Society & Culture - 5 December 2006

First I just want to make it clear that by "dread" I do not mean "fear". For example, you may dread going to work the next day but you do not fear it. I don't think many atheists actually fear death, while some religious people might (not knowing where they are going...Heaven or Hell).

The reason I ask this is because atheists believe that after you die you are finished and through, while spiritual people believe it is just the beginning (whether it be bad or good).

For this life to be "it" would be depressing for me (I guess that's one of the reasons I believe in a God).....

And I am going to try to make my question clear, because I know some people on here are quite touchy about this subject. I'm not asking why you don't believe in a God or anything like that, I'm just asking if you dread the end.

2006-12-05 08:26:55 · 40 answers · asked by Led*Zep*Babe 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-05 08:26:37 · 26 answers · asked by vehement_chemical 3 in Religion & Spirituality

...and male monkeys have one less???

2006-12-05 08:26:36 · 21 answers · asked by bc_munkee 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Which is of more use to society....Rats or Lawyers? Bearing in mind that in times of crisis Lawyers reproduce twice as fast but are nowhere near as cute!

2006-12-05 08:26:12 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

why is this the movie the one that christians like the most? its just a gory movie with a guy getting tortured with *excessive* bloodyness the whole time how does it relate to any of christs teachings?

2006-12-05 08:25:45 · 20 answers · asked by Red Eye 4 in Religion & Spirituality

not rude of course, but just love leaving attitudes on it's nature, as if someone's staying home all alone how would he eat. drink, sit, talk in phone..... and so on

2006-12-05 08:25:33 · 5 answers · asked by B for bernadetta 3 in Etiquette

2006-12-05 08:25:29 · 11 answers · asked by miss fetch 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2006-12-05 08:25:05 · 19 answers · asked by dubaiwayne 3 in Religion & Spirituality

According to the beliefs of Creationist though mankind was created as the pinnacle of Gods handy work, either through outright creation (Adam and Eve) or from a guided ‘intelligent design’ idea, however the design of humans is not partially intelligent:
*Tailbones, now we all have tailbones, but not tails; if we didn’t evolve from Monkeys, please explain where these came from? Why would an all mighty creator bother to leave in a painful and useless piece on the human body?
*Appendix; unless you’ve had it removed we’ve also, all got one. Has no purpose in the human body (Rabbits love them – strange link there?) in fact it causes many deaths each year, from a painful and deadly condition; the inflammation of the appendix
*during the embryo stage of child development the embryo develops numerous features that are completely useless, and some a little more useful, such as gills – drowning would be a much less major affair if human kind had gills, but they disappear; unlike in fish – link to a common ancestor?
*childbirth – it hurts (I don’t know it personally, mainly because I’m male) why would an almighty creator make childbirth painful? It seems a tad stupid to make something that could bring new life (and followers) into the world a painful experience, and as a punishment is just wrong.
*disease – why make us susceptible from disease, AIDS only affects humans, why? Surely if an almighty creator could control or produce disease he (or she) would direct it away from the chosen species.

All answers appreciated, but please don’t just say “because the bible says so” or something else pretty empty

Thankyou

2006-12-05 08:24:24 · 13 answers · asked by prof. Jack 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Does the bible not say 'judge not lest ye be judged'? So why do conservative 'christians' judge homosexuals?

Is that not going against their own beliefs?

2006-12-05 08:24:14 · 56 answers · asked by Chief1234 1 in Religion & Spirituality

or do we have to justify it with some inbred thought process

2006-12-05 08:24:02 · 7 answers · asked by slaphappypimp 3 in Etiquette

Such as your online habits (viewing adult material, chatting with other woman or men)? Is there anyway that this type of behavior can be considered not extreme?
I wonder how often this type of deception occurs...But really...isn't doing this better than actually cheating on your mate or is it practically the same thing?
If done right, there is no way he/she will ever know and what he/she doesnt know, cant hurt her/him...right?

2006-12-05 08:23:51 · 5 answers · asked by cryingrainbow 2 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-12-05 08:23:43 · 11 answers · asked by ELIJAH N 1 in Languages

making a volcano with baking soda, vinegar, and food coloring? Apparently it's just a theory...

2006-12-05 08:23:43 · 3 answers · asked by vehement_chemical 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I read somewhere that a Chinese name has the highest people named by it, but I don't mean that, I mean popularity around the world.

---> No guessing please, a link would be appreciated

2006-12-05 08:23:22 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2006-12-05 08:22:43 · 15 answers · asked by battmn91311 1 in Etiquette

Funny you call us mutant Albinos. I have some color in my skin. Don't you know whites have color too?
And you are the devils not me. I never hurt you yet you hate me and want me dead calling me a devil. You rape and kill my people and now you want me to be nice to you? You try to breed whites out and try to force yourselves in our lands and make interracial babies make us lose self respect. You whine and call us everything like cave +++++ or mutant and speak words of hate. You are the evil ones not me
You speak with forked tongues. First you say we conquered the world and then you accuse us of being weak.
You speak with contradictions. The best science mathematics poetry and art came from Europe yet you deny it. In Ancient Greece Atomic theories were made and so was Philosophy. Some "devils".

2006-12-05 08:22:24 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

I was thinking about getting my boyfriend's parents some chocolate for the holidays because his parents love chocolate (His father can't eat dark chocolate) but I don't know what kind to get them? I was looking at Godiva, See's candy, Ferrero Rocher, and there's some belgium chocolate at the store I work at, but I have never sampled any of these myself. Can someone give me any ideas on what is the best kind? Thanks!

2006-12-05 08:22:07 · 15 answers · asked by *Chinisu* 2 in Christmas

2006-12-05 08:22:06 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-05 08:22:05 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

For those who are going to say "It says in the Bible not to get tattoos" I'll save you the trouble of searching, here's the verse
Leviticus 19:28 " 'Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD. "

Ok fine, plain and simple. But in the same chapter there is another law
19:27 " 'Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard"
or
19:19 " 'Keep my decrees.
" 'Do not mate different kinds of animals.
" 'Do not plant your field with two kinds of seed.
" 'Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material.
Check your labels! Chances are you're wearing a blend of some kind, and therefore are defying God's law! So why pick on those with tattoos and not those who cut their beards, or wear cotton/polyester blends?
The atheists will say "Well that's why blah blah blah" but I want to hear the Christian perspective.

2006-12-05 08:21:54 · 16 answers · asked by Let there be JIMBO 4 in Religion & Spirituality

First, I am not implying that homosexuality is a bad or good thing. Please, if you are homosexual or sensitive to the subject, try not to knee-jerk a response just yet.

Dictionary.com - "Homosexual" - 2. of the same sex. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/homosexual

"Homo" is used in scientific terms like "homologous" which means "having the same relation".

So what would you call a community where the sexes are stictly separated? Isnt the most accurate word "homo-sexual". That is, the 'same' 'sexes' are kept together. The reason isnt important in terms of taxonomy.

Obviously, because of political correctness, and the implied threat, you wont see mainstream usage of the phrase "homosexual communities" when speaking about Islamic countries or Islamic norms, but its neverthless accurate.

Some might think this doesnt matter, but with every new country Jihadists overthrow, dont you think people have a right to better understand their culture?

2006-12-05 08:21:38 · 7 answers · asked by Thoughtful Tristan 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-05 08:20:43 · 5 answers · asked by jan d 5 in Religion & Spirituality

They sent me a email saying they need my CCOF, what does this stand for? It may be something silly that I am just not thinking of!

2006-12-05 08:19:33 · 3 answers · asked by sybnlvr 2 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-12-05 08:19:32 · 9 answers · asked by Soso 1 in Languages

Last year AND the year befor I spent a LOT of time AND MONEY to try and get nice things for all my family. And they (parents, uncle,sister....) shoped @ the dollar tree for me and didnt even say thanks when I gave them there gift they also got more stuff for other people and I know its wrong to judge things like this but I cant help it and every year I started to hate christmas a little...Then more and more AND if this keeps going im gonna Despise Christmas and either not buy people anything or try to out cheap them for a change I think im gonna go crazy what do I do???

2006-12-05 08:19:17 · 7 answers · asked by MENTALLY UNSTABLE MAN 3 in Christmas

i am finally getting the Christmas spirit, its late this year. anyone else out there getting it late too this year? I noticed some are decorating late this year also...

2006-12-05 08:18:24 · 12 answers · asked by Yvette B yvetteb 6 in Christmas

A certain someone said that they think all religion is a farce, but they're okay with it, but they don't want to hear anyone's crap. But that's a load of crap in and of itself isn't it? After all, would we really be here, arguing with people who have opposing viewpoints if we didn't want to hear each others crap? We all want to feel smarter, feel that we're right, feel that we can prove it. Right?

Well, okay, some of these arguements are just "I want to be left alone" so in order to be left alone, you have to cease being left alone. Okay, I can buy that. But there are so many questions asked by Christians to atheists (and vice versa) on here that are then ANSWERED by the people being asked, who supposedly want to be left alone. So where's the consistency? I know I answer questions because I like to present logical arguments, even if the subject matter is based on false or unproven premises. What's your excuse?

2006-12-05 08:18:23 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-05 08:18:21 · 18 answers · asked by jordan w 1 in Christmas

was there ever a time the world was in such need for peace!

WHAT DISGUSTS YOU ABOUT OUR WORLD? CAN I GO TO MARS AND START MY OWN POPULTION?
WHO'S WITH ME?

2006-12-05 08:17:23 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture