Society & Culture - 9 October 2007

I know it's a silly question, but Halloween is near, so why not? Could it be possible to make a real "Frankenstein"?

2007-10-09 13:35:18 · 7 answers · asked by Jen2U 3 in Mythology & Folklore

It really is difficult to remain unbiased when it comes to discussing Americans. They arrogate to themselves the right to act as this planet's policeman, to condemn other countries for real or perceived breaches of human rights and to rail against forms of government which in American eyes are less democratic than theirs. As Americans are such good Christians, surely they know the passage in the Bible that says: "O thou hypocrite, before thou wouldst remove the splinter from thy brother's eye, attend to the beam in thine own eye!" Never has a passage from the Bible been more apt. So naturally do Americans become defensive when their own shortcomings are pointed out to them, because to face the truth would be unbearable.
Which other self-proclaimed peace-loving country has waged so many wars against smaller defenceless countries, has allowed the members of their military to commit atrocity after atrocity going back to WW2, the Korean War, Vietnam, and now Iraq?
In what other country do you need to be a millionaire or at least be able to raise millions in order to be elected to parliament or chief executive?
Where else on this globe has the education system broken down and/or deteriorated to such an extent that children no are no longer able to read and write or do simple arithmetic and need to take remedial classes upon entering college?
In which other country with the exception of certain Middle Eastern nations does a small fundamentalist religious minority have the power to manipulate both government and the media to enforce a Victorian concept of morality upon an unwilling population?
I could go on and on, but let this suffice.
No wonder Americans are sensitive when it comes to discussing their shortcomings

2007-10-09 13:35:17 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

why is it that members of a church cannot accept that another one of their precious members was actually downright nasty??
I just spoke with a pastor of a church ive recently started attending and the pastor advised me to speak with a woman who works for the church as a health care advocate
i know (wow,i was surprised to a church that has health care advocates) exactly..i was thrilled wow i though what a wonderfull church ive found,i left feeling relieved that i would get some long needed help
i called this woman the next day.not only was she of no help at all whatsoever nor did she even make an attempt(she was very standoffish from the get go)but she actually
made me feel worse when she heard of my situation,by telling me that my doctor has no idea what hes talking about..(hes a very well respected excellent surgeon,who knows more than she could ever hope to
back to my point..i would expetc this kind of cruelty ,when i called back to tell,they treated me like it was impossibl

2007-10-09 13:35:01 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-09 13:34:11 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I heard that Pope Benedict XVI is going to make a statute that all modern music will be abolished from the church and the mass will revert back to Latin. Express your opinion on this in a logical way. No: "I am an athiest/other faith, so I don't believe in God, so I really don't care." or you'll be reported.

It does not mean that just Christian Rock will be abolished, but all music other than Psalms and Gregorian Chants will be thrown away.

2007-10-09 13:33:53 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i dont want to spend alot of money.....

2007-10-09 13:32:46 · 8 answers · asked by E 1 in Halloween

you during your life? Hw has God helped you win the attack? please explain in details. have you ever had demons attack you?

2007-10-09 13:32:45 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Mark 3:29,30 portrays the Holy Spirit in a clear contrast with an unclean spirit. Jesus was accused by some hostile Jewish leaders of having an unclean spirit. He responded by saying that He had the Holy Spirit.

Just as unclean spirit is a personal being ( The Watchtower Society teaches that unclean spirits are personal beings ), so too is the contrasting spirit -the Holy Spirit - a personal being.

What do you think about this?

2007-10-09 13:32:29 · 3 answers · asked by Nina, BaC 7 in Religion & Spirituality

okay, i know about the 1st and second declensions, and how to recognize them in a sentence, but how can you know if it is neuter?? For ex:

complete the following setences by filling in the blanks with the correct case endings and translate.

Quintus patr---- vocat.
So, it would Quintus calls his father. right?
so, father would be accusitive, ending in -um, right? wrong. the correct answer is -es. Why is this? how could one recognize this? Please Please help me. I'm very confused.

2007-10-09 13:32:27 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

Whoever we are
Wherever were from
We shoulda noticed by now
Our behavior is dumb
And if our chances
Expect to improve
Its gonna take a lot more
Than tryin to remove
The other race
Or the other whatever
From the face
Of the planet altogether

They call it the earth
Which is a dumb kinda name
But they named it right
cause we behave the same...
We are dumb all over
Dumb all over,
Yes we are
Dumb all over,
Near n far
Dumb all over,
Black n white
People, we is not wrapped tight

Nurds on the left
Nurds on the right
Religous fanatics
On the air every night
Sayin the bible
Tells the story
Makes the details
Sound real gory
bout what to do
If the geeks over there
Dont believe in the book
We got over here

You cant run a race
Without no feet
n pretty soon
There wont be no street
For dummies to jog on
Or doggies to dog on
Religous fanatics
Can make it be all gone
(I mean it wont blow up
n disappear
Itll just look ugly
For a thousand years...)

2007-10-09 13:31:12 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Of course, I'm not talking about the fiction in the bible.

