Society & Culture - 17 June 2007

Do any of these nicknames sound offensive & racist to you?Well how do you think Native-Americans feel?
Pittsburgh Pale-Faced Honkys
Chicago White-bread Crackers
Tennessee Tight-@ssed Whiteys
Wahsington White-Tash Losers
Oklahoma Ofays
Duke White Devils

2007-06-17 18:42:27 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

We do many things in daily routine life, do we do these as we wish, desire or like or nature is forcing us to do the same. Do we have any control on our action and whether we could do some thing else what we do?

2007-06-17 18:42:11 · 10 answers · asked by M&I 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Actually, paleontologists know of many detailed examples of fossils intermediate in form between various taxonomic groups. One of the most famous fossils of all time is Archaeopteryx, which combines feathers and skeletal structures peculiar to birds with features of dinosaurs. A flock's worth of other feathered fossil species, some more avian and some less, has also been found. A sequence of fossils spans the evolution of modern horses from the tiny Eohippus. Whales had four-legged ancestors that walked on land, and creatures known as Ambulocetus and Rodhocetus helped to make that transition [see "The Mammals That Conquered the Seas," by Kate Wong; Scientific American, May]. Fossil seashells trace the evolution of various mollusks through millions of years. Perhaps 20 or more hominids (not all of them our ancestors) fill the gap between Lucy the australopithecine and modern humans.

2007-06-17 18:41:37 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-17 18:40:08 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

In a previous question, someone stated that God had changed DNA for the Mormons. Here is a series of questions related to this:

1) How exactly does God change someones DNA
2) Why would he change DNA for someone, but hasn't done anything else for anybody in thousands of years
3) Is this argument about "Changing DNA" the most absurd thing you've ever heard?
4) Does this crazy argument make you wonder what other absurdities the Mormon church has taught you?

BTW, In case you are wondering.. This IS in fact a real deal. It's not a rumor, not made up. So don't go there with your answers.

Here's a source that talks about it:
http://www.religioustolerance.org/lds_migr1.htm

Here's the Mormon Inc. Church trying to wash this under the rug:
http://www.fairlds.org/Book_of_Mormon/DNA_Studies_and_the_Book_of_Mormon.html

2007-06-17 18:39:24 · 15 answers · asked by Cheese and Rice 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Either hauntings, manifestations and possessions...

2007-06-17 18:38:59 · 18 answers · asked by Mr. PiB 2 in Religion & Spirituality

"Creation science" is a contradiction in terms. A central tenet of modern science is methodological naturalism, it seeks to explain the universe purely in terms of observed or testable natural mechanisms. Thus, physics describes the atomic nucleus with specific concepts governing matter and energy, and it tests those descriptions experimentally. Physicists introduce new particles, such as quarks, to flesh out their theories only when data show that the previous descriptions cannot adequately explain observed phenomena. These particles do not have arbitrary properties, moreover--their definitions are tightly constrained, because the new particles must fit within the existing framework of physics.
In contrast, intelligent-design theorists invoke shadowy entities that conveniently have whatever unconstrained abilities are needed to solve the mystery. Rather than expanding scientific inquiry, such answers shut it down. (How does one disprove the existence of omnipotent intelligence..?)

2007-06-17 18:38:15 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

It WOULD be a nice gesture!

2007-06-17 18:37:54 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

. . . he (Muhummed pbuh) shined forth from mount Paran (in Arabia), and he came with ten thousand saints. DEUTERONOMY 33:2. (Referring to the conquest of Makkah). (d) " . . and I (God Almighty) will move them (the Jews) to jealousy with those (the Arabs) which are NOT A PEOPLE (a non-entity): I will provoke them (the Jews) to anger with a FOOLISH NATION," |the pre-Islamic Arabs) DEUTERONOMY 32:21

2007-06-17 18:37:38 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

rhymes with karma???

2007-06-17 18:36:52 · 9 answers · asked by booyah™ 7 in Religion & Spirituality

This blanket dismissal of evolution ignores important distinctions that divide the field into at least two broad areas: microevolution and macroevolution. Microevolution looks at changes within species over time--changes that may be preludes to speciation, the origin of new species. Macroevolution studies how taxonomic groups above the level of species change. Its evidence draws frequently from the fossil record and DNA comparisons to reconstruct how various organisms may be related.
These days even most creationists acknowledge that microevolution has been upheld by tests in the laboratory (as in studies of cells, plants and fruit flies) and in the field (as in Grant's studies of evolving beak shapes among Galápagos finches). Natural selection and other mechanisms--such as chromosomal changes, symbiosis and hybridization--can drive profound changes in populations over time.

2007-06-17 18:34:59 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

For example, if you were the oldest child, do you find that you get along better with other people who were also the oldest in their families?

2007-06-17 18:32:58 · 6 answers · asked by * 4 in Other - Society & Culture

Okay I have this problem where I don’t realize things until much LATER. I am very stubborn. Sometimes I can be narrow-minded. I am sensitive. It seems like I have the wrong emotions for everything. I can’t help it though. I don’t want to change myself because of others. Because I am tired of changing for people because it has gotten me nowhere. I hate it. I hate that I am stuck in the past. I hate that I am so negative. I hate that I am pathetic and I am on this website looking for advice while I can not confront my problems myself. Can anyone help me? Please. I am almost seventeen. When am I going to grow up?

2007-06-17 18:31:54 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

How was everyone's father's day?! :)

2007-06-17 18:29:52 · 6 answers · asked by OR 6 in Other - Holidays

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.'"

2007-06-17 18:29:38 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

in the bible does it say somewhere about adam and eve and what went on? such as eve had taken a bit of the apple as well but a handsome man(the devil) helped her get it out then he had sex with her and she became pregnant with his child also that handsome man who also had sex wtih adam is why God hates gays is this true?

2007-06-17 18:28:48 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Just wondering. I came to this site originally to see if there were people who might actually need prayer or help. But instead all I find is unbelievers posting their justification for their unbelief.
And please don't answer with some stupid remark. I really want to know what the atheist hopes to accomplish here.
And do not say your angry because Christians judge you or try to convert you. If that were really true, you wouldn't ever go to a religion or spiritual site would you?
And don't say atheism is a religion, and if you do, then please tell me where I can find your bible so that I can begin pointing out all the mistakes in it.
And if you say science is your bible, then your not atheist because you believe in science as a higher power, authority, and a means of justification. If you do that, fine. I am not judging, I just want to try and understand you, as far as I can figure, you all just like to argue about God. Am I wrong?

2007-06-17 18:28:25 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2595276176688867963&q=Crazy+Christian&total=972&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

Discuss.
How can a religion possibly indoctrinate someone to this extent?

2007-06-17 18:28:22 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

People can't explain the mystery of the Trinity. How then, can people be so presumptious to attest that God knows everything; or even that they know what God knows. If God does know everything that alone would preclude you from knowing what God knows.

2007-06-17 18:27:54 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Having a resource like the Internet makes it much easier to expose the lies, whereas just a few years ago, it was very difficult to learn anything except what was specifically taught at chuch.

How will this impact the future of Mormonism? Will the overall church growth continue to slump? Will more and more people find the truth and leave the church? Why? Please be specific.

2007-06-17 18:27:46 · 13 answers · asked by Cheese and Rice 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-17 18:26:19 · 8 answers · asked by Orditz 3 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Why do the Atheists on yahoo ask questions they know they won't believe Christian responses to?

2007-06-17 18:25:24 · 29 answers · asked by John 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I find myself doing the very same thing. Sometimes, I am hooked by the sheer ignorance of the questions and I know logicly I have no chance of changing that person's mind with one answer from a stranger. I have been repeatedly appalled by what is allowed to stay posted and what is deleted. Maybe I am looking for a reason to use my tongue as a weapon today because it is Father's Day and I miss my father and my husband, not to mention two wonderful grandfathers that my children never knew.

2007-06-17 18:21:54 · 18 answers · asked by One Wing Eagle Woman 6 in Other - Society & Culture

2007-06-17 18:21:27 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I just read this answer to a question about faith healing:

"Lots of reasons why people aren't healed
some people don't have the faith to be healed
some people are still in a sin that has them sick
sometimes God allow sickness for a reason
we all have to die of something"

What other options are there? I find it fascinating that no matter what the subject is, there is always some kind of religious excuse.

Kind of like how there is absolutely NO DNA evidence to prove native Americans are descended from the middle east. In fact, DNA evidence proves they AREN'T from there. But mormons can use the excuse that "god changed their DNA". What a load of crap!

2007-06-17 18:21:17 · 16 answers · asked by Amy 4 in Religion & Spirituality

What does "Thou shall not kill" mean? Is it just for certain people to kill certain people? Didn't Jesus die on the cross despite God's ability to save him? IS there fine print in the bible that allows the US to kill so many people in Iraq? And isn't the US public part of the guilt in allowing the killings?

2007-06-17 18:21:03 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-17 18:18:02 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I read that one must kill at least one baby before they can be a Christian as interpreted from the bible by Christians.

2007-06-17 18:16:16 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

allow one to be placed in your body? Why or why not? Thanks!

2007-06-17 18:08:21 · 26 answers · asked by Marie 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-17 18:07:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality