Society & Culture - 22 September 2007

is racial discrimination as bad as it was decades or ago is it getting better or worse.

2007-09-22 20:00:40 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2007-09-22 19:59:52 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

So my friend's daughter's birthday is coming up soon (she will be 4) and I asked my friend if she liked homemade jam so I can send it to her and she said yes in the email and didn't say thank you. I also asked in another email what store she shopped at Walmart or Target (she knew it was for a birthday gift) and she said "Target" but she didn't say a thank you.
I also talked about my natural healing abilities (she did not know this before because we haven't talked in awhile) with her because with my abilities, I can and have sent her distance healing in which I talked about in another email. She said that healing helped but she did not say thank you either.
I've known my friend since elementary school but since we live in different states, our main communication is email.
How do I get a "thank you" from her without asking her directly to say "thank you".
Constructive advice is appreciated. Thank you in advance!

2007-09-22 19:56:31 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

thanks ur answers r greatly appriciated =] love u guys!!! lol

2007-09-22 19:56:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

You know the feeling; you see just the oddest glimpse of skin, a scanty outfit and suddenly that mindset creeps up on you. Your pulse rate increases and you casually try to resist, when in reality you know you're going to give in. You know all the logic - you're only hurting yourself, it's a waste of time, it's a sin - but that doesn't help. No amount of logic is going to stop you. Truth is, someone could walk in and say "masturbate and you're going to hell, automatically", and you could know he was absolutely correct, and it still wouldn't stop you. You're too weak to resist it.

How can you control it? How is a guy supposed to deal with it? We know it's not right, all the porn and dirty images, yet when you're in that moment it's the hardest thing in the world to get away from. How can you get away from it? How can you resist it?

(this is not a rambling monologue, I'm legitimately asking)

(please, no 'there's nothing wrong with it!' answers - you aren't helpful)

2007-09-22 19:53:58 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous 3 in Religion & Spirituality

http://www.carm.org/mormon.htm

Makes me want to laaaaaaugh in their faces.

2007-09-22 19:52:27 · 10 answers · asked by Captain Galactic 6 in Religion & Spirituality

wouldn't that mean everyone else who doesn't believe in your god is also immoral? since they are receiving their morality from what you would call a false god, you couldn't very well argue that they are any more moral than atheist since the claim is that morality only comes from your god.

2007-09-22 19:49:06 · 18 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-22 19:47:50 · 8 answers · asked by Wonderwall 4 in Religion & Spirituality

false prophecies?

Although claiming to be a "prophet" organization, the Watchtower Society has set forth false prophecies.

One of them: The Watchtower Society (WS) predicted that 1914 would mark the owerthrow of human governments and the full establishment of God's kingdom on earth.

2007-09-22 19:46:08 · 12 answers · asked by Nina, BaC 7 in Religion & Spirituality

was groucho the best at delivering one liners and ad libs he was one of my favorites also today is slks9406`s birthday
the only one i think is equal is w.c.fields how about you?

2007-09-22 19:45:39 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

who wrote the bible beginning to end?

2007-09-22 19:43:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Does it seem to you that Christianity has become diluted without a blood overing? We went from sacrificing family members to sheep and now we merely stop eating red meat during lent. I wonder if God missed the good ol days as well. I realize most of us simply don't have the space to roast a family member in the backyard or patio but is a cat or gerbil asking too much in the name of God?

2007-09-22 19:40:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-22 19:39:49 · 14 answers · asked by Thomas 2 in Religion & Spirituality

The Watchtower Society has changed its postion on important issues.

For example vaccination was forbidden by WS for 20 years.

And organ transplants were forbidden for some 13 years.

2007-09-22 19:39:29 · 19 answers · asked by Nina, BaC 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I think I it's French. Why I shouldn't vous someone when I tried to speak with them?

2007-09-22 19:29:26 · 8 answers · asked by 유리 애기씨 1 in Languages

2007-09-22 19:27:57 · 14 answers · asked by Nina, BaC 7 in Religion & Spirituality

how Jesus responded to the sinner, my religion teacher asked us to answer this question, but wasent jesus telling the story, he wasn't in it himself, or dose the father represent him, i thought the father represented god???

2007-09-22 19:21:41 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I think that you can live forever, if you want, and if you are loving. Then your kids will remember you, and tell their kids about how great you were, and their kids will tell their kids about you, and the next thing you know, you have been immortalized.
But, what if you say to your kids, " I am ashamed of you", what will your remembrance be? Will your grandchildren love you , or your great-great granchildren ever remember your name?
My grandmother, Gloria, had a picture of an unknown relative hanging over the bed in the guesthouse. It was a "serious" picture, and she used to say " now go to sleep, or Uncle Richard will get you", and all I could do was look at that picture, and see those eyes looking directly at me. I knew gramma was right. No, I couldn't sleep, but, yes, I was very quiet, under the gaze of an unloving creature.

2007-09-22 19:14:45 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-22 19:14:11 · 3 answers · asked by BaC Helen 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Acts 26:1: A·grip´pa said to Paul: “You are permitted to speak in behalf of yourself.” Then Paul stretched his hand out and proceeded to say in his defense...

1 Peter 3:15 But sanctify the Christ as Lord in YOUR hearts, always ready to make a defense before everyone that demands of YOU a reason for the hope in YOU, but doing so together with a mild temper and deep respect.

2007-09-22 19:13:34 · 20 answers · asked by Suzanne 5 in Religion & Spirituality

(Please bear with me, fellow atheists. I'm asking from a Christian perspective.)

If, after 6,000 years *cough* God STILL hasn't forgiven Eve - as evidenced by the fact that the entire world is still suffering from her sin - what could possibly make anyone at all think that God will forgive anything or anyone? If he can't forgive a lady for eating a piece of fruit 2,000 years ago, is he even capable of forgiveness?

2007-09-22 19:10:49 · 22 answers · asked by /\v/\TARD 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Whatever miracle he produced, people would react in the same manner they did 2000 or so years ago.

Jesus brought people back from the dead yet they still shunned him.

2007-09-22 19:08:17 · 25 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5 in Religion & Spirituality

An orbit that remains unaltered for lo these many milliniums. What made Earth so lucky?

Ecclesiastes 1:4
Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.

2007-09-22 19:04:05 · 17 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5 in Religion & Spirituality

If the USA has to threaten their allies to get them on side, does this reflect an american fear that they really don't have friends left in the world?

2007-09-22 18:57:31 · 19 answers · asked by wotzthepoint? 5 in Other - Cultures & Groups

I was just wondering, let's say i am trying to figure out if an "acclaimed" straight man is actually straight, so if this "acclaimed" straight man prefers anal intercourse over vaginal intercourse, is that a sign that he could be gay or atleast Bi...

2007-09-22 18:55:49 · 1 answers · asked by rcasays 3 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Seriously, I'm answering the door as the grim reaper complete with authentic scythe. It's washed.

2007-09-22 18:52:47 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Halloween

Why do you think religion is the base for morality then?

2007-09-22 18:52:00 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-09-22 18:50:33 · 9 answers · asked by marie_sahiry 2 in Religion & Spirituality

A friend and I went to an all you can eat restuarant to have dinner. He can be a little picky about his surroundings. He does not like to eat beside families with small children and he does not like eating near loud teenagers. (I can somewhat understand). When we sat to eat we moved from one table near small children (ages 1 and three) to another table.

A family sat beside us with a "mentally challenged" daughter. She looked like she was 10 years old and my friend wanted to move again b/c he said looking at her made his stomach turn. At this point, I drew the line. I told him that his behavior was "snooty," childish, cruel and unnecessary. He was angry at me b/c he said that I was being rude for not respecting his wishes and I was trying be controlling. To make along story short, we ended up moving b/c the argument became a little heated and the family was beginning to notice.

QUESTION FOR YOU
Was I wrong for taking up for the family instead of moving right away!

2007-09-22 18:50:08 · 23 answers · asked by Andre L 1 in People with Disabilities

I have a request of everyone here: Please don't ask questions or give answers as a means of attacking others.

Whenever I visit R & S, I am troubled because, while there are those who are genuinely seeking truth, there are many, many others who are using their beliefs and skepticisms as weapons against others.

Please, if you do not know the answer to a question, do not make something up or play around with the asker. Christians, this applies specially to you. These are people's lives that you are affecting when you answer their questions. Please respond in love. Sometimes that means not answering; other times it means taking serious time to consider a question and research it. It is better to say nothing than to mislead.

I am not here to judge anyone or point fingers. I am just someone that wants those who are really asking questions here to get real answers. Please consider this and respond with your opinions, as you will.

May God bless you.

2007-09-22 18:49:01 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality