Society & Culture - 10 November 2006

2006-11-10 09:53:00 · 9 answers · asked by Stinky 3 in Languages

I know that Christians (and other people, for all that matter) say that it is wrong, and I believe it is, too. Can anyone tell me a verse in the Bible that SPECIFICALLY says premarital sex is wrong? I have found many places where the Bible talks about sexual immorality (there's a verse about it in almost every book of the Bible), but where does it say that premarital sex is immoral? Any help would be well appreciated. Thanks.

2006-11-10 09:51:57 · 11 answers · asked by legolas85130 2 in Religion & Spirituality

The "god of the gaps" argument for atheism says that religion always uses God to explain the unknowns still remaining in scientific discovery.

For example, when people didn't know what caused the planets to move, religious people would say that God caused it. However, we now understand the role of gravity and general relativity, so science has closed that gap. Now it's not unusual to point to God causing the big bang because science has yet to discover any other cause.

Does religion always insert God into an area where science may eventually crowd God out? How can you have a faith that does not substitute God for science?

2006-11-10 09:51:14 · 14 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-10 09:51:10 · 22 answers · asked by kendra w 2 in Other - Society & Culture

Do we take this literally? Or is it figurative language? Why would God choose to pave the streets of Heaven with a metal that isn't even Earth's most precious metal? If the idea is that we're going to have the best of everything in Heaven, then wouldn't God choose a more valueable metal with which to pave Heaven's streets?

2006-11-10 09:48:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If not, which language would you like to learn?

2006-11-10 09:47:48 · 19 answers · asked by Strange Design 5 in Other - Cultures & Groups

every time i eat a egg somebody allways says watch out for sam and ella

2006-11-10 09:46:53 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2006-11-10 09:46:15 · 16 answers · asked by daydream♥believer 4 in Religion & Spirituality

God doesn't need anything, so why would it be about 'making us to love and serve him'.. according to you, God is everything, including love and is capable of doing all things without any help, so why would we be created soley to serve and love? Then on top of that, go to suffer forever if we don't. That is just sadistic.

Why would God one day come to attention and say 'I'm bored, so I'm going to create a planet and creatures, and make some rules up that they have to follow or to go hell, just for fun".....I can't really think of any other reason.

2006-11-10 09:46:09 · 10 answers · asked by cpt_jim_bob 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-10 09:45:29 · 8 answers · asked by Strange Design 5 in Other - Cultures & Groups

We are either brainwashed by societal norms or self-esteem.

2006-11-10 09:44:19 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-10 09:43:47 · 44 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Believe in him and live a "sinnful" life?

2006-11-10 09:43:44 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If so, why doesn't he? Don't give me that C.S. Lewis "The Problem with Pain" crap either, that was the most ridiculous book I've ever read.

2006-11-10 09:42:08 · 17 answers · asked by DjStabMasterArson 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Many Thanks,
Wild Meg 'o the Woods'.

2006-11-10 09:41:38 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

I just watched a show that said something like 43% of brits think the 80's was the best deacde ever. Being born in 1988 what did i miss out on?!

2006-11-10 09:40:23 · 20 answers · asked by kayleigh e 3 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-11-10 09:39:25 · 4 answers · asked by linka 3 in Languages

2006-11-10 09:39:03 · 12 answers · asked by carl 4 in Religion & Spirituality

My grand mother has started searching for ancestors who immigrated here, probably very early 1900's from Bohemia, she once found a website, but went to It, and It was no longer there..Does any one have any knowledege or can help us out please? We would prefer free website(s), but any help is fine with us! Thanks!

2006-11-10 09:39:01 · 1 answers · asked by superkisses86 2 in Other - Society & Culture

YOU FOOLISH MORTALS I HAVE GIVEN YOU MANY CHANCES AND YOU HAVE TURNED YOUR BACKS, WELL LETS SEE HOW YOU LIKE THIS.

ON THE NIGHT WHEN THE MOON IS ROUND THE SKY WILL SHINE AS THUNDER STREAKS ACROSED THE SKY, THEN THE MOON SHALL BLEED INTO THE SEA, AND THE FISH THEREOF SHALL PERISH.
AND I WILL GATHER ARMYS OF BOTH SHORES AND INFECT THEM WITH BLIND RAGE, AND THEY WILL MURDER BOTH FAMILY AND STANGER!
AND WHO WILL STILL OPPOSE ME AFTER I HAVE REVEALD MYSELF AS KING?

WORSHIP ME OR PERISH!

2006-11-10 09:38:52 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

"He was a pleasant man, this education expert, who assure me that he was doing the best he could, SHORT OF SURRENDERING THE JOB."
What does the pharse "short of surrendering the job" mean? Thank you in advance!

2006-11-10 09:38:29 · 6 answers · asked by ssliao728 3 in Languages

Are you in contact? and if you are is it possible for us all to have one?

2006-11-10 09:38:03 · 32 answers · asked by deeky_ward 3 in Religion & Spirituality

HANNAH...spelt backwards is still HANNNAH..do you know any other words

2006-11-10 09:37:36 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

on the internet. thanx

2006-11-10 09:37:36 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

Does anyone out there know of a religion with lots of rituals? And I don't mean rituals in a bad sense in any way, just symbolic actions and routines. I know Judaism has a lot (well, if you're orthodox) but I'm not a Jew by race, and do not believe in the Judeo-Christian God (similar problems with Catholiscism.) I just find that tradition and ritual makes my life seem more meaningful (and making up my own seems a bit...naff)

2006-11-10 09:37:30 · 5 answers · asked by lady_s_hazy 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-10 09:36:19 · 10 answers · asked by ? 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I used to work at a deli. One day a beautiful, black came in and ordered a vegetarian sandwich. She told me she had been fasting for quite sometime. She said that she was a "daughter of the universe," and blessed me before she left.

2006-11-10 09:35:59 · 9 answers · asked by gnome 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-10 09:34:54 · 12 answers · asked by The Chaos Within 3 in Religion & Spirituality

If you do not believe in moral absolutes how could you possibly call the horrible things that Adolph Hitler did or what child molesters and abortion clinic bombers do wrong? After all, every person rightly sets their own moral standard. What those people did was "right" in thier eyes. If one states that the actions of any particular individual is horrible or good or bad he/she is making a morally absolute statement. If you agree that each person decides and sets his/her own moral standards then wouldn't you have to say that a gang member is doing good when he "caps" someone around children and bystanders and rapes someone? After all (in his eyes) he is "improving" himself and his status in the gang. When a rich oil exec steals from employee retirement funds he is doing good because is improving his own pocketbook?
If you do believe in moral absolutes, you believe in one right and one wrong for most every situation, what is THE moral authority?
Is it the Bible?

2006-11-10 09:33:58 · 20 answers · asked by chuck3011 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Christians or Muslims

Christians have had SUPER holy things like witch-burnings/inquisitions/crusades

Muslims have retaliations to crusades, and their own jihads and the such.

Who wins in the "I will kill to impose my beliefs on you" contest?

2006-11-10 09:33:35 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality