Society & Culture - 6 December 2006

how do you feel about the issue you are being faced with today of Gay Rabbis?

2006-12-06 03:32:34 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-06 03:32:19 · 10 answers · asked by tammers 3 in Religion & Spirituality

If so, what was it and how did you master it? Did you do it in school as part of a regular program or enroll yourself in a course, or just undertake it yoruself?

2006-12-06 03:32:06 · 22 answers · asked by mazzy 1 in Languages

I remember seeing these fools buying a PS3. now granted, some were just greedy enough to sell them on Ebay, but come on, there's got to be a better way to make money. and besides, why buy it when it launches, Sony's Launched products always crash, it's a computer so the Hard drives, which only last about 3-5 years max, so why bother/

2006-12-06 03:31:54 · 10 answers · asked by puertorock882003 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I need full word translations, so far all i can find is letter by letter, and I don't sing and spell sign... I need something simpler... I'm doing "The Rose', if that helps.

2006-12-06 03:31:36 · 4 answers · asked by cher 3 in Languages

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2006-12-06 03:31:29 · 11 answers · asked by Mr Trend Vampire 2 in Languages

A family from my church has been good enough to give me a place to live rent-free. I would like to give them something to show my appreciation. I probably can only afford to spend around $20.

2006-12-06 03:30:11 · 7 answers · asked by klm78_2001 3 in Other - Holidays

One of the most important differences between the Qur’an and the Bible is their attitude towards female inheritance of the property of a deceased relative. The Biblical attitude has been succinctly described by Rabbi Epstein:

“The continuous and unbroken tradition since the Biblical days gives the female members of the household, wife and daughters, no right of succession to the family estate. In the more primitive scheme of succession, the female members of the family were considered part of the estate and as remote from the legal personality of an heir as the slave. Whereas by Mosaic enactment the daughters were admitted to succession in the event of no male issue remained, the wife was not recognized as heir even in such conditions[42].”



Why were the female members of the family considered part of the family estate? Rabbi Epstein has the answer: “They are owned --before marriage, by the father; after marriage, by the husband.[43]”



The Biblical rules of inheritance are outlined in Numbers 27:1-11.

A wife is given no share in her husband’s estate, while he is her first heir, even before her sons. A daughter can inherit only if no male heirs exist. A mother is not an heir at all while the father is. Widows and daughters, in case male children remained, were at the mercy of the male heirs for provision. That is why widows and orphan girls were among the most destitute members of the Jewish society.



Christianity has followed suit for a long time. Both the ecclesiastical and civil laws of Christendom barred daughters from sharing with their brothers their patrimony. Besides, wives were deprived of any inheritance rights. These iniquitous laws survived till late in the last century.[44]



Among the pagan Arabs before Islam, inheritance rights were confined exclusively to the male relatives. The Qur’an abolished all these unjust customs and gave all the female relatives inheritance shares:



“From what is left by parents and those nearest related there is a share for men and a share for women, whether the property be small or large --a determinate share.”(4:7)



Muslim mothers, wives, daughters, and sisters had received inheritance rights thirteen hundred years before Europe recognized that these rights even existed. The division of inheritance is a vast subject with an enormous amount of details (4:7,11,12,176).



The general rule is that the female share is half the male’s except the cases in which the mother receives equal share to that of the father. This general rule if taken in isolation from other legislations concerning men and women may seem unfair. In order to understand the rationale behind this rule, one must take into account the fact that the financial obligations of men in Islam far exceed those of women (see the “Wife’s property” section).



A bridegroom must provide his bride with a marriage gift. This gift becomes her exclusive property and remains so even if she is later divorced. The bride is under no obligation to present any gifts to her groom. Moreover, the Muslim husband is charged with the maintenance of his wife and children. The wife, on the other hand, is not obliged to help him in this regard. Her property and earnings are for her use alone except what she may voluntarily offer her husband. Besides, one has to realize that Islam vehemently advocates family life. It strongly encourages youth to get married, discourages divorce, and does not regard celibacy as a virtue.



Therefore, in a truly Islamic society, family life is the norm and single life is the rare exception. That is, almost all marriage-aged women and men are married in an Islamic society. In light of these facts, one would appreciate that Muslim men, in general, have greater financial burdens than Muslim women and thus inheritance rules are meant to offset this imbalance so that the society lives free of all gender or class wars. After a simple comparison between the financial rights and duties of Muslim women, one British Muslim woman has concluded that Islam has treated women not only fairly but generously[45].

2006-12-06 03:30:07 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

aren't they supposed to accept imperfection & uniqueness of other people since they themselves are not perfect?

2006-12-06 03:29:30 · 11 answers · asked by rinoa 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Although you dont hear it often, I dislike the word 'pretentious'; it seems be to used in reviews and the like by people who are themselves 'pretentious'; it seems to me such a snobby word; y tu?

2006-12-06 03:29:27 · 32 answers · asked by I.M. 3 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Jews are very particular about not using God's name in vain, so far as to spelling His Name as G-d...because if it happens that they made a mistake (e.g. put the word in the wrong order in the sentence or didn't need to say it in the first place), deleting the actual word "God" or "Yahweh" or "Elohim" would count as the sin of mentioning God's name in vain.

I'm a Christian from Indonesia and just started writing emails to a friend from Israel who is a Messianic Jew. I noticed that she never uses the word "God" when she speaks (referring only to "Him") and when she writes emails she spells The Name "G-d". How should I reciprocate?

2006-12-06 03:28:47 · 7 answers · asked by Mizz G 5 in Etiquette

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2006-12-06 03:28:37 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-06 03:28:36 · 5 answers · asked by Guillermo 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-06 03:28:06 · 9 answers · asked by wanna kno 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2006-12-06 03:28:06 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Happy Holidays to everyone and their families!!!!!!!!

2006-12-06 03:27:43 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Should I bring anything?

2006-12-06 03:27:09 · 28 answers · asked by Illegals Are S*** 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I haven't bought new lights in years because all the ones I have found are made in China (which I boycott for a number of reasons-- if you're curious go to http://www.boycottmadeinchina.org ). Actually they don't need to be USA made as long as they are not from China.

2006-12-06 03:27:05 · 2 answers · asked by J 4 in Christmas

2006-12-06 03:26:49 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Good one? No?

2006-12-06 03:26:30 · 12 answers · asked by vanman8u 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-06 03:25:35 · 3 answers · asked by dislexic1yen 3 in Mythology & Folklore

2006-12-06 03:24:58 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-06 03:24:41 · 3 answers · asked by Guillermo 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I have 3 kids. i dont want to disrespect them or have people look at me crazy. I am proud of who i am and i support equal rights.

2006-12-06 03:24:25 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

I haven't been brought up with a religious background and have never even thought about religion/evolution/meaning of life/death etc but I have started working with a new colleague who is a very strict Jehovah Witness. They have got me thinking about what I should believe in.

But before I decide what "I believe", I want to try and understand all religions and beliefs and why people believe what they do. What proof do they have that THEIR religion is the right one.

Any feedback would be great.

2006-12-06 03:23:59 · 44 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

People around the world light up a candle to St. Jude for a ... (?)

2006-12-06 03:23:52 · 5 answers · asked by royalconquistador 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I submitted a question ( http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ar4EqoD7aMvIlrM9cF_BplHsy6IX?qid=20061206081315AA1yZwf ) and all i seemed to get for answers were a bunch of christians telling me i was going to hell. So why are they so easily offended?

2006-12-06 03:23:17 · 12 answers · asked by David B 2 in Religion & Spirituality

For me it is that God created the world about 6,000 years ago, and that He sent His Son to die for us and rose again in 3 days just so we could get saved and go to heaven. So I am basically a independent, fundamental, Bible-believing (the KJV version) Baptist Christian. It is kinda weird that what I believe entails so much, but that is b/c of so many different religions out there, that if I don't specify it exactly then what I believe in, it can be interpreted as something else. By the way, this question isn't meant for an argument on whose religion is correct or anything, but just to see what different forms are out there. ( Although it is highly improbable that anyone will change my mind.)

2006-12-06 03:22:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Hello all. I am a afro american woman who has taken a break from dating arena for a number of reasons (i.e. bad relationships, men with commitphobia, too many games, excuses, etc). Now dont get me wrong - Not all black men are terrible just the ones I happen to come across; thus my decision on taking a break from the dating scene.
I am curious to find out since the afro american male has been given such a bad reputation, are women in other ethnic groups expericing the same problems with men as afro american women do???

2006-12-06 03:22:16 · 10 answers · asked by Kiana T 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2006-12-06 03:21:21 · 25 answers · asked by Larry 1 in Religion & Spirituality