Society & Culture - 11 July 2007

I do not know much about them will someone please explain? AND GEEZE FOR ALL YOU SENSITIVE AND TOUCHY PEOPLE I MEANT "PIMP" AS IN A MAN WITH MORE THAN ONE SPOUSE.
I have met some Mormans and my the ones I met seem like happy people lol. I have heard that people who are Mormans marry more than one girl so what is that for? Is that considered adultry? I don't get it. How come that's one of the only religons I have heard where they are allowed to have more than one wife is there a scripture in the Bible for that? Mormans sound cool haha

2007-07-11 16:44:24 · 12 answers · asked by Yuri ^_^ 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Smoking? Chewing nails? Please share....

2007-07-11 16:43:12 · 32 answers · asked by gone 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm not what the Jehovah's Wittnesses term an 'apostate'. I dont tell lies about them, dont incite hate against them & I answer questions about their religion neutrally &objectively. I was never disfellowshiped as I was never baptised.

1.) Jehovah's Wittnesses refuse whole blood transfusions but do accept transfusions of blood fractions. If whole blood is sacred, then why do you not consider its separate components or fractions sacred?
2.) If what you teach is "The Truth" then why do you keep seeing things under "new light" and changing fundamental teahings such as the blood issue?
3.) Why when claims of sexual abuse within your religion emerge, do so many of you INSTANTLY say "What horrible lies" "This is not true"...I was in a room with JWs when one such story was on the TV news and their first instinct was to claim it was all a lie.

I would SINCERELY appreciate some straight forward answers.

2007-07-11 16:42:49 · 9 answers · asked by . 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-11 16:42:37 · 15 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I am having mine in Cardiff, Wales. UK this friday , saturday and sunday at the Millennium Stadium. I am so looking forward to the three days of the wonderful spiritual food and warmth. Around eight to ten thousand people will be attending.

2007-07-11 16:42:13 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I don't know much about meditation. I'd like to. Any resources you can point me to or suggestions you can give will be appreciated.

2007-07-11 16:41:44 · 18 answers · asked by J C 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-11 16:41:40 · 30 answers · asked by ۞Aum۞ 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Wanted to come to work at 1pm, cause we are having visitors at home and i haven't seen them for months. Manager wants me to start work at 12 so the others girls can have their lunch break.

Not fair, the visitors might not come before 12.

Last week on Friday i didn't even have a lunch break because we where short of staff, and one girl went home sick.

I could have chose to take the whole day off. Should i tell her it's not fair, i want to start work at 1pm.

2007-07-11 16:40:55 · 18 answers · asked by Glamourous_Girl 5 in Other - Society & Culture

Is unquestioning faith the the only form of faith? Or is it more powerful if you give yourself over to your convictions willingly and intentionally? (intentionality implies choice and choice implies an alternative)

2007-07-11 16:38:33 · 22 answers · asked by megalomaniac 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I often burn incense during meditation or in the bathroom when I bathe so that the scents get into my skin and my hair and make me smell good all day. Now, I read this thing somewhere that Buddhist temples and Churches that burn incense have poor air quality and links to asthma, and breathing issues. I always have at least one window open and my house is pretty big, and I LOVE the smells. Am I gonna die? I can't imagine life without my incense rituals. Everyone that comes here, says my house smells so good. I don't burn cheap crap. I use all types of true Indian temple grade masala incenses...a lot of different fragrances. None of them irritate me or my kids even.

But, how many of you Buddhists and Church goers have issues related to incense? Care to share? I'm tripping now...

2007-07-11 16:37:38 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

...because no one can verify the veracity of your claims.

2007-07-11 16:37:06 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

It seems a bit hypocritical to me that on one hand they can claim to be tolerant of other people and other faiths, and yet at the same time place themselves above everyone else by saying christians are the only one's able to reach heaven.

It's a prejudice they seem to share with most religions, while atheists see the end result for everyone as being the same.

Dosn't this suggest atheists by nature are more egalitarian than christians?

Does it suggest christians have a fundamental tendency towards prejudice built into their faith?

2007-07-11 16:35:24 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Ok, Dang I learned my lesson. I shouldn't be quick to judge those that are on welfare. It just really does bother me that people who have all the expensive glamourous items still want welfare. Parents who have a family, and try to feed and support all their children is a great example of truly needing welfare. Having to take care of both children while still having to go to school is a great example of needing welfare so you won't turn out homeless. I'm not ignorant, I wasn't be specific enough when I said those things about welfare. I understand the Veterans, the Single mothers, the Single Fathers, and Disabled who really can't have real jobs because of emotional reasons or just they are trying to be better parents.

2007-07-11 16:34:15 · 5 answers · asked by Introverted Mind 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

i asked a question over 10 mins ago and it never showed up... it's in my asked list but not amongst the general list... what gives?
(did god smite my question?)

2007-07-11 16:34:13 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-11 16:33:27 · 11 answers · asked by surfercody45 2 in Mythology & Folklore

I am a Christian and I believe that homosexiuality is a sin because God says that it is. Plain and simple. But does anyone else empathize with the gay plight? I do. I imagine if things were the other way around, and God despised men sleeping with women. I would be miserable and, I believe, would not be able to control myself from desiring or seeking out women. It just seems like sucjh a difficult and horrible burden. What do other Christians think??? How do you feel?

(If you're not a Christian don't reply with "Homosexuality is not wrong. We already know where you stand. This questtion isn't for you.")

2007-07-11 16:32:18 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

take a look at it

According to the gospels of Matthew and Luke, Jesus was born during the reign of Herod the Great. But Luke also wrote that Joseph and Mary had to go to Bethlehem for a census by Quirinius while she was still pregnant, and this event has been dated at 6 A.D., or ten years after Herod the Great died in 4 B.C. There have been no historical records to indicate that any Roman census was held prior to 6 A.D.

now many will say it was heords son not Herod's the great but if u read Matt 2:22 saying that jesus did not return from Egypt till his son Herod took over so how can u say that there is no error in it

2007-07-11 16:31:36 · 12 answers · asked by ryan s 5 in Religion & Spirituality

What I really want to know is why every choice a person makes plays some kind of part to feeding into one's self-esteem? Why do we as a whole feel the need to be something, or someone that we truly are not? What drives the average person to seek the feeling of being so important? Or so insignificant that they have their life worst then everyone else? Because it seems to me that every choice big or small is soull made based on how it makes us feel. All comments welcome!!

2007-07-11 16:30:57 · 3 answers · asked by Shannon H 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2007-07-11 16:30:34 · 15 answers · asked by TRACER ™ 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Say Jesus is walking on Earth amongst us right now, would you know him?

2007-07-11 16:29:42 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

these rediculus scientests say that the world is billiuns of years old. I lerned in sunday scool that it is only 6 thousan years old. Why cant they figur this out.

2007-07-11 16:29:24 · 24 answers · asked by Scott P 2 in Religion & Spirituality

i was albanian orthodox, but forced to be catholic. As a christian i have many questions. How do you know what religon to follow and how can God punish you for not following the right religion (usually catholic is always implying this) when there is no right answer. I do not know which religon to follow because i dont know which one is right. Actually i believe a little bit of all of them, Jewish Catholic Islam buddah, they all seem to kind of fit together in a way

would it be bad to believe a little bit of everything?
is it bad to have no specific religon as long as you believe and love god love your neighbor and live a good worthy life helping others and earth itself? are we part of earth ourselves?

2007-07-11 16:28:52 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Hi I am straight myself but have always had a HUGE problem with Christianity and Catholicism etc stating that Gay people are wrong and will go to hell etc. I feel everyone is equal and it matters not WHO you love, just how you live your life and treat others that matters. My beautiful Brother in law is Gay and has been in a meaningful relationship for 6 years. They have a normal life like everyone else, they are SO giving and loving and respectful. I haven't been able to give my life to Christianity etc because of this dillema. What do you think, and Christians etc, how do you explain treating perfectly good people like this?

2007-07-11 16:25:33 · 26 answers · asked by Renesme 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I went to Iglesia Pacto Con Cristo or however you spell it. Point is it's a church for Jevoah's witnesses or something and they speak the sermon in Spanish. I do not know Spanish yet the sermon affected me and I started crying and I couldn't stop smiling because I was overjoyed for some reason. And when the pastor touched people's heads sometimes they fainted or during the singing people would start shaking and crying. In fact I was TRYING to hold back my tears and I couldn't stop smiling but when my friend was singing; her sister started "shaking" as they call it; she started jumping up and down and crying and screaming. I am sure they were not acting because it had a great affect on me too I started crying out of happiness I guess because in my life when I have experienced extreme happiness I cry.

2007-07-11 16:24:34 · 29 answers · asked by Yuri ^_^ 5 in Religion & Spirituality

sfogs was gone. i need a new one.. lol

2007-07-11 16:24:17 · 5 answers · asked by conundrum 3 in Mythology & Folklore

We obviously know the Earth is much older so.. All the christians say that god told the writers what to write. So either a god told the writers the wrong thing or someone made it up. What do you think?

2007-07-11 16:22:58 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i want to say : hey how are you no i do not speak any spanish but i am trying to learn and have ricardo teach me. i work as a waitress and i go to school and this is my last year in school. i learned some spanish in school, but not enough. i had someone translate this for me so dont laugh at me please haha :: (ive used every spanish-eng translator but they don't translate right lol SOMEONE HELP MEEE PLEASEE)

2007-07-11 16:22:31 · 12 answers · asked by March 17 1 in Languages

It's killing me...he always forget!!

2007-07-11 16:19:49 · 39 answers · asked by minerhea 3 in Etiquette

And don't say judge not lest ye be judged because that's a way of answering the question without answering it. Non-Christians can go to Heaven. Agree?

2007-07-11 16:19:36 · 43 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

It seems to me that someone is confused....

If Mormons are Christian then why did leaders of Mormonism distance themselves from traditional Christianity? Here's what a couple of them have said:

Brigham Young said that the "Christian God is the Mormon's Devil..." (Journal of Discourses, Volume 5, page 331).

John Taylor said that Christianity was "hatched in hell" (Journal of Discourses, Volume 6, page 176) and "a perfect pack of nonsense...the Devil could not invent a better engine to spread his work..." (Journal of Discourses, Volume 6, page 167).

Bruce R. McConkie said, "What is the church of the devil in our day, and where is the seat of her power?.... It is all of the systems, both Christian and non-Christian, that perverted the pure and perfect gospel.... It is communism; it is Islam; it is Buddhism; it is modern Christianity in all its parts. It is Germany under Hitler, Russia under Stalin, and Italy under Mussolini." (The Millennial Messiah, pp. 54-55.)

2007-07-11 16:18:43 · 21 answers · asked by ? 3 in Religion & Spirituality