Society & Culture - 15 August 2007

I have to give a lesson in Elder's Quorum this Sunday on Keeping the Sabbath Day holy. Do you have any suggestions, stories, etc. that you think would be helpful?

Thanks

2007-08-15 09:44:18 · 12 answers · asked by Senator John McClain 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I am 15
And i like Girls & guys but i prefer girls.. o.O

2007-08-15 09:43:08 · 10 answers · asked by leahpoynter 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Both religion and atheism require a leap of faith because there is no damning evidence of a God or higher power, and there is no damning evidence of a lack of God. Isn't this ironic because most atheists base their beliefs on science and evidence and frown on leaps of faith?

2007-08-15 09:40:34 · 32 answers · asked by damilitia 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-15 09:40:28 · 31 answers · asked by ooari 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-15 09:39:47 · 19 answers · asked by Jamres 1 in Religion & Spirituality

i just wanna know. Was it through Christ ..what did you go through?

2007-08-15 09:39:27 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-15 09:39:18 · 5 answers · asked by ILMW 2 in Religion & Spirituality

People often comment about their beliefs being disrespected, and I wonder why they think their beliefs should be shielded from criticism. Why should religion get a "get out of ridicule free" card? Granted, we should attempt to show some respect to people, but why are beliefs off limits?

2007-08-15 09:37:02 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If i watch the passion of the christ will i go to hell?

2007-08-15 09:34:39 · 42 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

What could churches be doing to draw more people to faith in God? Should churches get involved in LGBT issues? Does the Bible still matter (from your perspective)?

Do you attend church services? Why or why not?

What would it take to get you to start attending (if you were willing, just pretend)?

2007-08-15 09:34:10 · 25 answers · asked by mainstreetchurch 2 in Religion & Spirituality

just curious. i love this show Without Prejudice and i was just like wow okay a question! so if you see a black person do you make any judgments based SOLELY on the fact that they're black? white ppl? and so on...or if you meet a black, asian, or hispanic person do you judge them based on whether or not they are dark/light skinned with ethnic/non ethnic features??

personally i think people who do this are extremely ignorant but you know thats just me. maybe because ive been exposed to diverse environments and different cultures its never been second nature to judge based on skin tone. i choose to judge based on character and behavior. im black too so i wouldnt want anyone judging me like that even though im sure they do.

2007-08-15 09:34:00 · 6 answers · asked by Gone, Gone, Gone. 4 in Other - Society & Culture

Lots of ppl say it is wrong but I've never heard anyone cite STAR TREK

2007-08-15 09:31:32 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I'm not sure if I would put a question on this forum that I needed a serious personal spiritual based answer about.

Why is it that in most of the other forums people's questions are taken seriously, but here you get trashed and bashed when you ask serious personal spiritual based questions?

2007-08-15 09:31:12 · 34 answers · asked by Monchichi 3 in Religion & Spirituality

What part of christianity is actually christian? I mean what Jesus actually did or instructed Christians to do?

Valentines day
christmas tree
choir Jesus birth manger (Preists guess stable, but are unsure)
Wine (drink blood)
Celebrating birthdays
Wear a Cross (including gold)
father christmas
homosexual preists
Easter eggs

2007-08-15 09:29:31 · 5 answers · asked by Muslim 1 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-15 09:28:47 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-15 09:28:36 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Royalty

I've been spending to much time on R&S. I like the contacts I've made here, and would like to say in touch. I've opened up my 360 blog, and hope to hear from you, from time to time, as you will from me.

Oh, so I am following the rules, What would Jesus think?

2007-08-15 09:27:34 · 6 answers · asked by Herodotus 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm not saying all atheists do that, but here on yahoo answers there seem to be hundreds of christian-bashing questions, and also questions lambasting religion in general.
There are hundreds of questions asked by atheists who are pretending to be christians to make christians look bad.
Do you "evangelical atheists" (that's what i like to call radical atheists who never respect other poeple's beliefs) really think you look so much better than christians when you ask christian-bashing (and religion-bashing) questions? Don't you realize that those questions reflect poorly on atheists? And the evangelical athesists go on and on about how stupid you'd have to be to believe christianity, but somehow they're not smart enough to actually prove they're better than christians by being more respectful and tolerant of those that differ from them.
Don't you evangelical atheists have anything better to do than insult other poeples religions?
I know not all atheists are like this, so no offense.

2007-08-15 09:27:20 · 56 answers · asked by VITCH 2 in Religion & Spirituality

RJR and I are the self-declared "Bragelina of R&S," but we're having trouble coming up with a power couple name. Any suggestions?

2007-08-15 09:27:06 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

some people are SO smart but have NO common sense!! this bothers me

2007-08-15 09:26:38 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

It's my friend's birthday next week, and he's going to college soon.

2007-08-15 09:26:03 · 13 answers · asked by PA 1 in Etiquette

Do you know a person name Amer Kaaki? Please tell us his email address or his contact information. Please!! Thanks

2007-08-15 09:25:01 · 1 answers · asked by Nouhime 4 in Other - Society & Culture

I just saw pictures this morning of Muslims protesting in England with signs that read "Europe, your 911 is on its way" and "prepare for the real holocaust" and "slay those who insult Islam". And this was supposed to ba a "Religion of Peace Demonstration". I'm sorry, there is nothing peaceful about those signs they were all holding up.

Here is a link where you can see the pics: http://www.snopes.com/photos/politics/muslimprotest.asp

2007-08-15 09:23:50 · 29 answers · asked by ☆Zestee☆ 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I have a somewhat pantheistic view of God; I believe that God is a manifestation of our own power and potential; we are all gods and goddesses, as are the animals and the trees, etc. I do tarot sometimes, but I don't know if anyone can really know the future. I like the whole Zen idea of living in the moment and not worrying about yesterday or tomorrow, but I'm just not really sure what religion I am. I would like some help figuring it out, and if you are a fundamentalist Christian who thinks I am going to hell, please keep it to yourself. Thanks!

P.S. I'm 16; not sure whether or not that's relevant.

2007-08-15 09:22:44 · 17 answers · asked by touketsu_kasai 2 in Religion & Spirituality

i'm not that pretty so that doesn't help either. but my school is a very racist towards muslims. they always fine a way to make me feel like hell. i've told my parents but they don't believe me,and just say i want attention. i don't want to tell any of the teachers because if my peers found out, the taunting will just get so much worst.
so i've decided to fight back. i need something to say when someone makes fun of me because of my background, religion, or my scarfs. i need a couple good come back lines
i need to say things that will make them see that i'm not going take it anymore. and i'm not afraid of them. when acually i tremble at the sight of them.

2007-08-15 09:22:05 · 58 answers · asked by lost_runner_runing 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-15 09:22:01 · 5 answers · asked by Mercury 2010 7 in Languages

How is it that they will condemn people for being homosexual, getting divorced, having children out of wedlock and premarital sex? Isn't that a bit of a double standard. But it seems you can always make a nice donation to the church and this will all be overlooked. Somebody please explain that to me. The whole religion sounds like a pile of sh*t to me. In fact all religion does.

2007-08-15 09:19:21 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

"poota".....im guessing, sex? they said it on Mad TV and im curious why people were laughing when one of the characters said that poota means party in spanish(but we knew he was joking, it didnt literally mean party).

2007-08-15 09:19:17 · 12 answers · asked by Lauren 5 in Languages

2007-08-15 09:19:09 · 1 answers · asked by jakeboy83 2 in Other - Society & Culture

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2007-08-15 09:19:05 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality