Society & Culture - 29 August 2006

like Gay Marriages, Polygamy, Polyandry etc....

2006-08-29 09:34:56 · 3 answers · asked by enlight100 3 in Other - Society & Culture

And to think the electricity they use to light those signs IS NOT TAXED!! So essentially, by being a good taxpaying atheist, I get to pay the church to preach to me!

2006-08-29 09:34:49 · 23 answers · asked by I Found Jesus in the Dumpster! 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Who knows the real meaning of the word agape?

2006-08-29 09:34:44 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

because the bible says you wont go to heaven

2006-08-29 09:34:19 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

WHAT must a person do to be SAVED?????????????????
in 4 words or less.

2006-08-29 09:32:53 · 38 answers · asked by littlecwoman 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I do

2006-08-29 09:32:47 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I'd like to know people's experiences with ghosts too.

2006-08-29 09:32:33 · 22 answers · asked by mystic_firefly43 2 in Mythology & Folklore

2006-08-29 09:31:30 · 38 answers · asked by I Found Jesus in the Dumpster! 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Just because I have faith and believe in God, and believe in things like Heaven and Hell, Jesus, the Resurrection, etc...why does that make me an idiot? I'm well-educated, a CPA, hold a good job at a major company making a very good living for my age. I'm not a hypocrite...I don't tell people they're going to Hell because it's not up to me. I leave the judging to God, and I do nice things for people because it's the right thing to do. Why do you have to call me stupid because I believe in something that you don't?

2006-08-29 09:31:08 · 19 answers · asked by sgmaluv 2 in Religion & Spirituality

my day has been okay....what about your's, anything interesting happen today???

2006-08-29 09:30:58 · 41 answers · asked by Gemini 3 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-29 09:30:49 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Are there any known cases of ritual abuse? Where does this kind of thing take place? What is involved?
I find it hard to believe that people actually do this.

2006-08-29 09:30:20 · 11 answers · asked by Red 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-29 09:29:51 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

ok i am a fag hag! honestly i do like gay people but i havent gotten the balls to ask my gay friend this question...ok a homophobic friend of mine said that gay men always need to wear bug plugs because of all that anal sex, i said no it's not true...we made a bet if i win i get 20 bucks....BUT listen this question is not meant to be offensive or anything ok....so do they wear butt plugs?

2006-08-29 09:29:29 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2 Peter 1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

2 Peter 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

2 Peter 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake [as they were] moved by the Holy Ghost.

2006-08-29 09:28:52 · 20 answers · asked by holyghost130 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Ok this is just a question from school... I have todebate it so I want to hear the peoples answers. Serious ones please.

What if the United States Constitution was amended to declare that Biblical Christianity is the official religion of the United States of America.

Once again... serious answers people... I need some real pro's and con's here for the debate.

2006-08-29 09:28:47 · 12 answers · asked by TheMadHatter 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-29 09:28:13 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

This is for Catholics or Hindus or followers of any religion that uses statues.
Does anyone actually worship the statue or do they use the statue only to symbolize the thing that they worship?

I'm asking cause I heard that religions that use statues to symbolize their saints or gods 'worship' the statues but I suspect that is BS used by protestant christians to denegrate Catholicism and by followers of the monotheistic religions to denegreate followers of polytheistic religions.

What do you think?

2006-08-29 09:27:02 · 10 answers · asked by mikayla_starstuff 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-29 09:26:18 · 32 answers · asked by J S 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-29 09:26:17 · 8 answers · asked by Jelly 2 in Other - Society & Culture

I've been all over the world and have experienced the ire of other nationals who hate the states and the arrogant rude aggressive attitude of americans. I have had to make it clear that I am Canadian on several occasions.

2006-08-29 09:26:04 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

he doesn't exist.

If we accept god doesn't exist - we are free from having to invent silly explanations as to why he stands by and watches pedophiles act out their sick fantacies.

Could you stand by and watch a pedophile abuse a child - as god does?

2006-08-29 09:25:38 · 28 answers · asked by aurora03uk 1 in Religion & Spirituality

what's so gross about bodily functions? Do you think a person is less clean or not as polite if you catch them fart or you happen to hear them taking a dump in the next stall over? Really, we all crap, pee, fart, and vomit so what's the big deal?

2006-08-29 09:25:13 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

2006-08-29 09:24:26 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

It just irks you. Help us avoid the verbal landmine. Thanks!

2006-08-29 09:24:23 · 14 answers · asked by Vosot 3 in Other - Society & Culture

Hey...just a quick question for those who reside in the Bay area/SF...I just moved here about 10days ago for school and the past 10days ive been busy with moving into an apartment and registering for classes and so on...now ive got about another 10days till classes begin and i would love to know if there are any MUST-SEE spots and nice live reggae/rock/acid-jazz bars or so on...

If you do live in the area and you know of some cool places,please do let me know...i would appreciate it...thanx!! :)

Oh since im going to be alone,pls make sure you pick some safe places/neighbourhoods.

2006-08-29 09:23:57 · 11 answers · asked by TitaWidTheGoldenVoice 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

10 - You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours.
9 - You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt
8 - You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Triune God
7 - Your face turns purple when you hear of the "atrocities" attributed to Allah, but you don't even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in "Exodus" and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in "Joshua" including women, children, and trees!

6 - You laugh at Hindu beliefs that deify humans, and Greek claims about gods sleeping with women, but you have no problem believing that the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, who then gave birth to a man-god who got killed, came back to life and then ascended into the sky.

5 - You are willing to spend your life looking for little loopholes in the scientifically established age of Earth (few billion years), but you find nothing wrong with believing dates recorded by Bronze Age tribesmen sitting in their tents and guessing that Earth is a few generations old.

4 - You believe that the entire population of this planet with the exception of those who share your beliefs -- though excluding those in all rival sects - will spend Eternity in an infinite Hell of Suffering. And yet consider your religion the most "tolerant" and "loving."

3 - While modern science, history, geology, biology, and physics have failed to convince you otherwise, some idiot rolling around on the floor speaking in "tongues" may be all the evidence you need to "prove" Christianity.

2 - You define 0.01% as a "high success rate" when it comes to answered prayers. You consider that to be evidence that prayer works. And you think that the remaining 99.99% FAILURE was simply the will of God.

1 - You actually know a lot less than many atheists and agnostics do about the Bible, Christianity, and church history - but still call yourself a Christian

2006-08-29 09:23:41 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

So, since it seems that there cannot be a sacrifice w/o a temple, and since the temple cannot be rebuilt due to the Muslims occupying the territory by which the old temple once stood. Then does wouldn't it be correct to say that since there are no sacrifices for the sins of the people that the Jews are doing nothing to save themselves from Hell?

2006-08-29 09:23:19 · 9 answers · asked by MD 3 in Religion & Spirituality

but I am getting bloody tired of the Christians who have been trying to shove their beliefs down my throat here today.

JESUS IS NOT THE CREATOR OR THE SAVIOUR OF ALL. YOU CAN NOT USE THE BIBLE TO PROVE THAT THE BIBLE IS TRUE. CHRISTIANITY IS ABOUT JUSTIFYING A PATRIARCHAL, HIERARCHAL SYSTEM AND I WILL NOT, EVEN UNDER TORTURE, ACCEPT IT.

If you want to preach go stand on a street corner or something and stop wasting our time. If you want to ask questions and give your point of view, great. But stop condeming everybody.

so, now that I've got that off my chest, what do you all think?

2006-08-29 09:22:54 · 44 answers · asked by bregweidd 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I can remember reading as a child about a table you could touch, say what you wanted to eat it would appear, and when you finished you would tell it to take it away and it disappeared.

Now I'm a grown-up I want a bedknobs and broomsticks bed, so I can go partying and fall in it and it could take me home!

2006-08-29 09:22:37 · 36 answers · asked by Thia 6 in Mythology & Folklore