Society & Culture - 10 July 2007

2007-07-10 18:21:30 · 4 answers · asked by CHEESUS GROYST 5 in Religion & Spirituality

So why do people from the south of the boarder get up set about this? American is the #1 economy in the world if we were like Mexico or some of the other Latin economies then ya I guess you would have to call us The United States Of America every time (ya I know some people say this but honestly it very rare and only when it formal... like history books). So stop getting up set south of the boarder. Funny I never hear Canadians get up set about this. Eh get me another beer eh

2007-07-10 18:20:43 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

I just wondered if you ever tell them to go out and get a real job, and to stop begging for money, and tell them to tell the people they are collecting money for to go get a job? I mean anyone is capable of working. Have you ever heard the phrase a trained monkey could do that job? I know people in wheelchairs and people who are blind and people who are deaf and Etc. that work. Don't you think everyone should have to take responsibility for themselves and their own life? Even hurricane victims, cause we all run into hard times at some point don't we? I just want to see how many contradictions I get from the last question I posted. : )

2007-07-10 18:16:35 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Community Service

The UN conducted a worldwide survey.

The only question asked was:

"Would you please give your honest opinion about solutions to the food shortage in the rest of the world?"
The survey was a huge failure.

In Africa, they didn't know what 'food' meant.

In India, they didn't know what 'honest' meant.

In Europe, they didn't know what 'shortage' meant.

In China, they didn't know what 'opinion' meant.

In West Asia, they didn't know what 'solution' meant.

In South America, they didn't know what 'please' meant.

And in the US, they didn't know what 'the rest of the world' meant.

2007-07-10 18:13:36 · 19 answers · asked by ?u?ube 3 in Other - Society & Culture

Because it is possibly one of the few things that exist in this world today that actually bring peace to the world. (I beieve that the only reason that atheist continuoustly attack Christianity is basically because they know that with the right message they can easily be influenced by God. Comments Please!

2007-07-10 18:09:32 · 26 answers · asked by Gods Property 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I've already lost track of how many times the question was asked today about Pope Benedict's comments. It's nice for the anti-Catholics that we have only one "pastor" leading us here on earth. So they only have to ask a question about one person.

But there are 30,000+ other denominations. And in each of those churches there is a pastor. And the congregation in each church trusts that pastor to help them interpet Scripture, to guide them, etc. Each congregation thinks their church and pastor have the truth. I wonder which of the 30,000+ really does have "the truth", because each of those "truths" is a little different.

So let's find out the names of all those pastors and write a question about each one. We can question their teachings the way our Pope is questioned here ad nauseum.

Who wants to help me?

2007-07-10 18:08:15 · 13 answers · asked by Faustina 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I, personally, think that they are just IGNORANT and have lived in small towns all of their SAD lives especially when they descriminate against other people by their religion or maybe they just got nothing better to do with their lives.
I mean we are in a country((U.S.)) made up of people from all over the world, we are just missing people from antartica, and we are the most civilized/powerfull nation in the world, so I just can believe that there is such things as racist groups here, is not about freedom of speech, thats a basic human right is about being ugly to who U don't even know just because U feel like doing it. ((Bunch of ignorants))____I'm white, atheist and 3rd generation Italiana and I've being discriminated too. How about U?? ((Real discrimination or U just blew up someone's day up??))

2007-07-10 18:06:15 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-07-10 18:02:02 · 12 answers · asked by sweet_company 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-10 18:01:47 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I just don't know why he would do such a thing... :(

2007-07-10 17:50:14 · 42 answers · asked by Ian R 3 in Religion & Spirituality

In an expanding universe, as galaxies move away from us, the light gets stretched out, and moves towards the red side of the color spectrum. The further out the galaxy, the more red shifted the light is. What scientists are now discovering when examing the red shifts, is that the earth must be near the center of the universe.

Maybe those religious scientist of long ago were right. Any thoughts?

2007-07-10 17:49:51 · 16 answers · asked by theo48 1 in Religion & Spirituality

You'd really have to talk to her to understand this question to its fullest extent. But its like she has been in a time capsule for the past 40 years and has not learned anything new.

2007-07-10 17:49:47 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

that the Bible isn't true?
–noun
1. confidence or trust in a person or thing: faith in another's ability.
2. belief that is not based on proof: He had faith that the hypothesis would be substantiated by fact.

Yes, your faith.

Religiously
adverb
with extreme conscientiousness; "he came religiously every morning at 8 o'clock"

2007-07-10 17:49:47 · 12 answers · asked by Christian Sinner 7 in Religion & Spirituality

sort of a dumb thing to do, what did they expect was going to happen, honestly...

2007-07-10 17:49:24 · 9 answers · asked by Papa Johnathan 4 in Mythology & Folklore

Ok. So hi, my name is Phil.

In the 16th century, there was a man called Martin Luther. He challenged the Catholic church because they were doing evil things like scamming poor peasants with "indulgences".

That was eventually sorted out with the reformation and the formation of the Protestant church.

But a couple of days ago, the POPE (Yeah, the Hitler-youth one), decided that only the CATHOLIC church were really "churches". All others, including me, are "pale imitations", as so called in a sixteen page report about how Catholicism is the only REAL church.

So uhh, where did this come from?

Aren't we ALL the children of God?

Sure, we've had our century-long bloodbaths and wars, but aren't we both Christians?

Well, I thought that but apparently the POPE thinks otherwise.

So uhh,

What is to become of this? Is there going to be another civil war amongst Christianity?

Thoughts.... Opinions...?

2007-07-10 17:49:07 · 20 answers · asked by CanadianFundamentalist 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I am a bible believing Christian, and while I would appreciate no mockers, all serious answers will be important to me, regardless of belief system or lack of belief in any entity.

2007-07-10 17:48:03 · 19 answers · asked by One Wing Eagle Woman 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Because evertime I go and do my shoping or pay my bills I cannot wait to get out of there and go home. I do not like going anywhere unless I have to. What I am trying to say is this, I have had enought of the world and it's evil ways, and whenever I go for a jog beer bottles are scattered everywhere, pornography magazines are on the path, rude truck drivers yell out stuff. in shopping centres people sometimes gives you rude stares,. lining up t pay your bills people cough and sneeze without covering thier mouths(how grouse) and many other things. So chrisitans are you getting sick of the rudness in this world, the lies, the moddiness of may people(I did not say all). People would seriously have to be blind not to see what is going on in this poluted world.

2007-07-10 17:45:36 · 24 answers · asked by just me 2 in Religion & Spirituality

My sister sent me an email this morning about some kids she is teaching this week in Vacation Bilble School.These children are from 3 to 6 years of age.she said there were 2 little girls wrote her a note and told her to go to hell,and while they were having class they were disrupted and told her she was not their boss they could do what they wanted.
After class she told their parents and they acted like they were not concerned about it.What should she do ? my sister is a very loving person and this hurt her very much.She asked me for advice and I would bust their butts or grab them by the ears and drag them to their parents,not the kind of thing she needs to hear.

(Many blessings)

2007-07-10 17:45:12 · 13 answers · asked by margaret moon 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-10 17:44:05 · 21 answers · asked by marhama 6 in Religion & Spirituality

People pray all the time for God to cure their diseases. At least some fraction of the time the disease will go into remission due to the grace of God. Then why hasn't anybody ever grown back missing limbs (at least not that I've heard of)? Surely there are tons of amputees out there praying for God to return their limbs. Why aren't any of them lucky enough to receive God's grace? Is cancer that much more important?

2007-07-10 17:41:11 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-10 17:36:38 · 24 answers · asked by Ian R 3 in Religion & Spirituality

you can see how other races might fit but not the white man or that must have been one strange ape and conveniatly were is it now?

2007-07-10 17:34:34 · 15 answers · asked by Jimmy B 2 in Religion & Spirituality

for example, do ALL shy people avoid eye contact (or whatever it is they say shy people do) or does is it an individual thing?

2007-07-10 17:32:10 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Having spent time helping to develop cdrom based depression therapy programs, I have learnt that one of the big stumbling blocks helping people with a wide range of personality disorders is to break them out of black & white thinking.

It seems many of the answers put forward here by fundamentalist christians fall squarely into that catergory.

" It is only through Jesus that you can find salvation"

"Atheists don't have morals as morals come from God"

"Atheists are being fooled by Satan"

These are just a few examples that come up regularly.

One of the problems with black & white thinking, is it prevents meaningful discussion and the development of understanding another person's viewpoint, thus making empathy an impossibility.

Is it black & white thinking that makes religion so dangerous?

Is that why history is littered with so many wars fought in the name of religion?

2007-07-10 17:30:56 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

When I was a mormon teenager I had a peace sign necklace I would wear and the mormon adults and my mormon peers were all aghast that I was wearing it. Why is peace evil? Is it because it relates to hippies and mormons hate hippies?

2007-07-10 17:30:27 · 9 answers · asked by Amy 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Christians, how come in the Bible it says that because Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, they were punished for it. But in Deuteronomy 24: 16 it says "Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their father; each is to die for his own sin". So why does God punish Adam and Eve's children for their sin, when it later says that children shall not be punished for their parents sins.

2007-07-10 17:27:29 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-10 17:24:26 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-10 17:22:43 · 14 answers · asked by Vitish 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I mean he keeps smiting all the wrong people. Good Christian families get hit by trains. Nice Christians getting cancer, ms, and other horrible ailments. Etc. Or is it because everyone is a sinner god is punishing them? Wouldn't he give you AIDS first before giving AIDS to a newborn?

2007-07-10 17:22:25 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Can someone tell me how many rungs/rings are on Jacob's Ladder?

2007-07-10 17:18:21 · 8 answers · asked by Carl T 3 in Religion & Spirituality