Society & Culture - 4 September 2007

"The study estimates that 50% of non-Christian adults in the U.S. view Atheism as having an negative impact on society. Fewer than half that percentage viewed Islam and Buddhism negatively. Among born-again Christians, this level of rejection reached 92% -- much higher than for any religious belief system other than Atheism."

http://www.religioustolerance.org/atheis...

If positive: Why?

If negative: Why?

If neither: Why?

2007-09-04 05:06:23 · 10 answers · asked by Christy ☪☮e✡is✝ 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-04 05:04:43 · 37 answers · asked by slk29406 6 in Senior Citizens

I have gone through the 12 steps, but have not attended any AA Meetings in quite a few months. I have found that through God and only God that I have been able to stay sober without very much help from others. I think that it is my williningness to try my best as I understand God's will and my desire to get close to Him that has cured me of the desire to drink and use drugs. (I have 15 months of sobriety in two days).

Has anyone had any similiar experiences? What do you think?
(Atheists: I don't need to hear what I know you're going to say)

2007-09-04 05:04:01 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Satan called a worldwide convention of demons. In his opening address
he said, "We can't keep Muslims from going to Mosque."
"We can't keep them from reading their Quran and knowing the truth."
"We can't even keep them from forming an intimate relationship with their Allah and his messenger Muhammad(pbuh)."
"Once they gain that connection with Allah, our power over them is
broken.""So let them go to their Mosques; let them have their covered dish dinners,BUT steal their time, so they don't have time to develop a relationship with Allah and his messenger Muhammad(pbuh)."

*"This is what I want you to do," said the devil:*
"Distract them from gaining hold of their Allah and maintaining that
vitalconnection throughout their day!"*"How shall we do this?" his demonsshouted. *
*"Keep them busy in the non-essentials of life and invent *
*innumerable schemes to occupy their minds," he answered. *
*"Tempt them to spend, spend, spend,

2007-09-04 05:03:53 · 19 answers · asked by Syed Aleemuddin Noor 4 in Religion & Spirituality

How many of you know the history of your own religion?

2007-09-04 05:03:44 · 13 answers · asked by wondermus 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-04 05:01:08 · 40 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

So..I'm still not used to this waking up with someone next to me thing. My g/f who is visiting for a week, woke me up this morning to tell me to get up for class. Snooze went off 3 times (as I always program it to, which is why I set my alarm like 30 minutes early) This way even if I hit the alarm 3 times, I'm still waking up at the time I'm supposed to (it's a psychological thing I think to get myself mentally prepared)
Anyway, she keeps nudging me after the 2nd snooze and I semi-coherently say something along the lines of "yeah..l know what I'm doing". So the third time I'm annoyed and say "yeah..I KNOW what I'm doing..damn, leave me alone"
She got mad at me :(

So any of you guys wake up grouchy too?

2007-09-04 05:01:07 · 16 answers · asked by I_color_outside_the_lines 4 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-09-04 05:01:05 · 31 answers · asked by iamnoone 7 in Religion & Spirituality

A topic no doubt brought up numerous times before, and I apologise for my curiousity but still...

In a world where it would seem apparent that the "wrong" religion or even following a religion can inflict a harsh response from people, should children be taught the basic principles of Christianity/Islam/Buddhism etc or should they be left to make up their own mind? To me it seems unfair that parents (ultimately responsible for their childs upbringing) almost enforce their beliefs on their child. Does a child have a right to choose its religion?

Discuss nicely, I know what you R&S lot are like :)
Ta muchly! x

2007-09-04 04:59:50 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

How do u say YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL in japanese?

i need to know how to pronounce it.....

thanks

2007-09-04 04:58:33 · 17 answers · asked by Nathan 1 in Languages

2007-09-04 04:57:25 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Atheist: Stalin, Hitler, Meo Zedong, Fidel Castro,Tito,Pol Pot,Idi Amin,Ferdinant Marcos.
Christians: John Paul II, Mother Theresa, Ronald Regan, John F Kennedy, Roosevelt, Dobson.

2007-09-04 04:57:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Does anyone know of a book or resource that discusses the parenting and discipline of children according to the 4 classic temperaments? (Medieval scholars classified personalities as Sanguine, Choleric, Phlegmatic and Melancholic and each has its own particular spiritual strengths and weaknesses.)

2007-09-04 04:56:07 · 3 answers · asked by Veritas 7 in Religion & Spirituality

there is no right or wrong answer, but be honest

2007-09-04 04:51:44 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

is child abuse? what about all the cartoons out there, I had Cable shut off because of it. all the fighting and cruelty in them anymore, not to mention the fairy tales, witches burning children, wolves eating grandma etc. My 6 year old started doing some pretty scary things from what that tv was teaching him, but do you ever think of that? but my 10 year old grew up with curch and the Bible, he is a very well balanced child, behaves has a huge heart and always thinking about other people. so if I have to choose on using the Bible to raise my children or the new generartion ways, then guess who wins? I have evidence of the different ways living under my roof and its a battle to undo the damage that was done to my 6 year old, by leaving the church and Bible out of his raising. so why would you say the Bible is child abuse, when the worse abuse is on tv and the books you give to your children everyday?

2007-09-04 04:50:29 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

http://www.godhatesfags.com/main/index.html

This site is representative of the homophobic side of christianity and some people even claim that God wrote it

2007-09-04 04:49:20 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I already no the answer to this question, but I just want to see if anyone is stupid enough to give me the wrong answer.



Christains CANNOT 100% prove that God exists....We cant! Simple as that. Thats why we use the word "faith". But we CANNOT prove that he is REAL!

.....But, you cant prove that he doesn't either, can you?

People say there is no God because the only proof we have is one little book. Somewhat.
Well....Hmmm....George Washington......Have any of you ever seen george washington? Noooo....you can only read about him. And hear the things he did. And see paintings of him.
Same thing with God. How do we no for sure that someone didn;t make up Geroge Washington. Its not really THAT much of a stupid statment if you think about it.

Anyway, NOT bashing Christains and NOT bashing atheists.
We cannot prove god exists....But can we prove that he doesn't?

2007-09-04 04:48:42 · 65 answers · asked by Megan 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Why dont other white people or black people correct each other when they spew hate against another fellow human being.

Racisim wont stop unless we all work together. It wont stop unless both races try to stop the stereotypes we each perpetuate.

2007-09-04 04:47:32 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

I have noticed a lot of hatred on this site. Some or more against Muslims and Christians. But it seems to me that whenever someone tries to remove barriers and promote love for both faiths-- there are a lot of people who start copy n pasting versus and are quick to be judgmental. I have seen the power of nice words and love. How hard is it to at least try and understand the misconceptions we have about each other.

Does it cramp yout toungue or does it bruise your ego. By "you" I mean people who don't like Muslims, and don't like Christians, for whatever reason.

Do you agree? Do people need to stop being lazy and actually learn about the religion they love hating. or the people from that religion.

Is it fair to blame ALL Muslims for the radicals (which are in every faith by the way). And before someone says it-- Yes we are trying our best to stop these radicals. They hurt us as much as they hurt you. They have ruined the name of Islam and Muslims.

What do you think?

2007-09-04 04:44:51 · 26 answers · asked by ۩MoonLit Muslima۩ 5 in Religion & Spirituality

People have been saying Catholics will not go to Heaven, but I don't understand why. They believe that Jesus is their savior, If I am not mistaken they are the ones that shaped Christianity as it is now. Where does all of this hate come from?

2007-09-04 04:44:03 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-04 04:43:49 · 35 answers · asked by Edwin H 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Bunky Bartlett being a part-time Wicca teacher in Maryland who holds a winning Mega Millions lottery ticket, entitling him to one-fourth of a $330 million dollar jackpot.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MEGA_MILLIONS_JACKPOT?SITE=VARIT&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-09-02-16-47-50

I don't know...I think I'd buy his book of money draw spells, should he choose to write one! :-)

2007-09-04 04:40:22 · 16 answers · asked by GreenEyedLilo 7 in Religion & Spirituality

i believe we have come to a stale mate in terms of progress? i would like to hear peoples views on this

2007-09-04 04:40:00 · 6 answers · asked by irish k 2 in Other - Society & Culture

it was back to school here today eldest granddaughter first day at comprehensive, one of the younger ones starts full time school next week for the first time. Makes me think of when my own started school or move on to comprehensive, what are your memories

2007-09-04 04:39:34 · 26 answers · asked by Diamond 7 in Senior Citizens

A lack of historical knowledge prevents understanding of people from a diverse outlook.


can you PLEASE HELP FINISH THIS PARAGRAPH?

2007-09-04 04:39:04 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

1/ Why are there so many Dutch women with Indonesian men in Holland/Netherlands ?

2/ What is it that Dutch women find attractive about them compared to white Dutchmen ?

(Indonesian men are usually shorter and smaller than native Dutchmen)

Dutch women feel free to respond :)

2007-09-04 04:38:25 · 6 answers · asked by a a 1 in Other - Society & Culture

It you had to choose any religion in the world to be a part of, which one would it be?

2007-09-04 04:37:57 · 30 answers · asked by LoveBeingAMum 5 in Religion & Spirituality

do they believe it has fallen from the sky and, voala, the Bible is there in their lap neatly compiled!

2007-09-04 04:37:48 · 25 answers · asked by Perceptive 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I am in very deep trouble My name is Kelvin Bown. I am 36 years old. I live in the Sinai desert. I have been attacked and finally been possessed by a very evil spirit, or demon,. I am totally broken. My soul is in pieces. Please dont ask me to look for psychiatric help, I am aware that my "imbalance" is spiritual andI know medics dont understand this even though I often feel suicidal and despair. I dont want to just seem and feel happy, I want to be close to Jesus and God again and be clear enough to do their will, like I was before.I was so different full of light and awareness, and helpfulness, working with children and animals, art music and pottery and inspiring pothers in creativity and spirituality. So much of my self has been massacred and destroyed. I feel totally disconnected from spirit and freaky things are happening to my energy. I am getting visual hallucinations and horrible programs slipped into my mind when my mind is too bust to concentrate. I just dont know what to do

2007-09-04 04:37:47 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-04 04:35:57 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality