Society & Culture - 15 October 2007

Where in the bible does it say you can only have sex for procreation? I've seen people answer "the bible says to only have sex for procreation" but list no reference. And I searched to see if someone had asked this question but there were no real answers.

I'm asking because I just saw 2 people answer a question with the whole no sex except procreation answer.

2007-10-15 19:00:01 · 13 answers · asked by gumby 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Why do some Christians spend so much time squabbling over evolution? If God created the world, and science is just learning facts ab the world he created, whats the problem? If God is all powerful why couldnt he create the universe using evolution, big bang, ect.? Darn, he could have done it in 7 nano-seconds for all it matters!
Its just...a pointless debate and I cant understand why its such a hot point....

2007-10-15 18:59:15 · 10 answers · asked by kf 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Christmas has become commercialized and materialized by companies. People everywhere, NOT necessarily Christian, celebrate it. (Yes, even atheists.)
It's a pagan holiday to celebrate the winter solstice: In 350, Pope Julius declared Christ’s birth to be celebrated on December 25th (though Jesus was most likely actually born in the Fall or Spring (if he existed at all)) to probably convert pagan Romans to Christianity.

So how is it wrong for non-Christians to celebrate Christmas not for Christ's birth, but for other reasons?

2007-10-15 18:57:56 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

im a black female and i was wondering who all likes dating outside their own race. i like being with guys and girls of all races. i really like asian and white girls and black and white guys.

2007-10-15 18:57:42 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

do you think that gays/lesibians are born or made and why?

2007-10-15 18:57:14 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

If yes, wouldn't it be fair to also teach your children the atheist position that there is/are no god/s in the same public schools?

2007-10-15 18:56:34 · 28 answers · asked by downdrain 4 in Religion & Spirituality

It's amazing to me the amount of evolutionist's who believe such nonsense. To think they are so mindless as to believe a little dot explodes and creates the universe, all living things were basically spontaneously generated even though spontaneous generation was disproven in the 50's.

The theory of evolution not only contradicts religion but known scientific laws such as the law of biogenesis, the law of kinds, the second law of thermodynamics, and the science of probability. Life does not spring from non-living things. We know this! This is what we observe.

To put this untrue garbage in our schools is only causing the moral fiber of our younger generation to deteriorate rapidly. Generations are now without conscience and kids killing kids because they are taught they are mere animals. How did mankind get to be this pitiable?

2007-10-15 18:55:06 · 24 answers · asked by majestic kev 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-15 18:54:04 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Watching them come and go
The Templars and the Saracens
They're traveling the holy land
Opening telegrams

Torture comes and torture goes
Knights who'd give you anything
They bear the cross of Coeur de Leon
Salvation for the mirror blind

But if you pray
all your sins are hooked upon the sky
Pray and the heathen lie will disappear
Prayers they hide
the saddest view
(Believing the strangest things,
loving the alien)

And your prayers they break the sky in two
(Believing the strangest things, loving the alien)

You pray til the break of dawn
(Believing the strangest things, loving the alien)

And you'll believe you're loving the alien
(Believing the strangest things, loving the alien)

Thinking of a different time
Palestine a modern problem
Bounty and your wealth in land
Terror in a best laid plan

Watching them come and go
Tomorrows and the yesterdays
Christians and the unbelievers
Hanging by the cross and nail

What better description of any Abrahamic faith than "Loving the Alien"?

2007-10-15 18:51:01 · 5 answers · asked by annarkeymagic 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I mean seriously, I don't go around asking if someone wears boxers, briefs, thongs or nothing at all. It's really none of my business; nor is it the business of anyone what LDS/Mormons choose to wear for underwear. To them it's sacret, why can't people just leave it alone?

2007-10-15 18:50:51 · 11 answers · asked by Liesel 5 in Religion & Spirituality

the very basic definition of science, or religion?

This remedial stuff is getting tedious.

2007-10-15 18:49:00 · 8 answers · asked by FORMER Atheist Now Praising FSM! 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I speak english as a foreign language and saw these stranges sentences in an english course ; i would like you check my sentences and certify (or correct) them :
- they sell someone on an idea.
- she attends a staff meeting.
- i spent my dollars on plane tickets.
- as a child, i spent my time reading.
- i knew that while i preferred sitting, (my classmates would rather go and play).
Thank you in advance.
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2007-10-15 18:47:38 · 19 answers · asked by magnon86 6 in Languages

http://nz.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ArcNYrX6cGSmScCX0ElWRtPIZwx.;_ylv=3?qid=20071015175129AAmn5N8

:( That's really pathetic, ya know?

My favorite phrase, live and let live.

Maybe you should take it to heart.

http://nz.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AqMv.ZmvnMLqIceZXOxBiGLIZwx.;_ylv=3?qid=20071015180123AAP3UiA&show=7#profile-info-9zdDpoo1aa

2007-10-15 18:41:33 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I'm from Australia and we don't do that here. Can someone explain it all to a dumb Antipodean? TIA

2007-10-15 18:40:18 · 6 answers · asked by dweebken 5 in Halloween

2007-10-15 18:36:30 · 19 answers · asked by sexNrockNroll 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Intelligent Design / Creationism is based on faith.

Evolution is based on science.

Why isn't learning about faith in church enough to satisfy some Christians?

2007-10-15 18:36:16 · 15 answers · asked by downdrain 4 in Religion & Spirituality

The "love chapter" as 1 Corinthians 13 has been coined--includes a verse that some believe is about voluntary poverty.

1 Corinthians 13:3, "And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing."

Do you see this verse as indicating Christians should have "voluntary poverty"?

Or is poverty a curse--when we do not have enough to supply our own needs and give to the poor, is this a curse?

What are your BIBLICAL beliefs about poverty--are we to embrace the 'name it and claim it'/'blab it and grab it' doctrine of prosperity or are we supposed to walk in some kind of voluntary poverty?

Were is the balance?
What bible verses do you base your beliefs on?

2007-10-15 18:36:06 · 9 answers · asked by steinbeck11 6 in Religion & Spirituality

My wife is due in May and I am wondering what would be a great gift for her. She is a wonderful person and this will be our first child.

2007-10-15 18:35:48 · 16 answers · asked by dfunk22 1 in Other - Holidays

2007-10-15 18:32:20 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

First of all, if you've come here to flame, I would appreciate it if you would take your "insight" elsewhere. Every day I see Christians posting hundreds of questions, and I need not the discrimination of your ignorance.

Okay... so I have been following Satanism for going on 4 years now...

I fear I may be losing a rather large portion of my Faith in Satanism. I have followed the IX Commandments to the best of my abilities and constantly see myself becoming a better person because of it. But as I begin to, for lack of a better term, "grow up" and realize the world around me, things just seem helpless at times, and I am left almost hopeless in my pursuits. Please, indulge me in some sort of advice to renew and rebirth my beliefs.

...Okay, now time for the first part of my question to be ignored. Let the reporting begin! ;-)

2007-10-15 18:32:12 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-15 18:28:59 · 7 answers · asked by Dalton H 2 in Halloween

Envy is apparently a bad sin and envy is also a very human emotion, not really the emotion one would expect in a being with the power to supposedly create or destroy the universe and if he is the only god in existence, then what reason has he to be jealous? Despite all this and of course the blatant motive behind the jealous god nonsense, Christians still happily babble away about their god being a jealous god and then go back to stuffing their faces with fast food and shaking their heads and clicking their tongues at the moral decline in society….I digress. Why can’t they also accept that god doesn’t care? He could not give a rats rear end about what happens here on earth. Praying is a waste of time because His plan for the future is already set in motion and He won’t change it just for one lousy human. Is it just that Christians are reluctant to admit responsibility for their own decisions?

2007-10-15 18:26:25 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

It only takes about a week to a week and a half to walk across it. What did they do, walk in alternating concentric circles?

2007-10-15 18:24:07 · 16 answers · asked by Enigma®Ragnarökin' 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-15 18:22:53 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-15 18:18:37 · 6 answers · asked by R C 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Why did the watchtower society adviced many times that myspace is bad for young witnesses, and my friend has the WHOLE congregation (the young people) in her friend list. Even the ones that are pioneers, even the elders's children. But the worst part is that they show who they really are. And they MAKE OUT in the pictures they have posted. There's two options

1. Watchtower has to accept that teenagers like myspace

2. Disfellowship them all

2007-10-15 18:16:57 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-15 18:15:39 · 2 answers · asked by sstines05 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I am having a halloween party next week..it's going to be a costume party! I'm so excited :D

My question is do you have any ideas for how I could decorate for the party or any cool Halloween party ideas?

I get pretty into decorating so I mean beyond the basic stuff. Here is some stuff I already did to decorate: I draped netted material over the side of my staircase and put plastic ghosts and bugs through the holes in the netting. I put up caution tape. I bought a life sized Frankenstein and put it in my basement. I bought a chair from good will for $5 and painted it green and then with stencils and purple paint I painted words like boo and witches, etc. Then I attached a fake owl to the back of the chair. It looks pretty cute I think. I also went out and bought cute paper lanterns with halloween designs and I'm going to hang those up around the house. I have a giant spider that I am hanging above my front door. I did a lot more but thats all i can fit unfortunately.

2007-10-15 18:12:28 · 6 answers · asked by pinkisluv17 2 in Halloween

69- Then eat from all the fruits and flit about the spacious paths of your Lord. There issues from within her abdomens a drink of varying colors, wherein is healing for the people. Verily in this is a sign for those who understand.
16-The Honeybee, 69

The honeybee has a body that varies in length between 1cm and 3cm, and that is divided into three parts: head, thorax and abdomen. The verse quoted above stresses that in the individual female bee there are “abdomens,” which in Arabic is “butuniha,” the “ha” referring to a singular female bee. If the plural of the word “abdomen” was meant to refer to the female bees, then the plural female pronoun “hunna” would be attached to the verb “butuniha.” This makes clear the segmented abdomen of the bee. Inside the abdomen there are two stomachs or crops. When collecting the nectar from flowers, nectar is stored in this honey stomach for transport back to the hive. At the rear of the honey stomach is a valve that prevents stored nectar from passing on into the rear portion of the digestive system, except for the small amount needed by the bee to sustain life. The hind portion of the bee’s body is the abdomen that is made up of segments in the form of rings. The abdomen of the bee functions as a chemistry laboratory to produce honey.

The colors of honey vary as stated in the Quran. They change according to the climate, season and weather conditions and the sources where nectar is obtained. The color of honey ranges from dark brown to green, among which the light yellow is preferred. In the honey industry, modern countries with developed techniques use a colorimeter to establish the exact description of honey’s color.


THE HONEY DANCES OF BEES
At the beginning of the verse, reference is made to the collection of nectar. The female bees not only produce honey, but also assume the duty of collecting the raw material from flowers to be eventually transformed into honey. During this process of seeking the nectar, incredible phenomena occur.

The bee that has located the spot where there is nectar to be collected returns to the hive to inform her sisters about the location of flowers. The scout bees returning to the hive perform circular dances or tail-wagging movements on the comb. These dances indicate not only that the scouts have found nectar or pollen and that the other workers should go out and seek it, but they are actually performing an amazing charade that conveys precise information to their sisters about the direction and the distance of the location of a newfound source.

Sometimes a normal adult must attend a dance course for six weeks while a bee, whose lifetime is but six weeks, is able to perform a dance for communication purposes. The bee’s calculation on her way back to the hive is also of great interest. The bee makes her calculation according to the position of the sun. The sun changes its locality one degree per four minutes. The bee that has spotted the location of her food also calculates her return journey as directly and correctly as possible in relation to the sun. She performs this without any error. All these calculations and harmonious coexistence within the hive cannot possibly be explained by pure coincidence or after a six-week-long training. So, all these are innate in her as an endowment of the Creator.


THE HEALING POWER OF HONEY
The verse speaks of the nutritive property of honey, a product of female bees. The regenerative property of honey is confirmed by medical authorities. In addition to its rich vitamin content, among its components are also such minerals such as calcium, potassium, magnesium, sodium, phosphorus as well as such metals as copper, iodine, iron, zinc, and hormones.

Thanks to the easy convertibility of its sugar content, it is easily assimilated. Honey facilitates the functioning of the brain, thanks to its other sugars. It contributes to the production of blood, to its cleansing and proper circulation. Honey provides for the requirement necessary for proper functioning of our physiology and also it is used externally in cosmetics and dermatology.

The fact that honey had healing properties was nothing new for communities all over the world. Therefore, I am not claiming that this was not a generally acknowledged fact at the time of the descent of the Quran. However there were also such superstitious beliefs as the healing effect of a camel’s urine, which was later falsely attributed to the Prophet in hadith books. The Quran never justifies any of such false ideas offered as elixirs. Had the Quran been a product of human imagination, it might also have contained at least a residue of such false beliefs.

The distribution of work of bees in a hive and the multiple tasks performed by bees is too complicated to explain within the scope of this book. The ventilation of the hive, regulating humidity and temperature, keeping a perfect hygienic medium in the hive; guarding the hive, discarding the unwanted foreign matter, dead bees, etc., secreting wax, propolis, all are amazing tasks. How can a bee, whose lifetime is but six weeks, know and perform such grandiose artistry? Without an intelligent Creator the fortuity of all these data is certainly unimaginable. Every inquirer into the doings of a bee - to whose properties there are references in the Quran - will observe the sublime artistry of God in the entity of an insect.

4- Also in your creation and spreading of the animals are signs for people of assured faith.
45-Kneeling, 4

2007-10-15 18:11:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I moved from home a week after I graduated highschool to about 3 hours away from home. I moved in with a guy I had met on the internet and lived with him for a year and a half before we broke up.
I then moved closer to home (this time about an hour and a half away.)
I'm graduating in 7 months with my Bachelor's in Psychology.
I have no idea what to do with myself.
I am not in a serious relationship, I feel like I can't live without being close to my family.
I have no goals, no ambitions, no clue!
Please give me something.. some hope... some clues.. something...

2007-10-15 18:07:44 · 8 answers · asked by rend 3 in Other - Society & Culture