Society & Culture - 15 October 2006

i am absolutely repulsed and disheartened by the amount of hate and stupidity on these forums.

i think it is extremely unwise on the part of yahoo! to provide a service where people can freely post hate-mongering, violence-promoting messages.

people will always act like idiots under the veil of internet anonymity, this i know. but the fact that people's questions and answers are posted immediately, in large part unmonitered and unregulated, is just a bad idea. most of the ideas promoted in these hateful messages wouldn't even be allowed to exist as a website, so why should the same idea be permitted in this forum?

i have seen more racism, misogyny, bigotry, homophobia and just plain hate here in 2 weeks than i have seen in my entire life. and i've seen some bad stuff.

i'm thoroughly disgusted, yet feel even more strongly now that i should be out there in the world, teaching people about oppression/hate, and how to make the world a more tolerant place.

good-bye!!

2006-10-15 16:30:48 · 23 answers · asked by bridge_song 2 in Other - Society & Culture

Parents of premature babies whose newborns are hooked up to a respirator and may die at any time--Single mothers trying to raise their children while working two jobs and haven't gotten more than three hours of sleep at a time in the past three years--The father of three kids who has been laid off for six months and has to take a fast-food job, even though he knows it won't begin to pay the bills--You don't have to believe in god to believe in PEOPLE. These people haven't had it as good as you have, and if you're so callous that you would take away the one thing they have to give them hope and strength to endure in times of need, then you are worse than any Christian hypocrite--because you are supposed to believe in what is real. Do you NOT consider these people to be real? Is being right so important to you that you have to hurt them? Help me to understand--Why can't you see that religion can do good things too and some people need it?

2006-10-15 16:30:42 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-15 16:30:25 · 24 answers · asked by I-C-U 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I know a lot of people have asked this question before but I am asking it again to put my own twist into it. Here it is in my words;
What is your favorite part of the bible? Why? What meaning does it have to you?
I haven't read much of the bible but so far I like Luke 15:21 -15:22 . It's the verses were the son asks for forgivness and then the next one says" Bring out the best robe and put it on him, put a ring on his hand , and sandles on his feet". 15:22
I like it because it proves that we all make mistakes and we will be forgiven.

2006-10-15 16:30:12 · 23 answers · asked by ? 2 in Religion & Spirituality

It was sent to me a few years ago and I wanted to send it to a friend of mine. It was an interactive talk show type of card with a yenta (Jewish grandmother type) and there were different options to pick...like under 'dating for her' she would say "You're too good for him" and under 'dating for him' she would reply "she's not good enough for you"...I just can't seem to find it anywhere...help!

2006-10-15 16:29:14 · 1 answers · asked by Jen-Jen 6 in Other - Holidays

2006-10-15 16:28:42 · 24 answers · asked by Thinx 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-15 16:28:05 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Just interested in how every feels about world cultures. Please answer yes/no for each.
You feel...
1.) You are sufficiently knowledgeable in world geography
2.) You know a lot about foreign cultures
3.) You are interested in other cultures
4.) It is important to learn about other cultures
5.) Your school put good effort in increasing foreign awareness
6.) It is difficult to "connect" or come to an understanding with a person from a foreign country
7.) Cultural stereotypes are strong in society
8.) Global leaders do a lot to increase foreign awareness
9.) Global leaders should do more in increasing foreign awareness
10.) The general American highschooler is ignorant of other cultures
11.) "Different is bad"
Thank you very much for taking your time to answer this survey!

2006-10-15 16:25:27 · 11 answers · asked by vegetarians<3 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2006-10-15 16:25:18 · 33 answers · asked by Kimo 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-15 16:24:53 · 10 answers · asked by Alex 1 in Mythology & Folklore

2006-10-15 16:22:52 · 36 answers · asked by I-C-U 5 in Religion & Spirituality

If you thought there was perhaps just a small chance of getting in a car-crash and dieing would you go out on the highway?

If you knew there was just a teeny-weeny minute chance of being murdered would you leave your house?

Just some food for thought.

2006-10-15 16:22:35 · 25 answers · asked by candi k 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-15 16:22:24 · 6 answers · asked by LaTishia E 1 in Languages

2006-10-15 16:21:23 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

or any Christian leader

2006-10-15 16:21:14 · 23 answers · asked by ^_^ 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-15 16:21:07 · 7 answers · asked by fresh2 4 in Other - Society & Culture

I need to know how i can make one, and where i can get everything i need for it !!! HELP PLEASE!!!

2006-10-15 16:20:09 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Halloween

and which one do u think is more applicable today? (i need to collect ideas for my essay)

2006-10-15 16:20:07 · 3 answers · asked by katy7angel 3 in Other - Society & Culture

for example: Father John Smith, SDD

What means SDD, what society he belong to>

2006-10-15 16:19:56 · 2 answers · asked by tdoan 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-15 16:19:16 · 8 answers · asked by Norskeyenta 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Does this make sense? Either Jesus is God or he isn't. There can be not in between.

2006-10-15 16:18:20 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

a film compelling documentary that chronicles the relocation of the hidatsa/mandan/arikara nation of north dakota as a result of the construction of the garrison dam in the late 1940's.it also tells the story of the director's family, whose life choices were influenced by this powerful reshaping of the landscape.

2006-10-15 16:17:46 · 1 answers · asked by beverly e 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-10-15 16:17:39 · 16 answers · asked by Thinx 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Hey everyone,
My friends and I decided to be ghosts for halloween haha. We figured its the easiest. What i wanted to know is whats the best way to keep it from moving on your head so you can see? and also, what would you do with your arms? keep them in?

2006-10-15 16:17:32 · 6 answers · asked by Jackie 2 in Halloween

I don't get it. I've cursed lots of things, but it never occurred to me to curse a fruit tree for not bearing fruit out of season. Good thing there weren't cars in Jesus' day, can you imagine what he might have done to people when he got a good case of road rage?

2006-10-15 16:17:31 · 12 answers · asked by Miss_Ann_Throap 1 in Religion & Spirituality

My high school daughter and her teen age friends keep telling me about a murder that occured in a haunted house in Las Vegas a "few years back". According to these kids a mad man got into the haunted house with a real chainsaw and raped and murdered a woman (some kids say multiple people were murdered). They all think chain saws should be banned from haunted houses to prevent something like this happening again. I have lived here in Las Vegas a long time and I have never heard of this. I have tried snopes.com and google and I can't find this story at all -- let alone proof if it is true or not. Has anyone else heard this haunted house chainsaw murder story before???

2006-10-15 16:16:47 · 10 answers · asked by LasVegasMomma 4 in Mythology & Folklore

2006-10-15 16:15:17 · 12 answers · asked by ? 3 in Community Service

What is the chronological order, descending from the oldest, of the major (your choice) Greek mythological events?

2006-10-15 16:15:10 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

have no doudt that many are imprisoned in thier rotting corpses
waiting for a miraculous reserection ,yet everday thousands no less enter into heaven and decend into hell
some have even embalmed thier meat to preserve thier flesh ,thus eternally staying incarnate
god created spirit ,clothed/sewed it into skins ,see how real they are ,we use these skins to sew our future ,to give us all a common beginning point
to some is given higher or lower burden or reward ,its a test if you will allowing you to be tempted ,respected ,tested according to our higher calling but our lower natures
to whom much was given ,much is expected ,but all are forgiven of grace equall wages ,but for us to live eternally with our own shame giod allows us to wallow in our hells knowing wer but need to ask and god gives ,but stubourne men cant accept gods grace
thus they lie in thier reeking putrid hells awaiting some reserected being to reserect thier worldly advantage ,refusing gods gifts /fruits we earnd

2006-10-15 16:15:03 · 4 answers · asked by one under god 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-15 16:15:03 · 13 answers · asked by care 1 in Religion & Spirituality