Society & Culture - 26 September 2006

I was driving to work this cool morning, and drove by the ocean. The sun was coming up, and the sunrise was so beautiful. There were pinks, blues, purples, and oranges. I thought to myself, this would be a waste if it was all by accident.

2006-09-26 02:03:09 · 12 answers · asked by Casey M 4 in Religion & Spirituality

i cannot get ANY kind of job, and i mean that. most people seem to think that it means i am not trying. they say, just get some shitty boring job. the point is that i can't even get those. i have tried. nobody wants me. the way i was brought up was to be polite, unassuming, gentle. even to answer a phone they want a **** who can yell really loudly about himself and has ambition. essentially, someone who i would probably hate. so the question is: should i keep trying? or just run away and hide? and why should i have to change, if indeed i can, or should? to be honest, this is becoming more of a rhetorical question.
what if you do not fit in with society, at all, through no fault of your own?

2006-09-26 02:02:42 · 5 answers · asked by barnyianni 2 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-09-26 02:01:47 · 33 answers · asked by ted 3 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Doesn't that just exemplify what the rich care about, sports! Big money will always be given to have the best in sports but never enough to keep people out of poverty.
I don't hate sports, just noticing the imbalance here.
What are others thinking about this? Do we need to change our priorities?

2006-09-26 01:59:43 · 12 answers · asked by Greanwitch 3 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-09-26 01:58:47 · 79 answers · asked by David M 2 in Mythology & Folklore

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AspdwS334z730cdKSwNQZVDzy6IX?qid=20060926054539AApm73V


Who gets to decide when God's original written law has surpassed it's usefulness in the given time period?

2006-09-26 01:57:06 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-09-26 01:56:15 · 6 answers · asked by Sorriso 3 in Other - Society & Culture

Being raised in a very strict Christan home, and denomination, I was often confused about what I was taught. Like Deut 22:5 Abomination to wear slacks for women. But if you follow pieces of the law, shouldn't you obey them all? If Jesus fulfilled the law and we aren't bound by it any longer like they teach, then why pick out several pet verses from the law, and make them your doctrine? And there are more scriptures that they would pick one verse out of to preach, and their interpretation was totally out of context with the rest of the chapter like the one for not wearing jewelry they quoted I Peter 3:3-4, but when read with the rest of the chapter it means you are to treat your husband well. When you point these things out, they say you have to take it on faith, or you aren't saved. Or you are rebellious and don't want to follow the Bible. I resolved for myself to follow the actual Scripture, but wonder how my family and old friends can be so decieved.

2006-09-26 01:55:33 · 20 answers · asked by J-O-Y 2 in Religion & Spirituality

can you believe these statistics

Around the world at least I women in 3 has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime. Most often the abuser is a member of her own family
An estimated 91% of victims of rape are female, 9% are male and 99% of offenders are male.

77% of rapes are committed by someone known to the person raped.

According to the National Crime Victimization Survey there were an estimated 248,000 rapes and sexual assaults against victims over the age of 12 in the US in 2001.

According to the National Victim Center, 683,000 women are raped each year.

Only 2% of rapists are convicted and imprisoned.

Women of all ethnicities are raped: American Indian/Alaska Native women are most likely to report a rape and Asian/Pacific Islander the least likely.

2006-09-26 01:53:54 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

People are forever using i.e. when they mean e.g. and vice versa.
I wish people would try to be a bit smarter.

2006-09-26 01:53:04 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

2006-09-26 01:48:07 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

What would he tell us of God , Of Allah, what would his vision of God be.
When, his foundation, being lay'd by his father Abraham,ishmaels corner stone,( over his first 16 years) -- had been absolutely shattered when he was cast out of his fathers
house and sent away with his mother Haggar. Wouldnt that destroy your ability and desire to believe in the same God as your Father. Him being attacked by all mannor of despare, been abandoned by his father, his corner stone, his blessing, and cast out, what a terrible pain that must be; seen in countlas sons around the world today in the same situation in there broken family lives.
My son is one and l feel his pain . l under stand his empty ness, his anguish, His spiritual dislocation from his loving father, the blessing of Abraham.
How can he believe in my god when l have "abandened" him.
How can l believe in my fathers blessing when he has abandened me ?"I could not.- Believe in God YES , but not as my father, whom has cast me out!

2006-09-26 01:46:14 · 9 answers · asked by David S 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-09-26 01:46:14 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

There have been blatant examples dealing with rape, slavery, God-promoted killing, and so on from the Old Testament and every time the answer is the same. "That's the Old Testament, we are now in the New Testament." Should we completely throw out the Old Testament then if you don't agree with what it says? Try not to be hypocritical for once in your life and realize that not everything that's said in the bible is healthy to believe in.

2006-09-26 01:45:39 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

"For this cause a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh"

I mean doesn't that pretty much say it? So why do christians always preach family values when their own scripture discourages close extended family? Does the bible consider only your spouse and children (while their young) important but not your other family members, such as parents, siblings, aunt, uncles, nephews, neices, etc..

2006-09-26 01:45:25 · 12 answers · asked by fsernisi 1 in Religion & Spirituality

do you think he arranged jobs and then never showed up ?

2006-09-26 01:45:18 · 10 answers · asked by senoirpob 2 in Other - Society & Culture

I have had some very strange expereinces in my sleep that felt very real, I was wondering if they were more than knightmares...

2006-09-26 01:44:01 · 16 answers · asked by Shadow 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-09-26 01:43:50 · 22 answers · asked by imhere20032001 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-09-26 01:39:59 · 8 answers · asked by Toni T 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-09-26 01:38:17 · 14 answers · asked by Earth 1 in Mythology & Folklore

Isn't muhammed supposed to be the finest example of a man in islam? Why not lead your life the way he did?

2006-09-26 01:37:32 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-09-26 01:37:25 · 8 answers · asked by mouthbreather77 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Muhammad in the old testemant
http://www.islamreligion.com/articles/199/


Muhammad in new testemant
http://www.islamreligion.com/articles/201/

http://www.islamreligion.com/articles/198/

Witness of scholars
http://www.islamreligion.com/articles/200/

Please read before you answer and serious answers only.
I am well aware of the verses that warn about false prophets, but if Muhammad was seen in the Bible as a Prophet, how can he be a false prophet? (hope i'm clear)
And if the Quraan has similar events like in the Torah and bible isn't it more believable as the Quraan is still in it's original form and it "verifies" the what actually happened. It hasn't been changed and God himself promised to safeguard it from corruption.

What do you think?

2006-09-26 01:34:06 · 19 answers · asked by Blair Waldorf 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Was that true even when Jesus was alive or it become when He died and resurected as a living dead, a creature of the night?

2006-09-26 01:32:55 · 23 answers · asked by a theist 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-09-26 01:32:24 · 5 answers · asked by Vosot 3 in Other - Society & Culture

I am from Japan. I am making "true-or-false" quiz in English. Will anyone who check and correct my English from grammartical point of view. If yes, I will send my composition by e-mai. Thanks.

2006-09-26 01:31:52 · 9 answers · asked by Taro K 1 in Languages

reading through a lot of posts, i fear for the future...there is ignorance and a lack of understanding when viewing other cultures

2006-09-26 01:30:44 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

why it easier for a woman to say they were assaulted than a man? Does dressing have a lot to do with rape? because i mean it you are walking around late night in a mini skirt what do you expect? why is it still considered rape if an 18-year old guy had consensual sex with a 17-year-old girl.

2006-09-26 01:30:27 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2006-09-26 01:29:16 · 6 answers · asked by Guillermo 1 in Religion & Spirituality

just read a xtian comment that the bible says the world is flat and has 4 corners ....but nothing ridiculous like the world being on top of an elephant!
Yes, i do believe the bible to be very scietific now and not at all "mythical" like the eastern religions! lol

2006-09-26 01:29:07 · 3 answers · asked by suresh t 1 in Religion & Spirituality