Society & Culture - 21 September 2006

Hundreds of inoccent people are dieing every week now due to suicide bombers - what motivates these people to act out such episodes of brutality.

2006-09-21 04:01:58 · 14 answers · asked by Andrew1380 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2006-09-21 04:01:50 · 1 answers · asked by ducky 2 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-09-21 04:01:16 · 13 answers · asked by Rajan S 1 in Religion & Spirituality

my fathers sister recently passed away, he was'nt close to her and i never met her. i'm not particularly close to my own family anyway. i was the last one to find out and i was told i need'nt go to the funeral. i've just been ordered by the g/f to send a sympathy card to my father. in it i've written "our dearest sympathies on your loss, thinking of you so and so." i don't think this is an appropiate thing to do, should i rip the card up and tell the g/f to mind her own business? or is it acceptable to send your father a sympathy card on the death of a relative of his and yours?. i'm sorry for having to ask as i'm not very cultured.

2006-09-21 04:01:05 · 28 answers · asked by kremedcheeze 1 in Etiquette

i like buddha quite a lot, and agree with many buddist concepts and teachings, and occasionally i meditate too. i do not consider myself buddist though. i would like to know your opinions. all welcome, but please do patronising.

2006-09-21 04:00:52 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Bless his Holy name!

2006-09-21 04:00:17 · 18 answers · asked by Ned B 1 in Religion & Spirituality

sounds weird huh? well i just have a thing for women.. i get attracted to them.. but i never been into a relationship with a woman. i feel im more attracted to women than a man. im married but still i think about it.. my husband knows i like women but he thinks im not serious.

2006-09-21 03:59:05 · 15 answers · asked by addiee 3 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

how come some people say that are are no diffeneces in the way people speak spanish like for instance a puerto rican can say something and it mean one thing but in mexico it means another thing or a bad word? or why can one person speak spanish from cuba dominian rep. or somewhere else and another spanish speaking person not understand? why do people say there is no difference but yet there really is?

2006-09-21 03:58:14 · 8 answers · asked by t1ch1a 2 in Languages

As a result of another member on this site posting a question asking if atheists had a better sense of humor than religious fundamentalists, I decided to put that idea to the test. I posted the "Allah & Jesus" question about a fictional boxing match between them then later posted "Allah & Jesus Part Two" because of the various witty responses to that post.

Two religious people did not see the humor in this. They were offended to the point where they had both posts deleted. I was not angry or hurt by this action. I was surprised by it.

As a result of this action, I've come to the conclusion that perhaps the original post was correct. Atheist DO have a substancially better sense of humor. They can see the satire and irony in it all. Religious fundamentalists are another story. Given that they had my posts deleted, would you not agree that they have little or no sense of humor and are very thin skinned?

Your thoughts? And as before, humor is always welcome!

2006-09-21 03:58:12 · 13 answers · asked by gjstoryteller 5 in Religion & Spirituality

habits? What and how much do you usually eat and do you do a lot of exercise?

2006-09-21 03:57:30 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

so I get to have the opportunity to play football at the highest level.
And I have a great guardian/guide who will help me pioritise my life and stay on track.

And have a really energetic, agile, flexible and athletic body capable of phenomenal pace and acceleration yet always in perfect balance. Plus have really fast feet.

2006-09-21 03:57:20 · 7 answers · asked by dasalvager 1 in Religion & Spirituality

My friend's girlfriend recently broke up with him, because of religion. She is a very loyal christian and she does not want to be with her boy friend because he does not share the same beliefs and she fears that he may go to hell. I know in the Bible, there is something that describes how your faith will save person you love from eternal damnation. However, I need more Biblical proof that backs it up.

2006-09-21 03:56:46 · 21 answers · asked by Danny 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-09-21 03:56:30 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2006-09-21 03:56:05 · 1 answers · asked by Life Blows 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-09-21 03:55:37 · 5 answers · asked by ANGIO 1 in Languages

if this is really a truth then dont you think that the standard of education in america has to be very low. i thought that americans love to be free.
I am not from america, however since when did you americans decided to become slaves?

2006-09-21 03:55:20 · 21 answers · asked by bridges of madison county 1 in Religion & Spirituality

...even after talking to God about them?

2006-09-21 03:54:28 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I mean, one of those days when you are stunned by the ingenuety or stupidity of Humans....Not that you aren't one, but just one of those days when you feel like an objective observer?

2006-09-21 03:53:40 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

I kinda think of R&S as a neighborhood bar where most ppl know eachother.

2006-09-21 03:53:30 · 13 answers · asked by Randy 2 in Religion & Spirituality

If everything that happens to you is God's will or Jesus's or whoever the hell you follow, why do you seek medical help when you get sick? Surely you should just let nature take its course and leave it up to God/Jesus/etc. to decide whether you should stay or go? Aren't you just interfering with their work?

2006-09-21 03:52:42 · 33 answers · asked by Ellie29uk 3 in Religion & Spirituality

would you rather get up close and personal with a sheep or a goat? me personally... none of them but if you hit the reincarnation jackpot , it could be you

2006-09-21 03:52:35 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-09-21 03:52:33 · 2 answers · asked by bsantezee 2 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-09-21 03:52:09 · 2 answers · asked by * Sol * 5 in Other - Society & Culture

a possible look into the how the early Christian church was spread?

What I mean by that is this guy (we'll call him Joe) makes up this book and calls it the word of god. Even though he is widely renounced by the dominant religion of that day; his movement continues to draw followers and converts.

christianity had the roman empire
mormonism has the United States

I can see 2,000 years from now, the debates on Yahoo!Answers questioning if Joseph Smith existed?

For the purpose of full disclosure, I am an atheist and I think you're all a bit nuts about this religion stuff...

2006-09-21 03:51:04 · 10 answers · asked by JerseyRick 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-09-21 03:50:05 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

the rest of us are moroons that going burn in hell.

2006-09-21 03:49:05 · 17 answers · asked by BorgPet6of10 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I just asked another question in this section about automated phone systems.

I posted my question here because I feel the most comfortable here. I got tons of answers that seemed edgy about me using religion and spirituality section...Does it REALLY matter ?

2006-09-21 03:48:52 · 16 answers · asked by heresyhunter@sbcglobal.net 4 in Religion & Spirituality

This answer to another question here struck me:

//"Happy" is a very shallow goal for life.//

Okay, *why*? And why do conservatives, Christians in particular, so often decry "feel-good" rhetoric or what they call "If it feels good, do it?"

Pain is a message to the mind from the body--why not pleasure?

We're created to feel pleasure--do you think God gave us extra junk when we were given taste buds, certain lobes of our brains, etc.?

As a person with chronic clinical depression, I have worked *very hard* to be happy, and I'm proud of both the journey and the result.

And I take more evidence that there's a good creator from this happy baby bear than anyone who tells me there's something bad about feeling good:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/somesay/247796560/

What do y'all think?

2006-09-21 03:48:01 · 8 answers · asked by GreenEyedLilo 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-09-21 03:47:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-09-21 03:46:13 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Community Service