Society & Culture - 18 August 2006

2006-08-18 13:23:03 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

2006-08-18 13:22:39 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

2006-08-18 13:20:55 · 24 answers · asked by mr luck 1 in Mythology & Folklore

2006-08-18 13:20:40 · 18 answers · asked by dunnoanything 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-18 13:19:57 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

I mean there have been many many religion out there since man was first created. How do we know that because of the lack of technology the people back then didnt just make stuff and then wrote it into a book or pasted it along just like today's science. they had no idea what things happened or why and there is proof for that. there was a man named Zoroaster whom many scholars accredit to to start of judaism. how do we know some guy didnt just run along with these ideas and construct the bible? what makes this Christian God i serve so muxch more real than the others like Zeus. Even though i dont believe in the Trinity, how can this one be different that the hindu one Shiva Vishnu, and the other one? how do we know that God didnt just created us to die and then its over. maybe was afterlife something made up to make death not as bad.

2006-08-18 13:18:44 · 26 answers · asked by nehemiah3131 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I have met several Christians, who said that they tolerated those of other faiths, But in the end they still preached about Jesus to people they knew did not believe in Christianity. Then, there are those who just plain out think people are bad for being Wiccan, Pagan, or Atheist. I do believe that MOST Christains do not understand the ways of Wiccan Worship, and that is why they think Wicca is bad. But, If a Christain says, Wicca is Bad, and they don't know about it, and refuse to learn about it, How can they be tolerant of those who have different beliefs than Christianity?

2006-08-18 13:18:40 · 15 answers · asked by razorblade_love 2 in Religion & Spirituality

When God created the earth. He made Adam and Eve. Adam and Eve had children. Where did the rest of the people come from. Did Adam and Eve's kids have to sleep with Eve and make more children who slept with each other? Where did all the other people come from if God only made Adam and Eve?

2006-08-18 13:18:09 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

My dog had the best party ever there was 20 other dogs who came to his birthday and had a great time... Dont you think all dogs diserve a good B-day because dog dont live very long and to me it is so unfair.
My boyfriend needs to know that a lot of people celebrate there dogs birthday so please respond so i can prove him wrong for dumping me.
PS: I bought my boyfriend expensive gifts for his Birthday too.

2006-08-18 13:17:49 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

2006-08-18 13:17:08 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I volunteered to show some retired folk (generally aged over 70) how to use a PC to surf the Web. They like amazon, yahoo, flight booking sites, senior & healthcare, but what about fun sites?
Know of any good crossword, puzzles or hobby/craft sites that are really straightforward for first-time users of the internet? Free & don't need registration to view?

One guy contributed a site about steam-train excursions here in Ireland; which was great for some of the guys. But he signed up because he was already a member of that society. I need to find them interesting approachable websites - hey, if they want porn, they can find that easily, but mostly they want a friendly-to-total-newbies site that won't take their money.

2006-08-18 13:16:50 · 8 answers · asked by WomanWhoReads 5 in Other - Society & Culture

Not just the physical aspects

2006-08-18 13:16:30 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-18 13:16:05 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-18 13:15:59 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-18 13:15:40 · 14 answers · asked by kitkool 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-18 13:15:08 · 7 answers · asked by whuvahgut? 2 in Other - Society & Culture

They are spelled the same yet are pronounced completely different. Why is that?

2006-08-18 13:14:50 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-18 13:12:24 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

In the spirit of the song Santa Claus is coming to town...
Ooh,
You better not think
You better not sin
You better not stink
You better not think you're going to win,
Cause God will be judging you.
He sees you when your sinning he knows when you are gay
He knows which church you go to and how much that you pay
So,
You better not think
You better not sin
You better not stink
You better not think you're going to win,
Cause God will be judging you.
He knows if you've been married and knows when you had a divorce
He makes sure that you will have the ultimate remorse
So,
You better not think
You better not sin
You better not stink
You better not think you're going to win
Cause God will be judging you.
He created the universe just a few thousand years ago
And if you can prove different you're going down below.
So,
You better not think
You better not sin
You better not stink
You better not think you're going to win
Cause God wil bel judging you.

2006-08-18 13:11:52 · 10 answers · asked by EasterBunny 5 in Religion & Spirituality

about their religion and prove it false? Mans inquisitive nature is what separates us from the animals. Everything needs to be questioned, especially christianity. As it is stopping us from progressing as a tolerant peaceful nation.

2006-08-18 13:11:32 · 26 answers · asked by New Jersey Steve 5 in Religion & Spirituality

In its current form, the Bible is at best, a very huge complex badly worded confusing instruction book for selected religious believers and followers to use as their moral code and guidance throughout their life, in order to become a better person, with a view to going to Heaven.

My personal view of the Bible is that it’s the biggest load of garbage and codswallop ever written by man, and I’m sure it will go down in history as the greatest load of gobbledygook ever to inflict such traumatic mental and physical damage on humanity.

The Bible has already been modified several times, so why don’t religious people just strip out all the evil, murders, rapes, abuse, and traumatic references? Why not rewrite the book properly using commonsense and logic, keeping only some non-confusing non-violent more honest references for people to follow?

Here’s a start for you – The Good Bible.

We don’t know if God exists, but here’s a few steps to follow to behave in a decent manner.

2006-08-18 13:11:30 · 12 answers · asked by Brenda's World 4 in Religion & Spirituality

The church uses psychological manipulation for good.
I have used psychological manipulation for good.
Is there an atheists version of the churches style of psychological manipulation?

I am getting really sick of all the fear mongering the church uses to keep my mind "on task".

I want to be a good person, and have people do good things for others, and to spread the word of doing good, without having to scare the bejesus out of them.

2006-08-18 13:10:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

This is my number one pet peeve. Does people do this on purpose because they know its annoying? They have to because how could you not think that setting there smacking your gum is not distracting!

2006-08-18 13:08:55 · 10 answers · asked by Led*Zep*Babe 5 in Etiquette

Why was there lightning and thunder? Why did the sun, moon, and stars apparently go around the Earth? Why did someone get sick and die? Why did anything happen? Well, obviously, God did it. If a person doesn’t know how something works or why something happened, they can say, “God did it.” This is known as the “god of the gaps,” or the “argument from ignorance,” and it is at the heart of the conflict between science and religion. Science looks for natural causes, while religion looks for supernatural causes. Science is steadily winning, because as we understand more and more about the universe, the gap where God might function grows smaller and smaller. Every time we learn more, God has less room to operate. When we learned what caused the sun to apparently move across the sky, there was no need for the Greek god Helios and his chariot. When we understood what caused lightning, there was no need for the Greek god Zeus, the Roman god Jupiter, or the Norse god Thor.

2006-08-18 13:08:05 · 11 answers · asked by Mr. Mojo Risin 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I really don't believe that white is the ultimate race. Because nobody is just one race. I think that when civilzation started there was one race and then as more people started being born races were created. Therefore, we're multi racial right? Why be racist?

2006-08-18 13:06:29 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

A society that has been so brutally treated over the millenia, with warriors like Joshua and David, and the fighters in Warsaw, now is represented by anti-weapon zealots who do not understand that to prevent genocide, citizens must ba able to resist GOVERNMENTS!

2006-08-18 13:06:25 · 2 answers · asked by Thorbjorn 6 in Other - Society & Culture

?Gloria,Donde es Carmen?
Carmen es La casa.

2006-08-18 13:05:52 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

I have some friends who are very into American Indian traditions, artwork, customs, that are moving at the end of August from Texas to New Mexico. They are leaving a home they have lived in for more than 20 years. I want to celebrate the time they enjoyed at the home, (as a going away gift, and to honor the move), with a Hopi tradition I read about somewhere. If I remember correctly, the tradition says to smash a small pot, on the land, as a sign of reverence to the elders. This leaves a mark on that the land you are leaving; leaving a sign (the smashed pot) as a symbol that you were once of that land, before moving on to a new land. I am trying to make sure I understand best how to honor this tradition, thus my question. I want to know as much as I can about this traditon when I present my friends with a small Hopi pot for smashing, so I can explain my intentions, and my actions.

2006-08-18 13:05:00 · 3 answers · asked by Artist Extraordinaire 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-18 13:04:47 · 13 answers · asked by Cookie777 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Drop one coin and watch it fall. Do this again. Hold out the third coin.

If you were to do this again, what do you think would happen? If you could get ten good Christians to pray that this next coin wouldn’t fall, would it still fall? How about one thousand faithful Muslims? How about one billion people of any faith? I think that it would still fall. Drop the third coin.

Our understanding of the world around us, and our abilities to predict what will happen are based on naturalism — the basis of science. Naturalism is how all people live their lives most of the time.

2006-08-18 13:04:22 · 8 answers · asked by Mr. Mojo Risin 3 in Religion & Spirituality