Society & Culture - 7 November 2006

I just want to thank you all first for those who prayed for me yesterday i know in Gods time they will be answered thankyou for all the encouragement.
I ask all of you now if before we log on to the answers if we could pray for each person who might ask a question or answer one That there lives also be touched by our Lord there are so many people here who need prayer but don't want to ask God knows who these people are i do believe in the power of prayer or i would not ask if we could pray that the lord would meet the needs of wach person here just for today i know it will make a difference again i want to thank you all And God Bless Everyone of you.

2006-11-07 05:27:57 · 10 answers · asked by jamnjims 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I mean it was his idea after all wasn't it?

2006-11-07 05:26:39 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

A question was posted earlier about the U.K making remembrance day a bank holiday. This received a couple of replies from your fellow countrymen along the lines of "when you win some wars on your own" etc etc. My question is this, ignoring the technicalities of who won the war, the fact is we lost many people in those wars. So why is it you feel the need to insert your noses into what we do in our country. Are you all that arrogant, not to mention ignorant.
My guess is that even though i have asked this in a sensible and fair way the majority of Americans will just attack me without actually answering the question.

2006-11-07 05:26:15 · 24 answers · asked by Georgie's Girl 5 in Other - Society & Culture

i do not think that there is any difference between alcohol and drugs. alcohol is in fact one of the most toxic ,destructive drugs that is availabe to the general public. countless lives have been lost or ruined due to alcohol . It should be illegal

2006-11-07 05:24:19 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Ok, 4 of them were on a hot air balloon, and unfortunately, the balloon's sinking over an ocean of hungry bull sharks! They removed all their items and threw it away, but they were still sinking! They finaly found out that at least one has to risk his/her life to jump off into the ocean in order for the balloon to float, and the other 3 to survive... WHO do you think would jump off?! Pls. Don't go for the obvious!

2006-11-07 05:24:16 · 6 answers · asked by YA!!! 3 in Other - Society & Culture

I’m Catholic. My church's Eucharistic chapel was recently desecrated. Apparently, they found herbs and chicken feathers. I don’t know any other details. Why would anyone do this?
Thank you in advance for your courtesy and explanations.

2006-11-07 05:23:27 · 24 answers · asked by Mary's Daughter 4 in Religion & Spirituality

who is a convicted child molester or serial killer can be expected to change their mindset? Most of them, it has been proven through studies of crimes and criminology, commit the crimes they commit because they live outside of societal value systems and do not believe they really did anything wrong? If one said he repented and was truly sorry and promised to never do it again, would you want them to live in your neighborhood? That is stretching it for me and I consider myself a progressive thinking Christian.

2006-11-07 05:23:02 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I phrased a question earlier, and I did not state what my religious views are. I did not say if I believed or did not believe in god, when I asked the question. For most who have answered my questions before, you know that I am a spiritual person. Most of the time I ask questions not just from my perspective but from others as well.
So why when I ask is man competing with god, and that in this competition is what gives man incentive to be better? Why would you call me evil? Why would you assume so much of someone you do not know? You do not know my heart, and have no right to deem me as evil. Does it not say in the bible that man will judge and call you evil in my name< being god. And that as a christian you should be the salt of the earth. Do you think calling others evil is demonstrating the word of god? Just wondering

2006-11-07 05:22:54 · 8 answers · asked by fryedaddy 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I lived in the US for a year, and yes, my english accent did get slurred and I started to lose it. I noticed that Irish people in the US never seemed to lose their accent even if they'd been living there for 20 years. All the english people I met who'd lived there more than a few years were indistinguishable from americans in their accents. Note Frasier's father in the TV series as a prime example, he's an english actor, but lost his accent long before the Frasier series started.

2006-11-07 05:22:05 · 16 answers · asked by pantocool 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

I would like to know your thoughts on this;
The downtown YMCA received complaints from their neighbor. The orthodox religious church/synagogue/mosque etc (I will keep which religion out of it) says that the windows facing them should be covered for they could see the "scantily clad" women working out and this was wrong.

So YMCA, being a good neighbor, changed the windows to opaque ones, thus nothing could be seen. Now both the men & women @ the Y complain for no sun light can get in and why should THEY conform to people who should not be looking there anyway. While I commend YMCA for doing the neighborly thing, many people are complaining now that they shouldn't have had to change. I don’t think they should have changed the windows

The complaints received was concerning the woman body, (cause shorts and a tank top while working out is "so" slutty) While on any hot day, these people pass far more semi-naked women on the street.

2006-11-07 05:21:56 · 15 answers · asked by ηιgнт ѕтαя 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-07 05:21:40 · 13 answers · asked by lily b 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-07 05:21:27 · 23 answers · asked by ? 5 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Say proudly, I AM AN INDIAN.
We Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America, even faring better than the whites and the natives.
There are 3.22 millions of Indians in USA (1.5% of population). YET,
38% of doctors in USA are Indians.
12% scientists in USA are Indians.
36% of NASA scientists are Indians.
34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.
28% of IBM employees are Indians.
17% of INTEL scientists are Indians.
13% of XEROX employees are! Indians
Some of the following facts may be known to you. These facts were recently published in a German magazine, which deals with WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA.

1. India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.

2. India invented the Number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

3. The world's first University was established in Takshila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4 th century BC was one of the greatest achieveme! nts of ancient India in the field of education.

4. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software.

5. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.

6. Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty striken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was once the richest empire on earth.

7. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The very word "Navigation" is de! rived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.

8. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is now k! nown as! the Pythagorean Theorem. British scholars have last year (1999) officially published that Budhayan's works dates to the 6 th Century which is long before the European mathematicians.

9. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11 th Century; the largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 10 6 whereas Indians used numbers as big as 10 53.

10. According to the Gemmological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world.

11. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion amongst a! cademics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Pr! ofessor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.

12. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.

13. Chess was invented in India.

14. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract, fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient India.

15. When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilisation).

16. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.


creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the today's computers run on it)? - Vinod Dahm

third richest man on the world? - According to the latest report on Fortune Magazine, it is Azim Premji,

the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world's No.1 web based email program) - Sabeer Bhatia

president of AT & T-Bell Labs (AT & T-Bell Labs is the creator of program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few)- Arun Netravalli

new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000, responsible to iron out all initial problems- Sanjay Tejwrika

Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckensey & Stanchart
-Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar.

Quotes about India.
We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.
Albert Einstein

India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grand mother of tradition.
Mark Twain.

If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.
French scholar Romain Rolland.

India conquered! and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.
Hu Shih
(former Chinese ambassador to USA)

ALL OF THE ABOVE IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, THE LIST COULD BE ENDLESS.
BUT, if we don't see even a glimpse of that great India in the India that we see today, it clearly means that we are not working up to our potential; and that if we do, we could once again be an evershining and inspiring country setting a bright path for rest of the world to follow.
I hope you enjoyed it and work towards the welfare of INDIA.

Say proudly, I AM AN INDIAN

2006-11-07 05:20:50 · 12 answers · asked by dr b 2 in Other - Society & Culture

So called Liberals have fought for years to keep the "Theory of Creation" out of schools and yet it can be taught as a scientific theory using evidence. What are evolutionists afraid of?

2006-11-07 05:20:16 · 27 answers · asked by utuseclocal483 5 in Religion & Spirituality

how has hinduism impacted the subcontinent of india, since it was first conceptuailzed?
please please help me

2006-11-07 05:19:56 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

2006-11-07 05:19:21 · 8 answers · asked by Dean S 1 in Community Service

we humans [98% chimps] have 225 people with as much as 2,500,000,000 people, we have pay/hour from 1c to $10,000,000, we have 90% of people on 10th to 1000th of world average pay/hour, we have superextreme wealth concentration, we have total topsoil loss in 100 years, we have the third world rising rapidly in wealth to 80% of world income by 2050, we have population headed for 100 billion by 2100, we have superextreme inequity, superextreme violence, superextreme immaturity, denial, head-in-the-sand-ism, everyone playing, lying, deceiving themselves, being unreal, completely devoted to jumping for unlimited fortunes, completely against justice in pay, which is essential for the survival of states and democracy and freedom, we have had 1000s of years of uncontrolled rich-get-richer, fortnight's pay from $1 to $1,000,000,000 - what will happen?

2006-11-07 05:19:00 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-07 05:17:58 · 19 answers · asked by ? 5 in Religion & Spirituality

1 John 2
11But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness; he does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded him.

2006-11-07 05:17:38 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-07 05:17:22 · 17 answers · asked by nb 2 in Religion & Spirituality

1 John
5This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth.

2006-11-07 05:16:15 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

whether you believe its a pagan holiday or not.........is it not so contradicting, that people call themselves christians, yet they celebrate such a demonic holiday, i mean there was actually a preacher that dressed himself as the devil for halloween, and yet its okay for christians to do this because it is a holiday......hmmm, makes you wonder...anyone agree with me???

2006-11-07 05:15:20 · 23 answers · asked by Misty R 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Why is any so called Christian church that teaches God used evolution wrong?

2006-11-07 05:15:12 · 17 answers · asked by utuseclocal483 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-07 05:14:44 · 9 answers · asked by ? 5 in Religion & Spirituality

We have been married 23 years and he is a very over jealous and controlling husband. All at once he thinks we should try the swinging life style. In the 23 years we have been married we had never been out to a club or dancing. We didn't drink or party at all. I am 40 years old and this is the first time he has ever mentioned going out, much less dancing and drinking.Yes, I enjoy having a few drinks, loosening up and dancing. It is just plain fun. However he watches over me like a hawk and he is the one that always becomes flirtaious with other. He wants and tries very, very hard to have the night end with us drunk and ultimately have sex with others if he is attracted to the woman (single or married or even Bi if I would agree) He is alright having sex with a married couple as long as he chooses the couple. What I am asking is, "Why is he wanting to involve others in our sex life, knowing I do not feel the same way. Why remain married????????????

2006-11-07 05:14:42 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

1 corinthians 13

4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8Love never fails.

2006-11-07 05:14:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I am writing a persuasive/argumentative paper about Stem Cell research. I wanted to get others input on how they/you feel about this.

2006-11-07 05:14:02 · 7 answers · asked by leisureeric 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-11-07 05:12:51 · 3 answers · asked by fxzbgf f 1 in Mythology & Folklore

2006-11-07 05:12:03 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

to tell the lawn guys-I have no tip today-but will send it in with my bill

2006-11-07 05:10:08 · 12 answers · asked by cassiepiehoney 6 in Languages