Society & Culture - 25 May 2007

2007-05-25 17:09:04 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-05-25 17:06:41 · 6 answers · asked by Newday 2 in Etiquette

hard core atheist. I think what makes them so awesome is the fact they never lost sight of who they are. Don't you think these types of people tend to be more real? I love the rebels and hardcore people. They enrich the faith

2007-05-25 17:02:12 · 27 answers · asked by ? 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Now, I KNOW that LDS people discriminate against non-mormons... maybe not consciously, but if you're not one of them... you don't get the time of day.

We moved into a mormon neighborhood (from out of state - didn't know what we'd gotten ourselves into until it was too late!) a month ago. Only one (1) neighbor has introduced themselves. My kids have given out our phone number, and nobody has called either of them even once. They've called several kids and strangely enough, nobody can ever play...

There's nothing that should set us apart from "them" other than religion. We live in their neighborhood and keep our home looking nice. We're the same color as they are. We're not noisy. Our children are well behaved and friendly. Our dogs are even good. I'm sure word got out that we weren't LDS.

Suggestions on how we can make good in this neighborhood? Hoping for suggestions from LDS people who know how to deal with some stuffy LDS snobs.

2007-05-25 17:00:13 · 23 answers · asked by AtheistMama 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-05-25 16:58:53 · 20 answers · asked by Southern Apostolic 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Hi all,

Can you please tell me if i have written this correctly? I think i have made some possible mistakes with preterite/imperfect tenses and i would also like to check if I have used 'lastimado' in the correct way. Thankyou!

Tengo mi proprio coche y yo he tenido un accidente con él. Hace cinco años en el día de mi cumpleaños fui a un restaurante con mis amigos para almorzar. Despúes estaba manejando a mi casa con una amiga y nos pararon a los semáforos porque estaba rojo.
¡Oímos un ruido fuerte y mi amiga se dió vuelta para ver el problema y de repente otro coche se chocó con el mío!

Inmediatamente mi coche se chocó con el coche en frente. Mi amiga me preguntó si era bien y dije si. Ella dijo que era bien también. Entonces dejamos el coche para ver si las otras personas implicada estuvieron lastimado.

2007-05-25 16:56:33 · 3 answers · asked by Paris K 2 in Languages

Is anyone else completely turned on by either red-hot vampires or beastly and rugged werewolves? I at first thought I was crazy, but realized that there is a whole line of paranormal romance novels, etc. out there.

Come on... don't you secretly want to be ravaged by your vampire lover? Or have your werewolf lover growl at you?

2007-05-25 16:56:26 · 16 answers · asked by MaggieMaeBrowne 2 in Mythology & Folklore

I dont pray for material things i want because i think its sort of selfish when there are people with genuine needs out there and not wants - like mine. Is this sensible in your mind or what cause i cant work it out?

2007-05-25 16:55:27 · 22 answers · asked by furby f 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Please do not answer this if you don't believe Jesus is out savior.
How important is it for a Christian to be baptized?
If possible, please support your answer with scripture.

2007-05-25 16:54:22 · 12 answers · asked by Ben 2 in Religion & Spirituality

This is another dream I had. Maybe someone could give me their insight. I was dressed in my buckskin dress ontop of a mesa, I could see for miles. The wind was gently blowing, my long black hair riding it's waves. I was given a leather tether by a man's hand. A ceremony was reaching it's climax as I received this gift. LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.

2007-05-25 16:53:50 · 4 answers · asked by silvrhawk 2 in Mythology & Folklore

My son desperately wants to go to VBS. I have no problem with him going, but I don't want him too confused by what they teach there. I have taught him that God exists and that Jesus was a good man who had a lot of wisdom. I have also taught him that we don't know for sure what happens after you die, but that you do go on -death is not the end.
He is seven years old and I have been careful to answer his questions without heaping too much upon him at this point. I want him to be open minded and use his intellect when it comes to forming his opinions of the spiritual world, rather than judge people or condem someone to hell simply for not believing as he does.
My sister and nephew are going to this VBS as well as several kids from his class. It is a fun week, but I am unsure of how to prepare him for this.Perhaps I will just say "that is how they believe, this is what we believe..." What is your opinion on his going?

2007-05-25 16:53:19 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-05-25 16:51:55 · 11 answers · asked by chica bonita 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-05-25 16:48:45 · 2 answers · asked by stub3467 1 in Languages

So many people are against fighting, period. I agree that the war in Iraq was bumbled from the gate, but I hear so many people hollering not to fight at all, for anything! Hense, my question.

2007-05-25 16:46:45 · 12 answers · asked by KJ 4 in Other - Society & Culture

In France, children are unable to wear any kind of religious symbols (ex: cross, Star of David, Birka, Yarmulka). According to our original constitution we are a nation with freedom OF religion. Are we becoming a nation that pressures our youth to believe and condone freedom FROM religion like France?

2007-05-25 16:46:41 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-05-25 16:45:21 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

ok i know for a fact that im bisexual (well atleast i thought i was) then i only liked guys. then once again i was positive that i liked both guys and girls. i started thinking about it and i thought "well maybe im actually a lesbian" but every time i thought that i started to remember how much i "loved" by ex bf. now im back to thinking im bisexual. my question is.....is it normal for a 13 year old girl to feel this way??

(i've been having these "feelings" since i was like 11)

2007-05-25 16:42:30 · 9 answers · asked by cdr dsw = <3 [11/1/10] 4 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Ok in case you're wondering.. yes i am muslim but just out of curiosity because i got two different results on how my name should be written... how do you write it? The way it's prounounced is "aaj-i-RAH" so how would it be written if i say it that way i wrote it phonetically?

2007-05-25 16:39:09 · 4 answers · asked by Haajee 5 in Languages

If it cannot be observed, repeated, verified or subject to experimentation, then it is not scientific. Has Evolution ever been observed, repeated, verified or has an experiment ever been performed regarding it.

2007-05-25 16:38:22 · 30 answers · asked by Southern Apostolic 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I've been praying for one thing, one simply thing, every day since I was old enough to understand what prayer is, and yet that one thing has never come to pass.

People claim that God is in the signs, but I have never noticed a response even in the negative towards my one prayer. And in the 23 years of my life, a lack of a response from God, ANY response, has steadily ground my faith into near non-existence. I'm at the point now where I don't think there really is a God, but I WISH there were.

What am I doing wrong? Am I just wasting my time?

2007-05-25 16:34:18 · 31 answers · asked by Jennifer B 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I don't believe in pretend religions. I love science and my world is evidence-based. Yet, I don't know what will happen when I die - Unexplored territory. Not everything can be explored. To enter a Black Hole for example. I could never come back and tell you what it's like. It appears that the world we live in has particles popping in and out of existance and dimensions within dimensions. Paradox is fundamental to an understanding of quantum mechanics. Who says that our consciousness does not exist in more than just these dimensions that we're familiar with? We don't understand time AT ALL. What makes you so sure that death is the end?

2007-05-25 16:33:46 · 15 answers · asked by Miltant_Agnostic 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Wow that scowling face is tough to love!

2007-05-25 16:32:35 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

My current favorite:
"I refuse to believe in any God that endorses War, Murder, or Pat Robertson."

Others include:

DOUBT !!!!!!
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All Religion is Superstition
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One man's evil is another man's honeymoon.
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Every Steeple Points only to a Vast Vacuum
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Afterlife: The Myth-Universe Tangent
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MARRIAGE: A corporate merger with great fringe benefits

Any others you can contribute?

2007-05-25 16:31:18 · 21 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7 in Religion & Spirituality

According to OLD TESTAMENT a MESSIAH will come to save us.CHRISTIANS believe JESUS to be the MESSIAH but JEWS are still waiting for him. If JESUS is not the MESSIAH then when will the original MESSIAH arrive and how will we recognise him?

2007-05-25 16:29:49 · 35 answers · asked by VILAS S 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-05-25 16:28:56 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-05-25 16:27:01 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

"As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquillity, of Musselmen; and as the said States never have entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mehomitan nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries."

George Washigton 1796/97

http://www.nobeliefs.com/Tripoli.htm

2007-05-25 16:20:37 · 9 answers · asked by Terry 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-05-25 16:19:44 · 16 answers · asked by Godb4me 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Where throughout the Bible are the verses ,where it is for not only Jews anymore.But all to tithes? I would like cross references from old to new.

2007-05-25 16:19:08 · 9 answers · asked by need2know 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Me and my boyfriend drink eachothers blood, we do it safe and we don't take a lot. It is a way to express our trust and our love for eachother, we share our lives. It is romantic and in no way violent. We are 9 months together and we never drink from other people. But I was wondering if there are still any dangers that i should think about ?

2007-05-25 16:17:04 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore