Society & Culture - 15 November 2007

Okay so in my question of 'who holds the burden of proof' you answered :

If you have ever been in a thunder storm, Or have seen the grand Canyon,The rainbow in the sky, the ocean,a beautiful sunset,a fresh crisp snow,the birth of a child, these are all evidence of GOD.

That really didn't answer the question but anyways....

Okay so these things are evidence of God. Okay.... does that in turn mean that bad things are evidence of there not being a God? (If a cute baby or beautiful sunset brought to you courtsey of air pollution is your big basis of proof then....whoa)

Too often people say : "Look at that rainbow/baby/flower/sunset and that's how you know there's a God."
Well in that same respect couldn't one say "Look at that murder/rape/child molester/AIDS and that's how you know there isn't a God." ?

2007-11-15 06:46:59 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Just curious to know

2007-11-15 06:46:37 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I'm italian and recently i liked to listen southern rock like Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Then someone said to me that the dixie flag is somethin' racist and so on...
I don't know much about the war between north and south and I'd like to know what people think about the rebel flag and what do you mean for redneck...

Sorry for my ignorance and sorry if I made errors...
Grazie

2007-11-15 06:45:38 · 17 answers · asked by Matteo Man 3 in Other - Society & Culture

I love religion and spirituality, people get so serious : )

big love

2007-11-15 06:45:36 · 12 answers · asked by jonathan 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-15 06:45:34 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

I would like to quote from Edward Edinger:
In the study of one's personal life history—going back through the traumas of early experience that make up so much of our per­sonal complexes—shallow answers to these questions may be found. And if that method suffices to provide sufficient meaning that heals, so be it. But often it does not; and one must go deeper. It is then that one may come eventually to the Self, the paradoxical God-image The experiences one has in that encounter, the knowledge that one gains in the process, "gnosis of the Divine." And when that is achieved, the neurosis is finally healed.


These same matters apply on a vast collective scale as humanity begins to experience world-wide apocalyptic events. The same ques­tions arise: "What's happening? Who is responsible? What does it all mean?"
The idea that a vast historical "transformation of God" is going on and that the ordeal is the necessary "sacrificial" event to bring to bring about that transformation

2007-11-15 06:42:50 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-15 06:42:48 · 7 answers · asked by charles.pm73 1 in Royalty

If you are married or have a significant other, how do you two decide which family gathering to go to..Or, do you just have dinner at your place and just have everyone come there...

2007-11-15 06:42:42 · 8 answers · asked by Fabe 6 in Thanksgiving

That's actually me in the pic and that's all my natural hair ("dread"locks). I can't count the number of times people of all races asked me "is that your hair" or they would ask what are you mixed with.....as if fully black people can't grow hair. I'm from the virgin Islands a lot of my family and friends wear their natural hair it's very long, so I don't understand.
For instance look at the people in these pictures on myspace:
http://a940.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/58/l_532679fa64f212bf635fdb923080208b.jpg
http://a166.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/13/l_b6df865e86f048db69e210c1f96e242d.jpg
http://a271.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/48/l_fa4cc9409d6d0e3b4cafe4b4383ac516.jpg

2007-11-15 06:42:25 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

and in turn, not make it for my family on Thanksgiving because the mere thought of it makes me gag?

2007-11-15 06:41:32 · 17 answers · asked by inbetweendays 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-15 06:41:21 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-15 06:40:47 · 3 answers · asked by bikervv 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I wasnt going to mention this because I feel its just one thing after another and people get tired of hearing it but I am having breast surgery today, hopefully at 2:45 PM. I could sure use your prayers for a speedy resolution, and COMPLETE recovery so this will be the last. This will be the sixth time in this past year, and I am getting really tired and run down.

I have recurrent breast absceses, they dont know what causes it and everytime they wack off more tissue to try and stop it. Its an anoerobic (sp?) bacteria, some of you who have worked in health care will know what that is..

I believe in the power of prayer and could use a whole wack of them - see if that works where medical intervention hasnt - thanks

2007-11-15 06:40:44 · 31 answers · asked by isotope2007 6 in Senior Citizens

I'm not biased towards either group, I have friends who are in both groups, some more hardcore than others. I find this stuff to interesting, sometimes humorous, but definitely something thought provoking. This should result in some interesting answers I think, that's why I chose to ask it.

2007-11-15 06:39:10 · 39 answers · asked by psycho german 2 in Religion & Spirituality

If you want to know the truth about Jesus you can look it up. But you will not find it in your google.

2007-11-15 06:38:59 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Ok, I just saw this article on Yahoo saying in Sydney Australia they are now making Santa's say "Ha, Ha, Ha" instead of "Ho, Ho, Ho", because it is offensive to women. I'm a woman and I see nothing wrong with this! Is there really someone out there that is bother by a Santa saying Ho Ho Ho? If so, why? The phrase is not intended to make fun of women.

2007-11-15 06:38:45 · 42 answers · asked by mageta8 6 in Other - Holidays

I have been asking around and I keep coming to the consensus that religious people are against immigration. I am wondering why is this so or have I just been talking to too few people?

2007-11-15 06:38:36 · 38 answers · asked by Monkey Man 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Considering that gold mining in western Europe was and is an activity with negligible economical contribution to Spain and Italy for instance, I am wondering who may have been so generous to "donate" those tonnes and tonnes of that valuable precious metal.

2007-11-15 06:38:10 · 2 answers · asked by Anunnaki 1 in Other - Society & Culture

ok so im in class and we're doing a thanksgiving project, and one of the questions we have to answer is why we think we were created so....what do you think? i think we were created b/c God was lonely........or something. perhaps he was bored...
but seriously help! haha why do you think i was created?

2007-11-15 06:38:02 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

When the Pope issues official statements, there is a hierarchy of authority to his statements. Some statements are made in his capacity as the head of the catholic church. In the highest classification, he is assumed to be speaking as god, and infallible.

Let's just say, tomorrow morning, the pope proclaims the Bible say that "anyone" who is not a catholic is to be shot on sight, and take the land from the Jews, would you do it?

2007-11-15 06:37:05 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

90% of almost every population througout history has believed in whatever God was popular at the time including the modern non-Christian world?

Aren't those ignorant of hsitory doomed to repeat it?

2007-11-15 06:36:33 · 15 answers · asked by Fred S - AM Cappo Di Tutti Capi 5 in Religion & Spirituality

all of the bible and not say "oh this is a symbolic story?" Seems to me a lot of christians cherry pick their way through the bible. I mean if certain stories are symbolic like genesis then there is no original sin and christ got himself nailed up for nothing. You should believe entirely and not cherry pick

2007-11-15 06:36:21 · 44 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-15 06:36:20 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

2007-11-15 06:36:14 · 14 answers · asked by jonathan 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-15 06:35:50 · 2 answers · asked by Sweet V 4 in Other - Society & Culture

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/trichinosis/factsht_trichinosis.htm

* Ordinary curing and smoking does not kill Trichinella. (Trichinella also occurs in some wild game - this is what caused the problem with the cougar jerky mentioned above)

http://www.foodreference.com/html/artporktrich.html

http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/trichinosis/fact_sheet.htm

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9502E3DB113AE63BBC4A51DFB2668383669FDE

Pork meat and pork fat contribute to the spread of cancers of the colon, rectum, prostate and blood.
^ found here
http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/cobf/vpost?id=720196

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/8154

If you pours Coke (yes, the soda) on a slab of pork, wait a little while, you will SEE WORMS crawl out of it.
^^Found here: http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/porkcoke.html

http://www.giveshare.org/Health/porkeatdanger.html

The bible says not to eat pork.
I wonder why...

2007-11-15 06:35:26 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

What rules would you make? What would you get rid of?
I know I would get rid of musicals.

2007-11-15 06:34:45 · 7 answers · asked by Chief Muffasah 2 in Other - Society & Culture

I'm an Italian girl and I'd like to know how you see us, our country, our traditions. But I'd like to know what you think about our government and politics and if, if you were Italian, you should do something more or less than we do. I hope you'll understand my question. I don't know how my English is!

2007-11-15 06:33:17 · 3 answers · asked by Mary 2 in Other - Society & Culture

Or is it still just a theory based on Evolution timescale? If it is still a theory then why do we always hear things like " This is millions of years old", and not " This is possibly millions of years old based on Evolution time scale"

2007-11-15 06:32:34 · 38 answers · asked by Jay_Hill hs7 1 in Religion & Spirituality

It was inside the large Catholic Cathedral there. To give more context, it was also in the town where the Modern Day Waldensians have they annual meeting.

What does the statue symbolize? Who was this priest? Whose skull was it?

2007-11-15 06:32:11 · 2 answers · asked by realchurchhistorian 4 in Religion & Spirituality