Society & Culture - 29 August 2006

I am just curious, I am new here and want to find some good questions to answer.

2006-08-29 03:25:57 · 15 answers · asked by the_whosthe_man 1 in Religion & Spirituality

i hear a lot of god worshipers say that if we were closer or futher away from the sun there would be no life on earth. But this argument makes little sense to me. If there was no life on the planet there would be no one here to wonder we we are 93 million miles from the sun. Isnt it the case that if there are millions of planets orbiting millions of stars - some will be the correct distance apart for life to develop?

2006-08-29 03:25:28 · 20 answers · asked by aurora03uk 1 in Religion & Spirituality

EXAMPLE: Elvis or Princess Dianna

Points go to the one with most IMPACT....HINT, sucker for tear jerkers.

I can't wait for a movie on this story.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/womensbasketball/2006-04-07-obit-dixon_x.htm

2006-08-29 03:24:59 · 13 answers · asked by anitahooker_transvestite 2 in Other - Society & Culture

Are the "thirteen nights of Halloween" before 31st or after?

2006-08-29 03:24:58 · 10 answers · asked by G-Unit 1 in Other - Holidays

im going to a bad school, with druggies and all. how do i still make new friends without them being involved wit all this?
they are like 80% smokers or drug dealers.

2006-08-29 03:24:17 · 10 answers · asked by ? 2 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-29 03:23:50 · 14 answers · asked by Kain 5 in Religion & Spirituality

we all need to change and grow up

2006-08-29 03:23:02 · 21 answers · asked by pacinateskies 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Obviously biology shows differences in hair and skin color which is an obvious visual difference. Therefore we as a society are easy to group people based on their features. However skin color varies so much that it isn’t a good determinant of race. The behavior of the races is mostly social, obviously it is more of a cultural thing that a biological thing.

When the human genome was deciphered they found that races didn't exist because just as other physical traits, if a group of people are secluded in a certain place, mate with only a certain type of people, they could show similarities. There was almost an infinite amount of races that can be made. But these differences are exaggerated; they were found to make a person no different than anyone else of the same race. For example; a tall person would be more different from a short person biologically/genetically. Yet is there a race of tall people that exist? But what is the perpetuator of race? Biology or sociology?

2006-08-29 03:22:44 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

this guy thinks that he can get away with coughing his brain out and destroy the computer that he is working one and destroy the peace at the library and get away with it. what should i do?

2006-08-29 03:22:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

I don't know the facts but becuase its something very prevalent in the west (which are considered to be consisting of almost 85% Christians) it must be allowed i guess

2006-08-29 03:22:20 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I have never really been religious, but a lot has happened in the past two years that has made me go back to my roots. I want to celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kipur. However I do not know what to do.
Can anyone give me like a procedure, checklist or something so that I can participate in the holidays the correct way. I have no idea what I am supposed to have or do.

2006-08-29 03:21:00 · 6 answers · asked by ji 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Last night while watching the Gene Simmons show, it reminded me of the case of the Wisconsin teacher fired from her Catholic school for having been artificially inseminated. This made me wonder about the Catholic views on this subject; do they object to the spilling of seed, or the fact that there might be masturbation involved?

A little bit of googling answered that question, but now I wonder - how does YOUR church/faith/religion view in vitro? Or if you don't belong to an organized religion, how do you personally feel about it?

2006-08-29 03:20:41 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Please do not base your theories/opinions on the DaVinci Code (b/c I can give you a long list of resources that disproves every claim the book makes)...but from your personal experience, can the church be trusted? Please explain why or why not.

2006-08-29 03:20:35 · 18 answers · asked by willturner1_86 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I am just curious, I am new here and want to find some good questions to answer.

2006-08-29 03:19:51 · 6 answers · asked by the_whosthe_man 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Meaning why is there so much hunger & war ect in the world..why is it so unequally balanced?

2006-08-29 03:19:25 · 36 answers · asked by Irish... 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-29 03:19:14 · 17 answers · asked by gwbruce_2000 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-29 03:19:07 · 6 answers · asked by Eureka! 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Isn't this a good strategy for religions to make people fall in line. Educated adult minds are supposed to me mature enough to reason and accept - arent they?
I am God must be laughing at this strategy adopted by hard lined religeous fanatics, what do you think?

2006-08-29 03:18:58 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Please help, I stumbled upon this this morning. Thanks!

2006-08-29 03:18:37 · 16 answers · asked by reba 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Did Jesus ever claim to be Lord?

"There is condensation and editing; there is choice, reproduction and
witness. The Gospels have come through the mind of the Church behind the
authors. They represent experience and history." (Kenneth Cragg, the
Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem, The Call of the Minaret, p 277)

Jesus never claimed that he was literally the son of God, or God. There are
many verses in the Bible confirming this fact. None of the verses quoted
directly from Jesus support Trinity or deity of Jesus, if we eliminate the
interpretations of St. Paul and his disciples. We will present those verses
in the coming questions. It is a well known historical fact that today's
Christianity is the product of the Nicene Conference (325 AD). In that
conference, the clergy established the Trinity and banned many Gospels that
did not contain their distorted ideas. In today's Bible there are a few
distorted verses about the divinity of Jesus, which contradict the whole
Old Testament, and the majority of the Gospels.

Some outstanding Christian scholars have reached the conclusion that the
deity of Jesus is a mere fabrication. As the examples of critical studies
on Christianity, here I list the name of two books: The Myth of God
Incarnate, John Hick, ed., The Westminster, Philadelphia, 1977, and Jesus:
Myth & Message, Lisa Spray, Universal Unity, Fremont, California, 1992.

The doctrine of modern Christianity with its implication that God Almighty
has a multiple personality, and that He sacrificed one of His personalities
for the salvation of human kind, has nothing to do with Jesus, as we will
discuss in the next questions.

Two translations, two meanings

Here are two translations of Matthew 7:21. One is from the version
authorized by a king (not God), King James, The other is The New American
Bible, which was translated by the members of Catholic Biblical Association
of America. Notice the contradiction between the two translations in the
first three words of that verse:

King James Version:

"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom
of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven."

The New American Bible (1970):

"None of those who cry out, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of God but
only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven."

In light of the verses that follow (Mt 7:22,23), which clearly indicate
Jesus' anger and displeasure at people who call him "Lord, Lord", it is
obvious that both translators distorted Mt 7:21 in a different manner.
Ironically, by comparing them side by side, the true account inevitably
emerges: "None of those who call me, 'Lord, Lord,'. . ."

Our question for Christian Scholars on Mt 7:21 has two parts. The simple
part of the question is:

Which One Is Correct:

"Not every one..." OR "None of those..." ?

And the difficult part is: Why?

2006-08-29 03:18:05 · 19 answers · asked by ewshs 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-29 03:18:02 · 13 answers · asked by apocalips 1 in Etiquette

there people with feeling to, and maybe that why the hate us let it go people and start loving them like your own

2006-08-29 03:17:35 · 13 answers · asked by pacinateskies 2 in Religion & Spirituality

are a lot of christians overwheight

2006-08-29 03:14:17 · 17 answers · asked by Pale_13 2 in Religion & Spirituality

i need a new e-mail address. short and sweet please!
10 points 2 the 1 i choose!

2006-08-29 03:13:30 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-29 03:13:05 · 21 answers · asked by Pale_13 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-29 03:12:43 · 39 answers · asked by baddrose268 5 in Other - Society & Culture

I'm from the north of England but that's as detailed as I'm gonna get. Tell me where you live (town/village, etc) and the nearest to me gets the ten points!

2006-08-29 03:12:27 · 20 answers · asked by Rebecca M 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-29 03:11:44 · 29 answers · asked by enlight100 3 in Religion & Spirituality

They claim they are killing people for Islam but if their religion agrees with killing innocent people and sometimes their own people, something is wrong.The God I know is a loving and forgiving God.God can and will take care of justice without their help.

2006-08-29 03:10:58 · 43 answers · asked by tim r 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-29 03:10:55 · 22 answers · asked by Pale_13 2 in Religion & Spirituality