Society & Culture - 7 September 2007

In the proogram you have to go through 12 steps ( actually you go through the 12 steps the rest of your non drinking life)... question is if the AA book syas" these steps are MERELY SUGGESTIONS" then WHY does one have to go through the 12 steps...why can't they just quit drinking and go to meetings..period

2007-09-07 16:40:46 · 9 answers · asked by cristelle R 6 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Fellow atheists: what event marked the turning point for you in which you decided that you did NOT believe in a "God"? Was it a gradual process or did you have a major life-changing experience that caused you to suddenly "wake up"? What were the circumstances? Thanks!

2007-09-07 16:40:20 · 52 answers · asked by 222 Sexy 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-07 16:37:09 · 38 answers · asked by ™ ♥♥♥ 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-07 16:36:56 · 8 answers · asked by munhasen5 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Osama Bin Laden claims to be championing for Islam. Rather than present himself as a Muslim he has ordered whole sale slaughter to be carried out by his followers. I'm beginning to seriously doubt he even considers himself a Muslim. His murderous anti-establishment philosophy was stolen from some Egyptian guy. Bin Laden has also demonstrated more hatred towards the westernized and modernized world than the non-Muslim world (this coincides with his hatred towards his western aligned father).

Anyone else get the impression that Bin Laden doesn't consider himself a Muslim?

2007-09-07 16:36:30 · 11 answers · asked by Yahoo Sucks 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Or would he get a little annoyed?

2007-09-07 16:36:29 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-07 16:35:36 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-07 16:35:02 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

I'm tired of their grass being all tall - that's my neighbors on one side. Then the ones down the street are always standing out in the yard talking, leaning against their cars, and I have to drive by and see them.

2007-09-07 16:33:13 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2007-09-07 16:32:52 · 10 answers · asked by ♥ ♥ C.J. ♥ ♥ 5 in Other - Society & Culture

I tend to do this to people at school, I was wondering how you feel if you even care or what about me doing this.

2007-09-07 16:31:14 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

In the news, a new Osama bin Laden videotape says there will be no war in Iraq if Americans simply convert to Islam! He says this will show the U.S. leaders that the people have no faith in democracy any more, and choose Islam instead. There is a belief in the Middle East that Islam is a "third way" better than democracy or Communism or any of the big political systems you care to name. Of course, the liberals who are most against the occupation of Iraq would have to give up their WEED, their FREE LOVE and much else if they convert to Islam, so I don't know if the American intelligentsia will go for that!

2007-09-07 16:30:54 · 11 answers · asked by PIERRE S 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-07 16:30:52 · 5 answers · asked by Newton 1 in People with Disabilities

2007-09-07 16:30:36 · 4 answers · asked by NeedToKnow 1 in Religion & Spirituality

That would make sense.

God has to create the universe, because God is completely alone. Loneliness has driven God insane, so God imagined to be mortal and fancied some strange world right out from a divine mind.

God is in pain, so the world created is full of suffering. But God already can't stand it's own pain, so he shuts everything out by pretending to be mortal.

How can you really know the world around you is real if you're doing your best -not- to know?

So you go about a mortal life, all scared of your own end, because if you die, the universe ceases to be. But you don't want that... you don't want to die; you just don't want to be alone.

You'll never admit you're God, you don't even want to know you are!

But you can't deny it forever, can you, Oh Creator?

2007-09-07 16:29:37 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I'm wondering if there is something in the water? Does anyone have a "real" item to discuss?

2007-09-07 16:26:57 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Doesn't it seem the bible is missing just a few factiods?

2007-09-07 16:26:39 · 12 answers · asked by wakemovement 3 in Religion & Spirituality

If there were only two people in the beginning of man then how do we have all the different races of people we have today?

Not trying to offend anyone, just always been curious

2007-09-07 16:26:22 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

What should one look for when listening to God? Or hear I mean ? Or what should you even listen to or for?

2007-09-07 16:26:20 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

experience
adventure
sexy comments

2007-09-07 16:25:16 · 15 answers · asked by Ajay S 2 in Etiquette

2007-09-07 16:24:35 · 8 answers · asked by xal 1 in Languages

2007-09-07 16:24:07 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I believe Jesus' died for my sins, and that if it wasn't for His sacrifice, I would not have access to the Father to hear my prayers.

So, can I pray to the Father without having Jesus in mind every time?

2007-09-07 16:23:48 · 12 answers · asked by ~~Birdy~~ 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I want to do something original and cute this year, but I am having a hard time figuring it out! I am on a budget and dont want to go overboard. I have done the whole playboy bunny, police officer, etc.... everyone does that.. any suggestions on what I could do?

2007-09-07 16:23:31 · 3 answers · asked by Miss MotoX 2 in Halloween

I said THING...like, non-anatomical stuff.

:-)

2007-09-07 16:21:58 · 29 answers · asked by Glenn P 4 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

if you get divorced, but then have sex with your ex wife/husband, this surely can't be considered a sin right? as long as neither remarries, that is.

2007-09-07 16:20:42 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Matt. 16:28

2007-09-07 16:19:21 · 10 answers · asked by bethy4jesus 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-07 16:18:47 · 2 answers · asked by Brigitte 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-09-07 16:16:39 · 34 answers · asked by Madmax 2 in Religion & Spirituality

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit

You become what you think about

Keep away from small people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom."

I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be

Discovery consists in seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought

Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing, that we see too late the one that is open."

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labor

2007-09-07 16:16:35 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality