Society & Culture - 22 August 2006

What do you do and how comes you have time to be on here?

2006-08-22 14:41:46 · 10 answers · asked by Donna : 4 in Other - Society & Culture

I am amazed by an interesting common thing between most religions.
That is the concept of a saviour type figure. It is a common thing
both in all Western and Eastern Religions--theistic(Christianity,Judaism,Islam,Hinduism,Zoroastrianism) or atheistic(Buddhism). Christian believe in the second coming of Jesus,Muslims believe in the coming of Mahdi(mentioned by the name Muhammed in authentic Hadithes), Jews believe in the coming of the Messiah(not Jesus),Hindus in the last(10th) incarnation of
God--Kalki Avatar and even Buddhists in the coming of the last Buddha--Maitreya.he Zoroastrian Messiah, Saoshyant, will be conceived and born of a virgin mother to guide the pious and destroy the evil. As the Gathas says: "Zaratust went near unto his wife Hvov three times, and each time the seed went to the ground; the angel Neryosang received the brilliance and strength of that seed, delivered it with care to the angel Anahid, and in time will blend it with a mother"

2006-08-22 14:41:40 · 20 answers · asked by whynotaskthemoron 1 in Religion & Spirituality

liike from Gremen to English?

2006-08-22 14:40:39 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

...then why isn't every atheist -- who don't believe in Heaven/Hell/God/Jesus or followng the Bible, and therefore, dont have any moral compass -- living a total immoral life? What keeps us from killing everyone we dont like, sleeping with everyone's spouses, hating our mothers and fathers, etc? How come I am not totally confused between right and wrong?

Do Christians and fundies really believe that there would be total moral chaos without the magical fantasy Lords watching over us? I'm really curious about this because I constantly see people saying things like "well how do you know right from wrong if you don't believe in god?".

2006-08-22 14:40:28 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Is the world getting racist against whites?
Example 1:Whenever a black college springs up, everyone's all happy and everything, but if there's an all-white college, Jesse Jackson and the entire world is on ur @$$.

Example 2:If a black person calls a white person a cracker or w/e, then nothing happens, but when a white person calls a black person a monkey or w/e then they get arrested or something.

I mean, c'mon people i thought that we got over that whole thing in the 1940's. Black people still act like they're all still underprivledged u no and everyone makes a big deal about "black rights". there aren't any "white rights". who gives a crap about black or white rights? shouldn't it be human rights? seriously. i know that there is going to be a lot of answers accusing me of being a racist ***** or watever but guess what? i'm not! i'm very open minded, and am very anti racism. it's a serious question and i really do want serious answers.

2006-08-22 14:40:25 · 23 answers · asked by koRngurl94 3 in Other - Society & Culture

RAmen.

2006-08-22 14:39:18 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-22 14:39:12 · 3 answers · asked by ian jay d 1 in Religion & Spirituality

i've got homeowork, and i want to kno which country used/uses masks in cerimonies to honor their gods/goddesses. just recommend one, don't name all of them (and the masks can't be ugly, either)

2006-08-22 14:39:01 · 12 answers · asked by cloouvgeh 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2006-08-22 14:38:36 · 43 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

My fellow bredren: Because so many ask questions concerning God, and get all sorts of pagan answers, I have decided to just ask what is it you truly want to know about God. Many questions can not be answered in just a couple of words; for many times it is necessary for supporting scripture or historical document to be quoted. Well, as a servant of The Most High God, I offer my knowledge which has been bestowed upon me by H.I.M. who created us. And I say test me, and see if I can't point you in the right direction, or offer insight and light where there is darkness. If possible, include your email address, and I will respond asap... for I check this daily. And being that they only allow 48 hours for responses, I will renew this question regularly.

Like i said leave your email address or if you want; we may even chat via yahoo.

In The Name of the Heavenly Creator: Amen.

Serious inquiries only please.

I CAN NOT RESPOND WITHOUT AN EMAIL ADDRESS OR SOMEWAY TO CONTACT YOU.

2006-08-22 14:38:27 · 13 answers · asked by Prince J 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-22 14:38:17 · 22 answers · asked by ? 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-22 14:38:14 · 16 answers · asked by Peanut 2 in Mythology & Folklore

2006-08-22 14:37:36 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

I want to volunteer some of my time and would like to hear from others and get opinions on what they consider the best way to contribute. Do you volunteer?

2006-08-22 14:37:17 · 11 answers · asked by jidwg 6 in Other - Society & Culture

http://www.biblegateway.com/help/tutorial/

2006-08-22 14:36:25 · 15 answers · asked by cristoamistad 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I've just got a new chair with wheels...and I am very excited about it!

I haven't danced with it yet, but I am very tempted to; I just worry that someone might catch me doing this, and then I wouldn't know how to explain myself...or is an explanation even needed--should I sit down on the chair, ask them to hold onto my legs and spin in circles for an even better time?

2006-08-22 14:36:19 · 23 answers · asked by aanstalokaniskiodov_nikolai 5 in Etiquette

2006-08-22 14:35:33 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-22 14:33:47 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Given the following major prejudices
Religious
Age
Race
Class
Nationality
Which is most difficult to fight against and why?

I pick Religious because we are to afraid to affend religious leaders and their followers, our most vocal and acceptable bigets.

2006-08-22 14:32:38 · 19 answers · asked by James S 3 in Religion & Spirituality

atheist extremist dont kill for religious reasons DUH? a bunch of atheists just used that as an excuse for joseph stalin's killing spree. extremist atheists then, kill for what? what did joseph stalin kill for? he was an atheist, and it WAS an atheist lead attrocitie. AND HE KILLED FOR POLITICAL REASONS. he didnt kill for God i think we all get it? and what did pol pot the atheist mass murderer kill for? TO EXTENGUISH RELIGION AND FOR POLITICAL REASONS. these were both atheist lead attrocities, and why is it so hard to accept atheists can be crazy as well? i admit there are some crazy christian extremist who bomb abortion clinics, so why can't you accept it the way it is? ATHEISM IS NOT THE ANSWER FOR WORLD PEACE.

my question is do you agree?

2006-08-22 14:32:35 · 23 answers · asked by Nikki 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I mean, really, we use our fingers all the time....and when you think about it, your toes are just plain there. Kind of like the apendix, useless. Just more stuff to bump into furniture with.
Members of the ape family use their fingers and TOES to peel bananas, stroke other members of their families with, they seem to use them for so many different things. This really seems to support the theory of evolution in my mind!
HMMMMMM! Darn brain...why won't it stop thinking like this? Why can't I just accept the plain "facts?" I mean, if something's in the bible, than it MUST be true, right?
SO many unanswered questions...hmmmmmmmmmmmm!

2006-08-22 14:32:28 · 19 answers · asked by Evil Wordmonger, LTD LOL 6 in Religion & Spirituality

not be true? Can you think of a time when those words would be retracted? I cannot.

2006-08-22 14:32:07 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-22 14:31:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

2006-08-22 14:31:33 · 3 answers · asked by Flippy 3 in Languages

the old testament has almost no mention of satan and from what ive read in the new testament there is not much specifics about him, so where does all this fall from heaven, original sin, satan in the garden of eden, stuff come from? I admit I know the old testament much more than the new but if anyone knows the origin of Stan mythology, i am curious and would like to know. And I am sorry if using the word mythology offends people, but as a Jew, I don't belive in any of that stuf and i have no better word to call it.

2006-08-22 14:31:29 · 13 answers · asked by Don't Fear the Reaper 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-22 14:31:07 · 9 answers · asked by meesorbroose 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-22 14:30:03 · 10 answers · asked by billyboysblue 3 in Other - Society & Culture

why cant people just believe and have faith. Why cant they believe the truth b4 its too late?

2006-08-22 14:29:28 · 34 answers · asked by tennys 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Even if you found enough to interest you for a thousand million years, you'd still have an infinity of time left to fill. You could learn every possible thing, do every possible thing, and still have eternity stretching ahead of you. I submit than any kind of afterlife would be one of infinite boredom - an unbearable but inescapable torture. The only way in which I could contemplate spending eternity is complete oblivion.

What say you?

2006-08-22 14:29:05 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

my city is the Rio de janeiro.
I make hatha-yoga. I like very much.
I speak basic english. ok?

2006-08-22 14:28:26 · 9 answers · asked by aninha 6 in Languages