Society & Culture - 25 August 2007

i am not gay. i enjoy being around girls that are truely clued in. i realize that my question leans more to the philosophical but i truely wish for helpful , honest and reflective responses.

2007-08-25 11:23:13 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-08-25 11:21:00 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

clearly i'm talking about a religious definition but the Q is open...
Thx

2007-08-25 11:18:32 · 2 answers · asked by Ucef 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I go away on one of my road trips, and when I come back, everyone's talking like a bunch of drunk pirates! As if it's not bad enough we got the stuck-up Aussies on here(you know who you are!), we now gotta put up with pirates??????

Who started all of this????!!!!!!

2007-08-25 11:17:11 · 25 answers · asked by grapefruit 3 in Religion & Spirituality

For those who have not heard:

http://www.gazette.com/articles/haggard_26460___article.html/church_new.html

2007-08-25 11:13:36 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Not just philosophical platitudes, things you really believe in. I'm interested in your's.
Here's mine to my daughters.

1. Never turn down the chance to learn something new.

2. Always do the right thing, for no other reason than it's the right thing to do.

3. Sometimes, doing wrong is the right thing to do. Accept the consequences with dignity.

4. Always live below your means.

5. Lieing, cheating and stealing are unacceptable.

My fear has been that I handicapped these girls in living in our modern society.

2007-08-25 11:12:27 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/speedbump.asp
Aug 25, 2007


Peace!

2007-08-25 11:12:24 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Hi, I just want to go back with a little bit of a better knowledge for "Est-que" in French. I really never was properly explained.

I know my question words but can someone explain how Est-que works when asking a question and give me some examples for the question words, in French please.

2007-08-25 11:12:01 · 4 answers · asked by Dylan Eve 2 in Languages

They have tendency to disrespect laws and cultures of other countries. Many Chinese produce pirated products----DVD, fake clothes, etc. Some of their fishermen go to my country's shores and practice illegal fishing and keep on coming back and kill even the endangered marine animals.

2007-08-25 11:11:53 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2007-08-25 11:10:04 · 14 answers · asked by Inou 3 in Religion & Spirituality

pray over your post, that God will inspire your words?

2007-08-25 11:09:56 · 7 answers · asked by Hannah's Grandpa 7 in Religion & Spirituality

in an earlier post, one the the posters stated that I needed to do some reading, and that there's a philosophy that could be life changing for me IF I'm willing to study it with an open mind"

Just so you know this comment, in my opinion, had not alot to do with the question, which was just silly in context.

but Now I'm curious

Many of you know me.
For someone such as me, with a strong faith in Christ, and a fair understanding, openmindedness and acceptance of the fragility of man (including me) and our many foibles... Do I NEED to study philosophy in order to become enlightened and / or fulfilled?

For that matter.... does ANYONE feel that need?

2007-08-25 11:07:32 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

my g/f wakes in the morning with small dark bruises on her wrists and arms which match each arm perfectly.She has previously found them on the roof of her mouth and palms/soles of her feet . They seem to appear to quote "confusing ,strange ,often sexually orientated lucid"dreams.The bruises are not painful but are very dark in colour as if inflicted with a lot of forces and are nearly all the same size about the size of pea. Can anyone shed some light on this please

2007-08-25 11:06:32 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Do you equate them with "fiction," or with a reality that has a different sort of existence from your kitchen table or your cousin Joe? Are they "real" in some sense that is useful?

2007-08-25 11:05:37 · 6 answers · asked by auntb93 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Does it mean to be born again in the flesh as in being baptized in water as an adult or does it mean to be born again in the spirit as in spiritually?

2007-08-25 11:03:58 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

In the line at Target today this lady asked me if I was having a girl and rubbed my stomach. She didnt even ask if it was ok or anything. She looked like she was pretty far up there in age, so I didnt want to be disrespectful and let her have it. I just said yes and let the man behind me go before me.Anyway, is this acceptable? I dont think it is obviously,but has it ever been?

2007-08-25 11:02:12 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

I hear there are several versions of the movie and many different books. I want to get the right ones. How do I know which are from the "creators" of the concept and not just the copy cats????

2007-08-25 10:54:06 · 3 answers · asked by Angeline 2 in Other - Society & Culture

Well actually on a 99% full moon...

2007-08-25 10:53:13 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

One morning in spring 1942, U-boats from the German Navy attack tankers bringing oil from Lake Maracaibo in nearby Venezuela to Curaçao and its refineries. Life on the island, which had been somewhat idyllic despite the war, begins to change as the U-boat remains offshore and no shipping will come without a naval escort, which the U.S. cannot yet provide. Eleven-year-old Phillip Enright's parents are divided whether to stay on the island or not. His father, an expert in producing aviation gasoline, works at the refinery for Royal Dutch Shell and cannot leave. However, his mother wants to return to her native Virginia.

After the spectacular sinking of a British tanker, his parents decided that Phillip and his mother will leave. Phillip would prefer to stay but has no choice. They risk a passage on a Dutch freighter bound first for Panama and then Miami, even though Phillip's father advises them to fly, Philip's Mother declines because she is scared of flying.

Off the coast of Panama, the freighter is torpedoed, and Phillip is knocked unconscious and separated from his mother by the ship's boom while trying to escape. He wakes up four hours later to find he has been rescued by an old black sailor named Timothy and is sharing a raft with him and Stew Cat, who had belonged to the ship's cook.

Timothy builds a shelter on the raft by using of their clothing and catches flying fish to eat. Since Phillip's mother is prejudiced against black people, and has passed some of those attitudes on to her son, Phillip is wary of Timothy despite his kindness and resents that Timothy treats him like a small child.

After several days, Phillip's head injury causes him to go blind, forcing him to rely on Timothy for his own survival. They eventually find land, an uncharted cay in the dangerous reef area called Devil's Mouth, where they live for many months.

During the stay on the cay, Phillip comes to realize that his prejudice against black people is wrong, and he becomes friends with Timothy. Timothy becomes sick with malaria, and the pair must deal with a hurricane that passes across the island. The storm had torn apart the eighty year old Timothy and slowly but surely Timothy died. However a couple weeks later Phillip is rescued by a boat. Phillip has surgery to his head and when the bandages come off he can see again.

2007-08-25 10:50:41 · 5 answers · asked by Betty D 1 in Languages

... so what's the latest great thing that he's done? What couldn't be mistaken as a work of god and what will all god-believers out here undoubtedly agree upon because it was so surely God's hand doing it?

...For the benefit of non-believers, please try to restrict your answer to something we would also be aware of, ( know it wasn't making those aircraft miss the World Trade Center buildings.. I guess he sort of goofed there didn't he?).

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb62/Randall_Fleck/Why_Doesnt_He_GIF-1.gif

Thanks ahead of time for your answers.

2007-08-25 10:47:53 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

thank you.

2007-08-25 10:43:28 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

2007-08-25 10:41:57 · 10 answers · asked by raintree1 2 in Halloween

Have you ever loved anyone?

Can you prove scientifically that love exists(existed)?

Does the fact that you can't prove you are/were in love make you a retard for believing that you are/were in love?

If someone that has NEVER felt love doesn't believe in love, does that invalidate the fact that you felt it? Does it give them the right to make fun of you and call you names because of it?

Some things in life can't be proven but can only be felt.

I feel that God exists and I feel His presence in my life. Just because YOU don't doesn't invalidate how I feel or what I believe to be true. Does it give you the right to harass me?

You just haven't seen and felt what I have and maybe one day you will, maybe you won't.

All I ask is that you respect that others can and do believe differently than you do. Treat others like you want to be treated. Is that asking too much? Or are you really just an intolerant wannabe bully?

2007-08-25 10:40:39 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Do you use Pepcid?

2007-08-25 10:38:25 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

I stumbled across this site after watching a program on TV today and apparently Hewitt admits that under hypnosis, he admits to having an affair just one year after she got married.

http://people.monstersandcritics.com/royalwatch/news/article_1049149.php

2007-08-25 10:35:43 · 27 answers · asked by jigolo 1 in Royalty

Thx.

2007-08-25 10:35:26 · 31 answers · asked by Ucef 2 in Religion & Spirituality

This might sound like a strange question.

2007-08-25 10:32:13 · 8 answers · asked by gilbertdude88 1 in Religion & Spirituality

If people believe in Jesus and follow him, why do people then say his name in negative situations? For example, if something bad or annoying happens to someone, sometimes they yell, "JESUS CHRIST!" or sometimes just "JESUS!". But I don't understand why so many people often attach his name to negative situations?

I don't mean to offend anyone, I'm just curious

2007-08-25 10:30:13 · 14 answers · asked by Tim Buck 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I was on myspace, and the bulletins are crazy. One after the other is bullshit and dumb crap that i don't want to read. But there was one that said that jesus said, "If you deny me in front of your friends, I'll deny you in front of my father"

I'm thinking its bullshit but someone correct me?

2007-08-25 10:27:22 · 19 answers · asked by ««{¿Âúzï Ë!¡!™?}»» 3 in Religion & Spirituality

One that believes in homosexuality.
and
Doesn't believe in god.

please, help me?

2007-08-25 10:25:03 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality