Society & Culture - 23 June 2007

Whoever has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down, without walls.
Proverbs 25:28

2007-06-23 02:28:10 · 4 answers · asked by ? 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-23 02:27:31 · 29 answers · asked by A True Gentleman 5 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Whoever believes in the existence of the spirit world (whatever religion you may be in) probably believes there is also a greater intelligence, but of an unknown quantity. So there must be another reality somewhere that is very different from our own. Assuming that the spirit world is intellectually superior, which would make sense since we basically have no knowledge of metaphysics, would that make that reality more real than ours?

2007-06-23 02:25:43 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If he does, why does he choose to not intervene during tragedies? He intervened all the time in the Bible. If God can't interfere with free will, he is not omnipotent.

2007-06-23 02:23:44 · 22 answers · asked by razzthedestroyer 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I noticed a butterfly with pretty blue wings fluttering through the air. I watched as it danced from flower to flower, and then as it became suspended in mid-air. The butterfly had landed in the middle of a spider's web and the spider had emerged to claim it's prey. I watched then as the spider wound up the butterfly into a small white pouch and placed it neatly away next to it's egg sac.

What kind of lesson is there to be had in this?

2007-06-23 02:18:53 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

All I know is Miami-Dade county doesn't have an Indian History month. Do any places have one?

2007-06-23 02:12:04 · 10 answers · asked by topink 6 in Other - Cultures & Groups

qualify.

2007-06-23 02:09:51 · 11 answers · asked by Pangelly 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-23 02:09:03 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I know some people aren't going to bother reading a lengthy post, so I'll post random facts: (He is English btw, as some of the terms relate to British terms.)

1) He's in a long-term relationship with me. I'm half Chinese/half White.
2) He is attracted to minority girls, but I'm the first non-white girl he's dated.
3) He WAS a skinhead and had skinhead friends. However he told me it has nothing to do with race,and it was a working class thing? He told me he wasn't racist and that it was just a blue collar thing.
4) He uses the n word and he calls Indians "Pak*". He also calls Eastern Asians "ch*nk*es". He also calls me one, but I call him "l*mey" in return. (Usually we call each other that in good humor)
5) He beat up his white friend for using the n word because he says he doesn't want anyone calling our future child names.
6) When he was young, his best friend was Indian.

So what is going on? Racist or not? I'm a bit confused because he seems "all over the place" in his ideolog

2007-06-23 02:06:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

Suppose we muslims had somehow united into one country and had the opportunity to elect a certain leader.to lead the state. Which political leader would you vote for to lead the state?
Let me give some of the probable candidates:
a Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Iran)
b Hassan Nasrallah (Lebanon
c Pervez Musharraf (Pakistan)
d Hamid Karzai (Afghanistan)
e Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (Indonesia)
f Mahathir Mohammed (Malaysia)
g King Abdullah II (Jordan)
h M. al-Gaddafi (Lybia)
i Anyone else (mention your reason too)
Whom would you vote for and why?
I am sorry if I did not mention any notable person. And please do not criticize any of the given candidates, just give your pick. I am just curious. Have a nice day and...assalamualaikum

2007-06-23 02:06:46 · 28 answers · asked by rEVOLution 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Do you believe the Loving Kindness Meditation known as Metta/Mehta if done by everyone once a day could change the world's state of war and discontent?

If yes, why?
If no, why?

2007-06-23 02:06:37 · 2 answers · asked by Mary Q 1 in Other - Society & Culture

Lately, I'm kind of interested in Quenya, the language used by elves in J.R.R. Tolkien's books (The hobbit, The lord of the Rings etc.), but I just can't found a site good enough. I'm looking for a dictionnary and an easy way to learn it (the best thing will be to be based on short lessons).

2007-06-23 02:05:42 · 2 answers · asked by Alin H 1 in Languages

2007-06-23 02:04:21 · 11 answers · asked by Pangelly 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-23 02:01:43 · 12 answers · asked by Anton R 1 in Languages

because it's clearly stated in the Bible that if you marry a divorced woman, you are committing an adultery.

why does it seem that there are many divorced "Christians" re-marrying?

2007-06-23 02:01:14 · 17 answers · asked by Perceptive 5 in Religion & Spirituality

My brother-in-law married a woman from Brazil. They just had a baby boy. The announcement they sent around says the baby's name is Enrico.

So how is his name pronounced in Portuguese? They live far away, so I haven't had opportunity to hear them say the name. I refer to him as 'Enrico' since I am don't speak Portuguese. My mother-in-law keeps correcting me and pronouncing it 'Ahn-HEE-cay.' I know a little Spanish, and in Spanish putting the 'ay' sound at the end makes it feminine. Are the rules the same for Portuguese?

I am content using the english pronunciation, but my mother-in-law insists we say it 'correctly.' But I find American's slaughtering the prounciation of ethnic names trying to sound authentic far more offensive than just saying it in English.

Any thoughts? Help with proper pronunciation?

2007-06-23 01:59:50 · 6 answers · asked by MaxitudesMamma 3 in Languages

2007-06-23 01:58:34 · 8 answers · asked by Anton R 1 in Languages

2007-06-23 01:58:04 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

2007-06-23 01:54:00 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2007-06-23 01:41:15 · 7 answers · asked by MG 2 in Religion & Spirituality

well science is really getting better every day....and every day a new fact is known....but the thing is lots of those science facts r already have been told by Allah "god" in koraan"quran"......the koraan was given to people 2 follow 1400 years ago.....and now just now people r proving that the science facts in it r truly right...i mean does that prove that koraan is right??it havent been changed of course.....and its the same now.....and its the same since it was given 2 prophet Mohammad ...and every body knows that...but the thing is HOW MUCH MORE DO PEOPLE NEED 2 BELIEVE IN KORAAN?WHATS THE THING THAT REALLY PREVENT THEM FROM READING IT??

2007-06-23 01:37:13 · 16 answers · asked by ayala 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Tell me what's on your mind.

2007-06-23 01:35:10 · 18 answers · asked by SophiaLeo 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-23 01:30:29 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

zionists have killed many many Christians too, oddly this fact goes unreported in the western media, yet where I live I can see this on my television and in newspapers. perhaps if the western world dropped the censorship, the truth would shine, and people would not suck up to zionists.
i had to spell it the way i did inorder to get this posted, usually Y!A deletes all jew related qustions

2007-06-23 01:28:49 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Mark 12:41

2007-06-23 01:26:02 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Lord Shiva, he appears to be like a beggar. He does not possess even a house. He lives underneath a tree. And the devotee of Shiva becomes very rich, opulent materially, although he's a beggar, whereas Vishnu is Lakshmi-Pati, Vaikuntha-pati, and the Vaishnava become beggar. Just opposite. By worshiping the beggar one becomes rich, and by worshiping the rich one becomes beggar. What is this contradiction?

2007-06-23 01:22:36 · 13 answers · asked by Dhruva 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Such as crimes...it's humans who caused the suffering...not some deity we believe exists or some deity we don't even believe exists. Thoughts?

Peace, Love, and Blessings
Greenwood

2007-06-23 01:16:07 · 13 answers · asked by Greenwood 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I love quiet, calmness and solitude. I like to be isolated from people. It keeps me relaxed.
I'd feel lonelier in a group of people I'm incompatible with, then when I'm in the company of my own self.
I'm sick of stupid people treating me like a sad person, who needs help. I don't want their pity.
Why can't they realize I'm happy this way?

2007-06-23 01:15:37 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

another Quetion: Honey, it's ok not to believe in God, but....to be an ATHEIST!!!!!!

RELIGIOUS PPL, YOUR IGNORANCE IS SHOWING!
There is a quote that says: "Its better to keep your mouth closed and be thought a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt''

2007-06-23 01:15:19 · 11 answers · asked by kittana! 2 in Religion & Spirituality

or did we just exist like that without any creation.
All planets revolve around the sun; perfect composition of oxygen in the air; Ozone etc. all sustaining life - just like that ?

NB: ozone is depleting, but man is becoming smarter by the day, and will devise new methods to deal with new problems.

About Big bang...its fairly stupid to attribute life and such - everything that exists to a big bang, without it being intiated through a more superior force.

I'm sure half the theories you will come up with can be fairly put away.

So who created the universe ? Now ahtiest, you tell me the answer.

I'm not trying to discard you, but just making things easier for you to comprehend - after all its the R&S section.

2007-06-23 01:13:25 · 22 answers · asked by bornonaplatein1988 4 in Religion & Spirituality