Society & Culture - 14 December 2006

2006-12-14 01:28:30 · 9 answers · asked by Guillermo 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I am from Trinidad and Tobago we go paranging around the neighbourhood (sort of caroling) we sing our local parang songs in spanish and English. We prepare pastelles, black cakes, rum punch, ponche de creme, bake bread on the eve as is the norm along with our turkeys, ham and other meats.

2006-12-14 01:28:29 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

I already have some gifts for my wife, from me. I asked the twins what they want to give her for christmas -- one said "a squirt gun", and the other said "whack-a-mole". While I think those would be hilarious gag gifts, I don't think my wife really wants squirt guns and whack-a-mole for christmas.

Something kind of sentimental rather than strictly practical, but still something that the kids can get excited about. Any ideas? I might get the squirt gun and whack-a-mole too, but I need something else.

2006-12-14 01:28:13 · 17 answers · asked by K. Roh 1 in Christmas

2006-12-14 01:27:38 · 12 answers · asked by smtoneylux 1 in Other - Holidays

HMQ.

(Accidentally put this Q in as an A.....Sorry. Very tired.)

2006-12-14 01:27:29 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Royalty

Christians are willing to tell un-truths just to make make their side seem more plausible. Witness the following question:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Avc9z701sFVPHfUWsRB9L.vsy6IX?qid=20061214055432AAVtmLG&show=7#profile-info-41c69cf513758c6b193ed9d0882e6a40aa

This silly story, now attributed to the President of India, was once attributed to Albert Einstein. In fact it is a fabrication.

Why would we believe today's Christians possess any less integrity than those who wrote the Bible?

Since their entire goal is to win and retain converts, why would you imagine anything in the Bible to be above reproach without a thorough, critical, historical analysis?

2006-12-14 01:25:42 · 18 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7 in Religion & Spirituality

do you agree that this is the definition of SPIRITUALITY?

How personal is your relationship with your higher power?

Higher Power?

2006-12-14 01:25:33 · 5 answers · asked by Guillermo 1 in Religion & Spirituality

if its to help muslims in any way shape or form isnt that being seperatist.are they saying its for muslims only.doesnt exactly help them integrate in to british society does it.please explain there point.and reason.

2006-12-14 01:25:28 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

Brain Dead parents threatening to sue after I threw them out of my Resturant for not controlling her bratty 3 1/2 year old .....the brat was running all over the place....You should NOT allow children to just run freely in a resturant. It is not only a DANGER to them, but to other customers
Just remember, having a child is a choice not a law. Part of chosing to have children is the loss of some choices that go with it.

An adult can't go into a movie, coffee shop or restaurant and run arond and scream, why should a child?
Say goodbye to Starbucks and hello to McDonalds...for a while.

.... Just as people with babies who can't find baby sitters should get used to missing out on going to the movies. Chalk it up to the sacrifices of parenthood. Rather than force your child to adapt to your grown-up environment, why not spend more time in theirs? Next time, try the park or the zoo.
In cities around the country, coffeehouses are putting parents on notice Restraunts now ban kids

2006-12-14 01:24:54 · 42 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

2006-12-14 01:24:38 · 13 answers · asked by MM 4 in Other - Society & Culture

heaven.

so are they all wrong with this notion or does the bible really contradict itself? because in revalations it says from the words of jesus himself "because you are lukwarm and nither hot nor cold i will vomit you out of my mouth." sooo does this verse pretty much say that you have to do more than just except him or your still going to hell? or is ths verse contradicting what the apostal pual and most christians teach?

2006-12-14 01:24:32 · 13 answers · asked by lucifer 3 in Religion & Spirituality

This is an absolutely incredible short interview with Rick Warren , "Purpose Driven Life " author and pastor of Saddleback Church in California.
In the interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick Warren, Rick said:
People ask me, What is the purpose of life? And I respond: In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity. We were made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven.
One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body-but not the end of me. I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions of years in eternity. This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal. God wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity. We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense.
Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one.
The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort. God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy. We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness.
This past year has been the greatest year of my life but also the toughest, with my wife getting cancer. I used to think that life was hills and valleys - you go through a dark time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don't believe that anymore. Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it's kind of like two rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have something good and something bad in your life.
No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on. And no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always something good you can thank God for. You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems. If you focus on your problems, you're going into self-centeredness, "which is my problem, my issues, my pain." But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others. We discovered quickly that in spite of the prayers of hundreds of thousands of people, God was not going to heal my wife or make it easy for her. It has been very difficult for her, and yet God has strengthened her character, given her a ministry of helping other people, given her a testimony, drawn her closer to Him and to people. You have to learn to deal with both the good and the bad of life. Actually, sometimes learning to deal with the good is harder. For instance, this past year, all of a sudden, when the book sold 15 million copies, it made me instantly very wealthy. It also brought a lot of notoriety that I had never had to deal with before. I don't think God gives you money or notoriety for your own ego or for you to live a life of ease. So I began to ask God what He wanted me to do with this money, notoriety and influence. He gave me two different passages that helped me decide what to do, II Corinthians 9 and Psalm 72.
First, in spite of all the money coming in, we would not change our lifestyle one bit. We made no major purchases.
Second, about midway through last year, I stopped taking a salary from the church.

Third, we set up foundations to fund an initiative we call The Peace Plan to plant churches, equip leaders, assist the poor, care for the sick, and educate the next generation.
Fourth, I added up all that the church had paid me in the 24 years since I started the church, and I gave it all back. It was liberating to be able to serve God for free. We need to ask ourselves: Am I going to live for possessions? Popularity? Am I going to be driven by pressures? Guilt? Bitterness? Materialism? Or am I going to be driven by God's purposes (for my life)? When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say, God, if I don't get anything else done today, I want to know You more and love You better ...God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He's more interested in what I am than what I do. That's why we're called human beings, not human doings.
Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.
Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
Painful moments, TRUST GOD.
Every moment, THANK GOD

2006-12-14 01:24:00 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Okay, I've heard this rumor for many years now and I just have to know if it's true.

2006-12-14 01:23:58 · 12 answers · asked by Squirrel 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I want to know where God is, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac...the God that I read about when I was 8 years old. Is he in the Christian church, Islam Mosque, or Hindu whatever? I don't know where to look...............................I'm crying.........................I'm lost. I don't know who to believe, Christian, Islam, whatever religion there is out there. I feel like just forgetting this life and not look back, drop my God, and tell the rock to fall on me.

2006-12-14 01:23:54 · 21 answers · asked by confused... 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Not a single study has found children of lesbian or gay parents to be disadvantaged in any significant respect relative to children of heterosexual parents. Indeed, the evidence to date suggests that home environments provided by lesbian and gay parents are as likely as those provided by heterosexual parents to support and enable children's psychosocial growth. [Ref. from the American Psychological Association]
And same for the American Academy of Pediatrics and so are the rest of the leading reality-based children's advocacy and wellness organizations in accord.
What can you offer to the topic other than from the bible?

2006-12-14 01:23:05 · 8 answers · asked by dollparty.geo 2 in Religion & Spirituality

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2006-12-14 01:22:42 · 13 answers · asked by --ZORI-- 2 in Languages

We read in the Bible ( Deuteronomy 34: 5,6) :
(5) And Mosesthe servant of the Lord died there in Moab, as the Lord had said.
(6) He buried him in Moab..........

Moses appeared in the Transfiguration with Jesus and Elijah - although the first Old Testament Saints were resurrected only after that at the crucification of Jesus on the Cross.

2006-12-14 01:22:19 · 7 answers · asked by Charles H 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I love Christmas, I have lots...I love the Charlie Brown's Christmas CD...& many more....

2006-12-14 01:21:07 · 6 answers · asked by Priceless Purity 3 in Other - Holidays

We call one bloke Halfman Halfchair cos he's bone idle and another Upside Down Head cos he's bald but has a beard.

2006-12-14 01:20:41 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

for those who want to expiate their evil deeds, and is tecnique valid for believers and unbelievers alike.

what are the modern day varieties of this technique?
are the amerindiand rituals involving a man being hauled into the air by nothing but claws stuck into his body anything to do with the concepts of atonement or expiation?

2006-12-14 01:20:12 · 10 answers · asked by catweazle 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Isn't that ever so funny, then that there are people like Afdhere Jama, the founder and editor of Huriyah, a queer Muslim magazine; based in San Francisco?

And what about Faisal Alam - a gay Pakistani American who founded the Al-Fatiha Foundation, an organization dedicated to advancing the cause of gay, lesbian, and transgendered Muslims?

And Parvez Sharma - a gay Muslim film director, living in New York?

And Irshad Manji - a Canadian author, journalist, and a lesbian feminist and critic of Islamic fundamentalism and orthodox interpretations of the Qur'an?

Waheed Alli, aka Baron Alli, of Norbury, London, who at the age of 34 becoming the youngest and the first openly gay peer in Parliament?

Seems rather queer, doesn't it, that they claim Islam doesn't allow gays and there are so many famous ones around?

There are many more, but not quite as famous as these.

2006-12-14 01:19:54 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-14 01:19:24 · 6 answers · asked by anu_manjeeram 1 in Etiquette

2006-12-14 01:19:07 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

GOD IS ATHEIST COOZ HE DOESNT HAVE A GOD TO BELIEVE IN AND TO WORSHIP

2006-12-14 01:17:53 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

As I dictated,mostly I can't get the meaning?It must be someting diferent between chinese culture and the others',but what can I do to improve my english,I will hardly speak any english words if I failed to get the understanding well.
I appriciate someone give me some advises~
Thanks a lot!

2006-12-14 01:17:29 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

2006-12-14 01:16:54 · 12 answers · asked by Kain 5 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-12-14 01:16:44 · 3 answers · asked by Helen C 4 in Other - Holidays

2006-12-14 01:16:20 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I'm up to seven - chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, peanut butter balls, snowballs (mexican wedding cakes), thumbprint cookies, magic cookie bars, and sugar cookies. I may also make peppermint bark.

Gonna be a bakin' fool this weekend!

2006-12-14 01:15:42 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

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But the impact on new capacity of higher spending is being *blunted* by rising cost.

2006-12-14 01:15:15 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages