Society & Culture - 15 August 2007

Others are welcome to answer too, but I want the catholic view.

See http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20279326/

"A Roman Catholic Bishop in the Netherlands has proposed people of all faiths refer to God as Allah to foster understanding"

2007-08-15 08:18:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

and don't respond to Atheist's questions. OR they report the question, of course.

2007-08-15 08:18:27 · 71 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

What's going on with this bl00dy weather? It pouring here in London. Are we ever going to get a summer????

2007-08-15 08:16:37 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Don't they know they can be wrong.

2007-08-15 08:15:32 · 14 answers · asked by Green kryptonite 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Paul started as Saul and hated Christians killing them all over the holy land until he was blinded spiritualy and fell from his hoarse. Then the bible has two versons of what was said.

Acts 9:5
And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: [it is] hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

Acts 26:14
And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? [it is] hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

So was this Jesus or a voice or is this something else because it called the Christians pricks?

2007-08-15 08:12:30 · 7 answers · asked by gnosticv 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Every newspaper headline, magazine article, billboard, and radio ad, that I see read or hear, is full of grammatical errors.
Incomplete sentences run rampant.
No-one seems to know the proper use of punctuation.
Even the notes, memos, and letters, sent home from school, have these errors.

What has happened, and how can we fix it?

2007-08-15 08:11:55 · 29 answers · asked by therustedknight 3 in Languages

Cro-Magnon´s (40,000 to 10,000 years ago) signs of cannibalism in the caves of Chou-Kou-Tien in China show that these acts were performed as a religious ritual. Skulls of killed enemies were scraped and emptied of their brains to be consumed. Nevertheless, they were intelligent beings that were barely starting on the art path. And they presumably rendered the Neanderthal extinct as a more adaptable contender.
This is so long before christianity that the notion is even ridiculous. Were they creatures of god? If they were, why did they disappear? Why did we... evolve... into something else?
Or maybe christians want to deny the existence of Cro-Magnon and Neanderthal? I´d like to hear a scientific reason to that!

2007-08-15 08:10:35 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

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2007-08-15 08:10:23 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Community Service

2007-08-15 08:09:02 · 23 answers · asked by G.xi 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Have tried a couple of the nicer chat/dating sites... I was honest and put my true age down... No response . Have other 70's tried these sites.

2007-08-15 08:07:47 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

I just started to read a book by a Christian man and he says there is no hell and that they will not be burning forever. They just will be destroyed meaning they will not live in the afterlife. I have always hated the idea of hell even though I am a Christian and shouldn't fear it. I fear it for the unbelievers. I don't understand hell....I mean its beyond torture. I dont understand why God would allow this. He knew what the future would be for all of us. What do you think?

2007-08-15 08:07:36 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Will rally around and convert to believers...

Well my question is what if it's to late??? will you just accept your fate and suck it up? or beg GOD for forgiveness?

2007-08-15 08:05:57 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I took an IQ test and the result was 107 but I don't really understand how it works and how the numbers are rated, etc... I have to admit that I have not done previous research for it althought I have heard about IQ tests before

2007-08-15 08:05:31 · 32 answers · asked by Love Yahoo!!! wannabe a princess 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Some guests make it, some guests strip it and some do neither. I leave it up to them how to handle it, but I prefer them to leave it-either made or unmade. Any other action seems kind of presumptuous of them. If they strip it, it looks bad until I am able to the laundry and maybe I didn't plan to do laundry that day. So I think if they are going to do something, they should just ask the host. I wouldn't tell them what to do about it otherwise.

I just wondered how other hosts felt about the issue.

2007-08-15 08:02:17 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

This emptiness that burdens you with so long has no justice in keeping you hostage.

2007-08-15 08:02:09 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

In Exodus 34:6-7, God proclaimed His name to Moses. He said, "The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin." Isn't it good to know that we serve a loving God? We serve a God that won't deep fry us into crispy critters when we do wrong. I know that I would have been smited by God along time ago if that were the case. But amen, God loves us. He is slow to anger, and will forgive the sins and iniquities of our lives. And because of that we no longer have to worry about our lives, because we aren't our own. We have been redeemed at a price. And now we are tools of the Father. God knows our thoughts, He will supply all our needs, and will give us the wants and desires of our hearts, if we will just live for Him. As Psalms 46:9 tells us, "Be still, and know that I God." Who is God to you? What makes your soul still? God Bless.

