Society & Culture - 22 August 2006

2006-08-22 19:48:25 · 20 answers · asked by Chocolatte~ 2 in Etiquette

Whom guarded the holy spots..churches etc?? i can't remember

2006-08-22 19:47:16 · 6 answers · asked by browningny 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Let me start from the beggining, My boyfriend asked me to marry him 8 weeks ago, It was the happiest day of my life, i thought he would never asked, i was feeling like that the happiest women on earth you know? But then a week later, He passed away. I felt angry, sad, felt like killing myself. Days went on when on, when my grandmother invited me to church, and well I'm atheist so it felt weird as hell. But then while they were all praying, a man started screaming out while crying "The lord says, do not cry over what wasnt yours, for his life is mine, do not cry no more, for i was the one that loved you first. But i had never been to that church, i felt.....was someone talking to me?? Could it be that there really is a God??? Then i started crying but not over my boyfriend, but because i was feeling guilty of something.....I'm still worried, what if there really is a God?? i dont know what the hell to do...

2006-08-22 19:46:42 · 23 answers · asked by Infamy 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I know Islam is being hated by the infidels because of its truthfulness and facts. While the SINNERS continue to
1). Drink Alcohol
2). Commit adultery
3). Bring up bastards (so called single parent children)
4). Drug abusing
5) Perform HOMOSEXUALITY acts
etc etc.

ISLAM SAYS STOP YOUR INHUMAN BEHAVIORS!!!!

YOU SHALL SEE IN HELLFIRE.

2006-08-22 19:45:51 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

when I called to get the building inspector out to do finals on my house it took two more weeks for him to get to me...Start to finish it was amazing in one weekend..How was it done?

2006-08-22 19:45:42 · 6 answers · asked by MissChatea 4 in Other - Society & Culture

Is It possible for believers and non believers to get through one of these questions without putting down one another or there beliefs Isn't the idea of this area to educate and expand the mind not bash and name call?

2006-08-22 19:45:16 · 16 answers · asked by wardancer 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I am so sick of religions doing everything they can to keep women out of positions of power both in the hierarchy of the religion and in the hierarchy of society. If people were still using religious texts to widely support racism or other forms of bigotry (for example using the Bible to justify slavery - there are several passages that have been used for centuries for just that) would people put up with it? A "mainstream" church in NY just decided women shouldn't teach men so they fired a Sunday school teacher who taught for 50+ years because of her gender. Should women not be teachers? Should we be treated like children, or less than? Weddings still use phrasing such as "subvervient" and "obey" when referring to the roles of wives. Religoius texts have a lot of writings that modern people have dismissed - why is it that men are still working to exploit their religions and religous texts to discriminate against women? Why should women put up with this inequality? I find it disgusting.

2006-08-22 19:44:28 · 17 answers · asked by HelloKitty 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-22 19:43:24 · 6 answers · asked by lempala 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

I believe the age of the earth is 5,981 years old as i explained in the bottom of my documenatation ( http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=76296974&blogID=136883008&Mytoken=47AD1062-6B67-45D1-85567866F97D3985501923828 )

But what do you think? and what about the dinosoars?

Thanks

2006-08-22 19:43:12 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Members of this church (over 3,000 members) believe that the universe was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster. They feel strongly that the overwhelming scientific rvidence pointing towards evolutionary process is nothing but a coincidence. Wonder if they have communion , and who do thry worship. Not much is known about this church.

2006-08-22 19:40:45 · 12 answers · asked by ZORRO 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-22 19:40:44 · 32 answers · asked by Canute 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Base on the christian religion rules..

2006-08-22 19:40:04 · 14 answers · asked by NeoM5 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-22 19:38:20 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Anthony “Scott” Washington’s life reads like the pages of comeback-kid drama. This week, the 40-year old husband and father of four will take the Ohio bar exam. Rewind just 15 years and you will uncover an inspiring transformation that exemplifies the life-changing power that exists within the human spirit. For years, his life revolved around his gang, crack cocaine addiction, and habit-supporting crimes. Functionally illiterate with a rap sheet of 19 arrests, Scott Washington experienced a turning point on Easter Sunday morning in 1990. It resurrected his potential and changed the course of his life forever.

“I had been up for two to three days, drinking and smoking as much crack as I could,” recalls the Los Angeles native. “I had a five-week old baby, Scottie, and the baby’s mother, also a crack addict, walked out that weekend and never returned. Scottie would not stop crying and I began to fear that he was going to die.”

Holding the baby in his arms, he says, “I looked into his eyes, filled with tears and promised him I would never get high again. I apologized for tolerating his mother’s crack addiction during her pregnancy, collected my belongings and my beautiful baby boy, and headed for a life free of the burden of addiction, addicts, and social deviations.”

“I think what happened that day was a spiritual experience,” he says. “I don’t think it is just a coincidence that my turning point came on Easter Sunday.”

Estranged from his family, unemployed and unskilled, Scott called his mother. She had essentially disowned him years earlier after multiple attempts to help him get his life on track,. “My mother listened and then said that I could come home on the condition that I went through a rehabilitation program.” Scott joined Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), and every day for months, he attended meetings and he always carried Scottie with him. It took three to four years before the urge for crack subsided, he admits, but he hasn’t touched drugs since that rock bottom day in April 1990.

Kicking his drug habit was just the first step to getting his life together. It would be a steep, uphill climb to create the kind of life and stability he wanted for his little boy. He needed employment, but with a criminal record, landing a job would prove a challenge. His father, a veterinarian, got him a job cleaning cages at an animal research facility. It was hard, unpleasant work, but it paid $25,000 and it was a start. His next opportunity crossed his path during an AA meeting. Someone from a local junior college football team invited him to come out and watch practice. While there, the coach asked him if he wanted to participate in practice the next day. Impressed by his physical size and abilities, the coach invited him to join the team as a fullback. Of course, that also meant he had to enroll in school.

He was 26 years old and starting community college. He took two to three classes each semester while working full-time. “For the first three years, all of my classes were remedial courses,” he says. In my first college English course, I was the only English-speaking person in the class.”

As it turns out, Scott was functionally illiterate. Introduced to drugs in the 5th grade, school had not been a priority. Now he had to make up for lost time.

Undeterred by his lack of college preparation, he was determined and says he thoroughly enjoyed education. “I was positive. I was in school! I had spent the last 10 years as an absolute loser. I felt great at this point. I had a three year old, I had been off of drugs for nearly three years. I was working and going to school.” Around this time, he also met and married his wife. A 19-year old student with two jobs, she was serious about creating a bright future. Together, they’ve done just that.

After five years, he earned an Associate of Arts degree with a 3.5 grade point average. He continued his education at California State University at Northridge. Despite a full-time work schedule, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Urban Studies two years later, graduating with honors and a 3.9 grade point average. Scott didn’t stop there. He applied to several law schools and was accepted and offered a teaching assistantship at the University of Dayton. In 2000, he and his family, including his wife, four children and his wife’s grandmother, moved to Ohio. He graduated from the University of Dayton School of Law in 2003.

“I wouldn’t be where I am now without my wife,” he insists. When he finally made it to law school, she supported the family while Scott pursued his law degree. “It takes so much to go to law school that I simply would not have been able to do it if not for her. She worked and took care of seven people.”

Although he graduated from law school, his application to sit for the bar was twice denied because of a prior felony conviction during his crime and drug days. He enlisted the help of attorney David Greer and a committee appointed by the Ohio Supreme Court overwhelmingly approved for him to sit for the bar in 2004. He takes the bar exam this week and will have to await the results. If his determination and resolve of the last 15 years is any indication, Scott Washington has a great shot at realizing his dream.

Currently a staff attorney in the Montgomery County Common Pleas Court in Dayton, Ohio, he also spends much of his time counseling young felons whose lives are strikingly similar to the life he left behind. His vision is to use his life experiences to have a positive impact on the African-American community. He speaks and motivates ex-offenders who are trying to transform their lives and offers five lessons that he gleaned from his own transformation

2006-08-22 19:38:04 · 6 answers · asked by will d 1 in Other - Society & Culture

could not find a section relevant to this q so sorry if its in the wrong section

2006-08-22 19:36:47 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

The Bible does instruct women to cover their heads while at church, but not everybody does anymore.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2011:5-6%20&version=31

2006-08-22 19:33:35 · 26 answers · asked by rxqueen♥ † 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I speak Arabic and English. If I learn another langauge like Italian, will it affect on my English??

2006-08-22 19:32:34 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

Should gay men be allowed to have sex in public because it is in their 'nature' to cruise for sex since society condemns and represses them? Do gay men have a special excuse for breaking law because of their 'culture'?

2006-08-22 19:32:25 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

why do people add details to their questions and complain about some of the answers?

for example if they get an answer they dont like they hit 'add details' and then say something like "HAHA FUNNY ANSWERS EVERYONE!! EXCEPT FOR JOHNNY I DONT LIKE U >=[ GET A SENSE OF HUMOR"

or "HEY PROFESSOR I DONT LIKE U UR A LOSER! UR MOM IS UGLY"

honestly, is it because theyre so offended by the answers that they have to lash out or is it because theyre simply crazy

2006-08-22 19:31:52 · 10 answers · asked by dinky 3 in Etiquette

CAN I GET SOME FEEDBACK PLEASE?

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=76296974&blogID=136883008&Mytoken=47AD1062-6B67-45D1-85567866F97D3985501923828

PLEASE READ WHAT I WROTE, I CANT POST IT HERE, TO LONG.
THANKS..


P.S. PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND SAYING I REFUSE TO READ IT B/C I AM IN DENAIL AND NOBODY WILL KNOW.

2006-08-22 19:31:31 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-22 19:28:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

Maybe it's just me, but when I read a post written like this:

"Donchu hateit wen pepl dont know how 2 punkshuate or spel i relly hate dat"

I want to reach my hand across my virtual connection and smack them upside the head.
I mean, some people are better than others in this area. Still, in my opinion if you can't take the time to google a word for its proper spelling, then what you have to say must not be very important.

I immediately lose respect for the writer and his post when he or she can't take the time to formulate their thoughts in a logical manner that will make sense to the reader. And if you are going to post on a religious, political, or other intellectual topic, I think it's doubly important to get it right.

Is any1 with me on this?

2006-08-22 19:27:56 · 26 answers · asked by bandit 3 in Etiquette

Why are angels held to a higher standard than humans? Why didn't Satan just beg forgiveness and try to get back with God? I am sure God loved Satan too so why the difference?

2006-08-22 19:27:26 · 13 answers · asked by Godb4me 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-22 19:26:57 · 21 answers · asked by MissChatea 4 in Mythology & Folklore

I have seen the miracles as God answers my prayers and those of others. How has He answered your prayer? What are the Miracles in your life? What is your testimony?

2006-08-22 19:26:41 · 20 answers · asked by kevbox2006 2 in Religion & Spirituality

SUBHANA'LLAH
ALHAMDULI'LLAH

LA I LAHA ILLA'LLAH
ALLAHU AKBAR

ASTAGHFIRU'LLAH
LA ILAH ILLA'LLAH, MUHAMMADUN RASULU'LLAH

ALLAHUMMA SALLY WA SALLEM WABAREK ALA SAYYEDINA UHAMMAD
WA AALIHE WA SAHBIH AJMA'EEN

2006-08-22 19:24:02 · 7 answers · asked by AR 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-22 19:23:09 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

I am usually a sensible christian mom grounded with appropriate goals and sensible actions. But every now and again I just loose it and I get a little crazy in an attempt to get "it" out of my system. I never endanger my heal by doing anything too stupid....but I feel backslidden in my heart and mind when it comes to my spiritual health. I just want to understand myself better, but when I feel this way I am not very objective. It becomes something like asking a child why they eat dirt...they dont know why but their body does...there is something missing....a vitamin or mineral....well while I am not eating dirt I find myself acting and thinking in strange ways ..... ANY ONE>??? Is it satan? Am I crazy?
I just dont know....

2006-08-22 19:22:22 · 5 answers · asked by Little Wifey 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm looking for celebrities who are studying / learning Chinese Mandarin, both currently and in the past. Also, do you know of celebrities who can actually speak Chinese Mandarin?

2006-08-22 19:21:09 · 5 answers · asked by ilyn_888 2 in Other - Society & Culture

new findings are say jesus was crushed by to stones

2006-08-22 19:20:56 · 13 answers · asked by tom j 1 in Religion & Spirituality