Society & Culture - 23 July 2006

2006-07-23 02:54:27 · 4 answers · asked by sherry f 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm an English as a second language student. I've heard many times that Japanese accent is something to be ridiculed while girls with Spanish accent is sexy. Or Euro accent is desirable. What sounds good is subjective, and I'd like to ask which foreign accent is a big turn-off for YOU.

2006-07-23 02:53:08 · 12 answers · asked by Nanako 5 in Languages

2006-07-23 02:52:58 · 4 answers · asked by key715 2 in Community Service

Mine would be "Wow, your are so funny", and mean it not being sarcastic.

I don't care about looks too much just as long as I could make you laugh


or "Your a great mom".

2006-07-23 02:51:44 · 17 answers · asked by Evey 6 in Other - Society & Culture

i've heard there are the missing4 underneath the Vatican

2006-07-23 02:51:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-23 02:51:09 · 19 answers · asked by Tony G. 2 in Valentine's Day

Maybe there's no Devil, just God when he is drunk or in a bad mood?

2006-07-23 02:46:39 · 21 answers · asked by from Heaven 2 in Religion & Spirituality

what is it purpose and why cant we sense it

2006-07-23 02:45:51 · 12 answers · asked by gasp 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Let me add to this, when I say Christian faith, I don't mean right wing fundamentalis wackos or legalistic nut jobs. I mean families sho believe that Christ is their savior, go to church, work hard, make mistakes and sin jus like everyone else and do their best to raise their kids right. Why is that so bad? I just don't get it.

2006-07-23 02:45:49 · 21 answers · asked by Bruce B 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-23 02:45:10 · 29 answers · asked by T.R.U.T.H 1 in Religion & Spirituality

can i have some ideas as to where this will lead our world?

2006-07-23 02:42:53 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I posted a question a few days ago concerning why more people aren't buying hybrid vehicles.......most of the responses were they were too expensive, (they're not any more expensive than anything else) and worst of all, the don't have enough POWER....I own a hybrid and can tell you these are both untrue. At a time when we need to be SERIOUSLY pondering our dependence on fossil fuels our concerns are NOT ENOUGH POWER??? No wonder the rest of the world thinks we're greedy & selfish, don't you think we need to start looking at the bigger picture????? Let me know what you think. My car gets 54mpg in town, 50mpg highway.......how about yours????????????

2006-07-23 02:42:06 · 7 answers · asked by carpediem 5 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-07-23 02:41:46 · 2 answers · asked by spike 1 in Other - Society & Culture

Business as usual or enjoy the fellowship through out the day?

2006-07-23 02:40:57 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Proof of God - Intelligent Design
What would constitute objective proof of God? Well, consider the following self-evident and universally recognized truth: Concept and design necessitate an intelligent designer. The presence of intelligent design proves the existence of an intelligent designer. It's simply cause and effect. In our search for proof of God's existence, we could examine the various claims of supernatural occurrences, determine whether or not these are legitimate experiences, and build a case for the existence of the supernatural, which would be a step towards identifying a supernatural Creator God. Or we can just apply what we already know and search for signs of intelligent design within creation itself.

We know that design necessitates a designer. In fact, in accordance with this fundamental axiom, design detection methodology is a prerequisite in many fields of human endeavor, including archaeology, anthropology, forensics, criminal jurisprudence, copyright law, patent law, reverse engineering, crypto analysis, random number generation, and SETI. And how do we recognize intelligent design? In general, we find "specified complexity" to be a reliable indicator of the presence of intelligent design. Chance can explain complexity alone but not specification -- a random sequence of letters is complex but not specified (it's meaningless). A Shakespearean sonnet is both complex and specified (it's meaningful). We can't have a Shakespearean sonnet without Shakespeare. (William A. Dembski, The Design Inference: Eliminating Chance through Small Probabilities, 1998.)

Proof of God - Nature
So where's the proof of God's existence? In accordance with our familiar axiom and in light of the tremendous advances we've made in molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics and information theory, the proof of God is all around us!

Through the microscope, we observe the E. coli bacterial flagellum. The bacterial flagellum is what propels E. coli bacteria through its microscopic world. It consists of about 40 individual protein parts including a stator, rotor, drive-shaft, U-joint, and propeller. It's a microscopic outboard motor! The individual parts come into focus when magnified 50,000 times (using electron micrographs). And even though these microscopic outboard motors run at an incredible 100,000 rpm, they can stop on a microscopic dime. It takes only a quarter turn for them to stop, shift directions and start spinning 100,000 rpm in the opposite direction! The flagellar motor has two gears (forward and reverse), is water-cooled, and is hardwired into a signal transduction (sensory mechanism) so that it receives feedback from its environment. ("Unlocking the Mystery of Life," video documentary by Illustra Media, 2002.)

When we apply the general principles of detecting specified complexity to biologic systems (living creatures), we find it reasonable to infer the presence intelligent design. Take, for example, the bacterial flagellum's stator, rotor, drive-shaft, U-joint, and propeller. It is not convenient that we've given these parts these names - that's truly their function. If you were to find a stator, rotor, drive-shaft, U-joint, or propeller in any vehicle, machine, toy or model, you would recognize them as the product of an intelligent source. No one would expect an outboard motor -- much less one as incredible as the flagellar motor -- to be the product of a chance assemblage of parts. Motors are the product of intelligent design.

Furthermore, the E. coli bacterial flagellum simply could not have evolved gradually over time. The bacterial flagellum is an "irreducibly complex" system. An irreducibly complex system is one composed of multiple parts, all of which are necessary for the system to function. If you remove any one part, the entire system will fail to function. Every individual part is integral. There is absolutely no naturalistic, gradual, evolutionary explanation for the bacterial flagellum. (Michael Behe, Darwin's Black Box, 1996.)

The bacterial flagellum (not to mention the irreducibly complex molecular machines responsible for the flagellum's assembly) is just one example of the specified complexity that pervades the microscopic biological world. Molecular biologist Michael Denton wrote, "Although the tiniest bacterial cells are incredibly small, weighing less than 10-12 grams, each is in effect a veritable micro-miniaturized factory containing thousands of exquisitely designed pieces of intricate molecular machinery, made up altogether of one hundred thousand million atoms, far more complicated than any machinery built by man and absolutely without parallel in the non-living world." (Michael Denton, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, 1986, p. 250.)

Proof of God - His Fingerprints are Everywhere
Where is the proof of God? If we're willing to open our eyes, we'll see the fingerprints of God all around us and all throughout us. Our very existence proves the existence of a Creator God.

2006-07-23 02:39:51 · 14 answers · asked by Ihatebush 1 in Religion & Spirituality

What made it the best for you?

2006-07-23 02:38:07 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

and can you give me an answer without quoting the bible??? hmmm?? i would really like personal opinions here, based on personal experience!

2006-07-23 02:38:01 · 18 answers · asked by JUDAS PRIEST 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-23 02:37:40 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2006-07-23 02:34:16 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2006-07-23 02:34:10 · 12 answers · asked by Misha A 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-07-23 02:33:32 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

I am interested in people's experiences with transformations of the spirit.

2006-07-23 02:32:33 · 11 answers · asked by Theresa Rose 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-23 02:31:51 · 3 answers · asked by Humdy 1 in Languages

2006-07-23 02:31:11 · 12 answers · asked by christa s 1 in Other - Society & Culture

some bible chapters and book sare rejected by human(not by GOD) so I still want to read and compare with current bible.so where can i find (if website is availble ,it is better).

2006-07-23 02:29:34 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-23 02:29:18 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-23 02:28:45 · 18 answers · asked by gasp 4 in Religion & Spirituality

i hate the way the media portrays the arabs and the muslims. it simply disgusts me, ppl say tht they are not racist, but then they make fun of beliefs and religion. its not fair. everyone thinks tht those ppl who live in arab countries and are muslims are terrorists, i mean where the hel did they come up wid tht??!! now, if u tell someone ur muslim, they abuse u verbally..its sad and seriously whatever they say about the arab community is NOT TRUE. i'm in Kuwait, and they r friendly and jst like evryone else... watz the fuss abt these days??

2006-07-23 02:28:35 · 23 answers · asked by angelic_m 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-23 02:28:30 · 11 answers · asked by lewismac257 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I have already authored 6-7 books: History/biogrphy, besides numerous articles on topical subjects.
Am D.Phil. Age 75+

2006-07-23 02:26:14 · 3 answers · asked by mahinder g 1 in Religion & Spirituality