2007-08-15 08:01:48 · 26 answers · asked by Joel 2 5 in Religion & Spirituality

explain...

2007-08-15 08:01:46 · 17 answers · asked by Love Yahoo!!! wannabe a princess 4 in Religion & Spirituality

answerinside:- you have asked me to tell the answer-but the "Best Answer"?!! already has been selected!!-- it is my duty to answer you.

“Chaturbhihi Srikantaihi Siva Yauathy Panchabhirabhi
Prasannabhihi Sambhoho Navabhirabhi Moola Prakruthibhihi
Chatus Chatvaribhi Trivalaya Trirekhaabhihi-Chardham Thava Charana Konaaha Parinathaaha"

Sri Aadhi Sankara Aacharya says 4 Chakrams are alloted to to Srikanta(Lord Siva having the goddess of wealth on His neck---% chakrams to Siva Yuvathy (sri.Parvathi) –
So totally (4+5=9) 9 chakrams-that is Navabhirabhi-for Sham(Sakthi)+Bho(Siva) =Shambho.The 5 chakrams to sri.Parvathi is considered as " the Driving force"--"Panchami--Pancha Bhoodheeswari(Appu,Theyu,Vaayu,prithivi,Aakaasam)-Pancha samyoga Saalini"(sri.Lalitha Sahasra Naamam)--so 9x 5 =45.but only 44 chakrams are drawn in "Sri chakram"--It is a long story-I shall explain it in my next post-because I have only 36 characters to use further.

2007-08-15 08:01:32 · 7 answers · asked by ssrvj 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I would really like a definition of "free will" - just so I can see where everyone is coming from.

2007-08-15 08:00:58 · 36 answers · asked by Nea 5 in Religion & Spirituality

The Dutch Bishop in Amsterdam that suggested this idea should put on a T-shirt written in Arabic, stating " we will not be silent" and then send him on a Jet Blue airline heading toward Iraq! This guy is not a true Roman Catholic. Any suggestions on what should be done with him?

2007-08-15 07:58:38 · 23 answers · asked by Ghostly Ghost! 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-15 07:57:24 · 15 answers · asked by Dreamstuff Entity 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Would that have been a factor in their decision to quit being a Christian?

Also, would it be a factor in their later decision to become Buddhist?

Or is religious choice never defined by logic?

2007-08-15 07:56:45 · 19 answers · asked by ? 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-15 07:55:19 · 7 answers · asked by geyamala 7 in Religion & Spirituality

THis is the whole quote...

"Reading good literature is an experience of learning what and how we are, in our human integrity and our human imperfection, in our public image and in the secret recesses of our consiousness"

i basically get the rest of the quote except for the conciousness part. I dont really know what conciousness is or what the secret recesses imply... maybe that sometimes you have to escape... HELP!

2007-08-15 07:54:14 · 10 answers · asked by minibug11 1 in Religion & Spirituality

...........is being abused?

2007-08-15 07:53:43 · 17 answers · asked by firelight 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm thinking about doing some good around the community, but am very low on cash...what do you think would be a great idea? Maybe even an act of kindness that someone has done for you?

2007-08-15 07:52:23 · 884 answers · asked by lazypanda7 2 in Community Service

Is for a children computer program, so each word will have to be appropriate for children. Thank you, again for your time and help. ;)

2007-08-15 07:51:50 · 18 answers · asked by Princessa 4 in Etiquette

I want to know what the Md "title" at the front of a male name actually represents in east Indian society/culture. Then what does it translate into in western/English/American culture.
(Please, no references to medical doctor abbreviation(s).)

2007-08-15 07:50:41 · 2 answers · asked by answerING 6 in Languages

2007-08-15 07:50:34 · 10 answers · asked by Murazor 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Are they sleeping or paralyzed or something? Why don't they move?

2007-08-15 07:50:01 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality