Society & Culture - 3 October 2007

I read Society and Culture a lot because it has some interesting stuff but so many of the questions are from R&S. I don't really have a problem with that except the majority (it seems) is all about atheists and theists having their little battles.

My question is: Why can't you leave each other alone?!?! That way I don't have to read 10 questions a page about the never ending battle between you two. You both have valid points but they've already been made a 100X's before. Get over it!

2007-10-03 10:52:24 · 10 answers · asked by aeseeke 3 in Religion & Spirituality

But, I've heard those days may have been billions of years in our time, today.

My question is, if those days may have been billions of years or similar, why does one refer to them as DAYS and not BILLIONS OF YEARS?!

2007-10-03 10:51:31 · 23 answers · asked by Corvus 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Why dont the guys bathrooms have walls between the urinals? Just a curious question?

2007-10-03 10:50:40 · 19 answers · asked by cody 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

No, I never have seen a flying saucer as far as I know.
I did see a U.F.O. once, but I have no idea WHAT the hell THAT was....

2007-10-03 10:50:03 · 3 answers · asked by A Box of Signs 4 in Other - Society & Culture

The 7 Deadly Sins are lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride. How would one dress for this party?

2007-10-03 10:49:27 · 6 answers · asked by selmer145 1 in Other - Holidays

everytime he has to make a point he will cut off someone and start to raise his voice... he asks a question, and when a person answers with reasoning behind the answer, he says they are going off the subject. It is because he isnt hearing what he wants to hear, an answer that is left open for a verbal attack. the guy is a piece of **** in my eyes

2007-10-03 10:49:08 · 3 answers · asked by Count Chocula "BLAH" 2 in Other - Society & Culture

Christ not only honored the Sabbath throughout his life upon the earth, but he provided that its sacred claims should be remembered and honored after his death and resurrection. When warning his disciples of the destruction of Jerusalem, which did not take place until forty years after his ascension, he said, "But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day; for then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time." In accordance with his instruction, the followers of Christ were enabled to depart from the besieged city, and escape to the mountains, not taking their flight either in the winter, nor upon the Sabbath day. After the death of Christ the disciples "rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment." After the ascension of Christ, Paul, the great apostle to the Gentiles, preached to both Jews and Gentiles "on the Sabbath day."

WWJD

2007-10-03 10:47:43 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

the sucession? I say, Peter did believe it, and so did the other apostles.

2007-10-03 10:47:20 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

What are some good Halloween carols? Is there a web site to download them in MP3 format?

2007-10-03 10:46:53 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Halloween

..whatever became of (or happened too) ZEUS???

2007-10-03 10:46:49 · 3 answers · asked by Bug Eye 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-03 10:45:57 · 6 answers · asked by bem d 1 in Valentine's Day

Deliberately put in this genre to lure out the atheists with something to prove!

2007-10-03 10:45:30 · 35 answers · asked by Ravenous Q 1 in Religion & Spirituality

The mass media.

2007-10-03 10:44:21 · 3 answers · asked by redhead 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Note: The term "evolutionist" here only applies to those who accept evolution as a fact and theory.

Last I checked the percentage of Americans who don't 'believe' in evolution is 52%. Can we agree that most, if not all, of them don't 'believe' in something that doesn't even exist in the scientific community? They disagree with a definition of evolution that they themselves make up, or comes about from a misconception that is circulating or from a lie. If they understood what evolution really was, chances are they wouldn't reject it.

"Evolution is random chance!"
"Evolution says humans come from monkeys!"
And so on... They reject a definition that doesn't even fit what they're supposed to be rejecting.

2007-10-03 10:44:06 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-03 10:42:26 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

an achilles heel
the midas touch
a chimerical scheme
to open a pandoras box
an apple of discord
to work like a trojan
beware of greeks bearing gifts
a lotus-eater
difficult as the judgment of paris
between scylla and charybdis
an icarian adventure
the thread of ariadne
an aegean task
to be unable to bend ulysses's bow
the face that launched a thousand ships.
thank-you very much for your help :)

2007-10-03 10:41:29 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

I already noticed such stuff in a local Costco (it was only a few items, though). I think they're stocking earlier and earlier and I doubt it'd be long before it's NOT unusual if a store sells Christmas stuff year round.

2007-10-03 10:41:17 · 7 answers · asked by **Matt** 4 in Christmas

2007-10-03 10:40:06 · 11 answers · asked by xxturnonmexx 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-10-03 10:40:02 · 5 answers · asked by Cori 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I don't understand which years go with what century..for example the 15th century, is that the number before(1400's) or the number after(1600's). i've never gotten it!!!!

2007-10-03 10:39:45 · 2 answers · asked by tinkerbell_06_16 1 in Other - Society & Culture

According to this study - "Is height related to longevity?" Life Sci. 2003 Mar 7;72(16):1781-802:

"Findings based on millions of deaths suggest that shorter, smaller bodies have lower death rates and fewer diet-related chronic diseases, especially past middle age. Shorter people also appear to have longer average lifespans."

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=12586217&dopt=AbstractPlus

So, should we genetically breed shorter people? Maybe even mandate by law that future generations be hobbit-sized? You decide below . . .

2007-10-03 10:38:31 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous 5 in Other - Society & Culture

did eny one else have a problem getting on answers a few hours ago.i lost my answers link and could not get on her for a least 2 hours.eny one else experience problems today?

2007-10-03 10:36:56 · 18 answers · asked by alcaholicdemon 7 in Senior Citizens

not in general if you had a problem or joy from any of them b/c im somalian my self but im not the skinny ugly lookin type (I actual have a large build and im not ugly im sexy) lol but don't tell me this kind of bs : Don't make fun of them there people 2
i just want to know

2007-10-03 10:36:06 · 13 answers · asked by Mohamed A 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

I herad a history of voodoo and it said that voodoo came from africa as a religion. But it said that africans practice voodoo to communicate with their ancerstors from way back. And first of alll i don't berlive voodoo is the work of the devil. Look at the chinese and the indians they worship different gods and budha and know one ever said that it was something evil. I think hollywood is the one to blame for suh terrible things like this. It's not the devil work the africans used it to communicate with their ancestors.

2007-10-03 10:35:47 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

for heaven?

Thanks you for taking the time to answer this!

God Bless You!!

2007-10-03 10:35:09 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-03 10:33:27 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

This is something I I would like to have opinions about.
I STAND BY THE DOOR

I stand by the door,
I neither go too far in, nor stay too far out,
The door is the most important door in the world
It is the door through which men walk when they find God.
There's no use my going way inside, and staying there, when so many are still outside and they, as much as I, Crave to know where the door is.
An all that so many ever find Is only the wall where a door ought to be.
They creep along the wall like blind men,
With outstretched, groping hands;
Feeling for a door, knowing there must be a door, Yet they never find it.

2007-10-03 10:30:53 · 15 answers · asked by makeitright 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-03 10:28:10 · 5 answers · asked by CHICO07 1 in Other - Society & Culture

As u can see their is a great attack on the men and women of God so you don't need to know any details all you need to know is that it is time pray like never before. Get on the face and pray for the Leadership as a whole. Not just the people in the church but also the President and his staff, the Government as a whole. It is time to pray. So let's not look at what men can do but what GOD can do

2007-10-03 10:28:01 · 19 answers · asked by Will L 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I just got back a paper that was poorly graded because the teacher severely misunderstood my writing style because he has a poor grasp of grammar.

"Truth of absoluteness" means absolute truth. He didn't understand that.
To avoid repeating the topic you use the word "it" and "this" in the sentence that follows the sentence that mentions the topic. He didn't understand that.

He corrected "we don't know anything that we see as not...." into "we don't know that anything we see is not..." -- they both carry the same meaning. Just because my phrasing is foreign to his set way of thinking grammatically, doesn't mean it itself is grammatically incorrect.

2007-10-03 10:27:46 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture