Society & Culture - 27 September 2006

The point i am trying make is that religion seems far more concerened with making other people believe what they believe rather than actually helping people that need it. Rather than having organised religion and prey meetings why not use that time to help people in the community. Only without god clouding our minds are we free to live our lives. If people weren't so concerned about converting people or shouting that there religion is right we would all live together much happier. We could use our time for good and importnat things.

Instead of standing outside a jerry springer opera or marching about cartoons why not use that energy and time to actually help people that need it. Rather than spend sundays knocking on peoples doors to try and convert them why not work with needy children.

Not until god has left us will we be truely free.

Does anyone else agree with this???

2006-09-27 02:24:11 · 28 answers · asked by cappman500 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Jesus may have done some really clever things, but really he was just an ordinary guy.

2006-09-27 02:23:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

How do you get people to take off their shoes when the come inside your house?

2006-09-27 02:23:28 · 12 answers · asked by J J 2 in Etiquette

Why don't we try it now? Confess now and absolution is granted immediately. By what authority do you ask? By the power vested in me as a Yahooer and member of the Human Race, I proclaim my authority. No need to wait in line at the confessional booth. Do it here and now! It's probably just as valid as you believe it to be.

2006-09-27 02:23:16 · 6 answers · asked by In Honor of Moja 4 in Religion & Spirituality

If they're the same why the different names?

2006-09-27 02:23:05 · 16 answers · asked by K 3 in Religion & Spirituality

etc.....especially if it has to do with evengelizing, like Sproul's book, Feed my Sheep etc...can be reference etc....
does anyone recommend Sproul's book The Holiness of God...the person who this is intended for is well read in theology...thanks

2006-09-27 02:22:39 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-09-27 02:21:09 · 13 answers · asked by robwalker1959 2 in Languages

2006-09-27 02:20:11 · 27 answers · asked by Grinner5000 4 in Religion & Spirituality

why no Halloween category????

2006-09-27 02:19:57 · 19 answers · asked by Kipper 6 in Other - Holidays

I recently went to a wedding, and was told that it's bad etiquette to bring the wedding gift to the wedding/reception, and that instead they are to be sent to the couple for when they get back from their honeymoon. However, at the wedding, I saw lots of presents, and a table that seemed to be "the present table." The wedding was about 2 weeks ago, and I know the couple didn't go on a honeymoon because they had to work, so how would I go about giving them a wedding gift? Is it too late, or can I still send them one?

2006-09-27 02:19:08 · 10 answers · asked by GLSigma3 6 in Etiquette

Why do you think that?

I would have to say atheists are because they have no moral compass at all.

Agnostics are just weak willed, they simply can't make up their mind.

Pagans are merely stupid or dilusional because they live in a fantasy world of magic and dragons, things they should have gotten over by the third grade.

2006-09-27 02:18:57 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I want to call Jennifer Aniston

2006-09-27 02:17:26 · 13 answers · asked by PHIL A 1 in Other - Society & Culture

I see how guys make friends with other guys so easily...how they greet each other and are so inviting...but woman tend to be very judgemental about another woman before she even opens up her mouth...the jealousy I see in woman just because someone else might look better than them is ridiculous. Even in the work place i noticed how alot of women working together is nothing but bitching, complaining, and gossip.

2006-09-27 02:15:55 · 11 answers · asked by memyselfandI 2 in Other - Society & Culture

still eat with forks and knives, my mum told me that they still eat pizza etc with utensils
is this true?

2006-09-27 02:14:59 · 9 answers · asked by Jen L-Baby #1 due Nov 15, 2010 ! 3 in Etiquette

2006-09-27 02:14:14 · 17 answers · asked by Makayla L 1 in Religion & Spirituality

My ex gf and I were semifriends/teammates before we got involved. After graduation, she moved back home and we started a long distance relationship. She called me one night really drunk and crying saying she needed to tell me something but couldnt. When I got her to calm down she told me that she thought she might be transgendered. When I spoke with her the next day she was totally fine with it and wanted to do something about it. I think it confused me a little but I was totally supportive. So she moved to be closer to me. All hell broke loose. She ended up getting so drunk one night that she blacked out, threw me around, and got kicked out of the bar. We broke up. She refused to speak to me about anything but still kept coming around campus. When we did speak, she was nasty. So I stopped speaking to her. She came to my clinics and my games. Its like she has no regard for my feelings. Like nothing happened. So I was really messed up about it last semester.

2006-09-27 02:13:55 · 13 answers · asked by JJ 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

in front of his parents...I feel like he is an image consultant...I am a professional female, but because of my sleek figure, I wear a lot of extremely form-fitting clothes (tight) all the time..to work it is tight suits...and for play it is tight jeans, tight sweats etc...he refuses to allow me to wear ANY of these outfits in front of his parents...he went so far as to buy me some outfits to wear when we visit them....and he absolutely forbids me to smoke or even let them know I smoke when I am around them...He will not even let me carry my cigarettes in my purse when we are with his parents because he is afraid I will be tempted..All of this is driving me crazy..I do not feel comfortable in the clothes he bought me, and i go crazy without a smoke for long periods of time...The tight outfits and Marlboro Lights are me...and without them I am lost..I do not want to change my outfits or stop smoking..what should I do...he feels the tight outfits and cigarettes will send the wrong messag

2006-09-27 02:13:29 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

If nature is so complex it had to be designed by a god... then isn't god so complex it had to be designed by another god?
If we except that god simply has always simply existed... then maybe nature & the universe (in some form) has always just simply existed too, without the help of a god.

2006-09-27 02:12:01 · 26 answers · asked by Spookshow Baby 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-09-27 02:09:18 · 3 answers · asked by Fenix 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

i think it is ignorant not only to claim to know that a god exists but also to claim one doesnt exist. science and religion both claim they have conclusive evidence to support their claims but the truth is we will probably never know. so whats the point in all the bickering? why cant everyone just play nice?

2006-09-27 02:08:30 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

yesterday I answered a question regarding religion asking if i were one or the other, I answered capitalism, which wasnt an option and was flagged. Do you think this is right? I don't

2006-09-27 02:07:56 · 7 answers · asked by desert_kats 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-09-27 02:07:32 · 27 answers · asked by mommy 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-09-27 02:07:02 · 3 answers · asked by OnionSkin 3 in Other - Society & Culture

is it studied, have you ever heard a sermon regarding this

As I read it, seems it says those christians who are immature should not be out here interacting with non christians because they create a false witness.

Does not take much reading in this section to know that this scripture is ignored., not taught, and definately not practiced

2006-09-27 02:06:45 · 17 answers · asked by icheeknows 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I am disgusted by what has been given a voice under this administration. I am also sickened beyond words by what has become of the Republican party. True conservative values like self sufficiency, fiscal responsibility, and less government intervention have been replaced by sick, hate-filled fanatical views like this. This conference took place here in DC last weekend. Read it and weep. What is going on in this country??!!!!
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/26/anti-gay-summit/

2006-09-27 02:06:31 · 8 answers · asked by dcsportbiker 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

If they took all of the energy they spent trying to get same-sex marriage outlawed and put it towards something worthwhile, like trying to help the sick and dying overseas? Is your political agenda more important then the lives of starving children?

NOTE: I know that there are some Christians out there who are tolerant when it comes to this issue. I am not generalizing, I am addressing this question to a certan group of christians.

DISCLAIMER: Since there always seems to be one person who thinks you have to be part of a group to stick up for it, I would like to inform that person that I am straight.

2006-09-27 02:06:20 · 12 answers · asked by Shinkirou Hasukage 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Maybe alone or maybe find a traveling buddy. A trip to explore and find one's real self and purpose in life. Write a novel and tell the stories about the people she meets with illustrations by photography. Does a journey like this make a person or break a person? what's your take on this?

2006-09-27 02:06:01 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2006-09-27 02:05:18 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

We have a lot of them in Harrogate, England.

2006-09-27 02:02:18 · 5 answers · asked by Madam Rosmerta 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Religion is something which weak minded people need to cling onto because they are so scared of living there own life. If something goes wrong then it is ok because God must have wanted it. Religion is a way for people to justify horrible acts from murders in ireland to lynchings in america. Religion is a way for people to feel self rightous and important as they have no importance in their own life as it is empty and hollow.

Tell me why is it that magnificent churches and cathedrals could be built whilst at the time people where dying in squaler. Why must religion have these extravagent places of worship when they are not needed. People should look in side there hearts and use the money spent on these extravagant buildings to help needy people. Rather than priest lecturing me about hell and damnation why aren't they out in the most needy places helping people instead of condeming.

I bet now you are all going to say you are to prey for my soul. Save it you poor deluded people.

2006-09-27 02:02:08 · 15 answers · asked by cappman500 1 in Religion & Spirituality