Society & Culture - 30 July 2006

I'm absolutely fascinated by the Norse Mythology... If you like other mythologies than those above, tell me and give me some sources, I'm willing to learn more...

2006-07-30 09:36:04 · 39 answers · asked by Mircea 2 in Mythology & Folklore

Did people in ancient times want to switch bodies? How long has the idea been around?

2006-07-30 09:35:51 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2006-07-30 09:35:33 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Why is it that "goth" people complain about "preps" being superficial but "goths" judge way more than any "prep" that i've been around?

2006-07-30 09:34:48 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

Annuit coeptis
Novus ordo seclorum

Translation please?

2006-07-30 09:34:21 · 2 answers · asked by googlywotsit 5 in Languages

Some people give the nuttiest answers and ask the silliest questions.. It often makes me laugh out loud. Some actually have a good sense of humour about it. Are we having fun yet?

2006-07-30 09:34:12 · 5 answers · asked by ? 2 in Other - Society & Culture

Maybe...

We have created religions and afterlives that embody what we wish the universe was like. We sculpted cosmologies out of our deepest fears and desires. I often trivialize religion when arguing about it, but it is actually the awesome shadow of genuine human longing. I think our religious beliefs mirror what we would would change about the universe if we only had the power...the end of death, pain, and fear, never leaving our loved ones, feeling love to a greater degree....

We have an awesome opportunity, right now, to actually create Heaven. Genetic research could elilminate death! Animals getting old is an evolutionary trait. It allows generations to occur in the same area without overpopulating, and generations are required for evolution (adaptation) to happen. Love is a chemical. We are limited by the need for energy, not by technology. We could feed everyone with nuclear energy--we could move planets. We could create Heaven on the other side of Star Trek

2006-07-30 09:33:55 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Pictures would be nice. Main question is from husband who wants to know the the vertical slash pocket on his bib overalls is "Supposed" to be for

2006-07-30 09:30:44 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

I used to attend this evangelical church where the minister was constantly obsessed with money. Not only would he include tithing in his sermons every single Sunday but he would also make collections for "African missions" "a fellow minister in the hospital" or any other excuse where money could be collected. Meanwhile, when I was unemployed they refused to help me with rent, utilities or food.

The minister and his wife wore designer clothes and lived in a lavish mansion. They would invite other evangelists such as Mike Murdoch and Jesse Duplantis to speak at their church. I doubt these gentlemen would do so for free.

And then the government adds insult to injury in granting these greedy bastards tax-free status.

So what do you think? Are you blind enough to think that this is a legitimate house of worship.... or are you intelligent enough to think that this is a legal racket?

This church is far from unique.

2006-07-30 09:30:29 · 15 answers · asked by imagineworldwide 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-30 09:29:23 · 6 answers · asked by ♥ Lady in Pink ♥ 2 in Other - Society & Culture

Is Disneyland a member of the UN?

2006-07-30 09:29:06 · 9 answers · asked by Rob 3 in Other - Society & Culture

a really good site with chat rooms,and that maybe doesnt cost to be in..mainly to meet transgendered people localy....mtf

2006-07-30 09:28:47 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2006-07-30 09:28:14 · 7 answers · asked by mitas111801 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

We know he likes to drown people, kill babies, talk through burning bushes, and watch his illegitimate child die on a cross. What else does he like to do?

2006-07-30 09:27:28 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

2006-07-30 09:27:26 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-30 09:25:11 · 18 answers · asked by Chilly Willy 2 in Community Service

2006-07-30 09:24:46 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-30 09:24:44 · 14 answers · asked by ralphthemouth 3 in Etiquette

Are they really o.k. with the fact that the 'doctor' is pulling an otherwise viable and healthy infant almost completely out of it's mother except for the head, and then killing it ? (In ways too grotesque to explain here. )

2006-07-30 09:24:31 · 6 answers · asked by short stuff 2 in Other - Society & Culture

av got a million, but what are your favourite lgbt inspired or related songs?

2006-07-30 09:23:30 · 12 answers · asked by swot 5 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

People on this site, and everywhere else, continually bemoan the decline of moral values in the modern world.

So my question is, when (and where) DID society in general have high moral standards?

I want to at least know which century this was supposed to be!

2006-07-30 09:23:22 · 9 answers · asked by Alex 42 2 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-07-30 09:21:31 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

in the time of the druid the christian are not at war with the pagans this is a good chance that merlin was here first

2006-07-30 09:20:24 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I would choose Mandarin.

2006-07-30 09:20:06 · 17 answers · asked by Signilda 7 in Other - Society & Culture

I've read a lot of posts about how the newest middle east war is a sign of the "Christian" apocalypse. But did you know the leader of Iran has a similar belief?

"According to Shi'ites, the 12th imam disappeared as a child in the year 941. The prophecy says when he returns he will reign on earth for seven years, before bringing about a final judgment and the end of the world."

Now that everyone is fighting to bring the end of the world, it might become a self fulfilling prophecy. Obviously though, no lord, mullah, or rabbi will come back for us.

Now does eliminating religion slow the end of the world or hasten it?

Whatever you beleive you can do your part and flush a holy book at http://flushaholybook.com

2006-07-30 09:19:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

She is 7 years old. Will she have to be rebaptised?

2006-07-30 09:19:06 · 9 answers · asked by Tilly 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Every time I turn around I hear "gay agenda" this and "brainwashing our children" that. I don't know about you guys, but I've got lots of gay friends and as far as I know they have no agenda (other than getting equal rights, which they deserve) and really don't care one way or the other about the sexual orentation of other people's children. It's not like anyone could "make" someone gay anyway.

Why do people seem downright scared of homosexuals? What, exactly, are they afraid gay people are going to do to them? Infect them with the gay virus?

2006-07-30 09:18:01 · 28 answers · asked by Girl Wonder 5 in Other - Society & Culture

This isn't Oprah, it's Oparh!

2006-07-30 09:17:25 · 12 answers · asked by Opera 3 in Other - Society & Culture

First of all, its not me that wants to commit suicide. Many of you read the details to my last question, many did not, so let me reiterate for a framework to this question, which is a different question entirely. A Christian three nights ago emailed me asking about suicide, he was thinking about it and one source told him suicide results in hell automatically and another told him a different thing, that it doesn't mean hell automatically.
I emailed him Judges 16:29-30; but stated this disturbs me it gives me nightmares and I'm not sure God ever said it was ok to do what Sampson did. The man is alive as of last night he was blogging and offering to pray for other people, so, thats good.

So what is the Biblical position on suicide. I ask so that if this ever happens again to me or any of us, we can know what to say to Christians to encourage them to stay alive.

I was very much freaked out last night that "I was not my brothers keeper" and didn't give good Bible verses.

2006-07-30 09:16:52 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-07-30 09:16:28 · 20 answers · asked by mitas111801 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender