Society & Culture - 10 June 2006

2006-06-10 15:51:31 · 19 answers · asked by mryungbp 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-06-10 15:51:14 · 15 answers · asked by ? 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-06-10 15:50:14 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2006-06-10 15:50:10 · 28 answers · asked by nwrd01 1 in Religion & Spirituality

The first person to type the "Pledge of Allegiance" for me (I am from Canada and don't know it) will get 10 points in 24hrs!!

2006-06-10 15:48:54 · 15 answers · asked by hipergirl22 7 in Other - Society & Culture

and the believers leave the non believers alone? works both ways don't it...

I know as a believer, we are suppose to go out and teach God work and word, but for the non believers what are they suppose to do?

2006-06-10 15:48:53 · 28 answers · asked by ? 3 in Religion & Spirituality

had the back of your neck hair stand up or feel a shudder go through your body for no reason? Is it a ghost?

2006-06-10 15:48:42 · 12 answers · asked by annie red 4 in Mythology & Folklore

With Deism, you keep the God you love. You just remove the man-made excess like ritual and tithing. And you also remove the guilt you have for being what you are. And you can see the universe with a better understanding and with more openness, not clouded by words people say.

Heck, you can even still go to church and support them. But you don't have to fight for what you believe in anymore. You don't have to force a belief on unwilling people.

Do not be concerned with an afterlife but rather be thankful for the life you have. Even if you are the saddest or most crippled person in the world, at least you are born a human being. What a privilege that is! And at least you can experience things a person can experience, even the simplest things in life are worth living for. Imagine there being no life, no air to breathe, no water to drink, just floating rocks in space. God made not only you but also other people and things which took forever to do, but its all so very simple and balanced

2006-06-10 15:47:50 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-06-10 15:47:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-06-10 15:46:59 · 10 answers · asked by jen a 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-06-10 15:45:25 · 17 answers · asked by ? 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I am a religious person and I believe that God would help us if we have a strong faith in him. But what about relationship with someone? We can ask God to make someone like us...can't we?

2006-06-10 15:45:18 · 12 answers · asked by stardust 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-06-10 15:44:28 · 3 answers · asked by Malcolm uses Xbox 360 Avatar 7 in Languages

John baptized for repentance (Matthew 3:11). Since Jesus was supposedly without sin, he had nothing to repent of. The fact that he was baptized by John has always been an embarrassment to the church. The gospels offer no explanation for Jesus' baptism, apart from the meaningless explanation given in Matthew 3:14-15 "to fulfill all righteousness." Other passages, which indicate that Jesus did not consider himself sinless, are also an embarrassment to the church (Mark 10:18, Luke 18:19).

Luke, who claims to be chronological (Luke 1:3), tries to give the impression that John did not baptize Jesus. Luke's account of Jesus' baptism occurs after the account of John's imprisonment (Luke 3:20-21).

I'm sorry I just can't have faith in a Religion with so many problems. I can't devote my life to the lies!

2006-06-10 15:43:22 · 14 answers · asked by GobleyGook 3 in Religion & Spirituality

From my letter printed in amNY, 6/8/06:
When I read about Ann Coulter¹s new book "Godless: The Church of Liberalism" and her diatribe against the 9/11 widows, I thought to myself, "Where is the Martin Luther King, Jr. of the Christian Right? Where is the guy or gal who fervently believes in and fights for his positions, yet offers his hand in reconciliation to his opponents, hoping to change their hearts?" ...Is there any right-wing follower of Jesus out there who isn¹t condemning the left wholesale?
http://www.amny.com/news/opinion/am-0608lett01,0,5286501.story?coll=am-letters-headlines
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I thought of columnist Becky Miller of Oregon, and of John Dawson, author of Healing America's Wounds. It sure isn't Ann Coulter, Jerry Falwell, or Pat Robertson. So, who is, or could become, the MLK of the Christian Right?

2006-06-10 15:43:19 · 3 answers · asked by MNL_1221 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-06-10 15:41:25 · 28 answers · asked by mryungbp 1 in Other - Society & Culture

Fortunately for those who really want to know the truth, Matthew made a colossal blunder later in his gospel which leaves no doubt at all as to which of the above possibilities is true. His blunder involves what is known as Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem riding on a donkey (if you believe Mark, Luke or John) or riding on two donkeys (if you believe Matthew). In Matthew 21:1-7, two animals are mentioned in three of the verses, so this cannot be explained away as a copying error. And Matthew has Jesus riding on both animals at the same time, for verse 7 literally says, "on them he sat."
Why does Matthew have Jesus riding on two donkeys at the same time? Because he misread Zechariah 9:9 which reads in part, "mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey."
Anyone familiar with Old Testament Hebrew would know that the word translated "and" in this passage does not indicate another animal but is used in the sense of "even" (which is used in many translations)for emphasis

2006-06-10 15:41:18 · 9 answers · asked by GobleyGook 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm thinking we should put together a not-for-profit service offering free English courses to immigrants & foreigners residing in the U.S. Anyone want to help? With all the people upset about foreigners not speaking English, I'm sure there are many of you who will want to help solve this immense problem by contributing your time and money to the cause. So how would you like to contribute, with your time or with money?

Or are there already massive efforts being made to educate foreigners who can't afford English classes on their own? I haven't heard about it, but certainly some of the megachurches are already contributing to the social welfare of immigrants by helping them acquire English. Perhaps they provide transportation to & from classes as many immigrants can't afford their own cars.

Or maybe I'm wrong. Perhaps Christians think immigrants should figure out how to learn English on their own. If that's the case, we the people will have to step in. Who wants to help?

2006-06-10 15:41:04 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

I am NOT living in the us, i am living in australia.
Any other best languages to learn?
For my future?

2006-06-10 15:40:55 · 30 answers · asked by bertiousmaximus 1 in Languages

like all the people dying and terrible things going on in the middle east, and the earthquakes and disasters and godlessness going on. America is headed for hell because of our wickedness. God have mercy on us.

2006-06-10 15:39:40 · 20 answers · asked by nwrd01 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm planning on traveling to South America soon...I know (very very) basic European Spanish..

Will that be OK. Or should I try to learn the Latin American version instead of impoving the Spanish that I already know?

2006-06-10 15:39:34 · 10 answers · asked by Kraljica Katica 7 in Languages

2006-06-10 15:37:18 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Royalty

Do you like a man who gets very emotional, more so than you? Do you like a man who whines about everything? Does it violate your concept of a manly man, or do you say anything goes these days?

2006-06-10 15:35:27 · 9 answers · asked by Zelda Hunter 7 in Etiquette

2006-06-10 15:34:34 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

1. The virgin birth (Isaiah 7:14)
This verse is part of a prophecy that Isaiah relates to King Ahaz regarding the fate of the two kings threatening Judah at that time and the fate of Judah itself. In the original Hebrew, the verse says that a "young woman" will give birth, not a "virgin" which is an entirely different Hebrew word. The young woman became a virgin only when the Hebrew word was mistranslated into Greek.

This passage obviously has nothing to do with Jesus (who, if this prophecy did apply to him, should have been named Immanuel instead of Jesus).

2006-06-10 15:33:58 · 31 answers · asked by GobleyGook 3 in Religion & Spirituality

do you try to present a more diplomatic approach? Or are you like, " Feelings or no feelings, I'm going straight for the jugular!" Myself? Depending upon the argument, I typically try to find a diplomatic solution........at first.

2006-06-10 15:33:20 · 4 answers · asked by Kooties 5 in Other - Society & Culture

Luke has Mary and Joseph travelling from their home in Nazareth in Galilee to Bethlehem in Judea for the birth of Jesus (Luke 2:4). Matthew, in contradiction to Luke, says that it was only after the birth of Jesus that Mary and Joseph resided in Nazareth, and then only because they were afraid to return to Judea (Matthew 2:21-23).

In order to have Jesus born in Bethlehem, Luke says that everyone had to go to the city of their birth to register for the census. This is absurd, and would have caused a bureaucratic nightmare. The purpose of the Roman census was for taxation, and the Romans were interested in where the people lived and worked, not where they were born (which they could have found out by simply asking rather than causing thousands of people to travel).

more strange things happening in the bilble..........

If your religion cannot stand up to these questions why should I devote my life to a lie?

2006-06-10 15:32:33 · 14 answers · asked by GobleyGook 3 in Religion & Spirituality

We were all raised differently so what's the big deal?!?! Besides, the south is a lot friendlier and everyone knows everyone. the schools may be smaller but it doesn't get better than that! SO...northern people tell me what's up and southern people...tell me if u agree! (didn't know what catagory to put this under)

2006-06-10 15:31:39 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

... then wouldn't somebody else have done it later on?

2006-06-10 15:29:29 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Brad is Cacausian Angelina is Cacausian But their Daughter Shilo was Born in Africa So TECHNICALLY..... wouldn't that make their Daughter African American???? Or American African American??? Weird huh?

2006-06-10 15:28:40 · 15 answers · asked by Gym Ratt 3 in Other - Society & Culture