Society & Culture - 16 November 2007

...if God can supposedly hear everyone's prayers? What's the point of having 10 people pray for you if God is going to treat one prayer like anyone else's? It seems like praying yourself would do the job just fine.

2007-11-16 11:19:03 · 14 answers · asked by Alex H 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Drinks are on me...
*passing out peppermint schnapps with hot cocoa*

Happy Friday all!

2007-11-16 11:17:36 · 20 answers · asked by inbetweendays 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-16 11:12:42 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-16 11:12:30 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

please dont say the bible is stupid or anything like that!

2007-11-16 11:12:16 · 30 answers · asked by coolio_hoolio95 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-16 11:12:00 · 8 answers · asked by Steve S 1 in Languages

How do I find my way when God has left me to wander, with no guide, no clear path to follow?

2007-11-16 11:11:38 · 24 answers · asked by ♦♣ alex ♠♥ 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I asked if people thought that Noah had lookouts to warn them when a T-Rex was coming while he was building the ark.

I got an answer from someone who thinks there's a chance that Noah had tame dinosaurs that helped him in the construction of the ark.

Does that scare you as much as it scares me for the state of the modern educational system?

2007-11-16 11:11:01 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Does anyone know where I can find a download of "Training With Miss Abernathy: A Workbook for Erotic Slaves and Their Owners"? I would prefer it be free, but any suggestions will be extremely helpful.

2007-11-16 11:10:47 · 2 answers · asked by Miss Alanna 2 in Other - Society & Culture

I have a friend who is a homosexual and she is a christian and knows that it is wrong to be a homosexual. It kills her when she messes up in that area and she really wants to get better. Is she still a christian and what can I tell her to make her feel better about her realtionship with God?

2007-11-16 11:10:45 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

It doesn't feel like Christmas to me unless the lights are white or multi-colored, what's your take?

2007-11-16 11:10:36 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

"When some of the world's leading religious scholars gather in San Diego this weekend, pasta will be on the intellectual menu. They'll be talking about a satirical pseudo-deity called the Flying Spaghetti Monster, whose growing pop culture fame gets laughs but also raises serious questions about the essence of religion.

An Oregon State physics graduate named Bobby Henderson stepped into the [Intelligent Design] debate by sending a letter to the Kansas School Board. With tongue in cheek, he purported to speak for 10 million followers of a being called the Flying Spaghetti Monster -- and demanded equal time for their views.

There's no more scientific basis for intelligent design than there is for the idea an omniscient creature made of pasta created the universe. If intelligent design supporters could demand equal time in a science class, why not anyone else? The only reasonable solution is to put nothing into sciences classes but the best available science."

2007-11-16 11:10:25 · 17 answers · asked by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 in Religion & Spirituality

ok... so he supposedly walked on water, he supposedly produced fish in the sea and healed people. well, we've all seen benny henn do his faith healing. and among uneducated gossippers it would not be surprising to hear them say they've seen someone do miracles. given the fact that jesus did not leave any writings, don't you think he would have at least left something tangible, everlasting? like move a mountain, perhaps.

2007-11-16 11:07:50 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

And why do some Christians verbal abuse me just because they disagree with me?
I thought Christianity was about loving and respecting others.
I was obviously wrong.

2007-11-16 11:07:25 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

On some evolution question, I found this answer: " Most definitely is a theory! It has never been proven! Creationism is a fact!"

Do you think anyone can actually be serious when saying such a thing?

Have we not overcome those times when we considered the earth to be flat?

2007-11-16 11:07:05 · 18 answers · asked by larissa 6 in Religion & Spirituality

besides the basics, such as being a believer...what else should i consider when looking for a mate? i am starting to see someone and i really do not like that feeling of not knowing whether or not they are the person for me. any advice?

2007-11-16 11:05:51 · 5 answers · asked by <>< captivated 1 in Religion & Spirituality

At the beginning of each sermon Joel Osteen and the congregation say something together can anyone tell me exactly what it is?

2007-11-16 11:02:44 · 11 answers · asked by divina_jodi 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-16 11:02:31 · 17 answers · asked by Macy 2 in Religion & Spirituality

What do you think?

2007-11-16 11:02:30 · 24 answers · asked by xbutterflyz 3 in Religion & Spirituality

to help them think more positive and less angry with the world? How come some people come out of life disappointments so bitter, and others do not?

2007-11-16 11:02:11 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

a shitty place to exist...............

2007-11-16 11:01:54 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Quite frankly, I'm thrilled to see them! What do you think?

2007-11-16 10:59:40 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Does it make it more difficult to find a good paying job. Are potential employers able to find out whither or not you were diagnoised as learning disabled. Even with a college degree from an acredited school?

2007-11-16 10:59:24 · 13 answers · asked by Nes Fan 2 in People with Disabilities

In other words did God put us here for a reason? If God is in control of everthing and he created everything then how can our existence possibly have (meaning/reason) in relation to God? Saying that God put us here for a reason is to infer that our existence has meaning in relation to God.

A reason/meaning serves a purpose. The reason humans drink water is to sustain life etc. To say that something has a reason or a meaning is to infer that it is dependent on something else. How is it that an all powerful God is in someway in need of human existence? Granted some reasons are purely subjective. People have desires, but to have a want or a need is to lack something. God is perfection in lack of and in need of nothing.

This question does not pretend to know the infinite mind of God. That`s irrelavant! I`m not asking why he put us here, rather how is it that our existence serves a purpose to an already perfect being?

2007-11-16 10:59:15 · 8 answers · asked by Future 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Are we governed by reptiles in the sky who sent a few of their own kind down to live amoung us, or spirits in the sky who threw a few of their own kind down to test us?

2007-11-16 10:59:10 · 9 answers · asked by Acai 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I recently traveled to England, I've made many friends of many races, but a boy from Turkey wrote on my t-shirt:
I'll miss you, kanki
Does anyone knows what kanki means??

2007-11-16 10:59:05 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

Do you believe in seraphim, cherubim, etc?
Do you believe in angels, or an order of angels in nine levels ranked by closeness to God in Heaven?



( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_angelic_hierarchy )

2007-11-16 10:58:51 · 5 answers · asked by toxicPoison 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Just curious if anyone does that, or can I start a trend maybe?! It sounds cool to me. FYI, I'm a dork so maybe it's OK for me to say it.

2007-11-16 10:58:30 · 16 answers · asked by Snugs 3 in Languages

(I was trying to tease someone in my German class who studies all the time.)

Or "swot" maybe, if you have a better word for that.

2007-11-16 10:58:25 · 1 answers · asked by Goddess of Grammar 7 in Languages

Hello! I'm Brazillian and I'm currently studying English. All I know is by myself, it shows you how much I admire the native language of yours. What about mine? Have you ever heard to someone speaking Brazillian Portuguese? How does it sound to you? Is it resembling to some other language that you've also heard?

I wonder I could some day talk to a british person, just like friends, and get to know things about you there, our differences and resemblances... would some of you share your MSN with me? Mine is medeirosdez@yahoo.com.br That'd be great we to talk on MSN by voice!

Tell me first what you think about my language!

2007-11-16 10:58:04 · 10 answers · asked by Paulo Henrique 2 in Languages