Society & Culture - 14 September 2007

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2007-09-14 05:06:43 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

They earn so much interest every month... £5000 pounds is nothing to them... would they give it in the blink of an eye to a friend if he asked? or would he be tight?

2007-09-14 05:04:26 · 12 answers · asked by kantsas 2 in Other - Society & Culture

I've always been sort of intrigued and mystified by this stuff. Is it real? Is it against my religion? I'm a very curious person, but I don't wanna get involved in it if I will go to hell for it. I know what is says in the Bible about idols. If its okay to dabble in it where can I find out more about it? Seriously though, any witches or wiccans out there for some advice.

2007-09-14 05:03:44 · 23 answers · asked by nessa 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Thou shalt not murder and steal is sensible enough, but is working on the sabbath really going to have any significant consequences other than missing football?

Come to think of it, isn't everyone who is working at the stadium breaking the fourth commandment?

2007-09-14 05:03:21 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

do you...

can you...

What do you do?

Thank you for your answer! :)

Have a wonderful day! :)

2007-09-14 05:02:30 · 35 answers · asked by Moon :) 7 in Religion & Spirituality

The question is actually a song lyric, but I like it. :o)

2007-09-14 05:02:09 · 21 answers · asked by Linz ♥ VT 4 in Religion & Spirituality

okay my question is : what are the differences between the Catholic Church and The Baptist Church ....??

Or if you don't know then - what is it that makes the catholic religion so distinct - what does it have that no other religion has?

thank you very much! :)

2007-09-14 04:57:23 · 7 answers · asked by Kristin H 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-14 04:57:02 · 2 answers · asked by La Bavure ! ¡ ǝɹnʌɐq ɐl 5 in Languages

And how can I make sure you all stay?

This place would be boring without you.

2007-09-14 04:56:58 · 32 answers · asked by Link strikes back 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Please list your religion and whether or not you believe that people can be possessed by demons. Does this still happen today, and does it happen in your society?

People of all religions are encouraged to answer.

2007-09-14 04:55:25 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

....In other words, a "higher power". (that guy was a genious....literally)
What does THAT say for the yay-hoos who say that there absolutlely IS NO God?

2007-09-14 04:55:18 · 26 answers · asked by JayDee 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-14 04:54:09 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

There are instances where suing is understandable and legit. The loss of life or property. Defamation of characte, et cetera.

2007-09-14 04:53:03 · 9 answers · asked by Kooties 5 in Other - Society & Culture

2007-09-14 04:52:13 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If there was an afterlife, and if there wasn't a judgement based on merit in that afterlife, would any of you feel short-changed because everyone got through on an even level? Or would you be happy that people escaped condemnation?


I can only talk from speculation, but if I were in a position where I sacrificed, toiled, and put my rewards in heaven, I think I'd be a little annoyed if I got there and everybody had the same rewards.

2007-09-14 04:51:50 · 25 answers · asked by Armless Joe, Bipedal Foe 6 in Religion & Spirituality

What are the words people slip into conversation that are just SOOOOOOOO grating to you??

I called them`plug` words as people use them for holes in conversations between breaths when they can't think of anything half decent to say.

For example;

LIKE.
Do teenagers know any other word? Sample coversation...
"*Like* I was with her *like* she's *like* `Oh totally` and I'm *like* yeah, and she's *like* `Whatever`, *like* i'm just sooooo *like* over it. SO then she's *like* saying "I am so totally there *like* with you girl *like*

Others that get to me.... (and my typical reaction)
* YEAH-NO-YEAH........ make up your mind!
* KNOW WHAT I MEAN (or NOWADAMEEN)....... No because you are such a bad communicator
* ETC ETC ETC...... well if I know what you meant from the first part of your converstaion..
* SO ANYWAY.......... (ggrrr... so what)
* YOU KNOW.........(no I dont, keep talking you may get to your point).
* OMG!!!!.................(who is your God??)

Any I missed?

2007-09-14 04:50:57 · 51 answers · asked by brad m 3 in Etiquette

...no matter what wrongs you do in life that it's okay so long as you ask for forgiveness would that allow you to do more things wrong? Would it be a free pass so long as you say you're sorry?

2007-09-14 04:50:03 · 20 answers · asked by Jenae, TV (tempter of the vile) 5 in Religion & Spirituality

So far we have been offered :

The Feather Pluckers Experience

The Fowl Eggsperience

HETTIWOOD

All Creatures Feathered and Edible Day Out

We were hoping the Rod Stewart would open it for us with a rendition of 'Hot Wings' or perhaps Kate 'Wing'slett could cut the ribbon.

