Society & Culture - 17 October 2007

How do you feel when?

They thrust their girly handbag on you to hold "for a moment" when your out.

Or place it on your lap when they are the ones driving.

2007-10-17 19:13:35 · 21 answers · asked by Narky 5 in Other - Society & Culture

Or did Satan put a peice of toilet paper on the bottom of his shoe?

2007-10-17 19:09:45 · 8 answers · asked by Pull My Finger 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I was chided because of the age of the sourde it was 1977 or something like that...I deleted the question. this is the updated version.

This is an excerpt from an article written by Dr. Tommy Mitchell and Dr. Elizabeth Mitchell

March 14, 2007

...Like Darwin, Haeckel claimed that the developmental stages of an embryo retrace its evolutionary past. In other words, the human embryo supposedly goes through a fish stage, an amphibian stage, a reptile stage, and so on. Countless students have therefore been taught, “Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny.” Support for this notion came, not from scientific research and observation, but solely from Haeckel’s own diagrams.

Ernst Haeckel was a professor of zoology in Germany from 1865 until 1909. In 1868, he fabricated the embryologic evidence for evolution by fraudulently producing the diagrams to “prove” the theory. Reputable German scientists immediately began refuting his evidence, demonstrating that Haeckel had falsified his pictures. Notwithstanding, these diagrams have been taught in biology textbooks at the high school and university levels as recently as the 1990s and the idea they purport to prove is still presented in textbooks today,

The so-called gill slits of a human embryo have nothing to do with gills, and the human embryo does not pass through a fish stage or any other evolutionary stage. The development of the human embryo reveals steady progress toward a fully functional human body. Never in the course of development does a human embryo absorb oxygen from water as fish do with gills. (The human embryo is fully supplied with oxygen through the umbilical cord.) In fact, these “gill slits” are not even slits.

So what are these misnamed structures? Actually, they are nothing more than folds in the region of the tiny embryo’s throat. By the 28th day of life, the embryo’s brain and spinal cord seem to be racing ahead of the rest of the body in growth. Therefore, for a time, the spinal cord is actually longer than the body, forcing the body to curl and flexing the neck area forward. (This curled embryo with the long spinal cord is mistakenly accused by some people of having a tail.) Just as many people develop a double chin when bending the neck forward, so the embryo has folds in its neck area due to this flexing.

We scientists especially like to name things. Gill slits is a misleading name, since these folds are neither gills nor slits. Another popular name, branchial arches, is just as deceptive because branchial comes from the Greek word for “gills.” Somehow the name neck folds just isn’t fancy enough for our scientific minds, so these folds are called pharyngeal arches, since they are arch-shaped folds near the throat. (Pharyngeal is the scientific word for things having to do with the throat. When you say you have a sore throat, your doctor says you have pharyngitis.) The creases between the folds are called pharyngeal clefts, and the undersides of the folds are called pharyngeal pouches.

One reason for assigning names to all these parts is the fact that each fold shapes itself into specific structures, none of which are ever used for breathing. The outer and middle ear as well as the bones, muscles, nerves, and glands of the neck develop from these folds. Only superficially do these important folds ever resemble gills; the pharyngeal arches are no more related to gills than stars are to streetlights.

2007-10-17 19:08:27 · 13 answers · asked by Adyghe Ha'Yapheh-Phiyah 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm not a Christian myself, so I was wondering.

2007-10-17 19:06:04 · 9 answers · asked by Ms. Green 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-17 19:02:39 · 10 answers · asked by krishnokoli 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Recently I watched a program of prophecy on television about Nostradamus and his third anti-christ prophecy concerning Mabus... then for the fun of it I looked "Mabus" up online and I must have been tired cause my eyes played a dislexic trick on me where the last letters of Nostradamus looked very much the same as the letters of Mabus...

Nostradamus... Mabus

damus... mabus
flip dam around... mab (d becomes a b)
mabus... mabus

Mabus = the reincarnate form of Notradamus ????????? would however explain why Nostradamus was the one who fortold of such prophecies.

Out on a limb here... but what do you think?

2007-10-17 19:00:51 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

...accidentally of course. And no, rape is not an option. I mean, totally consensual sex. Who doesn't know to use condemns, who doesn't know that you can get birth control or at the very least Plan B for free...anonymously? I learned about sex, reproduction and the dangers of unprotected sex as early as the beginning of jr. high. But people are in their 20's (even 30's) are still accidentally getting knocked up? How is this possible, its 2007.

2007-10-17 19:00:00 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

If God knew us before he created us, then why the hell did he make evil people like murderers and child molesters? Help me understand this....or are we just something that popped out of the universe....like the scientists believe?!?

2007-10-17 18:58:04 · 28 answers · asked by alexswife21 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I sometimes wonder if I'm not making it all up.

2007-10-17 18:55:18 · 20 answers · asked by in any other world 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Hollywood's Most Powerful Christians:

1. Mel Gibson
2. Denzel Washington
3. Patricia Heaton
4. Tyler Perry
5. Ralph Winter
6. Angela Bassett
7. Martin Sheen
8. Martha Williamson
9. Kristen Chenoweth
10. Philip Anschutz
11. Howard Kazanjian
12. Scott Derrickson

Those were the people that a recent article said were the most powerful Christians in Hollywood. Here's the link:

http://www.christianpost.com/article/20071017/29733_Mel_Gibson_Named_'Most_Powerful_Christian'_in_Hollywood.htm

What do you think?

2007-10-17 18:55:00 · 8 answers · asked by Zezo Zeze Zadfrack 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I am a spiritualist, and i cant seem to find a fraternal group, wherein everyone is individual and yet we could fraternize wit intelligence!

2007-10-17 18:51:37 · 6 answers · asked by chicogringosegundo 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I have a party to go to and i have no idea what to dress up as... i'm 21.. so give me ideas!!

2007-10-17 18:48:07 · 9 answers · asked by tech 2 in Halloween

Why are parents against their sons/ daugher going into seminary school, becoming a missionary or doing ministry? Why do parents think that if their sons/ or daughter go into ministry, serve God, that they have nothing to do in life? Why can parents be supportive? if they say "No" what is good way to make parents support? if you are ministers, pastor, missionary, have you had these experiences? how did you deal with the situation?

2007-10-17 18:47:05 · 4 answers · asked by John's Prayer 1 in Religion & Spirituality

it a joke!

2007-10-17 18:44:06 · 5 answers · asked by DARK 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-10-17 18:41:54 · 11 answers · asked by Adnan Al Saif 1 in Religion & Spirituality

In Genesis Cain and Abel both make sacrifices to God. Abel keeps sheep and he offers the fat of the firstlings of his flock, which pleases God. Cain is a tiller of the ground and offers the fruits of the ground and God is unimpressed with this.

Why is this? Is it simply because the fat of a sheep is worth more in richness than fruit or vegetables? Or is there more to it?

2007-10-17 18:39:54 · 31 answers · asked by ♫Erica♫ 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I really want to know what you have to say about this.

Thanks!

2007-10-17 18:37:28 · 28 answers · asked by Zezo Zeze Zadfrack 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Why is it so many ppl r so damn irrational when they form arguements? Basing them off hasty generalizations, Slippery slopes and ad ignorantium.

2007-10-17 18:36:20 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-17 18:35:35 · 28 answers · asked by Mylene33 1 in Religion & Spirituality

http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071017222344AAG9cd4

I just answered this question, and then looked at the other answers. A lot of people say both, these people are hypocrites, looking for the easy way out, disagree? Prove me wrong. by the way, questions for Christians, the Earth is 6000 years old right? If I am correct in this (as I believe I am, Christians believe this right?) then this is proof enough.

2007-10-17 18:35:20 · 18 answers · asked by NotTheStatusQuo 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Okay... I am sick and tired of this. Why do so many of you and others STILL insist that evolution says that humans came from monkeys? Why?! We evolved from ape-like creatures. Monkeys are our COUSINS.

This is such a simple concept...

2007-10-17 18:34:05 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-17 18:30:37 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-10-17 18:29:50 · 22 answers · asked by Jama21 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Becoming a witch.

2007-10-17 18:29:05 · 23 answers · asked by kimberly v 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-17 18:28:41 · 10 answers · asked by nitewatch4221 1 in Other - Society & Culture

Luke 22:41-42
And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. yes

John 12:27
Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. no

2007-10-17 18:28:20 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

why is this? can people not have their own beliefs? everytime i turn around poeple are like oh you should be a chrsitian its much more holy. what the heck?

2007-10-17 18:28:08 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

celibacy be preferred for men in ministry?

2007-10-17 18:27:58 · 14 answers · asked by thefinalresult 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-17 18:25:28 · 22 answers · asked by Aniatario 4 in Mythology & Folklore

Why does it seem you christians never do your research?I have seen many of your answers and they seem very uneducated.It looks as if your answers are just what tad bit of info you know,it doesn't look as if you have really done any research. Though it might be me just because I'm 14 and know more than most people because I do the research.

2007-10-17 18:25:11 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality