Society & Culture - 17 December 2006

There was this letter in the London paper (about people not giving their seats to pregnant women) that said: "If you dont want to stand, dont get pregnant, I have to stand when I am hangover" what do you think? (I am not pregnant it just shocked me a bit)

2006-12-17 23:29:28 · 21 answers · asked by Sheldon 6 in Etiquette

2006-12-17 23:28:58 · 2 answers · asked by ladyplpr1@sbcglobal.net 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2006-12-17 23:28:50 · 3 answers · asked by carolyn j 1 in Languages

People look at this at tell….what u see……….tell my what u think….what's that….how did it become like this?????? http://www.arab7.com/up/file/1110504164573.jpg http://www.sunna.info/souwar/data/media/27/www_sunna_info_man_blood_gr.jpg http://nmz897.jeeran.com/عذاب%20القبر.jpg if u r interested to know the storey of this picture check this question after maybe 40 min or something like that

2006-12-17 23:28:34 · 10 answers · asked by candyness 2 in Religion & Spirituality

My frnd said to me one day, "You think we killed your Saviour, don't you?" How do we explain that, yes, we believe it was Jewish ppl who led to the crucifiction of Christ, but if he hadnt died we wouldn't be saved? So we don't blame the Jews. Jesus was a Jew.

2006-12-17 23:26:36 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Ok, 2 things:

The sun don't shine forever.

And look closer.

2006-12-17 23:26:29 · 6 answers · asked by Matt B 1 in Languages

I am a budding writer. I started writing about a story idea that seemed very promising then got totally and completely stuck. My story is a satire about a near future academy which –thanks to a revolutionary surveillance technology-is capable of studying sentient civilizations on distant planets. I created 3 interesting characters(religious female scholar, haughty male scientist, creative male pacifist with whole the religious scholar is in love) and I described the academy, the technology, a few interesting lessons gained from studying other civs, and then I'm out of fuel, unable to invent the struggle necessary to keep all stories interesting. Do you have any suggestions to keep my story going on?Some spice, some struggle or problem that needs to be resolved and gets the reader involved?

2006-12-17 23:26:03 · 6 answers · asked by lagondapaolini 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-17 23:25:50 · 11 answers · asked by I'm Sparticus 4 in Other - Society & Culture

I need gift ideas for a friend please! She's 28 years old, and we've been friends for about 2 years. The gift is really for her and her husband. I want to get something original because that's what she always does. For instance, when my baby was born, she bought a baby quilt and had his name and date of birth embroidered on it. Unfortunately I'm not very creative. Also, I can't spend more than $50.
Thanks!

2006-12-17 23:25:28 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Holidays

and meinem..so which one should I use ?

2006-12-17 23:24:57 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

A group of 50 assorted Christians or a group of 50 potheads?

2006-12-17 23:24:36 · 12 answers · asked by Red Winged Bandit 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-17 23:23:52 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

In not it a shame, the most powerful jewish freemason,gets an appointment with the pope ?

2006-12-17 23:21:16 · 11 answers · asked by Clara.M 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-17 23:21:09 · 6 answers · asked by legend 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Why?

2006-12-17 23:21:01 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Holidays

I'm indebted to an answerer on another question for inspiring this question. She described Armageddon as being Biblically defined as "the war of God against unrighteous humans".

Now, the theory runs that God created the universe, therefore what he says goes. But if I have a kid, and he turns into a teenager and says he hates me and wishes he'd never been born and steals from me and spits at me, yada yada yada, does that give me the right to kill the kid? I'd submit that it doesn't. So why should God have the right to wage a war on "lesser" beings like us? Can we not establish some sort of Deities Council to establish what He can and cannot do to us without having His weapons of mass destruction taken away? We all know what the rights of man are. But what are the rights of God?

2006-12-17 23:19:06 · 8 answers · asked by mdfalco71 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Now, what language did jesus spoke in ?
-Aramiac

Now can the number 666 be translated into Aramaic by using hebrew alphabtes ?
yes, of course....

Let's investigate.

Numeric Values of the
Hebrew Alef-bet

'alef =1 waw =6 kaf =20 `ayin =70 shin =300
bet =2 zayin =7 lamed =30 pe =80 taw =400
gimel =3 het =8 mem =40 sadey=90
dalet =4 tet= 9 nun =50 qof =100
he =5 yod =10 samek =60 resh =200

And not only this, but letter-numbers are added in descending order by larger to smaller amount. So it is not always easy to construct a number to where the symbolism shows easily. Usually a name is started with first (that is characters) and then interpreted thru numbers. In other words, www, or 6+6+6 does not add to six-hundred-sixty-six. It adds up to 18. In Hebrew, 18 is the exact same as hay, meaning "life."

On the other hand, what letter-numbers are required to equal 666 exactly, and in the proper configuration? Consult the chart above finding the largest number needed first, then the second largest, and so on, in descending order.

You will find that the letters in order are: Taw-Resh-Samek-Waw. In English characters we would represent them as Trsw. But Hebrew is represented by consonants only. Vowels came much later, except for the yod and waw. Waw could act as a long 'o' or 'u'. Trsw---is that a Hebrew word? No, it is a Hebrew spelling or a word-play on the name of a Greek city in Asia Minor. It was this city that the beast-666 came from, the city of Tarsus, the city where Paul, the teacher of lawlessness and apostate founder of gentile Christianity came from. Paul of Tarsus is the beast-666 of the Revelation

2006-12-17 23:18:26 · 12 answers · asked by Ayamkatek 2 in Languages

I´m spanish, I talk in spanish but I like english a lot and most music I listen is english.
When I drink pretty much, I start talking english but I dont know why because I usually dont remember maybe because I say some pretty bad stuff that I dont want people to understand, what do you think? does it happen to you?

2006-12-17 23:18:07 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

I heard that 50% of Americans use that green substance. Do you?

2006-12-17 23:16:03 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

and i am confused which one for whom, its meant to be one for a male and one for female, please note they are same pens except colour, male is my boss and female is only my collegeaue, does it matter which colou?if yes whats more appropriate

2006-12-17 23:15:59 · 9 answers · asked by smartfem_18 1 in Etiquette

If God is the loving & just being that they believe in, do they really think that He would find it fair to punnish the unrepentant over an eternity, for the sins committed in a relatively short period of time? I don't think an eternity for a lifespan is quite the same as an eye for an eye...

2006-12-17 23:15:44 · 21 answers · asked by trbz44 1 in Religion & Spirituality

God has been playing favorites for a long time now, in fact I was told by God just the other day that I'm one of them (Thanks God, I love You too! )!!!! Why does this bother People, is it because I'm undeserving and behave so terribly? Hey, I've got God personally watchiing my back; why shoudn't I take advantage of this divine intervention in my life?

2006-12-17 23:14:31 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-17 23:14:24 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Holidays

2006-12-17 23:13:58 · 14 answers · asked by CHARLIEDONTSURF 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

If possible, could someone outline the difference between Roman Catholism and Coptic Orthodox?

Thank you in advance

2006-12-17 23:12:46 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I myself have written several, but that's me; what would You do if God invited You to write down some of Your thoughts; as God has asked me to do? Would You, come on now; we're talking God asking here!!!!!

2006-12-17 23:09:50 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I hope not,the fat dude would ground my *** for life

2006-12-17 23:08:48 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

I dont!

2006-12-17 23:06:59 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

2006-12-17 23:05:40 · 13 answers · asked by horrified 2 in Other - Society & Culture

I know this guy and because he's friends with my sister I know that he can really open up and talk... But whenever I try to talk to him he seems hesistant. I don't want to have deep emotional talks, but I'm not a big fan of small chat either...

What sort of things could I say to open him up a bit?

merry christmas!

2006-12-17 23:05:08 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender