Society & Culture - 29 July 2007

proof (is the bbc credible enough for you??)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2006/03/09/1001_muslim_inventions_event_feature.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_inventions

Europe was in the dark ages, the muslim world certainly was not.

2007-07-29 18:08:21 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

The bible says that the devil will build up his army against God's son, the Christ. Who makes up that army?

2007-07-29 18:07:51 · 7 answers · asked by tiscpa 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-29 18:06:33 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-29 18:02:28 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If you said no, what if your kids were atheists?

2007-07-29 18:02:04 · 5 answers · asked by HawaiianBrian 5 in Religion & Spirituality

What's the difference between these two?

2007-07-29 17:52:42 · 13 answers · asked by ♥Kalena's Mommy♥ 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-29 17:51:04 · 6 answers · asked by MAK 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm tired of being discriminated against for being black, female, & @ the worst, DISABLED. I hate when so many doors are closed on opportunities that I wanted to have. I can't live a normal life. I want a job but no one wants to hire me, & I have a college degree. When I go looking for a job, the "employer" just laughs in my face & call me crazy. Why am I never good enough?

2007-07-29 17:51:00 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

What are the reasons why people never marry?

Is it because of mental health, health issues, wanting to be a spinster, or bachelor to complete freedom...........

2007-07-29 17:50:14 · 12 answers · asked by Born Valentine's Day 5 in Etiquette

I am an admitted bigot when it comes to Christians. I want to accept everyone, but I feel naturally distrustful and loathing around Christians because of past experiences. I've been attacked and persecuted by Christians on many occasions. But I want to preach tolerance and live in a world where Christians and Pagans and people of all faiths and philosophies can work together. How can I begin to overcome this bigotry??

2007-07-29 17:49:28 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-29 17:47:20 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Why do you hate so much? Is love really gone from you heart? Why are you an empty shell? This is to those that hate people showing anything good about what they themselves hate. They forget that the world will not change for them, as it will never change for you or me. These people who are so full of hatred and anger forget that this life is just a test. These people have nobody to turn to, nobody to show them love or affection in their lives. People who have so much hatred in their souls are no longer human in the humane context. They've given up their humanity for what they perceive to be power, but it's only something that is eating them alive. What do you think about this?

And in this same surah, Allah Almighty reminds us again of people who strive to do good and struggle in the path of Allah:

2007-07-29 17:47:07 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Many people have told me that in the past. I'm depressed & crying right now. I'm @ home. But when I go to school, soon as I get around people, my eyes tear up. Lately, I've been avoiding going to class because I don't want anyone thinking I'm asking for attention or making a big scene. I'm in summer school in college right now, & I think I might have to just drop out. It's too much pressure for me.

2007-07-29 17:45:52 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

my husband is mega-christian. im mega "non-believer" as he calls it. he doesnt know i am. if he finds out he might divorce me help.



dont start up with your man the head of household things...no offense.

2007-07-29 17:45:42 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

have petty human traits that we consider flaws in ourselves, like jealousy and anger? Considering he is supposed to be perfect?

I'm not saying there is no God, or that I know the answers but this has always puzzled me as a bit of a contradiction.

2007-07-29 17:43:26 · 26 answers · asked by Katrina 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Does your faith accept or reject the theory of evolution as part of man's ascend to conciseness?
So where does Darwinism come into play?

Did Wiccan evolve too?

did the Goddess zap us with conciseness? Or was it though a processes of just observation that we want to preserve nature?

2007-07-29 17:41:03 · 8 answers · asked by Doug B 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Ok, I am black, I was in a chat room. And the people there were bashing me about being black, they said how dumb black people are and how we rob stores and they said the n word a couple of times. I feel like crying because that has never happened to me before and I feel like i dont no, I had some kind of special trust in white people that they dont do things like that anymore. I was under the impression that things like that did not happen these days. And now I feel bad, I am 15 and I am attracted to boys who are white and now I feel like my hope of finding a white boy I like is over. I feel like becoming like my friends and as they say frequently staying away from whites. But inside I still think that its just these individuals who would say things like this not white people in general. Because I am a loving person, I love everyone and it hurts me sooooooo bad to think people would talk about me like that for something I cannot help. Please help me, I am so confused....

2007-07-29 17:39:47 · 28 answers · asked by Jasmine M 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-07-29 17:38:09 · 19 answers · asked by Al Shaitan 4 in Religion & Spirituality

For instance, many Christians say that they were Christians since they were born (because their family is Christian), since the time they were baptized as babies, or since the time they started to get involved with church. However, I found that Scripture is against this type of "becoming a Christian." Jesus told Nicodemus that one must be born again to see the Kingdom of God (John 3:3). Paul also tells us that one must believe in Jesus Christ in order to be justified before God (Rom 3:28; Gal 2:16; Eph 2:8). I don't know how it is possible that someone can just "slide" into being a Christian. Scripture clearly states that one must a consience choice to trust Jesus Christ as one's Lord and Saviour.

2007-07-29 17:37:57 · 6 answers · asked by helper725 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I have confided in a few friends over the years that I suffer from bi-polar disorder.... and have lost those friends or they slowly retreat from my life.
Do people with obvious physical disabilities suffer this same societal fear, inconsideration and apathy ?

If so, I apologize as a non physically disabled person because I am empathetic to the hurt and isolation society causes us to suffer.

2007-07-29 17:36:51 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in People with Disabilities

I am serious about this- so please don't answer if you have not come to know Christ, or at least are open to it. I know there are many people here that say they have left Christianity- so today I ask who has become a Christian lately and why? Even if it was not through Yahoo

2007-07-29 17:35:12 · 12 answers · asked by AdoreHim 7 in Religion & Spirituality

To those who say that muslims have never contributed anything to the world, what do you think about the fact that when you need a surgery, a muslim invented the tools and anesthesia you are being given?

"Many modern surgical instruments are of exactly the same design as those devised in the 10th century by a Muslim surgeon called al-Zahrawi. His scalpels, bone saws, forceps, fine scissors for eye surgery and many of the 200 instruments he devised are recognisable to a modern surgeon. It was he who discovered that catgut used for internal stitches dissolves away naturally (a discovery he made when his monkey ate his lute strings) and that it can be also used to make medicine capsules. In the 13th century, another Muslim medic named Ibn Nafis described the circulation of the blood, 300 years before William Harvey discovered it. Muslims doctors also invented anaesthetics of opium and alcohol mixes and developed hollow needles to suck cataracts from eyes in a technique still used today.

2007-07-29 17:35:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Philippians 4:13 ("I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me
i like this one because it says anything possible with god on my side and its true

jeremiah 29 :11- for i know the plans i have for you declares the lord ,plans to prosper you and not harm you plans to give you hope and a future

i like this one because he has a plan for us in the future that will helps and not hurts us

2007-07-29 17:32:25 · 20 answers · asked by Janet ♥(YFFL) 7 in Religion & Spirituality

The oath Israeli soldiers take, "Masada shall not fall again," [ http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/masada.html ] is based on a mass suicide-assisted suicide incident involving 960 men, women and children in 74 ce, when Roman troops were completing the capture of the fortress.

http://atheism.about.com/od/bibleplacescities/p/Masada.htm

Similarly, Rev. Jim Jones assisted in the suicide of all his followers when the walls began closing in on the Jonestown settlement.

The striking contrast between Israeli veneration for Masada and the shudder most modern people experience concerning Jonestown suggests something is fundamentally different about the two self-slaughterings.

This might involve a 'free pass' being given because Masada involved Biblical zealots, whereas Jones arrived too late to qualify.

Or maybe, some zealots who kill their kids are okay, and others just aren't.

Are some zealots more equal than others?

2007-07-29 17:31:39 · 5 answers · asked by Jack P 7 in Religion & Spirituality

If a baby born in a Non-Covenant family (Non Christian) is killed or dies before they can have the chance of believing in God or ever hears the Gospel, do you think that baby will go to Heaven?
Imagine if he/she lived in an isolated part of the world, and they had never heard the Word before. What would happen?

2007-07-29 17:31:03 · 7 answers · asked by Chewy 1 in Religion & Spirituality

And y?
Race?
Opportunity?
Social?

2007-07-29 17:29:43 · 20 answers · asked by Nicholais S 6 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-07-29 17:27:40 · 20 answers · asked by Desiree 4 in Religion & Spirituality

The red dress if floor length, spaghetti straps, with a slit to the knee, and has floral appliques with slight beading. It's gorgeus. I don't know the bride at all, but it'll be a huge reception, at a country club.

2007-07-29 17:26:06 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

After you bring them home of course Where would the next country be?

2007-07-29 17:25:48 · 20 answers · asked by $0.02 4 in Other - Cultures & Groups

why is this? as we know the majority of America is Christian. Whenever i see a question about beliefs, such as evolution and creation, creationists get multiple thumbs down while atheists don't, is this because atheists have no lives, and nothing better to do on a saturday night then to put others down? lame people, go and hide before darwin comes back and smites you, by making you all monkeys

2007-07-29 17:25:33 · 27 answers · asked by AFI07 5 in Religion & Spirituality