Society & Culture - 31 July 2007

You do? Good! Then please allow me to wish from all of us a happy birthday to Kharm, truly a deeply intelligent and spiritual woman, on her (what I believe to be) 19th birthday today. Happy birthday Kharm! Now if Kharm allows it, I shall post her 360 link so you can all go over there and wish her the happiest birthday in the world and help to make it so she has more page views than her husband Freq!

Oh, and a very happy belated birthday to Bloody Kisses'! Sorry to anyone else whose birthday I missed. I've either not been on that day or never checked my mail on this account.

Can I get a woot woot for the birthday girls? Esp. since it's 11:59 P.M. and their birthdays are nearly over?

2007-07-31 17:01:32 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-31 17:01:29 · 8 answers · asked by Enigma®Ragnarökin' 7 in Religion & Spirituality

i was reading in my bible and came across this passage.

Deuteronomy 23:2

"No one born of an illegiimate birth nor any of his descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord, even down to the tenth generation."

just a bit confused. my parents didnt marry and had me and my brother.... sooo.... im kinda frustrated by this passage.

2007-07-31 16:59:53 · 28 answers · asked by Eighty7 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I hope I was able to catch your attention with my head title. Anyways, I wanted to ask all of you Asians about your diet. I don't want to stereotype any of you BUT how is it that you guys stay slim/skinny and do not gain weight. I know not all Asians are skinny, but most of you are. I just want to know what is your secret because I know most of you have rice in your everyday meal (and steam/white/fried rice can make you gain weight!) Well if you guys can let me know about your secrets, I'd really appreciate it!

2007-07-31 16:57:51 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

Love Yahoo!

Or that one sexy depressed guy?

2007-07-31 16:56:10 · 6 answers · asked by DEPRESSED™ Volatile Tempter 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Now we'll have a goofy cultist with 3 wives and strange underwear. What next, Scientology?

2007-07-31 16:55:18 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Things like, the US founding fathers were religious, that "scientific theories" are the same as guessing theories, that ALL dating methods are flawed, that dinosaurs and humans coexisted, that homonid fossils are just sick humans, that most scientists are becoming religious, Einstein was religious, that science tries to disprove god but cannot, that evolution means there should be no monkeys left, that ANY science that contradicts their bible can be proven false, that there are no transitional fossils, ..the list goes on and on, and they are ALL lies, and have been consistently easily exposed as such..

How can people embrace so much denial, ignorance and lies when ot comes to attempting to discredit science?
These people clearly attempt to misquote and misrepresent science in order to tear it down, but are not discrediting "mainstream science" at all..!

Do you think this is extremely dishonest, underhanded, misleading to young minds, ignorant and intellectually slanderous...?

2007-07-31 16:54:07 · 18 answers · asked by Commonancestor 2 in Religion & Spirituality

not judgemental?

I highly doubt I'll ever get a best answer from him... because I always answer with something showing and stating that I am not judgemental... or snooty like SOME Mormons who give us a bad name....

Cheese man.. feel free to answer too... why is it so hard to believe that some of us are NOT judgemental *******

2007-07-31 16:53:37 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Exodus 3:15; Psalm 83:18.

2007-07-31 16:51:03 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Paul says Christianity lives or dies on the Resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:14-17). Yet Jesus made many promises concerning his return during the lifetime of his then followers. (Matthew 16:28: “There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom”. Matthew 23:36, 24:34, Mark.9:1, 13:30, Luke 9:27, 21:32 & John 21:22) None of these prophecies have come true. Does this not make Jesus a false prophet? If so wouldn’t that make Christianity invalid?

2007-07-31 16:48:50 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I was answering a question earlier about bigotry and how we as a Society seem to be progressing beyond it. Yet, I thought how much more violence there seemed to be.
Why is it that people feel the need to resort to violence to get their points across? Why hurt another person just because you don't believe in, what they do or in how they love?
We wouldn't want anyone to do that to someone *we* Loved, so how could any human being do that to another??
One person's bloody hatred ends up being some one else's battered child.
Why?

2007-07-31 16:46:31 · 20 answers · asked by Mama Otter 7 in Religion & Spirituality

is it fine if a guy gets a hard on when he's at a nude beach? im just curious, cause i remember a line from a movie (i think Euro-trip) where the guy asks what he should do if he gets one.

2007-07-31 16:46:18 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

It seems like now a days, other colors are acceptable. This being said, I have a funeral to go to, and no black clothes. I have brown capri, plaid dress pants, a brown shirt, and brown heels. Is that "acceptable" for a funeral, or at least the viewing?

2007-07-31 16:45:02 · 27 answers · asked by Jess 3 in Etiquette

I was answering a question earlier about bigotry and how we as a Society seem to be progressing beyond it. Yet, I thought how much more violence there seemed to be.
Why is it that people feel the need to resort to violence to get their points across? Why hurt another person just because you don't believe in, what they do or in how they love?
We wouldn't want anyone to do that to someone *we* Loved, so how could any human being do that to another??
One person's bloody hatred ends up being some one else's battered child.
Why?

