Society & Culture - 28 July 2006

Anybody doing anything exciting and unusual? It's my first weekend off in ages!!!! So i'm going to the west coast of scotland for some quiet time. . .

2006-07-28 04:35:15 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

i'm an asian living in a non-asian country. I've lived here for almost 2 years. During my 20th birthday, my mates were telling me to get my @rse off my parents house and get my own flat, as i am already too old to live with them. In our culture, however, it is perfectly ok to stay and live with your family until you are already capable to support yourself. With that in mind, i decided to stay, but i told my mum that i'm gonna pay rent, and she was like "are you crazy??? you're still young, and studying and...." I don't know which to follow. I think that by this time I should be living by myself, and giving my parents a break, but my parents have their own beliefs and are guided by our culture and principles, which i also respect. which should i follow? I NEED YOUR HELP.

2006-07-28 04:34:34 · 11 answers · asked by jose 4 in Other - Society & Culture

I've asked this because no one had written on this page and I'm sure we should get some craic on here.

2006-07-28 04:34:33 · 14 answers · asked by Curious39 6 in St. Patrick's Day

Exodus 21:17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

How about these?

Deuteronomy 28:63 And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.

Song of Solomon 4:5 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

Song of Solomon 8:8 We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?

Isaiah 14:21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities

I could go on.

2006-07-28 04:34:09 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-28 04:33:38 · 4 answers · asked by 7tween 3 in Languages

Ok, I've been a fan of the awesome band Showbread for a while, (RAW ROCK KILLS!) and recently when doing a google image search, I found this "Table of Showbread" and found that it has some biblical importance. I would really like to know exactly what this table was, what it's importance was, if it specifically pertains to Christians, all the stuff like that. Anything would be helpful as I know nothing about this, even if you are just linking me to something.

2006-07-28 04:33:30 · 4 answers · asked by nasonguy 3 in Religion & Spirituality

to meet my family and relatives. do u want to ask any question about saturn?u r welcome.

2006-07-28 04:33:18 · 6 answers · asked by ? 5 in Other - Holidays

Why wont you give God a chance instead of waitng for more evidence? Whats harm could it do?

2006-07-28 04:33:04 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-28 04:32:10 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Now before you all say that I am racist you must know that (I AM A WHITE MAN MYSELF) And I have many friends from different cultures, backgrounds and different races. But one thing I have notice is that even though I have many friends of different races, I always feel like I don't belong. For Example: once I was walking through a predominately black and mexican community, and the people there were looking and treating me like I was not welcome. I know my ancestors did horrible things to people of color, but are the white race now being punished for the sins of their forefathers. Because honestly, I get the feeling that because I am white people of color, do not like me because of my fore fathers.

2006-07-28 04:31:29 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

the sabbath and what is trinity?

2006-07-28 04:29:38 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

first off...I AM NOT RACIST...I am asking this as politely as I know how...anyway,every TV show or even person I know (and that's alot) think because they are black they can sing or rap...why oh why is this?
can you imagine if white or hispanics or asians did this?
black comedians would be all over it,making fun of the other races...

2006-07-28 04:29:29 · 19 answers · asked by NONE 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

I think Wicca is the least objectionable alternative to christianity.

2006-07-28 04:28:20 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i know i do!!

2006-07-28 04:27:48 · 36 answers · asked by Gothic Princess 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

In other words, would 'the living dead' be a good description for those that believe in an afterlife?

2006-07-28 04:27:32 · 21 answers · asked by McAtterie 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-28 04:27:24 · 16 answers · asked by ta ta for now 1 in Etiquette

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2006-07-28 04:27:20 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

There are a couple of issues that I think Americans need to compromise on.

Gay marriage is one such issue. What if government makes gay marriage legal, and if a gay couple invites a Christian to the wedding, and they don't want to go because they are afraid it might make their children gay, they just send a blender?
If living next door to a gay couple that is married or unmarried, is there a difference on the children? Are children more likely to become gay if Adam and Steve next door become married? Is there any evidence of this happening in the 25 other countries on Earth that have gay marriage?

Evolution/Creationism - Could we compromise and agree that in public schools evolution will be taught, and in private school you can teach Genesis 1 & 2 in the science room? Is this a fair compromise?

I'm only asking cause I don't like fighting I want to compromise do you think these are good compromises?

2006-07-28 04:26:42 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i know i am not spanish but why do people, as the retired english who live here (as in spain i mean ) also people who own holiday homes who come only on holidays cause so much aggro for people who live here permanently and for the spanish people.

2006-07-28 04:26:30 · 12 answers · asked by caroline anne 1 in Other - Society & Culture

As native english speakers, many Americans find accents beautiful, hot, sexy, etc. I hear a Spanish accent and I melt. Same with French and Italian.

However, when Americans learn your language, and really try to get it, is our accent ugly? I've heard that other than english, accents are normal, but when you hear an "American-English" accent in your language, it welcomes ridicule? Although I realize that it is better to try and learn the accent, when you can't, why is our accent never "sexy and beautiful"?

Or have I been misinformed?

2006-07-28 04:26:28 · 13 answers · asked by charlitacr 2 in Languages

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2006-07-28 04:24:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I love this one " If you believe in God and He exist then you are safe and if He doesn't exist you lose nothing" lol. I do believe in God I just don't believe in these lame reasons that people use to try and convince others to their way of thinking. What is the lamest line someone has given you? Whether it be an athiest or a believer tell me what they have said that gave you a giggle or made you scratch your head it wonder of their thought process.

2006-07-28 04:24:40 · 15 answers · asked by skippingsunday 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-28 04:24:37 · 7 answers · asked by adb6311 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Steven Hawking won't write. Says he is too busy unraveling the mysteries of the universe. Suze Orman did not get back to me. Says she is financially ruined and can't afford her Yahoo account. Even the Ednas ignore me. This time I am really going to do it. I am going to jump off this couch. Here I gooooooooooooooooooo.

2006-07-28 04:24:23 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

A man walks up to and says:
"Everything I tell you is a lie."

Is he telling the truth or is he lying?

Best reasoning gets 10pts.

2006-07-28 04:22:56 · 45 answers · asked by osubuckeye 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-28 04:21:35 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

Easter Island is comprised of an area of 64 square miles and is located in a remote area of the Pacific Ocean 2000 miles west of Chile. The climate is subtropical.

ORIGINAL SETTLEMENT - Archeologists surmise that the island was originally settled by Polynesians in around 400 A.D. The Polynesians, when they arrived, found an island made up largely of sub-tropical forest of trees and woody bushes. The Easter Island palm grew to up to 80 feet tall with a 6-foot diameter and could be used to make canoes as well as yielding nuts, and sap for syrups, sugar, and wine. Underneath the trees and bushes was other vegetation such as shrubs, herbs, ferns, and grasses. They found the island was home to many varieties of seabirds and land birds as well. The surrounding oceans were loaded with fish and porpoise-dolphins. The island was a pacific paradise.

THE GOOD YEARS ON EASTER ISLAND - From 400 to 800 A.D. were the good years for the people on Easter Island. Food was plentiful and living went well. They used the large palm trees for canoes and fished offshore for porpoise-dolphins. They raised the chickens, which they had brought with them; but sea birds provided additional fowl for their diet. The natural fruit was plentiful and the sap from the palm trees yielded syrups, sugar and wine. They had sufficient wood for their dwellings and winter fires. These were good years on Easter Island. Their numbers grew, but the environment sustained them and more importantly they sustained the environment.

THE YEARS OF SPLENDOR AND DRAWDOWN - From 800 to 1300 A.D. were the years for the people on Easter Island in which they became numerous and prosperous. The islanders possessed the only written language in Oceania, the Rongorongo Script. They erected the large rock carvings, called petroglyphs or monoliths, or Moai by the islanders. These are the huge crude statues, busts of stone with long faces and long pointed noses, for which Easter Island is most noted. In a very labor-intensive effort, these huge statues were quarried, carved and then transported, by being rolled on logs, to the coastal areas for display.

During this period the population increased substantially and was approaching the highest level to be reached on the island, estimated by archeologists to be seven thousand.

But also during this period the drawdown had begun. Drawdown is when the dominant species in the ecosystem begins to uses resources faster than they can be replaced. The islanders were using up the forests, for their canoes, houses, and the transporting of their statues, much faster than they were being re-grown.

If they had realized what they were doing to their environment and how it would impact their future, and if they would have had the will to make the necessary life style adjustments, they could have prevented what followed.

THE OVERSHOOT-From 1300 to1700 AD - Overshoot is when, environmentally, the point of no return has been reached, where the depletion of resources has reached that level where they cannot be regenerated to sustainable levels.

The islander's population continued to grow and the forests disappeared at increasing rates. With the disappearing forests, springs and steams dried up and those plants and animals for which the forests provided cover, also disappeared. Land birds, snails, and many seabirds disappeared. Even the gardens suffered as deforestation allowed the winds and rains to erode the valuable topsoil.

In the 1400's all the large palms were cut down and the palm became extinct. The consequences were terrible. Without the large palms, the fishing fleets of canoes were depleted. By 1500, porpoise-dolphins were no longer in the Islander's diet and they soon ran completely out of all wood.

Politically chaos set in. In the 1600's tribal warriors displaced the centralized government. Tribal wars and cannibalism became prevalent, as humans were the largest remaining meat source.

THE CRASH - 1700 and 1800 A.D. - The crash is the inevitable meltdown of the population that follows an overshoot.

In the early 1700's, intense tribal warfare and cannibalism drove people into the caves. When the Island was discovered on Easter, April 15, 1773, by Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen, he found a small population of poor, impoverished people. When Captain Cook voyaged to Easter Island in 1775 there were only 600 Islanders left.

One hundred years later, 1885, only 155 Islanders remained. In less than 500 years the population of the Islanders went from 7000 to near extinction.

THUS PLANET EARTH - Globally, overall, although specific nations and areas may vary, planet earth is in the withdrawal stage, like Easter Island was between 800 and 1300 A.D. More trees from forests, more fish from fisheries, more fresh water from aquifers, and more area from grasslands are being consumed than are being replenished. All this is complicated by problems of waste disposal, pollution, global warming and related weather complications, and a growing world population, which will go from 6,000,000 to 9,000,000 in the next 50 years.

As there was with the Easter Islanders, within the withdrawal stage, there is a window of opportunity for us recover, to bring about ways of living that will sustain the world's resources. If we do not make that recovery, the other stages as experienced by the Easter Islanders will surely follow, as night follows day.

REFERENCES - Easter Island Internet Home Page. Easter's End by Jared Diamond.

2006-07-28 04:21:25 · 4 answers · asked by E K 1 in Other - Society & Culture

Also would you send me 50 cents? I want to make a donation to an organization, but i am not sure which one yet.

2006-07-28 04:21:02 · 7 answers · asked by Pobedy S 2 in Other - Society & Culture

I am on a quest to broaden my understanding as a Christian why certain views and practices are considered right. I am a person that questions to deepen my faith and to grasp a better understanding of the Bible.

I am not Jewish, but have read several scriptures that show that Jesus even observed the Sabbath and have found that quite a few demonimations that are Christian observe Sabbath. Do you observe the Sabbath and if so what is your demonination? Also, is it sundown on Friday until sundown on Saturday?

2006-07-28 04:20:56 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

In discussions with atheists and other non-Christians, the biggest reason that we have shared with one another is the political issues that stem from Christianity and the Christian Bible. Examples of this are Creationism/Intelligent Design in the public schools, gay marriage vs gay marriage ban, etc.

So, just wondering, respectful question, why do you think Atheists and Non-Christians are here asking questions.

2006-07-28 04:20:38 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality