Society & Culture - 19 November 2007

2007-11-19 04:32:58 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

The ACLU has just sued the federal government to ban Christmas as a federal holiday, one plantiff recently tried to burn down a Church.
Makes me want to go out and donate to the ACLU, how about you?

2007-11-19 04:32:30 · 14 answers · asked by wayne 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Just a new take on an old drinking question. :)

2007-11-19 04:31:37 · 8 answers · asked by STFU Dude 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Well if we can all agree that the world was not created in 7 days but rather 4 billion, and that the first two people were probably not Adam and Eve, and that the whole Tree of Knowledge and the Garden of Eden thing was all probably just a made up story.

If we can all agree on that, then allow me to take it a step further and also dismiss 'original sin' and all that it entails and in turn dismiss Jesus Christ as a redeemer and savior. Wasn't one of Jesus Christ's whole purposes on this Earth to make up for Adam's mistake in the Garden of Eden? Well if Adam and the apple didn’t really exist, than all of the significance placed on Jesus Christ is inappropriate and he was simply just a powerful and influential teacher, not a god.

Did I go to far or does this make so much sense you’re surprised no one else has thought of it?

2007-11-19 04:30:00 · 35 answers · asked by dougfr007 3 in Religion & Spirituality

It just seems that so many people will stir themselves to complain, criticize, gossip or judge others, but won't lift a finger to help others, or compliment someone, or be polite. Many don't even bother to answer when someone says hello to them, etc. Do we all fail their Turing Tests? In other words, do we seem somehow less human to them, that's why they feel justified in this treatment? Or are they merely stuck in the 80s 'me generation' where their first consideration is 'what's in it for me?'

2007-11-19 04:27:27 · 14 answers · asked by McFeisty 2 in Other - Society & Culture

To get his way.

2007-11-19 04:26:28 · 20 answers · asked by carl 4 in Religion & Spirituality

If you only had one month left to live?

2007-11-19 04:25:50 · 17 answers · asked by Special K 2 in Religion & Spirituality

(strangers not just family) you can never do anything correct or fast enough for them . anyone else come across this problem?

2007-11-19 04:25:05 · 17 answers · asked by a.y. 3 in Etiquette

I forgot who came up with that snivelutionist but I find it so useful to decribe all those who think they know evolution. I'd like just for once these whiners who just yell THERE IS NO GOD! to actually describe how the process of evolution works.

And please don't puke back facts you find in a book or on a website. I mean actually explain it in a way that shows you actually understand it

I know some of the ideas and thoughts behind evolution. I've read them I've studied them and I find them very interesting. I'm not a molecular biologist but I do undestand how sme of it works. So if you could instead of just spouting off could you be a real evolutionist and expalin why its true and not a sinvelutioinist that sounds liek a 5 yr old?

You don't like people quoting the bible and saying there its true
I don't like people saying look Darwin said this so its true
Be a real student learn what you support and explain how it works to the best of your ability. So any takers?

2007-11-19 04:24:06 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

How do you make contact? What do you do? Please state your religion of choice & what ritual or method you use to 'receive'.
Thanx.

2007-11-19 04:22:50 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

My daughter's first birthday party is Wednesday. The party is at our house at 5:30pm. I can't make it any earlier due to working family members. We want to take our kids out to dinner around 7pm. Is there a nice way to get everyone to leave by then? Everytime we have these family members over to our house they act like its a family reunion and want to stay 3 or 4 hours. We would like to enjoy the rest of the night with just us and out kids.

2007-11-19 04:20:21 · 18 answers · asked by honeybear 5 in Etiquette

How many of you will admit to blocking people who gave you answers you did not like? I have not blocked one. Zip, none, zero. I may not like, agree, or concur with the answers, but I am open to all honest answers. I asked the question, they responded. So how many of you open-minded people on either side have blocked others, and are honest enough to admit it? How many?

2007-11-19 04:20:02 · 61 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

In other words, what philosophies of Jesus's should an atheist respect?

Anything that references God, the Father, the Kingdom, the apocalypse etc is out.

Anything from the old testament - Golden Rule/Love thy Neighbor - is out.

Any parable that is an allegory for the Kingdom or the apocalypse is out unless it can stand on it's own as a brilliant philosophy.

I think that the philosophies of Jesus are quite useless when viewed through an atheist lens. Sure, there are a couple of good sayings - but honestly what's the big deal?

Remember, this question is about the philosophies of the natural Jesus, not the Christ.

2007-11-19 04:19:57 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-19 04:19:47 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I know some people have there likes! But I notice that most americans males don't find Black women attractive at all! I have not had a boyfriend in two years or maybe three but my Last boyfriend was White an never saw him agian he maybe have kids now. I notice when, I go out in public see Mexican men staring at me or other types of men.

I will never go out with a black man because I don't find them attractive at all and this is coming from a Black woman with light skin color.

2007-11-19 04:19:29 · 23 answers · asked by Kelis Jordan 3 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-11-19 04:18:36 · 14 answers · asked by deacon 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I know that Christ is a prophet, but how do the Muslim people interpret the virgin birth? Do they believe that Mary DID NOT have intercours and that Allah did this miracle, or do you believe that Jesus was just a prophet and was concieved the same as you and I? If so, do you believe Joseph is Jesus's father? Thanks

2007-11-19 04:17:16 · 7 answers · asked by Y!A P0int5 Wh0r3 5 in Religion & Spirituality

In the early 19th Century a papyrus, dating from the end of the Middle Kingdom, was found in Egypt. It was taken to the Leiden Museum in Holland and interpreted by A.H. Gardiner in 1909. The complete papyrus can be found in the book Admonitions of an Egyptian from a heiratic papyrus in Leiden. The papyrus describes violent upheavals in Egypt, starvation, drought, escape of slaves (with the wealth of the Egyptians), and death throughout the land. The papyrus was written by an Egyptian named Ipuwer and appears to be an eyewitness account of the effects of the Exodus plagues from the perspective of an average Egyptian. http://ohr.edu/yhiy/article.php/838

http://www.anchorstone.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=155&Itemid=53

2007-11-19 04:16:42 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-19 04:16:40 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-19 04:16:37 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Since Luther did just that.


Doesn't that make your whole manmade beliefsystem crumble?

2007-11-19 04:16:27 · 11 answers · asked by carl 4 in Religion & Spirituality

People still sin. It didn't prevent that. People still get punished for sinning by being sent to the flaming abyss, so it didn't prevent that. Why should one care if some dude got executed 2,000 years ago?

2007-11-19 04:16:05 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I used to be able to talk to both boys and girls about a year ago without feeling uncomfortable and alot of my friends were boys then but I hung out with a few girls.
About half a year ago I met my exgirlfriend's bestfriend and then I met my exgirlfriend and we're bestfriends and I gradually stopped hanging about with boys and lately alot of my exgirlfriend's exboyfriends have been around and I found it really uncomfortable and I've talked to these guys before when they were going out with my ex and I didn't feel this uncomfortable and I was also being very moody around other guys today and felt the exact same and one of my ex's exs made me abit angry and I slammed him against the wall without thinking about it and then my ex's boyfriend made me angry and I slammed him against the wall and I just felt really uncomfortable today around any guy and I was very moody around them, when I was just with the girls I was ok...

2007-11-19 04:16:01 · 9 answers · asked by Lily R 6 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-11-19 04:15:20 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

at work was rubbing her breasts up against me, and I enjoyed it? I am not gay, and have never thought about it, but that kind of excited me when she did that, does that mean I am gay and will go to hell?

2007-11-19 04:14:57 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

What is going to be on your plate for Thanksgiving Dinner? How much are you going to eat of it?

2007-11-19 04:14:40 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Thanksgiving

Would somebody translate this quote to Latin, please?
Thank you so much. Also, would you please provide explanatory notes on why you translate it the way you do, or explain the Latin syntax of the literal translation? Thanks. 11 points to the most thorough answer.

"The shallow observer will jump to shallow conclusions, thus breeding ingnorance, but the intelligent will seek out the profound"

2007-11-19 04:13:56 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

I'm trying to compile a nice list containing all of the known characteristics of the two beasts of Rev 13 in order to piece together a scripturally accurate picture of them. I don’t want to leave anything out.

The first beast is obviously the Antichrist and his kingdom; the other beast is the false prophet.

They are mentioned through out scriptures such as ….

Isaiah 14:14 . . He shall say in his heart, I will be like the Most High
1 John 2: 22 . . He shall deny both the Father and the Son.
2 Thess. 2: 4 . . He shall exalt himself " above all that is called God."
Dan. 7: 25 . . think to change times and laws

What are some other key scriptures in the Bible that may refer to these characters?

2007-11-19 04:11:46 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-19 04:11:00 · 19 answers · asked by STFU Dude 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I am seeing Christians constantly mocking the ACLU because of a few cases where they have defended against religious incursions into our secular institutions. In case you didn't realize it the ACLU has also defended Christians when their rights have been stepped on.

http://www.aclufightsforchristians.com/

So why do Christians hate our constitutional rights? Why do they call the ACLU, the Anti Christian Liberty Union, and similar silly anti-rights names, especially when they have fought for rights for Christians' rights as well aso everyone else's rights?

2007-11-19 04:10:52 · 25 answers · asked by Murazor 6 in Religion & Spirituality