All categories - 31 December 2007

I was raised VERY religious Christian; by teens was agnostic; later, became more spiritual & believed in God again. can feel God in Nature, & I like things Jesus taught, it's true I guess I don't understand the trinity so well, but my BIG problem started when in church the preacher told in detail abt Jesus death for our sins. I don't know why i never wondered this before but i suddenly got very upset at the idea it was MY fault he was so hideously tortured in my place--& I didnt think i'd done ANYthing so bad to deserve such punishment. In fact why would a loving God set it up that ANYONE deserves that, let alone decide Jesus must substitute? I've heard a blood sacrifice was req'd But WHY is God so blood thirs? & I know "the wages of sin is death "& I still dont get it Why such horribleness for Jesus means I escape hell? I KNOW how serious it is to doubt what I was taught was THE basic tenet. Did Christians always have this as the central belief? Has anyone explained this well?

2007-12-31 12:42:38 · 15 answers · asked by Ariane deR 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-31 12:42:21 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

I need to watch the ball drop but i freaking forgot wat channel to see it on PLEASE tell me like not a channel number though like ABC ABC FAMILY ETC i dnt have hdtv i have basic cabel so please tell me every one pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee

2007-12-31 12:42:09 · 5 answers · asked by Julya 2 in Other - Television

Eros is Sexual Love.
Philia is platonic love.

Under the definition of Philia doesn’t that mean that Pedophilia SHOULD mean “Healthy, Platonic Love” & not “Unhealthy, Sexual Love”?

Doesn’t that mean that words like Pedophilia SHOULD be Pedoeros?

2007-12-31 12:42:04 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Words & Wordplay

2007-12-31 12:42:04 · 7 answers · asked by Brown Chicken Brown Cow 3 in Movies

2007-12-31 12:41:48 · 42 answers · asked by Habt our quell 4 in Philosophy

Personally, I am one of theses women, but I wanted to here other people's opinions and thoughts about this.

2007-12-31 12:41:44 · 48 answers · asked by Anonymous in Gender Studies

Where in NJ does the movie take place? Thanks.

2007-12-31 12:41:42 · 2 answers · asked by SG 2 in Movies

I'm consider myself a Christian. I've studied a lot about religion. I am interested in possibly joining the Catholic church. I've gone to mass a few times and find it confusing. I feel the Catholic church is the original church that Christ setup. Where can people who are looking into the Catholic religion go to learn more and understand it's practices?

2007-12-31 12:41:41 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

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2007-12-31 12:41:36 · 39 answers · asked by Taylor 2 in Polls & Surveys

Atheists: Do you think Christians just go to church to hear rhetoric and dogma all day?

Christians: Do you feel like there's too much insubstantial and badly thought out rhetoric and dogma being said in church?

2007-12-31 12:41:33 · 13 answers · asked by aznfanatic 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I mean like in World War 2, when Japan and Germany were a threat.
Cause Al Qaida could be hardly called a threat…
Communism wasn’t much of a threat in the cold war.
America is basically untouchable
So once in a while a couple of buildings full. Big deal.
Don’t you think terrorism is over rated?
Do you think that their is a possibility of the USA could be threatened by some body at all?

2007-12-31 12:41:32 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

um hi,
this is hard to explain but yeh here i go.
my girlfriend is on the pill, has been for 3 months now,
just recently we had sex, i have used condoms in the past but we wanted something new so we tried with out for like 3-5 min then we got scared so i put a condom on. but now its 4 days later nd she started takin the sugar pill about 3 days ago nd she has no signs of her period coming.
we went to go and get the morning after pill but it was like 48 hrs after so the pecentage of it working is 50-50%.
for the last few nights we both havent been able to get to sleep nd its just driving us insane waiting, oh nd we did a pregnancy test nd it showed up negative, but that was 2 days after.
can she be pregnant??
what has casued this??
is there any advice that anyone can giveus?
thank you

2007-12-31 12:41:31 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Women's Health

Which do you prefer?
Thanks :)

2007-12-31 12:41:29 · 46 answers · asked by asian_chicka 3 in Polls & Surveys

2007-12-31 12:41:25 · 2 answers · asked by harvey z 1 in Investing

1. And have you ever believed something that was proven wrong later?

2. Have you ever believed in Santa Claus?

3. If, when you believed in Santa Claus, someone asked you if you knew that Santa was real, would you have said, "yes"?

4. Why did you believe in Santa Claus so strongly?

2007-12-31 12:41:20 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I love coffee.

2007-12-31 12:40:34 · 17 answers · asked by susan 1 in Diet & Fitness

most people who claim to be atheists had parents from christianity in this country - as it was or is a christian country. Why have you gone against your parents? are you saying that your parents were stupid?

2007-12-31 12:40:28 · 46 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If I took a moment to say Happy New Year from me and my family?

And to say thank you to those of you who have sent me your love, prayers, good energy, and e-mails asking about mine and Parker's health. If all goes well, he will be coming home from the NICU in about a week or so.

Happy New Year ((((((R&S))))))! I miss you guys and hope your 2008 is wonderful!

2007-12-31 12:40:21 · 15 answers · asked by Marissa: Worker of Iniquity 3 in Religion & Spirituality

My husband passed the postal exam and was told that his three requests of locations had been noted. He doesn't know how to follow up - he thinks perhaps they will just call when there is an opening in one of his preferred locations but is there another application process or some way to find out what is going on?

2007-12-31 12:40:18 · 8 answers · asked by Erin 2 in Government & Non-Profit

2007-12-31 12:40:17 · 8 answers · asked by Stanley M 1 in Current Events

2007-12-31 12:40:15 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in BMW

please help me
i got this from a song
and i cant figure out what language it is
if yo know what it means
please tell me that also..
but i mainly just need the language


Claro-que-sim
Fui escoteira-mirim
Direto da escola, não
Não ia cheirar cola
Nem basquete, pebolim
O que eu gosto não é de graça
O que gosto não é farsa
Tem guitarra, bateria, computador saindo som
Alguns dizem que mais alto que um furacão (rhéum)
Perto dele eu podia sentir
Saía de seu olho e chegava em mim
Sentada do seu lado
Eu queria encostar
Faria o tigela até o sol raiar
Debaixo do lençol
Ele gemia em ré bemol
Fiquei tensa
Mas tava tudo bem
Ele é fodão, mas eu sei que eu sou também

help please...its driving me crazy

thank you

2007-12-31 12:40:10 · 11 answers · asked by sarah h. 1 in Languages

...,int design people claim that natural selection and mutation can't account for the complication of life forms, but does evolution even try to claim that it is the harbinger of every facet of a life form (like complication)? Im writing a podcast on "why creation, evolution, and intelligent design isn't mutually exclusive." Any ideas would be highly appreciated! '

thx, Tom atoms55@hotmail.com

2007-12-31 12:40:02 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Biology

My 2 questions are;

1. Are you aware of any scientific, national, international, military or police reports of any ancient human discoveries where people (singular or plural ) appear to have been in a collective group and have died as a results of having become entraped within ice including; frozen tundra, pack ices or ice burgergs, rivers, lakes, & streams. Including within & outside or near to the Artic and or Antarctic circles?

2. Also, what methods and equiptment are the best to look for them?

I'm not looking for the next ice man. We all have heard about that one. I'm interested in something else.

Serious answers only.

Thanks,

Ed

2007-12-31 12:39:48 · 3 answers · asked by Paul 3 in Military

2007-12-31 12:39:44 · 10 answers · asked by pooh 1 in Singles & Dating

I've currently been working on this story idea of mine, what i typed so far on the computer is 5,189 words long (i love word count). Just for curiosity's sake, about how many pages in a standard novel will that be?

2007-12-31 12:39:38 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Books & Authors

2007-12-31 12:39:36 · 8 answers · asked by wrongnumber 1 in Polls & Surveys