Society & Culture - 25 November 2006

Hi. i work for a boss that is scared of offending her co-workers even when they have floated policies. i am second in rank...what do i do..do i do it for her... she hopes i could coz i am very firm and strict. Wat should i doz?? i feel i should do smthng as i am afterall second in rank..

2006-11-25 23:27:06 · 5 answers · asked by Queen Bee 1 in Etiquette

Old Testament says an eye for an eye. Yet the New Testament says turn the other cheek. Which is to be followed? Also the Koran has similar contradictions. Are these books, written by men worth the paper they are written on?

2006-11-25 23:26:33 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

...that they think a man will be tempted to have sex with a woman if he even sees her arms or legs? Surely it is all what you are used to?

Men in Britain/America may get a bit lustful over a girl in a miniskirt, heels and a cropped top, but there are ways of dressing modestly that are less extreme than what Muslim women wear. Why not just long-sleeved tops and long skirts?

2006-11-25 23:25:12 · 6 answers · asked by lady_s_hazy 3 in Religion & Spirituality

if so what do you leave out for him to eat and drink?

2006-11-25 23:24:52 · 35 answers · asked by big bird 3 in Mythology & Folklore

Don't get me wrong, I like clean teeth. But most Americans just take it too far

2006-11-25 23:24:36 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

My aunts rotate every other year hosting Christmas dinner for the family. We have about 35 people come each time. I just found out that in order to come and have Christmas dinner at their house you have to pay $15.00 per family to help cover the cost of the food. Is this okay to do to your family members? Wouldn't it be better to have potluck or decline to host the party instead? Neither one of aunts has money problems that I know of. I am considering not even going to Christmas dinner this year because I feel really bothered by this. Am I being crazy, or do they have a right to do this?

2006-11-25 23:22:28 · 23 answers · asked by shortcakegirl45 2 in Etiquette

2006-11-25 23:21:38 · 2 answers · asked by afi 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

People must've asked that question 10 times last night. I don't mean to be rude. Really. But don't people ever look at the list below your question that tells you how many other people just asked that same question?

2006-11-25 23:21:02 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-25 23:17:32 · 6 answers · asked by ray g 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-25 23:17:05 · 13 answers · asked by MR.D LOVE 3 in Other - Society & Culture

i learned that poor ppl are converted into christianity by offering them money and education for there children...
this is very bad!!!
y are the christians converting others like this?...

2006-11-25 23:15:22 · 22 answers · asked by niranjnn 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-25 23:14:04 · 16 answers · asked by Lisa C 1 in Christmas

why do SOME muslims seem to be too dumb to realise that if they hide their face, they are going to be looked upon with suspicion and mistrust, and that this is nothing to do with religion per se [or 9/11 7/7], but is an almost instinctive response in western culture.
i cannot believe immigrants are unaware of these facts after 30-40 years presence in this country.
i know in muslim countrys to be covered is to have anonymity and be ignored...but to wear the same here draws attention to her body and so defeats the object..surely?
it makes me think either theyre so removed from me because being insular makes them disrespectful of my cultures sensitivities......or it is some ill conceived attempt at religious self assertion.
why would anyone deliberately seek to assert themselves in a way guaranteed to make the host culture uneasy?
have these people never heard of the phrase "shooting yourself in the foot"?

2006-11-25 23:10:59 · 15 answers · asked by catweazle 5 in Religion & Spirituality

LETALLAH AND THE FAITHFUL JUDGE MEANS THAT THE FAITHFUL ARE SUPERIOR TO THE WILL OF ALLAH

2006-11-25 23:10:12 · 20 answers · asked by joseph m 4 in Religion & Spirituality

would it be better to start with a faithful few or try to get as many as i can at once?

who's interested? early joiners will get a discount on the sacred clothes you need to wear! hehe!

2006-11-25 23:09:09 · 27 answers · asked by andylefty 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-25 23:08:42 · 4 answers · asked by Mr Cynical 5 in Other - Cultures & Groups

please discuss: priestly life makes the people closer to God
thanks:D

2006-11-25 23:08:24 · 8 answers · asked by angel_dise0ts0h 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Some one asked a question about aliens and this guy on yahoo answers said aliens were real. So I checked out his profile and he was not obsessed with aliens and his question/answers seemed level headed. That gave me pause to wonder, so I asked this question. I am inclined to think not, but I try to keep an open mind.

2006-11-25 23:07:15 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

...in your religion?
If not, do you agree with that? Why/Why not?

2006-11-25 23:07:03 · 14 answers · asked by lady_s_hazy 3 in Religion & Spirituality

when ever i talked to my friends abt how premarriage relations and sex in it...is a sign of the cultural degradation we are facing i india,...(cuz ppl are having sex in dese relations and den breaking up either delibrately or otherwise...finding yet another relation ..n den another...n finaly getting married to some other person) all of them said that
its been happening all the time in d past, and today, more incedences are coming up because of the hipe media is giving to it....
it had happened before..is happening now..and will ahppen tomorrow too...
if this is the case, should we b spending out time money n effort in convincing the yougsters that pre marriage relationships are bad...and should not b encouraged?

im not talking abt love relationship...im talking abt the boyfriend girlfrind concept! were ppl are interested mainly in sex n not love

2006-11-25 23:06:08 · 10 answers · asked by niranjnn 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

check my answers to one in particular( one about gravestone). whats your opinion? am i right or do you think im below the belt?...be honest

2006-11-25 23:04:52 · 13 answers · asked by big bird 3 in Etiquette

Yes, defense is fine, but starting a war? For petty reasons, or for territory, or for natural resources...
People die in wars. I know the religious of you probably believe in an afterlife - but I do not. And killing someone is the most terrible thing you can do. Killing thousands of people? No one should have the power to start a war without their country's consent - not just the armed forces.
To me, these people have simply stopped existing. They aren't alive, anywhere, except in memories. Young men who could've had so much more of a life.

2006-11-25 23:04:43 · 6 answers · asked by lady_s_hazy 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-25 23:04:02 · 3 answers · asked by RainbowGirl 4 in Other - Society & Culture

so you can get married in a church of your fiancee´s religion??

2006-11-25 23:03:52 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Muslims i am a convert and there are many things that i personally have not been able to research can someone help me with the interpretation of 4:34

4:34 Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because God has given the one more (strength) than the other, and because they support them from their means. Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient, and guard in (the husband's) absence what God would have them guard. As to those women on whose part ye fear disloyalty and ill-conduct, admonish them (first), (Next), refuse to share their beds, (And last) beat them (lightly); but if they return to obedience, seek not against them Means (of annoyance): For God is Most High, great (above you all).

-this is something i have wondered about myself and a non-muslim also questioned it in another question of mine

*i know this is a translation but i am still in the process of learning Arabic so your help would be appreciated

asalamwalaikum,
Sakina

2006-11-25 23:02:25 · 11 answers · asked by Living MyTruth 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-25 23:02:11 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

The followers of this religion call themselves Psychedelic Pandites and they worship a giant Panda made from yogurt while on acid, and conduct their ceremonies wearing nothing except for dildo-helmets made from technicolor jello.

2006-11-25 23:00:18 · 13 answers · asked by enslavementality 3 in Mythology & Folklore

Ed Gien (who the movie psycho, silence of the lambs, and Texas Chainsaw were insprired), Jeffrey Dahmer (killing young boys and eating them), Jim Jones (had a Christian cult that committed suicide, Charles Manson (killed pregnant women in a racial holy war for Christ), etc.

2006-11-25 22:59:24 · 17 answers · asked by Alucard 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I suppose it must be, but isn't it strange that the donations collected are primarily (or even exclusively) used to finance the charity - church - rather than to actually help other people or animals, as other charities do?

2006-11-25 22:54:48 · 13 answers · asked by Musicol 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-25 22:54:24 · 9 answers · asked by Gooner 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups