Society & Culture - 6 July 2007

"Golly, that felt good."

"Gee whillikers, that was amazing."

"Oh my goodness...oh my goodness...I think I'm going to have a climactic orgasm experience, but it's only for procreation purposes, and I promise, Lord, not to enjoy it at all and to feel guilty immediately afterwards if I do!!!"

Christians often seem preoccupied with the sex lives of others, and this question is often asked. I thought turnabout would be fair play.

2007-07-06 02:21:47 · 30 answers · asked by Deke 5 in Religion & Spirituality

The new test. was written in Greek. What does the greek word baptism mean exactly?
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2007-07-06 02:21:02 · 4 answers · asked by Jeanmarie 7 in Religion & Spirituality

That they said (in boast), "We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah";- but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not: Nay, Allah raised him up unto Himself; and Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise.

—Qur'an, 4:157-158

2007-07-06 02:19:42 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If today’s man has evolved from a Monkey type dumb ancestor....... :-)

2007-07-06 02:19:15 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-06 02:17:56 · 31 answers · asked by Chris W 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Do they ever eat atTGIF's? Would they have to kill themselves shortly after if they did either?

2007-07-06 02:13:29 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Im translating a tv episode and need to understand what the BROWN GASKET here means.
as much details as possible.
Thanks

2007-07-06 02:13:00 · 4 answers · asked by ocean.denis 5 in Languages

cuz I see a lot of cloning going on here just so a coward can voice his opinion anonymously. Why not tell us who you are instead of cloning women?

2007-07-06 02:11:08 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-06 02:08:07 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Here you have a bunch of rich, pampered musicians and famous people (Al Gore included) traveling in private jets and over-sized limos telling us about the 7-point program to cut back and save energy. Why should we make the sacrifice when they aren't willing to do so. So what if they play a song or two and get paid big bucks for for it. The tickets aren't exactly cheap (except in Brazil - free).

Are Al Gore, Madonna, the Beastie Boys, Metallica etc entitled to pollute the world more than we are? Isn't this hypocritical?

2007-07-06 02:05:59 · 7 answers · asked by Tom S 7 in Other - Society & Culture

"Minha Vó disse que, eles moram aí porque não tem pra onde ir."

I know this is very simple, but I am struggling to understand the "pra" part.

The sentence means: "My grandmother said that they live there because they have nowhere to go."

Or is it wrong?

Can someone perhaps give me a direct translation and then the correct English translation for the above Portuguese sentence?

I know "pra" = "para" + "a"...

but why isn't it "...porque não tem para onde ir" or "...porque não tem a onde ir"?

I am confused because these two words "para" and "a" mean the same thing to me in this sentence (namely TO) and I don't know why both are used instead of just one of them!

Can someone perhaps explain to me the difference between these two words (in this particular sentence) and why both had to be used?

Can I say "...porque não tem para onde ir" / "...porque não tem a onde ir"? Will it make sense and mean the same as in the first sentence?

Thank you very much for helping!

2007-07-06 02:04:40 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

2007-07-06 02:03:53 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

dooms day predicted for dec.12th 2012. any other calenders or books conferming this?

2007-07-06 02:03:46 · 6 answers · asked by phil s 1 in Mythology & Folklore

2007-07-06 02:03:00 · 13 answers · asked by Njachi 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I would like to know if you enter a (sexual) relationship with someone outside of your marriage........ Do you do it having intentions of marriage?... is it just sex on the side?....

I am questioning in particular about one who is deep rooted and into his deen. Struggles with his convictions..... yet keeps coming back-- says "when I smell you I feel it in my heart" "there is something in my heart other than allah and I need to work on that"

Is he telling me he loves me?

He thinks those that enter into second marriages are egotistical and arrogant.....

any thoughts..... all are welcome......

2007-07-06 02:00:59 · 18 answers · asked by who me? 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I have my ideas just curious.

2007-07-06 01:58:46 · 22 answers · asked by Link , Padawan of Yoda 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-06 01:58:06 · 20 answers · asked by Deke 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Is "sugar goat" the opposite word of "scapegoat" ?

What does "sugar goat" mean?

2007-07-06 01:56:14 · 7 answers · asked by Duke 2 in Languages

You want me to believe in an imaginary god whose holy book claims he drowned all the babies in a world-wide flood.

You want me to believe in imaginary sins, so that every day I can feel guilty for being human and apologetic to your imaginary god.

And you want me to spend the rest of my life this way.

And if I don't you tell me your imaginary god will throw me into an imaginary lake of fire and brimstone.

And the only evidence you can offer is a badly written book that can't keep its own 'facts' straight about how the God of the Universe made a tiny tribe on Earth the Chosen People of God.

This all seems "real" to you, does it?

2007-07-06 01:55:05 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

if someone wants to convince you that God does exist what proves would convince you the most?

2007-07-06 01:52:26 · 34 answers · asked by >D_ConTradictor< 4 in Religion & Spirituality

What was the point?

2007-07-06 01:52:06 · 18 answers · asked by Netti 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I remember the day my mother told my yougest sister that all the fairytales she believed in were made up. My sister took it well, she was a very intelligent young lady and always thinking ahead. She asked why anyone would want to trick kids into believeing such a thing. My mother replied that it's nice to believe in fairytales when you're young. My sister said that she'd rather have been told the truth, and that Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and God didn't make her world any better, and she hated going to mass every week. My mother said "No, God is real". My sister looked at her quizzically and siad "I'm not stupid mammy."

2007-07-06 01:50:12 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

ok, i overheard this argument of an atheist and a christian, who argued that if God really exist, he musn't really omniscient since if He does, then we dont exist....
why? cuz God is holy.... and He hates sin... right?
so why does he even bother to create Adam if afterward he would fall to sin and thing is God knows it in the first place!!!
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his action put us all in the misery...- says the atheist...
then the christian just sat down with nothing to say....

if you guys are all christians what would you say in defence?

2007-07-06 01:48:24 · 11 answers · asked by >D_ConTradictor< 4 in Religion & Spirituality

only serious answers please.

2007-07-06 01:46:27 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

it is always like that. petty pickpocket,rag-picker, rikshaw puller,domestic maid etc are in jail under trial for years.and the so called direct-descendent of god incarnations in the forms sandhu/sants with saffron rig converting black into white are on bail.

2007-07-06 01:45:53 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

Hebrews makes it very clear that without holiness "no one will see the Lord" (Heb. 12:14). James 2:17 also teaches that faith without works is dead.

On the other hand, Acts 16:31 says, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved"? Paul affirms this same decisive act of salvation in Romans 10:9: "If you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved."

How do you reconcile the contradiction? What does your Church teach about salvation?

2007-07-06 01:45:06 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

No one ever knew what type of plant it was did they?

But the effects of this was to make one gain spiritual knowledge that god did not want them to have right?

So was this tree a *pot* plant???

It certainly awakens the mind to things spiritual!

Hmmm I wonder?

Did the writers of the bible put that bit in to try to stop the youngens from smoking weed?
They will have to remember to be more specific next time!!!
LOL!!
So what do you think of my theory?

2007-07-06 01:42:34 · 23 answers · asked by *~Ariel Brigalow Moondust~* 6 in Religion & Spirituality

A nation known for the Catholic Religion turning to Islam....what's behind this?

2007-07-06 01:39:34 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

"One has to abandon altogether the search for security, and reach out to the risk of living with both arms. One has to court doubt and darkness as the cost of knowing."

-- Morris L. West

Thank you in advance for your contemplative answers.

2007-07-06 01:37:30 · 26 answers · asked by Kallan 7 in Religion & Spirituality

The Bible suggests that mankind originated in the Middle East somewhere. All of the original Seven Wonders of the world were in or around the Mediterranean area. Not much was going on elsewhere in the world around 1000 BC.

Also, the Bible says there was a world wide flood. Interestingly, most other religions, including those of Native Americans, suggested that there was a massive flood. Also, oceanic fossils found on mountain tops suggest this to have been the case.

There is also a scripture in the Bible, written around 300 BC, that states "the earth hangs upon nothing." Around the same time, the Zoroastrians thought earth was being held up by elephants and the Greeks thought it was Atlas holding up earth.

Is all of this coincidence or does this make you have a certain amount of caution before writing off the Bible as fiction?

2007-07-06 01:37:13 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality