Society & Culture - 31 July 2007

Of course, I know it’s possible to receive formal instruction (i.e. college courses), but I’d like to do some work on my own first, any suggestions on where to start? Books, forums etc….

2007-07-31 05:53:49 · 8 answers · asked by JB5 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-31 05:52:58 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

why did god put jesus on earth? if god is omnipitent is there any need to create a human-god born of a human and why was it nessecery that jesus be born of a human, god can create humans apparently like he did adam my problem is that christiany claims to be a monotheistic religion but claim that there are three seperate entities of the same god, which i believe to be a bad explanation

2007-07-31 05:52:22 · 34 answers · asked by pancakemaster 2 in Religion & Spirituality

when something is easy, why do people say it's a piece of cake?

2007-07-31 05:51:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

in matthew we are told that the first name of the prisoner barabbas is also jesus barabbas means son of the father or as the word abba is often used in the bible it may mean son of god therefore there are two jesus' jesus barabbas, the son of god and jesus christ, the king of the jews please discuss

2007-07-31 05:50:13 · 7 answers · asked by pancakemaster 2 in Religion & Spirituality

no, i am not a gay but why dont they except them?

2007-07-31 05:49:52 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

words like: lucky
I can't seem to find the word "luck" or "lucky" in the bible, but I'm hearing that it shouldn't be used because it's a pagan word but not given any reference to how it is.
If you can explain, please give a reference from the bible...

2007-07-31 05:49:50 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

People yoused to live until they were 999yrsold!

A:yes
B:No

2007-07-31 05:48:22 · 39 answers · asked by Narissa 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Would you come to my Palace of Ice and beg me to stop all that Ice Storm and Blizzard? Or would you rather deal with my Frost Dragon and hopefully survive the battle without being freeze to death?

Acually, I myself am not an evil Queen of course... well, perhaps cunning enough to set winter all the time. And plus, cold temperature all over my palace could somehow preserve my natural beauty, an eternal youth! LoL!! I prefer cold climate to warm one, and I enjoy winter than summer all the time ^_^ .

Well. my Palace of Ice and my figure as Snow Queen would be such legendary. My Palace is magically hidden and only those with pure heart and noble intention could ever discover it.

2007-07-31 05:47:16 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

if you're going to make outrageous claims that can't be backed up (unless you can truly communicate with the dead), isn't it fair for people to poke fun at those claims? so often i hear responses to my questions like, "when you die, you can ask god" or "don't be mad when you're dead and you go to hell, you had you chance to believe." come on people, show me some proof!!!

2007-07-31 05:47:02 · 6 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Because my questions always get removed.

2007-07-31 05:46:22 · 14 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.

2007-07-31 05:46:22 · 17 answers · asked by lilmike6694 1 in Religion & Spirituality

if you do tells us the "story" if you dont explain why

2007-07-31 05:43:06 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-31 05:42:16 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Just wondering

2007-07-31 05:41:17 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Doesn't everyone do it ?

2007-07-31 05:39:32 · 55 answers · asked by Eartha Q 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-31 05:38:39 · 3 answers · asked by B. L 1 in Languages

I beleive in spirits and in ghost its cool to know theres a whole nother demention of people even though sometimes it could be scarey because I have had many experiences with the paronormal so its pretty cool but creepy at the same time.

2007-07-31 05:38:01 · 5 answers · asked by ~*[AnD]*~ 4 lyfe 2 in Other - Society & Culture

The Tannaïtic Midrash Sifre to Numbers in §157 comments on the above quoted commandment of MOSES to kill the Midianite women as well as the male children...."

"....According to the Tannaïte Rabbis, MOSES therefore had ordered the Israelites to kill all women older than three years and a day, because they were [virgins and] "suitable for having sexual relations." [138]...."

Under God's direction, Moses' army defeats the Midianites. They kill all the adult males, but take the women and children captive as sex slaves. When Moses learns that they left some alive, he angrily says: "Have you saved all the women alive? Kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. But all the female children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves." So they went back and did as Moses instructed, killing everyone except for the virgins. In this way they got 32,000 virgins . ----(Numbers 31:1-54)


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2007-07-31 05:36:56 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

some people on this are so rude they need to learn some manners. u no wat they say= u get ur nice people&u get ur rude people. some people on this are vry nice indeed and others well there just rude rude rude out and out rude theres no need 4 people to be so rude am i rite?

2007-07-31 05:36:48 · 4 answers · asked by xxxx 3 in Etiquette

My little brother had gone outside to get his blanket out of the car, and my neighbor came across the street to ask him if they wouldn't mind if he borrowed our trash can to put a dead deer in. My little brother came in the house and was going to ask my parents and he had already hauled the trash can across the street to put the deer in. Trash day was the next day so we figured that he was going to just let the trash man take it, but he didn't- he put a sign on it that said "For Animal Control, Dead Deer". The deer has been sitting there for 2 days now, and I'm assuming that he did call the animal control to come pick it up, but obviously nobody else has noticed it because it's in our trash can rotting away in the 100 degree heat along with a little bit of trash on the bottom. What would you have done in this situation, and what would you do now because the trash can is going to smell like horrible rotting deer and trash after the animal control comes to pick it up?

2007-07-31 05:36:18 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

Who is to blame for this type of thought process? The asker? Their school systems? Their church?

Who perpetuates "Darwin recanted" "If we came from monkeys" "Missing links"?

2007-07-31 05:34:41 · 29 answers · asked by Eleventy 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Scientists have proven that the earth was truely "formed" in the same steps described in Genesis! This evidence was only discovered recently. So how did Moses get it right?

2007-07-31 05:34:34 · 41 answers · asked by Kirk 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I believe there are a lot of sad and lonely people out there...who see no purpose to their life....so, they cling to the hope that God will return soon to justify their meager existence.

It is kinda the entitlement philosophy...no one wants to work hard anymore...they just want things given to them....likewise, people are lazy...they don't want to deal with the ups and downs of life...or work hard, physically, mentally or spiritually, ..they just want to sit back and wait for the world to end....lazy asses. :-)

I believe many people to be losers in life...and in religion, they feel some kind of power and promise to be something better than they are now....they will be able to walk on streets of gold when in heaven...eventhough, they live in filth in this life.

I am amazed, at how fundamentalist Christians are so obsessed with the end of the world...instead of enjoying the beauty of the creation that has been given to them here on earth.

Your thoughts?

2007-07-31 05:32:30 · 13 answers · asked by G.C. 5 in Religion & Spirituality

"Atheist doctors are likely to practice medicine among the underprivileged than religious physicians, even though most religions call on the faithful to serve the poor, according to the results of large cross-sectional survey of US medical practitioners published in Annals of Family Medicine.

Researchers from the University of Chicago and Yale New Haven Hospital report that 31 percent of physicians who were more religious—as measured by "intrinsic religiosity" as well as frequency of attendance at religious services—practiced among the underserved, compared to 35 percent of physicians who described their religion as atheist, agnostic or none."

http://pressesc.com/news/80931072007/atheist-doctors-more-likely-care-poor-religious-ones
http://www.annfammed.org/cgi/content/abstract/5/4/353

2007-07-31 05:32:22 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

ok, 70 percent of americans really want illegal immigrants to be legalized. but there are 30 percent who b*tch about everything. and one of those things is illegal immigration. they always complain, make racist remarks and want them to go home. ohhh and they always say WHY DONT THEY COME HERE LEGALLY???

im wondering if the mayority of americans know why they come here illegaly??? im a immigrant from france and i support all immigrants.

we are talking about people who dont have jobs and are very very poor, if you want to come here you have to pay expensive fees and if you are from latin america you have to wait 10 years!!!!!! so how can a poor person pay all these fees and wait 10 years if they have no jobs and are desperate to feed their families??? of course is easier to cross the border.

for other immigrants from europe or asia they wait 1 or 2 years and dont as many fees and the ones from latin america.

2007-07-31 05:31:49 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

All hail the mighty Sky Tortoise!

2007-07-31 05:30:08 · 16 answers · asked by rob w 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I am writing an article for my senior citizen targeted magazine. I am trying to find topics that interest people between the ages of 45-65.
If you are between these ages can you please tell me some things you would be interested in reading about.

2007-07-31 05:26:55 · 12 answers · asked by Missy 2 in Senior Citizens

I am linking this because I find it funny how people make stuff like this about the biblical characters but what should one expect.

http://www.adultswim.com/games/biblefight/index.html

Lol its actually entertaining and the graphics look nice. But what do you think of this, I personally find it sort of stupid, but it is appealing. What ya think?

2007-07-31 05:25:11 · 7 answers · asked by Automaton 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-31 05:24:37 · 24 answers · asked by Shal 1 in Religion & Spirituality