Society & Culture - 10 October 2007

My sister n law is struggling with her past right now. That if one doesn't go to her childhood church, she is doomed to hell. She had left the Church when she left her home. And now she has returned to Christ, has confessed Jesus Christ her Lord & Savior, & believes He raised from the dead, but she doesn't feel truly forgiven. Because she feels her sins were maybe too much. And she wants acceptence from her mother. But then her mother thinks she has to return to this particular denomination & ask forgiveness there. And only there can she be forgiven.

Even one verse will help. She needs verses from the Holy Bible to claim. A lot of verses will help more.

2007-10-10 04:37:58 · 12 answers · asked by t a m i l 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Why do they bother having TOS?? I see it violated all the time in postings. Why do they bother? Just to cover their own asses legally? Isn't that a fine line? And yes, they ARE moderated. Who is this mysterious "staff" that picks and chooses what postings get deleted, and which stay? I know they have other people moderating, not just their "staff".

2007-10-10 04:36:41 · 2 answers · asked by Me M 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

((((HUG))))

Namaste

Peace and Love

2007-10-10 04:36:15 · 14 answers · asked by digilook 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Example Carolina or Virginia.

2007-10-10 04:31:34 · 20 answers · asked by Yankeefan1986 3 in Other - Society & Culture

I am going to go as a girl for halloween this year. Please help decide what I should wear. Links to websites would be great! I'm willing to do anything and go all out on this one. It's a one night thing so I want to have fun with it. I'm open to girl costumes, or regular girl clothing. List all items you think I should wear for the costume. Dress, skirt, undergarmates, heels, wig, makeup, stockings, etc. I will be ordering this on the internet so links to all items would be best.

2007-10-10 04:31:31 · 13 answers · asked by joe 1 in Halloween

We come in all colors, sizes, & such
But, me thinks, you don't know us much.
Fearsome we look
But then open that book.
There beats a true heart
Ready to do its fair part.
A closer look & you will find
a softness, much intertwined.
No need to use swords on our breasts
Cruel words are all that is needed to bring down these mighty beasts.
I answer my sister's call
To raise fun with the havoc & bring laughter to all.

2007-10-10 04:30:55 · 10 answers · asked by dragon 5 in Senior Citizens

2007-10-10 04:30:48 · 23 answers · asked by puladora 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Im doing an essay based on Africans and Indians during the 1400's. Can u help me? Im comparing the two on slavery..

2007-10-10 04:28:03 · 5 answers · asked by ღ 5 in Other - Cultures & Groups

I have many little superstitions and thought about breaking them last week to see if anything would actually happen. I put it to the test by getting out of bed left foot first (supposed to be bad luck so i always get out right foot first) and that day i had the most terrible luck. I got a ticket on my car, lost my wallet, got sick and my goldfish died!

Has anyone else broken a superstition with regrettable consequences?

2007-10-10 04:27:43 · 10 answers · asked by freakshow 1 in Mythology & Folklore

Of course you're moral. I'm interested in how you feel an atheist society would fill the void left in society where there are no theistic institutions. In all of the atheist websites I've seen, I haven't seen anyone mention how they feel a society needs to teach the concept of right and wrong.

1 - Is it (morality) something that is relative to the society or the individual?

1a - If it is to society, who teaches it?

1b - If it is to the individual, how do you decide which wrongs need to be enforced?

2007-10-10 04:26:39 · 30 answers · asked by super Bobo 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Nov. 07th, Set up a tent in the sporting goods / camping dept., and told customers to bring pillows, from the bedding dept, for a restful relaxation.
Nov. 15th, When an announcement was made over the p.a. system , assumed the fetal position and SCREAMS " NO, NO, Not those voices, again"!!!!
Nov. 19th (The day before Thanks Giving;) He exchanged the "Turkeys Special" signs with the "Chicken Special" signs.
Dec. 24th, Christmas Eve. The 'Grand Slammer of all', at 12:47 p.m., he goes to the: toy, candy, childrens, sporting goods fishing, deli, grocery, womens apparel AND fast food departments, and takes your son, Little Johnny. He proceded to the rest room, filled a ballon with water, went to the womens maturnity dept., placed the water filled ballon in the lower torso area of a maniquen, hid behind other clothes,'poped' the water ballon, and screamed-- "OOHHH My GOD, My water just broke, MY WATER JUST BROKE", THEN HE RELEASES nine (9) battery driven toy MICE among the (to be cont.)

2007-10-10 04:25:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

The babylonian "Epic of Gilgamesh" tells the story of a flood, a man, a cubic shaped ark, animals being taken on board, sending out a dove and a raven after the flood". This epic poem was written over a thousand years before the plagarized Noah knockoff--so-if you believe in the literal bible how does plagarism (a lie) fit in with all that?

2007-10-10 04:25:27 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I believe there are several reasons.

Nazis and other racists think that there is a political opening for such filth now that a lot of the elderly survivors are dying.

The collapse of the USSR, which did most of the fighting in the war against the fascists, has emboldened Nazi sympathizers.

Another factor is that they believe they can take advantage of people's justifiable revulsion against zionist crimes against the Palestinians. Since zionist leaders exploit the holocaust to excuse oppression of the Palestinians, Nazi-types figure they can get away with denying the holocaust.

Do you agree with the approach of holocaust education in schools, such as showing the photos of the heaps of bodies, statements by Nazi leaders, etc., to innoculate people against this form of mental disease?

2007-10-10 04:24:53 · 6 answers · asked by Dont Call Me Dude 7 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Or were the Ten Commandments laws that were abolished at some point?

2007-10-10 04:24:17 · 26 answers · asked by Bruce 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-10 04:22:23 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

After reading the first two pages of this book, any intelligent person must ask the question," Why am I , as a mature adult , reading stories about talking snakes, intelligent fruit, invisible creatures, a sun that roams around a flat earth while attached to a sky dome, and one of the creature's is making a man using dirt for raw material? ".---So why did you not just dismiss these stories as implausible and not credible?

I know this book is popular in many places, but is that enough to make you want to believe it? After all it is based only on hearsay evidence.

When you first read a Superman comic book, you were not inspired to start doing research about Superman's ability to
" leap tall buildings in a single bound, and run faster than a speeding bullet, " were you?
Why did you seek " experts " after reading the Bible ; Yet you needed none to help you understand comic books?

2007-10-10 04:21:55 · 26 answers · asked by big j 5 in Religion & Spirituality

why didnt he visit the entire world? the bible is quite clear, that is only talks about one portion of the world, the portion that it was written in and was known to them at that time.

If jesus died to forgive the sins of the world, why is no one else, in the entire world mentioned in the bible? Like, the japenese, or south americans, or americans, australian tribes, all the hidden tribes in africa.

All these tribes durring this time would have had no knowledge of him, only the one part of the world exposed thus the only area able to be christian until it was able to expand outword. Why would the god, who created everyone, who created the world, who loves everyone, who died for the sins of everyone, only talk about one part of the world, reveal himself to one part of the world, and his book never talk about any other peoples?

2007-10-10 04:21:28 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-10 04:20:23 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

Have you ever thought about what it would really be like to live beyond 'governing' rule and be free?

It has struck me a few times....(more like every moment that I was here), that we have a great deal of potential to do just that, by showing up 'the world' as we do. OUt beneath of the thumb of religion, spirituality, government, , into just showing up as unique.

My favorite people are the ones you couldn't peg down with a belief of any kind. They just shine light on things.

Thank-you.

Cosmic Crew. I love you guys, each and every one of you. Named and unnamed.

People on my contact list,...you were put there for the reasons that I stated above. You are beyond 'conditioning', and that just brings on 'hope', I only wish my list had gotten bigger.

I liked my experience here. I think it would truly be a waste if Y/A contributers never stopped fighting, thereby being distracted from ever realizing the true power.

We have just opened up our world-wide doors

2007-10-10 04:19:41 · 24 answers · asked by shakalahar 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Who are them: Kush, Punt, Sheba, Axum, Timbuktu, Chaldea, Sumeria, ur. What are there race? I here some people say Kush and Sheba were black.

I never learn this in history books but Who are these people/ what race.

2007-10-10 04:17:55 · 5 answers · asked by Kelis Jordan 3 in Other - Cultures & Groups

I've been interested in Pagan beliefs and religions for some time now and would like to learn more about them.

2007-10-10 04:17:17 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

For the last 4 years we have spent Christmas with his family, this year I'd like to spend it with mine, or else go away together somewhere. He thinks his family will be upset/offended if we do not spend Christmas with them (they don't make a big deal out of it, just dinner and gifts and carols as background music) and he won't consider doing something different, am I wrong to ask again that we spend it with my family?

How do other couples work this out so everyone is happy?

2007-10-10 04:16:35 · 28 answers · asked by sparkleythings_4you 7 in Christmas

the best reason will be picked as best answer!! obviously..

2007-10-10 04:16:25 · 39 answers · asked by Vickie H 3 in Other - Society & Culture

Seems that Rational thinking of a scientist or an atheist would be an admirable quality, especially with what we know about religion and it's dwindling likeliness.

Fact.....Jesus has no known writings...ever (although there are excerpts from the Bible where Jesus wrote as in John 8:6, yet he does not have his own journal or book in the Bible) His execution was not recorded by Pontius Pilate (whom kept detailed records of such things.) Furthermore, noone that wrote the Bible had ever actually met Jesus, most of the New Testament comes from the dreams and visions of Paul before Matthew or Mark wrote their Gospels. So with this in mind why is it that our elected officials must be Christian in order to become President?

Whatever happened to the first ammendment bill of rights guarantee of the seperation of the church and state?

Do we want a President that believes and follows what is said in Deuteronomy 13:6-10? Look it up.

2007-10-10 04:16:18 · 29 answers · asked by klover_dso 3 in Religion & Spirituality

it can get you reported. Of all the things I have posted this is the only violation I have ever recieved. Anyone know how I violated the community guidelines?


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2007-10-10 04:14:04 · 13 answers · asked by bryanccfshr 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I mean in just our beliefs, not about how we respond to society or whatever. If I say I hear the voice of God you think I'm delusional. What about if a Pagan hears the voice of another god?

2007-10-10 04:13:40 · 26 answers · asked by Saved by Grace 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I am becoming even more frustrated than years in the past. I have always, since I can remember dressed up for Halloween and now having children of my own I dress them up and take them to family and friends homes to "trick or treat" I have argued so many times with some of my family, who believe it is devil worshiping to go out on Halloween, but I just don't believe it. There are so many different traditions around the world for this holiday, does anyone know the american tradition.....is my family right, should I not be letting my children celebrate a tradition like this? Just wanting to hear some thoughts from others who may know more about this, and possible reassure me that I am not passing down a tradition to my children that I shouldnt be.

2007-10-10 04:11:47 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Halloween

My last few questions dealt with incest. I said the two people would use protection (i.e: pills, contraceptives) and no one (besides a few who personally thought it was wrong) had anything to say against it. The only other people that said it was sick, were Christians.


I guess it's true that atheists really don't have morals, because no atheist could say anything against it, with the situation I presented (safe sex).


I know you can say you still think it's personally wrong, but what difference does that make with moral relativism? You think it's wrong, someone else doesn't, don't try to stop them.


That's pretty bad.

2007-10-10 04:11:25 · 11 answers · asked by David H 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-10 04:11:21 · 4 answers · asked by Lyn D 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Let's say you are at a time in your life when you really needed someone to be there for you - like if you have lost a friend that you were close to. If the one person that you thought cared for you did something that they knew would hurt you (and they could have prevented it) while you were already dealing with the loss of that friend, could you ever forgive them?

If so, how to you forgive someone for hurting you when you needed them the most?

2007-10-10 04:10:29 · 47 answers · asked by Christy ☪☮e✡is✝ 5 in Religion & Spirituality