Society & Culture - 18 June 2007

right so someone got me a birfday cake and well my mates and i were pissin about and we flushed it down the bog. it was a chocolate cake and it looked like... well you know.. so we tossed chunks down and flushed. was good laughs.
anywaaaay, the next day that friend that bought the cake rang me and asked if i liked the present inside the cake. says she got the idea from some special french bit where they bake a delicious cake and put a prize hidden in it. fink it was called kings cake or somethin.

i was silent for at least 5 seconds and i could tell she wasnt joking and i told her yeh yeh was fab and i love it. uh oh cos now i have no idea what it was!

i want to tell her truth but what if it was somethin expensive like a ring or diamonds???

2007-06-18 13:59:16 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

I mean, we live good lives and contribute to society not because we’re afraid of hell or because we want to go to heaven, we do it because that’s simply the way we are. Doesn’t that mean that atheists can hold their heads a little higher than believers who need to be threatened with punishment and promised a reward to be good?

2007-06-18 13:58:54 · 17 answers · asked by Desiree 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Blimey it sounds a tough language to learn! When I hear Chinese people talking it sounds like they're talking sooooo fast! For a person who likes to study languages I think this would be so difficult to learn because by the time you translated one word, he or she would have said 10 more!

LOL, is there a reason why the speech seems so fast to non-native speakers I wonder?

2007-06-18 13:57:54 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

I just learned this today and the Bible is talking about women not being able to speak in the church and how women cant do certain things.. plz explain!

2007-06-18 13:57:19 · 17 answers · asked by Jaime D 2 in Religion & Spirituality

that those of you who believe this CHOSE to be straight.

When didja all wake up and decide to be heterosexuals? Was it the fear of being ostracized, belittled and threatened or was it (HUH!) innate?

Please give me a true answer. I don't know anyone who chose to be told constantly that they are an abomination or that they chose to be gay. So how did become heterosexual?

Please refrain from using Bible quotes. Thank you.

2007-06-18 13:57:17 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Do they work out?

2007-06-18 13:55:52 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-18 13:55:46 · 15 answers · asked by lgharr_2000 1 in Religion & Spirituality

You see, instead of getting out and enjoying life, he just spends all of his time at home in front of the computer, hanging out at some lame Web site at which users can ask questions and have other users give answers and perspectives on them. He needs help, and he needs it bad. I don't see how anything good could come from a site like that. Just imagine it! Who on Earth would even create a Web site like that in the first place? What could have been going through their minds?!?

2007-06-18 13:53:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

2007-06-18 13:52:45 · 6 answers · asked by Blondie 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Without Constantine using the christian cult to consolidate power, christianity probably wouldn't even exist today.
The christian cult was gaining in popularity (Mostly due to being 'persecuted' by early Roman Emperors. Refuse something to someone and they'll want it more.) Constantine used this cult to eliminate the power base of his competition in the pagan cults. By supporting the christians and lowering the status of the pagan religions, he was able to use his new cult to further control the population.

Constantine wasn't baptized until he was on his death bed. He only associated the christian god with his pagan god Sol Invictus and if it wasn't for the fact that his mother was a christian he most certainly would never have supported the christian cult.
But I wouldn't expect any of the 'true believers' to actually learn where their religion came from.

2007-06-18 13:51:10 · 18 answers · asked by Biggest Douche in the Universe 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-18 13:49:33 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

When someone in America says that they are going to be 10mins or phone back in 10mins does this really mean 10mins or does it mean, 20 or 30.

2007-06-18 13:49:16 · 20 answers · asked by johnnymifo 2 in Languages

I was on the metro bus today and saw Jehovah Witnesses handing out pamphlets, and other stuff... The woman tried to talk to me, but I got off at my stop.. lol. I now see that they have expanded their business... So where next... the mall?

2007-06-18 13:48:23 · 23 answers · asked by LIEUTENANT K STAR!!!! 6 in Religion & Spirituality

http://www.libchrist.com/

Resource, Support & Fellowship Cyber Center For All Regardless of Religious Belief, especially Christians overcoming traditions with no biblical basis.

2007-06-18 13:47:41 · 10 answers · asked by thundercatt9 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-18 13:45:43 · 38 answers · asked by Uncle Wayne 3 in Religion & Spirituality

What is reality and how do we know if it exists if we've never experienced fantisy. if you can't answer that, how do you know what is fiction if you can't tell the difference between that and reality?
It says in the bible that our minds can't comprehend what we cannot imagine... that's why some say God doesn't exist. But for those who do believe in a creator, than you must believe in fairies and gnomes and pixies and all that other stuff too because you've never seen God, but you know he exists. If you mind can comprehend a god, than why not so called "mythical creatures"? they may not be so mythical. can u answer that, huh?

2007-06-18 13:45:29 · 14 answers · asked by Aurora_Rose_Maree 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Should they face up or down

2007-06-18 13:43:20 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

Is there any legends around the four corners area?

NE arizona, NW new mexico, SW Colorado, and SE Utah

2007-06-18 13:42:36 · 2 answers · asked by Ivan S 6 in Mythology & Folklore

2007-06-18 13:41:52 · 25 answers · asked by Dr shiznet 2 in Mythology & Folklore

2007-06-18 13:40:50 · 14 answers · asked by Cee T 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I would say put aside your faith , your religion, and read the Bible like a novel, a tale, a story.

Please do not jump into conclution, my question is Have you or Have you Not.

Thank you.

2007-06-18 13:38:59 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

of the White House. Or are these 3 loonies just lying to get the votes of the uneducated and superstitious? Perhaps they are mercenaries rather than loonies.

2007-06-18 13:38:24 · 24 answers · asked by shericomes 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-18 13:38:16 · 15 answers · asked by september 2 in Other - Society & Culture

it might be something humanism?

2007-06-18 13:38:06 · 10 answers · asked by dumdeedum 2 in Religion & Spirituality

It's ridiculous! Isn't it? Chinese people have totally different features from one another. I mean, just because they all have the same color of hair and eyes doesn't they all look the same. You know?

2007-06-18 13:36:33 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

I'm a 19 year old female and I really wish a guy would crush on me and be more attracted to me then other women just like when i have a crush on a guy i'm more attracted to him then other guys. but guys are not like that. So its like the only way i could date some one who has a crush on me and is more attracted to me then others is if i dated a women. Have any of u bi curious women or straight women ever thought about about the native sides to dating a guy ?cause I have so many times I often compaired how they to how women are, i don't mean sexual or physicailly.

2007-06-18 13:35:38 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Just because we're different doesn't mean you have to hate us. Also, if you hate someone for being different then you're not a very good christian.

2007-06-18 13:33:48 · 42 answers · asked by J 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Jesus calling- (Mathew 3:16-17 and also 4:17)
Charges against the people
Apostasy- 6:24 / 19:23-26
religious hypocrisy – 11:16-19
15:1-20
16:5-12
23:1-36
Corrupt leaders- 2:13-17
14:3-12
20:20-23
Corrupt merchants- 21:12-13

Mistreatment of the poor , widowed, orphaned disenfranchised in society.
5:1-12;Lk .6:20-23
25:33-46
18;23-35
20:30-36
21:13b
part c
Spiritually works of mercy

The lament of the prophet Jesus and his message and his message –
16:21-23
17:27-37
20:17-19
26:14-16
26:31-35
26:47-56
26:57-68
27:27-31
27:32-56

2007-06-18 13:32:28 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

here's the situation-you're at a banquet honoring exceptional teachers and education support professionals (aides, bus drivers, admin folk, custodians, cooks) for your school system-the banquet is held on school property. the superintendent of schools, is the host, the school board is at the head table...just before dinner is served, a teacher (who is also a pastor of a local baptist church) stans up and asks everyone to bow their heads for the benediction, in which he thanks God for all those in attendance, asks for blessing over the food, and concludes with 'in the name of Christ we pray, Amen.' later on, the musical portion of the evening consists of gospel singing by one of the assistant principals, during which the audience is asked to join in 'if you want'...what i'm wondering is, how would you react?

a) enjoy the good food, applaud the honorees, and have a good time?
b) silently go along, hoping it's over soon?
c) threaten to sue?

2007-06-18 13:32:25 · 9 answers · asked by spike missing debra m 7 in Religion & Spirituality

i was just wondering because i'm italian.

2007-06-18 13:31:43 · 7 answers · asked by *jeLLyBeAn* 2 in Royalty