All categories - 10 May 2007

... Or do only atheists have to explain, in exhaustive detail, every ethical position they hold?

2007-05-10 06:37:46 · 16 answers · asked by WWTSD? 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm 16 and i'm really hoping i'm not pregnant for obvious reasons. I started taking the pill today but it could be to late.what signs should i look for to let me know if i am or not.Also how early can i take a test?thanks

2007-05-10 06:37:32 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy

Well my 4 months old is 20lbs and he is a happy baby! Just wanted to know if a lot of mothers babies were like this when they were this age before they started crawling or walking? I'm not to concerned but this is my first and I just wanted to know if this was in the norm. Thanks

2007-05-10 06:37:12 · 17 answers · asked by renney007 1 in Newborn & Baby

Seriously though. Someone suggested to me that my multiple questions involving Kirk Cameron are a direct indication that what Kirk is saying must be true. Personally, I believe that my mentioning him so much is a result of me finding great humor in the whole age old debate of chrsitianity vs atheism. However, theists commonly misunderstand the laws of cause and effect.

What do you think?

2007-05-10 06:37:09 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Now, before you jump all over me here are some reason why i believe it SHOULD be.

1. It would be a huge sorce of revenue for the government in taxes much like ciggarettes.

2. It would lower crime in some degree for drug smuggling.

3. Law enforcement would be able to focus on worse drugs like CRACK, COKE, and PILLS(even though i abdicate pills)

now list your thoughts.

2007-05-10 06:37:05 · 18 answers · asked by Kizle 3 in Other - Society & Culture

She is 22 years old and graduating from college in June w/ a degree in education she will be teaching ENGLISH FOR GRADES 7-12. Any ideas would be great

2007-05-10 06:37:01 · 12 answers · asked by amy_cash_2005 2 in Teaching

Congress passed the Predidential Succession Act of 1947 tha stated the order of succession after the Vp is as follows:
A.president Pro Tempore of the sentate, secretary of state, treasurey, defense, and other cabinet heads
B.Speaker of the house, president pro tempore of he senate, secretary of state treasurey defense and other cabinet heads
C.secretary of state treasury speaker of the house secretary of defense tempore of the senate and other cabinet heads
D.predient pro tempore of hte senate treasury secretary of state treasury and other cabinet heads

2007-05-10 06:36:59 · 2 answers · asked by eeyore_girly17 1 in History

I have a friend who has had her period for almost 9 months can she still be pregant.

2007-05-10 06:36:48 · 11 answers · asked by C.F. 1 in Pregnancy

I lost 2kg in three days since monday by eating about 500 calories a day. Today I have eaten 200 and have not lost anything yet. What is happening? Am I in starvation mode? I am scared that if I eat again I will put everything back on.

2007-05-10 06:36:47 · 6 answers · asked by Anna C 1 in Diet & Fitness

I have too many toolbars up top. How do I delete them?

2007-05-10 06:36:45 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Security

Confessions of the New American Bible
The New American Bible is an official Christian Bible. Yet it contains many points of interest and value to the Muslim caller to Islam. Every caller who intends to use the Bible for Dawah should get a copy of this Bible. Get especially (if you can) the St. Joseph Medium Size Edition.

The introduction to this Bible includes an article entitled: How to Read Your Bible. This article makes a lot of valuable points. I reproduce for your edification some of the main points offered in that introduction. Everything listed in the points below is directly asserted in the article itself or implied therein. I have only summarized. I did not improvise. Where I use my own words I still represent the ideas of the authors. Often, you will notice the presence of quotations marks. These mark off the included words as the words actually used by the editors of the New American Bible, St. Joseph Medium Size Edition. The article from which the points are drawn is found on pages 17 to 35 of the introduction. Consider these points; use them politely and wisely.

What the Scholars confess about the Bible in General
The Bible is not necessarily the most read book or the best understood book.

The Bible was inspired by God. But "This does not mean that God dictated His message as a businessman dictates a letter to a secretary. God takes the author as he is and leaves him free to choose his own means of communication."

"Some authors chose existing folk tales and even beast fables to bring out their point."

There is a difference between INSPIRATION and REVELATION. The entire Bible is inspiration but not the whole Bible is revelation. The authors of the Bible were inspired to search for meaning in life and in the events of history. The search for answers was inspired, but the answers found were not necessary revealed by God. But some of those answers are written in the Bible by the human authors. Some of what they wrote clearly cannot be attributed to God. "Think of the ‘holy wars’ of total destruction, fought by the Hebrews when they invaded Palestine. The search for meaning in those wars centuries later was inspired, but the conclusions which attributed all those atrocities to the command of God were imperfect and provisional."

An example of such atrocities is in Judges1:1-18. Read it for yourself.

The Bible is a collection of many books of different kinds. "A major disadvantage is that these books are not put together systematically as the books of a modern library."

"Edifying interpretation of events" is "often intermingled" with history.

"The Bible is God’s word and man’s word. One must understand man’s word first in order to understand the word of God."

The Bible contains "Beast Fables." Examples: Genesis; Numbers 22, 22-35.

Speeches of persons in the Bible are not necessarily what the persons said. "It is the inspired author who wants to state something by putting these words into the mouth of a person with authority."

The book known as Acts of the Apostles in the Bible often puts words into the mouths of its characters.

The description of the heavens and the earth in Genesis, chapter 1, is not necessarily a true description. That description is conditioned by the time and culture in which it was written. "Do not be shocked about this!"

"The sacred writers attribute quite a number of human characteristics to God." This too is "conditioned by time and culture."

The Psalms are a collection of poems full of feeling. Psalm 137, verses 8 and 9 pronounces a blessing on one who grabs a Babylonian baby and dashes it against a rock. In this psalm "The feeling, the thought, the total poem is inspired (guided) by God, though it is not necessarily revealed truth!" But this is not the only Psalm which is not necessarily revealed truth. To find out for yourself, "Read some psalms!"

What the scholars confess about the Gospels in particular
"What did the authors of the Gospels do? In the congregations, mainly in the cities around the Mediterranean, they found scores of narratives about Jesus, the beloved Founder of the Christian faith. The writers took those narratives and frequently even remolded and refashioned them to bring out the lesson they wanted to teach."

Therefore the four Gospels are not really biographies of Jesus. They are "digests of Christian teaching concerning the risen Lord Jesus."

"A remarkable fact is that for a long time Christians misunderstood" this truth about the Gospels.

The genealogy of Jesus in Matthew’s Gospel chapter 1, verses 1-17, is not an absolutely true genealogy. First, Matthew took it perhaps from the family of Joseph. Second, "the sacred writer refashioned this document to a list of three times fourteen ancestors."

"Reading the Gospels, one should distinguish historical facts from theological elaboration."

The Gospels often represent Jesus in controversy and conversation. "One may ask: Was Jesus involved in these conversations? Did He answer exactly as related in the Bible? It is not certain."

There may be some true events and "controversies which supplied the background materials for the conflict stories of the Gospels. But as these accounts now stand, they are literary forms used by the Gospel writers in their catechisms to bring out what they had to tell the opponents of early Christianity."

Matthew tells us that baby Jesus was taken to Egypt. This is not necessarily true. But since Israel had been in Egypt, and since Israel was God’s chosen one, Matthew placed Jesus in Egypt to convince his readers that Jesus was the real Israel. "This is a strange literary device, but the ancient writers loved to work with this kind of figurative speech."

"It is difficult to know whether the words or sayings attributed to [Jesus] are written exactly as He spoke them."

"True, the Gospels are based on sound historical facts as related by eye-witnesses, but both deeds and words of Jesus are offered to us in the framework or theological interpretation."

Did Jesus say the things which the Gospels report? "The Church was so firmly convinced that the risen Lord who is the Jesus of history lived in her, and taught through her, that she expressed her teaching in the form of Jesus’ sayings." The words are not Jesus but from the Church.

"Can we discover at least some words of Jesus that have escaped such elaboration? Bible scholars point to the very short sayings of Jesus, as for example those put together by Matthew in chapter 5, 1-12"

The Sermon on the Mount in Matthew, chapters 5 to 7, was delivered by Jesus while he was on a mount – or was he? Matthew only represented the matter such in order to show that Jesus was like Moses who received the law on Mount Sinai. Jesus was not really on a mountain. This is only a figurative device used by Matthew.

"Walk into a modern library, you will find all the books neatly arranged under fiction and non-fiction. It is not that simple in the library called the Bible. How does one know whether one deals with history or some form of figurative speech?" To begin with you should always be disposed to follow the teaching authority of the Church."

"The signature of a bishop in your Bible assures you that opinions, expressed in footnotes and introductions, reflect what is generally accepted as sound doctrine in the Catholic tradition."

"Knowing that early Christians mistakenly expected Christ’s second coming during their own lifetime, helps you to understand 1 and 2 Thessalonians." The first of these two books in the Bible is written under the said mistaken expectation.

"The Hebrews [who wrote the Bible] were restless searchers for meaning in our human condition. Reading their inspired literature should challenge you to go on with a faithful search for meaning in your own situation."

There you have it folks. A collection of confessions of the scholars who edited the New American Bible. The words within quotation marks are their own. All the ideas are their own. Some of the said ideas they have explicitly stated; others they clearly imply. Words within square brackets were inserted where necessary to make the points clear. Use these points to help convince Catholics.

The title page of this Bible shows that the book is "authorized by the Board of Trustees of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine" and "approved by the Administrative Committee/Board of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops" and the "United States Catholic Conference." It is published by the Catholic Book Publishing Co., New York, 1986. The Bible contains all the necessary Catholic certification: the Nihil Obstat, and the Imprimatur from the Archbishop of Washington. And, oh, yes! A letter from the Vatican, including the signature of the Pope, appears in the preface to guarantee the reliability of this Bible for Catholics.

Protestants and others may not be convinced by the confessions. They may object that these are not their own scholars. Yet many Protestant scholars have reached the very same conclusions. But that is the subject for another article. Notice, however, that you can always argue that the points above are admitted by friends of the Bible. Even one who does not recognise the authority of Catholic Bishops will have to admit that they are nevertheless friends of the Bible. Their testimony above cannot be discounted so easily.

2007-05-10 06:36:16 · 8 answers · asked by alee 3 in Religion & Spirituality

when you make a tiny little mistake and you get judge by it?

and that mistake is so PATHETIC that others wont accept that you made a mistake,when this mistake itself is not worth to judge on?
That you always have to be and do perfect things, say perfect things and if you do a little mistake your a immature adult that still doesn't understand!!

DONT YOU JUST HATE IT?

2007-05-10 06:36:11 · 22 answers · asked by G?ld?n ang?l 5 in Other - Family & Relationships

The reaction between aluminium and iron oxide is used to weld together railway lines, the aluminium displaces the iron; but why is the iron that is left molten?

2007-05-10 06:36:10 · 1 answers · asked by pogzemily 2 in Chemistry

does that mean that the 1st Amendment freedom of the press is also outdated and should apply only to the print media, or that the freedom of speech should only apply to actual speech and not the internet? Or perhaps that the 4th Amendment protection from search and seizure should only apply to your physical domicile and possessions, not your electronic and wire communications?

2007-05-10 06:36:08 · 12 answers · asked by thegubmint 7 in Other - Politics & Government

I got the cartilage in the top of both ears pierced almost a year ago and every time I change my earrings they get sore again. When I wear posts they stab me in the head during my sleep and rings seem to stay sore. I wore earthreads in them a while and they felt fine but I don't like the dangling look forever. I'd like to keep the holes and find something comfy to wear there. Anyone know of some comfy earrings to wear in my cartilage piercings?

2007-05-10 06:36:07 · 6 answers · asked by Kim D 2 in Fashion & Accessories

2007-05-10 06:35:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Drama

2007-05-10 06:35:47 · 6 answers · asked by ~DeAtH~ ~ 1 in Security

ifeel i have had this once before when i met a guy and he held me that night till i slept because i was still upset about catching my x cheating(they r mutual friends) we could never pursue anything more because of them being friends, but everytime i see him i realize my feelings, and we both are like magnets. Is love at first sight real?

2007-05-10 06:35:47 · 5 answers · asked by kelly k 1 in Singles & Dating

When I was 4 months pregnant with our son in December 2005, an incident happened that made me accuse my husband of cheating with his ex girlfriend (not wife, i am his first wife) and of course he denied it. Now just about 2 months ago, my husband finally confessed to cheating with her and ever since i have been depressed and have low self esteem. Since it was technically in the past when he told me, should I forgive or leave? If I stay I will still have to look at this woman because they had kids before we got together but if I leave I will be miserable becuase i love him.

2007-05-10 06:35:44 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Marriage & Divorce

God wants us to use the gifts that He gave us, and my gifts just happen to be large and supple.

2007-05-10 06:35:35 · 23 answers · asked by Yahoo admins are virgins 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I am 40 weeks and 80% 3cm and I am so ready to have this baby. I have done the whole sex thing and I do nothing but walk all day long. I am just gettting really impatient. But my questions is I am feeling so depressed and sit and cry alot. I just want this to be over so I can see my baby. Does any one have any advice how I can make this go alittle smoother?

2007-05-10 06:35:29 · 13 answers · asked by alexandra_clauss 2 in Pregnancy

2007-05-10 06:35:23 · 6 answers · asked by tlcsacjlb 1 in Basketball

You can go outside the usual Pepsi and Coke. Although, mines are Pepsi, Sierra Mist, Vernors, and Several Faygo Flavors.

2007-05-10 06:35:18 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

My wife left me in September with her three kids, 20, 12, 6 to another state; because I advised her, we could not do things her ways. She always puts her oldest son first in everything before the family. I said to her he going to do his own things and he needs to be on his own. We gave him a car, in a month he ran to the ground. After my wife had it for three with no problems, he said to her why we did not tell him about maintenance of a vehicle. Then he moved out got a job and roommate with his friends, then about a month later he quits his job because they asked him to work 12 hours. Now he wants money to hang out. Get a job then quits.
12-year-old stepson is very lazy, ask him to do chords he cries about it, he needs gloves to wash dishes, but when he wants to play football or sports he gone. He does not wants to be late, but anything else he late for. I spoke to my wife about it several times. The 6 year old stepdaughter always wants attention, always want to sleep with us, I told her I do not sleep kids in the same bed. Now after 7 months she want to come back home. Because her sister was, living with her is leaving too and she does not have a babysitter for her kids. In addition, about to evicted, have several evictions noticed posted on her already. Son moved back to the city with friends, now she wants to come back to me. She has no way out beside her mother in another state. She said she stay until she get a job and we could get a bigger place to live in. I am concerned about things are now; I asked her you still love me? She said yes still love you but I do not like the things you did.

2007-05-10 06:35:16 · 10 answers · asked by blkngd 1 in Marriage & Divorce

My husband and I were at a concert with a bunch of friends and ran into my ex I previously dated before him (7 years ago).
Ex was extremely drunk but everything was civil and friendly. Then he procedes to go into a rant to my husband how if it wasn't for him that I would still be his girlfriend and how he wishes we were still together. My husband gets really upset and lays him out. I was upset with my husband and thought he overreacted because I didn't take my ex seriously at all due to his drunkeness. Did I underreact or did he overreact?

2007-05-10 06:35:12 · 15 answers · asked by Fool in the Rain 6 in Marriage & Divorce

I want the honest answer from people who do there research and not people that are just going to say that he a joke. If you know that he is or isn't and have proof from different sources please give me your answer, this is really important, please be detailed.

2007-05-10 06:35:05 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

For example, does he really think the war in Iraq is a war against Al Qaeda, or does he actually realize it is just a civil war/quagmire and the Al Qaeda references are just propaganda to keep his base on board?

2007-05-10 06:35:00 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Throughout its history, cruelty—both to self and others—has been one of the most prominent features of Christianity. From its very start, Christianity, with its bleak view of life, its emphasis upon sexual sin, and its almost impossible-to-meet demands for sexual "purity," encouraged guilt, penance, and self-torture. Today, this self-torture is primarily psychological, in the form of guilt arising from following (or denying, and thus obsessing over) one’s natural sexual desires. In earlier centuries, it was often physical.

Given that the Bible nowhere condemns torture and sometimes prescribes shockingly cruel penalties (such as burning alive), and that Christians so wholeheartedly approved of self-torture, it’s not surprising that they thought little of inflicting appallingly cruel treatment upon others.

2007-05-10 06:34:58 · 17 answers · asked by Malcolm Knoxville VI 2 in Religion & Spirituality

We had a Welsh Corgi for 10 years. Recently he passed away due to kidney problems. The vet could not save him and I spent alot of money on opperations to try. The problem is now my 3 kids ( ages 7,5,4) are depressed over the loss of our dog and want a new one to replace him. Which we all know you can never replace a member of your family. The thing is I called local shelters and they want 300 dollars for the dogs. I don't have that spare money at this time because the vet bills drained alot out of us, and with mortage and our other bills, it's just not in the budget at this time. Does anyone know of anyone who has a litter of dogs in Connecticut, Mass, RI area? Or where I can get a dog to replace the one they had for free?

2007-05-10 06:34:53 · 22 answers · asked by surplusbuilder 1 in Dogs

2007-05-10 06:34:45 · 4 answers · asked by lliw4u 1 in Diabetes