Society & Culture - 26 July 2007

This is a fact-checking question, not a religious debate zone.

2007-07-26 19:56:48 · 7 answers · asked by TheAnswer 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I've been a regular visitor of discussion boards since I entered university..u ppl have a get to hear a very distorted view of my religion as portrayed by ur biased media..I learned a few things this year. I learned that ignorance and hate are the root of all evil and the only way that they can be eradicated is through education. I learned that bigotry and racism can displace certain ethnic groups, but they must go on living in the manner that they have been. But most of all, I learned that I must be able to confront ignorant and racist comments and situations, to defend my faith and to defend my way of life...
sincerely..
jalalawan@hotmail.com

2007-07-26 19:54:47 · 17 answers · asked by SumOne S 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Matthew 28: 19 19 Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit,

Matthew 24:14 And this good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come.

2007-07-26 19:53:16 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I lost my partner of 16 years about 2 years ago (sudden heart attack at 48), and I still miss him terribly at times. I have just turned 40, and I know there is still a lot of life ahead of me, but sometimes finding someone good is just SO hard!

His name was Bill. He was 10 years my senior. It was 1989, I was 21, and I had just come to the States to work in a national park, and that is where we met. I really had no interest in meeting someone and falling in love at that time. He was a big burly man who loved musical theatre, road a motorcycle, and pursued me. I think I eventually fell for him one afternoon as I hugged him for dear life while riding a half-mile on the back of his motorcycle. We went back to his cabin, and he was a perfect gentleman to me. I spent the summer by his side, and decided to take a chance on love and followed him to California at summer's end. He supported me as I pursued my passion, photography. We had 16 wonderful years together. I miss him so.

2007-07-26 19:49:37 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-07-26 19:48:42 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-26 19:47:34 · 32 answers · asked by gokul the great 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I was just wondering if anybody had any thoughts about this. When you think about it, a lot of things we take for granted were invented/pioneered by Scots, and there are so many famous ones. For example...the television, telephone, penicillin, anaesthetic, logarhythms (if you are a mathmatician),
pneumatic tyres, adhesive stamps etc.

People like Carnegie, Bell, Baird, Dunlop, Fleming, Conan Doyle, Rabbie Burns, Walter Scott & Scottie from Star Trek are all well known names.

The Bank of England was even founded by a Scot.

A lot of people in England are of the view however that Scotland would crumble into dust without them.

My question is...do you think this level of inventiveness/ ingenuinity is unique for such a small country as Scotland, or do you have examples of another race of people as inventive as the Scots?

Thanks

(Xenophobic answers will not be appreciated).

2007-07-26 19:46:07 · 10 answers · asked by Jock 6 in Other - Society & Culture

2007-07-26 19:44:00 · 4 answers · asked by pinky 1 in Religion & Spirituality

just curious y did god make earth. why didnt he make humans start off in heaven if he truly wanted them to be happy. not trying to pick fight just curious.

2007-07-26 19:40:27 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

they use modelling agency or something?

hmm... just wondering ^_^

2007-07-26 19:35:56 · 10 answers · asked by Love Yahoo!!! wannabe a princess 4 in Religion & Spirituality

the one that adam ate before he got some from eve...
and then why did god get pissed at him? was it cause they were fuc*ing or cause of something else?

2007-07-26 19:34:57 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

according to my history teacher from 11th grade, the picture we see of Jesus is really a picture of a relative or friend from the painter and that as proof that the picture isnt real, the bible describes Jesus in a different way. so if the picture or image we see of Jesus is wrong and hes described differently in the bible then shouldnt we change it so it matches?

2007-07-26 19:31:59 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Or Worse yet....expectorate while waiting for a bus maybe....
collecting a pool of what would be considered, in a medical facility, as a biohazard.
Or maybe out of your car window while driving?
Are you proud to be a pig?
And a public nuisance?

2007-07-26 19:31:20 · 32 answers · asked by zes2_zdk 3 in Etiquette

I have made a very tough decision to continue my college education full time. I truly appreciate the opportunity you both have given me to work in your agency and expand my knowledge in the insurance business. Please consider this as my notice that my last day to work full time will be Friday, August 24, 2007. After this date I will be starting classes and I will only be available on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. I would like to continue working for you on a part time basis, but I understand that this might not be a suitable schedule for the interest of the agency.

2007-07-26 19:29:39 · 15 answers · asked by ? 5 in Etiquette

Jesus sacrificed himself for our sins so that we could be free and clean from sin. This way God would not punish us for our sins. But for what deed?? After he sacrificed himself we still continued to sin anyway. It's like washing a dish but then dirt it with new food again. What was the point? If Jesus needed to sacrifice himself for us to clean our sins so that God would not terminate us then why does he not sacrifice himself for the second, third, fourth,...so on? I mean, if it was required for him to sacrifice himself for us then it meant for nothing since we still are sinful. Was his sacrifice not meaningless then?

2007-07-26 19:22:53 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

"The amout of water in a pear could take up to 80 percent."

Could it be understood? FIX it if it couldn't be.

Thanks for the answer.

2007-07-26 19:22:01 · 8 answers · asked by FOX 1 in Languages

ok all my life i was a pretty bad jew all throw hebrew school i slacked and told peopel i cant wait to get out of here and when i think back on it i feel horibel and i was thinking if i get a jewish tattoo i know i would feel better but they say i cant get a tatto because i am jewish so what do u think

2007-07-26 19:21:58 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Suppose you are a new and young boss and first day you see your secreatry. she is preeeeety but shy. How long it will take time to say her "I love you". So one could be enable to take her out for dinner.

2007-07-26 19:21:06 · 10 answers · asked by Chinko 1 in Etiquette

how do you pronounce...?
grocery or groceries?

choose:
a) grow-shur-ees
b) grow-sur-ees

2007-07-26 19:20:28 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

grocery or groceries?

choose:
a) grow-shur-ees
b) grow-sur-ees

2007-07-26 19:20:00 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

2007-07-26 19:17:40 · 8 answers · asked by djiens_army 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

These are three of my favorite posters here on R&S. I love reading their questions and answers here in R&S. If I ever were to vote on the creation of an R&S "think tank", I would put these three guys at the top of the list for their intellect, logic, and humor.

But have a glimpse at their avatars, they look almost identical!

http://l.yimg.com/img.avatars.yahoo.com/users/19tlIU9dFAAEBsqJ3rI9zUk_zKQ==.large.jpg

http://l.yimg.com/img.avatars.yahoo.com/users/1zf0xYlnYAAEDsKKczMf6eD9FKA==.large.jpg

http://l.yimg.com/img.avatars.yahoo.com/users/1otI2O7edAAEDXQFWaA10olzIDg==.large.jpg

They are three of the brightest R&Sers, appear to have totally different agendas, and I have yet to see them answer one of the other's Q's.

Are these three guys triplets that were separated at birth, or what?

Or are they clones of some mad genetic experiment?

Or maybe they're all just the same person. The three personas of a stark mad schizophrenic.

Fellow R&Sers, please decide.

2007-07-26 19:17:30 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I ws wondering if in the US if a man wears an ear righ in h is left ear is he considered gay? Right ear is considered straight?

2007-07-26 19:13:41 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

2007-07-26 19:10:23 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

yes, i'm wondering if the following are unchristianlike or not,
and if not, why?

(and no, i dont do ALL of these things)



drinking alcohol (yes to the point where you get drunk)

smoking weed.

listening to heavy metal, death metal (no, not the christian kind)

2007-07-26 19:08:37 · 21 answers · asked by ? 3 in Religion & Spirituality

And this one is older than yours!
"So many Muslims have this belief that everything between the two covers of the Koran is just God's unaltered word," he says. "They like to quote the textual work that shows that the Bible has a history and did not fall straight out of the sky, but until now the Koran has been out of this discussion. The only way to break through this wall is to prove that the Koran has a history too. The Sana'a fragments will help us to do this."

2007-07-26 19:04:40 · 8 answers · asked by Christian Sinner 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-26 19:03:21 · 11 answers · asked by St. Tom Cruise 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I love hearing about people's pet peeves. I have no idea why.

My main one is when I'm really mad and people say "calm down" or worse, touch my shoulders & try to calm me down

2007-07-26 19:03:07 · 8 answers · asked by La la 3 in Other - Society & Culture

let's say there is no God and christians are all crazy...if you don't believe then you live a life of sin, whatever. if you do believe they you get a reason to strive to better yourself.

now let's say there is a God...if you believe you have the creator of the universe to guide you in this world he created, more joy than you can contain, and you go to heaven and feel no pain, no hurt, only joy. but if you don't believe then you spend eternity suffering in hell apart from God.

truely...which is worse? Believe in God and he doesn't exist or don't believe and he does....think about it.

2007-07-26 19:02:39 · 18 answers · asked by Chriss 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Islam has no problem with animals going through extreme evolutionary changes .

However Islam does say that humans were created in the form we are in today but there has been a certain amount of evolution concerning our size and lifespan.

So would the scientists classify us Muslims as believers in evolutionary "change" in a limited, finite sense ?


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2007-07-26 19:02:32 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality