Society & Culture - 20 November 2007

from the notebooks of lazarus long-
No man is an island--” Much as we may feel and act as individuals, our race is a single organism, always growing and branching--which must be pruned regularly to be healthy. This necessity need not be argued; anyone with eyes can see that any organism which grows without limit always dies within •its own poisons. The only rational question is whether pruning is best done before or after birth. Being an incurable sentimentalist I favor the former of these methods--killing makes me queasy, even when it’s a case of “He’s dead and I’m alive and that’s the way I wanted it to be.” But this may be a matter of taste. Some shamans think that it is better to be killed in a war, or to die in childbirth, or to starve in misery, than never to have lived at all. They may be right. But I don’t have to like it--and I don’t.

i put this up because of a question asked earlier on answers-it relates to the decision to rule on whether or not a fertilized is human-

2007-11-20 01:31:17 · 6 answers · asked by lazaruslong138 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-20 01:30:04 · 18 answers · asked by mante j 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I have a factory that produces happiness and I need a Marketing manager to increase the sales. Do you consider yourself suitable for the job and on what grounds? Please reply within two days to enable me to select the best one.

2007-11-20 01:29:36 · 7 answers · asked by ADS 5 in Religion & Spirituality

...love, and kindness?

2007-11-20 01:28:30 · 19 answers · asked by iamnoone 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-20 01:28:01 · 6 answers · asked by Hensley Vicson G 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-20 01:26:16 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-20 01:25:10 · 1 answers · asked by Joe M 1 in Community Service

2007-11-20 01:25:08 · 30 answers · asked by cookie 1 in Religion & Spirituality

...child abuse for freezing the poor things?


http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hHbhKzL-q6SbazRgpk6_Ino2YPZwD8ST5NG80

2007-11-20 01:24:44 · 10 answers · asked by I'/\/\AZILLA2 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Were they alive merely 6000 years ago?

Why are both Adam and Eve created together from dust in the first chapter, but in the next it has Eve being created from Adam's rib.

Why can't God keep his/its/hers story straight?

2007-11-20 01:23:29 · 12 answers · asked by sahara_springs 3 in Religion & Spirituality

think it's too early for diatribes. I want light hearted humor at least until 10 central time

2007-11-20 01:22:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i would rather watch the kids play then to eat. i could be around kids all the time.

2007-11-20 01:20:12 · 10 answers · asked by jeannieboop 4 in Thanksgiving

2007-11-20 01:16:02 · 10 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-20 01:14:56 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

what is everything, but to the World cost's nothing? Also if your thinking I mean money {no} So guess again. What would be something besides the green in your eyes that is everything to some but nothing to the rest of the World?

2007-11-20 01:14:43 · 9 answers · asked by Stevo 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Are our minds so small that we can not put together God's billion piece jigsaw puzzle? If we do not have free will, won't God be bored of us? Is Earth not God's ant farm?

2007-11-20 01:13:33 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i do like it

2007-11-20 01:12:47 · 11 answers · asked by sulieman 4 in Etiquette

...programs?

Do you agree that it's an outrage?


http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hHbhKzL-q6SbazRgpk6_Ino2YPZwD8ST5NG80

2007-11-20 01:12:44 · 9 answers · asked by I'/\/\AZILLA2 3 in Religion & Spirituality

People do u hate islam? and if so why?

2007-11-20 01:12:08 · 50 answers · asked by Heaven is boring 4 in Religion & Spirituality

from what i got it said that a girl live a bad life drinkin and doin drugs the whole nine yards and her mother prayed and ask God to do whatever it took to get her to stop do it. well the girl gets pregnant and it changes her life no more drinks no more drugs. that's called a prayer child.they say these children are God's gift and they will lead a good life and be returned to Him when they die.

2007-11-20 01:11:02 · 14 answers · asked by DirtyRed 2 in Religion & Spirituality

i cant rember

2007-11-20 01:10:58 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mythology & Folklore

Well, I'm doing a paper on americans opinions about muslims before and after 9/11. I just need your opinion on one thing.

Do you support suicide bombings, or find in any way that they can be justified to support Islam? In this article it says nearly 1/4 of young Muslims do.

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN2244293620070522

I would like to know if you do or don't, and if you do.........what are your reasonings behind it? Please help! Someone will get best answer!

2007-11-20 01:10:34 · 24 answers · asked by ~)~) 3 in Ramadan

Physically, Spiritually, Mentally.

2007-11-20 01:09:49 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If planet Earth is God's ant farm, she would only be amused if we surprise her with our actions?

2007-11-20 01:09:08 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

and now they claim God is black, and can only be black because they claim the first human was black, and man is made in his image(which is black).
Does this make sense?
Do you support these claims they state is fact.

2007-11-20 01:08:24 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

we just had a baby and i also just found out he converted, i dont want my son raised this way

2007-11-20 01:07:43 · 28 answers · asked by jenn 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-20 01:06:17 · 23 answers · asked by SusieQ 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Like thats gonna make me love or like my husband? Besides to me marriage is just an ancient ritual thats mostly just a piece of paper that enslaves women to be a mans property.

2007-11-20 01:06:04 · 27 answers · asked by Death Girl Am 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-20 01:03:38 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

Traditionally, and according to Scripture, I have always held to the belief that the apostle Judas was never really saved to begin with. We all know what he did......and how the whole thing was predicted in the Old Testament & orchestrated by the Lord to happen the way it did.

But my question is this:
Is it possible that we may see Judas in heaven someday when we get there?

He did after all, feel deep remorse for what he had done.....right before he took his own life. He even went as far as giving back the 30 pieces of silver. This verse comes to mind:

2 Corinthians 7:10 “Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.”

Did Judas have Godly sorrow or worldly sorrow?

Something to ponder.........thanks,

-Primo

2007-11-20 01:03:14 · 30 answers · asked by primoa1970 7 in Religion & Spirituality