Society & Culture - 8 June 2007

Hi I am very proactive with charity work and want to reward someone who is doing the same with the best answer points.
Here are the rules : I am going to give the "Best Answer" points to the first person under the age of 17 who ties or beats me in the amount of charities they are a part of. Also don't forget to tell me why.

2007-06-08 21:14:35 · 3 answers · asked by PRINCESS 2 in Community Service

or something along those lines, anybody know how to get into this? should I start my own business?

2007-06-08 21:13:44 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

You say your beliefs are not a religion. You say you are not a cult. Why do you participate in a forum like Religion and Spirituality? It makes me think you must be looking for something or you wouldn't be here. Certainly you know you are no more likely to convert someone who is religious than they are to convert you. What drives your participation?

2007-06-08 21:12:44 · 23 answers · asked by rndyh77 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Please: I don't want to get answers that he DOES care from people who are saying this because they have been raised to think he cares about you. I want intelligent answers, if any exist. I myself am agnostic, so this is somewhat a hypothetical question.

Say God DID create the world. Why would he watch over us? Why would we care? I mean, a parent will abandon his/her own child - God has BILLIONS of us. Really, we're no more than ants to him. Even if he DOES exist and he CAN hear us, why would he listen?

2007-06-08 21:12:19 · 21 answers · asked by Wings 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I recently met my dad. my dad's gf son died 2 years ago.. and since i have come into the pic stuff has been happening to her... all three of her clocked died this morning around the time he died and my phone had the charge knocked out when i was at her house.: i was told by the psychic that i should watch out around stop lights.. and corey (my best friend) told me today that he saw an accident and that i really need to watch out, he has a feelings and when i was talking to him, i heard a woman screaming a few houses away.. but no lights were on... i'm really freaked out. Corey told me I might be replacing this son and that he wants me to stay off his territory.. help

2007-06-08 21:10:35 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

between teaching about the theory of evolution and creationism, and propagating one over the other?

2007-06-08 21:09:31 · 4 answers · asked by walked365 2 in Religion & Spirituality

my mother said a hadith said so.

but when i ask other people,some of them said it's not actually not haram.they said the hadith is actually warn us to avoid our cloth from get wet by urine.then they make conclusion it's okay to urinating while standing if we not wearing any trouser (or anything that wears below).

so,what is your opinion? is it the hadith true or people that i had meet?

2007-06-08 21:05:45 · 12 answers · asked by ? 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-08 20:54:53 · 22 answers · asked by carl 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-08 20:52:57 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

before he was allegedly born?
Osiris, Dyonisus, Adonis etc come to mind.....
Was Jesus real?

2007-06-08 20:52:40 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

After all, they don't seem to get much fun out of life, except for thinking up witty put-downs for religions. Perhaps I should invite them out to a moon dance at the summer solstice, introduce them to some priestesses of Venus, that sort of thing.

2007-06-08 20:51:06 · 26 answers · asked by auntb93 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I want to ask what others think of this. Ok, we all know that it isn't the baby's fault, but we also know the mother shouldn't have to suffer for what was done to her in the case of rape and such. Shouldn't our government be working on some sort of robot uterus that can hold an unborn baby to term? They can make hearts, why not a uterus? They can create a way of transferring nutrients and whatever the baby needed to grow, couldn't they? Would your religion be against this, if it meant saving unwanted babies lives?

2007-06-08 20:47:47 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

We are all a slave, either to our own selfish desires or to God.

2007-06-08 20:43:00 · 14 answers · asked by walked365 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I see posting after posting from "athiests" about the non-existance of God and Jesus. If they don't believe in Them why are they addressing Them? Do they even realize that in trying to prove that They do not exist they are showing that they believe that they do? I would not pay attention to something that I did not believe in. What's the point?

2007-06-08 20:41:28 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Doesnt matter if you dont know me or not, do you think he can hear me or listen what i am thinking?? at 1 39 am ???

2007-06-08 20:39:41 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I dated one it was weird

2007-06-08 20:32:27 · 22 answers · asked by Jack 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Im a junior in high school and I wear eyeliner. No other make up just that. I'm not gay, and I'm not "emo" in the stereotypical sense. Girls at my school absolutely love it, and they joke about me being 'metro' but its all in good fun.
Now the guys are a totally different story. Out of my clique of friends, which is quite big, only two other guys wear eyeliner. One has rockstar mentality, the other is emo in every sense of the word. I just like the way it looks on me. But a lot of the guys at my school, even some on my waterpolo team, almost hate me for my eyeliner. I've been called every homosexual related insult there is, and last week I got into a fight with someone over it.
A fight, with an almost complete stranger, because I wear eyeliner. Am I the only one that thinks that's RIDICULOUS

2007-06-08 20:31:13 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

I have a question...I know its a little silly to ask, but I just want a few opinions before I really think of anything. First, I'm a female, and I'm engaged to the best guy ever. I love him so much, and I want to spend the rest of my life with him!
Recently, I've been "noticing" other girls, and seem to want certain interaction with them. I feel a need for a girl. I even had a dream about a girl and I last night, and I liked it. I told my fiancee about it, and he said that I might be bisexual. (He doesn't mind, haha. He likes it too)!
I thought I was bisexual before, and actually went as far as making out with a girl before, then I waved it off and said I wasn't. I went back to thinking it was gross for a long time, and now I can't help it. I find myself constantly thinking about being with a girl WHILE being with my fiancee at the same time.
What are some of your opinions? Do you think I'm bisexual or is it a phase?

2007-06-08 20:27:27 · 12 answers · asked by Damien's Mommy 4 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cult
5 a : great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work (as a film or book); especially : such devotion regarded as a literary or intellectual fad b : the object of such devotion c : a usually small group of people characterized by such devotion

2007-06-08 20:25:18 · 32 answers · asked by rndyh77 6 in Religion & Spirituality

How do homosexuals make that choice?

I also want to know why sodomy can be accepted between a man and a woman, but not between a man and a man.

2007-06-08 20:22:39 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I am not here to seek judgement. I do not wish for rebuke or to be turned away. I am a christian and know that we tend to do this. I will be open and frank.

I have a problem with porn. I gave it up for a year, and then came back. Things are so much better without it, and i want to go back to the life i had without it.

1. Advice?

2. Be Praying for me please...

2007-06-08 20:19:52 · 16 answers · asked by Chris 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-08 20:19:42 · 18 answers · asked by Akhila A 1 in Other - Society & Culture

Does anyone feel that Karaite Judaism has fantastic points and are true and that Orthodox Judaism has also fantastic points and are true.

2007-06-08 20:19:17 · 6 answers · asked by seeker 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I have pieces of verses that pop up in my head all the time, I just wish I could remember their address and the exact wording.

2007-06-08 20:18:02 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-08 20:13:22 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Personally, having been a Christian once before in my life, the most offensive, inexcusable thing a Christian can ever say to me is "you were never a Christian."

I have never ceased to be utterly appalled and outraged by the utter callousness, arrogance, and hypocrisy required for a person to flippantly dismiss an entire segment of my life as having never happened when there is no way they could ever know what the "condition of my heart" was.

A few "friends" of mine who KNEW me intimately (small group members, those who I fellowshipped with closely in college) have said this and I refused to ever talk to them again.

What is the most offensive thing a Christian can say to you?

2007-06-08 20:12:13 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Jesus says three times to pluck out your eye if he offends you. Matthew 5:29, Matthew 18:9, and Mark 9:47. Can somebody please explain why an all-loving God (remember; the Trinity) would follow such an archaic ideal?

2007-06-08 20:10:01 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 1 John 3:15

2007-06-08 20:07:52 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

You sir are a disgrace as a Judge,and a human,If this had been your daughter the same would have not applied. I feel for Paris my heart goes out to you,Dont worrie what goes around comes around,what this so called judge did,he will pay ten times the fold,the bible says so....so Paris God be with you!!!

2007-06-08 20:07:44 · 20 answers · asked by beermanlookingforbeergirl 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm italian and I'd like to know what do they mean some english/american expressions...

- "gotta"
- "gonna"
- "wanna"
- "dunno"

Thanks

2007-06-08 20:07:09 · 15 answers · asked by b e d o 3 in Languages