Society & Culture - 27 July 2006

Atleast w/a racist, I know where i stand (i'm asian) but w/someone who's a bigot, one doesn't know where the nail hits. i have realized over the years that people i didn't think were racists will sometimes confide in me--or talk around me, putting Blacks down (since i'm not to be offended) and Blacks do that also (since i'm not white) and i always wonder what they are saying about me behind my back. Have you had a similar experience? Pls share.

2006-07-27 09:33:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

Why must one receive the gift of the Holy Ghost after baptism? What is the purpose of it?

2006-07-27 09:33:16 · 4 answers · asked by Angel 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Israel is attacking Lebanon, because of Hizbullah. Hizbullah is a terrorist group. Alright. Just take a look how many Hizbullah people were successfully killed by Israel:
http://209.67.212.138/~lebanon/

What does your religion say about this? Why the children were torn apart & burnt? They were Hezbullah right? I guess...

2006-07-27 09:32:42 · 17 answers · asked by Legend 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I mean, the media in general doesn't seem to care much about anything that actually affects the common man in america, if anything, I'd say it was the "Fascist media" but what, really, do the liberals do that the conservatives don't do?

2006-07-27 09:31:47 · 8 answers · asked by Ether 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-27 09:30:54 · 33 answers · asked by JAMES 1 in Other - Society & Culture

Im so sorry everyone,,

2006-07-27 09:30:28 · 10 answers · asked by ironn 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-27 09:29:57 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

I used to think it was only the older generation that was cheap... my Dad really does leave exactly 15 percent at restaurants! And then you see groups of old ladies leaving CHANGE on the table after having a large meal...
but now I think about it, even lots of my friends who are in their 20s and 30s are stingy tippers.

15%??? NO!!!!! You leave 20% as a bare minimum. If I have even decent service at a restaurant or bar I leave 25% to a third.

I guess it's because I used to be a bartender so I've seen first-hand the effects of cheap tippers (it was only my living on the line, nothing important!). Why don't these people realize that waitstaff and barstaff receive virtually no wage, and make most of their money from tips?
You should not be cheap in ANY aspect of your life. There is nothing worse than a cheap individual.

2006-07-27 09:29:21 · 22 answers · asked by Quang 2 in Etiquette

2006-07-27 09:29:18 · 7 answers · asked by mainworry 1 in Religion & Spirituality

"He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth. How can He have children when He has no wife? He created all things and He is the All-Knower of everything"

(Quran 6:101)


The LITERAL "son of God" has to have both of two Characteristics.

1. He must have come from God OR He must have receive his life from God.
2. He must be the same kind of being as God otherwise he is not the son.

But each attribute excludes the possibility of the other.
If he receives his life from God, then he is not the same kind of being as father because God does not receive His life from anyone, that's why He is God.
If he is the same kind of being as God, then he is NO ONE'S son, because God is not the son of any being.

We see now that the two requirements in this case are Mutually exclusive. In Short, It is IMPOSSIBLE that God can LITERALLY have a son.

AGREED ???

2006-07-27 09:29:02 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

And like one syllable. Is it simply they are easier to say? I could call you a FRIC! or a SMIL! whatever that is.. why don't they have a word like a hippomamodorcafud? or some kind of 17 letter equivalent.

2006-07-27 09:28:57 · 13 answers · asked by phishycoding 4 in Languages

I feel that not in the internet, when you are just begining to know each other, it should be in person. Unless you have a long long serious relationship you can reveal your past. But it should not be said when you have friendship relationship with a guy, but if your courting you should have the right, not to say anything, unless there is a posibility of marriage. And if you know the person well and you feel he will be confident about his trust you can tell him that way it gives a chance for him to know you better, before you tell him what happened in your past.

2006-07-27 09:28:31 · 19 answers · asked by TexasLady 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-27 09:28:18 · 9 answers · asked by melinda 1 in Other - Society & Culture

Given this:

Stalin was an atheist

The Communist Chinese were atheists

Why is it that so many people persist in believing that the world would be better off without religion? Atheists are capable of ***-kicking too, so don't blame religion for all the world's ills. If we had no religion, human beings would find all kinds of new and interesting ways to kill each other and treat each other like crap.

Who's with me on this?

2006-07-27 09:27:39 · 22 answers · asked by lilithblackdragon 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Haha!
I don't hate anyone that much, but what are some "nice" ways of saying it?

2006-07-27 09:27:29 · 17 answers · asked by ? 5 in Etiquette

I think we need a PETA revival, eh? I'm sick of all these gothic animal rights neohippies and their cry-baby music. As if animals even have rights? If an animal just stares at me blankly and doesn't even try to run when I walk up to it with an axe, it deserves to be eaten.

2006-07-27 09:26:08 · 8 answers · asked by Mist B 1 in Etiquette

MY EXAMPLE

She taught, by example, how to dress like a Christian woman. Although she was well dressed, Mother did not conform to the fashion of the world. She was a conservative. "Always remove one piece of jewelry before you leave the dressing room," she would tell me. She never wore earrings, or lipstick, and never, NEVER dark red nail polish--in fact, no nail polish at all. For her, it was a sign of "worldliness." It used to be for everyone. To mother, this was "world conformity"--and maybe she was right? When GERTRUDE SANBORN got up to teach or sing, her clothes, her jewelry, or her hairdo did not distract her listeners. They saw Jesus.
http://www.biblefortoday.org/Articles/tears.htm

2006-07-27 09:26:03 · 14 answers · asked by SEOplanNOW.com 7 in Religion & Spirituality

If he is a fake,how does he do that?

2006-07-27 09:25:57 · 12 answers · asked by ChristianJoe 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Don't you get sick of Americans thanking God for everything and going on about "the Lord"? They have the highest crime rate in the world..........can't be that christian can they?

2006-07-27 09:25:55 · 35 answers · asked by Gypsie 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I am an Atheist. So many christians say they pray for me, they don't want to see me go to hell, they want to save me, etc. This is silly to me (for some reason they can not grasp the fact that I don't believe in god, heaven, hell, prayer, etc.) but I appreciate that they care, I guess. But my question is, shouldn't they be praying for and trying to save there own first. There are christians who judge, belittle, call names and otherwise act very un-christian like. Some of the closed-minded bigots that call themselves christian make me sick. Maybe christians should work on saving themselves before they work on saving me?


And I know there are some Atheist who are mean and rude to others, I am not one of them. Everyone should be able to believe in what they want, without being told they are wrong, bad people or going to hell.

2006-07-27 09:24:11 · 22 answers · asked by Lisa 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I have only a 1000 characters to work with in these additional details, so i won't name my whole list of books that taught me more about life than the Bible. But approximately how many books taught you more about life?

2006-07-27 09:23:51 · 45 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Why is it so hard for some opponents of gay marriage to grasp that by defining Marriage as the union of two people (man and woman, man and man, woman and woman) will not lead to people marrying snakes and dogwood trees?

It seems the Christians who oppose gay marriage always throw the argument out of "then we'll have to allow people to marry their lawn chair, their snakes, or an apple tree."

It could very easily be written into law that marriage is the union of *two* people. No matter what sex they are, it's only two people.

So, I guess the debate could arise of whether you consider your houseplant to be "people", but I don't think that would get very far. Maybe just to make those individuals more secure, we should define it as the union of two *human beings*.

Would that make you feel better? I think that would even solve the polygamy rebuttal!

2006-07-27 09:23:18 · 18 answers · asked by iu_runner 2 in Religion & Spirituality

It's "Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered." Should it be "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered," "Transgendered, Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay"? Or does it really matter?

2006-07-27 09:22:53 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

To me it seems that many turn to religion for "salvation" or "direction" but at the same time it seems to be the driving force behind most of the bloodshed between cultures AKA war. Whether it be the current Isreal conflict, Islam vs Christianity, World War 1 and 2, religion in mind does more harm than good. So I ask you Yahoo people. Does religion do more damage than good?

2006-07-27 09:22:25 · 15 answers · asked by kris_rynshall 3 in Religion & Spirituality

When I pray I dare not ask for personal things. The problems seem so small and useless compared to the major problems in the world. Should I concentrate on praying for the big problems, or can I pray for the small things in my own life? Can I ask for goods (God, give me a car), or should I only ask for non-physical things, like good relation with my neighbour. Can I ask for things that maybe I could do myself (good relation with my neighour), should I first have tried to do it myself? Once again, these problems seem so small, and insignificant. Can I pray for things that are good for me but not for others? Like: God let my sporting team win? Like: Let us win the war? Like God bless America? Shouldn't it be: God bless the world?

2006-07-27 09:21:59 · 42 answers · asked by leatherbiker040 4 in Religion & Spirituality

everyone says that the french are the rudest nation but i have been there many times and i find them to be one of the most polite. i know there is polite and rude people everywhere but i was wondering other peoples' opinion's

2006-07-27 09:21:35 · 14 answers · asked by Louise-Rose 2 in Etiquette

2006-07-27 09:21:20 · 2 answers · asked by Klaus M 1 in Other - Society & Culture

especially the part where "god" tells the man he is supposedly conversing with that every single person gets into heaven...even Hitler.

2006-07-27 09:20:54 · 8 answers · asked by ? 6 in Religion & Spirituality

the Hail Mary is not

2006-07-27 09:18:32 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Do you believe the are different levels or forms of torture in hell like Dante speculated about.

2006-07-27 09:18:14 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality