Society & Culture - 17 August 2007

My brother is getting married in September. I have a reallly nice red dress that I wore when I was a bridesmaid at someone else's wedding ( long, but I would have it cut short)
My sister and I are doing the music for the wedding, so we will be at the front of the church. Would wearing a bright red dress be out of line? ( I think the bridesmaids are wearing brown/copper)

2007-08-17 08:46:35 · 11 answers · asked by running_lady 1 in Etiquette

I did, but I'm getting a five 0'clock shadow. I don't look that surprised either. LOL.

2007-08-17 08:44:48 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

Suppose you've just moved into "New Job City" and besides your immediate family, you don't know anyone at all. You were just settling in when a neighbor stops by to welcome you into the neighborhood. They offer you a card with a little info about them and go on their way. Shortly after, the other neighbors one by one all come by to do the same. Here's what's on the cards:

The Bennets. Family of 4, spends weekends on family outings to the park, bowling alley, movies, and playing sports.

The Klines: Family of 4, spends weekends playing chess and other board games, reading books, and going to museums.

The Coles: Family of 3, spends weekends alternately with neighbors 1 &2, ocasionally reads the bible or goes to church.

The Keatings: Family of 4, spends weekends in preparation for the life thereafter. Studies the bible exclusively, and attends church daily. Does not socialize with other the families.

Which family do you decide to get to know better, and why?

2007-08-17 08:41:46 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

1) A 15-year old girl was punitively dragged on her stomach from a rope tied to a van at Love Demonstrated Ministries’ boot camp near Corpus Christi because she failed to keep up with a running exercise. A retired U.S. Air Force instructor is the “commandant” of the camp that was created to “re-instill the values that have been lost in our society for a couple of generations, values such as discipline, morality, unity and integrity,” according to the camp’s Web site. The ministry is supported by both private and government funds amounting to $314,673 to operate the camp season of only 32 days with $278,549 going for salaries. Licensed camps in Texas are supposed to be at least 11 weeks long.

2) At the last minute, the High Point Church, a nondenominational megachurch in Arlington, Texas, reneged on its offer to provide a memorial service for its deceased janitor, a Navy veteran of the first Gulf war, when staff members discovered he was gay.

2007-08-17 08:40:08 · 13 answers · asked by Richard V 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-17 08:38:22 · 13 answers · asked by YAHOO GHOST 4 in Etiquette

2007-08-17 08:38:19 · 12 answers · asked by Arin 1 in Languages

So, I have a question about Joseph Smith and the plates. Ok, so he dug up the plates along with the urium and thummin to translate. He put his face TIGHTLY against a hat and used the stones to translate the book of mormon. So, since he obviously did not use the plates to translate...what was the purpose of them? Big plates along with stones don't fit in a small hat.
That is a fact by the way, it is written in the church history along with a first account by the whitmer guy.

Also, does anyone know about when Joseph Smith was accused of fraud in 1827(before the book of mormon) for telling people he had magic stones that would tell him where to find gold? One more thing. Smith shot and killed 2 people with a smuggled gun, then tried to jump out of the window to avoid being caught. Doesn't sound very christian like to me? Not saying mormon people lie about it....but from my experience they try to hide it a little bit. Why?

2007-08-17 08:37:09 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

can you tell me if you take a piece of jade and wrap it with a piece of human hair - and try to "burn" the hair with a flame and it does not burn - does that mean it is real jade? A person in a store in China did this in front of us - told us it is real jade...Thanks

2007-08-17 08:36:59 · 5 answers · asked by meril 2 in Mythology & Folklore

Why are you at the R&S section? Should we petition YA to start a new section for you? Maybe there is a section I do not know about and you feel lead to come here and keep us on our toes?

2007-08-17 08:36:03 · 29 answers · asked by A Voice 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Some warning maybe?

Something like "hehehe, just kidding"?

2007-08-17 08:35:50 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-17 08:33:04 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Just wondering.

2007-08-17 08:32:38 · 31 answers · asked by God Still Speaks Through His Word! 4 in Religion & Spirituality

My father is a happy memory for me because I remember the love but it is sad because he died when I was only 11 so I don't truly remember everything about him

2007-08-17 08:32:11 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2007-08-17 08:31:42 · 20 answers · asked by LordVader 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-17 08:31:30 · 8 answers · asked by Mr. Goodnight. 3 in Other - Society & Culture

For instance, my fiance's mother is always explaining how the "devil" causes bad things to happen and talks about God's will and stuff; she constantly relates these types of things to regular topics such as things going on in our family, or in the news today. I usually just nod and smile. But I'm starting to get tired of it. I don't believe that there is "the devil" is up there rubbing his hands together with a scheming look on his face thinking up ways to cause us grief. So how can I react when she makes such comments, without offending her? Its as if she assumes I will agree with her. So if I object, I have a feeling she will be rather surprised.

2007-08-17 08:31:05 · 22 answers · asked by Linz ♥ VT 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Any nice word in any language will work. It's for a project. And please tell me the meaning!

2007-08-17 08:30:22 · 16 answers · asked by TF111 2 in Languages

2007-08-17 08:30:15 · 1 answers · asked by a_amir07 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Just wondering if there was a way to find out how much a church makes a year and what the "Staff" of these churches get paid? I know that most churches are Tax Exempt but do they still have to report it and if so to whom?
Thank you

2007-08-17 08:29:58 · 5 answers · asked by J B 1 in Religion & Spirituality

It seems to me that God is considered responsible for positive things, but he is not considered responsible for negative things.

If your home was on fire, you might pray. But you'd do more than pray--you'd call 911, if you could. And who would come? Firefighters. NOT God, though I'm sure you'll say he's there in spirit.

When the firefighters arrive, and save your life, you will likely thank them. However, you'll also likely thank God for the "miracle," and claim him the person to be thanked when telling your story.

But what if the firefighters didn't arrive? If they decided not to come, and you were to die, I GUARANTEE your family members would blame THEM, and NOT God.

So, let me get this straight: when people do something good, it's all thanks to God. But when they do something bad, it's all their fault. How is that fair?

So really, *WE* can't do anything good, by our own account. However, we can do bad things. Isn't that just setting us up for failure?

2007-08-17 08:29:56 · 8 answers · asked by [[Princess For The Day]] 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Is 'love' itself enough to become a religion? Won't it be a greet thing !

2007-08-17 08:23:47 · 10 answers · asked by Fek 3 in Religion & Spirituality

At a Court House fairly close to where I live, the Ten Commandments are displayed. People complained about it, and there was a law suit. From what i've read, the following article is the final word about it.

http://www.pluralism.org/news/article.php?id=4430

Doesn't having a plaque that quotes from the Bible almost make it seem as if the Court will be ruling in favour of those who follow EACH (including the first 4) commandments?

What are your thoughts? Should religious displays such as this one continue to be displayed on the exterior of a Court House? Doesn't this violate the First Amendment?

2007-08-17 08:23:23 · 24 answers · asked by Moonlit Hemlock 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Would you put that you are Pagan or Wiccan on a college application, when it asks for your religious affiliation?
(I wouldn't want to be subject to discrimination based on that, but I wouldn't want to lie.)

Do you know any colleges that have a Pagan or Wiccan club?

2007-08-17 08:22:41 · 19 answers · asked by toxicPoison 4 in Mythology & Folklore

are Italians considered white people

2007-08-17 08:22:22 · 44 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

In your opinion? It can be biblical too :) Christian singles are welcome too if they just have something they may want to add! :)

2007-08-17 08:21:59 · 18 answers · asked by BLI 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Don't you wish we could just squash the little twit?!?

2007-08-17 08:20:52 · 16 answers · asked by night-owl gracie 6 in Senior Citizens

I don't believe strictly that there is or is not a god, I just really don't care because I believe that I have control over my life. I realize that this has agnostic and deist tendencies, but it's different. When asked, I either say "other" or "atheist" because each seems to be equally offensive to my Christian surroundings. I'm willing to believe in creation, simply because the world would have to be one hell of a coincidence, but evolution also makes sense, so I guess it's not that "God" made humans but made a world from which we evolved. Or something.

2007-08-17 08:20:41 · 22 answers · asked by squierhater01 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-17 08:20:33 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-17 08:20:16 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Last one for the day - I have to make it good...

Logic by Scatterbrain

Stop, look, listen, learn; your lessons have begun.
O.K. school's in session-lesson #1,
Inductive, deductive reasoning and thought.
It's called logic, are you ready to be taught?
It won't take long, you can't go wrong.
Use it and you're always right,
And don't forget that right is might
Shall we move along?
If a is b, and b is c, then a is c. See?
It's really easy, here we go,
For example, here's some samples; we'll start slow:
>From war comes peace-Peace is good.
Therefore war is good.
Let's try another;
Johnny blew his head off-Johnny listened to metal.
Therefore metal killed Johnny.
That's logical, it's settled.
Take it from me, now here's the key;
Shape the truth to fit your ends,
Take the facts then twist and bend to your morality.
Twist it-logic; You can justify anything you want.
Twist it-logic; You can justify anything at all.
Stop, look, listen, learn; isn't logic fun?

2007-08-17 08:17:23 · 4 answers · asked by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5 in Religion & Spirituality