Society & Culture - 18 November 2007

When someone close to you dies all sorts of ppl come out of the woodworks...which is nice dont get me wrong. But what do I say, or what to ppl expect me to say when they say things like 'im sorry for your loss' or 'sorry about your friend' or 'how are you?'....you know? do i say 'thanks, but no thanks i feel like i wanna curl up in the corner and die' or something like that. How do you handle that type of situation gracefully?

2007-11-18 11:31:51 · 7 answers · asked by Miss Meg 5 in Etiquette

Or indeed, those who died in any circumstances where the people behind the deaths were announced after the fact?

2007-11-18 11:31:04 · 18 answers · asked by Bad Liberal 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-18 11:30:14 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Thanksgiving

2007-11-18 11:29:07 · 22 answers · asked by moniquee248 3 in Christmas

If Noah's Global flood destroyed the world's biosphere by covering all the land, except for Noah and his family, and the animals that they took on the Ark, then can one explain how animals began to populate the Americas, which are and have been geographically isolated (via water) from the rest of the world? Did the great masses of pit vipers migrate through the Bering Sea from Asia?(never mind that none of them occur above the Arctic circle) People could have taken boats. Birds could have flown (most of them).. What about sloths? Did Noah Make the rounds and drop animals off when the waters receded? Yeah, and about that, where did the waters go? Even if both poles thawed, the world would still not be totally submerged.

2007-11-18 11:28:43 · 33 answers · asked by coralsnayk 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-18 11:28:31 · 16 answers · asked by aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-18 11:28:23 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

ok sooo....im not that close with him...at all....but i do love him and every year i just get him something random like golf stuff ( huge golf nut ) but i want to do something diff this year...and hes not into clothes or nething so i cant just go get a nice shirt or shoes or watever...thanx!!

2007-11-18 11:28:10 · 7 answers · asked by *mommy to be #1* 4 in Christmas

2007-11-18 11:27:51 · 20 answers · asked by Habt our quell 4 in Religion & Spirituality

We are having a Christmas party and want some really fun or silly songs. We already have :
Grandma got ran over by a reindeer and The Grinch theme song.

2007-11-18 11:27:17 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

2007-11-18 11:26:44 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I go to a Catholic High School in southern PA and I am a sophomore. My mother is Catholic and father is Jewish. Now that getting older I am starting to understand more about the Catholic faith, and there’s a lot that I don't agree with. I am starting to focus more on the Jewish faith and I am going to the temple to get more info. I am now feeling uncomfortable going to school, last week we had a group of college kids put on a retreat, which in my opinion I thought they were pushy, meaning you must do this and this to be a good Catholic, which made me feel very uncomfortable(my friends also thought the same). I was raised in NJ and live in a rural factory area in PA, I went to public school in the area which I am located and got made fun of for being Jewish and nerdy, it was horrible so I wanted to go to a Catholic school, at the time I was interested in the Catholic faith. I will be going to the temple to find out more info, and I will take it from there, just don't know about school

2007-11-18 11:26:05 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

They start to babble about people I don't know, and talk about places and things that only they know about. How can I understand them better and be polite about it? What should I do?

2007-11-18 11:26:01 · 9 answers · asked by cap3382 4 in Etiquette

2007-11-18 11:25:09 · 7 answers · asked by Casey 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I have just seen several posts that have left me very sad ... again
people speaking about abortions and being very descriptive with it etc

ok yes I am pro choice , but despite what I believe or what you believe
can we remember that there may be people on this forum who have lost babies and do not need graphic descriptions
or are you just lost in your cause to think about others ?

2007-11-18 11:23:21 · 42 answers · asked by ☮ Pangel ☮ 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-18 11:23:04 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Thanksgiving

With all the recalls lately, I am scared to buy toys and give them to my nephew for Christmas. Guess I will have to try to find something else that is made in another country.

2007-11-18 11:21:47 · 11 answers · asked by Laughing with you not at you 6 in Christmas

By this I mean besides cooking good foods;I am going to cook a pumpkin pie!
Does anybody know any creative ideas besides candles and Glade products? Thanks!

2007-11-18 11:21:12 · 6 answers · asked by Claire Z 2 in Thanksgiving

i live on a third floor of an apartment. it does not have a doorman but it does need a key to enter the building. should i meet the delivery guy at the entrance for the food or can i buzz him in for him to delivery the food straight to my door? also, how much tips is appropriate?
thank you

2007-11-18 11:20:59 · 6 answers · asked by Confused 1 in Etiquette

The trees bow, the wind curtsies
In an eternal dance
In the depths of the ocean, tiny cells divide
In the reaches of space, great stars collide
Some would call it "Chance"

The sea roars, and birds sing
There's a rhythm and a rhyme
Life is a struggle, and all must die
But there, in the stillness, a baby's cry
Everything in its time

From great galaxies to tiny atoms
There is a Grand Design
For God so loved His Great Creation
That He sent His Son for our salvation
A Light forever to shine

Comments/opinions please?

2007-11-18 11:20:10 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

after all, what if Thor is the mighty one and we didn't believe in Him?

2007-11-18 11:18:43 · 26 answers · asked by Brendan G 4 in Religion & Spirituality

We often hear it said that it doesn't matter whether one is a Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim . . . you name it. That doesn't make sense to me. The different religions' beliefs about God and Man and life-after-death conflict. They can't all be true at the same time.

It can't be that if people of different religions die, the Christian would go to heaven, the Buddhist would be reincarnated, the athiest would simply cease to exist.

How can anyone say it doesn't matter what you believe?

2007-11-18 11:17:37 · 30 answers · asked by oghk2000 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-18 11:17:29 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-18 11:16:28 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Thanksgiving

2007-11-18 11:15:34 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I started out thinking about all of the happy Thanksgivings I've had & the silly things that happened & now I'm depressed that most of these people are no longer with us & I'll never have one like that again. I'll be OK by tomorow, but this just "hit" me tonight when I was making an old recepie. Anyone else?

2007-11-18 11:15:16 · 20 answers · asked by shermynewstart 7 in Senior Citizens

and all-knowing, why can't he handle money, and why does he always need MORE???

2007-11-18 11:14:18 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I am asking these questions meaning no disrepect.
Why is it in your belief that the LDS is the "one true church"?
Do you believe that other beliefs are ok?
Do other people with different beliefs go to the same heaven?

2007-11-18 11:13:59 · 15 answers · asked by trackman 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I may be overreacting. But, I was talking to my sister about what to buy my niece and nephew for Christmas. She told me not to buy a lot of toys with small parts because they break them, lose them in a few days, or the dog chews them up. Well, I responded: "Well, why don't they learn to take better care of their stuff." (I mean, it is difficult to find toys without small parts). She said that's is how kids are and that she just got rid of a bunch of toys in which they lost a lot of parts to. Obviously, I do not have any children of my own, but is this acceptable behavior? I know kids will be kids and the toys won't last forever. But that stuff costs money. Every year, I spend more than I should on those kids. I do it because I want to and I love them, but I was a bit hurt and angry because it seems like they are unappreciative...mainly my sister and her husband. I can't blame the kids so much because parents should be teaching them to respect property. Am I wrong for thinking this?

2007-11-18 11:13:18 · 15 answers · asked by Angrygirl5 3 in Etiquette

Explain like I'm stupid: Everything couldn't have just happened on its own, it had to be started by something that happened on its own.

Have I got that right?

2007-11-18 11:12:44 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality