Society & Culture - 17 July 2006

I've been given about a billion pamphlets and actually been told in person by some little girls from a church that jumped out of a van to tell me what it felt like to go to hell while I was walking down the sidewalk. Now does this really reach people or does it really just an annoyance? Who thinks these people should just be happy with the following they have and stop trying to convert so many people just because they think it's right. Next time it happens I might try to convert them to buddhism just for kicks.

2006-07-17 10:23:28 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I'm Brazilian from Rio and have been living in the U.S for 7yrs. My English throughtout the years has improved a lot but people can still detect an Accent whenever I open my mouth. I would like to loose my Accent and sound and speak more like an American. Do you have any tips or info on how do I do that?

2006-07-17 10:23:05 · 12 answers · asked by LJ 1 in Languages

This is the only group of homosexuals that I ever see on television.

2006-07-17 10:22:55 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

I'm tired of people telling me and other people what women are for. It's like we're only seen as wimpy, weak, emotional, and just too much drama. When that is not All of us. We are great women. We do everything men do except when it comes to our bodies. I know I'm special, but I wanna know what the men/boys think.

2006-07-17 10:22:51 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

i will be by the university.

2006-07-17 10:22:43 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Arent monks and those belonging to monastic orders more escapists than any thing else. Jesus said to go out and bring the many to the true faith and to help people but isent it counter productive and selfish to hole your self up in a cell and pray all day. This is not an attack on the faith i am a firm beliver.

PLEASE ONLY CATHOLICS!

2006-07-17 10:22:34 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-17 10:22:05 · 1 answers · asked by I love the cake 2 in Languages

My gay friend and I have come to the realization that every GLBT we know (with the exception of the two of us) smokes. How come? It's a weird culture thing we discovered and were wondering if anyone knows the answer...

2006-07-17 10:21:53 · 22 answers · asked by michellesm 3 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Peace and Love

2006-07-17 10:20:40 · 15 answers · asked by digilook 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Ecclesiastes 4:12
Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

Three strands meaning a marriage that includes God is stronger than a marriage without God.

In 1999, a *Christian* sociologist named George Barna published these results on divorce rate:

Born-again Christians - 27% are divorced or have been divorced
Other Christians - 24% are divorced or have been divorced
Atheists, Agnostics - 21% are divorced or have been divorced

Wow, it looks like the Bible is wrong, the very opposite of what it says is true! How do you explain this?

So much for "The family that prays together, stays together".

2006-07-17 10:20:33 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

does anyone know where i could find a list of good christian artists performing in alberta and places i could get tickets

2006-07-17 10:20:22 · 2 answers · asked by eleshiak 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Case in point: many years ago I was at a Christian friend's house. Her parents didn't know my religious affiliation (or lack thereof) and preached about how imperative a good Christian background is for good morals. I didn't have the heart to tell them that their daughter (who considered herself a devout Christain as well) had divulged to me that she had stolen cars for fun, done all sorts of street drugs and lost her virginity toa 26 year old at the age of 13. Suffice it to say, I have done not one of these things and was not brought up in a religious household. I understand the phrase, "Christains are not perfect, just forgiven" but in her case...wow. Yes it's just one example but I have plenty more I don't think you want to be bored with.

2006-07-17 10:19:45 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Careful if you say : " it comes from India like the others said."

You will be in breach of community guidelines !! (got a violation for that and my answer removed !)

So better say something else ???

2006-07-17 10:19:33 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

!. Trust
2.Wealth
3.Respect
4. Envy of your peers

Personally, I want trust...It is the hardest thing to earn and keep...yet, it is the easiest to be broken.

2006-07-17 10:18:54 · 28 answers · asked by Mommy Dearest 5 in Other - Society & Culture

IF SHE HAS, DOES SHE SEE HERSELF WITH HER MIND STILL? OR WITH HER EYES PHYSICALLY?

WHAT DOES SHE ANYWAY?

2006-07-17 10:18:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

This is an interesting article by an expert, please visit the link and then post your opinion.

http://www.counterpunch.org

2006-07-17 10:18:12 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Where to learn arabic to read the Quran?

http://www.myislamweb.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3848

2006-07-17 10:17:42 · 3 answers · asked by Renee M 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-07-17 10:16:47 · 4 answers · asked by themoonisuseless 1 in Other - Society & Culture

As good christians, are we not obliged to call upon God to smite these heathens who are trying to take over this country? Is not the USA in TERRIBLE DANGER of being destroyed? We ARE the city of SODOM and GOMORAH! We MUST call for a removal of these wicked ones from our holy lands! Who will join me?!

2006-07-17 10:16:41 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

When its pretty obvious they have nothing to do with eachother. It just kind gets me annoyed when they are linked together....

How does Nature and some dark overlord go hand and hand...I ask you?

2006-07-17 10:16:18 · 23 answers · asked by Bevin M 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Once a tight cabal of fundamentalists takes over any denomination, Christ's teachings go out the window. The reversal of Christianity from a religion of love to a religion of hate is the greatest religious tragedy of our time.

2006-07-17 10:16:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

IF SHE HAS GOT ONE....

2006-07-17 10:15:06 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I share an office and desk space with a co-worker. My office buddy is a pack rat. His paperwork covers his desk and is now invading my space. What's a polite way to get him to move his stuff and clean up?

2006-07-17 10:14:52 · 17 answers · asked by Maxshaw 2 in Etiquette

I know, you'll say the U.S., but besides the U.S. and why?

2006-07-17 10:14:34 · 11 answers · asked by Luis T 3 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-07-17 10:14:15 · 11 answers · asked by johnathen777 2 in Other - Society & Culture

The Scroll and the Lamb
1Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals. 2And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, "Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?" 3But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. 4I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. 5Then one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals."
6Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits[a] of God sent out into all the earth. 7He came and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne. 8And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9And they sang a new song:
"You are worthy to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
because you were slain,
and with your blood you purchased men for God
from every tribe and language and people and nation.
10You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God,
and they will reign on the earth."

11Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. 12In a loud voice they sang:
"Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain,
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength
and honor and glory and praise!"

13Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing:
"To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
be praise and honor and glory and power,
for ever and ever!" 14The four living creatures said, "Amen," and the elders fell down and worshiped.

Footnotes:

2006-07-17 10:13:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

For the athiest reading this,This really doesnt concern you,So your opinion doesnt matter.But anyways,Christians,The news about the middle east shouldnt be a surprise to us since god said that there will be "wars and rumours of wars" among the famine,pestilence,and increase wickedness in this world.These are the end times and let noone tell you different.With that being the case,How come some of the churches dont really get into the end time prophecies with its congregation since we already see evidence of the times we live in?

2006-07-17 10:13:40 · 21 answers · asked by ReliableLogic 5 in Religion & Spirituality

If you believe in God, you have chosen to reject Allah, Vishnu, Budda, Waheguru and all of the thousands of other gods that other people worship today. It is quite likely that you rejected these other gods without ever looking into their religions or reading their books. You simply absorbed the dominant faith in your home or in the society you grew up in. In the same way, the followers of all these other religions have chosen to reject God. You think their gods are imaginary, and they think your God is imaginary.

I contend that we are all atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.

Does this make any sense?? Throw away the silly notion that only your way is the right way, and you MIGHT be able to see that your religion is no more "true" than any others...

2006-07-17 10:13:37 · 21 answers · asked by YDoncha_Blowme 6 in Religion & Spirituality

like Ali Baba

2006-07-17 10:12:51 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Any one from around West Plains Mo. out there?

2006-07-17 10:12:17 · 1 answers · asked by Lem 2 in Other - Society & Culture