Society & Culture - 16 June 2007

why isn't there special TV programs for black, asian and hispanic missing people like there are for whites?

they're still making a big deal about Natalee Holloway and other whites, but i never see anythinng about missing colored people

2007-06-16 17:00:07 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2007-06-16 16:59:49 · 6 answers · asked by SupYo 1 in Other - Society & Culture

I'm curious to see if there's a blog or pictures somewhere of people sleeping in the Japanese style futons. I've seen pictures and sites that show the futon, but I'm curious to see what it looks like in use.

I understand it is pretty comfortable, although some people still prefer the western style bed. When I was in my first apartment I slept on an air mattress for a little over a year, so I assume it's a lot more comfortable than that! (Probably squeaks a lot less too...)

2007-06-16 16:58:49 · 4 answers · asked by Bookworm 6 in Other - Society & Culture

And go to church at the same time? I have a feeling someone I know is doing this. I don't believe it's moral, though. Is this possible?

♥ Ginger

2007-06-16 16:58:37 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

.......Neale Donald Walsch ???
website is "cwg.com" . He twists the Word of God into something , that it is not. He promotes sex in every form. He uses scripture in his books to confuse those that don't have enough decernment to know good from evil.

2007-06-16 16:57:36 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

You don't want to be a person who wishes their child was more religious but you can't say anything because you did not care enough to go to church yourself.

2007-06-16 16:57:32 · 8 answers · asked by Midge 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm always nervous when my mom speaks, because sometimes she says things to annoy my father. I'm afraid he might get physical.

Also my parents and family aren't saved. I feel pressured to do something, although i'll be laughed at, and maybe even be disrespecting themshow how. Or they will think i'm some weirdo.

In my family, between my father and I. I am indifferent or mad and hate him. We don't believe in expressing our feelings. I must show him respect. He doesn't say I love you. I'm a man 19 years old. But I don't care. It would be too weird for me to say it or for him to say it.

Also i'm insecure and feeling alone in this world. See i'm fighting sin and temptation and it's taking a toll on me. I'm one that tries not to give in. Think about the withdrawal effect.

Am I working against my sex drive? Because I don't have lust for women. I control that. I stay away from ungodly things.

2007-06-16 16:57:19 · 9 answers · asked by 2nd Commander 1 in Religion & Spirituality

The Jesus Mysteries
Was the 'Original Jesus' a Pagan God?
British authors insist that there is barely a shred of evidence for the existence of an historical Jesus.
Who was Jesus?
... "real" historical Jesus and the origins of Christianity. Jesus: Pagan Christ or Jewish Messiah?
ByTimothy Freke and Peter Gandy
The traditional history of Christianity is hopelessly inadequate to the facts. From our research into ancient spirituality it has become obvious that we must fundamentally revise our understanding of Christian origins in the most shocking of ways. Our conclusion, supported by a considerable body of evidence in our book, The Jesus Mysteries, is that Christianity was not a new revelation. It was a continuation of Paganism by another name. The gospel story of Jesus is not the biography of an historical Messiah. It is a Jewish reworking of ancient Pagan myths of the dying and resurrecting Godman Osiris-Dionysus, which had been popular for centuries througho

2007-06-16 16:56:50 · 17 answers · asked by Doug B 3 in Religion & Spirituality

what prayer makes you feel the most at peace? what prayer makes you feel the closest to God? if you say one that you've made up i'd like to hear it. or if you say a prayer that is widely known i'd like to know what it is. thanks a lot.

2007-06-16 16:56:31 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-16 16:56:22 · 10 answers · asked by Lee Edward 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Most East Asian people were born with light skin. Most Caucasian people were born with light skin. So how come all East Asian people can tan? But most Caucasian people burn. I don't understand why. I thought people with light skin would burn instead of tanning. And people with naturally dark skin will tan easily.

2007-06-16 16:55:21 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-06-16 16:54:29 · 22 answers · asked by brenda c 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Some years back I did a search on the internet for "What is truth?". One of the results was this profound essay that used a pyramid (if I remember correctly) to explain the different perceptions that we have of truth, right and wrong and religion.

The author pointed out that if you looked at the pyramid from the top it looked like a square, and if you looked at it from the side, it was a triangle. In the end though we were all looking at the same thing.

I wanted to share this with my daughters, but all my searches have not found it yet.

Can anyone point me in the right direction, please?

2007-06-16 16:53:56 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-16 16:52:05 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2007-06-16 16:51:09 · 12 answers · asked by Patrick the Carpathian, CaFO 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I have been told that many Gay people have tried to have a straight relationship but deep down they knew they were Gay, and they just couldn't feel like that for the opposite sex, and it would be way easier to be straight then to receive all the bigotry against them.
I could not even imagine the bigotry and etc..they face.

but If someone is Bisexual that means they are Gay . So then it's a choice right?
I mean it's not Biological but a choice then?

and one other Question; why do people try to make it religiously correct to be Gay, when the bible is perfectly clear that it's not Biblically correct, why not say I'm Gay and not try to put God's Amen on it?

2007-06-16 16:50:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I find it interesting that atheists and non believers are comfortable condemning those of us who do believe when they themselves have no experience with a personal relationship with God. Some have had bad experiences with "religion" but as a former non-believer, I know that religion has little to do with God and that once you are able to move away from religion and towards that personal relationship, then and only then can you possibly understand what and who He is.

2007-06-16 16:49:25 · 11 answers · asked by Poohcat1 7 in Religion & Spirituality

It seems that most people ask a question, and then pick an answer based on what they want to hear, ignoring the real answers.

I've done my best trying to stop Christians attack other faiths (especially atheism) because they view it as inferior. One of the questions I saw was "America is a Christian nation. When do we stop being so tolerant [to other beliefs]?" I do not mean to pick on the Christians, but it is from them that I have seen the worst on Yahoo answers. This may just be due to the fact that most people on here are Christian but I'm not sure. It seems contradictory to me that a religion would teach unacceptance for others.

I guess the real question is why do people of different beliefs feel that they are in a battle against people who think differently?

2007-06-16 16:48:44 · 16 answers · asked by khard 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I don't know much about it, and i would like to hear about the legend. Thanks!

2007-06-16 16:47:52 · 5 answers · asked by Bryan 3 in Mythology & Folklore

2007-06-16 16:46:43 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_of_Youth

2007-06-16 16:45:49 · 3 answers · asked by Shadowfaxw 4 in Mythology & Folklore

Or both?

2007-06-16 16:45:43 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Both my parents were just brutally murdered in front of my eyes. Most people would be traumatized for life, but I just laughed.

Is there a problem with me?

2007-06-16 16:45:37 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Isn't Love what we feel in the moment?

Isn't a committment to love each other every moment and act of faith that we will feel love for each other every moment?

Although we can accumulate experiences and memories that may strengthen or weaken our love for one another, we can't store the love.

It is like a river of water, endlessly flowing before us. Even a dam has to allow some water through.

Isn't that true of Love as well? When we feel it, do we not long to give it away? And when we do not feel it, do we not long for it again?

To float in the river, to be moved by the river wherever it wishes?

Is this not Love?

2007-06-16 16:44:27 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

That would be good feedback. I mean, it would really puff my ego up to find out exactly how many people I am pissing off.

2007-06-16 16:44:02 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

More often than not I have found myself knowing something was going to happen before it did and also knowing what other people are thinking.

2007-06-16 16:43:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

All the different churches believe in different things. Is it because they can't agree on much?

2007-06-16 16:40:57 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

he said to noah "I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth."

don't you like how he made a point to be very very specific. that way when he did crap like destroying entire cities for the same reason he flooded the earth, we couldn't call him a liar, because it wasn't the entire earth AND it wasn't a flood.

2 points to god!

2007-06-16 16:39:57 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-16 16:37:42 · 17 answers · asked by NIHIL VERUM NISI MORS 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-16 16:37:19 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups