Society & Culture - 26 August 2006

Religious people often say that they talk to God, and hear God’s voice through their prayers. Most intelligent people know that when we hear voices or talk to fantasies in our mind, that such behaviour is the result of a mental disorder. This is much the same way as talking to aliens on spaceships, chatting to voices in your head, and numerous other similar mental problems.

It’s well known through Yahoo Answers that I am trying to find a cure for religious madness and help free people from the “blissful” but nonetheless mentally handicapped world they live in. This whole process, although very time consuming, will ultimately help our younger generation and bring greater happiness to our world, without the need for the slaughter of innocent men, women and children by organised religion.

Religious people, when you talk to your God, or listen to your God, can you try and explain what you hear and feel at the time. I’d greatly appreciate your input to my research studies.

2006-08-26 14:24:49 · 17 answers · asked by Brenda's World 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-26 14:23:52 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I want to goto makkah ramadon foronce in a life time but my grandma wants me to go back home to africa so i can spend ramadan with her and dont know what i should do what should i goto makkah or africa?

2006-08-26 14:23:39 · 7 answers · asked by betoba10 1 in Religion & Spirituality

And who is Jesus???

2006-08-26 14:23:02 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Please tell me what you would do in the following hypothetical situation.

Your strolling downtown throught the sidewalks of New York. As you walk past an ally, you notice that some thugs are beating someone up. One of the thugs is standing at the ally-street crossway shooting dirty looks at anyone who takes attention. Your cellphone is dead and the only payphone you can see is right in front of the thug.

Please answer the following:

1) what art thy religious beliefs, or lack there of?
2) what would thou doest?
(be honest brothers and sisters, for ye art representatives of thine faiths)

2006-08-26 14:22:03 · 15 answers · asked by Tofu Jesus 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-26 14:21:28 · 13 answers · asked by Sara A 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-26 14:21:12 · 6 answers · asked by justcurious 2 in Other - Society & Culture

In case you don't know, the buddhist analects are the stories of Buddha's life. If anyone happens to know where I can find either a website or a book that contains all of the analects could you please let me know? Thanks!

2006-08-26 14:19:07 · 4 answers · asked by Shinkirou Hasukage 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-26 14:18:38 · 24 answers · asked by rapturefuture 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Please tell me what you would do in this hypothetical situation.

Your at the local K-mart, buying clothes. Maybe it's some sandals, maybe its some hot pants, I don't care, you decide. Any ways, you look all over for the right size and can't find it anywhere. Suddenly, you see the exact pice of clothing with the perfect size in someone else's shopping cart. The person is in the changing room.

Answer the following:

a) your religion or lack thereof
b)what would thou doest?
(be honest brothers and sisters, you're representatives for your belief system)

2006-08-26 14:17:26 · 14 answers · asked by Tofu Jesus 5 in Religion & Spirituality

and know you think he or she is not that bad as you think before
are u white and have a latino friend?
are you black and have a chines fried..example...

2006-08-26 14:17:08 · 11 answers · asked by whitetras1 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

I think about her constantly, and she knows how I feel about her. I am not sure if she feels the same way, but she has told me that she is gay. She is 4 years older than me, but I think I am in love with her. She told me that she has been hurt before, and I have told her that I would never hurt her. I would withstand all of hell to hold her hand. I e-mailed her and in that particular e-mail, I told her that I had strong feelings for her instead of just a crush. She called me and asked me if I had e-mailed her, I responded yes, and she then said that she had orientation and she wouldn't be able to check it for about two days. I am scared that she will think I am awkward. Am I gay?

2006-08-26 14:16:11 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2006-08-26 14:16:01 · 18 answers · asked by Hoolahoop 3 in Religion & Spirituality

will ray nagin just sit around and watch it come right to his city before he orders an evacuation, and blame everyone else?? i can see it already...

2006-08-26 14:15:51 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

I asked what muslims do for the good of mankind . All I got was told how horrible I was and that I am a biggot.Not one person out there could just answer the question.Why not seize the opportunity to change peoples prespective on you. Your retaliation to the question only convinces people more that your all nuts .I would welcome those that want to ask questions concerning my faith, and yes christians also have things to be ashamed of.

