?

2006-09-18 18:27:16 · 11 answers · asked by mainhoon_na74 2 in Aircraft

It obviously would have ended at some point, but how long would it have taken? Assuming you believe it would have.

2006-09-18 18:27:15 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in History

2006-09-18 18:27:13 · 17 answers · asked by brown 25 2 in Other - Family & Relationships

If you do, tell me all of the ways you can think of. And tell me what i would become.

2006-09-18 18:27:11 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Movies

2006-09-18 18:27:00 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Hair

Pornography: A Public Health Crisis
By Mercedes W. Gutierrez *

A recent article in the Denver Post warned that the infusion of pornography into mainstream culture has reached “epidemic” proportions, to the point of being classified as a “public-health crisis.” James Weaver, a professor at George Mason University in Virginia conducted research on pornography and its effects in the 1980s. He concluded, “we need to do with pornography what we did with smoking and drunk driving.” In years past, “we had the courage as a society to talk about smoking and responsible drinking, but we haven’t been able to get past our inhibitions about talking about pornography.”

He insists that we need to call pornography what it is: a distortion. And, as research confirms, this distortion is devastating our marriages, families and society as a whole.

For example, a 2002 survey of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers analyzed the impact of Internet use on marriages. It indicated that 56% of the divorce cases in the study involved one party’s obsessive interest in pornographic websites.

Along with destroying marriages, pornography is affecting children at younger ages today. Mary Anne Layden, co-director of the Sexual Trauma and Psychopathology Program at the University of Pennsylvania, stated that the average age a child gets their first glimpse at pornography is now five years old.

No wonder Weaver is labeling pornography’s influx as “a public health crisis.”

Pornography, especially internet porn, wreaks havoc on society because it is easily accessible, anonymous, and addictive. Not only do pornographic pop-ups infiltrate cable channels and internet sites, but the ability to view the material in the privacy of your own home removes any shame associated with the act. Tragically, most viewers buy into the illusion that this pornographic fantasy world is merely entertainment. They have little understanding that this addiction is detrimental to their own physical, spiritual and emotional well-being.

The Catechism explains that pornography “does grave injury to the dignity of its participants (actors, vendors, the public) since each one becomes an object of base pleasure and illicit profit for others” (#2354). In other words, pornography separates the sexual act from the intimacy of spouses and places it on display for pleasure and profit. Pornography perverts and strips the conjugal act of its meaning. In addition, those involved in the act exploit themselves and those who view the material. Respect for the gift of sexuality diminishes along with the reverence owed to the dignity of the human person.

Again, pornography exploits for pleasure and profit. And, this pornographic mentality is infiltrating our daily print, radio, and televised media in ways we don’t even recognize. For instance, when perusing through fashion magazines, almost every advertisement exploits a certain feature of a woman. Most especially, ads for Victoria’s Secret over-sexualize women and use obvious pornographic poses to sell their products. Similarly, an increasing number of network television programs like Desperate Housewives or Sex in the City are known for their provocative portrayal of sex and sexuality.

This messaging is very dangerous, especially for women today. It not only objectifies the women in the ads or programs, but subconsciously convinces us that we must exploit or objectify ourselves.

As women, we need to be aware of these advertising ploys and guard our hearts and minds from objectification. In addition, we need to educate and safeguard our families against the addictive accessibility of pornography, which seeks to undermine the inherent dignity of the human person.


* Mercedes W. Gutierrez sits on the Board of Directors for ENDOW (Educating on the Nature and Dignity of Women,) a non-profit, grassroots organization that promotes the New Feminism as proposed by Pope John Paul II. Mercedes and her husband Sergio live in Denver, Colorado.

2006-09-18 18:26:58 · 12 answers · asked by dflp 1 in Marriage & Divorce

what is it? what are the methods to cure the factions? and the ways to remove the causes? etc.

2006-09-18 18:26:53 · 1 answers · asked by koolxkidd 1 in Government

2006-09-18 18:26:53 · 8 answers · asked by susan s 1 in Baseball

2006-09-18 18:26:53 · 16 answers · asked by ? 2 in Polls & Surveys

2006-09-18 18:26:48 · 8 answers · asked by munesliver 6 in Polls & Surveys