Society & Culture - 27 December 2006

He has been basically homeless for the last 5 years at least. I put him up in my garage for 6 months 2 years ago. He's now back in town and still needs a place to stay. He can stay at the shelter most nights but I think he is on his last legs. He's about 40 I think and is very smart and from a rich family that fell apart, and is an alcoholic. He has been drinking less lately though. How can I steer hinm in the right direction to save his life.

2006-12-27 17:01:49 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2006-12-27 17:00:56 · 5 answers · asked by kpsbth 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Paul spread hate and bigotry. Jesus was about love one another. 1st Corinthians is a book full of hate and prejudice.

2006-12-27 16:59:54 · 20 answers · asked by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-27 16:59:22 · 4 answers · asked by kpsbth 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-27 16:58:39 · 2 answers · asked by Zhukov 4 in Languages

2006-12-27 16:58:35 · 3 answers · asked by kpsbth 2 in Religion & Spirituality

if you think about it having no faith makes you realize that this life is all you got make the most of it. People who are so devoted to religion in the most extremes are just like the terroist of 9-11
and other religious fanatics who belive that their action even in some cases violent are for a greater good thats beyond their life and the life of others any comments? I am a spritual person but does my logic have any merit?

2006-12-27 16:58:22 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-27 16:57:47 · 5 answers · asked by justme 2 in Languages

Last V-day, I wrote a poem to her. It told her indirectly how I felt, but I didn't tell her that it was from me. Instead I told her that it was from a boy, because I really liked her and I didn't want to scare her off.
She was interested in the imaginary guy, but I think she found out it was me and started ignoring me.
What should I do to forget her?

2006-12-27 16:57:12 · 5 answers · asked by m_0hi 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2006-12-27 16:57:00 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-27 16:56:31 · 11 answers · asked by mrquestion 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-27 16:56:15 · 3 answers · asked by virtualmatt2001 1 in Other - Society & Culture

Hello my sweet niece!

2006-12-27 16:53:38 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

I am... then I'm gonna buy me a pair of Cha Cha Heels.
Black ones!

2006-12-27 16:52:28 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

after witnessing media reports on the millions spent in dressing up like Santa and bursting costly crackers, this question kept prompting me... When millions are starving for a square meal a day, and when Christ Himself Has asked His followers to feed the sick and destitute and poor, is it imperative for lavish spending on Christmas..?

2006-12-27 16:52:00 · 12 answers · asked by rufiboy 3 in Christmas

Paul was a Roman citizen. He was a turncoat and played both sides of the fence. As a Roman citizen he was allowed free travel.

On the road to Damascus he had a seizure. Supposedly Jesus appeared to him and said ,Why do you kick against the pricks. Look it up, that was how it was recorded in the original catholic bible. Jesus asked him why was he persecuting his people.

Paul was secretly a fundamentalist Jew, a fanatic. He was then a fanatic in his writings. Why are his words important? Are the words of the KKK important today?

2006-12-27 16:51:56 · 15 answers · asked by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 in Religion & Spirituality

for example: practices, beliefs and so on...I am very interested to know this please answer

2006-12-27 16:50:20 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I live around alot of amish people. They all talk about their hard life and how we are corporate suckers. they get tax breaks for living this hard cor life but yet still shop at wallmart. does this make sence

2006-12-27 16:50:00 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

2006-12-27 16:49:56 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i bought her a brand new vaccuum cleaner
a new feather duster
a new iron and board
a 12 pack of dust clothes
a brand new broom
a case of pine- sol

do you think she was happy with all that stuff i got her?

2006-12-27 16:48:09 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Holidays

I have twice, of course my life didn't pan out like the card said it would.

2006-12-27 16:47:37 · 5 answers · asked by amazon 4 in Other - Society & Culture

NA Double Helix: A Recent Discovery of Enormous Complexity
The DNA Double Helix is one of the greatest scientific discoveries of all time. First described by James Watson and Francis Crick in 1953, DNA is the famous molecule of genetics that establishes each organism's physical characteristics. It wasn't until mid-2001, that the Human Genome Project and Celera Genomics jointly presented the true nature and complexity of the digital code inherent in DNA. We now understand that each human DNA molecule is comprised of chemical bases arranged in approximately 3 billion precise sequences. Even the DNA molecule for the single-celled bacterium, E. coli, contains enough information to fill all the books in any of the world's largest libraries.

DNA Double Helix: The "Basics"
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is a double-stranded molecule that is twisted into a helix like a spiral staircase. Each strand is comprised of a sugar-phosphate backbone and numerous base chemicals attached in pairs. The four bases that make up the stairs in the spiraling staircase are adenine (A), thymine (T), cytosine (C) and guanine (G). These stairs act as the "letters" in the genetic alphabet, combining into complex sequences to form the words, sentences and paragraphs that act as instructions to guide the formation and functioning of the host cell. Maybe even more appropriately, the A, T, C and G in the genetic code of the DNA molecule can be compared to the "0" and "1" in the binary code of computer software. Like software to a computer, the DNA code is a genetic language that communicates information to the organic cell.

The DNA code, like a floppy disk of binary code, is quite simple in its basic paired structure. However, it's the sequencing and functioning of that code that's enormously complex. Through recent technologies like x-ray crystallography, we now know that the cell is not a "blob of protoplasm", but rather a microscopic marvel that is more complex than the space shuttle. The cell is very complicated, using vast numbers of phenomenally precise DNA instructions to control its every function.

Although DNA code is remarkably complex, it's the information translation system connected to that code that really baffles science. Like any language, letters and words mean nothing outside the language convention used to give those letters and words meaning. This is modern information theory at its core. A simple binary example of information theory is the "Midnight Ride of Paul Revere." In that famous story, Mr. Revere asks a friend to put one light in the window of the North Church if the British came by land, and two lights if they came by sea. Without a shared language convention between Paul Revere and his friend, that simple communication effort would mean nothing. Well, take that simple example and multiply by a factor containing many zeros.

We now know that the DNA molecule is an intricate message system. To claim that DNA arose by random material forces is to say that information can arise by random material forces. Many scientists argue that the chemical building blocks of the DNA molecule can be explained by natural evolutionary processes. However, they must realize that the material base of a message is completely independent of the information transmitted. Thus, the chemical building blocks have nothing to do with the origin of the complex message. As a simple illustration, the information content of the clause "nature was designed" has nothing to do with the writing material used, whether ink, paint, chalk or crayon. In fact, the clause can be written in binary code, Morse code or smoke signals, but the message remains the same, independent of the medium. There is obviously no relationship between the information and the material base used to transmit it. Some current theories argue that self-organizing properties within the base chemicals themselves created the information in the first DNA molecule. Others argue that external self-organizing forces created the first DNA molecule. However, all of these theories must hold to the illogical conclusion that the material used to transmit the information also produced the information itself. Contrary to the current theories of evolutionary scientists, the information contained within the genetic code must be entirely independent of the chemical makeup of the DNA molecule.

DNA Double Helix: Its Existence Alone Defeats any Theory of Evolution
The scientific reality of the DNA double helix can single-handedly defeat any theory that assumes life arose from non-life through materialistic forces. Evolution theory has convinced many people that the design in our world is merely "apparent" -- just the result of random, natural processes. However, with the discovery, mapping and sequencing of the DNA molecule, we now understand that organic life is based on vastly complex information code, and such information cannot be created or interpreted without a Master Designer at the cosmic keyboard.

2006-12-27 16:47:30 · 38 answers · asked by ? 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-12-27 16:46:10 · 41 answers · asked by Troy J 1 in Religion & Spirituality

There'll still be champagne, but I would appreciate some ideas for ppl who don't want booze or are trying to drink less booze.

2006-12-27 16:45:34 · 17 answers · asked by Santa C 3 in Other - Holidays

2006-12-27 16:45:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

When attending a conference or a convention, people often have to choose individual sessions or "workshops" to attend. In English, we call these "break-out sessions", but what are they called in Spanish? I can come up with a way to describe them, but is there a customary expression that is used in Spanish to refer to them? Thanks!

2006-12-27 16:43:59 · 3 answers · asked by ? 5 in Languages

Are they trying to say it is something evill behind the disappering.Is that why their calling it the devil triangle.Im watching it on sci channel now.it sounds crazzy to me,that stuff would disappear like that.

2006-12-27 16:43:46 · 10 answers · asked by TrueWoman 1 in Mythology & Folklore

i look up the Bible but he passage is to brief to explain, aside from asking Godly discernment... what people may say is sometimes to believe but if you have strong insight, can you take some time to explain, not only for the asker but also for those who can read it...thanks.

2006-12-27 16:43:41 · 15 answers · asked by Philadelphia 2 in Religion & Spirituality

in was reading a story on yahoo news on murder and they said one of the main causes are young people who pull guns when they dont get the respect they think they deserve...what the hell? do people really think they deserve respect?

what do you think?

2006-12-27 16:43:18 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2006-12-27 16:43:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore