Society & Culture - 24 August 2006

Earlier this year on Good Friday, a man entered Mar Girgis Church in Alexandria, Egypt, and stabbed one worshipper to death and wounded two others. He then went to another church and stabbed three other Christians.

The events in Alexandria were a reminder of the, at best, tenuous status of Christians in the Islamic world.

The Egyptian government immediately dismissed the possibility that animus toward Christians played a role in the attacks. Egypt's Interior Ministry said that the attacker suffered from "psychological disturbances." How convenient.

Egyptian Christians, known as Copts, did not buy it, and for good reason: Police officials had a different version, announcing that "three men had been arrested in four simultaneous church assaults." According to the police, these assaults had killed one and injured another seventeen.

That sure sounds like a coordinated attack to me. The rest of the article is at www.breakpoint.org.

2006-08-24 19:48:14 · 10 answers · asked by danhowell_diana 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I go to bed?

2006-08-24 19:48:13 · 8 answers · asked by -Tequila17 6 in Other - Society & Culture

I have read alot of answers from alot of questions
Yes some asked from myself and some from others
Why is it that you only do for your self and live your life for your self?

Why is it that some "notice I said some" are only self centered in their thinking and not thinking of others..........

.........=)

2006-08-24 19:48:04 · 5 answers · asked by snuggels102 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-24 19:47:36 · 15 answers · asked by baby_platinum2002 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Im a youth leader at my church and have a couple of high school kids coming for a youth meeting tonight. Teenagers are hard to satisfy or lets say manage...What interresting thing can I do with them....thanks

2006-08-24 19:46:53 · 11 answers · asked by like a mustardseed 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-24 19:46:23 · 12 answers · asked by mypurpleelephant 5 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-24 19:44:05 · 13 answers · asked by travis 2 in Other - Society & Culture

Im thinking most of the people answering this question are on the West coast, besides me.

2006-08-24 19:42:05 · 17 answers · asked by Yo yo 2 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-24 19:40:23 · 40 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-24 19:40:17 · 9 answers · asked by The Maulvi Who Sold His Maruti 3 in Religion & Spirituality

now im a carb junkie so how can i wean myself from soda,chips,pastas and junk food to eating better without quiteing cold turkey to make the new ajustment easier and easier to stick with

2006-08-24 19:37:48 · 9 answers · asked by damusmell22 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2006-08-24 19:37:46 · 3 answers · asked by ~D~ 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Here's my shortcut definition of a secular humanist in case you were curious. Anybody that cares about his fellow human being because we are all together on this planet, all in the same boat, trying to do the best we can, trying to love one another, and sometimes getting screwed for our efforts. It really doesn't make a bit of difference whether there is a God or not because he doesn't figure into the equation.

2006-08-24 19:37:17 · 2 answers · asked by Sicilian Godmother 7 in Other - Society & Culture

my girlfriend is training to be a manager where i work so she'll basiclly be my boss she's training at another store but in 2 weeks we will be working together full time at the same store do u think that will be werid?

2006-08-24 19:35:17 · 10 answers · asked by damusmell22 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

What can wash away my sin?

2006-08-24 19:33:10 · 12 answers · asked by Cre8ed2worship 3 in Religion & Spirituality

This seems like a HUGE thing to conspire and make work.. It seems too huge to be anything but true. I mean Mary says she's having the son of God, and that she's a virgin... Granted there may not be proof that she was a virgin, but she said she was, and her son was born. Coincidentally, her son is someone who performs hundreds of miracles... So, let's say she wasn't a virgin, and she lied about that, and she used God as an excuse for cheating on her husband... Or let's say this was a conspiracy and her husband was in on this... How can Jesus coincidentally perform all these miracles of God? I mean... She said she was a virgin, and her son is the son of God and he would perform miracles of God, and he DID that! Wasn't the New Testament written by Jesus' apostles? During his lifetime? How could someone plan such a conspiracy? We all know how hard it is to raise a child. And this woman raised him to be a prophet so that no one would question she wasn't a pregnant virgin!? How???!!!!!!!

2006-08-24 19:32:37 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-24 19:31:18 · 37 answers · asked by mortangle2006 2 in Religion & Spirituality

with the war, and nuclear testing, and just everything else going on in the world today, I have this strange feeling that the end is near, And some guy said september 12th a nuclear war would happen,have any of you heard this?

2006-08-24 19:30:30 · 29 answers · asked by theladylooking 4 in Religion & Spirituality

JOS 10:12 On the day the LORD gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to the LORD in the presence of Israel:
"O sun, stand still over Gibeon,
O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon."
JOS 10:13 So the sun stood still,
and the moon stopped,
till the nation avenged itself on its enemies,
Such an event must have had an impact globally. Is there any evidence(outside the bible account) from that point in time that suggest the sun stood still in the sky for some time. I will also accept any evidence in the world of an extra long night.
thankyou

2006-08-24 19:30:18 · 12 answers · asked by CJunk 4 in Religion & Spirituality

seems his goal is to drum up as much hatred as he can toward islam...

2006-08-24 19:30:09 · 8 answers · asked by WhiteHat 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-24 19:28:55 · 18 answers · asked by Yo yo 2 in Other - Society & Culture

vaastu 4 home or land

2006-08-24 19:28:15 · 1 answers · asked by vikss m 19 1 in Community Service

Think about this before you answer. Imagine doing one good thing that could help the world.

When you think of it, and it must only be something good, not bad. See what you can do to make it happen.

Good luck

No sarcy comments please, thanks, you know who you are

2006-08-24 19:28:01 · 22 answers · asked by Natural and Spiritual 2 in Religion & Spirituality

in the light of alleged foiled attempt to blow plains,there have been number of incidents in which people of asian or arab origin have been forced off flights in europe and america.do you feel de facto racial profilling of air passengers is taking place?

2006-08-24 19:27:31 · 9 answers · asked by evelyn 3 in Religion & Spirituality

What evidence to support this. Preferebly non biblical evidence from around the time of 4bc - 40AD would be great thanks
I dont want biblical evidence because I have a bible already.
thankyou

2006-08-24 19:26:43 · 19 answers · asked by CJunk 4 in Religion & Spirituality

.... or is this just a sinister plot by the manufacturers in league with the dental profession?

2006-08-24 19:26:08 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

which type of music inspires the most destructive thoughts?

2006-08-24 19:25:51 · 21 answers · asked by DownCaster 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-24 19:25:42 · 34 answers · asked by Hammerhead 1 in Mythology & Folklore

2006-08-24 19:24:43 · 6 answers · asked by xavierwold 2 in Other - Society & Culture

i need very positive and realistic detail reply.
see the above question. now i need the above sex are natural by birth or medically operated. which country has shemales and what is the population of shemales and ladyboys and what is the benefit them in this world. either they can sex with female. explain about the eunuch sex .

2006-08-24 19:23:51 · 3 answers · asked by long9_smi 1 in Other - Society & Culture