Society & Culture - 24 June 2006

Aren't Buddhism/Hinduism just philsophies?

2006-06-24 03:55:43 · 16 answers · asked by ? 4 in Religion & Spirituality

has it contributd in your self developement in any way?

2006-06-24 03:52:24 · 4 answers · asked by eagercurio 2 in Other - Society & Culture

Ok , im not sure if this happen already in the bible or something but "god" has 4 Arch angels right? you know Michael, aureal, Gabreal...and what was the other one...never mind and each had there own element....why doesnt god simply, sic them on the four horsemen...peace everlasting..just what he wanted...(well in the Old testement)

2006-06-24 03:51:30 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-06-24 03:48:47 · 10 answers · asked by Vayu W 4 in Religion & Spirituality

This morning there was a knock at my door. When I answered the door I found a well groomed, nicely dressed couple. The man spoke first:

John: "Hi! I'm John, and this is Mary."

Mary: Hi! We're here to invite you to come kiss Hank's *** with us."

Me: "Pardon me?! What are you talking about? Who's Hank, and why would I want to kiss His ***?"

John: "If you kiss Hank's ***, He'll give you a million dollars; and if you don't, He'll kick the **** out of you."

Me: "What? Is this some sort of bizarre mob shake-down?"

John: "Hank is a billionaire philanthropists. Hank built this town. Hank owns this town. He can do whatever he wants, and what He wants is to give you a million dollars, but He can't until you kiss his ***."

Me: "That doesn't make any sense. Why..."

Mary: "Who are you to question Hank's gift? Don't you want a million dollars? Isn't it worth a little kiss on the ***?"

Me: "Well maybe, if it's legit, but..."

John: "Then come kiss Hank's *** with us."

Me: "Do you kiss Hank's *** often?"

Mary: "Oh yes, all the time..."

Me: "And has He given you a million dollars?"

John: "Well no. You don't actually get the money until you leave town."

Me: "So why don't you just leave town now?"

Mary: "You can't leave until Hank tells you to, or you don't get the money, and He kicks the **** out of you."

Me: "Do you know anyone who kissed Hank's ***, left town, and got the million dollars?"

John: "My mother kissed Hank's *** for years. She left town last year, and I'm sure she got the money."

Me: "Haven't you talked to her since then?"

John: "Of course not, Hank doesn't allow it."

Me: "So what makes you think He'll actually give you the money if you've never talked to anyone who got the money?"

Mary: "Well, he gives you a little bit before you leave. Maybe you'll get a raise, maybe you'll win a small lotto, maybe you'll just find a twenty-dollar bill on the street."

Me: "What's that got to do with Hank?"

John: "Hank has certain 'connections.'"

Me: "I'm sorry, but this sounds like some sort of bizarre con game."

John: "But it's a million dollars, can you really take the chance? And remember, if you don't kiss Hank's *** He'll kick the **** of you."

Me: "Maybe if I could see Hank, talk to Him, get the details straight from him..."

Mary: "No one sees Hank, no one talks to Hank."

Me: "Then how do you kiss His ***?"

John: "Sometimes we just blow Him a kiss, and think of His ***. Other times we kiss Karl's ***, and he passes it on."

Me: "Who's Karl?"

Mary: "A friend of ours. He's the one who taught us all about kissing Hank's ***. All we had to do was take him out to dinner a few times."

Me: "And you just took his word for it when he said there was a Hank, that Hank wanted you to kiss His ***, and that Hank would reward you?"

John: "Oh no! Karl has a letter he got from Hank years ago explaining the whole thing. Here's a copy; see for yourself."

From the desk of Karl

1.
Kiss Hank's *** and He'll give you a million dollars when you leave town.
2.
Use alcohol in moderation.
3.
Kick the **** out of people who aren't like you.
4.
Eat right.
5.
Hank dictated this list Himself.
6.
The moon is made of green cheese.
7.
Everything Hank says is right.
8.
Wash your hands after going to the bathroom.
9.
Don't use alcohol.
10.
Eat your wieners on buns, no condiments.
11.
Kiss Hank's *** or He'll kick the **** out of you.

Me: "This appears to be written on Karl's letterhead."

Mary: "Hank didn't have any paper."

Me: "I have a hunch that if we checked we'd find this is Karl's handwriting."

John: "Of course, Hank dictated it."

Me: "I thought you said no one gets to see Hank?"

Mary: "Not now, but years ago He would talk to some people."

Me: "I thought you said He was a philanthropist. What sort of philanthropist kicks the **** out of people just because they're different?"

Mary: "It's what Hank wants, and Hank's always right."

Me: "How do you figure that?"

Mary: "Item 7 says 'Everything Hank says is right.' That's good enough for me!"

Me: "Maybe your friend Karl just made the whole thing up."

John: "No way! Item 5 says 'Hank dictated this list himself.' Besides, item 2 says 'Use alcohol in moderation,' Item 4 says 'Eat right,' and item 8 says 'Wash your hands after going to the bathroom.' Everyone knows those things are right, so the rest must be true, too."

Me: "But 9 says 'Don't use alcohol.' which doesn't quite go with item 2, and 6 says 'The moon is made of green cheese,' which is just plain wrong."

John: "There's no contradiction between 9 and 2, 9 just clarifies 2. As far as 6 goes, you've never been to the moon, so you can't say for sure."

Me: "Scientists have pretty firmly established that the moon is made of rock..."

Mary: "But they don't know if the rock came from the Earth, or from out of space, so it could just as easily be green cheese."

Me: "I'm not really an expert, but I think the theory that the Moon was somehow 'captured' by the Earth has been discounted*. Besides, not knowing where the rock came from doesn't make it cheese."

John: "Ha! You just admitted that scientists make mistakes, but we know Hank is always right!"

Me: "We do?"

Mary: "Of course we do, Item 5 says so."

Me: "You're saying Hank's always right because the list says so, the list is right because Hank dictated it, and we know that Hank dictated it because the list says so. That's circular logic, no different than saying 'Hank's right because He says He's right.'"

John: "Now you're getting it! It's so rewarding to see someone come around to Hank's way of thinking."

Me: "But...oh, never mind. What's the deal with wieners?"

Mary: She blushes.

John: "Wieners, in buns, no condiments. It's Hank's way. Anything else is wrong."

Me: "What if I don't have a bun?"

John: "No bun, no wiener. A wiener without a bun is wrong."

Me: "No relish? No Mustard?"

Mary: She looks positively stricken.

John: He's shouting. "There's no need for such language! Condiments of any kind are wrong!"

Me: "So a big pile of sauerkraut with some wieners chopped up in it would be out of the question?"

Mary: Sticks her fingers in her ears."I am not listening to this. La la la, la la, la la la."

John: "That's disgusting. Only some sort of evil deviant would eat that..."

Me: "It's good! I eat it all the time."

Mary: She faints.

John: He catches Mary. "Well, if I'd known you where one of those I wouldn't have wasted my time. When Hank kicks the **** out of you I'll be there, counting my money and laughing. I'll kiss Hank's *** for you, you bunless cut-wienered kraut-eater."

With this, John dragged Mary to their waiting car, and sped off.

2006-06-24 03:47:45 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Why do Catholics put powers into false idols like St. Christopher.....This is how it goes...if you have a St Christopher Medal and have it blessed by a Priest (Man) then St Christopher will protect you while you travel.

Where is Jesus in this?

If this is not Idol worship then what is it?

2006-06-24 03:47:35 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

imagine someone who has a lisp trynna say that they have a "lisp".

2006-06-24 03:47:07 · 6 answers · asked by Guerda B 2 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-06-24 03:46:57 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i had a dreammmmm
i was in beddddddd
with 9 muslim birdssssssss
in very hot dubaiiiiiiiiiiii

if you see the wonderrrrrrrrrrr
of a muslim haremmmmmmm
you can take the futureeeeeeee
even if you are sleeepingggggggg

i believe in muslim angelssssss
with black abyasssssssss
i wonder how mr. mohomeddddddddd
managed his damn haremmmmmm

Did you enjoy my song?

2006-06-24 03:46:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

You find this girl shows you all the love but she says her problem is what to tell the person who told her first that he loves her.

2006-06-24 03:45:54 · 20 answers · asked by quorora 1 in Other - Society & Culture

so tell me how i can be one.

2006-06-24 03:44:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Community Service

That is such a sad situation.

If she was guilty.....she was a monster.

But, if she was not....my God, think of the hell she experienced.

Just too sad...the whole thing!

2006-06-24 03:44:01 · 3 answers · asked by treefrog 4 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-06-24 03:43:31 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2006-06-24 03:43:28 · 17 answers · asked by Thinx 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Bonjour le petite infant.
Bonjour papa!
Oui, je me a'apalle Mimi, no papa!
Oui, vous sos homosexual papa?
No! Je sous transexual, put !
Ohh, oui, au revua trannie !
Like . . au reviua !

2006-06-24 03:43:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Has anyone had a near death occurrence or actually "dead for 2 min" or so? If yes, then was there anything you remember? Did your life flash or see "a light"?

2006-06-24 03:42:41 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Has anyone had a near death or actually "dead for 2 min" or so? If yes, then was there anything you remember? Did your life flash or see "a light"?

2006-06-24 03:41:34 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2006-06-24 03:41:26 · 4 answers · asked by Vayu W 4 in Religion & Spirituality

OK I am considering finding a job offer in the US after graduation and moving to the USA (from UK).

What I'd like to know is, where is the best resource for finding out what is involved- is it any easier for a brit to become a US citizen than any other nationality as we have quite cordial Anglo-American relations?

And how would my rights differ from an American born and bred? Presumably I'd be able to work, own my own home, marry and start a family without hinderance? What about uniquely American aspects of life in the states such the right to own a firearm etc etc?

Cheers!

2006-06-24 03:40:49 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

What the Bible says about Medical Science
James 5:14-15
Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up.

2006-06-24 03:40:30 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2Peter 3:16-18

2006-06-24 03:39:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-06-24 03:39:01 · 1 answers · asked by cgdchris 4 in Religion & Spirituality

What brought u you to the Lord? How did it change your life? Here's a brief rendition of mine. I grew up in an alcoholic family where love was just a 4 letter word. I tried to find peace thru all the world had drugs, alcohol, sex u name it. I had some horriffic things happen to me and reached a point where I hated and cursed God time went on I was miserable hated me everyone. In 1991 I met my first Christian I had met peeps that claimed to be 1 but weren't. The day I got saved I was on a roof top going to jump instead I said God if you're real come into my life. It's been 15 years now am so humbled to know how loved we r (plz share your testimony) May God bless u all

2006-06-24 03:37:00 · 9 answers · asked by sshhorty2 4 in Religion & Spirituality

What the Bible says about Magic

Exodus 4:2-6
And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
...
And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand.
...
And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he [Moses] put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.

Numbers 5:27
And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot.

Numbers 21:8-9
And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole:and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

2006-06-24 03:36:46 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-06-24 03:36:21 · 4 answers · asked by Chesh » 5 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2006-06-24 03:35:34 · 18 answers · asked by Vayu W 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I've seen a trazillion websites that give God credit for healing cancer, so He obviously has those sorts of power.

2006-06-24 03:34:52 · 23 answers · asked by Thinx 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-06-24 03:33:49 · 24 answers · asked by weiwei 1 in Religion & Spirituality

religion

2006-06-24 03:33:00 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-06-24 03:32:26 · 5 answers · asked by Pervy_Pirate 2 in Religion & Spirituality