Society & Culture - 19 June 2007

2007-06-19 15:13:14 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I heard on Jack Van Impe that Tim O'brian of the Detroit Free Press says that it could be put on a driver's license or in a body? What are your thoughts on this chip? Do you think that we might be headed for fulfillment of the prophesy in Revelation, 13:16-17? It says, "He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark, on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name."
I recieved a reply to a previous question and a man indicated that he had sat in on a meeting with one of the inventors of this chip. He said that the best place to put this chip would be the forehead or back of the hand, because of a lower temp that would be needed to recharge the battery.
This is all so in tune with the Bible, so what say you? Do you think this is the start of fulfillment of this prophesy?

2007-06-19 15:12:18 · 27 answers · asked by Marie 7 in Religion & Spirituality

so you're very careful not to get out of line can you relate?

2007-06-19 15:09:53 · 15 answers · asked by ccknewera 1 in Religion & Spirituality

and make it relevant to today's issues

2007-06-19 15:09:35 · 45 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

On a question where the girl was asking for advice because she was molested by a JW this was one of the responses:

"If you are telling the truth..talk to your parents..but don't post it on the internet...delete the question....you will bring disgrace on the whole organization. If you are just trying to cause another scandal about Jehovah's Witnesses it's wrong of you to do this."

Does this scare anyone else but me?

2007-06-19 15:08:57 · 20 answers · asked by Scott B 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-19 15:08:45 · 5 answers · asked by kim c kimmie 1 in Other - Holidays

2007-06-19 15:08:25 · 33 answers · asked by Uncle Wayne 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-19 15:07:41 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

twice this school year, two people i've met have asked me "what are you?" within the first few questions they asked to get to know me. how would you handle this question? i am not tolerant when i hear this question because i think it's very disrespectful to dumb down a person's life, experiences, and existence to what ethnicity they are. inside, when asked this question, i can't help but scream "WHAT THE HELL DOES IT MATTER WHAT I AM????"... but at the same time, i was also talking to two people i felt i wanted to make a good impression on upon meeting (my new roommate and a co-worker i met my first day on the job)... how would you respond if someone you just met asks you this?

2007-06-19 15:04:30 · 24 answers · asked by Cliff 6 in Etiquette

Worldwide Islamic conflicts: Chechnya, Uzbekistan, Thailand, Somalia, Sudan and Dafur genocide, Chad, Philippines, Indonesia, Egypt, Kosovo, Bangladesh, Lebanon, Palestine, Tajikistan, Iraq, Algeria, Southern India, Kashmir, etc..

For that matter, should Islamic genocides, which are the greatest in human history, reflect on Islam?

Genocide and Islam: Chapter 4 - Islam and the Muslim Invasions “Let it be said right away: the massacres perpetuated by Muslims in India are unparalleled in history, bigger than the Holocaust of the Jews by the Nazis; or the massacre of the Armenians by the Turks” http://www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in/resources/english/etext-project/history/gautier/chapter4.html

Ottoman Muslims systematically murder 1.5 million Armenians. It’s believed Hitler got the “genocide” idea from this “successful” Islamic genocide. http://www.armenian-genocide.org/genocide.html

2007-06-19 15:04:02 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I am a 19 year old Muslim female who has been raised in a very strict and conservative Pakistani Family. I was always expected to have an arranged marriage, but in my heart I knew I would have never been happy. This year, I met the most amazing man of my life. He loves me and I love him more than ANYTHING. One problem: He's White and Christian (although he isnt very religious at all). My parents absolutely flipped out and I basically had to choose my entire family OR him. I picked him....I followed my heart. I seriously gave up everything I had ever known for him. I asked him to convert, and he said he would (but I have a feeling its more to please my parents over anything else). We are getting married this saturday at a mosque, but he also wants a small wedding in a church like a year from now for his parents. Now my problem is, if I go through with that (which I already agreed to) am I committing Idolatry by accepting whatever the church tells me to say? Im so confused. Please help

2007-06-19 15:01:51 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Um, if you could you pause tonight (and every night) to give energy through your goodness and ask for renewed health to an important person here in R&S, to your personal deity (or deities) you follow.
DebraM needs all the goodness and positive thoughts you can spare, (as do all who are in hospitals).
If you care but do not follow a path with a deity - you are more than welcome to hope modern medicine can return DebraM to her family and life style soon. Right?

Thank you for being understanding and a positive force.

2007-06-19 15:01:46 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-19 15:01:41 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Basically what I'm asking is have they changed since then?

2007-06-19 15:01:01 · 19 answers · asked by Sean 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I just answered a plea for advice from a yong girl who was molested by a Jehovahs witness man that she was alone with in the car going door to door (thier name for handing out watchtowers)...NONE of the JW'S that answered her told her to go to the police....NOt one that I could see...(i didn't read them all)...She was called a liar by one in particular and most seemed to be more worried about the JW reputation than the girl in question...MY question is: ARE WE GOING TO PUT UP WITH THIS? What can we do?..When are the coverups going to stop!

2007-06-19 14:59:40 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

There are always singled out for international humiliation. i was on an international flight with americans, africans, europeans etc but only nigerians were frisked and subjected to debasing searches by immigration officials.

2007-06-19 14:58:52 · 11 answers · asked by izzyuzzy 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

... and raised our children to be nudists themselves, thereby eliminating any sort of lustful aspects from the human body. If we all grow up with something constantly present in our daily lives, it would enter normality and no longer be treated with a "sinful" glance.

So... would you be opposed to such a dramatic conversion? To eliminate improper thoughts from the human body in regards to natural nudity? What are your thoughts?

Note: Disregard the health aspects of this, sunscreen and clothes would be worn in climates/conditions where it is needed.

2007-06-19 14:56:56 · 20 answers · asked by Moodrets 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-19 14:56:51 · 27 answers · asked by Uncle Wayne 3 in Religion & Spirituality

there is only one true living God thats Jesus Christ!!!! Jesus loves you! Praying for the lost

2007-06-19 14:54:54 · 36 answers · asked by ? 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Past, Present or Future?

Where does God suggest my mind dwell most often?

2007-06-19 14:54:10 · 10 answers · asked by Sean 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Quran 4:34 "(as to those muslimah’s) on whose part you fear desertion, admonish them, and leave them alone in the sleeping-places and beat them;" http://cwis.usc.edu/dept/msa/quran/004.qmt.html

This IS a part of Islamic culture...that is...the right of men to intimidate woman. Denying it doesnt change what we all know to be a fact.

So if you believe that all religions and/or cultures inherently deserve respect, just for existing, then you MUST respect a Muslim mans right to beat his woman.

Keep in mind, these norms are important to mainsting Islamic culture. The Taliban arent the only Muslims beating woman who show their ankles. Only in the cities do woman have a little more breathing space, however the bulk of Islamic population exists under Islamic norms very much like the Taliban...woman can expect a beating for displaying any feminity.

2007-06-19 14:53:39 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-19 14:52:31 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-19 14:49:13 · 36 answers · asked by The Angry Stick Man 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Would you like your country to have a smaller population?

2007-06-19 14:47:24 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

I know this is nasty, but I just had to ask after I heard that joke about the vampire putting a tampon in hot water and making tea.

Do you think a vampire would enjoy giving "oral pleasure" to a girl on her period?? Has there been any references to this in novels or pop culture or do I actually have a (disgusting) original idea??

2007-06-19 14:45:15 · 10 answers · asked by MaggieMaeBrowne 2 in Mythology & Folklore

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8

2007-06-19 14:44:43 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

(If you don't have a dog, imagine yourself having a dog.)

2007-06-19 14:42:21 · 31 answers · asked by Uncle Wayne 3 in Religion & Spirituality

The holiness Christian faith believes women not are not to wear make up, style or cut their hair, must wear long dresses and keep their arms and legs covered. However other women from other Christian faiths dress much more liberal. Some wear tight pants to church with lots of cleavage showing. Some women will show their belly and the old tatoe on the back just above their butt when they are at church. I guess my question is this...in dressing should a man or woman dress extremely conservate or as a Christian woman can you just dress any way you please and just say "it isn't my fault those men were looking at my butt and boobs at church service"?

I myself believe in an inbetween. Not too conservative but not revealing to the point that it makes a man gauk at you.

OH YEAH...I just gotta make sure everybody understand I am just talking about how they dress while they attend Church services. I won't even ask how you feel about how to dress in everyday life.

2007-06-19 14:41:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Just some random idiotic questions. Have fun!

2007-06-19 14:40:55 · 14 answers · asked by ScottBirchfield 3 in Other - Society & Culture

It's been happening for over a year, sometimes i wake up in the middle of the night exactly at 1:11, 1:01, or it happens throughout the day, you get the point, and I always come across the number 11 for some reason no matter what I'm doing or where I'm at.

2007-06-19 14:40:19 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore