Society & Culture - 10 July 2007

I am starting a business called three friends and thought the french way of saying it would make a better name for the business

2007-07-10 08:03:48 · 11 answers · asked by jodori4u 1 in Languages

So many Catholics on here seem convinced that their Church is the True Church, started in 33 AD. My guess is that some of you either do not know of the Eastern Orthodox Church, do not know much about it, or believe something that causes you to believe that it is not the True Church and that, in 1054 it is the Eastern Orthodox that split from Rome, and not Rome that split from the Eastern Orthodox.

My question is, what do you believe about these Churches, and why do you believe it?

If you are Catholic, I would like to ask how you reconcile with the doctrinal changes that have occurred in the Roman Catholic Church over time, despite Papal Infallibility. I'm willing to consider that I don't understand Papal Infallibility.

I ask this in the kindest way I know how, I do not wish to give rise to dissention and anger. I'm just curious what everyone believes.

**For simplicity, I've left Oriental Orthodoxy out, but you may bring it up if you like.**

2007-07-10 08:03:25 · 17 answers · asked by Josias B 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-10 08:03:01 · 9 answers · asked by Myalelo X 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Fayette Lapham said that about 1830 Smith's father told him that Joseph had joined the Baptist church in about 1824 (Historical Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 5, May 1870, pp. 305-306) The P. of G.P. J.S. History 1:7 says that Joseph's mother and sister Sophronia as well as his two brothers, Hyrum and Samuel, joined the Presbyterian church when the revival came. They remained members until September, 1828. Wesley Walters found this information in the Sessions Records, Vol. II, for the Western Presbyterian Church of Palmyra, New York. He also found that in 1822 Joseph Smith "caught a spark of Methodism and became a very passible exhorter in the evening meetings" (History of the Pioneer Settlement of Phelps and Gorham's Purchase, 1851, p. 214). In order to be teaching in a Methodist church, Joseph must have been accepted rather than persecuted as he claimed in the P. of G.P., J.S. History 1:21-22. In 1828, Joseph sought membership in the Methodist church.

2007-07-10 08:02:44 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-10 08:02:24 · 7 answers · asked by littleblanket 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Al-Qaida warns UK over Rushdie honour 'insult'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/alqaida/story/0,,2123156,00.html

all because he insulted islam .... half of the world does that daily .... does this mean that half of the world isnt going to be safe?


personally i couldnt give a flying **** about the man , but does it warrant wanting to blow up the uk ?
sounds a bit brainwashed to me ?

2007-07-10 08:00:33 · 4 answers · asked by ? 1 in Other - Society & Culture

Please identify a sin from the following choices:

1. To watch movie “Sin City”.
2. To conduct an excessive amount of booty calls.
3. To eat too much, shrimp cocktail in particular.
4. Riding a Hershey highway.
5. To control shares of a major Fortune 500 companies.
6. To slap nuns and call them names.
7. To conduct sexual activity after loosing a divorce trial.
8. To wear pink shirt on Wednesdays
9. To skip classes or/and playing hooky at work.
10. To wear Speedos to Midnight Mass.
11. To appreciate comic books or to conduct superman/vigilante activities.
12. To desire your neighbor’s double wide.
13. To self respect yourself for wining 100 km marathon.
14. To own movie “Adam and Steve”

2007-07-10 07:59:56 · 12 answers · asked by Mr. Beef Stroganoff 6 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

People who are loved by everyone, are loving and love all. People who are hated by everyone, are hateful and hate all.

Why or why not

2007-07-10 07:58:59 · 11 answers · asked by ecogeek4ever 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I mean if you're not supposed to take the bible literally, what's the point of them? To be good? Help me understand.

2007-07-10 07:58:55 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

What guidelines do you use to help you in your day-to-day living ?

2007-07-10 07:58:53 · 8 answers · asked by PAUL A 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Currently, there are 75 Jehovah's Witnesses who are in prison for their conscientious refusal of military service on religious grounds. Of these, 70 have been tried and convicted and 5 have been charged and are awaiting their trial.
http://www.jw-media.org/vnr/2172613262/236372.htm

2007-07-10 07:57:46 · 13 answers · asked by babydoll 7 in Religion & Spirituality

also has anyone got any videos of this.

2007-07-10 07:57:31 · 9 answers · asked by jonesy 2 in Mythology & Folklore

I ask this questions cause many of you Atheists say that after you die you are pretty much forgotten about. many of you say you are pretty satisfied living this life, and dying is inevitable and you are comfortable with that as well.

No hope and faith is needed as you say, because this life is it end of story

As a believer and many like myself who have lost a loved one through physical death we never forget. My brother died 31 yrs ago and I think of him daily as well as othe family members and friends I once knew and are no longer here.

With no hope in GOD, seeing your loved ones again is pretty dismal and I would always be sad in life that I would never be reunited with people that menat so much to me when I die.

So do you think yourself as an Atheist to be stronger individuals with your emotions on loosing loved ones, death and destruction that happens daily in the world, and seeing the world ,society and the enviroment heading in a downward spiral?

2007-07-10 07:56:16 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-10 07:56:12 · 4 answers · asked by Utopia 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I thought waiting till you get married was timeless but I guess I am wrong! LOL

2007-07-10 07:55:00 · 13 answers · asked by   2 in Religion & Spirituality

Is this true?

2007-07-10 07:54:30 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I believed some pretty silly things back when I was a theist, but they were mostly the sorts of things I tried my best not to think about. If you're good at being gullible and even better at trying to rationalize your irrational beliefs, you can become fairly convinced of even the silliest propositions.

Or so I thought. Even at my worst, I had at least some semblance of skepticism keeping me from believing in things I could actively disprove. I didn't have a fully functioning Baloney Detector at the time, but I had one that was at least rudimentary, and it kept me more grounded that at least some of the theists out there.

Which brings me to a statement made in response to a recent question on here: "Most scientists don't even consider [evolution] a legitimate field of study anymore." Slightly paraphrase, but that's the gist of it. Names are witheld to protect the ignorant.

My question is this: How can anyone seriously believe that? It's one thing to reject others work...

2007-07-10 07:54:22 · 21 answers · asked by Minh 6 in Religion & Spirituality

It's so freakin depressing and I'm just sick of it all. What's the point anyway

2007-07-10 07:53:58 · 6 answers · asked by ? 4 in Other - Society & Culture

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19692094/

Pope Benedict XVI has reaffirmed that the Catholic Church is the ONLY church, all other demoniations, Orthodox and Protestant are not true churches. That has to hurt, coming from God's one true spokesman.

2007-07-10 07:53:24 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

is still on answers? he's the only reason i signed up on answers. i got the link to his answers profile but it doesn't show any activty for over week. someone said he was deleted. is this true? i really liked his answers. btw his 360 link doesn't work

2007-07-10 07:53:01 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

My best friend (and roommate) is Bi and I am gay. We both have admitted to the other that we love each other, and want to build a life together. He keeps saying though that neither one of us is ready for a relationship right now. How can I convince him that we are?

Right now we are pretty much "friends with benefits" and I want it to be more. We sleep in the same bed half the time, and pretty much every night we cuddle up on the couch with each other watching movies. I own my own home, and he recently moved in after moving back to town.

2007-07-10 07:51:42 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

If our actions are merely a consequence of biological evolution and societal influences, why should anyone be held responsible for crimes or praised for charity work?

2007-07-10 07:50:24 · 20 answers · asked by Eleventy 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Seems that its fine in their society / religion for an old man to marry a little girl...

I don't know about you but In this country that's called paedophilia, is it not?

2007-07-10 07:49:45 · 24 answers · asked by cheek_of_it_all 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-10 07:49:21 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

All you have to do is accept His Noodly Appendage (pbuh). He also ask for the "I Really Rather You Didn't's" to be followed. He has a beer volcano and a stripper factory waiting for you. All you have to do is believe.

RAmen!

2007-07-10 07:47:57 · 11 answers · asked by The Doctor 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Ok could it be possible that magic energy once flowed across the world like great long rivers of invisible energy, the ancient chinese refered to them as dragon roads, so my theory is this this, magic energy comes and goes like the ice ages many times in the past the energy was at higher points then they are now, so all these creatures of magic and myth could just have left this world for another world where the energy was higher, there have been detailed descriptions of these creatures through out history and even area's that have remained isolated from the rest of the world, places were cultural contamination never even took place, and still these places have had legends of mythical creatures like dragons and fairys, so could it be possible that all the mythical creatures just packed up and left for greener pastures with more magic energy?

2007-07-10 07:44:11 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

Detemining the statistics for belivers as oppossed to non-believers is notoriously difficult.

Many surveys rely on responses from just 50% of those questioned. Considering that many atheists are concerned about whom they reveal their stance to, it is hard to get solid data.

This has been well illustrated in the attached paper:
http://www.pitzer.edu/academics/faculty/zuckerman/atheism.html

Non-belief it seems stands at somewhere between 500 million and 750 million worldwide.

The growth of atheism in Western Europe illudstrates clearly a pattern for atheism growing with education, health and general economic standards.

As we continue to push back world poverty and raise education standards around the world, isn't it obvious that belief in gods will decline as living standards and education rise?

2007-07-10 07:43:33 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

doesnt that just give it more time to get corrupt without people noticing?

small changes are harder to see then big ones. =\

2007-07-10 07:43:09 · 7 answers · asked by Chippy v1.0.0.3b 6 in Religion & Spirituality

So "you cannot prove a negaitive" is a paradox?

In other words, If indeed you cannot prove a negative, then you cannot prove that you cannot prove a negative.

2007-07-10 07:42:05 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

You may say "Christian are violent, or liars, or whatever you want. But when you compare them with other religions, they are not. At least not the real Christians. Why are Christians then the most persecuted?

And don't tell me they are not persecuted. Stop watching "fox news" and look at the international channels.

2007-07-10 07:40:58 · 39 answers · asked by geeks_gadgets 2 in Religion & Spirituality