Society & Culture - 13 August 2007

If when you got to heaven you find out that EVERYBODY was there, including atheists. Would you feel cheated that nobody went to hell?

2007-08-13 10:31:25 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-13 10:31:16 · 10 answers · asked by NONAME 1 in Religion & Spirituality

It's interesting to me that people who are against romantic interracial relationships never seem to be as passionate about their beliefs when they are talking about White/German, Hispanic/White, Italian/White, White/Japanese or any other combination where the skin colors are very close in skin tone.

However, whenever there is a Black/White couple involved they seem to really protest, whether it is a White girl with Black guy or Black girl with White guy.

My question is why do most people seem to protest this combination so much if both people are really happy in the relationship?

The excuse that most people will use is that their kids will have problems and be discriminated against if they ever have any but I always want to ask them how many interracial kids have they talked to who have complained about not being well adjusted. In most cases I'm sure that not too many have.
Any way, why do most Americans make sure a big deal out of the White/Black romantic relationship?

2007-08-13 10:31:08 · 24 answers · asked by Enygma 3 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-08-13 10:31:03 · 9 answers · asked by buttlerfly fly 2 in Other - Society & Culture

2007-08-13 10:29:07 · 29 answers · asked by : 6 in Mythology & Folklore

2007-08-13 10:29:06 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Okay!Let's say I was living in the 1950's.What would be peoples reaction be if I said to everyone,me denying god,and procclaim that i'm athiest.

2007-08-13 10:28:47 · 41 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

To enter GOD's Kingdom and that your religion provides people a way to be nice give to chairity then the Atheists on this site who say
they are very nice people, give to charity and have no need for GOD do not believe he exsists then what does your religion say about them?

I am asking these questiion not to be confrontational because I believe that all religions have good things to say, Cults are another thing and are bad...

If the purpose of your faith is to teach how people should live good lives then it does not address Atheism because they do not need religion to live a good life.

Maybe your religion is just to bind you culturally and traditionally because thier has to be an ultimate end to a religious faith and a way for all people to understand how to acheive thier eternal destiny.
Muslims here differ on what they say by what I am reading from thier posts.

2007-08-13 10:27:03 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Most people accept that we are descended from the apes, (except for george w. and his ilk)!
Therefore they must have a soul.
Will I meet my great great (ad infinitum) grandfather with his prehensile tail in the afterlife?
Or, do christians believe that we only got soul after the missing link?

2007-08-13 10:26:37 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If so why do you believe such a thing.

2007-08-13 10:23:39 · 79 answers · asked by dlunaii 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Grown men and women actually being hurt by what some namless, faceless, stranger says to you on the internet? Are you kidding? How is this possible?

I grew up being insulted by other people. I heard so much of it for so many years, I became immune to it. What another person has to say about me today doesn't mean sh*t to me.

Maybe it bothers you because you're not used to it. Maybe you're used to being the one who is slinging the insults, and when one comes back and hits you in the face, you can't handle it.

2007-08-13 10:23:23 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

he does stupid things and is destructive obusive and violent and has been known to steal he was seen today sparying graffitti on a neighbours wall ( stupid enough to write his name der!) what age is the youngest a youth can be locked up he is 14!

2007-08-13 10:22:40 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

If we have to..to save the lives of others...i.e. illegals crossing the desert (give them water food and shelter)?? If we can.

2007-08-13 10:22:04 · 22 answers · asked by Eartha Q 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I've been practicing for fall tennis tryouts with friends on the varsity teams, and I beat this guy friend 6-4 in a set.

It was just a friendly game, but when I'm getting balls outside of the court, I hear his buddies making fun of him for losing to me, and he goes "Yeah I let her win".

I was all excited that I won because he's usually better then me at stuff, but now I feel like crap. Did he really let me win or is he just a sore sexist loser?

2007-08-13 10:21:41 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

Is it true that if you sleep on your right side of your head then youll have creative dreams, and that if you sleep on the left side of your head then youll have realistic dreams... this has always been a question of mine...

2007-08-13 10:21:41 · 8 answers · asked by Donna H 2 in Mythology & Folklore

Do you think good manners have started to dissapear in our society?

2007-08-13 10:21:39 · 50 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

2007-08-13 10:20:02 · 12 answers · asked by ? 6 in Other - Holidays

2007-08-13 10:17:46 · 10 answers · asked by NONAME 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I was watching Dr. Phil today and the show was about a grandfather who raped his granddaughter. The grandfather seemed un remorseful and blamed the devil for his actions (although he may be partially true) anyway the question is for white people.

Why do you allow family members to molest little kids like that? The girl was only 6 and now she has to grow up feeling worthless. I say white people because this is frequent in the white community. Dr. Phil is not the only one to profile child rapist, so has America's Most Wanted and all of these perpretators were white.

It seems like it's acceptable in the white community? wtf*

2007-08-13 10:17:19 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

What is the Hebrew translation of the word Created? I need to know what created is in Hebrew I know it starts with a B. But, that's all I know! Can someone be of help to me. Thanx in Advance :)

2007-08-13 10:17:10 · 4 answers · asked by DG 2 in Languages

Well just to make things clear I am of completely sound mind and I am pretty darn sure this isn't in my head.

Well first off I woke up abot 2 pm and my dog was infront of the door to the small toilet room (in the bedroom its completely open no wall or anything seperating the room from thhe bed room and next to it is a small little enclosed space where the toilet is) and I thought I saw/heard it close but I guess not, because my dog started pawing at the door furiously like someone was in there or one of her toys was. So I yelled at her to stop it and she wouldn't stop till I yelled at the top of my lungs. I got up, thinkin' my mom was in there because I did hear little hard to notice sounds like toilet pape ripping, (I fell asleep watching tv in my parents room, so I assumed my dad slept in either my room or on the couch, where he does normally because my mom hates his snoring) and I opened the door and NO one was in there, no toy or anything either. And once (not done)

2007-08-13 10:16:42 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

I'm 23 and I look like I'm 19 or 20 ... all my friends look their age, but not me ... will that ever change?

2007-08-13 10:16:40 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Following on from this question:
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Am I led to believe then that people who follow a religion are of the general idea that everyone who has sex outside of marriage does so through casual sexual relationships with anyone and everyone they bump into. Thats not giving the millions of us in loving faithful relationships a hope in Hell when it comes to avoiding the pit. Its things like that which make this particular Atheist hard to convert.

2007-08-13 10:15:38 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Century 10, Quatrain 74:

The year 7 of the great number accomplished,
It will appear at the time of the games of hecatombe(slaughter)
Not far from the age of the great millennium,
When the dead will come out of their graves.

The great number accomplished...2000...the year 7 of that number(near the great millennium)...2007. Hecatombe was an event which occurred on the 4th day of the Olympic games of ancient Greece in Athens. On that day 100 cattle were slaughtered and sacrificed to the gods and everyone ate free BBQ. Sporting events held on that day included wrestling and boxing. This year from Sept. 18-23 the World Olympic Wrestling Championships will be held in Baku("God"),Azerbaijan. Notably as well, Rosh HaShannah(Feast of Trumpets) begins on Sept. 12 and culminates on Yom Kippur(the holiest Jewish day), Sept. 22. Many Jews believe the Messiah(Moshiach) will return and the dead will rise during this time. Could Nostradamus have seen the rapture occur on Yom Kippur, 2007?

2007-08-13 10:12:05 · 11 answers · asked by garyaquarius 1 in Religion & Spirituality

then why do so many christians get so mad and call us such vulger names and condem us when we excersise the very freedom that god himself gave us?

2007-08-13 10:12:04 · 11 answers · asked by bgdadyp 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Many Illegals die of thirst,dehydration and hunger..should we help them (if we can)?

2007-08-13 10:10:54 · 27 answers · asked by Eartha Q 6 in Religion & Spirituality

are they afraid that people will know who they are and are scared theyre gonna get their butt beat LOL? heres a word to the KKK...get a life losers...u base ur life on hating whats different. so im iraqy, but i have blonde hair and blue eyes, do u still hate me? or can i be apart of the KKK? would u know im iraqy?? bet ur scratching ur heads...im sorry, i mean ur cones..

2007-08-13 10:08:34 · 23 answers · asked by Leah 3 in Other - Cultures & Groups

The first two paragraphs really hit home for me. It's exactly the way I think. I wonder how Christians/Muslims/other religions see this song, and I would love for my fellow Atheists to chime in too. Thanks!
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Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
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By the way this is

2007-08-13 10:07:54 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Why again can't people just live their own lives? If you don't believe in being given the choice to abort, how about you don't have one? If you don't believe in gay marriage, how about you don't marry a gay person? If you believe smoking pot is wrong, I say don't smoke pot! If you don't think you should have sex outside of marriage, why don't you just wait until you're married? If you think birth control is immoral, by all means, don't take it!

Thats right, Power to the People!

We'll all respect each others beliefs and stay the hell out of each others personal lives, who's with me!?

2007-08-13 10:07:09 · 4 answers · asked by slushpile reader 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Gods purpose was to create intelligent life with free will scattered all over the universe. During or before the creation of planet earth and human life, one of the angels of God desires total independence from God's rule. He goes as far as to question God's rule and that life could be better without God dictating right from wrong. He also states that he could turn all life away from God. He is succesful in turning away the first human pair and many of the angels. God does not destroy this angel because of the questions and doubts that have been presented by this rebel angel.

God lets time speak for itself. God also makes a plan to restore paradise which according to the bible the time is very close.

So the bible explains to us why there is suffering.

Do you think there is good reason to belief the story above and belief in the bible God?

2007-08-13 10:06:15 · 12 answers · asked by yikes_its_me 1 in Religion & Spirituality