Society & Culture - 2 August 2006

I see evolutionists say that humans and apes share a common ancestor, yet I’ve never seen anyone identify who this common ancestor is. According to the theory of evolution, how do we get from nothing to man?

Yea I know this is the religion and spirituality section, but this is where I first saw the common ancestor……..

2006-08-02 03:42:42 · 10 answers · asked by ICUD 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-02 03:42:13 · 2 answers · asked by muhaha 2 in Religion & Spirituality

secular media ridcules creationist, pro life people, many hollywood figures insuly relgious views as loopy all the time
even characturizeing them almost allways in bigotted ways

so, if Mel has to appologize for what he said once privately when drunk... should they for what they say habitually pulblically when not drunk

inquiring minds wanna know

2006-08-02 03:41:11 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

what is the difference between making generalisations about a gropu of people, be it muslims, catholics, jews or hoodies, young people, prostitutes. If I said Muslims women wear stupid clothes, which they do, I would be racist, apparantly.If I said prostitues wear stupid clothes, which they don't, I wouldn't be racist, but what's the difference? and should we be allowed to have racist views? as long as we don't bully or attack physically anyone for it. And am I a racist for disliking muslims, for their religious beliefs, or is it only colour that constitutes race? Help me out on this, because I get chastised for my dislike of muslims, and I don't think it's fair!

2006-08-02 03:41:07 · 54 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-02 03:40:50 · 10 answers · asked by punjabimunda 2 in Religion & Spirituality

1) saying that it has to be taken in context

2) saying that it has to taken in the context of the time it was written

3) saying "oh, but that's the old testament that doesn't count anymore ......... except of course when it can back up our arguments"

4) being able to randomly choose which bits are to be taken literally and which bits are to be taken as a metephor.... as the need arises.

The same excuses could be used for any document.

2006-08-02 03:40:50 · 22 answers · asked by Cindy 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-02 03:40:48 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

I mean, look at it this way, sperm and an egg meet, they are not human. They become a bunch of cells that "Evolve" into a human. Wouldn't that be the concept of evolution? If this happens in 9 months, who's to say that in a million years one species didn't evolve into something else?

2006-08-02 03:40:09 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I wonder who will be the first to say morality and ethics come from god :-)

2006-08-02 03:40:02 · 10 answers · asked by Cindy 2 in Religion & Spirituality

launch a hateful tirade against you, telling you how foolish you are because you refuse what they believe or quote scripture to tell you how evil you are or best of hall smugly tell you you will burn in hell for all eternity

but

At the end of the hateful tirade, they add...... "god bless you" or " I will pray for you" or even "Hugs".

Does adding something like this excuse the hate that preceded it ?

If you are going to be nasty and hateful, fine, but don't try to dress it up.

Note : I said CERTAIN christians, a definite minority.

2006-08-02 03:38:45 · 17 answers · asked by Cindy 2 in Religion & Spirituality

A lot of people (more than usual) have been comming up to me lately and asking me if I am a witch. Two elderly women last month told me I am a natural witch. I don't know what a witch is supposed to look/act like. How can I know for sure I am a witch?

2006-08-02 03:38:10 · 18 answers · asked by Wednesday 2 in Religion & Spirituality

This ones a real hard one even for me to answer, im curious as to what you ppl have to say! have to think on this one.....;-)

2006-08-02 03:37:40 · 18 answers · asked by Missy 2 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-02 03:37:16 · 31 answers · asked by may 2 in Etiquette

Since all you see everywhere is war, Bush, etc. anyone have something nice they'd like to share? :)

I'm a hippie at heart, and I expect some criticism for this question.

2006-08-02 03:37:06 · 24 answers · asked by Southpaw 7 in Other - Society & Culture

Christians, what type of stones should I use when stoning my unruly child in accordance with the bible ?
"And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die"


I wonder which christian will be fist to excuse tis by using one of the following excuses :

1) saying that it has to be taken in context

2) saying that it has to taken in the context of the time it was written

3) saying "oh, but that's the old testament that doesn't count anymore ......... except of course when it can back up our arguments"

4) being able to randomly choose which bits are to be taken literally and which bits are to be taken as a metephor.... as the need arises.

5)You need faith

2006-08-02 03:36:37 · 39 answers · asked by Cindy 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-02 03:36:12 · 5 answers · asked by BLACK DIAMOND 1 in Other - Society & Culture

Ecclesiastes 9:5,10 "The dead know nothing . . . There is no pursuit, no plan, no knowledge or intelligence, within the grave."

The psalmist wrote that when a person dies, "his spirit goes out, he goes back to his ground; in that day his thoughts do perish."—Psalm 146:4.

2006-08-02 03:35:41 · 36 answers · asked by lenny 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I ask many questions. Sometimes to get many opinion, different inputs, or to just learn as much as I can about my fellow man and his beliefs. Most of my questions are not yes/no's. I get the opinion some people think these are the only questions we should ask here. What do you think?

2006-08-02 03:35:33 · 19 answers · asked by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7 in Religion & Spirituality

List more (like a top 10) if you can. Thanks!!! Please don't say it depends on my taste or style that I like. I just want your opinion of the BEST!

2006-08-02 03:34:28 · 1 answers · asked by Texanole 2 in Other - Society & Culture

eg. dogma, cult of personality, belief in a certain one true path, intolerance of other systems, obligation to tow the "party line" etc

Could communism, facism etc be considered as religions in themselves ?

Or at least could they be considered a very close cousin to religion ?

I ask this because many theists attempt to show the "evilness" of atheism by saying communist russia was atheist.

While thinking about this I wondered if in fact religion had more in common with communism.

2006-08-02 03:34:24 · 8 answers · asked by Cindy 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Jesus was a carpenter but has anything come down through the ages that he definitely made and where is it?

2006-08-02 03:34:06 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-02 03:32:55 · 15 answers · asked by Mike 2 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-02 03:32:27 · 10 answers · asked by Cindy 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-02 03:31:41 · 6 answers · asked by POPEYE 1 in Royalty

that "all uncle toms hurt young boys"? he says they do it because they used to live in the jungle

2006-08-02 03:31:05 · 30 answers · asked by epistle_to_dipsy 1 in Other - Society & Culture

Have you ever seen the air?
No one has seen the air.
You can hear it.
You can feel it.
But you can't see it.
So how do you prove it exists...?

I can hear God.
I can feel God.
But for me to prove to you that He exists, i would have to SHOW you God.
But until you can also hear Him and feel Him, you will never 'see' Him.

2006-08-02 03:30:29 · 46 answers · asked by truebeliever_777 5 in Religion & Spirituality

If you are in the military and you kill people becausae you are ordered too then what? What if you are the one that made the order? Do you see a difference in if the person inlisted or was drafted?

2006-08-02 03:29:52 · 27 answers · asked by Brad 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I am Mexican for your information and even if I wasn;t I would still of been offended by her remarks

2006-08-02 03:29:44 · 17 answers · asked by Curiosity 1 in Other - Society & Culture

Would a Christian who doesn't believe in Zeus read the Illiad by Homer, because it is great literature?

Would people who don't believe fairies and orcs have a reason to read Lord of the Rings?

I heard about this book called The Davinci code, in the fiction category, with 65 million readers. I wonder if anyone who read that was a Christian who believes Jesus never got married.

Isn't it nice to wonder about great literature and read the great books that have been written?

2006-08-02 03:29:17 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Did you ever notice that people will post questions and choose the best answer that is most similar to their thought process?

For example: My husband looks at porn, what should I do?

8 out of 10 answers said, "nothing, porn is natural for men to look at".

The best answer she choose was a closed-minded individual who blasted pornography.

Some people seem to post opinion questions and will only understand the answers they agree with. That frustrates the helI out of me.

It's mostly women, too!

2006-08-02 03:29:02 · 21 answers · asked by Veccster 2 in Other - Society & Culture