Society & Culture - 29 August 2007

Like most Brits I tend to get the impression that Americans are obsessed with religion.

If this is true then is it possible for an individual to become an elected politican (or even President) if he/she is an atheist?

2007-08-29 12:00:08 · 32 answers · asked by pagreen1966 3 in Religion & Spirituality

what superstitions do you have???
and which ones do you keep to
i dont pass people on the stairs and try not to spill salt on the table!!

how about you?

2007-08-29 11:59:47 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

Is it a project of your dreams, or….
a fact of temporary madness?

2007-08-29 11:58:10 · 16 answers · asked by virago 2 in Other - Society & Culture

2007-08-29 11:56:56 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

do christians behave the way they think others expect them to behave?
When christians say they have a personal relationship with god, do they say that because a good christian is expected to have a personal relationship with god??
how much of christian religion is truly personal???

2007-08-29 11:52:42 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I mean come on what about Mattapan, Dorchester, Roxbury, South End and the suburbs: Randolph, Brockton, New Bedford, Cambridge

2007-08-29 11:51:16 · 13 answers · asked by Caribbean King 2 in Other - Society & Culture

It claims that God cannot be seen in some parts but then says that God has been seen and the people have lived to tell. I know that some responses will say that I am reading out of context, but look for yourself at the lines: Ex 33:23, Ex: 33:11, Gen 32:20 and then look at John 1:18, Ex: 33:20, 1 Tim. 6:16.
I also know that some responses will be that I read it this way because I am already a disbeliever, are there any other ways to logically explain the numerous contradictions?

This is the website that I was looking at: http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/jim_meritt/bible-contradictions.html#god_seen

2007-08-29 11:50:14 · 31 answers · asked by wayner122 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I know what it means to me as a Pagan, more specifically as an eclectic solitary Witch, but what does it mean to you?

2007-08-29 11:50:09 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I have been opened to the world of faith by my ex girlfriend. I am really interested, but unsure at the same time. I dont know if I want my life to change and all my friends/family are non religous. Some parts of the face I strougle to agree with and understand, but others make sense. I feel like their could be something out there that I am missing.

2007-08-29 11:49:28 · 29 answers · asked by craig l 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Does your chewing gum loose its flavour on the bedpost overnight.

2007-08-29 11:48:47 · 18 answers · asked by ? 5 in Other - Society & Culture

Over my short time of being able to 'tune in' to people, I've learned how to differentiate between my own feelings and others' feelings. Okay it sometimes gets difficult if there is a similarity, but usually I know.

So I'd like to know who it was (if anyone even knows) who just shared their ummmmm.. 'passionate encounter' with me.

This happened just now, so add about 5 - 10 minutes to the question's time, and you'll have when it happened.

Please I don't like the idea of empathically-induced threesomes, so in future keep your fun to yourselves!!

2007-08-29 11:48:20 · 18 answers · asked by ? 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Having established that the slowing of the Earth's rotation is insufficient to prove it, since that the numbers used are a selective misreading of the source:
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/leapsec.html ,

as the following statements are ignored to make the "proof":

"...it is possible to determine the average deceleration of the Earth to be roughly 1.4 milliseconds per day per century."

"The length of the mean solar day has increased by roughly 2 milliseconds since it was exactly 86,400 seconds of atomic time about 1.79 centuries ago (i.e. the 179 year difference between 1999 and 1820)." [This gives roughly 1.12 milliseconds per day per century.]

"The confusion arises because some mistake leap seconds for a measure of the rate at which the Earth is slowing. The 1 second increments are, however, indications of the accumulated difference in time between the two systems."

With this debunked, the question remains, what evidence of a Young Earth can Creationists provide?

2007-08-29 11:44:49 · 10 answers · asked by novangelis 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I never did.

I did have a tendon cut in my hand and needed stitches. Then a soft cast. It was cool because I didn't have to wash dishes. ha ha

2007-08-29 11:43:18 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

Looks like it is not easy to become volunteer in the hospital in LA. My daughter applied but she is not getting any responses back.What was your experience with finding volunteer work? Is it better to go to the hospital directly instead of applying online? Any advices?

2007-08-29 11:40:06 · 3 answers · asked by Tanya K 1 in Community Service

im not gay but some of my friends are and i think its ridicules that they cant get married

2007-08-29 11:39:15 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I recently received some very informative answers to my last question (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070829053513AAl0GH0).

I'm going to try to dig at this subject a little deeper. Let me start with where I think we agree: there are some things which would be moral for one person to do, and immoral for another. For instance, it is immoral for an American to drive on the left side of the road (unless he is in England) but moral for an Englishman (unless he's in the states). The moral principle of not placing yourself and your fellow man in needless danger remains. This isn't really what a moral absolutist, such as myself, means by "moral absolutes".

Now, I've had people tell me morality is subjective, which seems odd to me; because as soon as you say "morality" you seem to be treating it like an object, assuming I know what the object you are talking about is. Any thoughts?

2007-08-29 11:37:36 · 15 answers · asked by delsydebothom 4 in Religion & Spirituality

The rich gave large sums of money from their surplus.
The widow gave a fraction of a penny, all she had to live on.
Who gave more according to Jesus?

2007-08-29 11:36:11 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

OR is an atheist someone who doesn't believe in at least one god? For example, if a person doesn't believe in Tāwhirimātea, the Māori god of weather (thunder, lightening, clouds, storms, wind, etc), is that person an "atheist" towards Tāwhirimātea?

2007-08-29 11:33:50 · 30 answers · asked by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I recently began talking to a new guy. We dig each other and things are going good for both of us, but last night we were walking to a bench we usually sit at and i spotted a bird. We noticed almost immediatley it was an owl. He tried to take a picture of it but it flew. I heard owls have to do with death. Should i worry about this or forget it? He's leaving this weakend for a vacation and i'm almost getting worried. Does anyone know more about this type of things? Should i look outside the box and worry about a family member? I don't know.. any advise will help.. thanks

2007-08-29 11:33:48 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

I'm asking this because not all people believe that there is just a Heaven and a Hell. Some religions believe that there is a middle ground.

What are your personal beliefs?

2007-08-29 11:32:58 · 16 answers · asked by Jared L 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Did you know you could get free vidoes and booklets availabe at the Catholic Resource Center? I got a great one by Scott Hahn a while back. The site is at: http://www.catholicresourcecenter.org/free_stuff.shtml

2007-08-29 11:32:50 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Are most guys who rent their services out straight or Gay. I have noticed there are a lot of guys renting themselves out to Gay guys and was wondering if they really are gay or just being that way for their clients. I have always wondered and have never met one to ask??

2007-08-29 11:32:44 · 6 answers · asked by Dr Paul D 5 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

im not gay but some of my friends are and i think its ridicules that they cant get married

2007-08-29 11:30:49 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i mean.. that's not the real question. but the claim "you have to believe in something" really grinds my gears. cause they're not talking about just believing in what we know to be true empirically. they're talking about something "divine" and then yes. why do we have to believe in something? there's a flaw in the logical thinking there. there's only the conclusion. and why does your life need a god to make sense? that's sad, cause if there's none (you gotta admit the possibility), then your life wouldn't have any sense at all. you gotta give your life sense, cause noone is gonna come and give sense to it for you.

2007-08-29 11:28:18 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

My confidence in venturing into science lies in my basic belief that as in science so in Buddhism, understanding the nature of reality is pursued by means of critical investigation: if scientific analysis were conclusively to demonstrate certain claims in Buddhism to be false, then we must accept the findings of science and abandon those claims.

– His Holiness the Dalai Lama from his book The Universe in a Single Atom

2007-08-29 11:28:17 · 11 answers · asked by Shawn B 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm a Catholic, but i consider myself to be very liberal. I Believe sex before marriage is ok if its done out of love, not lust. And I have lots of gay/lesbian/bi friends, and i feel that they should be allowed to get married and be happy.
is that so wrong?

2007-08-29 11:28:08 · 5 answers · asked by Joseph R 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-29 11:27:08 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Go right ahead. We have a very good reason for rejoicing.

2007-08-29 11:25:50 · 1 answers · asked by Mutations Killed Darwin Fish 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I know some one like that.THEY try to distroy peoples lives.
THIS person sticks their nose in every ones business.
THIS person is TROUBLE with a capital T.
Do you know some one like That?

2007-08-29 11:25:17 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

i kno it sounds stupid but im very religious and i wanted to know if is masturbating is a sin??
tanks guys

2007-08-29 11:24:05 · 26 answers · asked by fer 2 in Religion & Spirituality