Society & Culture - 27 August 2006

I go to a really new Christian church and we want to start up an awesome youth group!

2006-08-27 11:00:50 · 16 answers · asked by On the Journey 2 in Religion & Spirituality

We have at our church these girls and their mother that are so annoying. They sit like in the third row from the front. They sit and stare and flirt with the Pastor. They do this through his whole serman! He pays them no mind though. I think he got used to them or just oblivious to their advances. The girls would laugh and giggle after every sentence he says as he preaches. These girls are always this way and now it is so irritating to hear them laugh and flirt and be so loud. When they sit and respond to him, they just be wiggleing in their seats. I have noticed since this new pastor has been here that they have been more annoying then ever! They are in their late teens almost in their twenties. Four of them and they are sisters. When they laugh is is like cackleing and clucking.Good grief, they are the most annoying people I have ever been around. When church services ends we cant wait to leave because of them.How would you react in this type of situation? What would you do?

2006-08-27 10:59:44 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

my husband does it and smiles like it was funny and I tell him, rather loudly, that he needs to say " excuse me" because there is nothing smart about acting stupid, and he says it, and looks like a little boy that was punished...

2006-08-27 10:59:07 · 8 answers · asked by Dragonflygirl 7 in Etiquette

If we took all the religious people (believers) on Yahoo Answers and put them in a big hall together, and put all the non-believers in another hall far away, what do think would happen?

I think that in the hall with non-believers there would be great fun, interesting conversations about science, the universe, how silly religious people are, and generally speaking, I think the non-believers would have a big party and makes lots of new friends amongst each other.

On the other hand, sadly to say, I think the police would called in no time at all control the hall full of believers. I suspect with all the differing religious viewpoints, and the hatred religious people seem to have for one and other, that a mini Holy War would break out.

What do you think would happen in the religious hall?

2006-08-27 10:56:45 · 32 answers · asked by Brenda's World 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-27 10:55:32 · 19 answers · asked by wwefreak36 1 in Mythology & Folklore

2006-08-27 10:55:13 · 2 answers · asked by Denicia 6 in Languages

Crack your knuckles really loud? Bite your nails to the nubs?
You know what I mean.......
Or...Do you know someone who has a strange habit that drives you crazy?? Have you told them about it?

2006-08-27 10:54:52 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

Like Amelie cracking the top of a creme-brulee. I personally like squashing pristine cigarette packets, hoovering up things which rattle and piercing the foil on a new jar of coffee.

2006-08-27 10:54:42 · 18 answers · asked by The Global Geezer 7 in Other - Society & Culture

I mean doesn't the bible say that she was? If Protestant don't believe that, how come they don't just follow the old testament? (don't mean to sound harsh)

2006-08-27 10:53:59 · 31 answers · asked by ? 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-27 10:53:35 · 3 answers · asked by hezzy_9805 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I am serious. I know some masons who do alot of good for kids hospitals and stuff. Plus they are decent people. Are they really supposed to be Evil?

2006-08-27 10:53:24 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Read the UN report yourself, it was written by Arab's. http://www.undp.org.sa/Reports/AHDR%202003%20-%20English.pdf#search=%22Arab%20Human%20Development%20Report%202002%22

If you claim that this is only an "arab" thing, your a racist. Arabs are as capable as any other race, they only have the misfortune of being cursed with Islam.

Its amazing, for example Islamic countries translate 1/5....one fifth as many books as Greeks do...think about that!!!! They literally get almost no intellectual edification...no other views...their universe is so tiny.

Why do you think this is?

Islam creates this culture of close-minds and cavemen. Islam creates the high poverty rates. Islam creates the hate and intolerance. Islam is the source...f*** political correctness people....it will be the death of us.

2006-08-27 10:52:50 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Ok, my first week at college. I went to the concert they put on for students, but not liking rap, I left.

I wandered around and came across the small religious room they had with different religious symbols on it and such and..lets make this short!

The room was cool, empty, fountain in the middle.
I wandered around in it, layed down, sat on the floor as I listened to my Mansun album "Six". Paul's album critizing his religion, talking deeply as most of his songs some-what do (ok, the religious part anyway).

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It felt WONDERFUL! I felt sadness, anger, happiness, excitement, peace, confusion, understanding, flashing all within only minutes as i listened. A LOT of pure joy! I did shake a little and almost/kinda cried.

So, has anyone ever done something like this and felt all those emotions so purely.

Please explain.

thanks!

2006-08-27 10:50:55 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

In about 1960 (I was about 8 or 9 years old) I was in a field at night and seen a white light about 6 feet from the ground .When I moved toward it it would move away about the same distance.When I moved away it would follow me staying about the same distance from me..I got scared and ran all the way home.....

2006-08-27 10:50:45 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

well i am a war vetran but shortly after i left veitnam i had a bad infection in my arm ,well because of the infection i had to get my arm cut off [what ever the medical term is] but when ever people ask about my arm i say that i lost it in nam should i tell them the truth ???

2006-08-27 10:49:43 · 15 answers · asked by Moe 1 in Other - Society & Culture

Or do you think you would try to fight for Him and try to maybe eleviate His pain?

2006-08-27 10:48:42 · 20 answers · asked by Jerzey Daze 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Have you ever said "God is doing this" or "God is testing me"

You dont know for sure what God is thinking.

STOP LYING ON GOD

I know God is fake. I'm just having a little fun

2006-08-27 10:48:18 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

ok here goes... i come from a strong pentecostal backround and th is year i have been attending our church ( the west end Christian assembly) every sunday now... i love the Lord, God for all He has done for me... now... i have called on Him to help me because i am very frightened. I have a drug problem. I smoke pot habitually everyday and i have been deeply disturbed by my habit for sometime now ( maybe like 6 months ) and it is really bothering me. perhaps Jesus will speak to me through you and you can help me get through this. i am very addicted, but i love God. and his commandment is to have no other God...to me that means put nothing before Him, have nothing that u do more than worshipping the Lord, which he rightfull deserves. but i feel as if i idolize marijuana and i find this incredibly scary. Jesus made a demon go away from me when i was 5...and it was like a smokey figure... with swirling colorful eyes... it reminds me of my smoking habit ( i also smoke ciggarettes ) help me

2006-08-27 10:47:36 · 34 answers · asked by Amber Marie 2 in Religion & Spirituality

they named a drink after her, remember? dont you have any shame ?

2006-08-27 10:46:53 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

When I worked retail, people would leave dirty diapers in the store, out in the parking lot, wipe their kids butt, nose, hands on the clothes. And then the trash, soda cups, gum wrappers, GUM, let the stroller babies throw their snacks on the floor and then of course ground it into crumbs with the stroller. Parents let the kids open toys to play with while they shop "oh, we're buying that" and then I find it dumped somewhere later.
Do people just have no respect anymore?

2006-08-27 10:46:53 · 25 answers · asked by msuzyq 4 in Etiquette

Okay, I was curious as to what Christians thought about this. By the way, as Muslims, we believe in Jesus, Moses, David and all those Prophets, we also believe that Muhammad was the last and final messenger, peace be upon them all.
Ok, firstly, "Paran" is a biblical name for the part of Arabia called Hejaz where prophet Muhammad [pbuh] was born. When prophet Ishmael and his mother were driven out by Sarah; they settled in the "Wilderness of Paran" (Genesis, 21:21).
Look at the following Verse: "And he said, The LORD came from Si'-nai, and rose up from Se'-ir unto them; he shined forth from mount Pa'-ran [Mecca in Arabic], and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them. (The King James Version Bible, Deuteronomy 33:2)"
When the Prophet and the Muslims re-entered Mecca, they entered and took it over (without shedding blood) with exactly 10,000 fighters. Also, the thing that Islam is known is for is its structured set of law for living.

2006-08-27 10:46:02 · 12 answers · asked by Ibrahim 3 in Religion & Spirituality

and what time is it where you are? how are you feeling? Just tell me how everything is going for you right now?

2006-08-27 10:45:16 · 28 answers · asked by Frax 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-27 10:44:35 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

they are always with a bad attitude some black guy told me
I think everyone is mental these days *sighs*

2006-08-27 10:43:51 · 49 answers · asked by Stephanie D 3 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2006-08-27 10:41:58 · 26 answers · asked by Tom 4 in Religion & Spirituality

TYPICAL CLAIMS MY CHRISTIANS

1. God blessed me with a good job
2. God wanted me to lose the good job for a reason
3. God is testing my faith
4. God is showing me signs
5. God sent him to me
6 God didn't send him to me. It's a test

2006-08-27 10:41:15 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway,.Austria, Iceland, Hungary, Romania, Latvia, Bulgaria, Germany, Ukraine, and Croatia.

2006-08-27 10:38:07 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i often wonder cause most questions under religion and spirituality seem to be people mocking my Faith. I have respect for everyone no matter what Faith or denomination or colour or creed. Why then is it always that atheists and non-believers come on here to trash my Faith with their twisted and trashy answers or questions. I do volunteer work in the community because i am called to do that as a Christian. I do youth work (so youth stay out of trouble) i dont think i would have done this if i had a different upbringing cause the world as we know it suggest that its every person for him/herself....that which is selfish and not based on love. Do these non-believers come here because their own lives are so messed up they have to trash Christianity for a laugh...its common for the uneducated to laugh at that which they dont understand, i have yet to see a Christian who asks mocking questions because of their non-belief...does this boil down to a matter of respect? just wondering....

2006-08-27 10:37:12 · 31 answers · asked by Wisdom 4 in Religion & Spirituality

How do you reconcile the contradictions in the Bible? For example:

The sixth commandment says you shall not commit murder, yet David slew Goliath. Did he sin?
How can religious ministers take paid roles in the armed services?

Just interested in your views.

2006-08-27 10:37:09 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-27 10:36:01 · 13 answers · asked by Gettysburg Ghost 3 in Mythology & Folklore