Society & Culture - 29 June 2007

Here's two links to reference

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/6/28/04716/3624

http://cclmaine.org/record/?p=6

The first article is about the so called "Christian Civic League" and how they ran a smear campaign against a politician because they found out that her religion was Pagan. The part that bothers me, is that they invite people to post comments on their website. They state that e-mail addy is required but will not be published, yet if you look at their comments section, they DO publish the e-mail addy's of anyone who disagrees with the site. Is it right for them to lie this way. They scrubbed the comments off the article harassing the Pagan Politician, but the second article about a "Dyke Parade" has a comments section also. Those who oppose the Dyke parade have their privacy respected, those who support the Dyke parade have their e-mail addy published. I added comment #12 just a few miniutes ago w/a fake addy. I wonder if they will publish my fake addy ?

2007-06-29 14:48:52 · 16 answers · asked by queenthesbian 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-29 14:48:49 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

A good Christian home never has any spiders.

2007-06-29 14:45:58 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

A few minutes ago, I asked a question desiring people to put how literally they take the bible on a scale of 1 to 10. Would there be any benefit to society if these results were printed on our drivers’ licenses or social security cards so that a person’s degree of religiosity could be quickly ascertained?

2007-06-29 14:43:23 · 22 answers · asked by Desiree 4 in Religion & Spirituality

There is a little bit of french being spoken in this interview, the video is not long, maybe 2 minutes. Can someone please tell me what is being said.

http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2007/06/hit_one_out_of_the_park_with_t.php

I took a couple of french classes in highschool and I thought I would be able to understand what is being said but, I can't. I can only understand the first three phrases.

Thank you!

2007-06-29 14:40:27 · 5 answers · asked by evie ♥'s her Dodgers 5 in Languages

he's all-knowing, right? he knew they were gonna do it, and he put it there anyway. to me this says, he WANTED them to eat from it.

if that's the case, why punish them for doing what he wanted them to do?

additionally, let's say he didn't really want them to? then why put it there in the first place? to test them? what's the point? he's god, he already knew what the outcome would be. so why bother?

2007-06-29 14:37:17 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Why did Christians accept the marrage of Christianity and pagonism under constantine. The then church accepted the very princibles that Gods people the Children of Isreal had been warned against and still accept today.

2007-06-29 14:36:19 · 16 answers · asked by Ibredd 7 in Religion & Spirituality

i want ur opinion!!!!!!!!!

2007-06-29 14:35:03 · 19 answers · asked by blondie4real101 1 in Religion & Spirituality

i saw a interesting clip at youtube about the Ten Commandments by George Carlin.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9CitfTtMIx8

leave your comments.
sorry if it is post before.

2007-06-29 14:34:30 · 7 answers · asked by shadower 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm not going to type the verses because I don't like to type he hath thou and all of that, but if it is the word of god would such a book have so many contradictions such as saying prejudice is evil then being prejudice angainst homosexuals is good? so wouldn't that mean the bible is saying it itself is evil?

2007-06-29 14:33:25 · 37 answers · asked by Lyrath 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Birthday suits? (Wow now that would really be heaven on earth a little crowded though)

2007-06-29 14:31:06 · 24 answers · asked by TRACER ™ 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I work at an EXTREMELY fashionable clothing store at the mall. Now to make a long story short, my daddy sent me to a charm school for spoiled young ladies several months ago, and one thing they taught us was to end each interchange with "thank you and good day" However, one of my customers told my boss she thought I was being condescending with the WAY that I said it and said I sounded like an OLD POMPOUS BRITISH man (her words not mine, no offense to our friends across the POND). My boss just told me to say "have a nice day", but that just seems insincere to me so I told her that and she said the problem is more of the WAY that I say it not really that I say it and that I AM A BIG GIRL (age not girth, mind you) and I should be able to figure out these things. Personally I think "have a nice day" is wrong and "thank you and good day" is better. My daddy has recommended I ADAPT to the situation and do what my boss says? Should I change for my sensitive customers? TYAGD!

2007-06-29 14:30:08 · 26 answers · asked by Lori 5 in Etiquette

I have seen many western movies. Many cowboys make marks on the arses of horses.

What is the official name of the mark?

And what about the tool, which looks like a hot pontil?

Do the horses feel painful?

2007-06-29 14:29:16 · 13 answers · asked by vickemble 1 in Religion & Spirituality

how did mother terasa die?

2007-06-29 14:27:12 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If you do please let me know :)

2007-06-29 14:27:02 · 11 answers · asked by micheleh29 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-29 14:26:37 · 28 answers · asked by carpe-diem 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-29 14:25:42 · 7 answers · asked by carpe-diem 3 in Religion & Spirituality

if they didn't know between good and evil and right from wrong until after they ate the fruie?

2007-06-29 14:22:48 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

(god) ~ who or what did you think he was talking to? another man in heaven? his father, a man? a creative force? a spirit if so define this. what does anyone think god is or looks like?

2007-06-29 14:22:35 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

He says to fear him and threatens anyone who doesn't do what he says with eternal torture. If you were a parent would you want your children to fear you- would you disown them and wish eternal misery on them if they didn't do what you said? How can you say that God loves us if he is willing to sentence us to a lifetime of misery just because we dared to disobey him? You say people do it to themselves- I don't agree. No one would knowingly sentence themself to eternal suffering. We can't know everything. So what if we are wrong and it turns out there is a God- innocent mistake. Is it really worth condemning us to hell for the rest of eternity? What about having the punishment fit the crime? And if you do believe that not accepting God will result in going to hell, that's fine, its what you believe. But call it what it is- admit that God is a cruel bloodthirsty tyrant. How can you possibly see him as a loving paternal figure when he is so quick to wish misery on his own children?

2007-06-29 14:21:00 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-06-29 14:20:37 · 4 answers · asked by important_one1 1 in Other - Society & Culture

Tv shows do it for jokes, but while hanging out with a couple of buddies, I was hit there. I don't think it's funny for anyone, even when Tv plays it as a joke.

2007-06-29 14:20:23 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-06-29 14:18:06 · 24 answers · asked by AlexLei 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

did you grow up exposed to Christianity and stayed with the faith as you got older? or did you come to Christianity in a different way? what made you decide to take this path?

2007-06-29 14:17:52 · 22 answers · asked by KellyKapowski 3 in Religion & Spirituality

very easily that in a blink of an eye it could have been all over. And, has this experience changed you in any way?

2007-06-29 14:17:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

-He did nothing to save the Jews from Hitler, or Mao's or Stalin's victims.
-He did nothing to stop the Inquisition.
-He does nothing to save millions of children who die every year of starvation-related causes.
-He does nothing to stop the killing in Darfur.
-And on and on.

Christians say, "It is up to US to make the world a better place."

If we have to do everything ourselves, what good is god?

He finds you a parking place and your car keys? He helps you pass tests? He comforts you while babies are being raped in Africa?

2007-06-29 14:16:57 · 36 answers · asked by Mom 4 in Religion & Spirituality

why wasnt jesus the first man on earth instead of adam?

2007-06-29 14:16:15 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Atheists have permission to list their choice in negative values…

2007-06-29 14:14:57 · 27 answers · asked by Desiree 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Please confine your answer to the question.

2007-06-29 14:13:46 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I dont hate people of other races. I just think a black womens place is with a black man and nowhere else. Whats wrong with that?

2007-06-29 14:13:39 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups