Society & Culture - 7 July 2006

2006-07-07 14:24:58 · 16 answers · asked by jjay 1 in Other - Society & Culture

What is the percentage of sexual perverts, adultarors and unchaste and promiscuous women among the Christian Western People?

2006-07-07 14:24:35 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

But even amongst those Indian philosophers who accepted the separation of mind and body and argued for the existence of the soul, there was considerable dedication to the scientific method and to developing the principles of deductive and inductive logic. From 1000 B.C to the 4th C A.D (also described as India's rationalistic period) treatises in astronomy, mathematics, logic, medicine and linguistics were produced. The philosophers of the Sankhya school, the Nyaya-Vaisesika schools and early Jain and Buddhist scholars made substantial contributions to the growth of science and learning. Advances in the applied sciences like metallurgy, textile production and dyeing were also made.

In particular, the rational period produced some of the most fascinating series of debates on what constitutes the "scientific method": How does one separate our sensory perceptions from dreams and hallucinations? When does an observation of reality become accepted as fact, and as scientific truth? How should the principles of inductive and deductive logic be developed and applied? How does one evaluate a hypothesis for it's scientific merit? What is a valid inference? What constitutes a scientific proof?

These and other questions were attacked with an unexpected intellectual vigour. As keen observers of nature and the human body, India's early scientist/philosophers studied human sensory organs, analyzed dreams, memory and consciousness. The best of them understood dialectics in nature - they understood change, both in quantitative and qualitative terms - they even posited a proto-type of the modern atomic theory. It was this rational foundation that led to the flowering of Indian civilization.

This is borne out by the testaments of important Greek scientists and philosophers of that period. Pythagoras - the Greek mathematician and philosopher who lived in the 6th C B.C was familiar with the Upanishads and learnt his basic geometry from the Sulva Sutras. (The famous Pythagoras theorem is actually a restatement of a result already known and recorded by earlier Indian mathematicians). Later, Herodotus (father of Greek history) was to write that the Indians were the greatest nation of the age. Megasthenes - who travelled extensively through India in the 4th C. B.C also left extensive accounts that paint India in highly favorable light (for that period).

Intellectual contacts between ancient Greece and India were not insignificant. Scientific exchanges between Greece and India were mutually beneficial and helped in the development of the sciences in both nations. By the 6th C. A.D, with the help of ancient Greek and Indian texts, and through their own ingenuity, Indian astronomers made significant discoveries about planetary motion. An Indian astronomer - Aryabhata, was to become the first to describe the earth as a sphere that rotated on it's own axis. He further postulated that it was the earth that rotated around the sun and correctly described how solar and lunar eclipses occurred.

Because astronomy required extremely complicated mathematical equations, ancient Indians also made significant advances in mathematics. Differential equations - the basis of modern calculus were in all likelihood an Indian invention (something essential in modeling planetary motions). Indian mathematicians were also the first to invent the concept of abstract infinite numbers - numbers that can only be represented through abstract mathematical formulations such as infinite series - geometric or arithmetic. They also seemed to be familiar with polynomial equations (again essential in advanced astronomy) and were the inventors of the modern numeral system (referred to as the Arabic numeral system in Europe).

The use of the decimal system and the concept of zero was essential in facilitating large astronomical calculation and allowed such 7th C mathematicians as Brahmagupta to estimate the earth's circumferance at about 23,000 miles - (not too far off from the current calculation). It also enabled Indian astronomers to provide fairly accurate longitudes of important places in India.

The science of Ayurveda - (the ancient Indian system of healing) blossomed in this period. Medical practitioners took up the dissection of corpses, practised surgery, developed popular nutritional guides, and wrote out codes for medical procedures and patient care and diagnosis. Chemical processes associated with the dying of textiles and extraction of metals were studied and documented. The use of mordants (in dyeing) and catalysts (in metal-extraction/purification) was discovered.

2006-07-07 14:24:20 · 9 answers · asked by indian phlprs 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Not really a question.
Praise God.

2006-07-07 14:24:14 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I personally don't believe that the Bible is the only scripture that can teach us spiritual knowledge. There are scriptures that are thousands of years older that exist today, and can take a lifetime to read and study. Anyone out there familiar with any of these scriptures?

2006-07-07 14:24:05 · 8 answers · asked by nara c 3 in Religion & Spirituality

My boss is muslim and I want to have him for dinner/dessert. Can you eat baked items with vanilla extract?? It contains alcohol, but you don't use very much of it, and the alcohol is cooked out. Any other suggestions on food to avoid? I know pork and alcohol....

2006-07-07 14:23:51 · 11 answers · asked by Becca 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-07 14:22:00 · 13 answers · asked by Walter K 2 in Etiquette

Think before you answer. Let's try to avoid shallow pre-packaged responses.

2006-07-07 14:21:52 · 13 answers · asked by Matt H 1 in Other - Society & Culture

He is very smart and makes great decisions right?

2006-07-07 14:21:51 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

can i prosecute the church since they claim to be gods only true representatives since god won't make it to the hearing?

2006-07-07 14:19:50 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

What did people do before there was such a thing as a spell checker?

There was something we used to do; many still do it, now. Can you guess what it was?

2006-07-07 14:18:18 · 19 answers · asked by silvercomet 6 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-07-07 14:18:03 · 12 answers · asked by LarryGuy 1 in Etiquette

Maybe if I had a different picture up i'd get better answers.

2006-07-07 14:17:06 · 19 answers · asked by ? 4 in Other - Society & Culture

1. How could Noah's ark have happened if the same amount of water always stays on the earth (except what astronauts pee out)?
2. Explain how a human can come from a rib.
3. Why was Jesus a man? If God is God why didn't he send a ball of talking glowing light or something?
4. How did Jesus' allowance of the Romans to kill him be called dying for our sins?
5. Did you know that baby's can't be made without sperm?
6. If God made earth for us to worship him, what's the point of the other planets?
7. A Christian friend of mine once told me that he's believes that God can come to control anything on earth when he pleases (that's how he explained the water level of Noah's ark), so I asked, why not stop natural disasters and such?
8. The first testament accidentally forgot to say dinosaurs happened when speaking of the creation.
9. What is the point of life if Heaven is perfect anyway? Wouldn't God want us to all go have a good time with Him up there?
10. What happens to pre-Jesus soals?

2006-07-07 14:17:01 · 28 answers · asked by Amphibious Nature 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-07 14:16:23 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

I have a fairly large rose garden and have to cut flowers before they make seeds so that they keep blooming. They are dozens of beautiful pink and red fragrant rose stems in full bloom, and I hate to throw them away. Can I just give to just friends or co-workers for no reason? Do you think they make some second guess? Or will they be annoyed?

2006-07-07 14:15:55 · 43 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

2006-07-07 14:15:37 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

why is it that if you ask ONE question on here, you get responses from RUDE people sizing you up like they know your deepest thoughts and who you are? Why can't people just give their honest answer without casting judgement.

2006-07-07 14:14:38 · 14 answers · asked by hottotrot 1 in Etiquette

personally i think its wrong to go to another country to try and convert people to a different religion or way of life just because its what you believe in.this seems very egotistical and controlling to me!!


however i do believe that alot of missionary's are well meaning and i know that they do help alot of people who are facing poverty,famine,civil war etc......

whats your opinion???

2006-07-07 14:14:12 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-07 14:14:11 · 6 answers · asked by smartactkat 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Once Saved Always Saved is dangerous heresy and not taught by Jesus and the Apostles.

Luke 9:23 "If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me."
We must follow Jesus daily and are not saved by a one-time prayer to accept Jesus as lord and savior in your heart.

Matthew 19:17 "If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments."

Once saved always saved goes against the words of Jesus himself. You can commit any sin and still be saved because you already have accepted Jesus. That is heresy.

2006-07-07 14:13:49 · 22 answers · asked by enigma21 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Im sure I saw him walking into the whitehouse.

2006-07-07 14:12:42 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

I say No; that the good old US of A is not a Christian nation.

It never was a such a nation.

2006-07-07 14:12:19 · 17 answers · asked by 1saintofGod 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-07 14:12:14 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

There were supposed to be giant superhighways with automatic cars in the sixties. There were supposed to be space stations and missions to Jupiter in 2001. What happened?

2006-07-07 14:11:38 · 9 answers · asked by Jamie D 2 in Other - Society & Culture

i live on an american compound in saudi arabia but i go to boarding school in canada. im home for the summer and want to take back some momentos for my dorm room next year. i've been contemplating stealing my street sign, which is written in both english and arabic and would look pretty damn cool in my room at school. should i do it and risk A) getting caught in the act by compound security and/or B) facing the wrath of my parents who, somehow, wouldn't see the sentiment of my actions. any thoughts?

2006-07-07 14:10:47 · 30 answers · asked by Juicy.Couture 2 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-07-07 14:10:32 · 10 answers · asked by dolphinchk64 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2006-07-07 14:10:19 · 18 answers · asked by jkeys00 3 in Other - Society & Culture

Who the hell are you to say Jesus can't show up for his second coming on a space shuttle,

human beings went up to space in a rocket ship, and we aren't little green men!

I think its just as likely he would come on a rocket ship over a cloud as he would on a cloud itself.

2006-07-07 14:09:05 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I was pulled over and given a ticket because my eyes were closed and my hands were together instead of on the steering will. Is this a violation of my freedom of religion? Will the officer go to hell?

2006-07-07 14:08:52 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality