Society & Culture - 4 October 2007

Is acohol a drug?
Is doing drugs a sin?
If you sell drinks are you a drug dealer?

2007-10-04 05:42:37 · 13 answers · asked by guest 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-04 05:40:31 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

how does one overcome depression, mood disorders or chemical imbalance without taking medicine? this is what happened to me. i know in my heart it was God, but will be more then happy to hear others explanation.

2007-10-04 05:38:58 · 32 answers · asked by warrior*in*the*making 5 in Religion & Spirituality

What do you think is better?

Doing something good because you will be judged later on?
Or, doing something good because you genuinely want to?

I have been having this debate with Christians who don’t seem to understand this very well. Why would someone Not Kill, Not Steal, Not cheat on his/her husband/wife...etc..etc. because “God” is watching them and told them not to and NOT because they don’t want to hurt anybody and/or they know how it feels to have these things done to them and would not wish that on anyone else.

Do you ever ask yourself what your motive is for being a good person?

2007-10-04 05:38:42 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

there would have been no 9/11, no Iraq and Afghanistan.

the people who perpetrated these acts believed in the same God as you do.

2007-10-04 05:38:26 · 13 answers · asked by Brendan G 4 in Religion & Spirituality

How can it be a religion of peace. Also it is a proven fact that Mohammad married a girl called Ayesha at around the age of 6 and consumated at around the age of 9.

This is from Islamic scholars, islamic websites, islamic writings and -

How can a religion that promotes violence to Jews and paedophilia be respected

QUOTES from Quran

The standard Quranic reference to Jews is the verse [Qur'an 2:61].[29] It says:

And abasement and poverty were pitched upon them, and they were laden with the burden of God's anger; that, because they had disbelieved the signs of God and slain the Prophets unrightfully; that, because they disobeyed, and were transgressors

Jews transformed into apes and pigs
The Qur'an refers to some Jews being punished by God and transformed into apes or pigs, in Suras [Qur'an 5:60],[Qur'an 2:65], and [Qur'an 7:166]:[22]

And well ye knew those amongst you who transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath: We said to them: "Be ye apes, despised and rejected

2007-10-04 05:37:08 · 29 answers · asked by trinity 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-04 05:36:49 · 4 answers · asked by Sonia K 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-10-04 05:36:26 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-04 05:35:38 · 2 answers · asked by shrikant s 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Evangelism, witnessing, and the like, is religious persecution, is it not? Trying to change the religion, or lack thereof, of someone through harassment?

Is persecution OK as long as you are on the giving end?

This is in response to someone who said christians are persecuted daily on R&S. Guess you can dish it out, but can't take it.

2007-10-04 05:35:16 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I have a shirt on that says, "I'm Smart, That's Why I am Single"
I think that it is pretty funny in a sarcastic, witty kind of way. Why the strange looks?! I am also not looking for them to give me a reaction, I have just noticed alot more staring today than usual. I am on a college campus btw.

2007-10-04 05:33:52 · 12 answers · asked by lesh 1 in Etiquette

Like Ruby Tuesday for example. And if it is OK there, then should it be any different if they were bartending elsewhere, like a bar or tavern? Curious...

2007-10-04 05:32:02 · 42 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-04 05:30:38 · 36 answers · asked by Linz ♥ VT 4 in Religion & Spirituality

the talking snake that convinced eve that she should eat the apple from the tree even though god had commanded her not to. i know that the snake was being possed by satan but does the snake itself have its own name?

2007-10-04 05:29:02 · 40 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I am a woman in the US who wishes to marry a man in Egypt, in a muslim marriage. Need info on this question because I currently do not have a male figure in my family and I heard from him that I need consent in a sense for this to happen, please any and all information would be appreciated.

2007-10-04 05:28:29 · 4 answers · asked by Lois C 1 in Other - Society & Culture

My wife told me I had to give up drinking beer. She said it was too expensive.
Then, I noticed that she'd spent $65 on makeup last week.
So I asked her why I had to give up stuff, but she didn't?
She said she needed that makeup to look pretty for me.
I told her "that's what the beer's for too".


She's not coming back, is she?

2007-10-04 05:27:55 · 31 answers · asked by Samurai Jack 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-04 05:27:06 · 16 answers · asked by The Asker 4 in Religion & Spirituality

If that is the deity that you worship than no wonder you are so full of hate too.

2007-10-04 05:26:21 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Gave your life to Jesus and became saved
I am a Born again Christian and gave my life to Jesus 16 years ago and know I am going to heaven when I die

2007-10-04 05:25:23 · 31 answers · asked by Bill 1 in Religion & Spirituality

on "I, Robot" The one who keeps saying "My logic is undeniable" and then the other robot is like "Yea, but it just seems too heartless"?

2007-10-04 05:25:12 · 14 answers · asked by JWill 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-04 05:24:25 · 12 answers · asked by inbetweendays 5 in Religion & Spirituality

someone who believes in an everlasting afterlife or someone who believes this life is all there is?

2007-10-04 05:23:49 · 7 answers · asked by Brendan G 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I once inadvertantly upset an Anglican lay member by calling them a 'Protestant' but where I come from members of C of E congregations refer to themselves as 'Protestants'.This lady said "We are all Catholics , SOME of us just happen to be ROMAN CATHOLICS !"
I always thought Anglican meant C of E is this not the case? Are they similar like Methodists and the United reformed church ?

2007-10-04 05:23:08 · 16 answers · asked by Andielep 6 in Religion & Spirituality

i almost hurled when i saw CHRISTMAS stuff on store shelves last night.

2007-10-04 05:22:21 · 3 answers · asked by Cassor 5 in Other - Holidays

with three hands and eyes in the back of his head (every parent and teacher knows these are needed so surely they will evolve eventually) any way this evolved life form will be wondering through the jungles of lower Manhattan (global warming don’t cha know) and coming upon the remains of the Empire State Building and its surrounds will deduce the only logical conclusion. That these did indeed evolve from the brick he found laying in the street a few blocks back. I mean that is only logical isn’t it? There’s not a lot of difference in that scenario than in someone looking at a structure so complex as DNA, and saying “yeah its here by chance nothing but random events in nature brought this into being.” And you say we are delusional.

2007-10-04 05:21:45 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

It's easy to understand why it is benificial for primordial man ('cavemen,' if you will) to believe in God - they found that they could outwit many other species with their intelligence. With being at the top of the food chain comes a false sense of Theism, I would argue. Early man looks at other animals and their plights and it seems that he has been placed there - a world designed for him. But how did this help evolution in Homo Sapiens? Well, it gives man morale, and perhaps helps us in old age to look after our extended family in order to praise the false God.

But what about today?

Is it still genetically natural to believe in God, like primorial humans?

Or are Atheists (like myself) modern genetical freaks?

Is it still beneficial in evolutionary terms (to spread our genes prolifically) to be religious or spiritual?

2007-10-04 05:21:44 · 15 answers · asked by Golgi Apparatus 6 in Religion & Spirituality

my beard is light ginger, but i dye it dark brown because i feel better about myself. is this ok? does it make me unusual or weird?

2007-10-04 05:18:21 · 8 answers · asked by gary 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

relegated to Hell, what then?

2007-10-04 05:17:17 · 11 answers · asked by Brendan G 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-04 05:16:13 · 29 answers · asked by Rita 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-04 05:15:59 · 32 answers · asked by Say that Again! 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups