Society & Culture - 17 October 2007

2007-10-17 10:27:31 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

A real brother is one that loves his sister and brothers unconditionally, is he not?

2007-10-17 10:25:42 · 12 answers · asked by $0.02 4 in Other - Cultures & Groups

The first two thirds were all alone the lines of "Jesus is love!", "Jesus loves you!" and "Jesus loves cheese!", and the last bit was basically along the lines of "All gays are evil devilspawn and will burn forever and ever and ever and ever in a pit of fire and sharp pointy things".
Slight contradiction methinks?

2007-10-17 10:25:36 · 44 answers · asked by Sam S 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Nowhere in history is a there a record of a "Palestinian" nation, no record of their language, culture, cuisine or existence. The Palestinian Narrative is an attempt by Arabs to eradicate the existence of a Jewish state with a history that is recorded in archeology as well as the Bible. The Jews have an unbroken and unequivocal record of having resided in the Holy Land for thousands of years. The Arabs came only after the Jews provided opportunities for employment and a better life than was possible in their own countries.

2007-10-17 10:25:29 · 16 answers · asked by Emmess 4 in Religion & Spirituality

This interpretation of the confusing of languages / scattering of peoples (the Babel event) asserts that it happened sometime after 2247 BCE (after the birth of Peleg):
http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v22/i1/peleg.asp

So, for example, I was curious about the language and facial features of the Chinese era of the Yangshao culture (5,000 BCE - 3,000 BCE).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangshao_culture

Did the Chinese acquire their notable non-Jewish facial features after the birth of Peleg?

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(It's also odd that the "Flood" apparently was alleged to have happened only as far back as 2349–2348 BCE.)

2007-10-17 10:25:00 · 4 answers · asked by FORMER Atheist Now Praising FSM! 3 in Religion & Spirituality

What is best thing for me to do when God is silent in my prayers? I've been praying for a job so that I can save up money a little bit before going into ministry. If I have no income before the campus ministry training starts, my parents would be really mad. I have option of doing self support for doing a ministry but my parents would be mad too. So I've been praying for a job to save up, but God is not opening up the door for my finance right now. I need to save up, pay debt a little bit. Ministry training is in january and if I have no money, what should I do? what is God's will? is his will not letting me work for a while and do self support? I want to do ministry training deep down in my heart but if he God is not opening up the doors for my financial situation, what does that mean? i've been trying to be patient but it is really hard. If you were minister, missionary or pastor, how did you dealt with financial situation before going into mininstry? what if parents say "No"????

2007-10-17 10:23:48 · 9 answers · asked by John's Prayer 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-17 10:22:42 · 39 answers · asked by Linz ♥ VT 4 in Religion & Spirituality

and there needs to be a wind storm to blow them off?

2007-10-17 10:21:49 · 12 answers · asked by Midge 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I often see people saying "Why do you quote from your Catechism?" "Why not just use the Bible"

Well, first, do you know what the word "catechism" means? It is from the Greek "katēchein" meaning "to teach". So, it is the teaching of the Church. Very simple.

The Bible is the inspired word of God. All of us Christians understand this. But, a Bible exegete (interpreter) will tell you that the Bible is what we call "materially sufficient" but not "formally sufficient" for knowing the Christian faith. In other words, all the "stuff" (as Carl Sagan would say) or "material" is in there, but it is not laid out in a "form" as to be perfectly clear what it is saying.

Enter "the Church". Christ established a teaching church: "..go and make disciples of all nations.. ..teaching them to obey everything I have commanded" (Matt 28: 19-20). And that's what the Catechism is, the fulfillment of Christ's command to the apostles, and their sucessors, to teach.

2007-10-17 10:21:13 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

How did all the pa-nay-nays and va-jay-jays develop?
How did procreation occur?
Were we all hermaphrodites impregnating ourselves?
GROSS!

2007-10-17 10:21:04 · 21 answers · asked by ivy 3 in Religion & Spirituality

i need to find out about someone that is in prison nd find what the address is so that i can write the person and to find out when they get out

2007-10-17 10:20:46 · 4 answers · asked by Yolanda G 1 in Community Service

There's like a gazillion questions on Noah's ark every single day!!! Poor (great x 1 million) grandpa. :-P

2007-10-17 10:20:19 · 7 answers · asked by Maple Sugar 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Thank you for your answers! :)

Have a wonderful night/day! :)

2007-10-17 10:20:19 · 48 answers · asked by Moon :) 7 in Religion & Spirituality

It's only a hate crime if the attacker is white. Btw, I'm Asian. It's really weird in a country that is mostly white, where laws are made by whites, is so against whites. You'd never see something this dumb in Korea.

http://wcbstv.com/seenon/lakewood.rabbi.attacked.2.341832.html

2007-10-17 10:20:11 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

If God knows everything we are going to do and say, and knows what our destiny is, then how can we have free will? If we do have free will, then how can God be all knowing/powerful, cause he wouldn't be able to tell what we're going to think or do next, right?

2007-10-17 10:19:42 · 11 answers · asked by straightshooter 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Because of you

Because of you
my world is now whole,
Because of you
love lives in my soul.
Because of you
I have laughter in my eyes,
Because of you
I am no longer afraid of good-byes.
You are my pillar
my stone of strength,
With me through all seasons
and great times of length.
My love for you is pure
boundless through space and time,
it grows stronger everyday
with the knowledge that you'll always be mine.
At the altar
I will joyously say 'I do',
for I have it all now
and it's all because of you.

2007-10-17 10:19:01 · 3 answers · asked by Rosanna D 1 in Languages

Yeah I am talking about Joseph Smith.

At age 14 he claimed he saw both the God the Father and his Son Jesus Christ and they spoke to him.

For over 20 years this dude gets the crap kicked out of him, tarred and feathered and beaten within an inch of his life. All he has to do to make it stop is say "I Lied"

But he never did.

He maintained his story and never denied it and he was killed for it at age 39.

Why would someone do that if it were not true?

Think about it. would you or anyone you know go through that kind of abuse and be willing to catch a bullet for something that you didn't know to be true?

2007-10-17 10:17:59 · 44 answers · asked by ASE Master 3 in Religion & Spirituality

What constitutes a person as being a "saint"?
Since only GOD knows the depths of a person's heart, how can we be sure that the person is a "saint"?

2007-10-17 10:16:05 · 17 answers · asked by ARIZONA 3 in Religion & Spirituality

My neighbor is frequently stopping by without calling to tell me something obvious or something that a phone call would suffice. It's not like our houses are right next to each other, there is a small wooded area in between and he usually drives over (which is ridiculous in its own). I really like my privacy and am getting sick of this. How can I discourage it without burning a bridge - I definitely don't want to cause problems since we're neighbors.

2007-10-17 10:15:27 · 17 answers · asked by JenEstes 5 in Etiquette

Do they (scientists) establish God's existence the similar way any religious believer would do?

2007-10-17 10:14:14 · 15 answers · asked by ? 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Do they (scientists) establish God's existence the similar way any religious believer would do?

2007-10-17 10:12:59 · 15 answers · asked by ? 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I don't think that some one is less intelligent because they do not agree with some one else. just because they do not agree does not mean they are scared of them. We do not call homosexuals "christianphobes". we should be able to disagree and still coexist.

2007-10-17 10:12:04 · 25 answers · asked by ben p 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

The world is being ruined by global warming. Our weather is nuts. If man continues to ruin the earth it will be uninhabitable in a few more years. So what does this mean for mankind? The Bible states that God will step in before man ruins the earth (Revelation 11:18) , doesn't that mean that it will be soon? What do you think?

2007-10-17 10:11:47 · 32 answers · asked by SisterCF 4 in Religion & Spirituality

is it the first thing you do on holiday,,find the pool,if not what else do you like to do on holiday,,

2007-10-17 10:11:34 · 12 answers · asked by blueendred 5 in Valentine's Day

I aboslutely hate to say this but I have a very skilled employee who is very immature in his behavior. I have another employee who is much older and accomplished who is of the same race. When I discuss the other employee's behavior with the older one, he says that it is because "on the streets" you have to have that kind of attitude and he just needs time to "grow up" and realize the rest of the world doesn't operate that way.
That leads me to the question of why should I put up with it and wait for him to finally "get it"? Do I have a social responsibility to him?

2007-10-17 10:10:53 · 20 answers · asked by parkdad73 1 in Other - Society & Culture

If you are an atheist, and you believe that there is not a God and then the Dr. told you that you have 4 weeks to live, would you consider the existance of God then?

2007-10-17 10:10:32 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

hi everyone
i have a 7 month old boy and he will be 9 1/2 months by christmas time i am a first time parent and i dont know what to get him for christmas i want to get him a v tech smile baby system but i dont know how good those things are i read reviews but that didnt help and i was looking at the leap frog baby learn thing but i dont know what is better so if anyone has a v smile baby system how good is it and what else can i get my son for christmas please help we are tight on money but i want to get him gifts that he will play with and that he will enjoy so everyone please help

2007-10-17 10:09:34 · 12 answers · asked by MS DAHL 4 in Christmas

My wife and I were just married outside of the church. We were both raised Catholic, but both of us were away for so long that we didn't really consider getting married in the church. We think that we would like to get back into the religion for our future children. Does anyone know what the process would be to have our marriage recognized by the Catholic church? Do we just have to go through the whole six month process, and have a Catholic wedding? Please only give civil answers, we are only now considering becoming religious again and I don't want to be turned further away by anyone.

2007-10-17 10:08:48 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-17 10:07:22 · 4 answers · asked by beaglegurl07 1 in Christmas

2007-10-17 10:07:12 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality