Society & Culture - 15 August 2007

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2007-08-15 10:34:51 · 9 answers · asked by Two Tenths Of My Two Cents 3 in Mythology & Folklore

Take for example a person (secularist maybe) who doesn't "believe" in Jesus and who is obviously not a Christian. Then they go and say "You know what? I'm gonna be a Christian. There, I did it. I slapped the Christian lable on myself. Now I'm a Christian."

What has taken place there but the labeling of oneself? How has anything changed? What would really happen? I'm talking about something tangible. Not promises of "heavenly blessings" or "the spirit dwelling within your heart" or intangibles like that. Something tangible, something earthly. What, if anything, is changed when a person adopts a label?
Does it mean nothing more being "part of the club"?

2007-08-15 10:33:50 · 17 answers · asked by Fish Stick Jesus 2 in Religion & Spirituality

this Church being full of judgmental hypocrites and very critical
towards other people who are different than they are?
The half empty Church "Welcomes All" to attend no matter what your sexual orientation or disabilities?
We welcome you with Open Arms into our half empty Church
and we teach the whole truth about God and Jesus without
judging anybody because of who they are
this includes tattoos body piercings gay or transexual no
matter what you look like come to our Church?

2007-08-15 10:33:41 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-15 10:33:07 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I don't know what the I am.

2007-08-15 10:32:45 · 12 answers · asked by bugginthug 1 in Religion & Spirituality

..already broken, by saying we're not counselors?
We just enforce the Law? What a stinky attitude!
We need preventive maintenance.

2007-08-15 10:31:57 · 6 answers · asked by Le Baron 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

i have bunch of used stuffed animals that i finnaly grew out of!!! i dont want to have a garage sale cause i dont want to sell them... i also want to help needy children but when i asked my mom she said no shelter or hospital would take them cause there is no way to sterlize them so.... can any one help???

2007-08-15 10:30:05 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Community Service

Vermont is the most liberal state in the country (they have a senator who is a socialist, for crying out loud). But you never see a hurricane slam into the coast of Lake Champlian, do you?

2007-08-15 10:29:40 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

What if you were asked to prove it?
Has on-line preaching work been approved?
I'm very curious and interested in this so please don't think I'm judging.

2007-08-15 10:28:18 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-15 10:27:34 · 11 answers · asked by snozzberries 4 in Etiquette

2007-08-15 10:27:16 · 17 answers · asked by Le Baron 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

last night i dream,d my daughter in law was pregnent,what is the meaning of this dream

2007-08-15 10:26:58 · 16 answers · asked by bluebrancall 7 in Mythology & Folklore

For instance...if you could receive certain privileges for domestic partnership benefits, etc. (in the event being in a homosexual relationship awarded you certain benefits, rights or privileges you currently did not have)?

Or....hypothetical situation...Your gay Uncle Charlie passes away and in his will it says he'll leave $2.5 Million dollars to the first of his nieces or nephews who "comes out".

Eventhough you're straight...and christian....would you do it???

2007-08-15 10:26:54 · 21 answers · asked by Adam G 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-15 10:24:10 · 21 answers · asked by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I read it an hear it all the time, and everytime they say, they think they have layed out something profound, never before heard, real progresive. Weve all heard it, the infamous response to any criticism about violence done in the name of allah, "have you ever met a Muslim", "I know a good Muslim, so dont bother me with details", "I visited an Islamic country once...".

You know, many people in London also knew, what they described as "very nice Muslims" people and were shocked to find out that they were the animals behind the London bmbings? Ever read the accounts of people who knew these Islamists before they murdered for Allah?

Wait a second, do you think its possible that they act one way, all the time harboring intense hatred for the culture they live in? No, thats not possible is it...its not possible to feel extreme hate and also act nice based on religious instruction is it?

Almost all armed conflict worldwide is Islamic, what could possibly speak louder?

2007-08-15 10:24:09 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

hmmm....

rank, rank, rank, rank.

2007-08-15 10:22:04 · 47 answers · asked by Love Yahoo!!! wannabe a princess 4 in Religion & Spirituality

That according to Ohio State University and the Byrd Polar Research Center; the worlds most dramatic climate change occurred world wide @5500 years ago at the time of the Noahitic flood. This based on samples taken from drilling through ice core glaciers.
And "OetzI' the frozen man found by hikers in 1991 is around 5500 years old. Mammoths are frozen in water. Fossils are made by "sudden" sedimentation.

2007-08-15 10:20:54 · 13 answers · asked by Who's got my back? 5 in Religion & Spirituality

A questioner (at http://tinyurl.com/2mzpns ) asks people to pray that the she keeps her job. I'm sincerely interested how such a thing would work - especially if God has a plan, and has already decided the outcome

1 God plans for her to lose her job. Impressed by the number of prayers, he changes the plan.

2 God plans for her to keep her job. Unimpressed by the low turnout of prayers, he changes the plan.

3 God has plans for her job. Prayers are insufficient to change the plan.

4 God has no plans for her job, but intervenes based on the prayers.

5 God has no plans for her job, and allows the issue to work itself out regardless of prayers.

6 God plans for her to lose her job, and prayers can't change it. But a last-minute prayer from the Pope [or similar] is sufficient to cause the change.

7 God has plans for her job. He knows about the prayers in advance. The plan goes ahead as intended.

Are any of these close to the way it works? If not, how, then?

CD

2007-08-15 10:20:46 · 18 answers · asked by Super Atheist 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Can anyone tell me how to say "I love you" in either of these languages.

2007-08-15 10:19:32 · 2 answers · asked by jlebowski245 2 in Languages

I do believe that there is something out there. not the christian god, or the islamic, muslum, or jewish god, but something. I know there is a word for it but i can't remember it. it might be agnostic but i'm not sure. Can some word please tell me the word?

2007-08-15 10:17:28 · 59 answers · asked by Dani 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Have you ever gotten into an argument and the other person actually seriously says something along the lines of, "You're right, I'm wrong, I lose. I'm a dumb ***. Man I feel so stupid."
Has this ever happened? (Maybe not these exact words, but something like it, where the person actually admits to losing?)
Has the other person actually ever shown any signs of defeat or surrender?
Or do people always try to save face?

2007-08-15 10:17:25 · 38 answers · asked by Fish Stick Jesus 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Or is it just certain places? It seems to be nearly every person where I live, but in York they leave the proper gap.

2007-08-15 10:16:15 · 21 answers · asked by Acai 5 in Etiquette

The argument from inconsistent revelations ,
The problem of evil
The argument from poor design
The argument from nonbelief
The argument from parsimony
The omnipotence paradox
The argument from free will
The Transcendental argument for the non-existence of God
The counter-argument against the Cosmological argument ("chicken or the egg")
Theological noncognitivism
The extra-temporal being vs active creator argument
The atheist-existentialist argument
The "no reason" argument
The witness argument
The conflicted religions argument
The Argument from a Proper Basis
The "Need for an Answer" argument

For the full details, check:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existence_of_God

Please elaborate.

2007-08-15 10:14:24 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-15 10:14:05 · 17 answers · asked by Love Yahoo!!! wannabe a princess 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-15 10:13:32 · 5 answers · asked by It's Me Snitches 1 in Etiquette

Halloween Costume as Samara Morgan from the ring.?

2007-08-15 10:12:58 · 5 answers · asked by tmhowardmk 2 in Halloween

They are illegal, play loud mexican music, throw trash all over and stand in the street instead of using the sidewalks.

2007-08-15 10:10:53 · 12 answers · asked by confused 1 in Other - Society & Culture

One time, we were on a transit bus, and someone was driving too slow in the HOV lane, so the bus driver (a senior) honked. When the car in front didnt move, he leaned on the horn. Then, he steered the bus back and forth cursing and saying stuff like "Nobody appreciates the Marines" and some other stuff.

What's your story?

2007-08-15 10:08:27 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

have accepted this watered down non-bibical version of Christianity that we find here in the United States?

2007-08-15 10:07:56 · 32 answers · asked by Kristina K 2 in Religion & Spirituality

regardless of sexual orientation gay or transsexual anybody
should be allowed to attend Church on a regular basis and yes
Jesus "Welcomes all of us People" to worship the Lord every
Sunday even if that person is homosexual he or she should be
allowed to attend Church services and felt Welcomed" with
no judging or condemning them
And kicking people out of their Churches is wrong and it is
wrong'
What would the Lord Jesus do??

2007-08-15 10:06:37 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality