Society & Culture - 9 July 2007

I have a brother who is in a position of power and he is also gay. He is constantly dealing with threats by other gays to out him because they feel like it's his responsibillity being in a power postion to be a role model for gays. My brother is not ashamed to be gay but he resents having his personal life dug into so he can be a "model" for anyone. I happen to agree with him. It's his personal life and he dosent owe anyone anything especially other gays just because he's gay. I'm not saying that all gays like to out people, but an awful lot of them like too. My question is why? Why force someone out when thay are not ready? Isnt it just invading someone's privacy? Why do people like Perez Hilton feel the need to out celebrities just beacuse they are in the public eye? i don't think it's right...... what do you think?

2007-07-09 20:01:23 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Jesus Christ pbuh was regarded as an exalted man in the first centuries but later Christian started believing divinity of Christ and only this idea prevailed and original idea was banned as heresy by Roman authorities and Councils of Nicaea held in 325.
This first ecumenical council was convened by Constantine I, emperor of Rome, to settle the Arian dispute concerning the nature of Jesus Christ. Of the 1,800 bishops in the Roman Empire, 318 attended the council. The Nicene Creed, which defined the Son as consubstantial with the Father, was adopted as the official position of the Church regarding the divinity of Christ.
And in the Second Council of Nicaea held in 787 and convened by Irene, empress of the East, and it was attended by 350 bishops, most of whom were Byzantine. In spite of strong objections by the iconoclasts, the council validated the veneration of images and ordered their restoration in churches throughout the Roman Empire.

2007-07-09 20:01:00 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-09 19:57:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

In Quraan, the Muslims book, God is telling us about atheists like yourselves standing in the Judgement Day scared to death from God 's punishment and pleading for another chance to go back to this life to start believing all over. This chance which will be denied as God has vowed. Can't you consider the chance you already have in hand as you are still alive.

2007-07-09 19:56:15 · 28 answers · asked by Salloo7a 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-09 19:55:56 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I have this rosary ring and was curious if its not acceptable for me to wear it on a necklace or not. Please someone let me know, i don't want to offend anyone by doing it if its not ok.

2007-07-09 19:53:17 · 7 answers · asked by gsx_6002000 1 in Religion & Spirituality

to have sex with me. I have no desire to have sex by, say, tricking(no pun intended) some straight guy into it or whatever. I don't find sex fullfilling if I am only the wanter and not also the wanted. Anybody know what I am saying here? Or do some people really just want sex regardless of what their partner thinks of them? That just sounds like a type of masturbation to me(except I could probably come up with better fantasies).

2007-07-09 19:53:14 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-07-09 19:52:58 · 11 answers · asked by luzy 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm not anti-capital punishment, but you can't ignore the fact that 'killing' is 'killing' no matter how you slice it (no pun intended, seriously) Even if you try to pull the "justice" card, or the "murder is different than killing" card, Making someone die is STILL making someone die.

2007-07-09 19:51:13 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

In Verses11 is talking about the Super Continent "Pangea" , if you are scientificaly inclined. Genesis 7 gives the date of the flood. Why are Ministers still teaching Noah only took two of each species?

2007-07-09 19:49:38 · 12 answers · asked by ShadowCat 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-09 19:43:19 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

In the 15th century, the great Vlad Dracul was a champion against invading Jihadists. Vlad used the savagery of Islam against against Islamists, by taking the Turkish Muslim impalement method and turning it upon the invading Muslims.

Ultimately, the Muslims finally killed him, but not after he had proportionately killed many more of them and brought great fear to the Turkish Muslim empire as well as great expense.

Its amazing how prudish Christians, who benefited from Vlads resitance, snobbishly turned their noses at Vlad and villified him....eventually making him into a monster.

By the way, Muslims still impale people today, you can watch REAL footage of Muslims impaling people on strangeland.com (look in their video archives and use 'impale' as a search word).

2007-07-09 19:38:56 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

spirituality is causing change in your spirit or what ever opposing to matter'

2007-07-09 19:37:06 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Actually all three say the same thing, which to me means that Jesus' disciples thought this was important so maybe Jesus thought is was important. Yes?

Mark 10:25, Mathew 19:24 and Luke 8:25
And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

So if this is true why do all these televanglist, preachers and priest live in such wealth. Heck if this is true why would any christian want to be wealthy when you are more then likely going to hell?

2007-07-09 19:36:37 · 15 answers · asked by muesky 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-09 19:21:38 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i mean theyr just ppl with fancy names and titles who made them royal and why

2007-07-09 19:20:52 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Royalty

123 what do you wish 4!?

2007-07-09 19:17:17 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

So who are the "sons of God"? Doesn't the church teach that Jesus was the only son of God? According to this God had quite a few sons and they thought the daughters of man were hot and made a bunch of babies.
Does anyone want to give a shot at explaining this?

2007-07-09 19:17:01 · 16 answers · asked by muesky 2 in Religion & Spirituality

i am not old enough to have kids, but i still think that it is wrong. it is like killing a baby!! but my friend is thinking about it because she got raped. is it right to have an abortion even if she did get raped?

2007-07-09 19:13:50 · 54 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

is there any sense worshipping man made idols of jesus,rama,krishna,budha and many more mankind who did not create us in mothers womb nor they created air,grains,fruits,vegetables,sun,moon,seas,rivers,mountains,trees ect.for our living!!!Its not essential to know WHO created all that and be grateful to HIM???

2007-07-09 19:11:51 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-09 19:09:58 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-09 19:09:42 · 9 answers · asked by curious 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

I've noticed there are SO MANY anti-Catholics on this board. I guess I've never been exposed to that, having been in Catholic school most of my life, but I'm trying to understand why? What do you know about my religion that I don't?

I'm not trying to mean or anything, I would just like to know.

2007-07-09 19:06:04 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

It all started on December 12, 2006 and ever since then, it keeps happening:

I was laying in the bed on my stomach with my cover halfway over my head and i began to doze off, i fell a sleep without noticing and then what seem to feel like 2 seconds of sleep, i woke up and found that i could not move at all, i had no clue what was going on so i was terrified, This had never happened to be before until now. The only thing i could do was look around the room and that was it, i could not speak or yell or anything, Then i heard some laughing, and it was a creepy kinda laugh like a Grimlin or demonic laugh, I know it wasnt the TV because the cartoon Ed,Edd and Eddy was on. Then 3 seconds later, i FELT something run and jump off the foot of my bed, i couldn't look to see what it was cuz i couldnt move but after it jumped of, i could move again. I was freaked out.

After this experience, i have had over 7 more accounts and it gets worse. My last time, i saw somthing looking at me. FREAKY!

2007-07-09 19:05:24 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-09 19:03:00 · 20 answers · asked by Laptop Jesus 3.9 7 in Religion & Spirituality

If so, why?

From a biological standpoint, there as absolutely nothing unique about Homo sapiens. We have all of the features that fit us right into our phylogenetic branch of the tree of life (primates, mammals, vertebrates, animals, eukaryotes,...). If you take issue with the biological classification of humans, then please explain to me how you are not a primate, mammal, vertebrate, etc.

So, what is so special about the primate Homo sapiens? We have our own adaptations, but so does every other living organism. How would you say (if you do) that our specific adaptations make us in some way superior?

2007-07-09 19:02:06 · 15 answers · asked by Tik 2 in Religion & Spirituality

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We need additional justification from you as to why you choose Mr Andy as a consultant for seal of product quality. We need this because based on information on the CV, it shows that his experience in the development of seal of quality of the product is not sufficient. I just want to make sure that Mr Andy is the right man in this position.

2007-07-09 19:02:05 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

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Those countries been able to supply cocoa beans that meet that international standard. The cocoa that they have sent have even gone through fragmentation process. The AMARTA project also represents a video about the handling of pest and disease. The video presented is quite interactive and easy to understand for the farmers.

2007-07-09 18:55:38 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

2007-07-09 18:54:30 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-09 18:52:35 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality