Society & Culture - 15 August 2006

Are u here to eat sleep and die. To serve GOD go to church sing pray do what is right. To help one another to help WHAT!

2006-08-15 18:06:36 · 9 answers · asked by trust 1 in Religion & Spirituality

He was a descendent of Abraham and jewish. Remember how jews were suppose to bring the Light to the gentiles? Remember Jesus describes himself as the "light"?

Also in the book of enoch it says hes as white as wool.

2006-08-15 18:06:06 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

After slavery, it was african americans white people feared and hated,

after WWI, it was the jews,

after WWII(pearl harbor) it was japanese americans,

after 9/11, it was the muslims...

why do white people just have to fear and hate someones race or religion? other than a few, i believe white people do not a pure intent in their heart, and as a black woman, i've always looked at the race as a group of people filled with so much hatred and evil intent that they have to have a "bad guy" in order to do people harm. it always has to be a "bad guy" of the moment for white people to fear...

yet they do soooo much harm to sooo many people. sick things that i never thought humans could do. rape rob and pilliage has been thier creed since the beginning of time. i just wonder what makes them this way?

2006-08-15 18:06:04 · 17 answers · asked by Katrina 5 in Other - Society & Culture

Everytime I read a racist question the person is always trying to compensate for their hate and make an excuse for it. Why can't they understand that there is no excuse?

2006-08-15 18:05:50 · 30 answers · asked by posture 3 in Other - Society & Culture

Hi

To my understanding, an idiom is a metaphor with non-productive syntactic structure. Most commonly used as a way to make a metaphoric obscure description. A typical idiom as I understand it would be: " Straight from the horse's mouth", used to indicate that information is given in the first person and therefore true.

However, I have noticed that idioms can become even more obscured in common speach and as a result changed. The only two I know of are as follows:

He did all the work 'straight of his own back'.

The true idiom being 'straight of his own bat'.

Also, it is common escpecially in the UK to hear the phrase 'bone idle', when the correct idiom is actually 'born idle'. As a reader you can clearly see the latter and correct idiom 'born' makes sense whereas 'bone' does not.

'Bone idle' and 'of his own back' are commonly used, but incorrect. They are the only two I know of and I would be interested in anyone knows any more?

Thanks.

2006-08-15 18:05:10 · 9 answers · asked by talkengine 2 in Languages

2006-08-15 18:05:00 · 15 answers · asked by Blacklikeme. 3 in Other - Society & Culture

I recently moved into a new apartment. My phone service was transferred to my new address. A technician came out located the phone line for my new apartment. A member from my church (a retired phone technician) installed a jack in my apartment. Two days later my neighbor complained of not having phone service and feels that the installation of the jack in my apartment caused the disruption to her service. We have different phone companies. When her phone is plugged into the customer side of the phone box outside she gets a dial tone, but her cordless phone inside her apartment gives a "no line" message on her caller id. I called my phone company and was told that my transfer of service and installation of the jack had nothing to do with her problem. Her company wants to charge her to check it out. I have offered to pay the cost if she can prove my installation caused her problem. It's been a week and a no show from her company.

2006-08-15 18:04:51 · 4 answers · asked by n 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Tried enough on google /other engines and through contacts in Mumbai , all in vain ... cant seem to get any info on her Phone numbers , Address or if she actually does read for those who walk in to her place .

2006-08-15 18:04:13 · 7 answers · asked by Indiancreed 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-15 18:03:46 · 13 answers · asked by HEY boo boo 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Last week I asked (on this board) for everyone to pray for world peace. This week we have a cease fire. Did our prayers cause the cease fire, or promote the cease fire, or have any effect at all? I think there is a God who listens and I know our prayers didn't hurt the situation, but did they help? I hope so! what do you think?

2006-08-15 18:02:44 · 6 answers · asked by fiftycentsthisyear 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-15 18:02:35 · 9 answers · asked by Easter Bunny 4 in Etiquette

Do you believe in magic, or a god of some sort?
In prayers or otherwise?

2006-08-15 18:02:35 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

The rainbow. People use it behind avitars for Christian, or Gay or Metiphysical and I think Irish. What is the signifigance of each. I did not want to post it because I was hoping to get intelligent meaningful answers as to what it actually means not just symbolizies for each group.

Any takers? What does it mean for any group even not listed?

Now where to put this question is another questions. Please forgive me if I am not perfect.

2006-08-15 18:01:57 · 14 answers · asked by adobeprincess 6 in Other - Cultures & Groups

you think that would work? or piss them off more?

2006-08-15 18:01:35 · 25 answers · asked by STEVE0 THE CLOWN 3 in Etiquette

Women are only allowed in the back like second class citizens?

2006-08-15 18:01:23 · 9 answers · asked by Buda B 3 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-15 18:00:45 · 10 answers · asked by Heatmizer 5 in Other - Society & Culture

1. Christians will be insulted by anything that's true about their belief. So why even try not to insult them. The truth is more important than them getting upset

2. Theists have been lying about Atheists, insulting Atheists longer and more often than us Atheists could ever down play them.

3. Positive change can be painful. If their feeling are hurt because someone told the blunt truth, it can only lead to critical thinking.

4. Pretending their belief is not stupid is only deceiving them. That would make us just as bad as the crooked pastors

2006-08-15 18:00:34 · 21 answers · asked by Black Atheist 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-15 18:00:33 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

And as a devouted Christian would you like that even though it violates separation of church and state?

2006-08-15 17:58:58 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I think the two ideas are confused often?

2006-08-15 17:57:39 · 19 answers · asked by Mercury5_7 3 in Other - Society & Culture

I heard this once before and I would like your opinions:

"That which is of God is light; and he that receiveth light, and continueth in God, receiveth more light and that light groweth brighter and brighter until the perfect day"

2006-08-15 17:57:35 · 8 answers · asked by Nate-dawg 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-15 17:57:00 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2006-08-15 17:56:18 · 25 answers · asked by Black Atheist 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Muslim women are treated like second class citizens in the mosks .not allowed to sit with the men instead forced to sit in the back with a curtain seperating them ....how sick......how can you call it a place of worship if you exclude half your population(women) .....men are idiots

2006-08-15 17:56:17 · 13 answers · asked by Buda B 3 in Religion & Spirituality

how and why did this originate?

2006-08-15 17:56:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-15 17:56:01 · 5 answers · asked by young_bp 1 in Etiquette

2006-08-15 17:55:21 · 12 answers · asked by SugarPlum 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Nothing specific just in general.

2006-08-15 17:54:41 · 17 answers · asked by LilSo1287 4 in Etiquette

Food had been regularly disappearing from the refregerator at work, labeled with people's names. A coworker gets transferred temporarily to another office for two months. The missing food problem stops. She comes back and it starts again. I go into the lunch room and she is munching down an ice cream sandwich and furtively tosses something in the trash. After she leaves I check the trash and in it is a label with a different coworker's name. I find out later that coworker had not eaten her ice cream sandwich (left from an office party) and didn't know it was gone. If I tell anyone, the food thief will know who told. She is a higher ranking employee than I am. What do I do?

2006-08-15 17:54:24 · 23 answers · asked by sparkletina 6 in Etiquette

2006-08-15 17:53:56 · 13 answers · asked by young_bp 1 in Etiquette