Society & Culture - 26 July 2007

I mean where did you get the idea that Jesus is real just off a book?
sorry for arrgrevating my contacts for asking so many religious questions and especially the ones that have been helping out so much trying to help me understand their word of God but I just don't get it. If you believe that Jesus is real off a book; what makes it any different from believing Allah is real just from reading the Quran? It's like..ok there's no proof or anything..sorry for being a pain but it's really not sinking in. I mean; it seems to make just as much sense as a Pagan belief you know? Of course I don't want to go to hell eternally but other religons teach things like..reincarnation?...how do you know for sure that reincarnation isn't real? For sure for sure? You say 'yay God made a miracle for me he died for my sins'. That's great but um..other people of other religons believe that their religon makes miracles too. I just don't get it anymore. Someone please enlighten me..thanks

2007-07-26 08:21:20 · 54 answers · asked by Yuri ^_^ 5 in Religion & Spirituality

According to published accounts, Kathy Griffin and Whoopi Goldberg are among the finalists to fill the two empty seats on "The View."

I don't think they will hire TWO comedians for the same panel, so I'm afraid it has to be one or the other.

Honestly, although I love Kathy G, and I have seen her in person, I would prefer Whoopi. Also, with the number of celebrities Kathy has dished, could they book ANYONE onto the show of note? :o)

[Yes, I know this is more a 'media' than a LGBT question, but I feel secure that y'all will have strong opinions on this. And I hang out here a lot more than the media section.]

2007-07-26 08:20:27 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

what if you're 45 yrs old, have been dating someone for 5 yrs but they're afraid of commitment and won't marry you, and you're still a virgin, and now they're saying they won't stay with you any longer if you don't have sex with them?

is there some age that you're allowed to have sex, even if you're not married, and you use birth control pills and condoms?

what are the exceptions to the rule?

2007-07-26 08:20:12 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

What do you think of his appointment to Pope? The man itself? His opinions? His actions/statements recently?

Someone just posted this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6656081.stm
And I can't believe he said that. It made me angry and I'm not even from that region.

What about any of these:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5349808.stm
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/11/news/pope.php
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/pope/benedictxvi_1.shtml

2007-07-26 08:18:56 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

documentation:
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22136550-5002700,00.html

2007-07-26 08:18:21 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I've been looking online for a coloring sheet of a picture of Heaven for the little children to color for Children's Church on Sunday morning. I'm not able to find one. Perhaps someone on here has seen one before.

2007-07-26 08:17:44 · 2 answers · asked by Mrs.Blessed 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-26 08:17:31 · 5 answers · asked by Gaymes Last Orchestra 6 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

i have seen many christians get married at a young age, and i wonder if they do it just so they can have sex. i'm not saying they don't love these people, of course they do, but if they were allowed to have sex without guilt, would they be so quick to marry?

think of how many marriages (christian or otherwise) end in divorce. the divorce rate is much higher when the partners have married very young.

2007-07-26 08:17:29 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-26 08:17:15 · 18 answers · asked by vici 4 in Religion & Spirituality

As for me, I have this really weird fear about space. The thought of there being no end and no begining to it terrifies me. Anything that goes on forever is a really scary thought. Does anyone else have a similar phobia?

2007-07-26 08:16:25 · 20 answers · asked by tremonster 4 in Religion & Spirituality

how much for a couple to give as a money gift to a night wedding with dinner? cash bar!
thanks!

2007-07-26 08:15:42 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

I have read that during medieval era many womens and young girl clamed to have been visited on their bed during night by many misterious non-human creatures.
When the creature vanish after hours of tourmenting, it let no biological trace, only smoke.

Can this still be happening in modern time?Ladies,do you think the incubus happend to you before?

2007-07-26 08:15:32 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

Honest, serious answers only. How much would the state/texture of a woman's hair weigh in the selection process?