Why hasn't your god EVER showed up, like in My Lai, Amritsar, The Holocaust, 9/11, The Gulag, Tiananmen Square, etc?

Why didn't he send a flaming bush, a star in the sky, heck, angels blowing their bugles, warning people about what was going to happen, so they could flee for their lives?

Why didn't he part the lands or the seas, and then smote the baddies?

Why do all those fantastic things happen ONLY in the bible?

Could it be god is just a delusion?

2007-10-09 13:29:32 · 65 answers · asked by Lex Fok B.M.F. 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I stutter a lot these days, like saying st's s's, and t's. It sucks, and it makes me feel stupid. What do i do?

2007-10-09 13:28:46 · 7 answers · asked by ? 3 in Languages

Does any coven post their first degree test online? Please send me links.

2007-10-09 13:28:02 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Whenever I ask a question or make a statement questioning their beliefs or existence of God, they get mad at me. I even get responses such as, "You are going to hell for not believing," or "Doesn't hell scare you?" I have no proof of hell even existing so why would I be afraid? Many even walk away from our conversation. Is it the fact that maybe I am correct and they just don't want to admit it? This is not meant to judge them in anyway. I just want to know why they do that?

2007-10-09 13:26:51 · 17 answers · asked by fireknight 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-09 13:26:15 · 8 answers · asked by judyrobins14 3 in Etiquette

I mean geez

2007-10-09 13:26:07 · 8 answers · asked by ChuckDeucez 6 in Etiquette

3 of my girl friends and I want to have matching costumes for halloween but we dont want be the same exact thing... but we do want to be sexy. Any ideas?

2007-10-09 13:25:13 · 6 answers · asked by Mandy B 1 in Halloween

First I would like to thank all those who answered my question, now I must ask another "blood" question. I am not a vampire so relax.

Since Jehovah's Witness don't believe in Transfusions even if it's their own blood, what about Dialysis? Are you allowed to take part in Dialysis?

2007-10-09 13:25:10 · 7 answers · asked by newwellness 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I was five and I still remember it in our itty bitty town.

2007-10-09 13:25:09 · 17 answers · asked by snow ball 3 in Senior Citizens

quintaped, puffskein, knarl etc.

2007-10-09 13:24:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

the Son have?

I heard about this. If true, is this a legitimate argument?

2007-10-09 13:24:10 · 4 answers · asked by Nina, BaC 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Hi, I'm dealing with a church situation where my leaders, who I once totally trusted, seem to be acting in spiritually abusive ways towards the congregation. When I confront them about it honestly, they seem to act like nothing happened, or they twist the situation into something else, and I end up feeling crazy for questioning them.

Why/how do leaders become this way? Can people be THAT self-unaware that they would not see their own manipulative tactics? I'm really confused about how good, upstanding people can suddenly flip-flop and become authoritarian, manipulative, and worse, unable to acknowledge any wrong or see their own faults in any way. It's like all of a sudden we don't speak the same language, or live in the same reality, because they do these really intensely harsh things, and then two seconds later, it's like they didn't even see how harsh they were being....where does that disconnect come from?

Has anyone else experienced anything like this? Thanks for your help...

2007-10-09 13:24:08 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I want honest answers to this hypothetical question. I don't want "gosh, I don't know, it would've been so tough" or "everybody NEEDS God and this is why: _____".

REALLY, how would you have handled your big problems without God?

2007-10-09 13:23:26 · 15 answers · asked by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-09 13:21:38 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

From a website:
"Heathen and Communist nations have laws against reading the Bible or having prayer in public schools, but did you know that God, the Bible, prayer and witnessing are ALSO BANNED and OUTLAWED on the schools and campuses of so-called "Christian" AMERICA! This is clearly a wilful rejection of the laws of God! On many of the same campuses and universities where the Gospel of Jesus Christ is illegal, accredited courses in the OCCULT, Hinduism and WITCHCRAFT are available to interested students!"
Furthermore, in "Christian" America, it is now ILLEGAL to celebrate CHRISTMAS, the birth of Christ, in public schools, or even to have a nativity scene on any public property! Even the giving of religious CHRISTMAS CARDS to classmates is against the law!

2007-10-09 13:21:09 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Would there be no birth?

2007-10-09 13:20:53 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-09 13:20:06 · 6 answers · asked by white_painted_lady 5 in Mythology & Folklore

Now, this doesn't necessarily mean a person you think is stupid. People get voted off for all kinds of reasons -- because they take too long to answer, to create a definite gender majority, or because they are too smart and no one wants to go up against them in the final round.

I mean this all in good fun :)

2007-10-09 13:19:51 · 18 answers · asked by Marissa: Worker of Iniquity 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Anytime I see a picture or a statue of him he always looks angry.

2007-10-09 13:19:51 · 3 answers · asked by Star B 3 in Religion & Spirituality

we just watched it, that was a great movie, i felt very funny and also agood way to teach about faith,. have you watched it, what was your opinion?

2007-10-09 13:16:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality