Society & Culture - 22 September 2007

It's my last name on Second Life - I can spell it, but how is it pronounced?

I've been saying it "see-AW-lin" but is that right?

2007-09-22 12:28:38 · 2 answers · asked by justanotherjunkaddy 3 in Languages

2007-09-22 12:27:26 · 22 answers · asked by TRACER 3 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1699!

2007-09-22 12:27:12 · 15 answers · asked by Daniel 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-22 12:26:49 · 6 answers · asked by melon_rose 2 in Etiquette

That's all I want, and I'll turn on my sinful ways and believe in "Him."

Or is it just maybe he doesn't exist, we're all just an accident yet to be explained by science, and thus there's no proof?

2007-09-22 12:25:25 · 13 answers · asked by envoidoftheend 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-22 12:24:25 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

most atheists i have talked to had a similiar path to their beliefs:

were raised in religious/semi-religious families and at around 10-13 started to question these beliefs

has anyone here been a very religious person later in life and then switched sides? has anyone been a convinced fundie and then given up?

2007-09-22 12:24:05 · 14 answers · asked by Sheed 4 in Religion & Spirituality

The richest, most succesful country in the world lets it poorest citizens die through lack of universal medical care. Europeans can go into hospital, be treated and leave without paying a cent; all funded through taxes but saving each country a fortune with a healthy population. Their doctors are top earners and worth it.
Why do Americans have to suffer?

2007-09-22 12:23:08 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

I looked inside my self and found out austra is more siut to what i want but something inside me says that islam is right is that the love of god or the affect of me tricking myself after all this time.

2007-09-22 12:22:57 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

ideas like the grudge, not so scarry for kids under 13

2007-09-22 12:22:19 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Halloween

A gentleman actually held doors open for you, instead of walking through them and letting them go.

2007-09-22 12:20:00 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

any hoilday!

2007-09-22 12:19:44 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Holidays

...and have ceased to use the toilet. I'm in my mid-20's. At work it's no problem since I work in a saw-mill, and no one can hear them, or really smell them. The bathrooms there are disgusting, so it's nice not having to use their toilets. I wear overalls anyway, so no one can really see them. No, I don't have a medical need; I just wear them because they are MUCH more convenient, and very comfortable. There have been a number of studies recently, showing it's much healthier for your bowels and bladder to wear diapers and just go right when you have to, rather than holding it all day until you can get to a bathroom. Society tells us we have to use the toilet. I say, why should I have to? So, what's wrong with that?

2007-09-22 12:19:34 · 11 answers · asked by TheNightStalker 1 in Other - Society & Culture

does it talk about the rapture and the antichrist

2007-09-22 12:19:24 · 10 answers · asked by FSHG 3-1 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Okay. so i am 14 years old. i practise buddhism. my parents practise christianity. i am scared. that when we die, we wont see each other ever again, because someone told me buddhists and christians go to a different heaven is this true? what should i do?!

2007-09-22 12:18:41 · 21 answers · asked by little_squirt_matthew 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-22 12:15:12 · 29 answers · asked by Jason 4 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2 Kings 2:23-24. Catholic Bible. Very Odd.

2007-09-22 12:15:11 · 24 answers · asked by Anna Bananasaurus! 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-22 12:14:33 · 5 answers · asked by Me 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-09-22 12:14:01 · 17 answers · asked by slk29406 6 in Senior Citizens

I just found out my cousin is pregnant. She got married a little over a month ago. They both work low paying part time jobs with no health insurance. She said she was using the "rhythm method." Apparently, it didn't work.

Yes, she waited until marriage to have sex...but couldn't she have benefited from a sex ed class that taught her a little more about pregnancy and adequate means of contraception?

2007-09-22 12:12:38 · 19 answers · asked by Priscilla B 5 in Religion & Spirituality

“There is strong reason to believe that St. Paul fabricated the belief system of Christianity from Zoroastrian mythology. In order to hide Paul’s plaigerism… Christians burned the library of Alexandria in 390 A.D. Books in that library kept Mithra’s original story of what Pauline Doctrine is an almost exact copy. (George Sarton , Introduction to History of Sciences) ,

“The son-ship of Jesus Christ is the greatest fiction of human history.” (Lord Bishop of Canterbury Commission, the Spiritual Head of England, 1910.)

“The son-ship of Jesus Christ, the Trinity, the blood sacrifice of the lamb of God, atonement are not the teachings of Jesus. These are all inventions of Saint Paul who never really met Jesus.” (Hastings Rashdall, The Theory of Good and Evil)


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2007-09-22 12:12:36 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

My nephew asks me questions all of the time that I can usually answer with no problem. Today I was sort of shocked when he came to me and asked how to get his classmate from calling him names. I was about give him an answer when I remembered what used to happen after someone called me names in grade school. It was never pretty and I always ended up in the principals office after they would pry me off of the person. I always got suspended too which was never fun (Had 2 deal with my mom's anger the entire time) I didnt want my nephew to go through all that or have all of that stuck to his permanant record so I told him id talk to him about that later today. What do you all suggest I say? Thanks in advance~

2007-09-22 12:11:04 · 10 answers · asked by Jelly 1 in Etiquette

This is the scenario that will play out for you and your family (and has already played for many others around the world) if the terrorist are left unchecked. So my question to you all is this will you convert to Islam and swear allegiance to Alla or loose your head?

2007-09-22 12:11:00 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

http://cozay.com

2007-09-22 12:06:26 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

I have known that in all the other countrys in latin america and Europe they allow a gay relation between an adult and 16 y.o. if the 16 y.o wants is allowed for the low.
I would want to know if all the 50 states have forbiden a gay relation under 18 or is there one state where be legal a relation with 16 y.o. and and adult?

2007-09-22 12:05:26 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

the bad words we were punished for saying when growing up...the f word, b word, d word ect. are profane language. but according to my insight i believe these words are only bad b/c society has put it into our head that these words are not to be said in public and especially in front of children. granted, most religions tell you not to say cuss words, or to not speak blasphemy, but how are the common cuss words blasphemy? now, i am not a fan of cussing and rarely do it in fact, but why is it wrong? i feel all it does is put more emphasis on what you are trying to get across. ie. instead of saying "i am really mad at you" you could say "i am f*&^%$# mad at you"....same point coming across but just more emphasis i feel. if you have any insight on this topic i would love to hear it. i would also love to hear what authority says that the common cuss words we say are actually profanity. thanks.

2007-09-22 12:04:19 · 6 answers · asked by Brian D 1 in Languages

Do you have Stuckeys in your State still??? I want to know, where can I buy a cuss box or other thing like this??? I am going on a """road trip""".

Thanks, for your help.?

2007-09-22 12:02:46 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

2007-09-22 12:02:26 · 6 answers · asked by TRACER 3 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

like focusing. and whatever.

2007-09-22 12:02:16 · 8 answers · asked by victoria 2 in Religion & Spirituality

i'm not 100% sure that's what he's attempting, but i figured i'd ask anyway. he knows i'm a pagan and at first he didn't seem to have a problem with it(he's christian.) but today he asks if i'm really an atheist, so i politely corrected him and told him that no i'm a pagan, and i believe in something, just not the same that he does. after that he asked me how that's working out for me. so i said it's good, i feel pretty at peace with what i believe. then he asks me to read a bible passage and tell him what i think about it later. he already knows that i was raised catholic and chose to believe something different. if he's getting at trying to make me believe that again, what's the best way to tell him no thanks without killing the friendship?

ps-don't tell me i need to be converted, unless it make you feel better. but i still won't.

2007-09-22 12:00:58 · 18 answers · asked by Kismet 7 in Religion & Spirituality