Society & Culture - 3 October 2007

2007-10-03 10:26:04 · 31 answers · asked by NONAME 4 in Religion & Spirituality

i've never really thought about religion that much. I've been brought up in a family of atheists, but i want to believe in God. I really need something to believe in right now. I'm in a pretty bad place emotionally + i can't trust myself anymore. I need something to trust in. Would putting my faith in God help? How do i let Him in, after years of atheism?

2007-10-03 10:25:05 · 32 answers · asked by Alice P 1 in Religion & Spirituality

"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 in 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.
And all that so many ever find
Is only a 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...
So I stand by the door.

2007-10-03 10:24:37 · 11 answers · asked by makeitright 6 in Senior Citizens

and do germans control the vatican?

2007-10-03 10:24:31 · 6 answers · asked by Lord of all Earth 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-03 10:23:33 · 8 answers · asked by Danny B 1 in Etiquette

Fasting is too hard to cope with sometimes and I find myself just getting so annoyed and really disliking fasting because I want to eat. Other days I love fasting so much because I really enjoy my food and feel so thankful. I just feel that I'm not fasting properly because of these thoughts of wanting to quit and disliking it. Sometimes I just can't appreciate it when I'm so hungry! Is this a problem?

2007-10-03 10:22:28 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

No, or put on a condom? absolute destruction for the progress of hiv, any one agree?

2007-10-03 10:22:09 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

I have read numerous people on here talk bad about atheists, one person said that atheists are "ungodly, beastly, and animalistic"
If they are so "good" and "'christ' like", then how come they are always putting us down? I think it is ridiculous...they wonder why we/I am not a christian...there are many reasons, but if that is what a "christian" acts like then I most def. do NOT want to be a christian.

I am a nice person, and I don't have to put everyone down for their religion...why can't christians be like this?

2007-10-03 10:21:49 · 30 answers · asked by ♥Jara-Lee♥ 3 in Religion & Spirituality

..for someone who does not have any family in Canada? Thanksgiving being a family celebration, getting yourself invited to dinner at a friends place isin't exactly appealing either :-)

2007-10-03 10:20:36 · 4 answers · asked by coolcaprice 2 in Thanksgiving

people who were born healthy and not deformed, not talking about car accident victims

2007-10-03 10:20:22 · 3 answers · asked by animosity 3 in Other - Society & Culture

1. God LOVES you and offers a wonderful PLAN for your life.

"God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life" John 3:16.

Why is it that people are not experiencing the abundant life?

2. Man is SINFUL and SEPARATED from God. Therefore, he cannot know and experience God's love and plan for his life.

Man Is Sinful
"All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" Romans 3:23.

3. Jesus Christ is God's ONLY provision for man's sin. Through Him you can know and experience God's love and plan for your life.

"God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" Romans 5:8.

4. We must individually RECEIVE Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord; then we can know and experience God's love and plan for our lives.

"As many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name" John 1:12

2007-10-03 10:18:49 · 11 answers · asked by Theophilus 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-03 10:18:35 · 18 answers · asked by kloneme 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I am a Christian and have always dressed up and got candy and that is it. BUT I wonder if this is wrong.

2007-10-03 10:17:47 · 26 answers · asked by Hello 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm actually a baptized youth, but I'm starting to question this religion and need some help on really having faith in this orginization.

2007-10-03 10:17:31 · 8 answers · asked by modern_elegance 2 in Religion & Spirituality

this is about time.


In English, if you say a time like 8:30, in German would you say...

1.) HALB ACHT

2.) NEUN ACHT

3.) or somehing entirely different.....(and if so what is it?)


please help im confused about this!!

2007-10-03 10:17:21 · 5 answers · asked by eru_desu94 2 in Languages

2007-10-03 10:16:54 · 50 answers · asked by waggy 6 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

someone asks you to do something, but you already have plans. For example, when you have many different groups of friends and you get invited to more then one event, but you don't want anyone to feel rejected or left out. If you commit to one event and then someone else asks what your plans are, how do you tell them you aren't available without making them feel bad. sometimes you just can't extend the invitation to everyone for various reasons.

2007-10-03 10:15:44 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

"Any woman who prays with her head unveiled dishonors her head. It is the same as if her head were shaven, for if a woman will not veil herself then she should cut off her hair. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to be shorn or shaven , let her wear a veil. (1 Corenthians 11 :5).

Whosoever looketh upon a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already. If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
(MATT 5:28-29).

TIT002:005 - To be discreet, chaste, keepers at HOME, good, OBEDIENT to their HUSBANDS...

1PE 3:001 - Likewise, ye wives, be in SUBJECTION to your own HUSBANDS. -------

Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in SUBMISSION, as the Law says. -- 1 Corinthians 14:34


Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach [didaskein], nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression." (1 Timothy 2:11-12)

Ecclesiastes 7:26 KJV: And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her but she will catch whoever continues to sin. (GOD'S WORD®)

"I permit no woman to teach or have authority over men".

--1 Timothy 2:11-14

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Genesis 3:16 ----Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.


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The infamous verse of the KORAN

". . . As to those women on whose part you fear disloyalty and ill-conduct, admonish them (first), (next), refuse to share their beds, (and last) beat them (also: ignore them/seperate from them). . ." (4:34)


Many tried to "beat" around the bush to "beat" the problem generated by the "beat" of 4:34.


Most scholars now agree that the correct translation to this comprehensive word is either IGNORE or TAKE AWAY or SEPARATION FOR A TIME.


So as a last resort before DIVORCE the couple should seperate for a time until reconciliation can be made.



A Famous Multi-Meaning Word

The problem comes from the word "Idribuhunne" which we used to translate as "beat them". The root of this word is "DaRaBa". If you look at any Arabic dictionary you will find a long list of meanings ascribed to this word. That list is one of the longest list in whole Arabic dictionary. It can be said that "DaRaBa" is the number-one multi-meaning word in Arabic. It has so many different meanings, we can find numerous different meanings ascribed to it in the Quran.


To travel, to get out: 3:156; 4:101; 38:44; 73:20; 2:273
To strike: 2:60,73; 7:160; 8:12; 20:77; 24:31; 26:63; 37:93; 47:4
To beat: 8:50; 47:27
To set up: 43:58; 57:13
To give (examples): 14:24,45; 16:75,76,112; 18:32,45; 24:35; 30:28,58; 36:78; 39:27,29; 43:17; 59:21; 66:10,11
To take away, to ignore: 43:5
To condemn: 2:61
To seal, to draw over: 18:11
To cover: 24:31
To explain: 13:17


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Do early Judaic teachings sent from Jesus/Father/Holy Ghost teach that Women are Fat and Stupid ?



Referring to the Rabbis' opinions on women the above mentioned study also finds:

"A woman has no wisdom, except in handling her spindle" (Rabbi Eliezer, bYoma 66b)."

"women are gluttonous" (mToh. 7.9; tToh.8.16),

"they give off a strong odor of perspiration ('she must use perfume'), they have a higher voice ('her voice is penetrating')
(all examples from Gen.R.17,8)

The rabbis explained all this differences on the basis of the story of creation, as R.Joshua explained to his disciples (ibid.): women have a bad odor because they were created from flesh and not, like men, from earth..." [73]



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2007-10-03 10:14:42 · 8 answers · asked by kloneme 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Why not allow them to break it on their own or permit them to leave for their final reserved abode. This question is being asked because it has become a routine affair in India.

2007-10-03 10:14:12 · 5 answers · asked by Nimit 2 in Other - Society & Culture

If Jesus was God made flesh, and God sacrificed himself for our sins, does that mean that God is dead?

How can it be a true sacrifice on God's part if Jesus's "death" was only temporary?

2007-10-03 10:14:08 · 19 answers · asked by Equinoxical ™ 5 in Religion & Spirituality

ideas for girls please.
hair ideas.
and the whole nine yards!
nerd day is tomorrow, can't wait!

2007-10-03 10:13:27 · 5 answers · asked by marinescheerleader 2 in Halloween

First, I would like to say that the pagans on here always seem very friendly and well-mannered, and don't seem to have a vendetta against anyone. Which is refreshing. I would really like to know what pagans believe, who they believe in, and if possible, why. I'm not trying to compare religions, and I'm not looking to make a change. I am just seriously interested. Thanks.

2007-10-03 10:12:58 · 25 answers · asked by babbie 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Please no long paragraphs, I just need one or the other.

Thanks

2007-10-03 10:12:50 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Anyone know of a good site where gay men from Spain chat?

2007-10-03 10:12:20 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

just like yahoo answers?

2007-10-03 10:11:53 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

do you think your a nerd? or a dork?or a loser?

2007-10-03 10:11:47 · 9 answers · asked by ShanTrey12 4 in Other - Cultures & Groups

they try to say they are the best at everything. eminem is a great rapper but their are about a couple dozen better ie. KRS, Run DMC, Nas Jay z to name a few this gets me so heated

2007-10-03 10:11:34 · 9 answers · asked by Denise H 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Would you rather have a just God who gives everyone (across the board) the freedom to choose Him or not and live your life just as you please?
OR
a just God who (across the board) dictates every aspect of your life to ensure that nothing bad happens to a single person on the planet?

The hands off God gives you the freedom to drink AND the freedom to kill a teenager in vehicular manslaugter when you drive home trashed from your buddy's house.

The controlling God opens up the earth and destroys anything sinful on the spot across the board....no exceptions.

I ask because for all the bristling at the NOTION of God telling them how to live their OWN lives....those are the same people trying to defame God because He DOESNT intervene in OTHER folks lives to stop suffering around the world.

....good grief. .your freedom to DEFY God is the same freedom that perpetrates the EXISTENCE of suffering.

So embrace all the sin your freedom affords or shaddup.

2007-10-03 10:10:35 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Generally, What is it about?
I know it has something that involves Thor, The thunder god.
Can anyone tell me what "Norse" Means and what it's all about?

2007-10-03 10:09:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I'm really trying to understand what each sect believes so I can find out where i fit in. I'm looking for a non biased simple answer about the differences between the major Christian faiths (Catholic, Babtist, Lutheran, Prespreterian...) Thank you so much!

2007-10-03 10:09:04 · 8 answers · asked by smile and don't stop 3 in Religion & Spirituality