Society & Culture - 23 July 2007

Please help...how to know that someone is using these dark forces on you...and how to get rid of them?

2007-07-23 22:27:28 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-23 22:26:36 · 13 answers · asked by Max 5 in Etiquette

2007-07-23 22:24:47 · 2 answers · asked by uttam k 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-07-23 22:12:11 · 7 answers · asked by Blossom 2 in Other - Society & Culture

I dont want a god to exist... Things are OK with me without a god...
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2007-07-23 22:11:54 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-23 22:07:08 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-23 22:06:15 · 19 answers · asked by racheal 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Can anyone help me with this question?

On a previous question about what happened to Muslims between the time of their death and Judgement Day, this is what someone wrote (with no thumbs down).

"A soul that has been returned to the body is said to be in the Barzakh. The barzakh is a word that represents a place that separates this world with the final abode.
Souls go neither to hell or heaven. Not before Judgement Day."

Someone else wrote:

"Muslims believe in a life in the grave,Once the body is buried it will either experience pleasures in the grave or punishment in the grave,"

So how does this tie in with the idea of suicide bombers going to paradise and having 72 virgins? Do they skip this barzakh place? Or do they have to hang around in a coffin for the next few millenia (I'm hoping we've got a few millenia left) until the world ends?

I'm a little confused.

2007-07-23 22:04:05 · 11 answers · asked by Alex 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Be open/ honest about your faith.I only ask that you respect people who are not of your faith, who answer this question. I look at judging people becuase of their faith as hypocraful.
Why I asked if you changed during your life.
Becuase I did. I became what some Wiccan's call a solitary. I prefer being called a Pagan. I still believe in God/Christ. This belief never wavered.

2007-07-23 22:01:54 · 16 answers · asked by Poe B 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Some people want Buddhists and Jains to call themselves Hindus. This question is for you. On one hand I do respect you because you do not intend to single us out. But I am curious on what you think about this.

About 7 years ago I used to call my self a Hindu until I realised the difference. Five of my friends back in High School were Hindu. Every year when they did their fasting, I was the one who did not feel apart of their tradition as much as I wanted to. I had no idea what was going on, whereas they had no idea about what was going on when our occasions came. My auntie is comes from a Brahman family, and she’s gone for someone’s Janoy. We have never done this so I have no clue how it works. Immediately I feel as if I am separated traditional wise. This does not effect our relations, but just that we have different belief systems.

I am not personally religious and for me the difference was not in our religion, but in our traditional ways. So thus, I do not call myself a Jain because of my religion, but because of our separate traditions.

I have no problem if you want to regard me as a Hindu at all. But wouldn’t it be confusing if Buddhists and Jains started calling themselves Hindu’s?

2007-07-23 22:00:10 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I have a friend who has told me that he is curious about his sexuality. He's told me that he's attracted to me, and I'll admit that I'm fairly attracted to him. The problem is this:
No one else knows about his bisexuality. When we are with other friends, he overdoes his flirting with women and almost ignores me. I realize that he's just unsure of himself at the moment, and he doesn't want others to know yet. But at the same time...
Well, he's told me that he's hungry for attention, and he's told me about some crazy things he's done just to get people to like him. So, I'm stuck with that doubt... Is he really interested and just uncomfortable with that right now? Or is he just doing what he feels he has to do in order to get me to like him and give him attention?... ... ...

2007-07-23 21:59:48 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

damages?

2007-07-23 21:52:33 · 6 answers · asked by moanalisa 4 in Mythology & Folklore

if Osama is tied up and in front of you now, what would you do?

- remember, he instigated the 9/11, he even instigated south east asian terror groups to TERRORISE countries like Singapore, Phillipines, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Middle Eastern countries like Iraq, Iran, are at his mercy too. Even European nations and America have been his targets.

so what would you do to him?

** personally, i would slap him, and say "this is for the bomb victims." and then slap him another time and say "this is for you to wake up your idea" and then bring him to the police.

2007-07-23 21:51:39 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Sorry if I upset you.

It's been great messing with you people, I don't really expect you to accept my apology. I really don't care. If I upset you, grow up. A great deal of you knew, and probably replied seriously anyway. But it was just fun for me. Even if I was serious, why take me seriously? Even I would deem this character a lost cause. Have a good night, day, or morning.

2007-07-23 21:51:16 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

In Matthew 6:47, Jesus commands us to greet people who we consider enemies. However, 2 John 10-11 states that we are not to greet those who promote false teachings. How are we to solve this dilemma?

2007-07-23 21:50:32 · 9 answers · asked by helper725 3 in Religion & Spirituality

God creates Adam and Eve, they are disobedient to God, God punishes them severely with hardship and death. They have children, Cain kill his brother, God tells him to leave and go far away, after a few years human population grows, God's angels look at human females with desire, they come down and take them as wifes. All Humanity turns disobedient to God except Noah. God is hurt by Humanity and regrets ever creating them. He tells Noah to build an arc. God sends the flood and everyone dies execpt Noah and his sons.

Is this a believable story?

Do you think maybe God could have done things differently to teach humans about life. Parents are usually responsible for the children. Usually the child reflects how good of parents he had. If the child is disobedient, bad mouthed spoiled brat, Isn't this the parents fault?

What do you think?

2007-07-23 21:48:13 · 9 answers · asked by sfumato1002 3 in Religion & Spirituality

They survived both the earthquake and the Tsunami. What do you think of this?

http://www.miraclesofislam.com/indonesia.shtml

2007-07-23 21:47:24 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I have no religion and am not atheist but all religions are clouded with violence to justify their "cause".What do you think?

2007-07-23 21:44:25 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Isaiah
13:15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword. (13:15-18)
If God can find you, he will "thrust you through," smash your children "to pieces" before your eyes, and rape your wife.
13:16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
13:17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it

-----If God can find you, he will "thrust you through," smash your children "to pieces" before your eyes, and rape your wife.

2007-07-23 21:44:14 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-23 21:41:43 · 2 answers · asked by bonshui 6 in Languages

Could someone please tell me how to say "I am human" in latin? I have: ego sum humanus, but I need to be sure. I'm going to be getting a tattoo of it, but obviously not until I have 100% positive of the wording.

2007-07-23 21:40:53 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

My family do not want me to study the bible what can I do.They always stop me from learning the bible.Wht can I do.I want to study the bible.I am very young man

2007-07-23 21:40:08 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I can't stand it when people bite there fork when they eat. It is absolutely disgusting and rude!!!!

2007-07-23 21:38:39 · 13 answers · asked by mishka 2 in Etiquette

Ok just recently I was talking to my best friend and my cuz...something was brought up about penguins and I said "nuh-uh penguins aren't real..." They said they were...but then they laughed...I've seen them on tv but never in person so I'm still not sure...Plz help me.

2007-07-23 21:38:17 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

The Christian god killed a known 2,270,365, and an estimated 32.9 million when you factor Noah's flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, plagues, etc.

Source(s):

The Christian Bible, EvilBible.com, Google

2007-07-23 21:36:21 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

1- Abolish religion

2- tell the world that Bush sucks

3- hang out with snoop dog

4- Provide evidence I exist

5- Kill racists, child abusers, and fundamentalists!!

6- end world angst

7- make it so women don't age

8- open a consulting firm

9- go to Michael Jackson and kiss him to death

10- Cease to exist. God is a logical contradiction

11- Shove a lightning bolt up Michael Jackson's ***!!!

12- Start over

13- Help the bears have a winning season

14- get a nice piece of stock and invest it on Religin

15- I'd get the hell out of here!

16- Send Jews to hell

17- Weep for the fate of the universe

18- wonder how i only found out from this site..

19- make some poor schmuck suddenly think s/he's God

20- .... ?

2007-07-23 21:34:58 · 14 answers · asked by Skycaptain 2 in Religion & Spirituality

have you ever noticed that christians amongst each other never have the same answer for a religious question???
every one has a different idea of what happened in the Bible and how to interpret it! I thought that the whole process was unification and growing strong as a faith ,or am I wrong????

2007-07-23 21:34:18 · 17 answers · asked by slaveof12gods 5 in Religion & Spirituality

It's been a long standing moan of Atheists and Agnosts that one of the things they hate about religion is the closed mindset of it's followers.

I posted a question yesterday to see how religious followers would respond. As you can see from the answers, there is a total stone walling against any ideas covering the possibility of other gods, and indeed there was a particularly low response.

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AgqcePU3I_tKiYvMqvVMG1kgBgx.?qid=20070723080252AA4YneF

In light of that, I'd like to ask:

Does being religious close your mind to the outside world and limit your comprehension of understanding in any way?

As per usual, this is not a dig, it's meant to be thought provoking.

2007-07-23 21:34:01 · 19 answers · asked by Steven N 4 in Religion & Spirituality

... It has been fabricated from source materials that can be identified and traced to their incorporation into the gospels. There is not a particle of hard evidence that 'Jesus of Nazareth' ever existed.
Your opinion please.

2007-07-23 21:29:17 · 15 answers · asked by CHEESUS GROYST 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Does he have an account with them???

And how come he isn't smart enough to use the money on a slap up meal???

Shame there isn't a real Acme gadget company... :D

2007-07-23 21:28:42 · 18 answers · asked by ? 6 in Mythology & Folklore