Society & Culture - 20 October 2006

2006-10-20 19:33:11 · 11 answers · asked by dennis s 3 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-10-20 19:32:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

I know Muslims consider Jesus to be an important prophet. But I also heard Muslims do not accept the story of the crucifixion. Is this true?
I have also heard Jesus was believed to have been replaced on the cross by another person. Is this true? And if so, who is this other person?
Also, I heard a story according to which Jesus was called back by God unto Heaven before he could be seized by the romans. Is this story true?
Are any of these stories widely accepted by Muslims? If not, what is the more widely accepted version of events?
Sources would be appreciated.

2006-10-20 19:29:45 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Can you list all the countries in Africa that speak Swahili? Are there different dialects? What are the differences?

2006-10-20 19:29:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

Why should I be expected to show respect to your beliefs when your belieffs include direct attacks against me?

"A fool says in his heart, 'there is no god'" - the Christian holy book calls me a fool.

"Cast ye not your pearls before swine." - it calls me a pig too (no big deal now, but it used to be the worst possible insult at the time that BS was written).

Why then is it not fair for me to say I thinkthat book is complete nonsense written by madmen on drugs? Why must I show deference to a hateful bigoted piece of garbage like the Bible that explicitly singles ME out (me personally, not just my beliefs) for discrimination? Am I not within my rights to take the gloves off considering statements such as that within the Bible?

I have read the whole thing multiple times. These references are not out of context.

2006-10-20 19:27:40 · 16 answers · asked by lenny 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Personally, I am celebrating by cooking a lot, Insha Allah. lol. Seriously, though, Eid is such a special time. It is a time not only to reflect on how we spent our time during Ramadan, and hoping to recieve so many blessings from it. That is part of it, but my fellow Muslims, I would also like you to reflect this Eid on how fortunate most of us are, and to think of those who will not have food for Eid, and other things we take for granted. Any hunger we've felt is really nothing in comparison. May Allah bless this Eid for you all, and I am sending my love to you all. Assalamoalakum, Sister Safiyyah

2006-10-20 19:24:38 · 16 answers · asked by Safiyah 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-20 19:22:33 · 5 answers · asked by crafty1 2 in Languages

Like all grown men, I pick my nose when i'm alone in the elevator and wipe the boogers on the buttons. I put the biggest booger on the most popular button. As the importance of the button decreases, so does the size of the booger. My boss put his finger on a booger inthe elevator and found out that it was me. He said he is considering firing me...what can i do ?

2006-10-20 19:22:18 · 19 answers · asked by downclover 3 in Etiquette

if worse drop the bombs right now
if better we better be starting some place
note that when the pope visited his land of his birth they repainted every thing ,had big cleanups as if jesus himself was comming
were i to say he is comming back on his next birthday would you get ready ,clean up some rubbish ,paint your own and the widows house
would you then perhaps feed a poor person ,then when you knew for sure he was comming would you think duifferent hoping to be invited to his commoing home party
when he has come back then will it be too late to change your act
he is all forgiving but those who believe in his name cant even forgive each other ,what is a devided church but self serving,see a bigger picture jesus lives even now
he is the servant of the living ,live in his name
his father also is the god of the living ,eternally living earned by good living or demeaned by selfserving self abuse ,
know we are forgiven but we must believe we are forgiven by feeling we deserve it

2006-10-20 19:22:10 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Doesn't repenting(saying you're sorry) mean that you goofed up?

2006-10-20 19:21:19 · 19 answers · asked by kelleygaither2000 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-20 19:19:45 · 21 answers · asked by I-C-U 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I've heard from Jewish people that Christians mistranlate the Torah. is it mistranslation if the translation has foot notes stating that there are differant meanings for words from text written in differant languages like hebrew, aramaic, greek, masoretic, and samaritan? Also are there hebrew words that have more then one meaning? And if so how and who decides what translation these words will be used as in the Torah?

2006-10-20 19:16:48 · 14 answers · asked by TYRONE S 3 in Religion & Spirituality

or do they all get married and involved really young?

2006-10-20 19:16:48 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-20 19:15:17 · 20 answers · asked by Developing Love 3 in Religion & Spirituality

would it solve all these problems we have.

2006-10-20 19:13:08 · 25 answers · asked by chara 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Hola latin friends! Could you put this into spanish please? best if in a informal & sweet way.

"Hello, sweetie, how are you? I love you too."

2006-10-20 19:11:38 · 19 answers · asked by None 1 in Languages

How is it celebrated?

2006-10-20 19:08:48 · 9 answers · asked by Developing Love 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-20 19:07:58 · 7 answers · asked by TinyPuppyWuppy 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Are we trying to earn our way into heaven?

2006-10-20 19:07:13 · 18 answers · asked by ccrider 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Read this
http://www.carm.org/jw/false_prophecies.htm

2006-10-20 19:05:18 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I have just had neck surgery to have 2 disk removed and a steel plate put in we have had money problems and now I am going back to work I have had to swutch jobs it is a setting job but a lot of typing and I am not good at it and am having trouble learning the job. And with the money problems it tough please pray for me my name is L. Hayes. Belive me I do have faith. Thanks GOD BLESS

2006-10-20 19:05:02 · 15 answers · asked by hayeslf 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Will an islamic scholar justify why the koran tells muslims not to have/share a meal with buddhists/hindus/aethists .
The reason given in the koran is that we are not people from the book ( koran,bible and torah ). What is that supposed to mean ? Muslims who are ignorant of this teaching should refrain from answering this question.

2006-10-20 19:03:59 · 10 answers · asked by rohan s 1 in Religion & Spirituality

ah...ha, ha...ah...

2006-10-20 19:00:03 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

According to Shariat law what is the punishment for Afzal Guru. This person planned a attack on the Indian Parliament. 10 guards were killed in the attack and at the time there were 100 members of parliament present in the parliament house who potentially could have been killed but the attack was foiled. There are regular news reports that workers in the gulf have had a hand cut for an accident that a gulf native lost a hand, an eye gouged out for an eye etc etc. So is there any punishment for Afzal Guru according to Shariat or is it meant only for infidels?

2006-10-20 18:57:58 · 13 answers · asked by qwert7388 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-20 18:57:54 · 26 answers · asked by Hitesh 5 in Christmas

2006-10-20 18:57:54 · 10 answers · asked by TinyPuppyWuppy 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-20 18:57:43 · 20 answers · asked by Oh Dee! 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-10-20 18:57:23 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

can i wear dark brown eyeliner if i have like really jet black hair? if not whats the best color..

2006-10-20 18:57:08 · 5 answers · asked by ♥Londoners♥ 1 in Community Service

2006-10-20 18:55:24 · 15 answers · asked by TinyPuppyWuppy 3 in Religion & Spirituality