Society & Culture - 19 July 2006

want a job

2006-07-19 10:59:22 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

my parents said they want me...

2006-07-19 10:59:22 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

One of my moslem friends mentioned that there are idols (hindu gods) inside the Kaaba that people used to follow and also that if someone ever finds them out, the whole moslem religion will collapse, which is the reason that non-moslems are not allowed inside that place. Is there any truth in this?

2006-07-19 10:59:04 · 8 answers · asked by Camellias 3 in Religion & Spirituality

http://www.jewwatch.com/

2006-07-19 10:58:13 · 18 answers · asked by Biomimetik 4 in Religion & Spirituality

how can you not think these people who believe in this stuff are all completely insane?

2006-07-19 10:56:46 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

What are the "quality" of being an American Middle-Class?

2006-07-19 10:56:41 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Mt 3:16-17

And when Jesus was baptised, he went up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and alighting on him; and lo, a voice from heaven, saying, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."

John 3: 3-5

Jesus answered and said to him, "Amen, amen, I say to you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above." Nicodemus said to him, "How can a person once grown old be born again? Surely he cannot reenter his mother's womb and be born again, can he?" Jesus answered, "Amen, amen, I say to you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit.


Acts 2: 38-39

Peter (said) to them, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit. For the promise is made to you and to your children and to all those far off, whomever the Lord our God will call."

Acts 22: 16

Now, why delay? Get up and have yourself baptized and your sins washed away, calling upon his name.'

Romans 6: 1-4

What then shall we say? Shall we persist in sin that grace may abound? Of course not! How can we who died to sin yet live in it? Or are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were indeed buried with him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live in newness of life.

1 Corinthians 6: 9-11

Do you not know that the unjust will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor boy prostitutes nor sodomites nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God. That is what some of you used to be; but now you have had yourselves washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

1 Corinthians 12: 13

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons, and we were all given to drink of one Spirit.

Galatians 3: 26-27

For through faith you are all children of God in Christ Jesus. For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

Ephesians 5: 25-26

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the church and handed himself over for her to sanctify her, cleansing her by the bath of water with the word,

Colossians 2: 11-12

In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not administered by hand, by stripping off the carnal body, with the circumcision of Christ. You were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.

Titus 3: 5

not because of any righteous deeds we had done but because of his mercy, he saved us through the bath of rebirth and renewal by the holy Spirit,

1 Peter 3: 18-21

For Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the sake of the unrighteous, that he might lead you to God. Put to death in the flesh, he was brought to life in the spirit. In it he also went to preach to the spirits in prison, who had once been disobedient while God patiently waited in the days of Noah during the building of the ark, in which a few persons, eight in all, were saved through water. This prefigured baptism, WHICH SAVES YOU NOW .

2006-07-19 10:56:38 · 14 answers · asked by Shaun T 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Consider this- several other Gods share the December birthday, and like Mithras, they are also solar deities, who are born in the winter solstices, often of virgin mothers, die, and are reborn. One of these, a pre-Christian deity called Attis, was called "The lamb of God," and his crucifixion and subsequent resurrection were celebrated annually, with ritual communions of bread and wine. His virgin mother, Cybele, was worshipped as "The Queen of heaven." It gets more interesting the further back we look- Attis and Cybele's predecessors are the Babylonian Goddess Ishtar, and her consort Tammuz. It is from their legend that we get the name for the annual celebration of the resurrection of Christ- Easter, a name of the Goddess Ishtar.
This is not the only coincidence related to this ancient couple- the earliest use of the cross as a religious symbol is related to Tammuz. In fact, crosses are related to a variety of solar deities. Of course, the cross was not popular with early Christians, except in the form of an X, the Greek initial of "Christos." (Even this was borrowed symbolism- the initials belonging to the Greek Chronos.)
Hundreds of years before Jesus, there was a passion story told about a God man, born of a virgin mother, in a stable. He travels about with his followers, preaching and performing miracles, including turning water into wine. Eventually, he incurs the wrath of the religious authorities, who are appalled that he refers to himself as the son of god. He allows himself to be arrested and tried for blasphemy- a willing self-sacrifice. He is found guilty and executed, only to rise from the grave three days later, where the women weeping at his tomb do not recognize him until he assumes his divine form. This god, also one of the first depicted crucified, is the vine-God Dionysus.

Common to all of these 'mystery' religions (so called because one was required to be initiated or baptized into the faith to learn its doctrines)- including early Christianity- are themes of rebirth, redemption, and the transmission of life-changing information- spiritual salvation. So many religions in those times shared similar themes with that usually the deities became melded together. Early depictions of Jesus show him holding the Lyre of Orpheus, or driving Apollo's chariot. A talisman bearing the crucified likeness of Dionysus is inscribed Orpheus-Bacchus. The follower of Jesus, named Lazarus ('resurrected,' a derivitive of the name of Osiris, the resurrected God of Egypt).

It is impossible to tell just by looking at old artwork which haloed infant gods are cuddled in the arms of which mothers. The Emperor Constantine, who legitimized Christianity in Rome, was a worshipper of Sol Invictus- an amalgamation of solar deities Mithras, Helios, and Apollo-and he recognized Jesus' place in that company almost immediately. Even today, ancient solar symbols abound in Christian iconography. Not that Constantine was the only one to muddle these gods together- in fact, Christianity's oldest known mosaic depicts Jesus as a triumphant Helios, complete with chariot.
Of course, later Christians were terribly perturbed by these similarities to Pagan religions- these coincidences so disturbed one early Christian church father, Justin Martyr, that he accused the devil of sending an imitator of Christ in advance. Had he paid a little more attention to the past, he might have noted that the association of Jesus with Dionysus is not so strange-philosophers had been making connections between Jehovah and Dionysus for centuries

2006-07-19 10:56:37 · 18 answers · asked by lifelover 4 in Religion & Spirituality

What would the Vegas bookmakers put the odds at? Hey I bet they'd be 42! To one that is.

2006-07-19 10:56:03 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Or would they run like h***?

2006-07-19 10:55:45 · 15 answers · asked by helixburger 6 in Other - Society & Culture

i love the reindeerball for my car... and the ultimate cheese burger... too bad they don't have one in Sweden...

2006-07-19 10:54:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

The Christians kicked their butts
The Jews kicked their butts
The Hindus kicked their butts

The Muslim response kill innocent women and children what a way to restore honor

2006-07-19 10:53:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-19 10:51:55 · 20 answers · asked by Ether 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I have a friend who I think is on drugs. Seriously. How can you tell if a person is on crack cocaine? And when they are coming down from it, do they generally lose weight and are they absolutely unable to hold any food down? How does their face normally appear? ie: bloodshot eyes, runny nose. Any info that you could give me would really be appreciated.

2006-07-19 10:50:58 · 20 answers · asked by proudmatriarch 4 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-07-19 10:50:40 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

For more info on Columbia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_Columbia

For more info on Marianne:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne

2006-07-19 10:49:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

just another question that popped into my head

2006-07-19 10:47:45 · 45 answers · asked by ? 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-19 10:47:34 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

or what's going on between Lebanon and Israel

2006-07-19 10:47:08 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Why would God create a place such as hell to torture sinners forever when he foreknew who would disappoint him?

2006-07-19 10:47:03 · 26 answers · asked by IRunWithScissors 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Just trying to make you laugh. Funniest answer gets the BIG TEN POINTS!

2006-07-19 10:47:01 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

Ok, so children generally don't develop a strong sense of right and wrong until around 6-8 years old. My question is do you think God would allow Satan to decieve little children?

2006-07-19 10:47:00 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Please recommend a well respected English translation (with perhaps the beautiful Arabic script in parallel).

And a good commentary. . .that may contemplate that readers come from a Judaic and/or Christian background. . .so cross referencing with the Hebrew/Christian Bibles.

Also. . .is there a daily/weekly reading schedule or Lectionary that corresponds with the 52 weeks in a year? (The Torah readings work this way. . .Christianity has something similar but on a 2 or 3 year cycle.)

Finally. . .location. . .where to purchase. . .on the Internet?

Thank you in advance!

2006-07-19 10:46:59 · 6 answers · asked by MIKEBAYAREA 3 in Religion & Spirituality

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=116620683&size=o

2006-07-19 10:46:15 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

My question is I'am half Hispanic and half White, on my
birth certificate it state's that I'am just white, and clearly
by looking at my you can tell that I'am not just white, I want
to change it, can I and if so how do I get started??????

2006-07-19 10:46:10 · 6 answers · asked by koko 6 in Other - Cultures & Groups

belive it or not 10 months ago I came to the USA and I didn't know a word of English ,I went to a normal middle School and I still didn't know a word of English.It was really hard for me to be in a class where every one spoke English .But I took it off and now I can speak English as if I was a normal American kid.You can't imagine how hard it is to be in the middle of people that speak only a language that you don't understand.So now i am doing a sort of comunity survey about kids that don't speak english.
please answer me.

2006-07-19 10:45:44 · 22 answers · asked by Rina 1 in Languages

Children Learn What They Live

If a child lives with hatred he learns to hate.
If a child lives with hostility he learns to fight.
If a child lives with torture he learns to be cruel.
If a child lives with terror he learns to terrorise.
If a child lives with oppression he learns to be subversive.
If a child lives under military occupation and lives every day of his life in fear of his life.......
he grows up to be a suicide bomber

al intiSaar lil intifaaDa

2006-07-19 10:44:37 · 16 answers · asked by mslindais 1 in Religion & Spirituality

How can a God have emotions, i.e. jealousy, anger, sadness, love, etc., if he is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent? Emotional states are reactionary for the most part. How can God react to us if he is all-knowing and has a divine plan?

2006-07-19 10:44:01 · 24 answers · asked by IRunWithScissors 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Details of Violation:

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Warning:

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http://www.jewwatch.com/

2006-07-19 10:44:00 · 4 answers · asked by Biomimetik 4 in Religion & Spirituality

cont.

g) Lev 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here?

h) Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev 19:27. How should they die?

i) I know from Lev 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?

j) My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev 19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? (Lev 24:10-16) Couldn't we just burn them to death at a private family affair like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14)

2006-07-19 10:43:47 · 14 answers · asked by awakening1us 3 in Religion & Spirituality