Society & Culture - 12 October 2006

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A new survey suggests people are becoming less superstitious about 'unlucky' Friday the 13th.
The poll of 1,000 adults shows other superstitons are also less of a concern nowadays.
Fewer people now freak out when they break a mirror, walk under a ladder or a black cat walks across their path.
Three out of four questioned for a Surrey theme park said they had no intention of staying off work just because of the date.
Peter Ronchetti, Thorpe Park's general manager, said people were not as easily scared as they used to be.
He added: "October this year happens to be one of the freakiest months. Friday the 13th and Halloween fall within two weeks of each other."
But, for people who are nervous about Friday 13th, today is doubly alarming, according to a German professor.
Heinrich Hemme, of the University of Aachen, points out that the digits in the date - 13/10/2006 - also add up to 13.

2006-10-12 21:57:04 · 19 answers · asked by your pete 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Suppose, for the sake of argument, that everything in the universe was designed by an intelligent creator. How would we know? Could we pick up a rock and say "Ah yes, this object has characteristic X and property Y and therefore must have been intelligently designed"? How could we establish criteria for identifying that something is intelligently designed if absolutely everything in the universe was intelligently designed, and we had no non-intelligently designed things to compare it to?

My point is: The only reason we can look at a car or a can opener or a 4,000-year-old clay pot and say with confidence that it was intelligently designed is that we can compare it with everything in the natural world which was *not* intelligently designed, and see the difference. The very fact that we can identify things which were intelligently designed (man-made things) means that we have to acknowledge that the natural world was not intelligently designed.

Unless you know different...? :-)

2006-10-12 21:56:07 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-12 21:55:31 · 7 answers · asked by L1985 1 in Etiquette

White are people so defensive when you want to ask them something about their white pride ? Why are white people so ashamed to to say they are proud to be white? Why do whites deny the pain and cruelty they've done to the destroy world?

2006-10-12 21:54:32 · 11 answers · asked by heiswhite 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-10-12 21:53:04 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Why do they assume that latinos are ignorant and that all they do is have an extrem amount of kids? Where do these assumptions come from? Do these people even know any latinos? How often do u interact with them

2006-10-12 21:52:09 · 8 answers · asked by SUGEY 3 in Other - Cultures & Groups

I remember like a couple of years back before I actually accepted myself, I would always be like really angry at myself for being homosexual although I knew it wasn't my fault. I also always asked God "Why did this happen to me".

I was just wondering whether anyone ever used to have or still has this feeling.

*if you have bad stuff to say, please put it on a Paris Hilton discussion board, not here*

2006-10-12 21:49:49 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

I know God is a spirit, but what about the whole Christianity thing. Do you think it's a white mans religion?

2006-10-12 21:48:45 · 13 answers · asked by heiswhite 1 in Other - Society & Culture

I know God is a spirit, but what about the whole Christianity thing. Do you think it's a white mans religion?

2006-10-12 21:47:57 · 23 answers · asked by heiswhite 1 in Religion & Spirituality

My wife and I are traveling to India (Delhi) to stay for two month. Can anyone recommend some decent places to stay (guest houses, condos) at a good price? Also, how is that trasportation there? Buses? Subway?

2006-10-12 21:47:34 · 4 answers · asked by rfilms 1 in Other - Society & Culture

I know he was tempted by Satan but Walmart's is stronger than Satan. Did you see their prices on bags of pistachios or shampoo.

2006-10-12 21:45:43 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

such as popes & priests need to go to Doctors.

2006-10-12 21:45:21 · 9 answers · asked by yoyodda 3 in Religion & Spirituality

A beach house with swimming pool of champagne would be tempting.

2006-10-12 21:45:04 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Seems to the logical person that all faiths have a hold on their followers during the life of the human animal by having this incredibly massive threat over them of a good afterlife or a bad afterlife if they dare question the unprovable (and ridiculous).

Why waste a life by being scared of being placed in the wrong part of the afterlife - which wont happen anyway because there is no afterlife (except in the bible/other novel(s) of course. ?????

2006-10-12 21:44:13 · 28 answers · asked by Jon H 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Sometimes I try to meditate. I am really interested in it, but I cannot concentrate, and empty my mind. However I think if I learned it would help me. I take medication for a few things that I think meditation would help. Racing thoughts being one of them.
Is this possible?

2006-10-12 21:43:47 · 6 answers · asked by idontknow 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-12 21:40:21 · 9 answers · asked by ? 4 in Religion & Spirituality

What do you all think. After all this country is blessed. Our principles have meant that we are a force for good and we are rewarded by God for our efforts. We have clean water, wealth and live in peace. Do you think, like I do, that God rewards good people and punishes bad people by making them poor. In my opinion its not a coincidence that God makes all Muslim countries poor and all Christian countries rich.

2006-10-12 21:39:27 · 47 answers · asked by Brett S 1 in Religion & Spirituality

You have just croassed the path of a black cat on Friday the 13nth .
Does this bother you.
"Sorry Root"

2006-10-12 21:39:22 · 15 answers · asked by kevin d 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-12 21:39:10 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Community Service

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Thanks in advance

2006-10-12 21:38:20 · 1 answers · asked by Omar 1 in Languages

Refer to this so called question http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AgWv_Gcl0eSy7IwhfRngmonzy6IX?qid=20061013011131AAOukEs
It seems to me that this user is breaking the rules. Should we start reporting people like this more often?

2006-10-12 21:35:03 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

growing older...

Is Ms Huffington right..??

2006-10-12 21:34:52 · 2 answers · asked by marnefirstinfantry 5 in Other - Society & Culture

Brothers when I say Crusade I mean Crusade, not through prayer, not through teaching them about christ. Through action

Exodus 23:24)- God says we must completely conquer the Idol worshipers,a down break down their shameful idols

Muslims bow 5 times a day to a black stone inside the Kabba, and that stone is Allah

Unite my Brothers and Crusade

Not for me

Not for the Sake of hate

But because God wills it and there is no purpose in life less it be for the will of God


Matthew 5:17)- Christ says he didnt come to do away with the old testament

Matthew 22:37-38)- Christ says the most important Commandment is to honor God

Unite my brothers, Unite and fight as the Army of God, and for the Kingdom of Heaven


Crusade!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


http://www.freewebs.com/will_of_god

2006-10-12 21:33:53 · 11 answers · asked by king_of_crusade 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Is anyone else getting sick of it?

2006-10-12 21:33:08 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-12 21:32:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

This is the whole sentence from a book I read: "I'd have done the same in your shoes and devil take the Rules."
What does it mean? (I understand the first sentence)

2006-10-12 21:32:14 · 3 answers · asked by Mahyar 3 in Languages

Don't they know it's against the rules? Isn't that considered ABUSE? Is anyone else getting tired of seeing so called questions from Muslims that are actually just advertisements for Islam?

2006-10-12 21:31:26 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Why or Why not?

2006-10-12 21:30:48 · 5 answers · asked by Axe 4 in Religion & Spirituality

does it impair the line of vision

2006-10-12 21:27:32 · 11 answers · asked by jimbob 1 in Other - Society & Culture

Many Christians believe that Christ is coming back to Earth. Do you believe this? How soon do you think it will happen?

2006-10-12 21:23:04 · 23 answers · asked by Anon O Mus 2 in Religion & Spirituality