Society & Culture - 2 November 2007

I've just noticed that Yahoo!'s spell check doesn't accept Google... LOL!!

Now, seriously...

Denial...

Thank you for your answers! :)

Have a wonderful day! :)

2007-11-02 02:15:30 · 12 answers · asked by Moon :) 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm planning on telling my parents i'm moving out, i'm 18 years old, and yes i am legal to do what i want but i'm not that kind of daughter who wants to just bail out on home.
I'm planning on moving to a different state where me and my boyfriend are wanting to get married. Not knowing how my parents would take that, I'm just going to explain to them about how i'm leaving and then if they go for me moving out, my boyfriend and i will talk more about marriage. But my question would be any good reference to the Bible that would help with me asking them. I found a couple of verse that talk about marriage.
So if any one has advice on telling my parents please answer.

Thank You

2007-11-02 02:13:26 · 9 answers · asked by αмαи∂α 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-02 02:11:05 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

do the mormons wear holy underwear and beleive they become gods and will have intercource with 100's of women(even other ppls wives in the after life) to populate other planets?

2007-11-02 02:11:00 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqnyEDAW7Jo

Go to that one first.
Then this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duid_rj6fXc
And I think about half or so of this one; until the end of the holy house.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qdZ69bQOyA&NR=1

I think those ghosts are really cool. If you like it, Sprague mansion in the parts after it is cooler.

If you don't like it, think it's "satanic", why and opinions?

2007-11-02 02:09:23 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Boehme writes," The written Word is only an instrument wherewith the Spirit leads. The Spirit must be alive in the literal form. Without this there can be no Divine teacher, but onl teachers of letters; only reciters of stories." Your comments?

2007-11-02 02:09:15 · 4 answers · asked by Premaholic 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I had an eccles (sort of) cake this morning and one thought led to another, about recent media coverage and how we are told not to eat this or that because we'll die if we do, have to be a specified weight and size because we'll die if we're not, must achieve certain goals, grades or statistics etc. because...
All of this adds up to STRESS and depression, which makes us eat and do all the 'don'ts' - forbidden fruit is so tempting!

Shouldn't we be able to live, eat and do what makes us happy, providing it doesn't adversely affect other peoples health and well being?

I think without all the stress most of us would settle down and be healthier and happier.

2007-11-02 02:08:50 · 15 answers · asked by Florence-Anna 5 in Senior Citizens

I found this page that claim to have amazing but true facts, and I l searched google about some of these to see if they were true, but not so much luck. does anyone here know if these are true?

http://www.topfive.com/arcs/t5050302.shtml

if you know anything, please don't just say they are true or fake, give an explanation and/or website URL or something to back up your knowledge

2007-11-02 02:07:46 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

Giving your money away?

Matthew 19:21-24

Jesus answered, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth. Then Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

If not Why?

2007-11-02 02:07:42 · 21 answers · asked by Birdy is my real name 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Why?

2007-11-02 02:07:36 · 16 answers · asked by Eleventy 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Being a Christian, but not blind I see a reversal between behaviour and declared roles. "Compassionate" "love thy brother and sinner" Christians viciously attacking Islam using fundamentalist dogma, while their so-called "aggressive", "fundamentalist" enemies respond with patience taking the time to guide other seekers of knowledge and understanding.
I guess many "Christians" could do with the "thou can see the splinter in thy neighbor's eye, but not the mote in your own.".

To the Muslims I hope you shall find it in your heart to forgive my christian brethren and sisters their offences against their fellow man and will not be detered from visiting this site for the exchange of views. Your views are welcomed at least by me and I hope by many other seekers who wish to serve the Creator.

2007-11-02 02:04:33 · 25 answers · asked by han_ko_bicknese 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Basically I was with this group (the wrong one I know!) and there was underage drinking going on and drugs etc, I didn’t take any drugs but I did drink I know it was stupid but what teenager hasn’t ? anyway I felt pretty uncomfortable so I decided to go home as I was about to walk out of the garden this boy came up to me n got me against the wall and started trying to try it on with me, so I kicked him were it hurts and punched him a few times then his girl friend came over n we basically got in2 a fight, it was really stupid, then the police came and I was really drunk and wound up and the police was trying to hand cuff me and I was ’resisting arrest’ and I accidentally elbowed the police in the stomach, he practically threw me to the floor! And he Anyway It was totally out of character , but the chances are im going down for some time as I kinda have a past, any advice apart from ‘ you shouldn’t of done it blah blah’ I already know!

2007-11-02 02:04:28 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

(for reference I'm 31 yrs old)

I guess I'm not as 'sick' as I am 'sad' that it has turned from being a more family-oriented atmosphere to one of buying stuff and having it pushed in your face wherever you go - even in your own living room through the television.

What happened to making candied popcorn balls, carol singers, bags of nuts, oranges, snow sledding, turkey, making ginger bread and other candy for the family......

It's just lost all of it's appeal.... anyone agree?

2007-11-02 01:58:35 · 23 answers · asked by Feta Smurf 5 in Christmas

islam in brief
http://mihd.net/0cw1rk

2007-11-02 01:58:34 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

BODY, SOUL, AND SPIRIT

2007-11-02 01:58:26 · 3 answers · asked by babyofthebeast 2 in Religion & Spirituality

i was just thinking.......when i was 7 i was christened in a church along with my baby cousin. does this mean i'm christian and not pagan? does this mean i wasn't raised atheist like i claim, but actually raised christian?

i was christened out of tradition, not religion. in fact, when my first child was born, my mother wanted me to christen him. i said no and told her religion is a personal choice so i won't choose for him.

so it seems like pascal's wager worked on my mother and her family, but does it count when they don't attend church or don't even believe in god?

so ya, i'm in the middle of an identity crisis. actually, i'm ok, i know i'm pagan, i just think the whole situation is kind of strange. what do you think?

2007-11-02 01:56:41 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Jehovah's Witnesses believed there is only one true God and that is Jehovah the Father. However, because of their belief that Jesus is a Mighty God that makes their belief more complicated because there will be two true Gods already. Jehovah's Witnesses always evade this question by saying "I believe Jesus is a Mighty God." Yes, Satan, human judges, belly, and angels are called "gods" but they are not true Gods. And besides, Paul himself said, "For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many "gods" and many "lords"), YET FOR US THERE IS BUT ONE GOD, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is BUT ONE LORD, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live." (1Co 8:5-6)

There are those people (unbelievers) who believes in their minds in so-called "gods" and "lords" but for the real Christians there is BUT ONE GOD. For the Jehovah's Witnesses there are MORE THAN TWO GODS. How come?

2007-11-02 01:55:44 · 19 answers · asked by Justyn M. 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Do you have interracial children?
Has your family accepted this?

I was married to a white man and we have one child together and the family was really cool with this. My oldest daughter is also biracial and his family did have a problem with it.

2007-11-02 01:55:35 · 13 answers · asked by ShrunkenFro™ 7 in Other - Cultures & Groups

why didn't the writers of the Bible have similar foresight?

2007-11-02 01:54:42 · 7 answers · asked by I'm an Atheist 3 in Religion & Spirituality

We are to spread the gospel to every nation. The gospel in a nutshell is John, 3:16 " For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son. That whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."

Notice that the gospel says LOVED, not scared and that it doesn't say go to Hell, it talks about "not perishing" or in other words not being destroyed.

It seems to me, we are suppose to be spreading the "good news" which is contradictory to saying someone is going to Hell.

So, here is the question: Taking into consideration what was mentioned above, if you are one that continues to preach Hell, do you feel like you are really spreading the gospel or good news? If so, what makes you believe that Hellfire is good news?

P.S. I am a Christian and am looking for well thought out answers. I am not fond of cut and paste.

2007-11-02 01:52:12 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Where the Bible is factually correct, it is to be taken literally. Where it is not factually correct, it is to be taken allegorically. Just BRILLIANT!!!!

2007-11-02 01:50:08 · 6 answers · asked by I'm an Atheist 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-02 01:50:01 · 18 answers · asked by DESPERATELY SEEKING SANITY!!! 4 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-11-02 01:48:42 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

you are a christian but rest of familly are not

2007-11-02 01:47:37 · 20 answers · asked by Mangy P 1 in Religion & Spirituality

would have Christianity and the Bible taken hold as it has, if it began in 2007, instead of 2000 years ago...? For example, the Bible would need a complete re-write to not look rediculous to today's scientists. (Whales are fish, bats are birds, and dInosaurs never existed. The earth is the center of the universe, and flat, and the sun revolves around it? yeah, ok)

2007-11-02 01:47:14 · 16 answers · asked by I'm an Atheist 3 in Religion & Spirituality

example--living in the 1920s.

2007-11-02 01:47:01 · 10 answers · asked by steven e 7 in Other - Society & Culture

Do you think someone should be promoted, given a job, or aid based solely on race, sex, or a handicap to meet a quota.

2007-11-02 01:43:35 · 8 answers · asked by MunsonIII 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Justify this!

Jesus descended from which son of David?

Solomon (Matthew 1:6)
Nathan(Luke3:31)

2007-11-02 01:42:20 · 22 answers · asked by Acid 3 in Religion & Spirituality

How could Mohammad knew that deep in ocean is dark while he unlettered , lived in desert

Or (the Unbelievers’ state) is like the depths of darkness in a vast deep ocean, overwhelmed with billow topped by billow, topped by (dark) clouds: depths of darkness, one above another: if a man stretches out his hands, he can hardly see it! for any to whom Allah giveth not light, there is no light!
al Noor .40

2007-11-02 01:41:23 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Okay it's now been more than 2 years post Katrina. The city is not back to normal but we're getting there. Except that half of the people are still not back. Perhaps they've put down roots in other places, but I can't imagine living anywhere else. What about you?

2007-11-02 01:40:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture