Society & Culture - 7 December 2006

can someone debate me here.

i think that the story of s&g is severly damaging to the credibilty of the bible because it would seem unjust to for god to kill two cities of people because of that particular sin.

it seems that one way to argue against that is to try to highlight that it was not just that one sin they had committed as a whole, but others sin in combination, and so forth.

to which I say that the bible just too clearly presents homosexuality as the most dire sin in the story. I'm not sure, but i think that the bible described it as (paraphrasing) "homosexuality and other wickedness"
it presents it as the thing these people did that was most unpleasing to god.

I think it is a stretch to rationalize that it was the other sins that made god actions morally just.

what do y'all think?

2006-12-07 17:46:38 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I've heard it said this is one reason for its eternal existence. An eternal reminder of the awfulness of sin to all future heavenly inhabitants, of what sin, rebellion, and rejection of God causes.

2006-12-07 17:45:45 · 13 answers · asked by curious_inquisitor 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I tried an online translator, but I don't trust what it said since "singing" can be either a verb or an adjective. (I'm obviously looking for it with the adjective form.)

2006-12-07 17:45:21 · 6 answers · asked by pandasage1221 3 in Languages

I need to attend a christmas parade our float is a giant present with toy around. the people would dress up as toys.


Any tips, homemade custome instructions ect to help me....

Must be a toy,

Jack in the box

Airplane

Any other ideas.

2006-12-07 17:44:43 · 4 answers · asked by Curious 2 in Other - Holidays

2006-12-07 17:44:21 · 24 answers · asked by Kelly Bundy 6 in Religion & Spirituality

There are many gay people who are married (not to a person of the same sex), have kids, and look like they are enjoying life. Then something dramatic in their life happens, and they come out of the closet. Why does this happen? What would have happened if that dramatic event never happened, would they have still come out later?

Or

They come out of the closet like in their thirties....why couldn't they have come out earlier? Did they know they were gay, or did they try to stop it?

2006-12-07 17:43:55 · 14 answers · asked by Yeah. 5 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

mental illnesses? Why are people more depressed & schizophrenic? Why are we seeing bi-polar disorders & malfunctioning thyroids, osteoperosis, acid reflux, Chron's disease, Alzheimers, anxiety attacks, narcolepsy, as well as an increase in autism & ADHD in our children? Why is our cancer rate climbing? Why is AIDS wiping out so many people? Why do we have thousands of new medications on the market each year to combat the newest & latest malfunction of our bodies and/or our brains?

It seems to me like we are degenerating rather than evolving.

Your thoughts?

2006-12-07 17:38:33 · 43 answers · asked by Pamela 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-07 17:37:59 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

NOTE: THE GUESTS SAW YOU

2006-12-07 17:37:58 · 8 answers · asked by . 1 in Other - Society & Culture

In several Japanese movies, I've seen family members go to the grave of their deceased and they appear to be praying, but I wondered are they actually praying or in some way trying to connect with their loved one? Thanks!

2006-12-07 17:36:04 · 5 answers · asked by San Antonio S 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-07 17:35:43 · 16 answers · asked by STFU Dude 6 in Religion & Spirituality

whats the consensus from the yahoo answers crowd?

are drug addicts bad people?

or do they need someone to show them they can get thru the hurt they are running from?

the addicts I have met will openly tell you about being raped, molested, beaten, emotionally abused.Seems like as a civil society we would help them heal rather than traumatize them further by regarding them as garbage people.obviously you know my opinion on it, and ive helped out with street ministries in some bad areas.

many of the addicts i have met and talked to are not there by choice, they have been covering up the pain of past hurts for so long that too stop running would cripple them emotionally for years, to deal with it and move on.maybe ive just met nice addicts.
anyone know of anyone that is a addict and does bad stuff as a choice?

thanks

2006-12-07 17:34:53 · 9 answers · asked by grant_graveley 3 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-12-07 17:34:35 · 10 answers · asked by This Virus Called Language 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Mine would probaly be Animal I have Become- Three Days Grace

2006-12-07 17:33:23 · 19 answers · asked by Sweet Tooth 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-07 17:32:49 · 14 answers · asked by Bambi 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-07 17:32:41 · 6 answers · asked by TRTH-HNTR 2 in Religion & Spirituality

As much debating that goes on here I thought of a few interesting questions. So...

1. Religious or non-religious, not debating on who is right or wrong; are you glad that there are other religions/non-religions then your own? Why or why not?

2. Do you think having other religions/non-religions around helps to make your beliefs stronger? Mostly looking at the fact that debating makes a person look at their beliefs harder to defend it?

3. If your religious or non-religious beliefs were the only one what would be the pros and/or cons of that?

2006-12-07 17:32:26 · 16 answers · asked by Gypsy Cat 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Please tell me:
What stereotype do you use the most often?
By using a stereotype I mean: discern a situation or the character of someone based upon a stereotype you have for a group in which they SEEM to belong.

2006-12-07 17:31:11 · 8 answers · asked by Zack 3 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Will this planet continue to war with each other, one continent at a time? Africa will probably be the next conflict on a world scale when (or if) the middle east settles down....and then South America will probably follow. Either way, is violence part of our nature or not, will we ever EVOLVE past this?

2006-12-07 17:30:12 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Real peace will arise spontaneously
When your mind becomes free
Of attachments,
When you know that the objects of the world
Can never give you what you really want.
-Theragatha

Peace and Love

2006-12-07 17:30:01 · 13 answers · asked by digilook 2 in Religion & Spirituality

If Jesus had a bicycle, would it not have a big ol' gay flowery basket and a ring ring bell? All signs point to this being so.

2006-12-07 17:29:46 · 5 answers · asked by dino_ou812 3 in Religion & Spirituality

My fiance' has two little girls one is 5 and the other is 3. What would be a nice Christmas gift to get them? Any ideas?

2006-12-07 17:25:45 · 7 answers · asked by Danae 1 in Other - Holidays

2006-12-07 17:25:26 · 2 answers · asked by Ebonyord F 2 in Languages

I am looking for an Institute or any school that offers translation and interpretation classes for more than a semester or summer program. I would like to be an interpreter for many languages and just need to know where to start, besides going to a four year university that won't focus on just languages. Does anyone have any ideas :) ?

2006-12-07 17:24:55 · 2 answers · asked by Becca 2 in Languages

2006-12-07 17:23:59 · 26 answers · asked by iam_not_that_bad 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-07 17:23:53 · 14 answers · asked by Mr Hex Vision 7 in Religion & Spirituality

aside from generic answers such as common sense, rational, etc be specific.. i really would like to know how you guys tell right from wrong..

and if you do say common sense, where did common sense come from?

2006-12-07 17:22:57 · 27 answers · asked by lymber1 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Why do people want what they cant have? And why do most people not apprecaite what they DO have? (obviously there are exceptions here but i am speaking in general)

2006-12-07 17:22:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

i think one of the real reasons that christians can't let themselves believe that homosexuality is ok, something that you are born with,
is not just that the bible in one way or another frowns upon it, but really more because the bible says that god destroyed and killed two entire cities of people for being homosexual.

It's like they stretch their ability to morally reason the issue because it would be so damaging to the rationality and credibility of believing in the bible at all.

do you think that if (or when) the whole homosexuality issue is comprimised,
that it could severely dammage christianity as a whole?

I don't necessarily want christianity to die completely,
i mean, it does serve certain functions, and in certain situations even false hope is still pure hope.
i just wondered if others thought it would have an immense effect

2006-12-07 17:21:29 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I've been trying to choose between coors light and Michelob light.... HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-12-07 17:19:29 · 8 answers · asked by Mr.YES-MAN 2 in Religion & Spirituality