Society & Culture - 15 October 2007

2007-10-15 13:51:18 · 21 answers · asked by Bobby Smith 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Which one of you hasn't had a poem dedicated to themselves yet?

2007-10-15 13:49:52 · 14 answers · asked by Semp-listic! 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-15 13:47:15 · 10 answers · asked by Ťango 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I know that anything sexual is haram unless you are married with the other person. What other things are haram, or even just looked down upon?

1. Is it bad if I just have friends that are girls (not girlfriends, I know that's forbidden)?

2. Is it ok to just chat sometimes (as long as someone else is there too, or in groups of people)?

3. Is hugging someone of the opposite gender bad if you're not family with him or her?

2007-10-15 13:45:35 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous 2 in Religion & Spirituality

iTHINK i have a bit of jewish in me, but i was raised catholic in a probably 99.9% catholic family. i even had a first communion when i was about 8 or 9, right now i am almost 15.
is it possible for me to convert into judaism after this?
i really want to be, but when's the best time? i don't think right now. i want to do it in a few years maybe, after learning about it fully. but when do you think is the best time for me to convert? what are the steps and how long/hard is the process?
this year im going to celebrate hanukkah, just to see what it's like.

2007-10-15 13:15:34 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

were their still preps, jocks, emos, goths, idk its a question i jus thought of

2007-10-15 13:11:59 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

I don't think they should be having the American flag in the Indian events that I saw on Youtube because there land was taking from them an things.

2. How is they ok with white people but they hate the African-Americans?

3. Can African-Americans go and see the Native Americans event shows?

2007-10-15 13:11:59 · 4 answers · asked by Kelis Jordan 3 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Someone told me (I can't remember who or where) that Jesus was sent down from heaven by God to add to the Jewish message, not to create a whole new religion? So then what was the defining moment where His teachings became truly Christian and not Jewish? Was it after He died, or prehaps before? Is there any scripture or other work on this or is it just opinions? Is there no defining moment at all, but more of an evolution?

In school, while studying Christianity, we mainly just focus on that its implications in the Roman Empire and the Middle Ages, and in class at church we mainly just focus on Jesus's teachings and relating them to everyday life. My teacher at school already went into this whole big speech on the first day of class about how he is a world history teacher, and he will not allow religious debates in his class. My religion teacher, although he means well, is not a Biblical scholar. My Parish's Priest is on sabatical right now, and I don't really know the other priest.

2007-10-15 13:11:26 · 6 answers · asked by Meggie Beth 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-15 13:07:10 · 11 answers · asked by clair b 2 in Mythology & Folklore

and why (if auras are even real) can only a select few see them. I have looked at a couple of websites and I am sorry but I think its a crock.

2007-10-15 13:07:01 · 1 answers · asked by molly 6 in Religion & Spirituality

See Acts 19:1-5 and Acts 18:25-26

2007-10-15 13:06:32 · 9 answers · asked by JoeBama 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-15 13:04:09 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

So, possibly foolishly, I bought this statue at a gift shop, of a goddess unknown to me. I figured, the place gets pretty busy, reasonably priced statues are hard to find (this was $10!), and how hard can it be to find online?

Very! I can't seem to find a match anywhere! Maybe you can help?

To my knowledge, it's a goddess - slim waist, breasts covered, with a snake head. It doesn't necessarily look like a cobra, but it is definately a snake. The crown is an atef, but with swirly horns coming out of the sides. If this information doesn't help, I'll try to provide pictures.

Renunet? Buto? Mersetger? A fake (which Mom suggested....ugh, I'd be so embarassed)?

Does anyone know?

2007-10-15 13:03:00 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

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When I've asked about which Christians to trust, many of the answers have said, "Read the Bible and you will know who is trustworthy."

This makes it sound like all Christians are ON THEIR OWN to interpret the Bible without any guidance from others. Sure, you trust the holy spirit, but that kind of trust has led to the thousand-plus denominations found in the US alone. Each denomination is filled with heretics in the eyes of most of the others, even though each one believes that they've interpreted the Bible correctly.

So how do seekers discover the best course to follow when those who SUPPOSEDLY KNOW say, "Just read your Bible." Wouldn't they also be the first to condemn the seekers if they interpreted the scripture differently?

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2007-10-15 13:02:55 · 7 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Were did he say this?
I can't really find a reference in the Bible

2007-10-15 13:02:01 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Some of the questions (and answers) I read have so much of this net lingo (or text lingo) they almost seem to be in a different language. And then there's this radio ad for a cell phone provider that's spoke in this lingo.

I hate when people talk like this. It shows laziness and I think it's an ineffective means of communication. Maybe it would be ok if it was just in text messages or on-line, but it's starting to creep into other forms of communication.

Do you think it's silly be bothered by this? Should I simply accept it as an inevitable evolution of the English language - or perhaps the start of a new language? Next thing you know we'll start seeing net lingo dictionaries and they'll start teaching it as a foreign language in schools.

2007-10-15 13:01:55 · 4 answers · asked by Justin H 7 in Languages

2007-10-15 13:00:42 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Also, what are your views on being put in the same category as Islamic fundamentalists or others who have different beliefs but follow them with similar parochial intensity?

2007-10-15 13:00:37 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I am dating a man who is divorced. I can honestly see myself marrying him, but as I am trying to become a stronger Christian, I need some advice.

I was brought up believing that divorce is a sin except for unfaithfulness, and if a woman marries a man that divorced for anything else, that is adultry.

My boyfriend divorced his exwife for many reasons, but one of the main ones was because she became addicted to drugs. Also he is 99% positive that she DID cheat on him.

He had a different perspective that I had never thought about. When a spouse is unfaithful, they chose someone else over them. Well, his ex wife chose drugs over him and his daughter and neglected their marriage. He believes this is also a form of unfaithfulness.

I would like to hear your opinions. Don't just say "God said so"; if you want to give scriptures that is fine.

DO you think all rules in the Bible are cut and dry, or do you think some thigns change over time or could be interpreted differently?

2007-10-15 12:59:54 · 39 answers · asked by Southern Gal 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I am trying to live my life clean and just and obedient... I try really hard... I don't always win the battle although my sins may be quite small in someone else's eye's... Sin is sin... And I fall short daily...

WHY is it when I try so HARD to do all that is just and true and correct, I get pushed down by some sort of action of others or just life in general?

Does it mean God is rejecting me? I don't really believe that but sometimes it feels a bit confusing...

Insight? If so it is welcome .....

2007-10-15 12:59:38 · 20 answers · asked by Hibiscus Lips♥ 2 in Religion & Spirituality

how long is the fear frontier ?
when is it by the way lolz
which house is the scariest

2007-10-15 12:59:30 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

if cain is only the 4th person on earth - who is he so afraid of, how does he go to the neighboring town of Nod and find a wife, I'm starting to think that a literal translation of the creation story is defective and maybe there is some meaning that we are missing. any thoughts?

2007-10-15 12:58:29 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I ask because I've noticed that the first 4 commandments are all about him. Is he worried about other Gods?

2007-10-15 12:57:37 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

In translation of the bible into many different languages, did some meaning translate into something else? If so, which translation is true or the original source?

Is science out to prove God exists or doesn't?

Why is there only life on this planet? Who are God's of the other planets or is there just one?

Of hundreds of cultures and different religions, do we pray to the same God but just in a different image.

Some say faith is all you need. How can I be sure I have faith in the right God? If I am wrong, will I still be forgiven and given a place in heaven?

2007-10-15 12:56:34 · 8 answers · asked by William Z 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-15 12:56:32 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

I live in a fairly large apt complex. This happens all the time, this morning it went like this:

Man pulls up in car, stops, honks his horn (3 ~1 sec blasts). He waits a minute or two, he honks again. He repeats cycle 4 more times, blasts getting longer each time.

I greet him pleasantly, no emotion. I ask politely if he wouldn't mind calling whoever it was, or walking to the door, instead of honking.

To answer his questioning look. I note that using a horn that way is against state/city law, and complex policy. I also tell him that it's distracting, as I work from my home/office -- all very polite. He says no problem, parks, and walks into the complex.

Shortly after, they get in the car to go, but first, he honks his horn 5 long blasts -- a little pay-back, with his rude knob now cranked up to 11!

Is there a way to say: hey, that's disturbing, and against the rules, please stop -- that doesn't make them want to irk just me, 3x worse than before I asked them not to

2007-10-15 12:55:17 · 5 answers · asked by Random Malefactor 5 in Etiquette

I have this classmate who's really weird and he told me once that suicide is "the gift", why? Ok it goes like this: he said that it is our right to choose who we want to be with, right? Right! (I said) And don't you think that choosing to be with your creator is something noble? I guess so (I replied)...therefore committing suicide for the reason of "choosing to be with your creator" is the best "gift" you can give for "him". Oh My God! he really gives me the creeps. Anybody else out there who thinks likewise? Or he just lacks a lot of attention?

2007-10-15 12:55:15 · 11 answers · asked by qwerty 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Why is the Mormon church so viciously racist, as evidenced here? http://realmormonhistory.com/god&skin.htm

2007-10-15 12:51:18 · 11 answers · asked by Heather K 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Whilst the Pagan cross ( Egyptian Ankh ) and the Jewish fish symbol have been hijacked by Christianity, it appears the IPU , ( Invisible Pink Unicorn ), the Flying Spaghetti Monster and Bertram Russell’s celestial Tea-Pot have become identified with Atheism.

I am looking for an Icon , a symbol , that represents Atheism , not a negation of other belief systems – although other atheist icons will be of interest .

What I am getting at is ... should all atheists carry a Green balloon ? or make their Females only wear only Green Jewellery or always arrive for work 10 minutes late ?

I don’t mind buying a bagel from a Jewish Bakery or buying Fruit from a Muslim at midday. I don’t even mind marrying a Christian.

However , what symbol can I Put in my shop window / Wear on my Lapel ... Put on my pre-printed stationary ... that all Theistic believers will Understand and Know.

I hate to offend or upset anyone. If someone is going to buy a Battery for their watch from me .. I do not want them to offend their God ... they just need to be a hypocrite or an Atheist .

2007-10-15 12:50:50 · 23 answers · asked by londonpeter2003 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Many Christian sects believe that they are the only ones with the correct teaching and faith. JW's believe that they are sepertate from other Christians sects and that they hold the only true faith. I personally have studied with JW's and have felt the force of God once. I talk about this in my earlier question.

Many people that where not JW, in fact most of them said that they too had felt the presence of God. This made me confuse.
Why would God pour Holy Spirit on people that are not in the correct faith? People from many differenct chrisitan sects are claiming they have felt the presence of God.

Have you felt the force of God or presence of God in your Christian religion or even if you are not a Christian... and what makes you so sure is from God and not the Devil. As the Bible says that Satan transforms himself as an angel of light to deceive people.

What makes you so sure that you are feeling the power of The God and not some evil deceiving force to trick you?

2007-10-15 12:49:38 · 26 answers · asked by sfumato1002 3 in Religion & Spirituality