2007-07-26 08:14:07 · 11 answers · asked by florita 4 in Other - Cultures & Groups

hi, I'm doing this project with my boss's son and he told me before that i can call him if i needed anything in the project I'm in..so i did yesterday and he told me "5 mins and I'll be at ur desk" . I don't know if he was busy or not..but he shouldn't have kept me waiting an hour for him to show up..and in the end he didn't show up so I went home and the next day he came to the company but he never called me or came by to check on my work...I think I have the right to be mad coz I hate people who just don't care about anything in the world except their clients..and what about me and that project he wants...I am a responsible person that's why I hate it when people take me for granted like that..he's like 3 years older than me..he's like my boss that's why I don't know how to tell him that he should be serious and try to make it easy for me if he wants this project to be good or not??
I don't know if what to do really but people are irritating me

2007-07-26 08:11:57 · 12 answers · asked by what goes around comes around 3 in Etiquette

Im quite confused, and would like clarification. Im not trying to be offensive, but this doesnt make sense to me. If christianity is the true religion, and god created all things, what did people do before Jesus came? Why are there thousands of years of no christianity. The bible says god created adam and eve, the creation of life, but there is no mention of christianity for thousands of years, and then all of a sudden there is, and its the true religion? Can someone explain this time gap for me between the birth of man, and the birth of christianity, and did all those people who lived in the time before christ go to hell? How can christianity be the true religion, when it didnt exist for thousands of years when people already did? I would like a serious response please.

2007-07-26 08:11:35 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Okay my butt is a little over average and with the fact that my hips are a little big too, it makes my butt look bigger. I have what you call an onion booty lol. Anyway, me and my boyfriend were having a discussion one night and he said that my butt is big but could stand to get a little bigger. If that happens it will have its own orbit. So tell me people how much butt is too much?

2007-07-26 08:11:21 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

Of people who:
Make secret wishes to an invisible magic sky fairy,
Pronounce other peoples invisible magic sky fairies as false,
Claim people who don't believe in their invisible magic sky fairy may not have eternal life,
Pro actively avoid current and up to date mainstream knowledge of the natural world,
Fill innocent young minds with all of the above,
...and who believe it's all real..?

Sounds delusional to me, but what would be a clinical medical diagnosis for such behavior..?

2007-07-26 08:10:50 · 21 answers · asked by Commonancestor 2 in Religion & Spirituality

since you keep on mentioning the Bible.

if you would feel offended, Catholics also feel offended by your false accusations. so do unto others what you want to be done unto you.


well, just a thought.

anyway, just answer the question, please.

2007-07-26 08:10:31 · 13 answers · asked by Perceptive 5 in Religion & Spirituality

For those who have converted to a faith, how have you changed since the conversion? How is how you look at the world, your fellow human beings, death, etc. now different than before?

(Interested in stories from all religious backgrounds, even stories of those who found themselves becoming more fully commmited to their faith/religious practice over time)

Thank you, and peace be with you.

2007-07-26 08:10:28 · 12 answers · asked by Colin 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-26 08:08:05 · 27 answers · asked by RF57 1 in Religion & Spirituality

i have really not done my research so correct me if im wrong, but does the bible really say homosexuality is an abomination??
and even if it is, who are we to condemn them? everyone sins, so if homosexuality is even considered sinful whats the difference?

i personally have no problem with them. i have met a lot and many are fun and vibrant people. i dont understand why a lot of christians hate them, arent we supposed to love all?

2007-07-26 08:07:15 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-26 08:07:08 · 7 answers · asked by moseymo5 3 in Religion & Spirituality

finding the definition of "Gehenna" as compared to "hell" is very interesting. Do you agree?

2007-07-26 08:06:49 · 12 answers · asked by sugarpie 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-26 08:06:37 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-26 08:05:08 · 9 answers · asked by Johnny 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I took one of my friends to a job interview today. The Hotel is not open yetand as I sat in the car I noticed people going in looking like the just woke up, they came from the gym, mowed the lawn and so forth.

2007-07-26 08:05:06 · 8 answers · asked by tardis1977 4 in Etiquette

2007-07-26 08:04:44 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Note: Rude answers will be skipped.

2007-07-26 08:03:37 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

What changed in Him to make him think, all of a sudden, that it would be a good idea to create the universe. Was it a random change? Was it caused by some force outside of God?

2007-07-26 08:03:16 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Is it me, or are some people here not capable of understanding the concept of this site? Why do they get upset when the answer they get isn't the answer they wish to hear? If you don't want to hear it, don't ask it. It's about opinion people which means there is no right or wrong answer. You choose which answer suits you. Get it?

2007-07-26 08:03:08 · 17 answers · asked by To live is to learn 3 in Other - Cultures & Groups