All categories - 8 October 2006

I found this article quite amusing.
Is marriage strengthened by mutual faith in God? Are marriages weak without religion? The Barna Research Group conducted a poll of Americans in 1999 in an attempt to show that religious faith reduces the likelihood of divorce. The results shocked them: Atheists had the lowest average divorce rates (defined as the percentage of people who had been divorced at least once in their lives), at 21%. Christian divorce rates averaged about 24% (higher for "born-again" Christians, ie- fundamentalists, at 27%), and even higher for Jews, at 30%. They also collected racial and geographical data, which showed that the white Southern Baptist fundamentalists have no reason to crow about their "family values". Not only did the Southern Bible Belt have the highest divorce rate in the country, but whites as a race are the most likely to split: 27%, as compared to 22% for blacks, 20% for Hispanics, and only 8% for Asians like me

2006-10-08 17:45:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

...for actually turning people AWAY from Him in droves with your fire & brimstone, brainwashing, bible-thumping tactics? Would you really want to have to apologize to His face for that? What if God got really fed up with it and decided the Bible-thumpers got to go to Hell and everyone else gets to stay in Heaven?

2006-10-08 17:45:46 · 13 answers · asked by WhyAskWhy 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-08 17:45:43 · 2 answers · asked by MEMORY YOU 1 in Other - Entertainment

2006-10-08 17:45:43 · 4 answers · asked by cunby75 1 in Credit

y does it hav to be 'guns'?? children nowadays buy guns n play 'wars' wif their frns or so.. hu created da 1st gun isnt a gud idea but y di he create it??//...

2006-10-08 17:45:31 · 11 answers · asked by sZa 1 in Military

Considering having all the inventories of all systems available at your hands.
My invention shell be a new power station, that as fuel consumption uses sea water, from the abundant ocean.

2006-10-08 17:45:25 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Engineering

I find, now that I am an adult, that I wish I would have read more as a kid. I read several books a month now and am bored with the Dean Koontz, Tess Gerritsen crowd. I want more substance. I've started to really like biographies/autobiographies and find I'm interested in the "older" great works of literature that I never read. I'd like to hear your suggestions of great autobiographies or the classics that you felt were fantastic. I have A Tree Grows in Brooklyn now and plan on starting that tomorrow but will want another one for next week. I've also read A Million Little Pieces and that was OK.............any other suggestions???

2006-10-08 17:45:25 · 24 answers · asked by D W 2 in Books & Authors

2006-10-08 17:45:06 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

Well I want to get a body wax. Everything but my arms, and lower legs. How much does that usually cost?

2006-10-08 17:45:02 · 5 answers · asked by Ray 2 in Men's Health

2006-10-08 17:44:56 · 8 answers · asked by Hunter D 1 in Singles & Dating

2006-10-08 17:44:44 · 3 answers · asked by mochaT 1 in Law Enforcement & Police

(Please....no g-stringed Bill O'Reilly jumping out of a cake, please.....)

2006-10-08 17:44:43 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Media & Journalism

2006-10-08 17:44:42 · 18 answers · asked by ~Kobe 4 MVP!~ 2 in Non-Alcoholic Drinks

its a poem by emily dickinson. what do you think and what do you like about it? can you relate to anything shes saying in the poem? here it is:

Tell all the Truth but tell it slant- Success in Circuit lies Too bright for our infirm Delight The Truth's superb surpriseAs Lightning to the Children eased With explanation kind The Truth must dazzle gradually Or every man be blind-

2006-10-08 17:44:32 · 6 answers · asked by Simply Me 1 in Books & Authors

mary says mark is telling a lie.
mark says marge is telling a lie.
marge says that both mary and mark and telling lies.

Can you tell if it's possible to
determine who is telling the truth?

2006-10-08 17:44:27 · 28 answers · asked by 3d 3 in Jokes & Riddles

A friend of mine gave me a mixed/burnt country CD and I really like these songs but don't know the name of them. Here are some lyrics.

1: "If I seem like a little too much to handle,
If I laugh like an angel on drugs one day,
If I burn like the sparks from a roman candle,
Oh baby you made me that way.

If my heart starts to pound like a bass drum drummin',
Like the beat when an old song record plays,
And if I turn my back when the train is coming,
Oh baby you made me that way.
I used to play it safe, never thinkin' what i might miss,
Who knew there'd come a day I would come alive like this with just one kiss?............"

2: "I was 10 years old the day I got caught,
With some dimestore candy that I never bought,
I hung my head and faced the wall as Daddy showed me wrong from right,
He said this hurts me more it than it does you, There's some things Son that you just don't do,
Is anything I'm sayin' gettin' through,
So Daddy I could ....."

2006-10-08 17:44:26 · 4 answers · asked by Mooks 3 in Music

2006-10-08 17:44:21 · 7 answers · asked by michellinie 2 in Friends

hereswhat i have so far.

1) Do you remember nana talking about the woman’s rights movement?

2) Do you believe that women have better opportunities (careers) today then they did when you were younger?

3) Do you vote? Do you hold that right dear to you?

4) Do you believe that currently careers are given to both men and women equally?

5) Did you ever feel like you weren’t given a job because you’re a woman?

6) Second-wave feminism was a period of feminist activity, which began during the early
1960s and lasted through the 1980s. How much do you know/remember about this?

7) Was this a big issue at the time in the U.S. or around where you grew up?

8) Were you active in politics at the time?

9) Do you know people (maybe in the family) who were involved in feminist movements or who were very much involved with women’s rights?

2006-10-08 17:44:21 · 3 answers · asked by disasterrrific 1 in History

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5408338.stm

An in-car "black box" device calculates premiums based on when, and how often, the car is used.

The time of the day, type of road and mileage of the drive is taken into consideration when working out the monthly charge to customer.

Charging people more for driving late night when many accidents occur could change driver behaviour, particularly among the young.

Would you be willing to try pay-as-you drive car insurance?

2006-10-08 17:44:20 · 5 answers · asked by big-brother 3 in Politics

2006-10-08 17:44:16 · 14 answers · asked by Jesus Nguyen 1 in Other - Dining Out

It has been 2 months since the date of purchase, the installer came out and did 4/5 rooms and carpet for the 5th room was damaged. The store manager, installers, etc refuse to take responsibility for the damage and have been giving me the "it'll be done next week" excuse for a few weeks now, they keep saying the damaged piece was shipped to the manufacturer for inspection, blah blah but no word on when my last room is going to be done!! Worse thing is, the store manager says they have no obligation to compensate us for the wasted time, moving the furniture, etc!! Is there anything i can do to get them on the ball and get some money back out of the install job?

2006-10-08 17:44:13 · 16 answers · asked by Chate 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-10-08 17:44:01 · 9 answers · asked by himmat s 1 in Cricket

2006-10-08 17:43:58 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Books & Authors

go from age 12 to age 30? the bible makes no mention of jesus during this time in his life. so using the same logic christians use when saying jesus was never married, " jesus was never married because the bible never says he was." should we also assume he magically went from age 12 to age 30?

and for those who will say the authors of the bible never said anything about this period in jesus's life because they felt it held no relevance to his message, then can we not use that same logic and assume jesus was married, but the authors just felt it held no relevance to his message?

2006-10-08 17:43:32 · 12 answers · asked by crazyman_2 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-08 17:43:31 · 16 answers · asked by pocomaxsandy 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I have naturally dark brown hair and I'm wanting it all blonde, I've tried bleaches and hair color. The brown goes to red then blonde but for some reason there are places in my hair that are still red, so whats the best bleach that will just take the red completely out!!?!?!? I've dyed it so many times with different products, so can anyone help???

2006-10-08 17:43:27 · 4 answers · asked by Nadia D 1 in Hair

okay so.. i just got reunited again with a guy i used to have a huge crush on about 2 years ago. and how the way he acts is like he is interested in me. and I love his personality and i spend alot of time talking to him. We talk about everything. And he can always make me laugh and feel better. However, he has lost his looks.. he isnt cute anymore but i do not notice that really when i am talking to him. but my friends point that out and i feel like its very imature if i hold that against him. The other thing is that even though he has a lot of money i dont see him with a good job in the future. Should i just not care about all of this and give him a chance? or should i just keep him as friends and see what happens in the future?
By the way he is 25 and im 18 so there is also the huge age difference...

2006-10-08 17:43:27 · 6 answers · asked by PeaceandLove 1 in Friends

Medical model of psychiatric health: When symptoms go away you're "cured." Really? So the iatrogenic diseases I got from the side effects of psychotropic drugs is a non-problem? You mean when the roller coaster of mood swings is not abated by drugs like Depakote we should conclude mood stabilizers really "work?" You mean when I take a drug like Wellbutrin to stop depression and I still feel depressed I should blame myself and not the pharmaceutical industry for its false promises? You mean when I take tranquilizers for anxiety related problems I should stay on the maintenance dosage for the rest of my life why?--a) because I have a "chemical imbalance" or b) because the pharmaceutical industry needs all the "sick" people it can get to get hooked on addictive prescription drugs?

2006-10-08 17:43:19 · 12 answers · asked by What I Say 3 in Psychology