Society & Culture - 7 July 2007

everybody gets a star tonight. no matter how stupid the question.

because i'm feeling extra nice because my best friend who i haven't seen in 3 years just called to say she's visiting next weekend!

oh and erm..to make this a question: who wants stars?

2007-07-07 15:16:54 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

*sly smile*

2007-07-07 15:16:27 · 44 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-07 15:16:25 · 7 answers · asked by I do 26.2 4 in Etiquette

2007-07-07 15:16:18 · 8 answers · asked by Bruce7 4 in Religion & Spirituality

they don't solicit money, & their magazines are free

2007-07-07 15:15:51 · 20 answers · asked by zorrro857 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-07 15:15:33 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Humans are born in Total Depravity.

2007-07-07 15:13:32 · 12 answers · asked by Bruce7 4 in Religion & Spirituality

would they say "don't worry, be happy"

or whatever?

(light hearted answers welcome)

2007-07-07 15:11:50 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I think there was a pony involved, or whatever--*drink*

2007-07-07 15:09:53 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

"I'll have whatever."

2007-07-07 15:09:23 · 17 answers · asked by R&S Drink Fairy 1 in Religion & Spirituality

i dunno why, but getting a star makes me smile :)

2007-07-07 15:08:21 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Eternity

2007-07-07 15:05:42 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-07 15:05:36 · 24 answers · asked by Uncle Wayne 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Catholics: Who is your patron saint, and why?

St. Anthony is mine, never fails.

2007-07-07 15:05:35 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-07 15:04:39 · 9 answers · asked by Uncle Wayne 3 in Religion & Spirituality

does your decision to not eat meat have anything to do with your religious/spiritual beliefs?

fyi-mine do. i believe all living beings are connected and equally important and therefore i don't feel right eating them.

2007-07-07 15:01:38 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

We are invited to our neighbor’s cocktail party for their son’s engagement, and they specifically said that no gift is needed. This is the first time we are going to this kind of party and would like to have some advice on what we should ware and what we should bring with? No jokes, please! Thanks!

2007-07-07 15:00:14 · 4 answers · asked by George B 1 in Etiquette

What are the main teachings of Presbyterianism? How do they differ from, mainly, Catholicism?

2007-07-07 15:00:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

*Tee Martoonis*

2007-07-07 14:58:23 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Okay, I understand you guys think that a man who lived 2,000 years ago was actually God. I'm not mocking you- that's no more farfetched than most other religions.

From my understanding you guys believe this man was God, and that some people believed him, and followed him and kept his messages alive so that you have the pleasure of knowing about him to this day. You believe God led those people to pass on the message. And you also believe that that was the only time God ever roamed Earth as a man.

But why do you believe this belief is more credible than that of the ancient Egyptians, who believed their pharoes were God? This was a very common believe. People liked to believe God himself(or herself depending on the culture) was leading them. This is simply a very common belief.

So out of all the men that were thought to be God, why do you believe yours really was? You don't believe those others were God, do you? They all are reported as doing miracles and all that.

2007-07-07 14:58:06 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Last question for the day. Thanks to all who answered my questions.

2007-07-07 14:57:27 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If one is totally for animal rights, then they respect all life no matter big or small that animal is, no matter what its age is, no matter what thier perceived economic value is.

A cute kitten deserves to live as much as a lizard, or a goat, or a sea urchin - or even a human!

And eating veal is no worse than eating the meat from an adult cow. Because age is no factor in the right to live.

Well, isn't a fetus just a less developed, youger version of a human? Its a smaller human, only its limited in its abilities. Here in tge good old USA you always have rights, no matter where you are or who you are. So even in the womb you should have rights.

I compare the two issues because both are about respecting all lifeforms at all time.

So why is it that liberals tend to be pro-choice? And many of these same liberally minded people would want to gaurentee rights for seals and otters?

What do you think?

2007-07-07 14:44:47 · 10 answers · asked by Zezo Zeze Zadfrack 1 in Religion & Spirituality

This is an honest question, not meant to offend.

I am of basically a nature based spirituality. I love reading stories of different gods, whether Greco-Roman, Norse, Sioux, African, whatever. They have great meaning to me as metaphors. However I do not literally believe thunder gods to be sentient beings, merely a representation of the power of the universe in the sense that thunder represents many things. I use these stories to answer hard ethical questions, to learn to be empathetic, to realize I am only a very small part of things.

I understand how the stories in the Bible can help people with moral issues, personify energies that make us feel safe and protected, to give us strength to make our lives better. I have seen Christianity affect people this way.

What I don't understand is how you believe God is literally Jesus, that Christians will literally be lifted and ascended to heaven, that Jesus in flesh will return. And why are those beliefs necessary in Christianity?

2007-07-07 14:44:15 · 42 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

The 4th is freaking over.

2007-07-07 14:41:36 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Independence Day

2007-07-07 14:38:23 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Let me explain. What I mean is Jesus never said it EXPLICITLY. Yes, I know about the "Son of God" but there are others who are referred to in the same way in the Bible. As for "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life", that could be interpreted as applying to a specific circumctances, time and place.
Never once did Jesus say "I am God, worship me."

Just thought when it comes to God, our basis of belief should be crystal clear.

2007-07-07 14:35:22 · 38 answers · asked by zids 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-07 14:34:28 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Whenever I hear someone from britain, the accent I have a very hard time understand them, sometimes I literary cant. even though they still speak "english"....they talk its like a different language

2007-07-07 14:29:49 · 34 answers · asked by anthonyq55 2 in Languages

Jesus was put on Earth to provide an example to the rest of humanity as to how to live their lives accordingly and, due to the fact many considered Him as such, He was reknown as the Son of God. People didn't like this. Just like now, if someone's fame starts to make an impact on society and changes things (even if they are GOOD changes) people don't like it. Someone else comes along, that is a few sandwiches short of a picnic basket, decides he REALLY doesn't like said changes that said famous person is making then said psycho pops him off (ie; Martin Luther King).

But the thing is, i wonder if maybe He knew about His fate before it happened and how early He might have known about it? Either way, if He did know and chose not to run, then isn't the sacrifice solely His own and not God's?

2007-07-07 14:29:34 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-07 14:25:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality