Society & Culture - 6 August 2006

Are we smarter today than our ancestors. Consider some of the marvels and developments of the ancient cultures, i.e. the Greeks, Romans, Egyptians and Chinese just to name a few. Do you think we are smarter than they were?

2006-08-06 11:52:55 · 17 answers · asked by roydono 2 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-06 11:52:54 · 34 answers · asked by Yung-Poet 1 in Religion & Spirituality

"Be the change you wish to see in the world."
-Gandhi

Peace and Love

2006-08-06 11:52:22 · 14 answers · asked by digilook 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-06 11:52:09 · 18 answers · asked by g-day mate 5 in Other - Society & Culture

come out? Stories on how you came out to friends and family......
Just curious how it went for everyone else. I told my family and they supported me....good but pretty boring anyone got any good, dramatic and/or funny stories?

2006-08-06 11:52:02 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Hello! I am giddy with excitement as I type this. Well, here is what happened. I was driving on the highway heading to the next city to visit my friend. As I was driving... I drove by a farm-like ranch on the side of the highway. I saw a few horses and cows. Suddenly, my eye caught this beautiful creature. It had a sturdy body exactly like a horse except it had unicorn-esque brown fur. It had a beautiful tail and mane which was a magical dark brown. This unicorn, however, did not have a horn. It had beautiful unicorn ears and lovely tan colored patches on its thigh. It was eating horse food just like the horses around it (I guess the Unicorn tried to blend in). I was gazing in awe. It was so surreal. I had to tell someone. I positioned my car so that it blocked two lanes and I parked it. I waved and stood infront of passing cars and told them to stop and look at the unicorn. I guess they lacked my special vision, for they told me that they only saw horses. I wish I had a camera!

2006-08-06 11:51:07 · 48 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

Seriously we need to realize that situations can affect a person and their decisions.
Are we not as Christians told to follow the law of the land?
Case in point if the law says you MUST join a group are you not obligated to join even if you do not actively approve of it?
The same with stealing: Is a man stealing money for drugs to be considered the same as a man stealing bread to feed his hungry child? Do situations and personal dillemas not affect things? I believe they do. What are your opinions please?

2006-08-06 11:50:35 · 10 answers · asked by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I hate the caps lock people. They really irritate me.

2006-08-06 11:50:18 · 15 answers · asked by bc_munkee 5 in Religion & Spirituality

we know about the mix in Iraq etc but what of Indonesia, the largest group of Muslims.

2006-08-06 11:50:01 · 3 answers · asked by stroker349 1 in Religion & Spirituality

than they have ever been? People have book sense and know how to do everything but they have lost their knowledge of the truth. They no longer believe in God, have no patience, raise disrectful spoiled children, and are self centered. I am surprised at the ignorance of educated people who think they know everything.

2006-08-06 11:49:40 · 20 answers · asked by reallyfedup 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-06 11:48:32 · 14 answers · asked by SN 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm not Jewish. I'm not Christian either. I just want to know why so many people hate Jewish people? I don't understand. Is there something I am not understanding? I have no problems with any religion as long as they aren't trying to do crazy things and say it's for their religion. Did Jewish people do something really bad in history? I just don't understand it. I guess the whole Mel Gibson thing made me wonder.

2006-08-06 11:48:18 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-06 11:48:03 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

it is said that my ancestors spoke with fairys and were close with them [in ireland] , It's kind of hard for me to believe no offense I always felt fairys were fictional characters but i really dont know,I never seen one in real life I dont know anyone who has.with an open mind i just wonder,anyway i went to a site with a webcam of stonehedge after a long time of staring and feeling ridiculous i started seeing images of all different creatures and some strange things its probably my imagination getting to me because of what i was told and stuff i am just wondering if anyone know s anything about this stuff

2006-08-06 11:47:30 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

And do not try the "science theory" reason, because The dictionary defines science as "The observation, identification, description, and experimental investigation of phenomena.
Note the words...EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION. the bible gives us dates of when the testimonies where given. It also has told us eveything to expect in our future.(chernobyl, Isreal, Ect) The sludge and goo they tested and say we came from isnt dated. And what about the artifacts of the ark? Good Luck Trying to convince the God fearing Christians he DOESNT exist!

2006-08-06 11:47:09 · 27 answers · asked by washed_by_the_blood777 1 in Religion & Spirituality

The Messiah is fare and justice and love and peace how can he stand on the occupation side.
20% of the Palestinian people are Christians too .There are 13 Palestinian Christian denominations.
For the last 56 years the Palestinian Refugees are living in a United Nation Refugee Camps waiting for UN to implement the UN Security Council resolutions.

For the last 56 years Israel conducts collective punishment and state terror against the Palestinian Refugees.
ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL BYGOD
HOLY LAND IS FOR ALL GOD PEOPLE JEWS AND PALESTINIAN" CHIRSTIAN AND MUSLEMS"
no man can be called a man of GOD unless he recognize a just peace in the Holy Land the rest is myth man made holy land.
Zionists and racists claim that the Ancient Jews who lived in the Holy Land 3000 years were their ancestors while they deny the contemporary Palestinian people the right to claim their antecessors the Ancient Palestinian People
Palestine was the name of the Holy Land from the Roman time up to now

2006-08-06 11:46:40 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Bilal ,the black was the most suffered person in the crime to become Muslim.Despite when Mohamod pronounced10-person the surity of Paradise ,Bilal name was not there. All ten who got surity of Paradise were Elite of Mecca and respected Arabs not -Ugmee(outsider).Bilal died unmarried,no Arab not even Allah was ready to give him woman

2006-08-06 11:46:03 · 5 answers · asked by nostalgia786 1 in Religion & Spirituality

How do u think Da Vinci painted Mona Lisa, Did he threw a bucket of paint on a blank canvas a million times, or did he actually carefully and beautifully painted her?

2006-08-06 11:45:55 · 16 answers · asked by Valentino 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Some words/phrases used in the UK/USA have totally different meanings here's a couple......feel free to add more.....

F a g - UK = cigarette....USA = Homosexual
Fanny - UK = Vagina.....USA = bum/backside/bottom (i think)

UK - Can I bum a f a g = can I borrow a cigarette - can you imagine asking an american that!!!!!

2006-08-06 11:45:29 · 14 answers · asked by jack 5 in Languages

Since the murder Islamists do, is done based on motives dervided from the Quran, how can this madness ever stop if we continue to absolve the Quran?

We all know the Quran is a violent and intolerant book yet we stick to this insane PC worldview, as if, by never dealing with the root cause (Quran), the problem will go away. We even go so far as to worry that we will make Islamists, who are motivated to hate us by the doctrines of the Quran, more angry at us if we respond to their anger. Its an insane loop and PC madness keeps it circular.

Im not juding Muslims, they are entitled to believe the world should separate the sexes and that kafir are lesser beings, Im just advocating honest dialogue and taking them at their word.

They believe the Quran is from God, and yet, I have never read anything so awful in all my life. I beg everyone to read the Quran or at least promise never to speak about Islam without first reading it. You cant believe it...it will shock you to the bone.

2006-08-06 11:44:20 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

What gives the Pope the right to continue to forbid marriage among the clergy? The early clergy were allowed to marry, and people in the old testimont were still able to do great things being married (Abraham, Issac, Moses, etc, etc). I am not saying that if someone was to take a vow of celibacy, that it should not be respected, but why force celibacy on someone if all they want to do is serve God? If God had to have a son in order to know what it was truly like to be human, so what kind of guidance can a priest give if he truly doesn't know what is it like to be a man?

2006-08-06 11:44:20 · 13 answers · asked by gplay2001 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Informed people want to know. I actually asked my mother these questions when I was five years old.

2006-08-06 11:44:07 · 15 answers · asked by In Honor of Moja 4 in Mythology & Folklore

What are the average home prices in a GOOD upscale neighborhood for a 3 bedroom 2 or 3 bath home? Any help would be greatly appreciated as we are considering relocation. Cheers!

2006-08-06 11:43:04 · 16 answers · asked by AsianPersuasion :) 7 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-06 11:42:09 · 46 answers · asked by Grace 2 in Languages

how do you feel about them? love? hate? avoid at all cost? only reason for going out anymore?

2006-08-06 11:40:59 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

uggghh I feel like crap

2006-08-06 11:40:31 · 5 answers · asked by Emily B 2 in Other - Society & Culture

Perhaps there is truth about the law: it comes as a thief, to steal, to kill, and to destroy. And perhaps there is truth about grace: "grace is sufficient"(no law req'd).

Perhaps of plural and contrary law vs grace "scriptures" it is only the singular grace us script-u-are that is "inspired of God" in 2Tim 3:16; the other being a worse case scenario to avoid: mark and avoid them which cause division; discern(avoid) both good & evil.

Law: is good, but it is also evil.
Grace: also good, but never evil.
Pst - God saw only good in Gen 1.

Law: is holy, but also "unholy"(2Tim 3:2)
Grace: also holy, but never unholy.
Pst - Holy Bible is not Holy Holy, just Holy

Law: is spiritual, but spiritual abuse (legalism)
Grace: is also spiritual, but it's never abusive
Pst - dare to compare spiritual with spiritual

Of left/right law/grace, grace is what's right with God.

The "grace" of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.

2006-08-06 11:40:24 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

im 27, and still a loser virgin and im horny as heck. i just wanna do it, just once u know, i just wanna know how it feels like.
would that make me bad person? what if i tried one of them escorts? thats cool right? i mean, not all guys can get laid just like that. there are guys like me out there, that really just have no choice. gotta pay for it if we want it.

2006-08-06 11:39:30 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

Doesn't lilywhite America worry, what is going to happen to them, when black America finaly wakes up and goes back to it's Islamic roots?

2006-08-06 11:39:03 · 15 answers · asked by acid tongue 7 in Religion & Spirituality

i was also wanting to find the hardegen family tree but i dont really know how... they are my ancestors which hardegen is my last name... the latest i have found back to was reinhard hardegen and he was in the was with hitler but was fighting against the americans

2006-08-06 11:38:44 · 3 answers · asked by Devin H 1 in Other - Society & Culture