Society & Culture - 8 November 2007

The other day I went to visit my friend who is 60, and they were all talking about paying for their funeral. It seems a funeral undertakers has opened up, and is taking orders for funerals. The pensioners are calling it pay before you die, I could not stop laughing and they are allowed to pay it up.Some are paying so much a week, can you believe it?

2007-11-08 15:26:31 · 19 answers · asked by Angel Bonnie 4 in Senior Citizens

2007-11-08 15:21:34 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

but are not considered inspired works of God?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-canonical_books_referenced_in_the_Bible#New_Testament_references

2007-11-08 15:21:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

When Jesus spoke to God...was he then talking to himself?
Why would an all knowing and seeing being want to talk to himself?

2007-11-08 15:20:46 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

King James Version
Genesis 1
Ge 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Ge 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Ge 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Ge 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Ge 1:15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
Ge 1:16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
Ge 1:17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
Ge 1:18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
Ge 1:19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

As you can tell this simply doesn't make sense, if God created light on the first day and we know that the sun is what gives the light to the earth than why does he again create lights on the 4th day? What day was the sun actually created the 1st or the 4th?

2007-11-08 15:18:35 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Besides greed, cheating, nationalism, conformity, corruption, untrustworthiness, and ignorance? Seriously, you don't see traditional values in Americans anymore. Did they ever exist? High divorce rates, a general lack of knowledge of the world outside our borders, increasing replacement of family time for work, corporate and government corruption, and increasing cheating in personal relationships today seem to go against any real "values" we ever had, if any.

2007-11-08 15:18:22 · 4 answers · asked by Charlie4590 2 in Other - Society & Culture

I was in my Church, and after the mass I saw this young woman sitting in the back pew. And after mass I'm very polite, and I always say bye to everyone, even those I don't know by name.

Anyways, as I passed this woman I smiled and said "God bless, peace be with you", as I say to everyone else, but this woman got EXTREMELY angry with me.

She starts shouting that there is no God, and as an Athiest she finds my comment "ridiculous and offensive" and she bloody thinks I was trying to "convert her"

I was actually very shocked. I just assumed she was Christian.. and I apologized but she was still angry.

I don't think it is normal to act so strongly???
=(

2007-11-08 15:15:33 · 56 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-08 15:13:59 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Atheists or these judgemental, extreme, holier than thou "Christians"??

2007-11-08 15:13:53 · 18 answers · asked by Filthy Rich 3 in Religion & Spirituality

God wrote the Bible, so everything in it is true! How do I know God wrote the Bible, The Bible says he did.
The logic in that argument escapes me!
Or perhaps a better question is "Is there ANYTHING outside of The Bible (or other religious book) that makes you believe in God, A Higher Being, Allah, Great Spirit, whatever you chose to call Him, it.

Please help!

Thank You!

2007-11-08 15:12:07 · 26 answers · asked by Supercell 5 in Religion & Spirituality

just 1 reason and keep it short and sweet.

2007-11-08 15:11:02 · 48 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Salam (Peace) to all,
try this
say Allahu Allahu Allah for 1000 times for any remedy.
it can be a marrieage, unemployement, for health, for occupied properties, for kids, what ever may be the problem, try this.
you will find a way, definitely.
religion no bar.
i am telling you all because, i tried this and got good results.
but the condition is dont try to harm innocent people.

if you want to criticise, please dont contact me or answer this

2007-11-08 15:10:36 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I am a non Christian that has to do a project over Christianity. These questions seem simple, but when ever I look on the Internet, there are more than one answers on each site.

Where did Christianity originate? Jerusalem?

Who was the founder of Christianity? I see some sites with Jesus and some with Paul.

Thanks.

2007-11-08 15:07:56 · 7 answers · asked by Math Wizard 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Some of you keep saying Jesus is God...but in your Bible Jesus tells us he is NOT God...so do tell me please...whos right Jesus or you?
and what is the holy ghost all about?

2007-11-08 15:07:35 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I have since been going to another church. I want to offically leave the UMC because they allow transgender pastors and homosexuals.

2007-11-08 15:06:48 · 14 answers · asked by Messianic Jewish Shmuely 4 in Religion & Spirituality

does anyone know if this is allowed? ive never heard of it and i am curious to know if the Church will allow it.

2007-11-08 15:03:39 · 5 answers · asked by Love to dance 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-08 15:03:27 · 12 answers · asked by ♥just me♥ 5 in Religion & Spirituality

It can be any time of the year....For me it is cool weather, so I hunt.....I just shot my first Turkey a few weeks ago and now Deer season starts in 2 weeks.....In December or January once the ice is thick enough, we start ice fishing....I also enjoy going fishing from the boat in the warmer months.......But these things keep me moving outside during the cold months.......

I do not want to offend anyone that does not agree with hunting, it is just something we do and we also eat what we kill or catch......

2007-11-08 15:03:24 · 19 answers · asked by Melissa R 4 in Senior Citizens

First it was 4 million, then it was 1.1 million. Now it's 6 million, and some Jewish historians are suggesting that it was 9 million.

2007-11-08 15:03:09 · 31 answers · asked by sadjflkasjflsajfasflsajfdas 1 in Other - Society & Culture

What do you think we will eat for dinner at the marriage supper of the Lamb? Imagine how big the table will be to have room for all of us. Do you think we will be able to see Jesus no matter where we are?

Revelation 19:9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

2007-11-08 15:02:59 · 10 answers · asked by Bible warrior 5 in Religion & Spirituality

so i know how to say "Claudio no es ni guapo ni feo" which means that Claudio is neither big nor ugly.

how do you say I AM NEITHER?

Like I am neither big nor ugly?

2007-11-08 15:02:30 · 4 answers · asked by lalalallalalllal 2 in Languages

hey my name is deen I am 20 yearsold ,yeah I have created a few enimeies with being myself and i might of hurt a couple of people along the way, i know some people wish harm on me I am not the same person i uesd to be but they still talk bad about whisper bad things about me some even want to fight me

2007-11-08 15:02:27 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

on monday i noticed a dark figure from the corner of my eye in the morning but i just thought that was my imagination since i was tired as well.later that day after i got out of school and was going to wait on the curb i felt as if someone was following me but no one was around.on tuesday like the same thing happened but not at the same times & all! Then when i was outside waiting in the front yard for my mom i was pretending to fall on the steps joking to myself that a gaurdian angel was around.Twice i pretended to fall & nothing happened, the third time i accidently misplaced my foot & was about to fall but amazingly somehow regained my balance & FELT LIKE SOMEONE WAS IN MY PRESENCE! wat is this?!nothing else happend though!

2007-11-08 15:01:06 · 23 answers · asked by ☮ 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-08 14:58:13 · 21 answers · asked by Luis Q 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-08 14:58:08 · 3 answers · asked by Liam D 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-08 14:57:46 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-08 14:57:27 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

okay, i am bi (mostly gay) and nobody knows. but i am sick of people saying that gays go to hell, I have some proof that god does not disapprove of gays. If god really is the ultimate creator and is pretty much perfect. Then how is it that he does not accept gays even though straight people here on earth can accept us, unless of course you're saying that you're better than god? By the way, dont say that you dont accept us, because plenty of people dont really care what our sexuality is. The only person I have ever come out to is perfectly fine with it, and she doesnt treat me any differently. In fact we are closer than ever now.

2007-11-08 14:56:15 · 26 answers · asked by Sammy 2 in Religion & Spirituality

What proof - PROOF - do you have that these 'bones' weren't manufactured by child laborers in India?

2007-11-08 14:54:11 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Can someone explain to me why after uncovering all the evidence that the boat-shaped figure on Mt. Ararat is Noah's Ark, why don't the archaeologists or the Turkish government just dig it up and find out the truth ?

2007-11-08 14:53:47 · 8 answers · asked by jay l 2 in Religion & Spirituality