Society & Culture - 14 October 2006

I believe there's a God, the name is not important, it could be GOD, or BUDDAH, or ALLAH or whatever but i have problems with recognizing the church as being important in my "relashionship" with God. For me the church is nice to look at or visit, but nothing more. I don't even want to start talking about the priests... for me they don't exist. So am I atheist? Is something wrong with me for not recognizing the church or the priests? I wonder if there are other people that share my oppinion in the world... cuz i have collegues that have the same so called "belief"...

2006-10-14 07:00:43 · 31 answers · asked by Ank 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-14 06:59:24 · 20 answers · asked by kairi fanboy 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Battles over religious symbols are raging as a Christian woman took on British Airways over her cross necklace and a Muslim teaching assistant defended her stance on wearing the veil.

this is how the quesation should have read.

do you think the two issues are hardly the same

2006-10-14 06:58:30 · 17 answers · asked by muttentrumpet 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

I gave you the concept, now you give me the word.

THX

2006-10-14 06:58:20 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

2006-10-14 06:57:49 · 4 answers · asked by Rick P 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I have to write a small blurb on my best friend for spanish and I want to say "We are basically sisters." Is 'Estamos mas o menos hermanas' the correct way to say it?

2006-10-14 06:57:27 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

I think we all know......LOL....

2006-10-14 06:56:52 · 14 answers · asked by manx4080 3 in Royalty

2006-10-14 06:56:43 · 12 answers · asked by Wiguy 1 in Languages

Can a person just have a relationship to Jesus and not have an appreciation for the word to some degree. How much is necesary to function well or is any necessary at all???

2006-10-14 06:52:18 · 33 answers · asked by icheeknows 5 in Religion & Spirituality

This is a two-parter... two very simple questions to which I have yet to hear a good answer... (I'm agnostic)

1 - if Jesus performed so many miracles, then why isn't there a single shred of historical evidence of his life? (and don't answer 'the bible'... see next point)... as far as I'm aware there is absolutely no historical proof of his existence at all, and there ought to be, don't you think, if he was such a powerful figure?

2 - how can you believe the Bible when the gospels were edited about a thousand times and the first ones were written decades after his 'death'? The average lifespan at the time was about 30 years... (the first gospels were written in AD 70).

And a bonus question... the first ever references to Jesus being a physical person and being born to Mary are from Ignatius (a very dodgy character) at about 100-110 AD. 80 years after he 'died'. Explain?

It is ok to 'believe' in Jesus. But for goodness sake don't relate to it as truth or fact.

2006-10-14 06:51:30 · 26 answers · asked by slim1705 2 in Religion & Spirituality

The people in the current job market had nothing or little to do with the transgressions of the past; yet they are made to pay by not having a level playing field...

2006-10-14 06:50:19 · 11 answers · asked by bettiewoeswoes 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2006-10-14 06:50:10 · 6 answers · asked by eantaelor 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-14 06:49:55 · 16 answers · asked by skeptic 2 in Religion & Spirituality

This guy at the bus station told me that he didn't have no clap,but he had a bunch of bug bites on his weiner. I believed him, and now I have a big cold sore on my mouth, and Ma says it's somnthin called herpes. What is a good cure for this afflickion?

2006-10-14 06:47:15 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

I am a straight married mormon girl, and I am friends with a gay guy. I have no problems with that, in fact, I have soooooooooo many questions about it, but I don't want him to think that I'm nosey or that I think he's weird. He's really cool and we laugh like banshees when we hang out. My husband gets along with him too and likes the fact that my friend helps me out a lot with the kids (I was recently in a car wreck). Any thoughts?

2006-10-14 06:45:28 · 24 answers · asked by baabaababy77 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

As I was growing up I was always told not to talk to Jehovah's witnesses like they were bad or something.

2006-10-14 06:44:53 · 56 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

some people believe in heaven and hell but others believe in no memory and being reborn. The heaven/hell believers is what i want to hear about, do you believe your soul is pulled out to heaven or hell or that your own heaven and hell is stored in your sub-conscience and you go to wich ever you would rather be in. or are you just one of those people that believe you go through your life over and over in your head never knowing when you have really died, or you are reborn inside a plant or animal?

2006-10-14 06:44:33 · 7 answers · asked by ? 5 in Religion & Spirituality

If Christmas is suppose to be about Jesus Christ's birth... let's be honest... don't the majority of people follow it for selfish reasons... recieving gifts, etc... not to mention the big business the yearly holiday brings to companies? Why do so many follow the holiday when they're not even religious people to begin with?

2006-10-14 06:43:04 · 19 answers · asked by ezlayedback 1 in Religion & Spirituality

If they are a Christian would'nt they know this scripture?
1Corithians 6:9-10
9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders 10nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

2006-10-14 06:42:30 · 32 answers · asked by jayr 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm an INDEPENDENT THINKER. Not Zen, not Buddha, and not want you want me to think!

2006-10-14 06:41:54 · 7 answers · asked by zenbuddhamaster 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-14 06:38:55 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Community Service

2006-10-14 06:38:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I am really sad. Anyone have a kind word to cheer me up? Thank you.

2006-10-14 06:38:22 · 8 answers · asked by Jess 2 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-10-14 06:38:08 · 15 answers · asked by Angie M 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I am going to a Halloween party and I need simple yet classic ideas for women's Halloween Costumes. I already thought about being an angel.

2006-10-14 06:36:14 · 7 answers · asked by ? 2 in Halloween

I am american, but i'm living in Romania right now. It just seems that compared to the two countries.... im sorry but Americans are realy really rude to immigrants which is stupid because america is made up of immigrants... also... people I know that visited america say they have no manners, they fart and burp in public, they are all fat, go to walmart with pajama pants and slippers..... are mean to foreigners, think their sh#% doesn't stink... thinks their country is the greatest... and they are just annoyed by americans... in fact.. several people have told me that americans are ruder than the french..... anybody have an opinion?

(this is just out of curiosity)

2006-10-14 06:35:40 · 27 answers · asked by obsession0524 2 in Etiquette

http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Hosea+9%3A11-16

;)

2006-10-14 06:34:19 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i'm fifteen and looking for ideas for my mom and sister. so keep it clean por favor.

2006-10-14 06:33:28 · 14 answers · asked by Skittles-Dark Edition 4 in Christmas

I just want to know what do you think? Think Before you write anything>>>

2006-10-14 06:33:11 · 19 answers · asked by Abe_Ebrahimoof 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Sometimes when people face hardship or a death in the family or some natural disaster strikes, they'll be told that God is a mystery and nobody can know why such things happen.

But when you go to church you learn that God *does* have a plan for us - armageddon. Right?

2006-10-14 06:32:57 · 14 answers · asked by Good Times, Happy Times... 4 in Religion & Spirituality