Society & Culture - 31 July 2007

Do you think God should have sent Jesus to atone for man's sins directly after the fall of man? Why did he wait for four thousand years? If He had come maybe even two or three months earlier, wouldn't that have saved a lot more souls?

2007-07-31 03:59:04 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-31 03:58:54 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Does an ant have free will? Does a worm have free will? A dog? If not, why not? How are they different from humans?

2007-07-31 03:58:13 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

My parents refuse to continue paying my tuition if I do not attend an ex-gay ministry.

2007-07-31 03:56:41 · 18 answers · asked by ludy 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Also, how to stress the words (in Tokyo Japanese)? In English, for example, we stress the first syllable of a bisyllablic word and stress the middle syllable in a trisyllablic word if it's a long vowel, etc.

Finally, are they rules regarding tones? If yes, what are they?

Thank you.

2007-07-31 03:55:37 · 4 answers · asked by Palestini Detective 4 in Languages

2007-07-31 03:55:18 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

What was the first recorded religion in Human history?

2007-07-31 03:54:47 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

There doesn't seem to be a lot of originality out there with Christian music. I mean how many times will Christian artist remake "Our God is an Awesome God" and such?

2007-07-31 03:52:50 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If you must, please proceed from the premise that such a thing actually exists, if you can.

2007-07-31 03:51:30 · 12 answers · asked by zurioluchi 7 in Religion & Spirituality

i hear this from liberals and it doesn't make since to me. if all religions are true then when i die i will go to christian heaven, muslim hell, sease to exsist, reencarnated, and beamed up into a space ship behind the comit hail bob. They can't be all correct. So instead of patronising everybody with this post-modern relativism bull-****, we should debate and communicate our beleifs because only one can be correct.


2+2=4, no other answer is correct.

2007-07-31 03:50:24 · 17 answers · asked by Yo Yo Ma 1 in Religion & Spirituality

i would be laughing for eternity

2007-07-31 03:50:13 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-31 03:49:40 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Shouldn't the Atheists, "wiccans" and their ilk be in "Mythology" or something? Is their only reason to be in here to insult and defame?

2007-07-31 03:48:33 · 32 answers · asked by norcalislam 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-31 03:47:25 · 41 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-07-31 03:46:01 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Why?

I find it very disgusting that some people just walk straight back and forth (not to mention their pets too) in and out of their home with their footwear on. My parents were like this, and I found it to be very low class and dirty, especially with carpet.

Sure, they say that the typical phone is more contaminated than the bottom of your shoe, but hey, that doesn't mean that your shoe is clean. I'm not just talking about mud, dirt, and rain water, but about the things that are or have recently been there: dog urine/feces, spit, gum, cigarette butts, garbage in general, pollution, public washrooms --- head into the city and you can add multiply all this by 100.

Even if you live in a dry sunny place, it's the same thing, in fact, there would be little rain to wash away all the filth, it would just build up. Would you get down and lick the sidewalk while standing at the bus stop or washroom? Yet, people take these shoes inside, where they and their kids are often on the floor.

2007-07-31 03:45:44 · 19 answers · asked by Scocasso ! 6 in Etiquette

okay so kinda out of season i know but does can you please list some christmas songs for me? thanks!! =]

2007-07-31 03:45:09 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

Where you hert?

2007-07-31 03:44:59 · 14 answers · asked by dcmerrill 2 in Mythology & Folklore

I want to know: How would you like it if instead of responding to your questions with a logical arguement designed to refute or support your claim we simply asserted that you were being ridiculous and that you needed to have faith? The fact is: you'd hate it, more than we would even, as we've gotten fairly used to it at this stage.

2007-07-31 03:44:30 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

To all who received him, to those who believe in his name, he
gave the right to become children of God -- children born not of
natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but
born of God.

2007-07-31 03:44:28 · 7 answers · asked by I Love Jesus 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I believe the roman catholic church could wipe out world poverty in the blink of an eye?why don't they?no tax paid by them,expensive art,properties,free money?so why do they not do more to help the needy?

2007-07-31 03:43:22 · 10 answers · asked by tazzybeer06 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Discrimination is alive and well today. I decided to head over to a pretty upscale Nordstroms to do some shopping for some clothes. I was dressed in a ripped jeans, Abercrombie outfit. I'm 25, white, and was laid back, listening to my ipod, and just minding my own business.

I head over to a dressing room, and it looked pretty upscale and everyone was dressed up in suits. So I'm about to walk in and I say "guys, hey what's up, I need a room."

They look at me condescendingly, and in a snobby like manner and say "oh, uhmmm, errrr, you can't really use this room." Then they laugh. Then they say, "well okay look, just this once you can but in future reference, pleeeease use the otherrrr room." And they look annoyed and point to the other room.

I then notice another person who was sitting down by them, sneer at me.

I realized they were giving me a hard time for whatever reason. SO i went to the manager, and she was totally surprised as she said that room was avail to all.

2007-07-31 03:42:24 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

I just came across it yesterday on Youtube.

2007-07-31 03:41:29 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

The vengeful Christian or the spiteful atheist?

(The chicken and the egg thing is getting old)

2007-07-31 03:40:28 · 17 answers · asked by randyken 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Here is my point. This did not start out a race issue but if you look at it most of the people who are screeming for him to be tried are white people from animal activists. But that doesn't make it race related because they are all animal activists and those people are always nuts just read up on them. What does seem to speak of racisim to me is the black community who is coming out and saying "Due Process", "Innocent Until Proven Guilty" and the other banners they are waving. They are protesting his innnocence without looking at the case, above and beyond that there is no due process in the court of public opinon and that is the only place he has visited yet. Even his cohorts are giving up now saying he was funding the situation. Any man caught with this much evidence against him would be on a troubled train so why is it different just because he is black? Does this show the last true bastion of Racisim in the USA is in the black community?

2007-07-31 03:40:10 · 16 answers · asked by hormoth 3 in Other - Cultures & Groups

I think there are lots of people who comit evil deeds but i'm not sure if it is because they are possessed or if they are just mean by nature.

2007-07-31 03:39:50 · 12 answers · asked by Enigma2U 1 in Mythology & Folklore

Aren't men and women of god supposed to be humble? The minister who lives down the street from my sister-in-law has a 400,000 dollar house, 3 cars(one of which is a Caddilac), a motorcycle, and who knows what else. I'm not religious so this boggles my mind.

2007-07-31 03:38:50 · 21 answers · asked by getalifeFATTY 3 in Religion & Spirituality

was it due to pressure from her other JWs to not "bring shame on Jehovah?"

What a shame she feels she can't openly ask the questions on her mind.. without retribution.

God bless you, Angel, in your search for Him and a happy, loving life. I'm pulling for you. :-)

2007-07-31 03:37:28 · 10 answers · asked by PediC 5 in Religion & Spirituality

everyone wants perfection but the sad thing is nobody is perfect

2007-07-31 03:37:05 · 20 answers · asked by dorian g 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

I just went on a ghost walk in Charlston SC, and I heard many ghost stories. But one story made me believe in ghosts. There was this guy who got a camera for his b-day from his wife. So him and his wife went out that night taking pictures every where then he was at his last picture. He took a picture of the grave yard then got them developed. 2 weeks later he got all his pictures back all of them looked great exept for one. It was the picture of the grave yard. It had a little white figure standing over a grave. Help me solve the mystery

2007-07-31 03:36:33 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore