Society & Culture - 2 November 2007

Hello, all:

I am taking part in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), and one of the characters is a Southern Baptist, in a universe where different religions manifest different Divine powers. Although NaNoWriMo is about turning out 50,000 words in 30 days, and therefore doesn't place a great emphasis on quality or overall accuracy, I want to do justice to this character and his beliefs.

Therefore, I have some questions that perhaps you can help with.

What are the core beliefs of Southern Baptists? (I know a little bit about the "gifts of the Spirit", but I could use some more clarification on what that means and how they are used, if they are.) What is the experience of baptism like? What is the ordination process for Southern Baptist clergy? How do you differ from other types of Baptists? What version of the Bible do you use?

2007-11-02 11:11:55 · 4 answers · asked by prairiecrow 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I've heard many evolutionists claim that Intelligent Design is a theory of ignorance, that its basic premise is that if we can't explain it then "God dun it!" and I can certainly see their point.

However, how is that any different than evolutionist, who, although they have never observed a natural process which can explain the addition of information to an organism's genome, excuse this lack of evidence by saying "Time is a miracle worker! Give it enough time and anything can happen?"

I understand that time is something that can be understood and it tangible in some respects, but so is intelligence. There are multiple areas of science that incorporate methods of detecting intelligence.

So what's the difference?

2007-11-02 11:10:13 · 16 answers · asked by Daniel A: Zionist Pig 3 in Religion & Spirituality

what happens after you survive the truth ?

2007-11-02 11:08:58 · 11 answers · asked by Thankful 1 in Religion & Spirituality

well to let all of you people know i do not believe and ghost and i will remember that got will be with me all the time and pllllease dont send me anything thats smart because trust me im popular thanks bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-11-02 11:08:31 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

What demonstration of his power do you want to see?

2007-11-02 11:07:12 · 28 answers · asked by sisterzeal 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-02 11:05:59 · 13 answers · asked by Manhattan Skyline 4 in Languages

As both sides of the argument believers with unshakeable faith and none believers is the question of faith one that can be reconciled

2007-11-02 11:05:39 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-02 11:05:07 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

If so. Why? Why do they have pigs?

2007-11-02 11:03:01 · 5 answers · asked by Bobby K 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I was just wondering . . . what is the process by which Mormons are brainwashed? I understand how someone might believe a child would be "brainwashed" because of their parents, but what about adult converts? Do Missionaries put a special brain-washing hat on people or hypnotize them? Honestly!?! where do these ideas come from? What is your personal opinion?

2007-11-02 11:02:38 · 28 answers · asked by Karen 4 in Religion & Spirituality

what do you do with dirty players and how do you handle a dirty player in the scene. my life has been effected by a dirty player, and i may have lost everything in life i struggled for and worked for. pluss people and my medical care let him and others do the dirty to my life. i had a good life and itwas blessed that i worked and survived alot and came out cinderella perfect. then a dirty player ran over it. he was given a green light by other dirty players. what do u do with dirty chain.

2007-11-02 11:02:07 · 1 answers · asked by frespase 1 in Other - Society & Culture

we were told this as children if you look to long in the mirror you will see things you won`t like looking back at you

2007-11-02 11:00:41 · 60 answers · asked by Adam 1 in Mythology & Folklore

They can't manage Fema funds .......can't prepare for disaster and actually cope with it with all our "technology".......I mean I look at the world today and I ask myself........how can anyone trust in Man over God? Of course from my perspective God has shown me for 20 years I can trust him. He has never failed me.....he has never failed to keep his word to me. Are you sure you dont want to just try Jesus today and ask him to save you and help you forevermore? He really really loves you. He does. More than you can comprehend.

2007-11-02 11:00:03 · 17 answers · asked by sisterzeal 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Appears to me all the time, Americans saying "middle eastern" accent when they mean "Indian"

Do americans actually believe India is in the Middle east? What the hell did they teach them in geography class?

2007-11-02 10:59:00 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

They are currently completely surrounded and under relentless siege.

2007-11-02 10:58:17 · 11 answers · asked by Chris 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Even I have to admit those contributions!

2007-11-02 10:55:36 · 9 answers · asked by STFU Dude 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I had a friend I was close with for a long time. We have been growing apart because he has changed a lot (in a negative way). When he was losing all of his friends, I stayed by his side.

But I got sick of the way he was acting as well, and I stopped being his friend. He apoligized, and I became his friend again. But then he started acting like a jerk towards me again, so I stop hanging out with him. This happened about 8 times.

I don't do this with ANY of my other friends!

I noticed that he didn't mean his apologies, and just said them to look like the good person in the situation. So I just told him that we could try to get along, but I didn't want to be friends with him again. We could just be like associates.

Was I right to do this? I think I gave him enough chances. And I know him well enough to realize that he didn't mean it when he said sorry. I don't feel guilty or anything, so I don't think I was wrong.

Some of the things he use to do to me were:

He use to talk bad about me behind my back, he would try to embarrass me in front of other people to act 'tough' or 'bad'.

He would make fun of me, the way I dressed, how much money my parents made(because he is from a family that is well-off), who I hung out with, and how I looked.

And he treated his girlfriend (who is my best friend) really bad. He did all of these things to her, and it made her really sad, but she let him do it.

And what REALLY made me SOOOO angry with him was what he said the other day. On Halloween, my friend passed away in an accident. Nov. 1st was my friend's (not the one that died) birthday, and he said,"Thanks to him dying, nobody will remember that it is my birthday!!"


What do you think?

2007-11-02 10:55:31 · 14 answers · asked by . 4 in Religion & Spirituality

What was the situation? and what did you do?

2007-11-02 10:55:06 · 10 answers · asked by tootnuts 3 in Etiquette

tell me everthing you know please its for a project

2007-11-02 10:51:13 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Royalty

2007-11-02 10:50:43 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

yes i know theyre not in the bible, they werent put in for some reason

2007-11-02 10:50:01 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I went out to my car last night and was getting the garbage out and before I went in, the 2 little boys (about 13) across the street said "Hi Lady" and I waved, then when I was walking in they said "Bye Lady" and I said "Bye" then they said "Bye Sexy"! I just laughed it off when I got in, but should I have said something or told their parents? Thanks for answers.

2007-11-02 10:49:29 · 9 answers · asked by Janessa 4 in Etiquette

http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,1844478,00.html

This was upsetting to read. Basically creationism is now getting a foothold in the UK now in part thanks to muslim immigrants.

Any ideas about what can be done about it? I have a few but they'd get the question deleted.

2007-11-02 10:47:48 · 16 answers · asked by Leviathan 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-02 10:47:44 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Do pigs have souls? Is Allah a god for pigs as well? Do pigs have other rights? Are there pig farms in the middle east? Does anyone there grow pigs? Are there any pigs there at all? What do they do with pigs? Curious.

2007-11-02 10:47:30 · 18 answers · asked by Bobby K 3 in Religion & Spirituality

ok i have been giving this a lot of thought for some odd reason.... that adam and eve were possibly monkeys,who were told by satan to go eat the apple they shouldnt have,which then made them smarter and started evolution.has anyone else ever had this thought?just wondering

2007-11-02 10:46:58 · 19 answers · asked by btvs.witch 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Ok, here's the situation:

Jesus is going to come to you and speak one single word to you, as a message about what He wants from you; what He expects from you and all Christians.

Only one single word.

What do you think it would be?

2007-11-02 10:44:55 · 48 answers · asked by Acorn 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-02 10:44:14 · 40 answers · asked by Mayonaise 6 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

I have noticed that former Mormons are often told that they have left the Church for the "wrong reasons". A quick summation of those reasons might be:

*the actions of one individual
*wanting to be "free" to break the rules
*thinking that it's "too hard" and getting tired of it

My question is:

What are the "right reasons" for leaving a church?
(this could apply to the LDS Church or another church)

2007-11-02 10:43:48 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-02 10:43:47 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality