Society & Culture - 8 November 2007

How did modern Christmas come from Saturnalia?
Anyone know the history?

2007-11-08 20:40:34 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I find it perfectly idiotic, when people earn 2 points by anwering a question, without actually answering the question but banging on about your inability to spell properly. When I spellt "peadofile" instead of "peadophile", was it that terribly difficult to understand what I meant by that word???

2007-11-08 20:38:02 · 19 answers · asked by Chickoon 4 in Languages

I was told as long as the sun is not up it's night time

2007-11-08 20:37:34 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Traditions, food etc.

2007-11-08 20:33:57 · 6 answers · asked by Anna Q 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

For the muders, child rapists, and other crimes. Do these people deserve forgiveness? And if so how do they aquire it and find redemption?

2007-11-08 20:33:23 · 21 answers · asked by Ragnar 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I mean, the person's attitude, or the person's way of looking at things, how does it affect the person?

2007-11-08 20:28:34 · 21 answers · asked by Ťango 3 in Religion & Spirituality

abc

2007-11-08 20:25:21 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

2007-11-08 20:24:29 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

is that an act of satan?

2007-11-08 20:20:15 · 11 answers · asked by Tan Boon Hwee k 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-08 20:16:44 · 15 answers · asked by Ocean O 1 in Religion & Spirituality

And yet you believe in evolution without proof (if you’re going to say evolution has been proved please back it up as no-one has been able to prove it so far).
Isn’t this a little hypocritical? Wouldn’t it be more honest to be an agnostic?
Sensible answers welcomed.

2007-11-08 20:16:34 · 32 answers · asked by Don 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I have seen a number of things on the internet (here, you Tube etc.) Which claim Islam as a "rational" religion.

Does anyone know of a book/paper that details such a claim? I'm looking for a cite-able source.

2007-11-08 20:15:21 · 6 answers · asked by anthonypaullloyd 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Some advice on prayer on prayer/meditation methods. From any tradition: Catholic, Orthodox, Quaker, etc.

2007-11-08 20:14:25 · 13 answers · asked by Jerusalem Delivered 3 in Religion & Spirituality

i would like to invite you to share your opinion about the disaster and what happened now and based on the science and Nostradamus's prediction. all of them happened and some of them are happening..do you want to join me to find the way to help human as try to save nature to protect flooding and disaster....if you have the same opinion as me. please e-mail me your suggestion and we can share knowledge via messeger. Thank you.

2007-11-08 20:14:20 · 8 answers · asked by novelletsaramo 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-08 20:14:09 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-08 20:11:49 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I'm not trying to classify all christians into this category, but please, "enlighten" me.

2007-11-08 20:07:33 · 20 answers · asked by Zeik Younge 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I'll rate according to answers, not only from this question. But I won't rate from previous questions.

2007-11-08 20:07:28 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

how you believe that a prophet like prophet lut peace be upon him commited sex with his daughter (if you say he was drunk how an old man and drunk have erection?)
do you believe that prophet solomon peace be upon him committed fornication with wife of his army leader?

2007-11-08 20:04:34 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I don't know what this statement means- it has to do with communist or something. arrghh please help me, its on the tip of my tongue

2007-11-08 20:03:33 · 1 answers · asked by giggles 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-08 20:03:32 · 7 answers · asked by boyslave g 1 in Royalty

"A good soldier is never agressive,
A good fighter is never angry,
The best way of conquering an enemy
Is to win him over by not antagonizing him.
The best way to employ a man,
Is to serve under him."

"Heaven lasts long, and Earth abides.
What is the secret of their durability?
Is it not because they do not live for themselves,
That they can live so long?

Therefore the Sage wants to remain behind,
But finds himself at the head of others;
Reckons himself out,
But finds himself safe and secure.
Is it not because he is selfless,
That his self is realized?"

2007-11-08 19:59:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

it isn't all that complicated.

2007-11-08 19:57:11 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

He always comes here talking a lot of mess. He most be a latent closet homosexual who is insecure about himself, so he tries to bully and constantly harass others via cyberspace, since that is the only way he can get it up, and feel secure about himself and his attraction to others of the same sex. Him and his girlfriends such as USC fight on, and I eat Cajuns, are always around trying to stir something up and start a mess.

2007-11-08 19:54:09 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

I was wondering what bothers people. Something that really pisses me off is hearing about guys that play with girls' minds and emotions "just for the heck of it." Why waste that person's time? Do something more constructive with your time!

2007-11-08 19:43:17 · 7 answers · asked by Kels 5 in Other - Society & Culture

I'm doing a landscape design project, and really wanted to have a tree that's connected to wisdom, healing, etc. in a legend or mythology. I'm hoping for a tree that's good to read under, with a round top and hovering over it's trunk.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Especially if it has a connection w. asian roots?

2007-11-08 19:43:14 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

1) I can please only one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either.

2) I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by.

3) Am I getting smart with you? How would you know?

4) I'd explain it to you, but your brain would explode.

5) Someday we'll look back on all this and plow into a parked car.

6) There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved through a suitable application of high explosives.

7) Tell me what you need, and I'll tell you how to get along without it.

8) Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue.

9) Needing someone is like needing a parachute. If he isn't there the first time you need him, chances are you won't be needing him again.

10) I don't have an attitude problem. You have a perception problem.

11) Last night I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky and I thought to myself, "Where the heck is the ceiling?"

12) My Reality Check bounced.

13) On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key.

14) I don't suffer from stress. I'm a carrier.

15) You're slower than a herd of turtles stampeding through peanut butter.

16) Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, 'cuz, you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

17) Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.

18) Never argue with an idiot. He'll drag you down to his level, then beat you with experience.

2007-11-08 19:41:39 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

I'm British....so I don't know what you do apart from have a big dinner...what do you get up to and which do you prefer Christmas or Thanksgiving.....?

2007-11-08 19:41:06 · 20 answers · asked by Daisyhill 7 in Thanksgiving

I am a christian. I know that this question has been asked many times but I want to know why christians seem to be so judgemental. I just read a previous question that was very similar but it was posted a year ago.

You see, my friend is an atheist and when people that claim to be christians find out, they pull away from him. Our faith should be about reaching out, and being there for people, not telling them that they are of hell. Jesus came to the world to save it, not to condemn it

2007-11-08 19:34:03 · 7 answers · asked by shawn 1 in Religion & Spirituality

does anyone believe in some form of death superstition? Like if you breathe in, in the precense of a recenty dead person you with breathe in there soul? Or if your left eye twitches, death will soon affect you? Or if you take a picture with just 3 people in it, the person in the middle will soon die? Have you heard these superstitions or ones like these, what do you think??? and what superstitions do you have??

2007-11-08 19:33:07 · 13 answers · asked by ♣Kellina♣ 5 in Mythology & Folklore