Society & Culture - 14 June 2007

is there a true answer to a question that can never be answered.
if the questioner is seeking then how do we know that it is the right answer? mm mm.....

2007-06-14 23:55:47 · 8 answers · asked by vreis23 2 in Other - Society & Culture

When someone interrupts a call THEY MADE TO YOU to take a second call.

My daughter called me Tuesday to tell me Happy Birthday, no card, no gift, no E card, just a phone call while she is backing out of a parking lot. Call waiting signals another phone call, WHAT IS VOICE MAIL FOR ANYWAY, and takes the call (an advertiser) and ends our call after about 30 seconds.

Apparently I did not do as good a job with her as I thought.

The next person who calls me and takes another call in the middle WILL be hung up on. It is truly insulting that another call is more important than finishing the first out of common courtesy.

WHAT DO YOU THINK??

2007-06-14 23:51:50 · 12 answers · asked by ? 7 in Etiquette

if so when did it start and how long has it been going on? Is your fear related to anything in your past? Is it related to the texture or look of the hair? And how do you feel when you see dead hair laying on the floor?>>>>shudder

2007-06-14 23:51:21 · 9 answers · asked by : 6 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Evolutionary biologists passionately debate diverse topics: how speciation happens, the rates of evolutionary change, the ancestral relationships of birds and dinosaurs, whether Neandertals were a species apart from modern humans, and much more. These disputes are like those found in all other branches of science. Acceptance of evolution as a factual occurrence and a guiding principle is nonetheless universal in biology.
Unfortunately, dishonest creationists have shown a willingness to take scientists' comments out of context to exaggerate and distort the disagreements. Anyone acquainted with the works of paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould of Harvard University knows that in addition to co-authoring the punctuated-equilibrium model, Gould was one of the most eloquent defenders and articulators of evolution.

2007-06-14 23:48:42 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I have a relationship with a boy at school, we love each other so much, but I was born of a ecclesiastic family, my parents won't be cool if they aware of it.. recently I just found my messages tagged READ, but actually I've no done that..
I'm scared, what should I do if they found out?

2007-06-14 23:44:36 · 24 answers · asked by Oliver 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

I know that in most of the religions it is strongly allowed.
They say that those idols represent god/god's son. what is the proof?
What is the use of worshiping an object which is non living?
what are the benefits you get by this?

2007-06-14 23:40:18 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

do you think god doesnt like us ? i mean. they everyone has their especialties. but look at my richy rich friend. i have nothing more than her, she aint stuck up shes a good rich friend. how come we werent just born with money ? like her?
i mean her daddy worked hard to get his money why arent our daddies like hers? you probably going to say " well,start working hard," even if i did, i wouldnt be able to establish it in few years. only my kids will be happy, not me!!

2007-06-14 23:39:39 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Community Service

2007-06-14 23:37:03 · 9 answers · asked by CHEESUS GROYST 5 in Religion & Spirituality

This surprisingly common argument reflects several levels of ignorance about evolution. The first mistake is that evolution does not teach that humans descended from monkeys; it states that both have a common ancestor.

The deeper error is that this objection is tantamount to asking, "If children descended from adults, why are there still adults?" New species evolve by splintering off from established ones, when populations of organisms become isolated from the main branch of their family and acquire sufficient differences to remain forever distinct. The parent species may survive indefinitely thereafter, or it may become extinct.

There is now NO REASON for you to make this ignorant statement EVER AGAIN..!
But will you..??

2007-06-14 23:35:21 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-14 23:33:17 · 7 answers · asked by MMMM 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Many people learned in elementary school that a theory falls in the middle of a hierarchy of certainty--above a mere hypothesis but below a law. Scientists do not use the terms that way, however. According to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), a scientific theory is "a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world that can incorporate facts, laws, inferences, and tested hypotheses." No amount of validation changes a theory into a law, which is a descriptive generalization about nature. So when scientists talk about the theory of evolution--or the atomic theory or the theory of relativity, for that matter--they are not expressing reservations about its truth.

In addition to the theory of evolution, meaning the idea of descent with modification, one may also speak of the fact of evolution. The NAS defines a fact as "an observation that has been repeatedly confirmed and for all practical purposes is accepted as 'true.'"

2007-06-14 23:31:44 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Some examples would be:
- En garde!
- Put your dukes up!
- I demand satisfaction!

2007-06-14 23:29:16 · 7 answers · asked by plop 2 in Other - Society & Culture

Vatican procedure requires that a potential saint perform one miracle to be beatified and a second to be canonized. Can anyone especially knowledgable Catholics explain in plain English what is "beatified" and "canonized"?

2007-06-14 23:28:31 · 3 answers · asked by Ray Mystery 3 in Religion & Spirituality

mine was,my nextdoor neibour had her brother staying at her house on christmas night he knocked my door about 11 pm and asked could he borrow some sheets of toilet paper lol

2007-06-14 23:27:37 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

2007-06-14 23:21:30 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

just wandering..

2007-06-14 23:17:41 · 22 answers · asked by love me 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-14 23:15:10 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Do any of you have any good ideas on where we should go? The trip will be sometime towards fall.

2007-06-14 23:12:42 · 7 answers · asked by PatTheCat 2 in Religion & Spirituality

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6705521.stm

2007-06-14 23:11:49 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

When I was growing up I was what could now be termed as a fundie. I was taught as a child that it was illegal for a child to pray in school. Now I am 36 and I just discovered that this was an outright lie. It is not illegal to pray in school, it is simply illegal for a teacher to lead prayer and in essence force a child to pray to a god they do not belive in. Which makes perfect sense. Now the fundementalists are telling a lie that new legislation will make it illegal to preach against being gay when no where in the legislation does it mention or prohibit churches at all.

All I ask is wont you people please please start reading these things for yourself? All religous leaders are MEN and being so are just as prone to mistakes and lies as any other MAN.

Be a christian but THINK FOR YOURSELF..

2007-06-14 23:09:25 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

the dream was about a friend who recently died he was at his own funeral as a corpse and sitting on a big chair there seemed to be a carnival at his funeral and his wife (who isn't dead) was seated beside him. There was a family member there who i don't speak to, who was with a scary old woman and the woman was trying to grab at people. I know dreams dont always mean anything i was just curious about this dream.

2007-06-14 23:08:38 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-14 23:08:23 · 13 answers · asked by shanufin 1 in Religion & Spirituality

If I turn his alarm off for him, or tap him and wake him up to tell him its going off when it beeps, he says it messes up his waking-up routine of hitting the snooze on his own timing/schedule.

If I just leave the alarmbeeping it goes off for about 25 minutes before he wakes up and turns it off. Eventually he wakes up, but honestly on days when I don't wake up to the alaram and wake him up he ends up getting up LATE more often than not.

I can't stand the noise of the beeping alarm clock. It grates on my brain. So I usually wake up, tap hiim and tell him to turn the thing off (okay, I usually smack him, squeeze him and tell him SHUT THAT PIECE OF NOISY SH--T- OFF!) but either way, the alarm goes off a bunch,. he wakes up, etc.

If I don't tap him or wake him up he turns it off on his own schedule.. which again.. takes usually about 20 minutes for him to realize its beeping (painful for me) and then sometimes he gets up on time, other times hes late.
Should I shut it off or no

2007-06-14 23:08:02 · 12 answers · asked by panda 2 in Etiquette

2007-06-14 23:05:54 · 9 answers · asked by MMMM 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I would like to know you thoughts on Jenovah's Witnesses' policy on blood transfusion. I would also like to know your thoughts on whether the government should be able to overrule a religion's policy of someone's life was in danger. Be as descriptive as you want. The more descriptive the better.

2007-06-14 23:03:56 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Am I the only one who sees a contradiction here?

Please explain it like I'm stupid.

2007-06-14 23:01:02 · 14 answers · asked by ? 7 in Religion & Spirituality

The word was maternal-parent copulator, and I thoroughly deserved it. Bastards.

2007-06-14 23:00:52 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

what is all that money doing in their accounts, they will never live long enough to spend it all, unless they live to be 300! Stop flaunting your riches when children are dying of hunger and disease!

2007-06-14 22:59:22 · 6 answers · asked by sims II 2 in Religion & Spirituality

As in, for example, Malaysia:

http://www.reason.com/brickbat/show/120669.html

2007-06-14 22:58:42 · 9 answers · asked by ? 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Should people with different beliefs and of different religions outside of Christianity be entitled to the same opportunities and treated with absolutey the same fairness?

Should people also have the right to freedom from religion if they do not believe?

2007-06-14 22:57:39 · 14 answers · asked by Jadochop 6 in Religion & Spirituality