Society & Culture - 26 December 2006

Institutions, such as the American government, have a tendency to enforce unreasonable levels of control on their public when they know they are about to lose it. This is why illegal wiretaps were conducted on thousands of unsuspecting American citizens. This is why AMERICANS have been tortured BY AMERICANS. This is why the American public was lied to, in order to justify an invasion of Iraq. The oil in Iraq is essential to America's ability to control it's own public, and other countries around the world. Oils is what drives their military machine, and the infrastructure of the American economy. Oil just happens to be the underpinning of our global civilization, and it's also responsible for the pending environmental catastrophe that threatens the survival of every living thing on this planet. Before you go nuts trying to defend your "country", consider the fact that life does not exist for the sake of civilization, but for the sake of it's self, and we will never escape that fact.

2006-12-26 08:30:10 · 9 answers · asked by whoholdsthepower 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-12-26 08:29:40 · 14 answers · asked by The Most Beautiful Men 1 in Mythology & Folklore

I guess I do not understand the 34 year old "tradition" (I really do not consider it a holiday) of Kwanzaa. I know its basis - to incorporate African traditions into American customs...but...why? This is not Africa. This is America. Oh let me guess...it is all about those traditions being implemented by some "white guy"...

2006-12-26 08:28:45 · 7 answers · asked by behr28 5 in Religion & Spirituality

ok so ive noticed this argument comes up a lot, when a person makes a point against the validity of the bible (by makeing a contradiction or an inconsistancy) they are refuted by the same statement every time.

"you take it out of context"

ok now i have noticed that when i asked about prayer, bible says "with faith the size of a mustard seed one can move mountains" and "ask and you shall receive, knock and the door shall be opened" and then christians tell me "but only if its in gods will" nowhere in the entire chapter does it say that. so apparently u can put things in your own context.

but when i make a statement about an inconsistancy, they say i take it out of context when i pulled directly from the bible. then i ask them to please put it IN context for me to understand they are speechless.

so doesnt this seem a bit of a 1-way street here? christians claim we take things out of context, but put things in their own context. has anyone else noticed this?

2006-12-26 08:28:27 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

why do you ( people who celebrate christmas) have a tree. what does it rep. ? whats th point of having it?

2006-12-26 08:28:08 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Holidays

2006-12-26 08:27:22 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2006-12-26 08:26:33 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

2006-12-26 08:25:38 · 16 answers · asked by cancelcodeyellow 3 in Other - Society & Culture

Here it is people, crystal clear intolerance:

Quran 3:85 YUSUFALI: If anyone desires a religion other than Islam, never will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter He will be in the ranks of those who have lost (All spiritual good). http://cwis.usc.edu/dept/msa/quran/003.q...

If "dont accept" them wasnt clear enough then:

Quran 5:51 : “O ye who believe! take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors" http://cwis.usc.edu/dept/msa/quran/005.qmt.html

Dont get it yet? Ok, know they are "cursed":

Quran 9:30 "the Jews call 'Uzair a son of Allah, and the Christians call Christ the son of Allah. …they but imitate what the unbelievers of old used to say. Allah's curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the truth!" http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/009.qmt.html#009.030

Dont accept or ever befriend the cursed non-muslim but "hate" them instead, this is "excellent" conduct. Quran 60:4 http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/060.qmt.html#060.004

2006-12-26 08:25:01 · 6 answers · asked by Asmodeous 1 in Religion & Spirituality

N. Ireland, Israel, etc, etc, etc...

Don't they all believe "their" God is the right one?

2006-12-26 08:25:00 · 14 answers · asked by Whatever 5 in Religion & Spirituality

What did the Christians have against women for so long?
Wacko sexually repressed men? probably.....

2006-12-26 08:24:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

The how come there is story after story of children from infancy knowing who God is? Here is a quote from snopes of a child doing something strange but puts things into perspective...
Soon after her brother was born, little Sachi began to ask her parents to leave her alone with the new baby. They worried that like most four-year-olds, she might feel jealous and want to hit or shake him, so they said no. But she showed no signs of jealousy. She treated the baby with kindness and her pleas to be left alone with him became more urgent. They decided to allow it.

Elated, she went into the baby's room and shut the door, but it opened a crack -- enough for her curious parents to peek in and listen. They saw litle Sachi walk quietly up to her baby brother, put her face close to his and say quietly, "Baby, tell me what God feels like. I'm starting to forget."

here is the link with the article of "God Smells Like Rain"
http://www.snopes.com/glurge/rain.htm The story has been found to be true

2006-12-26 08:24:00 · 17 answers · asked by WINGS 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I can say this in 4 languages already and I am collecting how to say random phrases like this in many languages. So if you have any other 'useful' phrases or can translate this into your language (without a translator) answer my question! Thanks

2006-12-26 08:23:37 · 17 answers · asked by hrvatski 2 in Languages

Who benefits from it? Unless it is very, very, very, very strongly scented (like moist from all the scent), it does not one lick of good. Is your thumb supposed to notice the scent when you wipe?

I just ran across a bin of "Holiday Scents" t.p. in the after Christmas reduced area at the market. If it's "Holiday Scents" does that mean that it should smell like my holidays? So do you think they smell like digested pumpkin pie, liqour, anti-depressants, and sadness?

2006-12-26 08:23:28 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

are vanpiers real any body knows about it anser

2006-12-26 08:23:23 · 9 answers · asked by tinybritt_7 1 in Mythology & Folklore

The Catholic Church says they are the first Christian Church but I find inconsistancies in their statements when compared to historical fact. In NT the Apostle were told to spread to the far West and East. How could the Catholic Church be telling the truth?

2006-12-26 08:22:55 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-26 08:22:15 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-26 08:21:28 · 27 answers · asked by coolman 2 in Diwali

Is it just me, or too much fetus pie.

2006-12-26 08:21:05 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I am in need of buying a Roman Catholic Bible. Do you know any good web resourses to buy one? I tried googling and ebay, but most results are various fancy catholic books but not original bibles.
and since there are tons of Christian denominations, i need to be sure its a roman catholic one.
thanx in advance!

2006-12-26 08:18:02 · 15 answers · asked by Ziriphalah 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-26 08:17:51 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

Is that not better since there may very well be. Yes, it is.
Better to believe than to not if there is, as opposed to the other way around.

Kneel before Zod!

2006-12-26 08:16:30 · 17 answers · asked by Zod 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-26 08:15:29 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If I said "Boruch Ata Hashem Elokenu Melech Ha'Olam Boreh Pri Ha'Etz" and took a bite out of an apple, what should you say?

2006-12-26 08:15:09 · 17 answers · asked by metsguy126 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I've read some things about increasing racism there, I know it's everywhere, but is it true that non-white people is struck on streets, metro and so on just because of race?
It seems weird, I mean that country fought against that...

P.S.: Don't have anything against russian people or something. Thanks for answering.

2006-12-26 08:13:36 · 3 answers · asked by TRN 6 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2006-12-26 08:13:07 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

You guys would have monster quads from all of those lunges and Americans probably wouldn't be so fat....

2006-12-26 08:12:24 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Is that not better since there may very well be. Yes, it is.

2006-12-26 08:11:13 · 20 answers · asked by superdave 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-26 08:11:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anne V 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-12-26 08:10:57 · 22 answers · asked by **La Bella 3 in Religion & Spirituality