2007-07-31 16:44:04 · 18 answers · asked by Mama Otter 7 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Such as
1. Women can not become preists.
2. Bad people go to hell (Everyone goes to heaven, God loves everyone)
3. We shall not be preoccupied with anything besides God
4. Gay people go to hell
5. Everyone shall bow down before God (He is humble, not a monarchial jerk)
and alot more that would take hours to list.

2007-07-31 16:41:17 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Don't they trust them to choose their own beliefs on their own?

Jesus loves me, this I know
'Cuz the bible tells me so

This is what they teach their children. It's an admission that faith can't be explained . . . all you can do is quote scripture. Drilling this into young minds that are too immature to understand the concepts they're being taught, helps to ensure that the concepts get internalized before they're understood. This is brainwashing. It helps continue the lie of religion.

Look at Christian answers. It's all based on a closed system of scripture. It's starts with, "God said it -- I believe it". Then it's all self-referential, circular logic from there.

Oh . . . and the fact is they don't really mean it when they say "God said it -- I believe it" -- they're SELECTIVE believers: every last one of them. Always have been. Always will be.

"No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means." ~George Bernard Shaw

2007-07-31 16:39:44 · 34 answers · asked by Seeker 6 in Religion & Spirituality

In Jack B. ?

2007-07-31 16:39:36 · 13 answers · asked by Icy Gazpacho 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I want to make sure that my story has never been done before. But how?

2007-07-31 16:38:03 · 6 answers · asked by gw 2 in Mythology & Folklore

A famous scientist has said "Evolution has been observed. It's just that it hasn't been observed while it was happening."

A statement like that, even from a prominent scientist, isn't it more faith than science?

2007-07-31 16:37:07 · 19 answers · asked by theo48 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Is it because I'm a black guy with glasses that don't dress like a hip hop guy? I mostly wear
t-shirts and slacks. They pass right by me like im a ghost.

2007-07-31 16:34:28 · 32 answers · asked by Lonewolf 4 in Other - Cultures & Groups

http://www.atheistsunited.org/

Atheists UNITED...check it out...then you might change your mind that they don't "seek" each other.

Give me your opinions on it(only if you're an atheist who didn't know about it)

2007-07-31 16:34:22 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Okay.Im i 13 year old boy who has had all the worries of the world on him.Im worried i have commited the unpardonable sin.I go to a christain school and i was learning my bible verse and i got mad because i couldnt get it in my head.So i flipped the bible a bird not knowing what i was doing.I cried all that night.I asked forgiveness and later on became a christain.But im still worried ive commited the unpardonable sin.Please tell if i have and why you think that.Through this time ive came closer to god but am i going to heaven

2007-07-31 16:34:04 · 15 answers · asked by lilmike6694 1 in Religion & Spirituality

anyway, I had a site of my own for psychics, I hired her, and then fired her because she was rude, mean and practiced black magic. well, needless to say she got very angry and emailed me and said.

"I put a curse on you, no man will ever want you for the rest of your life, and you are going to die a very fast death in two years"

well, many men want me, im not bragging, its the truth and i wish it wasnt. I stopped wearing make up and fixing my hair for this reason. and that was almost three years ago and I am not dead. so did this not happen because I did not believe her, or is she just another type

2007-07-31 16:32:21 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

or just the most struggling problem that you are dealing or have dealt with.

2007-07-31 16:31:45 · 2 answers · asked by MrEntrepreneur 3 in Other - Society & Culture

We have the same everything.

2007-07-31 16:31:30 · 18 answers · asked by Gloria 1 in People with Disabilities

2007-07-31 16:30:09 · 24 answers · asked by spicy 2 in Mythology & Folklore

i was wondering if anyone knew what tone judges look for during the interview for junior miss pageants (12th graders)

i've heard so many different things---some say a very formal tone, some say a natural, happy tone, some say bubbly, the list goes on and on

does anyone have an idea because i don't!

thanks :)

2007-07-31 16:27:50 · 2 answers · asked by anonymous 2 in Etiquette

I have a problem. Im a christian who has not too long ago gave in to God because my life was going down the drain and i finally gave in and confessed to him , accepted Jesus in my heart. after a while i stopped smoking and drinking it was hard but God really did give me the strength im trying to become a better person.. but i have a problem you see i have a boyfriend that i really truly deeply love with all my heart and he loves me the same.. he is the most caring lovin guy i ever met in my life.. he is close with his family and treats me with respect and is always there for me... i met him before i began this mission to getting closer to God actually he helped me somehow. he lost his virginity with me and i feel so bad now cus now i wished he had kept it.. we have been going out for almost a year and the problem is that my mom does not know anything about it because im scared to let her know im scared she will not accept it .. shes a loving mom but im still afraid to do that.

2007-07-31 16:27:13 · 10 answers · asked by victoria1617 2 in Religion & Spirituality

just let me know. i will not bother you about it just wanna tke a pole.

2007-07-31 16:26:15 · 19 answers · asked by Michelle 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I keep on hearing that Catholics are not Christians and also the mainstream Protestants. so who are the real Christians? is it the Bible-fundies?

and who's in authority to say who the real Christians are? is it the Bible-fundies?

2007-07-31 16:26:12 · 18 answers · asked by Perceptive 5 in Religion & Spirituality