All categories - 17 July 2007

So, I've had church people tell me that if I ever get raped that it's my fault! If I got raped then I must have been wearing something that attracted the man, it wasn't his fault that he was tempted, they said. Keep in mind I rarely even wear a dress, and am mostly found in a tank top and jeans or camo pants.
I was also told that wearing anything but a dress or long skirt is wrong and I would be damned; that along with cutting my hair short, because that showed that I had no respect for God or my father. I don't believe in God (sorry) and I sure have no respect for a man that abused me and tried twice to kill my mother!
Lastly I was told that I should be subservient to men, my father owned me until I was given to my husband--and the ownwership was just passed on to my husband!

Thankfully my fiance doesn't think any of this is right. We believe if God exists he doesn't damn you for appearance, rape is the attacker's fault, and men and women are equal.

What do you guys think?

2007-07-17 01:55:33 · 29 answers · asked by mathaowny 6 in Religion & Spirituality

...did not attend your wedding, did not give you a gift, and said that he/she didn't like weddings, would you kick them to the curb forever?

2007-07-17 01:55:27 · 12 answers · asked by danashelchan 5 in Weddings

2007-07-17 01:55:17 · 1 answers · asked by dik_09d 1 in Words & Wordplay

a man with muscle or a man who does not look after him self.

2007-07-17 01:55:05 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Singles & Dating

2007-07-17 01:54:49 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

is it wrong to make out in a graveyard?

2007-07-17 01:54:48 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

I've tried looking it up but I can't seem to find it. I thought it was the first Council of Niceae. Another person's question has stated that someone proved to her that the Revelation of John was written in the 14th century which I know is absolutely incorrect because it was canonized before then.

2007-07-17 01:54:34 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Exit Strategies
Would Iran Take Over Iraq? Would Al-Qaeda? The Debate About How and When to Leave Centers on What Might Happen After the U.S. Goes.

If U.S. combat forces withdraw from Iraq in the near future, three developments would be likely to unfold. Majority Shiites would drive Sunnis out of ethnically mixed areas west to Anbar province..... Southern Iraq would erupt in civil war between Shiite groups...... And the Kurdish north would solidify its borders and invite a U.S. troop presence there. In short, Iraq would effectively become three separate nations......

That was the conclusion reached in recent "war games" exercises conducted for the U.S. military by retired Marine Col. Gary Anderson. "I honestly don't think it will be apocalyptic," said Anderson, who has served in Iraq and now works for a major defense contractor. But "it will be ugly." The way Bush is running the war will lead to the down fall of Iraq. It's just a matter of time before Bush will fail.

2007-07-17 01:54:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

i just want to know

2007-07-17 01:54:12 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-17 01:54:12 · 13 answers · asked by ~ 6 in Polls & Surveys

I just want to mount the receptacle box and run the wire, I assure you I'll have an electrician do the hookup, but just didn't want to go to the trouble and use too light of gauge wire.

2007-07-17 01:54:11 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

A Farmer went to a local bar, sat next to a woman and ordered a glass of champagne.
The woman perks up and says, "How about that? I just ordered a glass of champagne , too!"
"What a coincidence," the farmer says. "This is a special day for me, and I'm celebrating."
"This is a special day for me too, I'm also celebrating!" says the woman. "What a coincidence!" says the man. As they clinked glasses, the farmer asked, "What are you celebrating?"
"My husband and I have been trying to have a child and today my Gynecologist told me that I'm pregnant!"
"What a coincidence," says the man. "I'm a chicken farmer and for years all my hens were infertile, but today they're finally laying fertilized eggs."
"That's great!" says the woman. "How did your chickens become fertile?"
"I used a different c@ck," he replied.
The woman smiled and said, What a coincidence. . ..

2007-07-17 01:54:02 · 9 answers · asked by Bfloyd15 3 in Jokes & Riddles

I did something really daft and now I've lost my gf... I was at a fairground and trader her in for a bag of candyfloss. She's now a prize on the Hoopla and I'm no good at it... ideas anyone???

2007-07-17 01:53:42 · 8 answers · asked by Tiger01204 5 in Singles & Dating

Been looking up on certain religions (wont say which in case i offend) and some are just so far fetched in their beliefs that its almost as if they are a big, organised cult following ?
Anyone agree ?

2007-07-17 01:53:07 · 28 answers · asked by Mark T 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-17 01:53:07 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-07-17 01:52:47 · 20 answers · asked by Linz ♥ VT 4 in Beer, Wine & Spirits

2007-07-17 01:52:41 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family

is it the chat you up line?

2007-07-17 01:52:35 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Singles & Dating

2007-07-17 01:52:33 · 17 answers · asked by 2D1iLuV 7 in Polls & Surveys

2007-07-17 01:52:21 · 16 answers · asked by benbujiddy2 2 in Country

2007-07-17 01:52:09 · 23 answers · asked by ? 1 in Polls & Surveys

cries some. Now here is my question. Do babies cry because of some evolutionary development that came about during the "dawn" of human evolution? I believe that almost everything that we do, by nature, we do because at some point in our evolutionary development, it was to our advantage to do that thing. It was a help in our survival. Babies cry when something is wrong. If they did not cry, very serious things might go unnoticed. So, do babies cry because of evolutionary lessons learned at the "dawn of time?"

2007-07-17 01:51:59 · 5 answers · asked by Bluebeard 1 in Other - Science

2007-07-17 01:51:59 · 4 answers · asked by Rajan S 1 in Weather

More Republicans have defected to the withdraw-from-Iraq Democrats. They have read the polls that show falling support among the American people for the war in Iraq, and have concluded that continuing to support the war will cost them their Senate or House seat.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DennisPrager/2007/07/17/history_will_judge_harshly_those_for_withdrawal_from_iraq

2007-07-17 01:51:36 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

many christians were quick to point out that he isn't a 'real christian' I was also told the same thing when priests do evil. It seems like anyone who does evil who is a christian isn't a 'real christian'!! Why is this? I thought all men are sinners? Also why do some christians go on about muslim extremists? They are not muslim? They are not real ones.....

2007-07-17 01:51:27 · 20 answers · asked by thethinker 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Hello,
I'm speaking French and try to understand better the word "quite".

Does this word have several definitions like in the following sentence?

How to be a quite person?
or
Quite a lot of things.

Thanks,
Erik

2007-07-17 01:51:24 · 3 answers · asked by ErikWay 1 in Languages

2007-07-17 01:51:03 · 16 answers · asked by mad&sad 2 in Alternative Medicine

Our one month anniversary! and she wanted it to be special, so we got dressed up and i brought her to mcdonalds and we had two hapy meals!
Only thing is that doesnt qualify as a meal and she wasnt happy!!!!

So i yelled ''waiter , waiter come here you peasant!''
Some young man has the guts to tell me that ''sir this is a fast food joint'' '' there are no waiters''

I said '' how dare you make a show of me in front of my girl friend!!''

So long story short i broke a table over his back and now my girlfriend waont speak to me!!!!
WTF i was fighting in her hounor! Is she crazy!!??

2007-07-17 01:50:12 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys