Society & Culture - 2 February 2007

I heard they changed it from Persia in the 30s to impress the Nazis

2007-02-02 18:10:13 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

What should I do? I tried calling the police but they did not care(probably because they were atheists too). How can we allow atheists to get away with such abuse?Now those childreen will never learn the truth.

2007-02-02 18:09:14 · 34 answers · asked by Only evangelists go to heaven 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I don't understand why so many of these questions/ answers are completely incomprehensible nonsense. I'm not trying to be mean, but it seems like an awful lot of people didn't learn anything at all in English Class. I know my english is not perfect, but some of the questions and answers I've read are just completely impossible to understand. I'm not even talking about all of the slang and internet abbreviations- there are a lot of people who clearly don't know how to communicate effectively when writing. In your opinion, is it just laziness, or is there a growing segment of the population that has little or no understanding of the english language?

2007-02-02 18:08:25 · 12 answers · asked by Elaine 5 in Languages

2007-02-02 18:07:38 · 10 answers · asked by Asilos Magdalena 1 in Religion & Spirituality

WHAT ARE UR HOBBIES WHAT DO U LIKE TO DO FOR FUN AND ALL?

2007-02-02 18:07:25 · 12 answers · asked by single714_luis 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

I KNOW PEOPLE WILL TRY AND SASY ITS JUST A PHASE BUT REELEY ITS NOT IKNOW WHAT I AM AND I KNOW WHAT IWANT.

2007-02-02 18:07:21 · 13 answers · asked by manmeman978 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

where can i find a penpal with no sexual intent, but preferably military just to correspond with? i've googled everything and nothing of what im looking for comes up...and i want a snail mail one instead of the email one. if anyone can find something thatd be great. thanks

2007-02-02 18:06:59 · 1 answers · asked by brighteyes 2 in Other - Society & Culture

2007-02-02 18:04:20 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

my friend, who quit smoking crack 3yrs. ago, says it will be 2 guys that are the reincarnation of moses and elijah. since they are both dead. is this possible?? any opinions???

2007-02-02 18:04:05 · 21 answers · asked by BIGUS_RICKUS 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-02-02 18:04:05 · 6 answers · asked by ? 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-02-02 18:03:46 · 6 answers · asked by Chan K 1 in Easter

2007-02-02 18:03:04 · 17 answers · asked by MADLYNN 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-02-02 18:02:41 · 10 answers · asked by toniyah 2 in Religion & Spirituality

mormonism or mormon? Do you think this religion ensure salvation? What is their opinion of Jesus?

2007-02-02 18:02:05 · 11 answers · asked by dk 6 in Religion & Spirituality

By reading some responses to various questions on this site and from real life experience, I have gathered that both tall and short women despise short men.

Is dating that much harder for shorter men (under 5'9)?

Is this really the case, or are those just "ugly" and "insecure" girls?

2007-02-02 18:01:21 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Did Jesus Ask Judas to Betray Him?

Was there ever a Gospel According to Judas? An ancient book found in an Egyptian cave could be just that--and have an explosive message for Christians.
About three decades ago, a 2,000-year-old mystery surfaced when a farmer looking for treasure in an Egyptian cave instead found a decaying leather-bound book, called a Codex, written in ancient Coptic. Not realizing what he had, he sold it to an antiquities dealer.
Five years after the Codex was found, a scholar named Stephen Emmel was asked to look at it, but under the condition he not photograph it or make any notes. He told ABC's "Primetime" that he leafed through it and spotted a dialogue between Jesus and Judas and his disciples. "The name Judas came up again and again," he recalled. Then for 16 years it sat crumbling in, of all places, a safe-deposit box in a Long Island, N.Y., Citibank. In 2000 it was sold to former antiquities dealer Frieda Nussberger-Tchacos, who told "Primetime," "I think the circumstances of this manuscript coming to me were predestined. Judas was asking me to do something for him."
National Geographic and ABC News report scholars now think this is the long lost Gospel of Judas that was banned by the early church as blasphemous and ordered destroyed. Deciphering it was a monumental task since the 13 pieces of papyrus were in more than 1,000 pieces. Swiss restorer Florence Darbre and her partner painstakingly fit the tiny pieces together like an ancient jigsaw puzzle. Then Emmel and another scholar, Rodolphe Kasser, were called in to authenticate the text. "I've looked at hundreds of papyri, Coptic papyri, in my career, and this is absolutely typical of ancient Coptic manuscripts," Emmel told "Primetime." "I'm completely convinced." The final task was to use radio carbon-dating to authenticate it, which meant destroying tiny pieces of the precious document. The result? The text was written between the third and fourth century and is believed to be a copy of a much older document written in Greek in the second century.
What it has to say could shake Christianity to its core: The Bible says that Judas is the one who betrayed Jesus Christ for 30 pieces of silver, handing him over for crucifixion, an act that damned him for all time. But this Gospel of Judas tells it differently: Jesus asked Judas to betray him.
"Now, the Gospel of Judas also has Judas say to Jesus in fear and terror that he has a dream that the other disciples will hate him and will stone him to death, will attack him, Elaine Pagels, a professor at Princeton University and one of the world's foremost experts on ancient religious texts, told "Primetime." "And Jesus says, 'Yes, in fact, they will think that you are a terrible person because of what you did. This is part of the burden that you bear. But they will be wrong about that.' So it is an extraordinary transformation of the ordinary understanding of Judas Iscariot."
What does it mean? Pagels says that it shows Judas's betrayal of Jesus was not a reprehensible act or the act of a traitor. "It's a secret mystery between him and Jesus."
Herbert Krosney, author of "The Lost Gospel: The Quest for the Gospel of Judas Iscariot," goes even further. He calls Judas "the favored disciple of Jesus," adding, "He is the one whose star shines in the heavens and in the skies, and Judas, therefore, becomes unique. He is Jesus's best friend rather than his betrayer."
Pagels admits there is no historical proof for the Gospel of Judas, just as there is no historical proof for the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. However, she is quick to say, "The Christian message is a message about faith and hope and, you know, the relationship between God and human beings. It's not a matter of historical fact."
--From the Editors at Netscape

2007-02-02 18:01:06 · 8 answers · asked by Doug B 3 in Religion & Spirituality

this is for the biggots in our chat area....

2007-02-02 18:00:27 · 10 answers · asked by eric d 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Recently I befriending a girl from yahoo answers, but every now and then she tries to convert me. Last night she said that I'll be a great testimony for Christians once I accept the love of Christ. This is not the first time some Christian tries to hide these intentions while befriending me. Why can't Christians keep their belief to themselves?

P.S. This girl is so desperate to see me go Christian that she sometimes tries to seduce me, but I have to respectfully decline. Okay, I'm just kidding. I just said it so she'll do some "gnashing of the teeth" when she reads it.

2007-02-02 17:59:14 · 26 answers · asked by Alucard 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-02-02 17:58:19 · 2 answers · asked by camsy 1 in Valentine's Day

2007-02-02 17:58:14 · 2 answers · asked by Tanis M 2 in Languages

Today in traffic some guy and girl tried to start a fight with me and my boyfriend. When this happens to me, I freeze and can't think of anything smart to say back. I always think of the best cool laid back comment later and I fester about it for hours. How can I stand up for myself instead of freezing liike a chicken?

2007-02-02 17:58:07 · 7 answers · asked by jr90292 4 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Does anyone have any good suggestions on what books I can pick up to learn (see:teach myself) Esperanto?

2007-02-02 17:55:42 · 6 answers · asked by Phoenix_Slasher 4 in Languages

It's explained really well (and sited) here:
http://www.cannabisculture.com/backissues/cc11/christ.html

but to summerize, the annoinment oil recipe that God commanded Moses to make, and which was passed on and even used to annoint Jesus during his baptism (baptisms were 2 parts back then-annointing and water). The reference is Kaneh-Bosm, which is starting to be accepted by advanced biblical scholars to mean Cannabis (a big crop in that area that we know from history was used amoung Jews in that area), not Fragrent Cane, as it was seemingly mistranslated as.

Basically, there is good evidence for it, and I'm sure evidence against it. However, unless you attend Rabbidical school and become extremely familier with the ancient ways of the Jews and their extensive history, you don't seem to be qualified to mock people who are much more educated than yourself on the subject.

What do you guys think of the article? Seriously.

2007-02-02 17:53:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Everyday its help Liberian children or build a school in Africa as if the children here have the help they need. If you are a have-not in America you are pretty much nothing. They say go to school when schools are being shot up, when you can't go to school without fear of being robbed or killed for your jacket or shoes. How can you concentrate on Mathematics when you go home and don't have anything to eat. There is no welfare system anymore. Unemployments at a high yet all you here about is how Lucy Lui wants to save the children overseas or how Oprah feels American students don't want to participate. Ask her has she ever had a gun to her face or had a friend murdered and see if she can still participate. What do you think?

2007-02-02 17:53:03 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

i.e. learn to stop driving cars and try to prevent global warming catastrophe. Or will selfishness prevail? dig it .

2007-02-02 17:52:37 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2007-02-02 17:52:13 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Such as saying good morning, afternoon, or night to strangers, or When calling a company or anyone else, you ask "how are you today" and give the proper greeting. Sometimes people are just plain rude and ask what do you want, and so on

2007-02-02 17:51:29 · 20 answers · asked by captstevenfusmc 2 in Etiquette

2007-02-02 17:50:33 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

God commands it in Deuteronomy 13:7-11. There's nothing at all symbolic in the language, either. God says: "you must kill him, your hand must strike the first blow." And, in case that isn't explicit enough, in Deu 13:1, God says "Whatever I am now commanding you, you must keep and observe, adding nothing to it, taking nothing away."

If you can argue with such an unequivocal command, you can argue with any "Thou Shalt nots ..." of the Ten Commandments.

2007-02-02 17:50:28 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Shipa Shetty's entry into the Big Brother show had created great hopes for her. And the treatment at the Big Brother's house had raised alram of racial attitude of Westerners. And her win has created a mixed feelings. And it was evident that she was treated in a undignified way because of her colour and Asian origin. And I appriciate her for speaking out it openly and making the issue known to the public. But if she were to be sincere she should had opted for a walk out from the show in protest aginst it. How can she? She had recieved a Big Amount of payment! Others may say that she was courageous enough to face it and challenge them. And at the end of the show she won! Was it not just a kind of compensation to cover up the harm? Is it not the show is only for maney without any moral vales? Did not Shilp forego her dignity for money! She had gone there with an elagent Indian dress and while returning she may come back with the western minimum dress on. Does she love money or India?

2007-02-02 17:48:57 · 9 answers · asked by friend of knowledge 2 in Etiquette