Society & Culture - 9 July 2007

I believe exists. Kevin Davis vulnerable adult aged 29 and suffering from epilepsy, was locked in a shed by three people for four months.
Kevin
was beaten, starved, burned, and his capturers were today sentenced to 29 years between them. They even made a video and
a record of the punishment meted, also of his cries for help.
In the video Kevin was forced to say, he was in the shed volunterarily, and being well
treated. Kevin died after his four months torture by.Amanda Buggas aged 26, kept
diary of torture, David Lehan aged 36 and Scott Andrews aged 27. These are the
demons I believe exists.

2007-07-09 12:05:24 · 12 answers · asked by ? 5 in Other - Society & Culture

I am not an anarchist, as I haven't got involved in terrorism or treason. However, I am tired now of hearing about the monarchy. They actually fulfilled a purpose before the times of parliament. Now, theyre a tourist attraction, a waste of taxpayers money. The royal family are really nothing anyway, a load of racist, upper class bigots. Does anyone else agree? Or am I a treasonous bas***d?

2007-07-09 12:03:26 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Royalty

Or both.

I do both.

2007-07-09 12:02:06 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

It is a given, that most Jehovahs Witnesses would believe that giving a blood transfusion to a dying child would be against the law of God....This we already know..What I want to know is: do you have the moral right to make that decision for someone else?

2007-07-09 12:02:03 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

It has been said in this area that "repentant gays" who claim to have "changed" are proof that gay people can change their sexual orientation.

There are several funny things about this "ex-gay" thing. 1.) They claim there are "thousands and thousands" who have changed. Yet not only do we not see the thousands, we also never see any reliable statistics to back up this claim. 2.) When they are being honest, "ex-gays" admit to still experiencing same-sex attraction and desire. Heterosexuals that I know don't experience same-sex attraction and desire. 3.) "Ex-gays" tell us that they found Christ, repented, prayed to Him and He took away the same-sex desire. As a gay Christian, I've also prayed to Christ, repented for my sins, been saved by Christ, and at times asked him to remove lustful same-sex thoughts. Guess what? He does remove lustful thoughts! But I'm still a gay man. 4.) What about all the ex-ex-gays who tell us that the process does not work?

2007-07-09 12:01:55 · 17 answers · asked by Michael B - Prop. 8 Repealed! 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I am a bridesmaid at my friends wedding. She gave me an invitation but never mentioned that I could bring my boyfriend. We have been dating eachother for about 5 months and are pretty serious about each other. I don't want to offend her though, or demonstrate improper etiquette.

I assumed that bringing a date was expected and asked my boyfriend before I got the invitation.... I just got the invitation and it says my name only (but she has never met him because her and I live in different cities now).... I don't want to put her in an uncomfortable position by asking her if I can bring a date, and I don't know how to tell my boyfriend not to come.

I explained to my boyfriend that I would be busy the entire wedding, and that I would be there for the bride. He said he could easily make friends and would just hang out with me later on in the evening, when they are off doing their own thing, visiting everyone, etc.

I need help here, what should I do!?

2007-07-09 12:01:47 · 13 answers · asked by Betty 4 in Etiquette

2007-07-09 12:01:38 · 16 answers · asked by Kerilyn 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Nonbelievers use your imaginations.

2007-07-09 12:01:03 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-09 11:59:36 · 7 answers · asked by Desiree 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Let's say kids who use the ouija board for divination, seances, witchcraft, or people that worhship pagan gods? People may not realize this and they ask why the world is so bad.

Isn't it like opening a Pandora's Box and letting it out?

2007-07-09 11:59:16 · 12 answers · asked by Born Valentine's Day 5 in Mythology & Folklore

2007-07-09 11:59:03 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

"One man's ceiling is another man's floor"

2007-07-09 11:58:39 · 10 answers · asked by Outside the box 6 in Etiquette

The word "proskuneo" (worship in Greek) is used 55 times in the New Testament. Of those 55 uses, 15 times it is in reference to Jesus, while the rest (40) are for others (God, Satan, Peter, idols for ex.). Why then does the NWT translate it to 'obeisance' whenever it is in refrence to Jesus, but 'worship' for all other uses? What can possibly explain the double standard in translation? Did the watchtower specifically do this to push their agenda of disbelieving Jesus as God since God can only be worshiped? Does the watchtower association believe that the manuscripts are all wrong?

2007-07-09 11:58:34 · 6 answers · asked by 87GN 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-09 11:57:12 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Anybody else dealing with a defiant teenager?

2007-07-09 11:56:19 · 19 answers · asked by Shawn B 7 in Religion & Spirituality

1. Where did the space for the universe come from?


2. Where did matter come from?


3. Where did the laws of the universe come from (gravity, inertia, etc.)?


4. How did matter get so perfectly organized?


5. Where did the energy come from to do all the organizing?


6. When, where, why, and how did life come from dead matter?


7. When, where, why, and how did life learn to reproduce itself?


8. With what did the first cell capable of sexual reproduction reproduce?


9. Why would any plant or animal want to reproduce more of its kind since this would only make more mouths to feed and decrease the chances of survival? (Does the individual have a drive to survive, or the species? How do you explain this?)


10. How can mutations (recombining of the genetic code) create any new, improved varieties? (Recombining English letters will never produce Chinese books.)

2007-07-09 11:54:41 · 38 answers · asked by geeks_gadgets 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Jim Morrison? Jimi Hendrix? Robert Smith?

Oh - and WHY?

2007-07-09 11:53:56 · 14 answers · asked by Laptop Jesus 3.9 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I really wish i could. I Have tried countless times to see it their way and i can't. I simply cannot see how they believe in the bible. Believing in a god i can understand but believing in all the innane BS that comes when spirituality congeles into an organized religion seems so .......well stupid to put it stupidly

2007-07-09 11:53:42 · 8 answers · asked by dougness86 4 in Religion & Spirituality

appearance is okay that being proud so in what way is it wrong, i dont, know what this means

2007-07-09 11:52:46 · 13 answers · asked by hairy armpits 2 in Religion & Spirituality

My roommate and I are both Christians. She very kindly opened her condo to me for the summer, and I am paying rent to live here. We have gotten along great... until last week when I told her that I was having my guy friend over to play Halo and have frozen pizza. He's not a boyfriend, or even a crush. We are just friends and have been good friends for 4 years.

But, my roommate says that no guys are allowed alone in the house with either of us, as a house rule. A small group of people is fine, and a girl is fine, but no guys alone.

I feel like the rule is really absurd. I'm an adult and can make my own moral decisions... I'd be fine if she said nobody was allowed at all, but the fact that it's only guys means she thinks we're going to do something in her house.

But, I realize that it's her house, and if she feels uncomfortable with what might be happening behind closed doors, then it's her right to lay down rules, even if they're strict.

What do you think?

2007-07-09 11:50:03 · 25 answers · asked by HP Wombat 7 in Etiquette

Or...Who are "The Cure"?

2007-07-09 11:49:43 · 28 answers · asked by Laptop Jesus 3.9 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I read online that cats are athiest. But I had one cat that sat on top of a Jehovah's Witnesses lap durring a Bible Study. And a friend whose cats would come to the living room for family scripture study every night and she was Mormon.

2007-07-09 11:48:03 · 25 answers · asked by Melissa Y 1 in Religion & Spirituality

What are the must-read books of heathenry? I've got both Eddas, The Sagas of the Icelanders, Beowulf, Germania, the Nibelungenlied, and many modern books. I know I need Njal's Saga. Anything else I'm missing?

2007-07-09 11:48:03 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-09 11:47:49 · 37 answers · asked by P.M. 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

what is the cure for racism and intolerance??

2007-07-09 11:46:58 · 26 answers · asked by ¸.•*´`*•.¸ ℓανєη∂єr ¸.•*´`*•.¸ 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I read this article a couple of years ago about a black guy who took a DNA test and found out he wasn't. It raised some interesting questions about identity, and also whether he was ethically obligated to change how he identifies himself.
http://www.alternet.org/story/16917/

A similar issue came up with the guy in the famous crying Indian ad in the Sixties, Iron Eyes Cody. He was actually Italian, but Indians didn't mind that he identified as Indian.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Eyes_Cody

2007-07-09 11:45:58 · 10 answers · asked by yurbud 3 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-07-09 11:45:57 · 34 answers · asked by Desiree 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Can someone of the JW faith please tell me the realationship between Michael the Arch Angel and Jesus?
I am definately not picking a fight, It has never been explained to me by an actual believer of the JW faith. Is Jesus... Michael?

2007-07-09 11:44:59 · 13 answers · asked by Mike M 4 in Religion & Spirituality

He seems like a "penny slots" kinda guy to me.

2007-07-09 11:41:47 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-09 11:41:24 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality