Society & Culture - 12 November 2007

I wanna buy my friend an "I Love My Boyfriend" tshirt, but my sister insists that I shouldn't buy it at all, for it would implies that I "support" it, which I don't. Why? Because I don't have a boyfriend. And I told her that just because we buy something that has a statement on it, it doesnt really mean that we support that statement? Especially in this case, since I'm buying it for a friend, not for my own personal use.
Was I right?

2007-11-12 15:28:02 · 8 answers · asked by Brooke 2 in Etiquette

if so...why did he tell that one dude in the bible to
sell everything and then follow him?

2007-11-12 15:27:09 · 14 answers · asked by S i r i 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I see books written by Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens that state an argument against the mass groupthink of Christianity that would have had them thrown off the stage 20 years ago, but today are welcomed and in some quarters even embraced.

Then on the other hand you see the political landscape further flowing towards Evangelical beliefs. The Republican party has for years been married to the church, but now even the Democratic Presidential candidates have to do the dog and pony show of attending faith conferences, squinting their eyes and praying to the Blond haired blue eyes messiah that wants to give us hugs. We may even elect a man who wears magic underwear to the temple and is part of a church that didn't view blacks as capable of handling elder duties until the 1970's. But, hush hush, we wouldn't want to press him about that. That would be offensive.

Are we getting better or worse? Or perhaps just more divided into competing groups?

2007-11-12 15:25:04 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

you dont reap what you sow
if that was true,then please explain why people who treat people with kindness,love,consideration,respect etc
often get treated the opposite by people
and people who are just downright mean often are treated with much love and respect

I could provide a long list of examples,but I dont want to get all personal,please tell me ''how reaping what you sow'' applies to those who have sowed beautifully and gotten quite the opposite!!

2007-11-12 15:24:22 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

That He is the way, the truth, and the light. He also made it clear that He is all suficcient for our salvation. despite the fact that He did everything to secure our salvation, why, in your opinion, do some say that it takes more than faith; it takes works too. Ephesians 2:8-9 makes it clear that there is no room for our works in God's plan of salvation for us. I welcome serious answers and comments, thanks

2007-11-12 15:24:20 · 15 answers · asked by mandbturner3699 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-12 15:22:57 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

please help me!!!
okay, i've been reading that the Greeks started using mythology as a way of explaining natural things that they didn't understand.
i was wondering what natural things they didnt understand, and a myth that they made that goes with it to help explain it or say how it came to be.
i hope you get what i mean!
for example, if they didn't understand the stars and they created a myth to go with it.
thanks.
i appreciate it. :)

2007-11-12 15:22:49 · 4 answers · asked by love_always 3 in Mythology & Folklore

"7:4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel."

I know every Christian denomination seems to interpret this differently, I was just wondering what exactly they are. For example, I've heard Jehovah Witnesses interpret this as only 144,000 go to heaven but what would that mean for the rest of everybody else. Also are only direct descendents of Israel going to heaven?

Or does this passage have nothing to with heaven at all?

While I appreciate and welcome the Athiest viewpoint, phrases like "It means absolutely nothing to me" are not helpful, (though I know it's unavoidable for some people to type it)

Thank you in advance

2007-11-12 15:21:09 · 18 answers · asked by Jon 4 in Religion & Spirituality

With a billion dollars you can become a god/goddess yourself.

2007-11-12 15:20:52 · 41 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I was a teenager once. Believe it or not. And there was a large amount of peer pressure to conform. But now, being an adult, I still get peer pressure to conform. I don't want to join any "groups", or be like everyone else. It is not rebellion. It is not the desire to be different. I just want to be me. Unique. Like you if you choose. What do you think?

2007-11-12 15:19:05 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Doesn't it make you sad when so-called "Christians" post answers that are unloving and judgemental? Some even go as far as to say that God doesn't love homosexuals or any other type of sinner. Don't they realize WE ALL are sinners and in need of a Savior? Then, we all get labeled as hypocrites. I prefer to admit that I'm no better than the next person, and certainly have no right to judge others, just to share what God has done for me. Please share your thoughts, and God bless you.

2007-11-12 15:18:00 · 25 answers · asked by Lola 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Are you absolutely certain that God is real...?

Do you sometimes have doubts but manage to ignore them.. ?

Do you secretly dis-believe in God's existence...?

...or are you wise enough to see the shortcomings of the first three groups and identify yourself by one of several names that mean you're a "non-believer."

Your answers please...

2007-11-12 15:15:17 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

It seems that a lot of legitimate questions get removed because someone is offended...

Athiests don't think we should believe in anything yet they are more than happy to exchange gifts at Christmas.

Christians are always preaching about being forgiving and yet they will turn on their own church members at the drop of a hat.

My son has a jewish friend who tells us we should feel sorry for him because he's Jewish and constanty persecuted. Way to stand proud for your faith there...

My Muslim friend demands that we recognize the differences in our faiths and his right to pray when he's supposed to, yet he gets irritated if we pray prior to eating our lunch.

Sometimes I wonder how long it will be before they tell us that we can no longer worship as we please. Wait a minute. They have done that.

Your thoughts?

2007-11-12 15:13:32 · 25 answers · asked by NaturalPhotos 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Why does it protect against protect against religious discrimination?

Many conservative Christians complain that homosexuality is immutable, and therefore should not be considered a protective category in anti-discrimination law. While I reject that assertion; it's all too well documented that homosexuality is immutable, let's entertain the belief for a moment.

We do know that race is immutable. Except of course in the case of white Hispanics. A white child of Hispanic descent could be adopted when quite young by a white non-Hispanic family. What would they be then?

Anyway, let's assume that race is immutable. Are immutable groups the only ones protected by anti-discrimination law? Religion is certainly a protected category. Is religion immutable? I know FAR more people who have changed religious affiliation than the extreme minority of LGBT folk who have made the extraordinary claim that they have been "cured".

If religion is mutable, should it be a protected category?

2007-11-12 15:12:33 · 11 answers · asked by Deirdre H 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Hi bro/sis in Christ! Im going to do a chairing later on and i need an idea from u. I need an icebreaker/games for our fellowship re:perserveing spirit in serving God

2007-11-12 15:12:11 · 1 answers · asked by alwaysthebest 1 in Religion & Spirituality

My mother needs a full time caretaker 24 hours a day. I am that caretaker. I cannot get a job because of this. My mother gets a check for $1300 every month and she has no savings. I was wondering if I could get some kind of financial aid to help with my bills because I am barely making ends meet anymore! I dont want to put my mom in a nursing home, she'd get so confused and sad. I dont mind taking care of her, it's hard, but has it's rewards. I just need to pay my bills!
THANK YOU for any info.

2007-11-12 15:11:03 · 17 answers · asked by suziblues2000 2 in Senior Citizens

Keeping the Sabbath day holy. It's still a law on the books, right? So why do nice Christian folks get out of church and head down to Denny's or Bigboys and have lunch? Why are the malls filled with people dressed up fresh out of church, shopping? Sure, they are not working on their Sunday, but they are causing other people to work on Sunday to serve them. Money is being exchanged--that is the token of "work." Don't you consider that you are relying on a class of people to serve you, and that makes you "elevating" yourself above them, which is also wrong?

Consider all the people who are scheduled to work on Sundays at malls, grocery store, ect. Sure, they would still be there to serve the people who don't care to follow the commandment, but why do you participate? Stores would not stay open on Sundays if they didn't get your business on Sundays!

2007-11-12 15:10:15 · 44 answers · asked by colebolegooglygooglyhammerhead 6 in Religion & Spirituality

where do they live?
where can u find them?
real myth or just mental?
how do people become them?
what do they look like?

2007-11-12 15:09:08 · 14 answers · asked by :) 2 in Mythology & Folklore

2007-11-12 15:08:57 · 21 answers · asked by John K 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-12 15:08:33 · 22 answers · asked by [192882] 5 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Or do you enjoy kissing just for the sake of kissing?

I just posted this but it was in the gay and lesbian category and I really need this for straight men...so, I deleted it and then reposted it.

I'm sorry for any confusion it may have caused.

It has been said that men don't care to kiss unless it may lead to sex in the immediate future from when kissing commenced.

I was just wondering if it IS true for most men.

2007-11-12 15:08:04 · 3 answers · asked by fotophrk 3 in Other - Society & Culture

2007-11-12 15:06:29 · 5 answers · asked by Mary Ann B 1 in Valentine's Day

Does anyone know where to find those lighted archways that go over the driveway? Do you have to make them? I've seen a few, but can't find them.

And I don't know if they make this or not, but we thought it would be cute to have an inflatable Santa stuck in a chimney upside down with his legs kicking to put on our roof. Has anyone seen anything like that and know where ot find one?

2007-11-12 15:06:13 · 3 answers · asked by Mandy Jane 2 in Christmas

and vice versa

2007-11-12 15:05:24 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I have seen a few christians offer that one evidence of the strength of the logic of apologetics is that christianity has endured 2000 years of people trying to disprove it.

Now, the way i see it, skepticism and atheism are both remarkably NEW ideologies.

first of all, up until 300 years ago, atheism as a philoshical view was so virtually non-existant that there did not even exist a word for someone who did not believe in god. The word "Atheist" first meant someone who did whatever they wished without concern of god's laws and such.

And even though atheism has existed as a philosophy for the last few hundred years, the ideas and arguments that argue for atheism (textual criticism, empiricism, philosophical arguments, ect.) has been given almost no exposure to the common man.

2007-11-12 15:05:11 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

for the past few years me + my hubbie have had Christmas at our place. my parents come, my younger brother, his girlfriend and my Aunt (go to my hubbie's family on Christmas Eve) well this year my younger brother decided that he is having Christmas at his house. well its not his house he rents with a friend. he didnt call and ask me if a i minded just decided he was having it.. because this year he is working and has money. unlike last year he showed up here and said i dont have anything for anybody cause i am broke and had to make my car payment.its not the lack of presents that i care about. it his attitude. when he has money he throws it around like its nothing and when he is broke he is the biggest jerk + every 1 should feel sorry for him.Well my question is do i have the right to be mad? i know it petty and we should just show up there.. but he should have gone about it better.+ i have a 14 month old daughter and his place isnt baby proofed + i have lug all her stuff in the cold

2007-11-12 15:04:50 · 9 answers · asked by Veronica's Mommy 6 in Christmas

2007-11-12 15:04:42 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. (This one shows that we do not need to confess to a priest but to one another.)

1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. (confessing our sins whether to God or another helps us to be purified and to be made righteous.)

2007-11-12 15:04:31 · 20 answers · asked by Angie 3 in Religion & Spirituality

and other issues?

2007-11-12 15:04:19 · 8 answers · asked by Realitisaurus 5 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

since he wont return my calls...ask him why he wont answer my prayers for me...thanks!!!

2007-11-12 15:04:12 · 31 answers · asked by Zarathustra 2 in Religion & Spirituality