Society & Culture - 18 September 2006

2006-09-18 17:11:03 · 20 answers · asked by fresh2 4 in Religion & Spirituality

ok i was thinking the other day and i was wondering if adam and eve was the only two people then how did chineese and mexican or even black happen?? and not only that we discovered indians. because they were the only ones in america. same in other countries if there is no report of them at all. like in ancient times they did drawings or writings that we can understand. do you think us humans thought too much or what?

2006-09-18 17:10:27 · 25 answers · asked by my_precious_wyatt 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I just returned from the wake of a cousin. I've attended many wakes and memorials over the wakes. The question is: since there usually are several of the deceased's family members in the receiving line, what is an appropriate sympathetic thing to say? After saying, over and over, "you have my sympathies" or "I'm very sorry for your loss" it all seems to become trite and meaningless. It's not that I don't mean it, it just feels inadequate. Any ideas? Thanks

2006-09-18 17:07:59 · 10 answers · asked by Apex 2 in Etiquette

their breath fresh without chewing gum or mints. I see them on award shows and they sit for hours and then preform or say a speech and I wonder is their breath fresh after?

2006-09-18 17:07:25 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

A woman I work with is constantly receiving gifts of food from ladies in the office; she is our supervisor. The food is from women of a different culture; we are American. They bring her large containers, enough to share with her family. She accepts the food graciously, but, she doesn't really like most of their foods. In the office she will whisper to me that it is awful. She told me (more than once) that she takes it home and throws it in the garbage. She even goes so far as to tell them it was delicious and ask for the recipe!
Last week, because I'd had enough of listening to this, I suggested that she just tell them. I said that these women would not be offended if you graciously thanked them for being so thoughtful,but tell them that she did not care for that particular dish.
She said it would be rude to say that she did not like the food, and that she will continue to accept it, and throw it away! I was appalled, but I did not say any thing more. What is your opinion?

2006-09-18 17:07:06 · 12 answers · asked by candace b 7 in Etiquette

Why do most yahoo answers users insist on making fun of religions. We know some people are anti-christian but just leave us alone. Making fun of us will not get you anywhere. So everyone, chill out and grow up.

2006-09-18 17:06:59 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

My friend is a spoiled lil' rich girl! She goes shopping every weekend! I never do! Her mom gives her money and lets her buy whatever! 3 new shirts, 2 new skirts, 2 makeup kits, and 1 pair of shoes! That's only the half off it!! Should I tell her it hurts my feeling when she constantly brags? I mean... I'm not poor, I just... don't have money it waste here and there!!

2006-09-18 17:06:11 · 17 answers · asked by sugaladie77 2 in Etiquette

"I would like to address every single Muslim and tell you that I am sorry. I have forgotten how much we have in common with each other. You too, should think about the times we have shared over the years, and that we are all from the same non-existent concept of God. Hey, we can't even decide if God is Jesus and Jesus is God and the Holy Spirit, or If God is God, Jesus is the Son of God, and the Holy Spirit is the... oh forgive me, my feeble old mind hasn't been the same ever since I was a young Nazi youth.
I have watched many of my men kill in the name of our God and i have seen many of you do the same. We have been fighting for years but all of the time it took to try and get past that by claiming it wasn't real Christians that did it will be wasted. I made the mistake of exposing my honest and biblical belief that you are all heathens that deserve to die.

I will now read a scripture from my faithful bible," "If your own full brother, or your son or daughter, or your beloved wife, or you intimate friend, entices you secretly to serve other gods, whom you and your fathers have not known, gods of any other nations, near at hand or far away from one end of the earth to the other: do not yield to him or listen to him, nor look with pity upon him, to spare or shield him, but kill him.” Deut.13:7-12

2006-09-18 17:06:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-09-18 17:05:51 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

should i quit my job?

2006-09-18 17:04:16 · 15 answers · asked by blondepiaga 1 in Etiquette

How did South America come to be be called "Latin America"? Latin isn't spoken anywhere anymore.

2006-09-18 17:04:09 · 18 answers · asked by Helping Hand IT 2 in Languages

2006-09-18 17:04:08 · 7 answers · asked by Eddison T 1 in Religion & Spirituality

They'd rather just get angry and burn stuff.

2006-09-18 17:03:15 · 14 answers · asked by Sammy 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Love? your career? your family? your faith ?friends? your home? travel? making money?

What is the one thing you would work for the most and how is this reflected in your life's choices?

2006-09-18 17:02:34 · 15 answers · asked by dorcas_3210 3 in Other - Society & Culture

We all know and love the one about him telling Abraham to kill his son, and Abraham nearly doing it instead of asking god if he was serious. What other funny stuff has this merry prankster been up to?

2006-09-18 17:01:58 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-09-18 17:01:48 · 11 answers · asked by stybaj 2 in Religion & Spirituality

it seems to me that after a long period of time, people abandon certian religions. i think they are ways for people to explain things they cant without science.

2006-09-18 17:01:15 · 10 answers · asked by c_faran 2 in Religion & Spirituality

what good would he do?

"Give to him who begs from you, and do not refuse him who would borrow from you"Jesus favors more government handouts for welfare cheats.

"Judge not, that you be not judged"Jesus is soft on crime

"Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's"Jesus will raise your taxes.

"Do not resist one who is evil. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other"Can we trust Jesus to fight the War on Terror?

Jesus- Wrong on social services Wrong on crime Wrong on defense Wrong for America

2006-09-18 17:00:55 · 28 answers · asked by notdon 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Yet when an Arab Leader. or Muslim Holy man outright threatens christians with death, we the christian world/people sit back and smile??

2006-09-18 17:00:53 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-09-18 16:59:51 · 11 answers · asked by managuense 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I've looked just about everywhere. I'm not interested in the press-on style.

2006-09-18 16:59:48 · 7 answers · asked by grammiecarrie 1 in Other - Holidays

I was at a Filbar (a bookstore n magazine shop) yesterday. And what greeted me was Ok issues. The Jessica-Nick stories, The Angelina-Bradd-Jen issues, Linday Lohan's, Kate-TomCruise and Britney-Kevin life stories. As in every issue covers no one but them. It made me sick seeing those magazines. I thought, if I'm gonna buy one, I will not only have to be several pesos poorer, I would be also intellectually-inferior or yeah perhaps brighter on a lower level..tsk tsk.

2006-09-18 16:59:24 · 7 answers · asked by cher_dc_xu 2 in Other - Society & Culture

Okay, I know this wont go over very well with most people but I have a serious problem. My family and I have moved to a new home about 6 months ago. Since then, we've all changed. My husband and I argue alot, (we never have before after 13 years together) We're all plagued with negative thoughts and feelings. Our cars constantly need repair, they're are cold spots in the house (we live in the deep south, its summer time) Some of our friends act weird here (hateful and rude when they're usually easy going when we're elsewhere. ) My son won't sleep in his room because he has nightmares.

Before we bought our home, a crew had to come in to repair all the holes in the walls where the people who lived here before fought all the time and punched holes in them. The carpets had burn holes where they tried to burn the house down.
Could their negative energies have stayed behind? or I'm I just being silly. I'm looking for a Pagan perspective as well as all others. Thanks!

2006-09-18 16:58:58 · 9 answers · asked by Bree 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Here's a verse that talks of both:
Hebrews 4:12 "For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."

So what is the difference?

2006-09-18 16:58:54 · 12 answers · asked by stybaj 2 in Religion & Spirituality

any sites about past lives who you might be i got one a couple years ago and i am very crappy at math equations. but the site say i was a chemist in the 1700's and when i got to 10th grade i did chemistry and it all clicked and i aced the class. just wondering im bored and it seems intresting right now.

2006-09-18 16:58:45 · 5 answers · asked by my_precious_wyatt 2 in Mythology & Folklore

2006-09-18 16:58:29 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I've run out of ways to ridicule Christians. It's just the same ole thing over and over. Christians are irrational, stupid, and annoying. I have said it all already.

So I might as well just become one now. How do I do that?

Oh yeah, and will Jesus forgive me for bashing his followers?

2006-09-18 16:58:14 · 25 answers · asked by Developing Love 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I know their bible tells them to tell everyone about god and tell them about false religons. However for "the" christians that are trying to force their religon on people when its unwanted, don't you/ they know it's rude?
Everyone have's a right to believe in what ever they want too and they should respect other peoples right to do the same. Don't tell me that I should stay out of the religion section If I don't want to hear it. Cause 1.) There are more religions then one. 2.) I don't even have to be in this section and I still get hate mail from some of the Christians on here.
I know about the bible I just choose not to follow it cause I don't believe in it. That is my right, so there is no need to tell me about God or that I am going to hell cause I don't belive in it therfor I don't care to hear it.

2006-09-18 16:56:54 · 18 answers · asked by larrys_babygurl_4life 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I would like to know

2006-09-18 16:55:51 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

2006-09-18 16:55:16 · 21 answers · asked by managuense 1 in Religion & Spirituality