Society & Culture - 16 October 2007

In a mad moment, I decided to finance the republication of a children's book. The plot hinges around a French inscription: "La caverne des morts sera ouverte par les Anglais." (The cave of the dead will be opened by the English."

I decided to write a foreword, in which I pointed out whimsically that the cave had now been re-opened by the English, and using my schoolboy French, came up with "La caverne des morts a été ouverte encore par les Anglais."

The (allegedly) bilingual lady next door passed this, but various colleagues are now suggesting that it should be: "La caverne des morts a été ouverte encore une fois par les Anglais."

Could anyone give authoritative guidance?

2007-10-16 20:09:31 · 3 answers · asked by Harry W 1 in Languages

The bible clearly states that everybody just rests in a grave unti armageddon when they're raised judged, and then 177000 tribes of the jewish nation are allowed to enter and anybody who isn't jewish just has to stay outside--ON EARTH--which verse says when hell gets here and opens up IT'S gates?

2007-10-16 20:07:11 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

We know Mary gave birth to Jesus, but who gave birth to Mohammed?

2007-10-16 20:06:04 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Do they have a plan for this. The faithful gave this money in good faith presumably for charitable purposes. The cost is 660 million in L.A. alone. Don't they have an obligation here?

2007-10-16 20:05:42 · 10 answers · asked by Peter D 2 in Religion & Spirituality

For protestants. When were the books of the Bible decided to be scripture, who made the decision, and how many books did they declare to be the word of God?

2007-10-16 20:02:24 · 11 answers · asked by ozchristianguy 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I am a Pisces. I recently moved to a coastal area and completely fell in love with the Ocean. I have always been fond of the Ocean but I have become obsessed with it and with surfing although I never had the desire to do it prior to this.
Does this have anything to do with my sign?

2007-10-16 20:01:58 · 8 answers · asked by mental.note 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Regardless of my will,

I feel hungry , thirsty, sexy.My hair and nail grow ,every cell of my body is changing every second.whether I want it or not.

Even falling in love with somebody is beyond my decosion.I fell in love with someone But still cant figure out what ignited the love .it was there but it was not mine, I mean I couldnt help it.

My mind and body are not much under my control.There is definetely something already in me, maybe we can call it the programm of the universe for us.

Usually programms have their own purposes.
then whats it within us?

Or it is just happening like evolutionists explain?
My town becomes so beautiful as the autumn deepens.Seeing autumn leaves, I feel joy and sorrow.

Why I FEEL JOY AND SORROW?

2007-10-16 20:01:21 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

So I just got married and moved to a small town in Canada...I'm originally from Los Angeles California (the valley to be exact)... some people say how nice it must be to live so close to nature without the pollution of L.A. ( and I do live near lakes, the ocean, trees, mountains... and a place where children can walk to school without being afraid) and others say "OMG! how can you live without a mall? and no place to hang out?" (and I agree too... everything closes at 6..even starbucks closes at 9!) ... what do you think? Where would you rather live? Small town Canada or big city Los Angeles? And also add where you live (small town or big city) and why you chose what you chose.

2007-10-16 20:00:22 · 10 answers · asked by mystkltuch 1 in Other - Society & Culture

I'm a sister with a daughter. I've been looking to get married. However all the brothers that I meet are fake, and not really into their diin. There are sooo many brothers out there who are not on the straight path. They drink, swear, only pray on fridays, are obessed with sex. I mean what is going on? Or I meet a brother but we are just no compatible and have no connection. I finally met a man that I could see myself marrying. He's wonderful, but he's not muslim. What should I do?

2007-10-16 19:57:58 · 16 answers · asked by Brittany 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I have thought to my self countless times why or how could someone not believe ............ when every breath you breathe is a blessing.......but I recall something about... many will belive great delusion and will belive a lie does anyone recall this correctly?

2007-10-16 19:56:57 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-16 19:55:15 · 10 answers · asked by erickallen101 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-16 19:54:11 · 8 answers · asked by Nekisha r 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

...don't you think he should have called and said he was going to be a lil' late?

2007-10-16 19:50:23 · 18 answers · asked by 12th 3 in Religion & Spirituality

If so, then JESUS is NOT the only way !!

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2007-10-16 19:48:33 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Do you believe that religion is simply something to make some people feel safe? That they hide behind it because they prefer to not have the scare of what will happen to them in the future? I would really like to hear your opinions. They would be much appreciated thanks!

2007-10-16 19:48:28 · 33 answers · asked by Lauren Ryann 2 in Religion & Spirituality

"When you know that when you are on the stage, you will not smile to your audience or give them a cheerful stare, you get stage fright and is the same reason for people to avoid eye contact during conversations." how far is this fact true?

2007-10-16 19:44:23 · 5 answers · asked by SHAHAZAD SHAIKH 2 in Etiquette

A cult is a religion with no political power. --Tom Wolfe

When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, "Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?" --Quentin Crisp

I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay their hands on everything they can get. –Napolean Bonaparte

You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. --Anne Lamott

Christians, needless to say, utterly detest one another; they slander each other constantly with the vilest forms of abuse, and cannot come to any sort of agreement in their teaching. Each sect brands its own, fills the head of its own with deceitful nonsense. --Celsus (178 AD)

The Church says the Earth is flat. But I know that it is round. For I have seen the shadow on the Moon. And I have more faith in a shadow than in the Church. --Magellan

I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump off. So I ran over and said 'Stop! don't do it!' 'Why shouldn't I?' he said. I said, 'Well, there's so much to live for!' He said, 'Like what?' I said, 'Well...are you religious or atheist?' He said, 'Religious.' I said, 'Me too! Are you Christian or Buddhist?' He said, 'Christian.' I said, 'Me too! Are you Catholic or Protestant?' He said, 'Protestant.' I said, 'Me too! Are you Episcopalian or Baptist?' He said, 'Baptist!' I said, 'Wow! Me too! Are you Baptist church of god or Baptist church of the lord?' He said, 'Baptist church of god!' I said, 'Me too! Are you original Baptist church of god, or are you reformed Baptist church of god?' He said, 'Reformed Baptist church of god!' I said, 'Me too! Are you reformed Baptist church of god, reformation of 1879, or reformed Baptist church of god, reformation of 1915?' He said, 'Reformed Baptist church of god, reformation of 1915!' I said, 'Die, heretic scum,' and pushed him off. --Emo Phillips

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2007-10-16 19:36:45 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I have very eccentric beliefs when it comes to science and god. most people who believe in god don't believe in the theory of evolution. and most people who do believe in this theory do not believe in god. The believers have nothing to back them up really, and the evolutionist have proof but holes here and there that cant be filled. The way I see, to think that the universe and this life started from nothing but a huge explosion, this unfathomably complex life was just an accident is absurd. However, to deny evidence of evolution simply because the bible says so is irrational.
so my question is this:
why cant both be the reason why we exist?
lets say that god created the FOUNDATIONS for life and from it did we evolve. Like he gave us the chance to be. is this not a rational explanation too?
is there anyone else out there that feels the same or even compelled by the idea?
let me know

2007-10-16 19:34:58 · 23 answers · asked by trinity 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Here is the link: http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/10/16/artist.controversy/index.html

Now someone earlier on another blog commented that the reason christians didn't react so blood-thirstily when he portrayed jesus as a pedophile, was because they don't love jesus as much.

Isn't that a bit much like a man who kills his wife for having an affair saying the guys that don't kill just didn't love their wife as much as he did? It's pretty brain damaged reasoning, in my humble opinion.

Anyway, tell me what you think.

2007-10-16 19:33:56 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

if you don't hate it, why are you ignorant of it? or should people conclude that you have your own version of history to suit your hate propaganda?

you don't even know where the Bible came from, how it was preserved, you don't even know where you've inherited your beliefs from, you don't even know how you started, you are even very far from really knowing what the Scripture is saying, name it, what is it that you know, really? basically, your beliefs are just reactionary to the things that don't suit your personal agendas. it is also doubtful that you even know what you're talking about; what you are preaching, and what you are spreading.

2007-10-16 19:30:58 · 12 answers · asked by Ťango 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Since so many Christians spend a lot of time explaining why others are not "true" Christians....... will they also start explaining why others are not "true" republicans ?

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2007-10-16 19:25:22 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I dont know which answer would be more appropriate for the first part of the question.

a) Hindusim originated from the ancient religious traditions of India.

b) Hinduism originated from the combination of religious traditions of the Indus Valley people and the Aryans from the north of the Hindu Kush mountains that had encountered the Indus Valley people.

2007-10-16 19:23:57 · 7 answers · asked by myname_isalbert 1 in Religion & Spirituality

i need it for r.e ive been looking for that answer for ages and i cant seem to find anything.x

2007-10-16 19:23:19 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-16 19:22:52 · 27 answers · asked by Leo 2 in Religion & Spirituality

This is kind of gross, anyone walking past can see what you're up to.

2007-10-16 19:22:06 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

Ok, so nearly every time a Christian is mentioned as doing something bad/evil (i.e. Hitler, Crusaders, etc., etc.) they are immediately labeled as "not 'true' Christians"? I mean, didn't Jesus say you should pray for the forgiveness of your sins? So why, then, immediately after someone commits a forgivable sin (like murder) are they no longer a Christian??

2007-10-16 19:18:40 · 25 answers · asked by Dashes 6 in Religion & Spirituality

i just want to know if anyone knows how to return your ex-lover back to you with Love spells/ Wicca?Vooodoo etc? Thanks!

2007-10-16 19:16:14 · 15 answers · asked by M W 1 in Mythology & Folklore

Haha, so did Mary..ROFLOL!!!

2007-10-16 19:13:26 · 13 answers · asked by Smart Ash 2 in Religion & Spirituality

It began hundreds of years ago, when the Church changed the Bible. . .


The "New Testament": Pagan revenge

Between G-d's own miracles and the Jewish teaching of His Word, the pagan priest/pastorhoods of Egypt, Greece, and Rome were steadily losing their power over the gentile populations. They decided to fight back by creating a new religion, one that would claim to be the fulfillment of the Hebrew "Old Testament," yet would bring back the pagan lies in a new disguise.

Thus the "New Testament" was written, in Greek rather than Hebrew, and attached to the original Hebrew scriptures to try to change their meaning back toward paganism.

The "New Testament" tried to change G-d from One, as in the Hebrew scriptures, into a "trinity" as in Egyptian cults or the eastern religions of Hinduism and Buddhism. It described Jesus as G-d in a human body, like the pagans always described Pharoah and other wicked kings. It declared G-d's Law to be a "curse" that no one can truly obey, announced that there must be a "mediator" between G-d and man, and pretended that salvation could now be achieved outside the Law.

To blind the gentile nations, the "New Testament" also warned people not to learn from the Jews, declaring that Israel no longer possessed the true, complete Word of G-d.

In the Bible, the book of Daniel warned of an evil power--a false religion--that would believe in the true "G-d of fortresses... plus a god its fathers did not know." This religion would "speak bizarre words about the Most High, wear out the holy ones (the Jews), and plan to change the festivals and the religious Law."7 The Christian Church has indeed replaced Passover with Easter (the pagan holiday of Astarte and Ishtar) and Hanukah with Christmas (the pagan winter holiday).


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Jewish Ruling concerning Christianity :

"...according to the known Jewish ruling that Christians are idol worshippers." (Likkutei Sichos 37:198)


http://www.noahide.com/infiltration/xmas.htm

2007-10-16 19:12:17 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i have a party to go to, in a gay club and i want to have the best costume ever !
of course i want to show some skin, since i have a nice body, but im not sure what !
if you have any ideas please tell me where to buy it online !!
thanks Happy Halloween !1!

2007-10-16 19:09:06 · 6 answers · asked by Alex B 1 in Halloween