Society & Culture - 25 May 2007

Anyway, why are you so threatened by two consenting adults wanting to share their life together and have the same rights etc...

I have been with my partner for 17 years...but, do you know if he were in intensive care in the hospital, I would not be allowed to see him...because I am not considered, "immediate family"?

2007-05-25 03:08:11 · 6 answers · asked by G.C. 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I've recently watched someone be taken off a respirator to "allow death"
Her husband and brother both agreed that her soul was no longer there. What do you think?

2007-05-25 03:07:27 · 28 answers · asked by G's Random Thoughts 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-05-25 03:06:56 · 26 answers · asked by vron 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Should we accept them as people needing change or people with a right to live their lives and still be my brother/sister in Christ, or is homosexuality a new religion that some Christian leaders are promoting.
This question is not an attack on anyone but seek to source knowledge and understanding of the queer clan.

2007-05-25 03:06:26 · 37 answers · asked by Cool Briz 3 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

n i want 2 learn Spanish not fluently jst few words ny ideas?

2007-05-25 03:05:56 · 11 answers · asked by Charitha L 2 in Languages

Did you support them $$$$ and were you the compass and rock in their Life and did you complete the task of raising them from when they were born till they were 18? and beyond?

2007-05-25 03:05:45 · 5 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6 in Religion & Spirituality

The love of money is the root of all evil.

Seems to me that a humble hebrew that despised money, was betrayed for money, and knocked over the money changers tables would rather not have million dollar "showboat" churches dedicated to him.

2007-05-25 03:05:19 · 24 answers · asked by C&S ; 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-05-25 03:03:44 · 13 answers · asked by G's Random Thoughts 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I just read the Red Queen's question, and was struck by the number of answers that said if the message is "Good" then it comes from God, but if it is "Bad" then it comes from Satan.

And there was one answer that pointed out that too often people claim that God told them to do exactly what they wanted to do. "How convenient".

Since it is the human brain that is trying to judge whether the message is "Good" (from God) or "Bad" (from Satan), then isn't it the human who is deciding what is Good and what is Bad and then attributing the message to God or Satan?

After all, if the message is perceived by the human to be "Good", then the human concludes the message must come from God.

If the message is perceived to be "Bad", then the human concludes the message must come from Satan.

The interpretation of the message depends entirely upon what the recipient believes is "Good" and "Bad".

If you are a bigot and the message praises you for it, then the message must come from God.

2007-05-25 03:03:42 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-05-25 03:01:27 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Since Religion stirs up a lot of anger and the spirit has no anger.

2007-05-25 03:00:58 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-05-25 03:00:36 · 10 answers · asked by my avatar 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Is there One for the Father and One for the Son?
Is the Son sitting at the right hand of the Father on His own throne?
Saw an interesting verse to speak regarding this in Revelation 7-10 "... Salvation to our God Who sits upon the throne and to the Lamb
Rev 22-1"... And he showed me a river of water of life bright as crystal proceeding out of the THRONE of God and of the Lamb
These r just a few verses
also one more in Hebrews
Where the Father speaks to the Son
Heb 1-8 But to the Son.. Your Throne Oh God is forever and ever... a septer of uprighteousness is a speter of Your Kingdom"

Rev 3-21 " and he who overcomes will I give to sit with me on My throne as I also overcame and sat with My Father on His Throne. ( read this verse carefully)

So tell me... How many thrones...since God is triune

2007-05-25 02:58:42 · 11 answers · asked by Broken Alabaster Flask 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I do not want to belong to a church that is intolerant of gays, liberals, pro-choicers, etc. I want to belong to one that loves everyone, and does not interpret Jesus's teachings to reflect an intolerant and hateful political agenda.

I want to be a part of something that is not influenced by politics. Does this church even exist? It doesn't necessarily have to be a Christian church...Just a loving, peaceful, accepting or everyone, anything goes church....

2007-05-25 02:57:18 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I live in Denmark. Here, only 2% of people go to church on a regular basis. Which means if you take 1000 danes at random, you can expect that the 980 of them never go to church (expect, possibly, at Christmas for traditional reasons). There is absolutely no evolution/creation "controversy" here. All schools, teachers, parents etc. agree that the only way to go is to teach evolution. The few "intelligent design" proponents are regarded as non-scientific and dogmatic by almost everyone, including the press.
There is absolutely no pressure to be religious, and nothing stigmatizing or wrong about publicly being an atheist.

What's your opinion about all this?

2007-05-25 02:57:13 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

why the most civilized nations (like Egypttions) in the past are no longer the most civilized?
and why the less civilized( like scandinavians) in the past are the most civilized now??

2007-05-25 02:55:35 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-05-25 02:55:11 · 5 answers · asked by Phia & Cat R 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Philip Gosse, a geologist in the 1850's proposed that God had created everything with an appearance of great age. The actual age of the earth might be eight or ten thousand years, but the "ideal" age(the age which God simulated at creation) could be millions of years.

Ancient fossils, according to this view, never existed as plants and animals but had been created as fossils.

Creationist believe in an omnipotent God who has the ability to do such a thing. God is all-powerful and there is nothing impossible with God. Absolutely nothing.

The ;Creation-with-apparent age" is strongly upheld by Christian Scientists and creation advocates today.

God also created the starlight in situ.

Both the Bible and geology testify to a progressive creation: With the appearance of age.

Note: Job 26:7, Isaiah 40:22, 42:5,45:12, Jeremiah 12:12, Zechariah 12:1). There is no God like our God.

2007-05-25 02:54:58 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Isn't that like the big thing that made Jesus divine?

2007-05-25 02:54:54 · 15 answers · asked by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 in Religion & Spirituality

www.creationwiki.org
This is the lamest bunch of psuedo-science ever asembled. One common tactic is to cut and paste a section of a serious scientific article about a discovery made by a phD. and then the paster writes his own little two cents at the bottom with nothing to distinguish his comment from the article itself.

Like an article about a partially mineralized fossil that was found with a little bit of orginal material left in it. An interesting find but nothing crazy.

The poster then notes at the bottom, "Hard to believe that this unfossilized bones is millions of years old, isn't it?" Like the fact that this fossil didn't completely fossilize somehow challenges the age of dinosuars. They conviently cut out the part of the article that mentions where the PhD had dated the find. And the site had no answer to the fact that thousands and thousands of dino fossils have been uncovered and dated to a time millions of years ago.

If this is the best you've got...

2007-05-25 02:52:37 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-05-25 02:51:32 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

During my life, I have read it three times trying to figure out what it means. There are so many weird things that seem confusing and disturbing. All I got out of it was there will be some monsters holding candlesticks and dragons with swords coming out their mouths.

2007-05-25 02:50:30 · 31 answers · asked by Graciela, RIRS 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-05-25 02:49:50 · 12 answers · asked by Quantrill 7 in Religion & Spirituality

-How many unwanted children are there in the world?
-How many children are in foster care, just wanting parents to love them?
-In Dallas alone, 50% of the kids do not graduate from high school
-Our prisons are overcrowded with criminals...most from broken homes
-Why don't heterosexuals take more personal responsibility when it comes to procreating...rather than just casually popping out babies like candy?
-Why is it that homosexuals are seen as a threat to our way of life...when it is the breeders that are producing unwanted children which result in the rise in crime and poverty in our nation...not to mention our tax payers dollars supporting these unwanted children.
-I think people need to take a stand and say enough is enough...if you are born that way or whether you choose to be straight.., please take some responsibility for your choices in your life. If you are going to have sex...use protection...if you are going to have a child..be able to properly care and nurture it..

2007-05-25 02:49:06 · 8 answers · asked by G.C. 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-05-25 02:47:48 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

I always told my son, as he was growing up, that his mother and I had been saving for his college fees. Well, his 18th birthday is coming up, and he asked us for his college savings now because he decided to join the Church of Scientology.
The problem is, he doesn't really have any savings at all. I'm the only one who knows this because years ago, on my way to the bank to start up his fund, I spent the money i DID have, to deposit, on a prostitute. And that's where every bit of the money has gone since that day. Once the truth comes out, this will ruin my marriage. My question is, what's that story about a son who asks for money then spends it all and becomes poor and has to come back to his father for mercy? I want to use that on my son to make him change his mind about his fund for a while.

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2007-05-25 02:44:47 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Just wondering, why people often give up religion for Atheism!

2007-05-25 02:44:38 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Or just the people who invented him?

2007-05-25 02:43:24 · 11 answers · asked by cananddo 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-05-25 02:43:16 · 27 answers · asked by Bulldog 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-05-25 02:42:24 · 8 answers · asked by The Engine Room 1 in Languages