Society & Culture - 22 October 2007

I personally think that by banning makeup at school it would work in a sort of chain reaction to slow down the rate at which children grow up these days. Makeup was not supposed to be worn back when I was at school seven years ago but girls wore it and the boys got interested. I think if it was banned all together, the girls would be less competitive over their looks, the boys wouldn't be so interested, children would fit in together better and generally wouldn't grow up so fast. This is only my opinion but I am interested to hear yours. If you are at school, please don't hurl childish comments at me without thinking them over first. I would like to hear thoughtful ideas from people who are at school and either agree or disagree though.
Thanks!

2007-10-22 04:42:26 · 9 answers · asked by claire 5 in Other - Society & Culture

and inheriting your father's sins?

My understanding is that having your father's iniquities visited upon you simply means having to live with the consequences of your father's actions, such as having a father that is a drunkard means having to deal with the issues that arise from your father's drunkenness. That may mean a poor lifestyle, constant bickering in your father's house, being labled the child of a drunkard, etc. But that does not mean that you inherit his drunkard ways, or will become a drunkard yourself.

From my understanding, you can't inherit sins, you can only make your own. You may have exemplary examples of "sinfulness" in your life, but only you can commit the sins you are accountable for. Therefore, there could be no such thing as "original sin" being transmitted to children. That would explain why Jews don't believe in original sin. Christianity says otherwise. Can someone explain how it is possible to inherit sin. Not a tendency to sin, but sin itself.

2007-10-22 04:42:17 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

how do you say the below words in french?:
1 afro hair
2 sleeping
3 english
4 little bit of french
5 nigeria
6 puppy
7 music
8 shopping
9 running
10 waking up early
11 fitness gym
12 pizza
13 apple crumble
14 garlic bread
15 chinese
16 accountant
17 baby blue

i have used translators but i want to recheck, so please help me if you can.
just state the number then write beside it wot the french translation is.

thanks :D

2007-10-22 04:42:07 · 4 answers · asked by sk8er2star 2 in Languages

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2007-10-22 04:41:18 · 15 answers · asked by Elijah N 1 in Religion & Spirituality

them that are of the anointed ever been disfellowshiped? If so..do you no longer count them as one of the annointed? If so..wouldn't that be judging them?

2007-10-22 04:41:17 · 11 answers · asked by Lisa... 1 in Religion & Spirituality

i were a poor man that had no money and you owned a pub or a bar?

2007-10-22 04:39:41 · 31 answers · asked by cliffordw hippiefied ol fart 7 in Other - Society & Culture

Even after rule hav been imposed, most of them do not follow it.
Here bribary plays a major role.......
Any sol. to abolish them?

2007-10-22 04:39:35 · 485 answers · asked by Anonymous in Community Service

2007-10-22 04:39:21 · 9 answers · asked by Luke A. 3 in Religion & Spirituality

What are druid rituals? I saw the movie Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour, and this guy named David did this druid ritual with skull-shaped turnips with candles in them. Kind of like mini jack-o-lanterns. But David found out that he was going to be killed on his 21st b-day. so a lady called him and said for him to do the ritual, and he loooked it up in a book, and saw that you had to carve fifty turnips into the shape of a skull with little tea candles in them. and for the person to be safe from a spirit, to sit in the circle of fifty turnips, and they were to wear a mask to confuse the spirit.But i am confused saying as many other druid rituals may be different from the one i am talking about. But do they actually work?

2007-10-22 04:39:21 · 18 answers · asked by Hannah.~ 3 in Religion & Spirituality

We ask for a collective belief and agreement among all Christians and cannot get one.
Explanation of the trinity. Many different Christians have a variety of beliefs on the trinity.
Cannot seem to get a full agreement on the flood, creation, the description of hell, the validity of speaking in tongues, the prophecies of tribulation, the rapture, and many more things.

Christians, if you cannot agree among yourselves on your own bible and religious beliefs, why do you expect anyone else to buy into it?

Which beliefs are we supposed to pick? Why these over others?

It all seems to come down to what sounds best to me personally. I guess I'm just supposed to grab a bible and cherry-pick which beliefs I want for me. If I am supposed to pray and let your god guide me to the truth, what about all the other Christians who have done the same and have been guided to differing truths?

2007-10-22 04:38:14 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

My aunt is in a meeting... and i get to use the computer... the 1 issue is that all the sites i use ARE BLOCKED!! (uh that is so gay)...any suggestions!? but at least i get to go to a concert later (haha randomness)

2007-10-22 04:37:22 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

...would you please keep me and my city in your thoughts and prayers? I live in San Diego, CA and if you've been watching the national news you know that there are mutiple wild fires surrounding the county. As I walked outside at about 7:00 this morning I could smell the smoke and realized the skies had/have been polluted with it as well. Numerous schools and businesses have been closed for the day, my store/office included. My town hasn't been given evacuation orders yet as the fires are further East. However, there are Santa Anna winds that are making it extremely difficult for fire fighters to contain the fires. Futhermore, the winds have carried the fires into other areas in San Diego. Basically I'm just asking for you to keep me and other residents of San Diego in your thoughts and prayers. I have the news on and am just waiting to see if I need to pack up and leave. I pray it doesn't come to that, but you never know. Thanks everyone!

2007-10-22 04:37:14 · 29 answers · asked by Kori spelled backwards is Irok 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm looking to study or work abroad in a few years and am in the process of figuring out where I want to go. Initially it was going to be Germany, because I love everything about the country and language and am fairly proficient in German, looking to improve greatly.

However, I am also interested in learning French. And so I was wondering, is there anywhere I can go where I can improve my French (after having learned the basics beforehand) while at the same time being able to improve German? I know that 2 of the 4 official languages of Switzerland are German and French. So I have a few concerns.

1. I'm learning "high German" or hochdeutsch, is this spoken in Switz. or is it mostly dialects?
2. Same thing with french, but I don't know the proper term for the official language one would learn in school.
3. Is there anywhere in Switzerland (or any other country, for that matter) where both are spoken fairly commonly?

Thanks

2007-10-22 04:37:10 · 6 answers · asked by buck r 2 in Languages

How can we overcome the hurt and open our hearts again after we have been deceived? How long does it take to heal?
We may justify our wounds, sit in the corner and lick them, but when do we emerge again and let someone else in? Does this take a leap of faith?
Can we trust others?

2007-10-22 04:36:57 · 10 answers · asked by NRPeace 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Like the Old Man said, "You ain't foolin' nobody but yourself!"

2007-10-22 04:36:44 · 21 answers · asked by THE NEXT LEVEL 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Anything you've seen or heard or experienced recently that struck a soft spot in your heart? Not necessarily anything to do with GLBT relationships. And not necessarily anything that anyone else would understand. For some things, you had to have been there.

Mine would be seeing my favorite usually cynical grocery store clerk in his high school marching band uniform holding his little step brother's hand while helping him down the stadium steps before a game last Friday, then giving him a hug.

2007-10-22 04:36:16 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Does it affect you later on?

2007-10-22 04:34:33 · 12 answers · asked by Lance 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Prominent creation scientist Em Adjineri has recently developed a faith-based alternative to Einstein's Theory of General Relativity. Her alternative is called the Law of Intelligent Space-Time (or IST).

Since a theory can be wrong and a law has to be right, the Law of IST is better than the Theory of General Relativity.

General relativity says that space-time curves around massive bodies, thereby deflecting the vectors of any close bodies with mass from the temporal dimension into the spatial dimensions. This is supposedly what causes acceleration due to gravity.

But there is one flaw in General Relativity: how does space-time know how much it's supposed to curve? The only possible way is if it was intelligently designed with free will. The space-time uses its free will to curve around massive bodies because the will of space-time is in accordance with the will of God.

Since General Relativity is just a theory and IS is a law, IS is better and should be taught in schools.

2007-10-22 04:33:34 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i have never had that problem just wear the right size

2007-10-22 04:33:26 · 7 answers · asked by sexynsweet 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

I am 6 months pregnant and have 2 costume parties to go to this weekend. For one, I am supposed to dress up like a Holllywood star---but I can't think of anything that I can do while pregnant. I won't wear anything degrading or evil looking, so please help me think of something that is good-natured that I can pull of pregnant :)

Thanks so much!!!!!


PS: You get the 10 points if you can come up with something for my husband to wear that goes along with my costume and if you can tell me how to make the costumes without spending a lot of money :)

2007-10-22 04:32:07 · 10 answers · asked by Aubrey and Braeden's Mommy 5 in Halloween

2007-10-22 04:31:25 · 11 answers · asked by redbone1512 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-22 04:31:00 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Try imagine the report button as a gun. In this case you, by using it, is shooting at people and often with a virtual death as the result.

The behavior of killing is here in R&S and is quite noticable. Tons of shots are fired per minute.

How do the "report-people" feel about having killing behaviour?

(Remember - I'm talking about the behaviour of killing - not virtual death. I note this because some people have trouble staying on the actual topic of the question - which is "How do you feel about having killing behaviour?")

2007-10-22 04:30:22 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I know this doesn't apply to everyone, but I just want a reasonable (if that could ever happen) answer that I can comprehend. Most of us are NO WHERE NEAR the way we are portrayed on television. Racists (with some sort of brain) are welcome to answer...

2007-10-22 04:29:49 · 15 answers · asked by inquiring black beauty 3 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Humans naturally fear what they dont understand or what is different there is no argument over this. my point is what is more diffrent and more strange than skin colour an white and black i wonder if racism is inbuilt into us, and why it bothers some more than others

2007-10-22 04:29:46 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-10-22 04:29:03 · 7 answers · asked by Pyro 1 in Mythology & Folklore

As a Congregationalist, Obama belongs to one of the only decent branches of Christianity in the entire world. For example, they openly embrace gays and give them no hateful rhetoric. However, now Obama is touring the South and catering to those who think it would be fine to stone certain groups of people to death.
Barack, if you are actually about Jesus, which has next to nothing to do with Christianity, then you will be proud to have evangelicals as your enemy, as they are the enemy to all decent forms of mankind.

2007-10-22 04:28:26 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

People that you know are fake and you can see right through them? I have a hard time with this. I don't handle people who are fake. I just feel like I can see right through most people and I am usually right. My problem is I don't know how to just ignore it and realize it is not my problem...Do you feel that most people don't have good intentions to begin with? Are we made to be honest, trust worthy, caring people or have we just been conditioned that way? Is it so wrong to be selfish? Or should we just watch out for ourselves?

2007-10-22 04:27:57 · 6 answers · asked by Jamie G 5 in Other - Society & Culture

I would appreciate it very much if you give me your thoughts about it. Thank you.

Here is our argument.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071022061818AAql03N&r=w

2007-10-22 04:26:47 · 23 answers · asked by Let's Debate 1 in Religion & Spirituality

SOME (not all) Christians seem to like to say things such as
"You're going to burn in hell" and other nice lines.
I was under some odd impression that Christians are supposed to :
love thy neighbor
not pass judgement
turn the other cheek
etc etc etc

So I ask you, do YOU practice what you preach?

2007-10-22 04:26:30 · 21 answers · asked by Jenae, TV (tempter of the vile) 5 in Religion & Spirituality