Society & Culture - 31 October 2007

because i gurantee the majority of people who celebrate christmas are not christians

so what is the deal with that?

2007-10-31 01:37:00 · 30 answers · asked by Northville07 3 in Religion & Spirituality

The last 2 years when I passed out candy I had a LOT of adults (like in their 30's and 40's) with NO kids come to my door with pillow-cases for candy. (and not even bothered to get dressed in costume) They would screech down the street stopping at any house with the porch light on, and 10 of them would tumble out of the car like it was a friggin clown-car or something and come RUNNING up the porch steps and pound on the door, SCREAMG "trick o treat!!" - - - SO obnoxious. I wanted so many times to say "um, sorry...but I only do this for the kids - run along"....but I was afraid someone will get violent, or come back to my house when I'm not home and break in or something.

Now my question is: Why would they ruin Halloween like this? I had parents steer their kids away from my house and move across the street when they saw all these big people acting like fools on my porch.

It wouldn't be a question of race if I had both black and white people do this, but there were NO white

2007-10-31 01:35:55 · 6 answers · asked by Maeve 4 in Other - Society & Culture

To all Christianity people,If i remember right,if you belive in god that means you dont belive in ghosts?

Because jesus said that you can only go through him to see the dead,or something like that??

So can you tell me why people have seen them,and the tv programmes that you watch like most haunted etc

where you can hear the knockings,voices etc

and what about mediums ok some are fake but what about the ones that are not and can hear spirts

Im sitting on the wall when someone asks me do i belive in god.

But if someone said do you belive in ghosts i would say well i think i do,ive heared them seen things happen
Can you explain the ouijja board,the moving of the glass

Thank you in advance

2007-10-31 01:35:28 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

In your view, how much is illness and disease a result of karma? To what degree do you think emotions and thoughts cause illness? If you believe in reincarnation, do you believe we face similar illnesses/injuries/diseases until we heal some aspect of ourself? How much illness is related to an inability to forgive?

2007-10-31 01:35:23 · 23 answers · asked by CosmicKiss 6 in Religion & Spirituality

does the bible talk about josephs rod budding or does does it only talk about aarons

2007-10-31 01:33:42 · 7 answers · asked by uncrowned ruler 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Is it cos their Heads are empty ?

2007-10-31 01:32:06 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

If you haven't heard from a friend for quite a while, do you write or ring them... to see if they are ok or do you just suppose they haven't been in touch because they have nothing of interest to say?

2007-10-31 01:27:38 · 10 answers · asked by ~☆ Petit ♥ Chou ☆~ 7 in Etiquette

Dear Friends,

Do you feel empty and far away from God? Do you yearn for greater fulfilmet and peace of mind? Do you feel guilt or things that you have done wrong?

Gods word the Bible teaches us that we are all sinners, all of us with no exceptions:

Romans 3:23
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

The reason for this is that we are all imperect decendents of Adam:

Romans 5:12
[ Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ ] Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned—

God created us to have a relationship with him, and what is missing from your life is this relationship with the creator of the universe.

God gave us free will, and our ancestor Adam, chose to believe the Devil rather than God. Now we to hae a choice.

God offers you his free gift of forgiveness, and all you have to do is take it!

Thhink of all the bad things you have done in your

2007-10-31 01:25:35 · 19 answers · asked by ianptitchener 3 in Religion & Spirituality

1. If you were stranded on a desert island who would you rather have as a companion, an atheist or a christian?

2. If your life were in the hands of someone else, would you rather it be a christian or an atheist?

You can give a third option, but it will not count.

2007-10-31 01:25:09 · 20 answers · asked by Jadochop 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm from Italy. Today is Halloween for us too. Just some years ago few people Knew what day it is celebrated. Now everybody talks about Halloween. What will we do tonight for Halloween?, everybody says... But what's the right pronunciation: Hàlloween or Halloweèn? Where the hell does the accent fall? I suppose Halloweèn but everybody here says Hàlloween. Please answer...

2007-10-31 01:22:48 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Halloween

I have been swinging from the monkey bars for quite some time now, and it seems rather easy. Is this my monkey genes coming out in full force?

2007-10-31 01:20:41 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-31 01:20:40 · 12 answers · asked by kloneme 3 in Religion & Spirituality

My three grandsons are a handful to get out of the house on most mornings. Let us just say that they are of an age when arguing about everything is a "fun" pastime!

Today, I have to get all three of them fed their lunches and then dressed in their costumes, all within a half an hour. And TWO of them require some involved makeup, which I think I am going to tone down for their afternoon at school, and only do "for good" for their trick-or-treating after supper.

So who are YOU dressing today?

My oldest will be Hitsugia from an anime program called Bleach.

The middle one of going to be Jack Sparrow.

And the youngest is going to be Jack Skelington from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

2007-10-31 01:19:36 · 12 answers · asked by Susie Q 7 in Senior Citizens

My parents are getting me a deck of tarot cards for X-mas and i would like your advice :)

I was thinking about getting the (Thoth) Crowley deck. what do you think?

Thanks, Blessed Be!

2007-10-31 01:18:07 · 14 answers · asked by Bobby The Wolf JPA 3 in Religion & Spirituality

sounds a bit harsh to me, as if, even if we follow to the best of our abilities and live lives that are clean in thought, word and deed, we are still unlikely to reach the Kingdom of Heaven.

With quotes like this in the Bible, it is beyond me why people follow religion at all! I'm not knocking anybody because i used to go to church and still believe to a certain extent but it seems a like a long shot to me that if you follow and live a clean life, you still might not get into heaven cos only a few do.

What's the point in all of this persecution and martyrdom for a religion that doesn't even guarantee a reward at the end when it says in other parts of the Bible that all followers will receive tha kingdom of heaven as their reward.

Help to explain this to me please because quite frankly it sounds a tad absurd!

2007-10-31 01:17:25 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

that followers of the abrahamic faith, like muslims, jews and christians blindly follow teachings they don't fully understand.
These guys blindly accuse us of witchcraft and divination, worshipping false gods etc.. When they have groups within their faiths, kabballists with jews, sufi's with muslims, gnostics with christians who practice divination, witchcraft, and worship deities, who learn to fully understand the way scripture was written, ie: it makes more sense. Almost like the mystic work was always there, but needed a solid religion to follow it.
So from a pagan view, it's paganism/wicca just with solid background, even in freemasonry, the initiated/adept, as he progresses, learns that versus etc have double meanings and are written a certain way that usually the enlightened can understand.
What you think?

2007-10-31 01:17:03 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

We all have days where we feel less than 100%, for one reason or another. Rather than stick your head in the sand...what's the most effective pick-me-up for you?

eg: a book, texting a friend, a cuppa, a fave film, walking the dog, cuddling the cat, going for a walk etc, etc.

2007-10-31 01:17:00 · 3 answers · asked by ~☆ Petit ♥ Chou ☆~ 7 in Other - Cultures & Groups

and why?

was you born into it? or did you convert? if you did convert, why?

if your not religious, why is that?

2007-10-31 01:15:57 · 58 answers · asked by Northville07 3 in Religion & Spirituality

what are you going to do 2-nite? are you gonna "dress up"? if so...wut r u gonna b???

2007-10-31 01:15:34 · 13 answers · asked by swt-bby-gl-69 4 in Halloween

the best type of central heating to have, Gas Or Electric.what do you prefer?

2007-10-31 01:13:59 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

For those who didn't know Halloween is All Hallows Eve. Hallow being a saintly figure. The new year All Hallows Day (all saints day) was on November 1st and in the night before that was counted as an otherworldly time between the two years when all the ghosts and ghools came out.

2007-10-31 01:12:52 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Halloween

Mark 16:15 (KJV)

"And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature."

Us humans have all heard about Christ by now but there's a lot of other animals out there need saving. Spend some time preaching to them.

Remember, this is what CHRIST said. It's in red. Go to it.

2007-10-31 01:12:19 · 13 answers · asked by Bad Liberal 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Something that God (or a spirit) revealed to a person, that they could not have known otherwise?

Preferably information that was later confirmed true by a source other than the one who received the message?

2007-10-31 01:09:50 · 8 answers · asked by Eleventy 6 in Religion & Spirituality

ask God for forgiveness and then shout Him praises?
Frankly, i'm getting a little bored with that particular kind of joy, joy, joy....

2007-10-31 01:09:33 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If so, why? If not, why not?

2007-10-31 01:09:21 · 11 answers · asked by I'm an Atheist 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-10-31 01:08:06 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

Who thinks halloween should be recognised by the church as a religious holiday?

2007-10-31 01:07:59 · 11 answers · asked by SARNIE 3 in Religion & Spirituality

In Easter why`re eggs used?

2007-10-31 01:06:37 · 13 answers · asked by k0815 1 in Easter

Especially the cut-and-paste kind, or rants?

2007-10-31 01:03:53 · 12 answers · asked by anna 7 in Other - Society & Culture

Not including the jewish holiday.
Wouldn't it be nice for Christmas to be celebrated for a week, along with Halloween, Thanksgiving, and the other's?

2007-10-31 01:02:12 · 1 answers · asked by Mom of 2 great boys 7 in Other - Holidays