Society & Culture - 29 October 2007

That masturbation is selfish, sinful, and other things to make boys feel guilty for something they can't help.

2007-10-29 05:35:31 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-29 05:35:27 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

So we now set our clocks back an hour next Sunday November 4th? Is that correct?

2007-10-29 05:35:27 · 10 answers · asked by Pink Princess 6 in Other - Holidays

i'm trying to witness to my daughter's atheist boyfriend who is an anthropology major. I read about this book and read a copy i got at the library. How wonderful! but i don't want to confuse him or pass along heresy. any Catholic reviews out there?

2007-10-29 05:34:49 · 4 answers · asked by FH&L 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Do you agree with his proficies?

2007-10-29 05:34:07 · 13 answers · asked by Soda 4 in Mythology & Folklore

2007-10-29 05:33:20 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-29 05:33:16 · 11 answers · asked by piscean_psychic7 2 in Religion & Spirituality

What's your personal interpretation of "getting it" when it comes to life in general?

2007-10-29 05:29:33 · 8 answers · asked by DESPERATELY SEEKING SANITY!!! 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I have a candy bowl (not a dish a bowl) that is rather large. I have been filling this bowl up once a week because by the end of the week all my candy is gone.

Now, I am buying good candy (dark chocolates, kisses, reeces all the good stuff) and its costing me like $7 per week. I started paying attention to who comes to eat my candy and its only a handful of people.

But this one lady comes like 4 times a day. Everytime she gets up from her desk she grabs two pieces. To me that is not proper etiquette. I am not a vending machine and can't afford to pay for her to eat chocolate all day. I barely eat any.

Should I get rid of the candy bowl?
Put out a dish for donations?
Put up a sign saying something like, " Each piece is 1000 calories, Eat sparingly"?
Or do nothing?

Sincerely,

Willie Wonka

2007-10-29 05:27:53 · 37 answers · asked by April 1 in Etiquette

2007-10-29 05:27:34 · 11 answers · asked by LISA T 1 in Religion & Spirituality

The U.S. government has banned the flag-folding recitations at all 125 national cemeteries. The banning came as the result of one complaint. The situation is similar to that in which one person removed prayer from schools.
This article from The Associated Press explains the situation:
Complaints about religious content have led to a ban on flag-folding recitations by Veterans Administration employees and volunteers at all national cemeteries.
At thousands of military burials, VA volunteers have folded the American flag 13 times and recited the significance of each fold to survivors. The 11th fold glorifies "the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.” The 12th glorifies "God the Father, the Son and Holy Ghost."
Citing a need for uniformity, the National Cemetery Administration has prohibited unpaid VA volunteers as well as employees from conducting the recital at all 125 national cemeteries.

2007-10-29 05:26:18 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i'm trying to imagine what nothingness is. a situation before any theoretical branes could have existed. do you suppose the laws of physics apply when nothing is present? isn't absolute nothingness just as improbable as some superbeing creating us from nothing? indeed shouldn't something, even the most miniscule element of matter, energy, or whatever you want to call it, shouldn't it always have existed?

2007-10-29 05:25:59 · 12 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-29 05:25:00 · 24 answers · asked by Lex Fok B.M.F. 3 in Religion & Spirituality

ETI= extra terestial inteligence.

Would this change anything in the way you perceive god and his creation?

2007-10-29 05:24:21 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I mean you wont know unless you ask right? But how can i ask if pesky muslims keep denying me the truth

Last time i asked some muslim said it was zionist propoganda to slander Mohammed

So is it true?

2007-10-29 05:22:22 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-29 05:21:48 · 36 answers · asked by MoPleasure4U 4 in Religion & Spirituality

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2007-10-29 05:19:52 · 31 answers · asked by Linz ♥ VT 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Tammy Kitzmiller, et al. v. Dover Area School District, et al., Case No. 04cv2688, was the first direct challenge brought in the United States federal courts against a public school district that required the presentation of "Intelligent Design" as an alternative to evolution as an "explanation of the origin of life." The plaintiffs successfully argued that intelligent design is a form of creationism, and that the school board policy thus violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The judge's decision has sparked considerable response from both supporters and critics.

2007-10-29 05:18:49 · 13 answers · asked by I'm an Atheist 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Just call me "Blade Jackson, with Sports!".

2007-10-29 05:16:05 · 12 answers · asked by Brandon's been a dirty Hore 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Does reading and believing qualify someone to call themselves a witch. Or, does it require completion of an established curriculm? The publications and websites all agree on a "nature-based" aspect but little else.

I consider myself a seeker. My desire is to be used by the Goddess in her divine wisdom. I feel drawn to this statement "Vessel of Light and Channel for Grace".

Blessed be.

2007-10-29 05:15:57 · 15 answers · asked by Virtual Evie 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I have a question I am hoping someone can answer for me. I am a married woman( married for 3 years) but my marriage is not so good. My husband belittles me, calls me names and is always yelling at me calling me an idiot. I have a friend( he is male) and we have been friends for 25 years now. I talk to him almost every day about my problems and he listens to me. The other day on the phone, he told me he loved me. Is this adultry? I need to get out of my marriage, I know this but financially, I can't make it until I get out of college. Am I cheating? Im not thinking sexual thoughts but he is there for me unlike my husband who puts me down and makes me depressed.

2007-10-29 05:14:18 · 65 answers · asked by renne o 1 in Religion & Spirituality

all my guy friends are ticklish but they try to hide it and it gets on my nerves

2007-10-29 05:13:26 · 7 answers · asked by ***limegreenlover*** 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

If God was not bothered that all of HIs first creatures were naked, where did the two got the idea of clothes? Was it because the spiritual God was wearing clothes? Were the elohim, in fact, several clothed beings?

2007-10-29 05:13:25 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

what is your take on the following:
ghosts?
angels?
miracles?
orbs?

Just curious if you believe in any of the above and how do you explain them. Thanks for your input.

2007-10-29 05:13:16 · 22 answers · asked by That Girl 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-29 05:13:11 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I was corrected in my last question... ;-)

2007-10-29 05:12:19 · 15 answers · asked by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Coming from Detroit, this man has no children.

Examination reveals a well-developed male lying in bed with his family in no distress.

Patient was alert and unresponsive.

When she fainted, her eyes rolled around the room.

We will follow her eyes and nose with a foley catheter.

By the time he was admitted, his rapid heart had stopped, and he was feeling better.

Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.

On the second day the knee was better and on the third day it had completely disappeared.

The patient has been depressed ever since she began seeing me in 1983.

The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.

Discharge status: Alive but without permission.

Healthy-appearing decrepit sixty-nine-year-old male, mentally alert but forgetful.

The patient refused an autopsy.

The patient expired on the floor uneventfully.

Patient has left his white blood cells at another hospital.

The patient's past medical history has been remarkably insignificant, with only a forty-pound weight gain in the past three days.

She slipped on the ice and apparently her legs went in separate directions in early December.

The patient had a rash over his truck.

Dictation blunder: lasar radar response (as opposed to vagovagal response).

2007-10-29 05:11:46 · 25 answers · asked by ? 5 in Senior Citizens

well, i was planning to submit this book title in chicken soup.com but I don't know if anyone is interested in this..... just wanna help those teens who are troubled with their S. orientation.... anyone is welcome to do this also because as of now I am discouraged in doing this but don't you think this book might a great help to us if this was made possible???

2007-10-29 05:11:32 · 14 answers · asked by Neverwater 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

and how many of you are Christians for the free dinner after a house fire, bingo on Tuesday nights, and a reason to dress and be with your family on Sundays?

2007-10-29 05:11:27 · 9 answers · asked by I'm an Atheist 3 in Religion & Spirituality

How many of you have read Misquoting Jesus by Bart. D Ehrman? If you have read it, did it affect your understanding of biblical inerrancy?

Why do you think biblical inerrancy is so important to so many Christians? Do any of you remain Christians while believing the Biblle does have errors? If not, why does the Bible having errors bother you?

Do you think the reason for so many people upholding the doctrine of biblical inerrancy has to do with their ignorance to textual criticism? If so, do you think awareness of textual criticism should be raised?

I am asking these questions because it seems the Bible has become an idol to many Christians and the discovering of textual criticism for some has wrongfulyl swayed their faith.

By the way, I'm a loyal Christian but I do not believe the Bible is inerrant or needs to be for the accounts of Jesus' resurrection and the gospel to be true.

2007-10-29 05:10:45 · 16 answers · asked by enarchay 2 in Religion & Spirituality