2006-08-26 14:14:49 · 13 answers · asked by don_steele54 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I do...because in my school people look at me and my friends and they're like "spanish people are dirty" AND in my old school they told me that (since im puerto rican and i have a little bit of mexican) its my fault that i crossed the boarder (which its not true because im LEAGAL here) and that i should send my @$$ back to puerto rico and leave the americans alone...anyways i hate that all i did was being nice to people and i don't want to cause any trouble...u feel me??

2006-08-26 14:13:12 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

My partner has an affair awhile back. After the yelling and screaming was done, I agreed to meet with the Other Man at a local bar. We both got drunk wound up back at his place proving who was the biggest and who was a better lay than the other. Afterwards we beat each other up and I went home. Was this a particularly strange thing to do?

2006-08-26 14:12:03 · 13 answers · asked by eddie9551 5 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2006-08-26 14:11:32 · 15 answers · asked by Mountaineer 3 in Other - Society & Culture

I had mentioned the word prick to a kid and got in trouble for swearing. I never thought this qualified as a swear word. What do you think?

2006-08-26 14:11:25 · 15 answers · asked by Professional face-melter® 2 in Etiquette

2006-08-26 14:11:05 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-26 14:10:51 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-26 14:10:20 · 7 answers · asked by I-C-U 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Yes Christians! The moment you've all been waiting for! HALLELUJAH! This coming Tuesday, August 29 is THE RAPTURE! The LORD JESUS CHRIST will be returning to earth to take all his children home -- but you must follow these instructions carefully. At EXACTLY noon on Tuesday you must go to the roof of the tallest building you can find and fling yourself off. IF YOU ARE NOT IN MID AIR AT NOON YOU WILL NOT BE TAKEN UP TO HEAVEN BY THE LORD JESUS CHRIST!!!! Make sure to tell all your brethren and sistren about this great day we have been waiting 2000 years for! See you in HEAVEN on Tuesday afternoon! HALLELUJAH! AMEN!

2006-08-26 14:10:04 · 17 answers · asked by trolling_for_recs 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Taken off money?

It was only added to paper money in the 1950s to combat the "godless commies" in Russia. Cold war is over people. Why should the government support only a select religion?

How would you like it if "In Allah we trust", "In Budda we trust", "In Zeus/Jupiter we Trust" or something of that like was on our money? All of a sudden you'd be like "No No, we can't have that on our money!"

THIS COUNTRY ISN'T A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY. OUR FORFATHERS DIDN'T ESTABLISH THIS COUNTRY IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST OR ANY OTHER RELIGION.

Give me a GOOD reason we as Americans should support a select religion, namely your religion, and delcare all others as inferior.

2006-08-26 14:07:21 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Coming from the social construction theory of gender, gender is socially constructed rather than biologically determined. According to the Functionalist theory, gender serves as an organizational tool to segregate people into groups and give them a certain set of tasks based on their segregated groups. This supposedly creates a stable and productive society. However, the terms "productive" and "stable" must be examined carefully; in a society where gender also serves to oppress the majority of the population, both are subjective terms and open to wide interpretation. (Even the group holding the most power is subject to standards of conformity.) And, if people analyze societies today, many are not productive or stable thanks to gender; rather, many societies are less stable and there is a varitable "gender war" taking place. so i ask, is gender oppression acceptable? If it isn't, why are we still gendering ourselves?

Director of Gender Schmender, a gender education community on MySpac

2006-08-26 14:07:20 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

The entire argument against abortion seems to hinge on the idea that an embryo, no matter how small, is an actual human being. Anti-abortionists consistently refer to human embryos as babies, children, and people. I have great trouble understanding or accepting the idea that a clump of two, four, eight, or even 4000 cells can even be called a "baby", or that a blastocyst has the same legal rights as I do. Or that when I was a blastocyst, I had the same legal rights as my mother, etc.

Incidentally, please don't educate me on the Christian doctrine that "all human life begins at conception"; I'm quite aware of it, and it has no place in a discussion regarding the public domain. Try to use arguments that will make sense to people outside your faith; if you plan on living in a secular democracy, it's what you have to do.

2006-08-26 14:07:01 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

before it mattered.

2006-08-26 14:06:08 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

2006-08-26 14:05:36 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

i'm curios becasue i want to subscribe to a magazine but you pay in euros so i want to know how much 100 euros would be in american dollars.

2006-08-26 14:04:48 · 6 answers · asked by Shelby 2 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-26 14:04:40 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture