Society & Culture - 20 July 2007

2007-07-20 04:53:07 · 13 answers · asked by pink_tacoq8 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

What is the problem between these countries. It seems they always have a reason to hate Americans. Why? What are some of the reasons?

2007-07-20 04:51:10 · 17 answers · asked by Amber 3 in Other - Cultures & Groups

I am a Christian my partner is Catholic what should we chose for our daughter or do we allow her to make the choice when she is older?

2007-07-20 04:50:23 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Why are Christians today saying "tolerate"? It's not scriptural.

2007-07-20 04:49:57 · 49 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

when i was in school alot of black americans would tease the africans calling them african booty scratcher and tease some of them about their complexion i just find it funny and ignorance.

2007-07-20 04:49:44 · 8 answers · asked by stephen b 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-07-20 04:47:39 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Are you being an 'enabler'?

2007-07-20 04:46:52 · 12 answers · asked by t_a_m_i_l 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-20 04:45:49 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I want my family to be raised with knowing of God and the Bible, but we don't go to church or read the bible. My children can't even read though and are only 9 months and 3 but I want to be a better Christian. I don't know ANYTHING about Christianity really. I was raised muslim and not even really muslim, we never did anything to practise the religion. My mom just mentioned God a few times in our childhood, but we were just raised to be good people.

I want to know Christianity and have it help me through the stressful times I am going through, with being a SAHM and financial pressure, marriage, etc, you know, life.

I started reading a children's Bible, is that good enough. I need easy quick reading because I have to be on the run and clean and all that for the kids and just running the house.

So what do I do now, what steps do I take. Should I just read the Bible, is that enough? Don't know of any Christian churches - they are all a religion like Bapt, Luth, Catholic.

2007-07-20 04:44:01 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

1. Evolution does NOT talk about the origin of the universe.

2. Evolution does NOT talk about the origin of life, it talks about how lifeforms change over a long period of time, sometimes into new species.

3. Evolution ONLY deals with already living things, it does NOT, in any way, deal with anything dead or non-living (like rocks).

4. Evolution does NOT say that mankind came from monkeys, it says that monkeys, apes, and mankind came from a common ancestor.

5. Evolution is not random.

6. Evolution does not happen by "chance".

7. Evolution did not happen by accident.

8. Evolution is simply not intelligence driven, but driven by environmental pressures.

If you can't understand ALL of those, how about understanding just ONE of those points?

9. Complexity is NOT an argument against Evolution, in fact, it supports Evolution.

10. Ill education, and inability to understand it, is NOT an argument against Evolution, its an argument against YOU.

2007-07-20 04:43:35 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-20 04:43:05 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

In college I had all these plans, beautiful home, wonderful job, loving spouse, obedient children. Now, 25 years later.....overweight hubby, arguing children, barely making the ends meet in the middle......do you ever wonder how you ended up where you are?

2007-07-20 04:42:51 · 2 answers · asked by momatad 4 in Other - Society & Culture

Let me tell you first that i am an European and let me explain Europeans through history: women look for a reason to live for, men look for a reason to die for. Now, if my country was invaded, then i would join the resistance. See, the only song that bring tears to my eyes is the song of the partisans of the french resistance. But if my country was the invader, then i would tell our politicians to go fight themself since they brought us into that bloody mess. There is not better cause to die for than our lord Jesus. Tell me, lord, what is your next battle, let me pick up your ax and raise it high above my head, let me be your knight, guardian of the temple and the Holy blood, who fights with words instead of swords. Make of me a Templar and i shall seek revenge for the fallen of our brotherhood seven hundred years ago.

2007-07-20 04:42:03 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

The first principle of Christian philosophy is that reality truly exists in objects we can sense, and that this realty is intelligible. This is different from (1) phenomenalism, which treats the appearance of things as the last end of philosophy; (2) psychologism, or a philosophy of perception through self (viz. "reality is a mere projection of my consciousness").

It is really a philosophy of essence. In an analogy I recently used in a letter, I compared this to a little girl who tastes ice cream, knowing through her sense the coldness and sweetness of it.

She now knows the "intelligible reality" of coldness and sweetness, and her intellect understands immediately their opposition to their opposites, an opposition expressed by the principle of contradiction: cold is not warm, sweet is not sour.

This applies to being as well: Being is not non-being. Fundamental to useful dialog is a way of approaching reality. Do you, as atheists, find the above an agreeable way to begin?

2007-07-20 04:41:24 · 13 answers · asked by delsydebothom 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I've trouble identifying who's gay and who's not. Are there any characteristics or any gay traits which I can pick up from any guy walking down the street?

2007-07-20 04:40:58 · 17 answers · asked by shindoboy_sg 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Read an obituary about someone I knew from school passing from a long illness (ALS) and couldn't help feeling that somehow he deserved it because he was a cruel bully in school and the years after he was out of school he took over his father's company and treated his employees like indentured servants. Then I felt wrong for feeling he got his just desserts. Ever have this happen to you?

2007-07-20 04:40:33 · 5 answers · asked by momatad 4 in Other - Society & Culture

let me know yall.

2007-07-20 04:39:37 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

Definition: secularism n. Religious skepticism or indifference. The view that religious considerations should be excluded from civil affairs or public education.

In France (which is the country I'm most familiar with) it is against the constitution to mix religous and political affairs.

School children are NOT allowed to wear religous symbols to school or they will be expelled (these symbols include the crucifix, the burka, the Star of David, the bible, ... ).
The belief is that this helps to avoid create divisions.

I'm Catholic but I approve the idea of a secular state.
However, I can't say that immigrant intergration in France is one big success story (despite our secular policy).

British school children ARE permitted to wear religous symbols.
However, they also have major immigrant intergration problems.

So what's the solution ?

To be secular, or not to be secular ? I think I'm divided on this one. ;)

I'm interested to hear your thoughts.

2007-07-20 04:39:09 · 44 answers · asked by HAPPY HEART 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Saw and obituary for a high school class mate the other day. Felt smug because he was a pompous son of a biscuit eater then guilty about feeling that way. Any other similar occurrances?

2007-07-20 04:37:27 · 5 answers · asked by momatad 4 in Other - Society & Culture

Or is it all just frozen in a book and God never changes his mind. This seems entirely unreasonable that thousands of years ago God said well folks this is all I have to say and here's a manual.
I am a Buddhist and feel that all things both sentient and other are flexible. Do you think God(s) has an open mind? Why doesn't he/she/they? I'm interested in everyone's thoughts. Namaste

2007-07-20 04:35:32 · 21 answers · asked by Yogini 6 in Religion & Spirituality

How can you know for sure if you are saved? Consider 1 John 5:11-13 (NLT): "And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. So whoever has God's Son has life; whoever does not have his Son does not have life. I write this to you who believe in the Son of God, so that you may know you have eternal life." Who is it that has the Son? Those who have believed in Him and accepted Him (John 1:12). If you have Jesus, you have life. Eternal life. Not temporary, but eternal. All you have to do is accept Jesus in your life and you will be saved. You will be in his presence for all eternity! What a GLORIOUS prospect!

2007-07-20 04:33:58 · 12 answers · asked by jesus gots my back 2 in Religion & Spirituality

You know the one: She stands and recounts highlights of her life and weekend and morning, and laughs a lot as she recounts it. -- Even as it is pulling you down to earth and making you want to scream.

How do your handle her? We're at work. I only know her from work. I don't consider her a friend. How can you make her go away?

2007-07-20 04:33:29 · 17 answers · asked by Mr. Vincent Van Jessup 6 in Etiquette

why are you so positive the Bible is not true and God is not real? Can you prove it?

2007-07-20 04:32:29 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Age-13
Loves astronomy
Listens in class, but doesn't study much at home
Straight A's without that much of study
Homework mostly given in on time, sometimes hurriedly done in school
And the most important - Is it o.k. if someone doesn't like you because you are a nerd?(hypothetically)

2007-07-20 04:31:22 · 20 answers · asked by Hale2bopp 2 in Etiquette

what is your religion? What and how do you believe? I have no religion which is my choice, the reason is I am a believer or a follower of Christ Jesus. I believe in the Word and believe it is God's Word for us today..I believe that many not all religions have put to much restrictions on members, I believe that no one is prefect but some religions seems to expect it. God is the only One who can make anyone prefect..I was just wondering what others thoughts were. No trying to cause a any problems, just asking.

2007-07-20 04:30:13 · 12 answers · asked by s 2 in Religion & Spirituality

By the way these are my answers! Don't get confused people! Never treat anyone in the world really negative!!!That's wen everyone startz a fight along with the otherz. Everyone has something positive that don't really have! The truth, almost all the peole are jealous about something and then blame it on to another person. Some people treat otherz into the wrong position, right! The truth is there are 50% of good humans and 50% of bad humans in our world. The world never stop changing. some people also says that the world is going to end. But the world is never ever going to end. Coz, god didn't mean't in that way. The god just mean't that there will disaster for those people bad peole and also sometimes the goods! Coz god like the good humans staying wit him/her.

2007-07-20 04:29:07 · 14 answers · asked by Amita 1 in Religion & Spirituality

And vice versa, also applies to Russia, Greece etc. If I write the address in our alphabet how is this translated to be read in the local language?
It must happen, does our mail service translate from Chinese or any other alphabet into English?

2007-07-20 04:27:55 · 16 answers · asked by lone groover 2 in Languages

The Sumerian Creation story is VERY similar to the OT. I am not stating that either is right or wrong, that isn't the point to this question. I will even hypothetically say God always existed and so did his word just for the sake of arguement here. BUT the fact is that God didn't "give" those words to man until much later then the Babylonians were around. So how on earth did they "steal" stories from a book that hadn't been written yet?

2007-07-20 04:25:39 · 33 answers · asked by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-20 04:25:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I am a christian woman. I am interested in the Muslim faith,

I have read and heard different things so I am confused.

I have read that you are not supposed to date at all. But then I have also read you can date with a supervisor.

I read that you are not supposed to even talk on the phone or sms eachother. Then I also read you could...

I am so confused...please help...

2007-07-20 04:24:29 · 5 answers · asked by Sarah m 2 in Religion & Spirituality