Society & Culture - 8 September 2007

in Italy recently condemned a terminally ill man, by rejecting to give him a funeral. They said that because he choose to have is life-support system turned off, it was regarded as suicide.

Ok, i understand that the church regard this as a mortal sin.

But they have granted funerals to mafia bosses, fascist dictator Franco of Spain (who murdered and tortured) and recently Augusto Pinochet.

Where was the justice?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piergiorgio_Welby

2007-09-08 09:22:47 · 21 answers · asked by irishinvenice 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-08 09:22:22 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

2007-09-08 09:21:20 · 13 answers · asked by Jingle 2 in Mythology & Folklore

"The night was young, and the moon was yellow, and the leaves came tumbling down..."

2007-09-08 09:20:06 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

Are you born an atheist or do you become an atheist?

2007-09-08 09:17:39 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

After his latest drunken night out should the wayward prince be banned from nightclubbing in order to restore the prestige and dignity of our royal family:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007411012,00.html

2007-09-08 09:17:23 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Royalty

Might be a stupid question but has anyone actually sat down and read Richard Dawkins- The God Delusion?
I would be pleasently surprised if any has.
I just got this book (from my younger brother!) and the author has been recently been voted one of the top three intellectuals in the World.
I have just started it...it is meant to make you re-think your way of life.
Are christians too scared to read this book and why is it been kept quiet?

2007-09-08 09:17:01 · 15 answers · asked by Black Star Deceiver 6 in Religion & Spirituality

if you are donating at the sperm bank? I mean, it's for procreation, so it's okay, right? :)

2007-09-08 09:16:56 · 10 answers · asked by danibell919 2 in Religion & Spirituality

My thought is multiculturism and diversity...

2007-09-08 09:16:22 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

How soon do you think the world is going to end? These days it is almost like the days of Sodom and Gommorah, and that place never lasted too long. I think the only reason why the world has not ended yet is because the Lord is so very merciful and waiting for people to turn to Him. Are there really scanner chips happening already?

2007-09-08 09:16:06 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Okay, so I watched this documentary on this, and there was this supremely yukky story about the origin of easter and christmas worship. I am looking to do more research on the origional pagan rituals... what I remember from the show was 3 babies being conceived on one day, in commemoration of the goddess Easter being resurrected. Then one year later these babies were slaughtered (at 3 months old) and eggs were died red in their blood - the origion of the Christian 'egg' thing. The created a hair that laid eggs, hence that myth... I am looking for more info on this, can anyone reccomend any links?

Ta
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2007-09-08 09:15:58 · 7 answers · asked by Pebbles 5 in Religion & Spirituality

A lot of people seem to get upset if you suggest that being responsible for your actions and obeying the laws might be the mature and right way for people to live their lives. Are they against responsibility, maturity, or just things in general that they think might put restrictions on their live?

2007-09-08 09:13:14 · 7 answers · asked by jim h 6 in Other - Society & Culture

Like, "It is *month*."



The whole ser/estar shabang confuses me.

2007-09-08 09:10:30 · 5 answers · asked by ? 2 in Languages

My hubby was just asking me why there are always pubs joined onto catholic school and churchs but never on any other kind of church or school or places of worship

2007-09-08 09:10:04 · 24 answers · asked by jollyone 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I know that it is very early to be thinking about christmas, but i was curious.. how can i teenager like me give gifts to those less fortunate? I already give gifts with a thing i have at my church, but i want to know what else there is out there. Thanks!

2007-09-08 09:06:36 · 3 answers · asked by abercrombiesweetie72 2 in Other - Holidays

2007-09-08 09:05:31 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Obviously if you're a Christian who takes the Bible and 4 Gospels literally I won't ask. But historians who claim the gospels written long after Jesus died (if he even lived), where do they get this info?

Ok, I've heard already that they writers were obviously NOT John, Luke, Mark, Matthew. But I just want to know how dating is measured, once I can get this solid, i think I can defend my view.

I am asking this after see "The God Who wasn't there"

2007-09-08 09:05:21 · 15 answers · asked by Smartass 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-08 09:05:11 · 43 answers · asked by thereturnoflickguineapig 2 in Etiquette

http://www.wallpaperbase.com/wallpapers/celebs/jessicawhite/jessica_white_3.jpg

I love this girl! I think she is so gorgeous, shes my role model, I saw her on the Tyra show, about a couple weeks ago, and she was sooooooooo sweet, I'd marry her if I was a guy lol.
I love seeing Black models! Oh yeah, shes a sports illustrated model too. I was surprised alot of people didnt know who she was

Her name is Jessica White!

2007-09-08 09:04:54 · 43 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

In Luke 21:5, 6 we read, "And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,
As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down."

If you go to the Wailing Wall (Western Wall), you will still find the original "stones" that composed the Temple when Jesus spoke these words. You can Google "Wailing Wall" and see photographs.

In 1 Peter 2:5 we read, "Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ." In this verse we see that "stones" refers to true believers or His sheep (John 10:27).

In Luke 19:40 we read, "And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out." Here again, "stones" refers to God's elect or wheat that deaire to praise and give thanks to God.

2007-09-08 09:04:36 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-08 09:04:15 · 47 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Thought this was supposed to be an open democratic forum so why this inequality when we are all anonymous anyway.
e.g. pablo escabar 1's Q&As are private.
pablo escabar 1's Network is private.
From now on will bar anyone from my details found to be 'private' for what it is worth.

2007-09-08 09:02:36 · 13 answers · asked by Jonathan V 7 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-09-08 08:58:46 · 17 answers · asked by pixie 1 in Other - Society & Culture

I was wondering if you built a homopolar generator like the one Faraday did but built the main shaft and balanced it like a gyroscope so there would be little frictional losses, could you in theory build an overunity device.

I mean if you get a perfectly balanced gyroscope like that of one off of an single engine airplane that can spin for hours and in turn made a generator out of it,

would it build up a large enough electrical charge during those hours where you could then run it back into a battery, then discharge some power from the battery back into the generator itself to increase the rpm back up sufficiently as to produce more current to charge the battery and maybe have a little leftover as excess charge...

would there be any magnetic drag that would cause this to be impossible/impracticle???

I have tried to make this as clear as I can, let me know if I can clear anything up!

2007-09-08 08:57:19 · 5 answers · asked by Darringer 2 in Religion & Spirituality

comparing creation myths from early civilizations. how are they a like

2007-09-08 08:56:00 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

ok well,
my friend is from usa. but her parents are from Guyana South Amcerica. so basically she is American/Guyanese. and that makes her part Hindu basically..and well she was talking to me, and she was wondering how to pray properly? i didnt know what to tell her, cause i have no idea. she wants to know how to pray, and what to say to start off the prayer and the end. PLEASE HELP!!
and she doesnt speak any other language.

2007-09-08 08:55:56 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Were they just practice for god? I thought he was perfect. If he had to kill everything to start over, how could he be perfect?

2007-09-08 08:55:16 · 7 answers · asked by punch 7 in Religion & Spirituality

In Revelation 16:13 we read, "And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet." **Please note that the 3 unclean spirits came out of the mouth of the beast, the false prophet, and the dragon.

In Revelation 12:9 the Bible says, "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."
"Dragon" is another name for satan.

In Isaiah 14:14, 15 we read, "I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit." **Please note that satan's greatest desire is to be God, to rule and bring judgment!

The Bible says in 2 Corinthians 11:14, "And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light." **Satan is the father of lies (John 8:44), and his ..

2007-09-08 08:55:08 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I used "groovy" in the 60s, "far out" in the 70s, and used "totally" a lot in the 80s. Presently, I keep saying "cool" (which has been around the block several times now).

My son says "Lovely" or "Sweet."

2007-09-08 08:55:04 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

Or to help children who are being indoctrinated?

Or to speak out against religion generally?

2007-09-08 08:55:03 · 14 answers · asked by Martin Evilmind 4 in Religion & Spirituality