Society & Culture - 21 June 2007

2007-06-21 19:42:03 · 24 answers · asked by Armand Steel 3 in Religion & Spirituality

or even more importantly, a group of people living this way?
- from Eknath Easwaran's book Gandhi the Man ..."...Satyagraha is gentle. It never wounds. It must not be the result of anger or malice. It is never fussy, never impatient, never vociferous. It is the direct opposite of compulsion. It was conceived of as a complete substitute for violence." ... ....The ashram sick were his special love; he vented on them all his childhood passion for nursing, and visited each person in the Sevagram infirmary with some special little gift or bit of news. It was always a cheerful sene when Gandhi was around. ...In the evening after his walk the prayer meeting was held under the tropical sky. As the sun set, hundreds of people gathered around with little hurricane lanterns to hear Gandhi speak. ....

2007-06-21 19:40:35 · 11 answers · asked by DeadLastinBetterptsoftheUniverse 2 in Religion & Spirituality

To show me the way -------->
to reach to GOD .

2007-06-21 19:40:15 · 13 answers · asked by Jacky.- the "INDIAN". 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm Catholic and I have this Protestant friend who keeps bagging on my religion. When ever we discuss things like the the Papacy, Mary having no children or anything else for that matter he wants to know where thats at in the Bible.

Theres nothing wrong with this mind you and I usually give a pretty good explanation. The problem is he always says "Well thats your interpretation, your not reading it in context."

My immediate response is usually "By what authority do you question my Churches teachings, then I usually will follow up with a quote from Turtullian, St. Ignatius of Antioch, Polycarp, Ireaneus or a host of other Early Church fathers from the early 1st-4th century to show that the interpretation or teaching I'm giving him was historically excepted as true or at least widely taught by all of Christendom for the past 2000 years.

But he won't except it. How do I convince him to see reason?

2007-06-21 19:39:47 · 13 answers · asked by scholar_wood 3 in Religion & Spirituality

"Race: The Power of an Illusion"
http://www.pbs.org/race/000_General/000_00-Home.htm

"The Race Myth"
http://www.amazon.com/Race-Myth-Pretend-Exists-America/dp/0452286581/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-0197395-8325557?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182494048&sr=8-1

2007-06-21 19:36:25 · 10 answers · asked by *wild_orchid* 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-06-21 19:34:12 · 19 answers · asked by stunner......... 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-21 19:28:56 · 12 answers · asked by Silly BaBy505 1 in Religion & Spirituality

anyone answer

2007-06-21 19:27:02 · 3 answers · asked by Sione 2 in Other - Society & Culture

what do you think of this?

"For this Universe is obedient to God, and land and sea are submission to the universe; and human life depends on the just administration of the laws of the universe;"- Aristotle

Great philosphers and history writers believed in God..Why do so many people go against it now..?

2007-06-21 19:26:46 · 17 answers · asked by † God's Kitty † 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Do you believe it is possible for a born again Christian to become an atheist? I don't know how anyone who has experience salvation, and felt the weight of sin taken from them, could ever say there is no God. Do you agree?

2007-06-21 19:26:29 · 41 answers · asked by † H20andspirit 5 in Religion & Spirituality

What are your thoughts?

2007-06-21 19:25:30 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Will they also want us to celebrate Straight Pride Day as well, for the rest of us? Or would that be discriminatory against gay people to have such a day?

2007-06-21 19:18:52 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

what do you think? I am 15 and an Agnostic. fyi, agnostics are those who believe that its impossible for us to know about god, the future and stuff. They beleive god is there, but they dont believe that its jesus, ram, or mohd...
My family is Hindu. I talked about me being an agnostic, she didnt deny it, but she said " do what u want but believe me, one day, god will get back at you, in a very bad way"
So, are only believers good people in your opinion?

2007-06-21 19:15:07 · 27 answers · asked by phoenixankit 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I personally don't think Christians have pure love...

1.Christians in general want a ticket to heaven and fear of dropping to hell...So there is a motive here...This is not Pure love.

2.When Christians do go to heaven...I can't imagine if they have any feelings for those dwelling in Hell..(if it happens anyway)..Just imagine yourself in heaven and billions and billions of other people in hell .

3.Christians generally enjoy their beef steak but that steak comes from a cow who died horribly being slaughtered at the slaughtered house...Try putting these Christians to see those horrific events, hear the cow moaning in pain...than we will see many becoming vegetarian because they could be affected by compassion, anyway general Christians don't have compassion for animals because they don't know if animals have souls ??

4.When a Buddist helps a person he does it without any motive..Just pure goodness, but when a Christian helps.he does it with a motive which is converting the innocent.

2007-06-21 19:14:48 · 12 answers · asked by Hare Krishna 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I read the Skeptic's Bible. It was Funny how they asked the same questions I did before I came to faith in Christ. I studied out the language that the scripture was written in. I mean I read it in the Hebrew, Greek, Semitic and Aramic. I took a good look at the History and the Evidence there of. It seem that the person who wrote this skeptic's Bible did not do the same. I feel every has the right to thier own opinion, but I wish some poeple would be more open to looking at why people believe as they do. Some people have a good reasons for being a Christian, or Atheist. Know the facts before you attack them. I was not saved until I was 27. I have seen the Atheist Facts all my life. My brother and I square off over this all the time. He is an Atheist. So I see every new little thing that comes along. I put it through the test and most of the time With in a little research I find it's wrong. I have put the scripture through this same test but have found it to be correct.

2007-06-21 19:14:37 · 6 answers · asked by Dark Angel 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Is there any interpretation of that verse, and who can give justification for removing some verses in a holy scripture?

2007-06-21 19:13:16 · 9 answers · asked by paul-young 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-21 19:09:44 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I just read the ticker tape on the news about the Latino gentleman that was beaten to death by those 20 Black men at the Juneteenth event in Texas today. I would like to know the statistics for Black on Latino crime to add to my blog. This is a problem that has been going on for too long. Law enforcement along with the media alone can stamp out this problem in America today!

2007-06-21 19:09:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

I am 52 yrs old and going threw menopause and that doesn't help my stress either. Maybe i just need a weeks break/vacation now.
Thank you for your time.

2007-06-21 19:08:20 · 21 answers · asked by von 1 in People with Disabilities

2007-06-21 19:06:57 · 26 answers · asked by khattak k 1 in Religion & Spirituality

How often did you think about it before discovering R&S?

2007-06-21 19:06:47 · 11 answers · asked by rebekkah hot as the sun 7 in Religion & Spirituality

How did he manage to keep all the animals from killing eachother for fourty days and nights. And how did he fit them all?

2007-06-21 19:05:03 · 14 answers · asked by Sneaky Shoelace 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm a stay at home wife with an upcoming foot surgery...will my disability claim be denied because I havn't been bringing in my own income?

2007-06-21 19:03:18 · 8 answers · asked by *RaMi* 4 in People with Disabilities

What are you going to do when judgment day arrives? he will see you did not accept Jesus as the saviour,and he will send you to burn in hell because that was your choice ,why do you want to be tortured for the eternity? What are you going to do then?it is not too late to REPENT, God is loving and he is giving you the choice to be saved why don't you take it?

2007-06-21 19:01:26 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-21 19:00:50 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

R&S King and Queen, God and Goddess, Prince and Princess ???

Meows! =^-^=

2007-06-21 19:00:11 · 10 answers · asked by † God's Kitty † 2 in Religion & Spirituality

A Rosary is the prayers said on the beads and not necessarily the beads themselves. It drives me crazy when people talk about some Pagan Rosary they have or something like that. A Rosary is strictly for praying THE ROSARY, everything else is just beads.

2007-06-21 18:56:02 · 4 answers · asked by Midge 7 in Religion & Spirituality

You say that Water is of the devil, which is why Missionaries can't go swimming. Yet you baptize people in it, full dunk. You have dunk tanks in the Temple. You drink it for the Sacrament. What is the deal.

2007-06-21 18:55:57 · 12 answers · asked by Cheese and Rice 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Why do your Boss Curse u when u leave Job or Company??,Me n My friend are working 4 same company but my friend resigned during his termination period my bosses cursed him and used many abusive languages in his absense but as far as i know he was very good employ of company.Or this is anger of Bosses

2007-06-21 18:49:44 · 8 answers · asked by Fadoo Reply 2 in Etiquette

When I was little, my dad told me ATMs worked by having little monkeys inside them.

I believed that for years. Now I work in a bank, and wish it were true!

2007-06-21 18:44:26 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality