Society & Culture - 17 August 2006

My apology for the morbid question, but if given the choice, how would you prefer to lose your life? By falling or drowning? Which is more tragic?

2006-08-17 01:12:51 · 24 answers · asked by Muffin 4 in Other - Society & Culture

What are stages of death in christianity and what happens in them?

2006-08-17 01:12:48 · 16 answers · asked by Trivia 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-17 01:11:21 · 36 answers · asked by Mkhan 1 in Etiquette

A friend of mine used to sell orthopaedic shoes for cows in France. She got fired though bless her.

2006-08-17 01:09:38 · 19 answers · asked by kezls_79 3 in Other - Society & Culture

Who shares our world?

2006-08-17 01:09:24 · 10 answers · asked by |Chris 4 in Mythology & Folklore

I just want to see and hear for myself what is actually preached and goes on there, instead of getting all my information third-hand and through the media. Do you have to have special permission or something, or can you just slip in at the back and observe?

2006-08-17 01:08:53 · 21 answers · asked by Clodia 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I like just taking a moment in the morning and standing on the porch, enjoying the animals in the backyard. Bird songs, coming from every direction - not just noise from two speakers as we usually hear. Squirrels running around, burying nuts. The sound of a gentle breeze moving through the trees. It seems oddly relaxing. You can tell pretty much what is going on by watching. No deception, guilt, or other complex emotions that I can see.

I live in a generally nondescript suburban area - nothing fancy.

Maybe folks with aquariums enjoy the same thing.

But this is free!

Anyone else do something like this?

2006-08-17 01:08:48 · 14 answers · asked by American citizen and taxpayer 7 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-17 01:07:28 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

If you commit suicide you go to hell right....

but if you sacrafice yourself to save others do you go to hell? You would be intentionally killing yourself but by doing that you are saving others.

2006-08-17 01:07:14 · 28 answers · asked by Moses_Santos_ii 2 in Religion & Spirituality

and she drives a sporty ford fiesta convertible. Is it normaly for me to have such lust for a plastic princess from toys r us?

2006-08-17 01:05:59 · 26 answers · asked by Jay 3 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-17 01:04:53 · 3 answers · asked by chocolateboy_4ever 1 in Languages

2006-08-17 01:03:52 · 9 answers · asked by katyonok 1 in Other - Society & Culture

Peace and Love

2006-08-17 01:03:05 · 12 answers · asked by digilook 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Worldwide, more Christians are persecuted than any other group.

Most folks know that bigotry is wrong, or at least know that it's not socially acceptable. To take the worst aspects of some members of a community and tar all members with a stereotype, to deliberately post the most insulting and ridiculing material possible, or to be so proud of one's prejudices. Look at racial prejudice, for example.

Yet some of you seem to revel in your anti-Christian bigotry.

I tried to reason with people, but then I realized I was wasting my time and making a fool of myself. I don't argue with KKK types, spouting anti-black stereotypes; I just realize that these people are tainted and corrupted by hate and too far gone. I'll try to remember that, and feel the same pity for Christian-haters as for the others.

Any comments? Both KKKers and Christian-bashers feel free to spout. Hey, criticize Martin Luther King - kill two birds with one stone!

Without your hate you're nothing.

2006-08-17 01:03:04 · 8 answers · asked by American citizen and taxpayer 7 in Other - Society & Culture

I mean I am losing points, right. Then Why ask?

2006-08-17 01:03:01 · 17 answers · asked by notthesharpone 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Andwhy does he always have to ask lewd questions?

I only go on becasue I live on my own and I want someone to talk to when it's too late to phone anyone! so why do some of them seem to automatically presume I'm on there for cyber sex or to pull? i purposly don't go onto the dating one as I only want to chat.

2006-08-17 01:02:31 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-17 01:01:51 · 27 answers · asked by notthesharpone 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I know this question is asked a lot but I don't know if I'm bi or gay or straight but with gay fantasies, I fantasize about doing it with men, when I walk down the street I always take a double take on guys wearing leather, and some gay porn also turns me on, but then i enjoy looking at Victoria Secret catalogs, well it doesn't turn me on as much as the things I explained earlier but I can't help but look at them and beautiful women . It confuses me even more, when guys touch me or hug me, I get an uncomfortable feeling, sometimes disgusted but I enjoy it when girls do it and also I hang out with girls more but that doesn't mean I don't enjoy hanging out with guys. Please help me!

2006-08-17 01:00:55 · 12 answers · asked by puppylo16 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

if god does exsist than why hasn,t he/she stopped it, and why hasn,t he/she helped against illness. i know if we all were immortal the world would become crowded but if there is a god he/she could find a better way.

2006-08-17 01:00:48 · 21 answers · asked by yennifnismat 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-17 01:00:40 · 2 answers · asked by mjohnp2003 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

While the other 30 or so gospels written not?

2006-08-17 01:00:33 · 10 answers · asked by softenthecorners101 2 in Religion & Spirituality

How is he different from a bully if he commands man to serve and worship him or else... Is mankind born with a gun to its head?

2006-08-17 01:00:18 · 15 answers · asked by Jonny SA 2 in Religion & Spirituality

What do you like best about it, the enthusiastic worship, the attached ice rink, or that day in Spring when the firetrucks roll up and everybody gets babtised?

2006-08-17 00:59:01 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-17 00:58:54 · 6 answers · asked by Nagai_Veeyes 1 in Other - Society & Culture

assume human flesh and become human?
Could it?

2006-08-17 00:58:10 · 17 answers · asked by zorro 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm pretty sure he is not a Christian. Yet, him and Warren Buffet will do more good than ANY two men who have walked the face of the earth.

2006-08-17 00:57:16 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Peace and Love

2006-08-17 00:56:45 · 17 answers · asked by digilook 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Love is one of the most common, yet misused and misunderstood words in the English language. On the bookshelf

love is synonymous with romance and seldom used without a sexual connotation.

On television, love is depicted by programs like

Love Boat.

Commercials tempt the audience to pay for a call to a love connection,

where companions can be matched or where romantic secrets are told.

Even Christians have a very fuzzy grasp of the meaning of love. The lyrics of all too many contemporary Christian songs use the word love in a way that falls far short of that which the Bible defines and describes.

I love the way you love me are the words of one song. The meaning seems to be,

I love the warm, fuzzy way you treat me and make me feel so good.

Toyota's television commercial says the same thing

I love whatcha do for me Toyota.

No mention is made of God Himself, of who He is.

There is no mention of the chastening of the Lord as a manifestation of His love for us (see Hebrews 12:3-13).

There is no mention of our subordination or service, to God or to others.

Love is a subject of vital importance, not only because of our fuzzy ideas about what love really is, but because love is a matter of highest priority:

But now abide faith, hope, and love, these three; but the greatest of these is love" (1 Corinthians 13:13).

For a number of reasons, Paul regards love as greater even than faith and hope. To show the magnitude of the importance of our study, allow me to summarize these.

(1) Love is greater than faith and hope because love is eternal, while faith and hope are temporal (see 1 Corinthians 13:8-13). Because that which God has promised cannot presently be seen, faith and hope are necessary in this life. But when the perfect comes, when our Lord returns and we are living eternally in His presence, we will no longer need faith, for we shall see Him and experience all that He has promised. Our hope will be fulfilled. Our love for Him, however, will last for all eternity, inspiring our worship and service in His presence.

(2) Love is the appropriate response to God's love and grace, in Christ (see Luke 7:42, 47).

(3) Love is the great commandment and one of the distinguishing marks of a true disciple of our Lord (Matthew 22:37; Mark 12:33; Luke 6:27-36; John 13:35; 15:12-13).

(4) Love facilitates and contributes to Christian unity (John 17:20-26; Colossians 2:2; 3:14).

(5) Love is the lubricant which greatly reduces the friction which can build up between us and others (Ephesians 4:2; 1 Peter 4:8).

(6) Love is a key motive for our obedience to our Lord's commands (John 14:15, 21, 23, 24; 15:10; 21:15-17; 1 John 5:2; 2 John 1:16).

(7) Love is a stabilizing factor in our lives (Ephesians 3:17).

(8) Love is the goal of Paul's teaching as it should be the goal of all Christian teaching (1 Timothy 1:5).

(9) Love is the one command which encompasses all aspects of our Christian life (Romans 13:8-10; 1 Corinthians 16:14).

(10) Love makes our service more profitable to others and to us (1 Corinthians 8:1; 13:1-13).

(11) Love is a key element in our defenses against Satan's attacks and devices (1 Thessalonians 5:8).

(12) Our love can and should be constantly growing (Philippians 1:9; 1 Thessalonians 3:12; 2 Thessalonians 1:3; Hebrews 10:24; 2 Peter 1:7).

(13) Our love can grow cold, especially in difficult times (Matthew 24:12; Revelation 2:4)
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2006-08-17 00:55:52 · 6 answers · asked by Heart 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Peace and Love

2006-08-17 00:53:57 · 21 answers · asked by digilook 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm greatly concerned about religious fanaticism threatening our society. One religion, in particular, that seems to have a problem with so-called "infidels" is particularly alarming. There seems to be a lot of followers (of many religions) who are intolerant of other religions and are vowing to eliminate non-believers. It seems to me that, by definition, they are being brainwashed. (Webster's definition: persuasion by propaganda or salesmanship). Are you as concerned as I am? To religious fanatics: If you aren't brainwashed, what are you? Don't you have the ability to see that maybe, just maybe, someone is trying to control your thoughts?

2006-08-17 00:53:03 · 12 answers · asked by Mr. Peachy® 7 in Religion & Spirituality