Society & Culture - 29 January 2007

Can you point to a specific source? I'm not looking for the answer "Hitler" because the idea was around long before him - and it is a prevalent idea still in places like India. Is it written in a holy book somewhere or any specific socio-political source?

2007-01-29 23:16:56 · 3 answers · asked by Globetrotter 5 in Other - Society & Culture

police force is one of them. what about nurses uniforms? any other? tahnks.

2007-01-29 23:16:38 · 5 answers · asked by allgiggles1984 6 in Other - Society & Culture

2007-01-29 23:14:40 · 3 answers · asked by Kelly M 1 in Other - Holidays

They know that is part of the public school curriculum. If they want creationism to be taught, why not send them to pariochal school or homeschool them instead?

2007-01-29 23:14:13 · 17 answers · asked by Cinnamon 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-01-29 23:13:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

in what way do islamic and christian fundamentalists differ? they both try to control the individual and coerce into there own view often by violence whats the difference one says jesus the other allah.

2007-01-29 23:13:24 · 20 answers · asked by iain d 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I hear all these rumors about Clay's sexuality...I really don't care whether he's gay or not...i love him, nonetheless..But he has denied being gay in the past, and to my knowledge he has not "openly" came out yet...so perhaps there is a strong possibility that he is straight. What do you all think?

2007-01-29 23:10:59 · 13 answers · asked by cutegirlin_tn 5 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

i do not know which publisher have the best credibility in Spanish dictionaries.

2007-01-29 23:10:54 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

2007-01-29 23:10:13 · 5 answers · asked by CHEESUS GROYST 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Far too much public money is wasted on treating homosexuals differently to others which seems to be a contrary to the aims of those who want equal rights.
It seems to me that heterosexuals get the sharp end of the stick these days.
What do you think?

2007-01-29 23:06:40 · 19 answers · asked by Barrie G 3 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-01-29 23:06:27 · 4 answers · asked by aamir925 1 in Languages

We are at war on the Euphrates River.

2007-01-29 23:06:26 · 10 answers · asked by cjmjt3757 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-01-29 23:05:52 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-01-29 23:04:19 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I mean, would they have to? What's the point..weird question but something i've always wondered..

2007-01-29 23:03:37 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-01-29 23:02:44 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Gold, and lots of it. Am I right?

2007-01-29 23:02:22 · 10 answers · asked by ? 3 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-01-29 23:01:41 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I think of myself as a postmodern ironic pedant.

If the sign says "wait here", I do. If asked if I can be helped, I reply, "No thanks, I'm quite good at waiting"

If the sign says, "Don't walk on the grass", I run/skip/hop/cartwheel instead.

At a Strbucks in Edinburgh there was a sign in the toilet saying, "Put only toilet paper down the toilet." So I pee'd in the sink and shoved a load of paper down the toilet.

I like to "Ring for attention", although I rarely get much attention for the little dance I then perform.

I see no reason why pedestrians should not obey "stop" signs - even if it means others have to walk around me.

As you can see, I like to be obedient in these ways.

Do you have any suggestions for new ways I can do as I'm told?

2007-01-29 23:01:40 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

2007-01-29 23:01:17 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I know you believe they are one God but they are still two different entities.

In other words: the strict God of Old Testament or the man God of the New Testament?

2007-01-29 23:00:52 · 4 answers · asked by Kimo 4 in Religion & Spirituality

if so its so wrong to make this kind of mistake, how can God allow this mistake of tranlation?

2007-01-29 23:00:34 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

When countless documents from the founding fathers prove that they were indeed not Christian?

2007-01-29 23:00:25 · 13 answers · asked by Cinnamon 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Experts and professionals say that we are economically, medically, and socially better off now then we ever were. Are we?

2007-01-29 22:59:58 · 8 answers · asked by Grant B 1 in Other - Society & Culture

For example people who do believe in God but they don't believe in Bertram Russell's Celestial Teapot nor do they believe in fairies.
If so why don't they believe in the Celestial Teapot or Fairies, whose existence like God's can neither be proved or disproved.

2007-01-29 22:59:19 · 5 answers · asked by CHEESUS GROYST 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-01-29 22:58:55 · 17 answers · asked by cjmjt3757 1 in Religion & Spirituality

As to the Taurat (Torah), Jewish scribes painstakingly copied it via a system of checking, double checking and adding each letter on each line. Any attempt to change something in the Torah would have resulted in immediate discovery and condemnation. And copies of the Torah from around the world agree exactly. Thousands of the Hebrew Old Testament manuscript copies are still available for textual criticism, ranging in age from the second century B.C. (Before Christ) to the eleventh century A.D. (After Christ).

This same quality of transmission cannot be said of the Islamic Qur'an. The Islamic Qur'an was mostly written down from 3rd and 4th hand accounts; and from a few thoughts written on scrap papers, palm leaves and stones --and compiled over 150 years after Muhammad died in 632 A.D. In the Mishtatu ‘lMasabih, chapter 3, we are informed that by the command of the first Caliph, Abu Bakr, the text of the Qur’an was “collected” by Zaid ibn Thabit “from palm leaves and stones and from the breasts of those who had learned by heart” the various revelations." Abu Bakr’s copy came into the possession of Hafsah, one of Muhammad’s widows. Qustalani states that after Hafsah’s death her copy was torn to pieces by Mirwan, who was governor of Medina.

The oldest Qur'an dates from around 790 A.D. (after Jesus), and it is in the British Library. That's 158 years after Muhammad’s death. See corrupted Qur'an here .

Muslims often claim that the manuscript of the Qur'an housed in the Topkapi Museum in Istanbul, Turkey is one of the oldest sources. Muslims say it dates from around 650 A.D. There is an insurmountable problem with this. This document is written in Kufic (also known as al-Khatt al-Kufi) script. Coins in the British Museum show that the first coins using the Kufic script date from the mid to end of the 8th century (750-800 A.D.). The only script used during and after Muhammad's days was the Jazm script.

2007-01-29 22:57:16 · 9 answers · asked by thomas 2 in Religion & Spirituality

What is the word 'News' in Japanese? I've been looking on the net but I can't seem to find any decent sites.

2007-01-29 22:56:09 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

This horrible person realizes that he's about to die so he drops to his knees and says the Lord's Prayer, will he be accepted? Because it obvious he just using it as an "insurance policy". Someone told me you can get into heaven if you truly don't want to be in hell. How fair is that if its true? So is it how you live? Or how scared you are at the end of your life?

I don't know if I neccessarilly beleive in Hvn or Hell but its an interesting thought notheless.

2007-01-29 22:55:39 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-01-29 22:51:55 · 7 answers · asked by qwerty 2 in Other - Society & Culture