Suggestions please - although they would all have to be at least 'hay' list celebrities!

2007-09-14 04:49:59 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

before I went all the way and gave up god i read some books written by catholic saints and such as I was raised a protestant and we weren't allowed to read them. Anyways in all the books I have read the saints always refer to themselves as christians belonging to the catholic (universal) church, they never call themselves catholics... so why have catholics choosen to stick with the name catholics? I get that you don't want to be associated with protestants and other fundies (eww) but honestly why do you guys let them steal your title and make it their own? Not only that some even say the title isn't for you...

2007-09-14 04:49:26 · 11 answers · asked by Bibiana La Atheist 1 in Religion & Spirituality

If I built a robot that had a choice, it could do good things, or bad things (free will), and if that robot did bad things whom to blame for it; me for building it or the robot for doing it. Same for god (if god does exist), god created humans and some humans can do bad things (and humans has done bad things), whom to blame for that; god or humans?
Although this relies on that god does exist, and I or someone else could build a robot that does that.

2007-09-14 04:48:41 · 7 answers · asked by Mike7X7J 1 in Religion & Spirituality

As long as it didn't specify which god was being referred to?

Why or why not?

2007-09-14 04:47:30 · 20 answers · asked by Eleventy 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm sick of seeing the same ones over and over, on websites that haven't been updated in months or even years...

2007-09-14 04:46:23 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2007-09-14 04:46:17 · 14 answers · asked by dganddh 1 in Christmas

2007-09-14 04:45:42 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

Symbolic vs literal is the answer every Christian sect gives for the many contradictions in the Bible, which is precisely why there are so many Christian sects. Each sect interprets the Bible their own way. Some take statements to be literal while others take the same as symbolic. Who makes THAT determination?

But, have you ever considered that the reason for the contradictions is that since the Bible is so large and written by more than one person, it is hard to keep up with the fantasy. Haven't you noticed how a liar has to continue to lie because he forgets the lies he have told?

2007-09-14 04:45:06 · 12 answers · asked by Me 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-14 04:45:06 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Ramadan in the West, by Altaf Bhimji

A new night
beginning of the sacred month
the thin slice of the crescent
visible only a few minutes
to the naked eye

Awaiting the news, here, far away
in a land pretentiously secular
with In God We Trust
visited only on Sunday

Awaiting watching the Internet for the crescent news
And some calls made
Relatives far flung: Chicago, New York, London,
Frankfurt and Los Angeles

Yes! The crescent has been sighted! Ramadan Mubarakh!
Over miles and miles and miles of telephone lines

The masjid schedule consulted, and alarm clock set.
For the meal before first light

Work the next day, same tempo, same schedule.
The boss and co-workers say; "Oh, you're fasting?" "Why?"
Unable to comprehend the beauty of a simple ritual:
"Come, we're going to see a movie after work; we wont make you eat"(!)

Going home, 1/2 hour before sunset
from the 9-5 routine, never ending, never changing

Arriving home, break fast with some friends
meal cooked the night before.

Remembrance of Ramadan in Karachi, Casablanca, Lahore, Cairo
and Dhaka

Tears, and anger expressed today: Murder and slaughter on this day!
Killed in prostration!
Where Abraham (peace be upon him) lies!
Martyrdom in a Holy month!
On Holy land!

And hope expressed: Our faith desecrated,
but,
fastest growing in America!
A simple prayer; perhaps one day we will fast in San Francisco,
as we fasted in Dhaka, Cairo, Lahore, Casablanca and Karachi

And the fast is broken
and later friends and family
mill around, some content
others tired, angry, grieved
and all somber
on this day of Ramadan...
Peace

2007-09-14 04:44:56 · 4 answers · asked by Islam4Life 4 in Ramadan

2007-09-14 04:44:10 · 15 answers · asked by Emc 1 in Religion & Spirituality

i know physics is a kind of sacred language [in a way,] but how much latin, greek, hebrew, arabic or sanskrit has he studied? If zero, then how can he hope to dismiss sacred texts out of hand without studying them? Wouldln't that be the same as saying evolution is untrue without having read a science textbook?

2007-09-14 04:44:06 · 6 answers · asked by Jerusalem Delivered 3 in Religion & Spirituality

...does something that they know is wrong they just say "well I'm human, god made us imperfect and as long as I pray for my sins eeeeees all good"
Well, you know or something to that effect.

2007-09-14 04:42:48 · 12 answers · asked by Jenae, TV (tempter of the vile) 5 in Religion & Spirituality