Society & Culture - 29 October 2007

Opinions on that?

2007-10-29 11:17:34 · 12 answers · asked by StinkyDec19 2 in Religion & Spirituality

My question is thus:
What are the 'rules' for pulling out chairs for ladies at fancy dinners? Should I just seat my girlfriend, or should I also seat her younger sister?
And would it be considered improper for me to help her mother as well?
P.S. This is for large, out of house, and family dinners.
Thank you

2007-10-29 11:16:10 · 5 answers · asked by Cheezy Poof 2 in Etiquette

2007-10-29 11:15:44 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

2007-10-29 11:15:09 · 15 answers · asked by michael 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I need to hear french words pronounced. I understand them but I can't pronounce them. Where can I type in a french word and hear it pronounced?

2007-10-29 11:13:45 · 21 answers · asked by Eric G 1 in Languages

2007-10-29 11:13:05 · 1 answers · asked by dvcgurl 7 in Halloween

I consider worship as bowing our hearts to someone or something.I think atheists worship self,their own intelligence perhaps.Is this what the Bible terms as self-righteousness?

2007-10-29 11:12:49 · 69 answers · asked by God is awesome 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-29 11:11:53 · 13 answers · asked by Lost. at. Sea. 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I know this has been asked many times, but Halloween is in two days. I have no costume whatsoever. I need a cheap costume (and if you can, not original), for halloween. I am a guy. Thanks

- Me

2007-10-29 11:11:36 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Halloween

My partner is hooked on internet porn , especially the violent variety. Is it about sex or does he really hate women?

2007-10-29 11:11:25 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

What does this day represent, is it evil and against all that is holy, or what?

2007-10-29 11:11:23 · 14 answers · asked by lee f 5 in Religion & Spirituality

i know what science has "revealed" and i know there's little to know scientific proof of God...but i know deep down in my heart that Christ is the way, even though the world is constantly telling me otherwise. is this weird? do other Christians feel the same.

2007-10-29 11:11:21 · 6 answers · asked by <>< captivated 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Maybe if atheists were shorter they'd believe in God because they'd be closer to him. (God lives in people's hearts and short people have brains that are closer to their hearts.)

2007-10-29 11:10:23 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

What if you prefer to wear small, tight clothing because it makes you comfortable, not in order to be tempting or sinful? Does your god REALLY care all that much?

And why do people dress up EXTRA nice to go to church? I never understood that, not in all the time that I went. If going to church is just like going over to someone else's house, why not simply make sure you look civilized instead of insisting on looking spiffy?

Or is going to church like going to the opera? Because people dress up for that as it's a "special" occasion.

2007-10-29 11:09:36 · 19 answers · asked by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 in Religion & Spirituality

who don't think gays should be allowed to get married?

If so, why?

2007-10-29 11:08:55 · 8 answers · asked by fallingdown2323 3 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-10-29 11:08:18 · 3 answers · asked by june 1 in Independence Day

we have things to do, and sometimes it requires to stay over lunch at our desk, eat our food and continue to work.

yet he insists on going out. and once i had to do all the work because it was due by 1pm. what do i do?
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Can I get answers from people who have jobs?

2007-10-29 11:07:58 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

you think that it's more open-minded to accept the "possibility" that God could exist?

Anyone call themselves agnostic because you get less crap from Christians than if you tell them you're an atheist?

I'm sure most agnostics are sincere, don't get me wrong. To tell you why I asked -- I called myself an agnostic for years (even though I thought God couldn't possibly exist) because it helped my avoid a lot of crap from Christians. It was easy just to say, "I try to be open-minded about it. So I have to say that I just don't know." In my case, I was just being chicken. Any other chickens out there?

2007-10-29 11:07:50 · 16 answers · asked by Pull My Finger 7 in Religion & Spirituality

don't you think that if we'll do that there will be more agreement in R&S section?

2007-10-29 11:07:21 · 11 answers · asked by Claudia A 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I guess atheists do not have faith but I'm just curious to find if they have hope in life.Like me, as a believing & practicing Christian, whatever bad happens in life, I know that God is in control of my life & tuns everything around for good.No matter how bad the situation may 'seem', even when prayers don't 'seem' to get answered I can always see the light at the end of the tunnel because I have faith in an unfailing power that far exceeds anything on earth.The hope of being healed,the hope & faith of having my sins forgiven,the hope of living a blessed & prosperous life...& the hope of having an eternal life, these are a few blessings of having faith in a God & it is such a positive feeling.I look around the world I live,people go through all kinds of stuff,some live depressed & hopeless with no one to cry out to, but some have hope & smile through the storms & make it through because they hope in a God who is able.
Sensible answers to this sincere question would be appreciated.

2007-10-29 11:07:06 · 48 answers · asked by God is awesome 2 in Religion & Spirituality

when He decides who gets into Heaven?

2007-10-29 11:06:45 · 10 answers · asked by Brendan G 4 in Religion & Spirituality

As a play on the rapist/victim scenario down the list a bit...

Once saved, always saved, according to fundies. Yet, faith without works is DEAD FAITH. Dead faith, equals a hypocrite, equals not saved.

So, if a rapist is "saved", then goes out and rapes someone, is he still "saved" because he believed Jesus died for his sins?

For those of you who say "yes"... how can you say this when...
But someone may well say, "You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works."
James 2:17-19

Saved by faith, justified by works! If you do not have the works, you have no faith, and therefore, a hypocrite, and unsaved. Once cannot call themselves a faithful believer and then go and do against what Jesus Christ says (ie. rape, murder, etc) and be saved still.

So no, once saved, not always saved. One can renounce their salvation by doing a work that is against what Jesus Christ Himself said to do...

2007-10-29 11:06:36 · 10 answers · asked by Christine S 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I have a few events this week for work and people are dressing up. It needs to be appropriate but i have a small budget and very little time aka i need it tomorrow and it needs to be functional and simple. I'm a 24 year old female. Any ideas?

2007-10-29 11:06:09 · 15 answers · asked by Dreamer 3 in Halloween

Seriously, what's wrong with getting together with family and friends to bake cookies and pies and make fudge and hot cocoa, watch Christmas specials like Charlie Brown, and just interact with each other? Is it not "cool" because hardly any kids and teenagers have experienced that and it's not what their friends are doing?

2007-10-29 11:04:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

How are both religions same and different?

2007-10-29 11:04:31 · 12 answers · asked by nick H 2 in Religion & Spirituality

this question is open to anyone but i would mostly like to hear the answers of the atheists.

I was wondering if any of you have seen the site Reasons.org. its a faith-based science site providing scienced based logic for thier belief in God and creation v. evolution.

I would really like to hear your opinions.



http://www.reasons.org/

2007-10-29 11:04:13 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I have "peace" written on my wrist in four different languages.

Today, someone noticed, and asked about it. I held my wrist out for them to see, and she looked at it for a second, then looked me straight in the eye for a long while. I simply stared back, and she looked at my wrist one last time, before saying, "You're in my prayers."

Prayers are generally directed to God, and I really don't get it--why the hell would GOD care what I have or don't have on my wrists??

2007-10-29 11:03:13 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Obviously this question is directed at people who believe in God, so it would be meaningless for those who don't. Consequently they don't need to waste their time answering it.

Personally I don't believe in some old guy with a white beard. (In any case, if God is omnipotent he would surely have conquered the tendency to lose his hair color with age...) My concept of God is of an ultimate power or governing entity that maintains the order and complexity of the universe. I don't believe that any book or any person is infallible.

2007-10-29 11:02:15 · 16 answers · asked by 2kool4u 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm a 17 year old guy. For about a year now I have been wishing that I had been born a girl. I love girly stuff and how the female body is. I want to be able to wear pretty dresses and skirts, get my nails done, wear makeup, and wear a bikini. I feel like I have been cheated in life by being born a boy. I hate having a penis and being a guy, I want to have a vagina and breasts, and wear and do girly stuff. What should I do about this, and how can I tell my parents I want to be a girl? I don't believe they will understand. My only worry is actually getting surgery and then not looking like a pretty girl who looks like a genetic female.

2007-10-29 11:01:23 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

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2007-10-29 11:01:12 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette