Society & Culture - 3 February 2007

Peace and Love

2007-02-03 01:19:04 · 4 answers · asked by digilook 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Then I fail to see how. It says to kill Pagans. That is violent to me, even if it is only defensively. In the Tahnak, Bible, and Apocrypha, Christians and Jews are ordered not to kill at all. Even soldiers who do their job are in sin. The only time violence is acceptable is when God Himself orders it or commits it. This theme is of paticular importance in the Christian text. I see very little "love theology" in the Quran. Surah 9 (The entire chapter) is essentially offering a bypass to peace. And it can be interpreted as a clear license to kill. Muslims, please help me contend with this.

2007-02-03 01:19:03 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-02-03 01:18:28 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Peace and Love

2007-02-03 01:17:52 · 5 answers · asked by digilook 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Peace and Love

2007-02-03 01:16:24 · 2 answers · asked by digilook 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I hate going to hairdressers who constantly try to make conversation with me. I'm there to get my hair cut, not to make small talk. Why do hairdressers always want to know about their customers. Obviously I know it is to make the customer feel more comfortable, and thus more likely to return. But not all customers want to talk,and thus I would like to know how hairdressers feel when their customers do not want to talk. I am quite shy and find it difficult to maintain converstaions. Although I am perfectly happy to sit in silence whilst having my hair cut, I feel uncomfortable when hairdressers constantly try to make converstaion with me. If I feel that they are not uncomfortable then I am fine. I think men are lucky when they go to the hairdressers/barber because I think with men there is no pressure for the barber or customer to make small talk. They can go in there have a hair cut and not expect to interrogated about their life!!

2007-02-03 01:16:23 · 47 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

My favorite story in the Bible is about the adulterous woman brought before Jesus. It is my favorite since, to me, it illustrates two important concepts about God's nature: God's unending capacity to love and forgive and that judgment is God's domain, not mine.
If you recall the story, the church elders stated, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what say you?"

Jesus knew the scriptures of which they spoke. It stated: "If a man commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall be put to death."

To the surprise of all, Jesus blatantly violates the scripture by stating, "Let anyone among you who is without sin, cast the first stone." One by one they left, beginning with the Elders. Jesus asks of the adulterer, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" And Jesus says, "Neither do I condemn you."

How powerful and beautiful is this statement.

2007-02-03 01:16:22 · 21 answers · asked by ? 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-02-03 01:14:38 · 8 answers · asked by cheng 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Peace and Love

2007-02-03 01:14:34 · 2 answers · asked by digilook 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I've often wondered this because i've heard people talking about both. Some say they are the same thing, others say they are different. Please help me!

2007-02-03 01:11:48 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

2007-02-03 01:11:36 · 14 answers · asked by asking 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-02-03 01:11:06 · 11 answers · asked by Eboni 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-02-03 01:08:52 · 8 answers · asked by whamos17 1 in Other - Society & Culture

I have known this guy for 9 years & he has always made it known to his family, friends, etc. that he is n love with me & wants 2 marry me. Up until that point we have never been intimate or anything. It has been strictly friendship. He never dealt with any other women and had abstained from sex. About a year ago I moved 2 minutes from him and we got closer & we started dating. However the relationship was strange to me. He lived with his family but he never wanted to spend time with me alone. He never wanted to stay the night at my apartment. I always had to pack my clothes up on the weekend and stay with him and his family. We had very little sex but during the course of our intimacy I got pregnant. I thought his behavior was because of his culture "Hispanic" (real family oriented) or because he had an extremely small package or he was a chronic mama's boy. Now I have a 2 month son and I am trying to figure out what's his deal? Is he trying to suppress some homosexual desires?

2007-02-03 01:06:30 · 10 answers · asked by Jade 3 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

"If someone says he loves God, and hates a man, that person is a LIAR!"

Dominus

2007-02-03 01:06:18 · 15 answers · asked by Dominus Satanis 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I think any holiday that celebrates manhood is bad, because we as women are then forced to set aside all of our strengths and treat our men like kings. I can see celebrating Mother's Day, because women should always be celebrated and treated with respect, unlike men. So, therefore, should Father's Day be banned?

2007-02-03 01:05:56 · 14 answers · asked by Jaime P 1 in Other - Holidays

2007-02-03 01:05:16 · 15 answers · asked by m.delorenzo 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Who is this person, 'Wisdom in Faith'? Where did this information about John come from?

2007-02-03 01:04:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

And they beleive that their country from forat river to nile river

2007-02-03 01:03:52 · 5 answers · asked by sarah5 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-02-03 01:00:38 · 14 answers · asked by m.delorenzo 1 in Religion & Spirituality

1-'Gehenna' or 'The valley of the son of Hinnom' which is what the Greek word means, was the rubbish tip outside of Jerusalem in the time of Jesus which was also used to burn the bodies of criminals who had suffered capital punishment. Most of the occurrences of the word 'hell' in the New Testament refer to this 'place of burning' outside of Jerusalem.
2-If we can accept the words quoted from Psalm 16 which prophetically teach that Jesus went to 'sheol' (ie. the grave) when He died, then to be consistent with Bible teaching, we must accept that Peter meant the grave as well when He said that Jesus went to hades when he quotes Psalm 16 in Acts 2:27. Any other explanation would have Old Testament teaching contradicting the New Testament. The fact that the New Testament was written in Greek does not mean that we have to use Greek mythology to interpret Scripture. Today we use words like "lunatic", but this does not mean that we accept that somebody's mental health depends on the phases

2007-02-03 00:58:07 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-02-03 00:57:34 · 8 answers · asked by Liz S 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2007-02-03 00:57:15 · 13 answers · asked by Nous Nous 1 in Religion & Spirituality

i aked this question a few days ago and several ppl said it was racist the question was:

if a jewish man was turned into a vampire would he be burned by the cross or the star of david.

could someone please tell me how that is racist

2007-02-03 00:55:05 · 29 answers · asked by anangelcalled 2 in Other - Society & Culture

Are they just unaware? I had to read this in Will Durant's book "The Age of Faith".

2007-02-03 00:54:14 · 10 answers · asked by mouthbreather77 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-02-03 00:53:26 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-02-03 00:52:46 · 7 answers · asked by jack_diam_01 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-02-03 00:51:22 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

need some words so that i can translate them to specific languages....

2007-02-03 00:51:01 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

skirts? How about the underarms, when did that start?

2007-02-03 00:50:55 · 2 answers · asked by victorschool1 5 in Other - Society & Culture