Society & Culture - 30 August 2006

Please don't answer with "because it's the truth" or "because the bible tells me to" or "becuase I have been brainwashed into believing it". Please don't quote scriptures. Please don't say that it's because you go to hell if you don't believe.

Please just give the honest truth why YOU believe, without mentioning any of the above.

THANKS!!

2006-08-30 03:28:47 · 32 answers · asked by shoby_shoby2003 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I am also an Alcoholics Anonymous member and they tell me I am Powerless and I have a Disease!

It must be the "cross I must carry" and Jesus will surely Save me. Ask Bill W. or my very best cultist, Clancy!

Oh Jesus, Save Me and Take me Home!

2006-08-30 03:28:15 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

I understand that the Jewish community considers a child to be Jewish if their mother is Jewish. However, how far back does that go? For example my wife's maternal great-grandmother was Jewish, however my wife, her mother, and grandmother are all pseudo-Christian. According to what I have read, the Jewish lineage applies regardless of whether the individual was a practicing Jew. Therefore, would my daughter be considered to be Jewish?

I ask b/c my daughter will be attending a Jewish pre-school (just b/c it is the best in the area I had no idea about the lineage before enrolling her), and I would be more apt to reinforce the cultural aspects of Judaism she is exposed to through her class.

As my wife and I are now Unitarian, we are excited about her exposure to different religions and cultures, but it would be even more special if she were, in fact, culturally Jewish.

Any clarification you could lend me would be great.

2006-08-30 03:28:15 · 3 answers · asked by novaport46 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-30 03:25:30 · 15 answers · asked by gsdrsam4 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Is someone speeding up time to make it go faster? If so, who?

2006-08-30 03:25:17 · 10 answers · asked by answerman 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-08-30 03:25:13 · 29 answers · asked by I Found Jesus in the Dumpster! 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I really don't very many.. They are alike in a lot of things.. What's your opinion?

2006-08-30 03:25:10 · 11 answers · asked by sshhmmee2000 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-08-30 03:25:07 · 4 answers · asked by shaawanat 2 in Other - Society & Culture

For example, I keep seeing people say "I'd rather believe, just in case, so I don't end up in hell". Why not choose to believe in Hinduism, or Allah or any of 30 other religions to avoid their version? Is it because the Christian version of hell sounds much worse? Is it a familiarity and omnipresence of the religion in the society you grew up in? What made you choose one over another? Can you honestly say you made an educated decision and "shopped around" for your religion or did you take the first thing presented to you?

2006-08-30 03:25:01 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

The continent of North America is made up of all of the Caribbean islands, Central America, Canada, Mexico, and the United States of America.

2006-08-30 03:24:44 · 10 answers · asked by sui generis 1 in Other - Society & Culture

Yahoo answers isn't 'yahooLetsBeSeriousAllTheTime'

so whats the problem if a question may appear to be stupid?

Maybe the one insulting the question isn't on the same wave length and their answer shows they don't understand.

lighten up people.

2006-08-30 03:24:39 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Who is your god? This is of course NOT a religion question, but since it IS IN THE QUESTION, I thought I would put it here.
I DO NOT intend this to be blasphemous, or a knock against any religion. The shirt just piqued my curiosity. Have a great day.

2006-08-30 03:24:11 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I'm originally from a town called Caerphilly, anyone else from there on here today?

2006-08-30 03:23:39 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

i saw a dollar bill on the ground today and i thought about not picking it up.....
then, i walked my dog around the block and came back and it was still there, so i picked it up.

i guess it has to be at least a dollar for me to exert the effort of picking it up....
thanks all!

2006-08-30 03:23:25 · 26 answers · asked by joey322 6 in Other - Society & Culture

I assume that you pray. Well, think back to the recent times when you have. Were you wearing a head covering, like a veil or a scarf? If not, you have violated Scriptural instructions!

Read I Corinthians 11:5-6. It says that a woman who prays without a head covering should be shorn.

You know you've broken the rule. So go, right now, and cut off all your hair! You don't want God mad at you!

[Don't tell me that this was just for back then. God's word is eternal!]

2006-08-30 03:22:35 · 22 answers · asked by kreevich 5 in Religion & Spirituality

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AND not even a fast wash up --think it's called a bird bath.

2006-08-30 03:22:23 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

http://www.hinduwisdom.info/contents.htm

2006-08-30 03:21:00 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

What do you know about them? What do you think about the way that they lived? Was Jesus studying with these people in his younger years?

2006-08-30 03:20:14 · 7 answers · asked by Metacoma 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Tom Cruise is? In retrospect do you think that he should have kept his mouth shut about all of that psychiatry hating, placenta eating, silent birth spouting, Katie Holmes loving nonsense? Despite being a celebrity that does not give him the right to proselytise, and John Travolta [also one of your people] doesn't act in the same way!

2006-08-30 03:19:53 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Does anybody know what the word "water" is in spanish? Is it Agua? And what are the words "Water Spirit" in spanish? The two words put together will be prounounced differently I think... if anyone could help (people who speak Spanish) that would be great. (I googled Translation websites, and they all give me different answers, I would like the phrase to be grammatically correct, and I don't know which website was right.....)

2006-08-30 03:19:40 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

Hi everyone,
How to say a undergraduate report (a piece of paper, really) in which required/ selected courses , credits and grades in each semester are listed? What is the English word for this thing? ''Student Report?"
Please help!

2006-08-30 03:19:29 · 1 answers · asked by Bing 1 in Languages

According to Ephesians Chapter Four.

2006-08-30 03:18:07 · 5 answers · asked by jollypig 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I just like hearing about fortunate situations in one's life. It would get me into a better mood, maybe a little hopeful.

2006-08-30 03:17:44 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

and communicated that he was sick of humanity... and, he said that no more souls would be admitted to heaven ever, that everyone currently living and that will be born in the future for all time is assured a place in Hell when they die, no exceptions, would you change your life? How? How would our world change? Please be specific, I'd like to hear things I haven't thought of.

2006-08-30 03:16:01 · 13 answers · asked by 006 6 in Religion & Spirituality

How about this... I have a gun to your head. You tell me the funniest joke you ever heard and I'll spare your life and save you. If not, you're dead. Should you be thanking me for offering you the chance to spare your life or hating me for putting the gun to your head in the first place?

2006-08-30 03:14:22 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

when paul wrote that homosexuals will not inherit God's kingdom it was his own prejudecial views that we read about. Since they were not the words of jesus why should we believe paul?
where did jesus tell us that homosexuality is a sin?

2006-08-30 03:14:08 · 25 answers · asked by s21181 1 in Religion & Spirituality

1) I wouldn't send anyone to Hell, since it's infinite punishment and no one is infinitely evil.

2) I don't hide out in Never-Never Land and demand people believe in me, without proof or even evidence.

3) I wouldn't sit idly by while natural disasters ("Acts of God") happen, or while massive human atrocities occur. Say what you will about Free Will, but when a child is about to hurt themselves or others, a caring parent intervenes.

4) I'd take responsibility for myself. I wouldn't create imperfect beings, then get all mad when they turn out to be imperfect, and go do something rash like drown everybody.

Yep, I'm better than God.

2006-08-30 03:12:49 · 40 answers · asked by kreevich 5 in Religion & Spirituality

The stereotypical "jim_darwinite" based on the fact that I know 99%of them, is that they are mainly college educated professionals in the workplace aged 20-30 who dig budhism and stuff like this and want to feel connected to other people but dont want to deal with believing in fairy tales that there arent evidence for, probably evolutionists, probably love America and love freedom. Probably vote Democratic.

Thats my stereotype.

2006-08-30 03:12:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Once again, I've a question on the French language. I was wondering if anyone had some great ways to understand and fluently be able to use French negation.
Before you ask, I've already asked a French teacher to no avail: "You always use "ne 'verb' pas", otherwise it's incorrect." And she's French!
Would the book "Sentential Negation in French" ISBN: 0195125916 be of any help to me?

2006-08-30 03:12:06 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

2006-08-30 03:11:58 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality