Society & Culture - 24 November 2007

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Three suspected al Qaeda militants, including two sisters, beheaded their uncle and his wife, forcing the couple's children to watch, Iraqi police said on Friday.

The militants considered that school guard Youssef al-Hayali was an infidel because he did not pray and wore western-style trousers, they told police interrogators after being arrested in Diyala province northwest of Baghdad.

The three cousins executed Hayali and his wife Zeinab Kamel at the all-boys school in Jalawlah in Diyala province, village police chief Captain Ahmed Khalifa said.

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Boy, this just really shows what kind of fruit a "religion of peace" can produce in the 21st century!

Any comments?

//http://islam-the-monster-unchained.blogspot.com

2007-11-24 07:02:35 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Let's get some Christian disscussions going. Are you for Predestination or Free Will? What reasons do you have for holding these beliefs?

2007-11-24 07:02:01 · 14 answers · asked by Sam 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Do you have a ritual you follow when opening presents. Is there
one person who always wants to be 'last'? That's me!
And who hates packing everything into the car late at night to
go back home? Especially if temps are freezing.

2007-11-24 07:00:39 · 33 answers · asked by Lynn 7 in Senior Citizens

I'm a fan of My Name is Earl and it has me wondering......

2007-11-24 06:58:49 · 11 answers · asked by bete noire Carpe Noctum 5 in Religion & Spirituality

....right now? I mean a current song not one from the old days.
Mine is " Lost Without You" by Robin Thicke.

2007-11-24 06:57:24 · 14 answers · asked by Eve 5 in Senior Citizens

My ex got in a wreck so now he is on a walker.He will get off it soon maybe a month.He called me right after the accident and I helped him with everything from meals to bathing cause I loved him.We got back together. that was 4 months ago .Now he is just being such a jerk. So rude.He said when he got his settlement he was going to take a trip to Amsterdam where they have the autobon and marijauna is legal and all. Its supposed to be beautiful.He told me that he couldnt take me along because i was a prude and all.I dont think Im a prude I used to work in a bar but yes some things offend me but Im not going to go up to someone and say hey stop being a prostitute or nothing like that. It really made me mad. How do I ditch this ungrateful ***?Oh yes he always goes on about his poor mother how she takes care of his house when Ive spent many a day working.scrubbing,mopping his house.Im disgusted by him.I want to dump him but not in a way so the whole town thinks Im heartless.

2007-11-24 06:55:59 · 6 answers · asked by butterflyspy 5 in Etiquette

Not asking if you think he's 'our savior' or if you believe in god or agree with Christianity.

Just what ya generally think of him.

2007-11-24 06:53:27 · 38 answers · asked by Mr M 3 in Religion & Spirituality

without having complications?

2007-11-24 06:49:50 · 27 answers · asked by Wickwire 5 in Senior Citizens

Where you sort of just wait it out, because you weren't too good to go to heaven, or too bad to go to hell. And I think it's when you have to do good deeds also, but I'm unsure since I'm not Catholic.

2007-11-24 06:49:38 · 26 answers · asked by Tracey n 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Ok, this has to do with sin, and the book of Romans (and God and His word as a whole)

So here goes:
We know that without Christ, a person is in sin. But when we accept Christ, He completely forgives all sin. So the question is, what happens when a believer sins? We know that He gently convicts us and leads us to repentance. We also know that God promises never to leave or forsake us. So, in the meantime (or at anytime) does God ever turn His face away from the believer?

Note in the OT, when God's people were sinning, God "gave them into their sin." But that was before the Holy Spirit lived in man. But now, we have the Holy Spirit.

So the ultimate question.....Does God ever, ever (at any time at all), "turn His face away" from the believer? And if so then when exactily?

2007-11-24 06:48:50 · 21 answers · asked by Consuming Fire 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-24 06:48:30 · 15 answers · asked by la 3 in Religion & Spirituality

....piece of furniture in your home? And, your favorite room. Why?

2007-11-24 06:47:47 · 15 answers · asked by Eve 5 in Senior Citizens

2007-11-24 06:46:54 · 28 answers · asked by Wickwire 5 in Senior Citizens

It seems to me that most believers in Abrahamic religions think that the questioning, doubt, or disbelief of their "truth" is a new trend. I submit to you that disbelief in gods is older than both christianity and islam, and possibly judaism as well. Men with rational minds have always questioned the nonsensical ramblings of superstitious simpletons. As a supporting argument, I submit this question, asked over 2,300 years ago. There has never been a satisfactory answer from any deist. Answer well.

"Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can, but does not want to. If he wants to, but cannot, he is impotent. If he can, but does not want to, he is wicked. If God can abolish evil, and God really wants to do it, why is there evil in the world?" — Epicurus

2007-11-24 06:45:11 · 8 answers · asked by Danzarth 4 in Religion & Spirituality

....what is it like where you are? (It is in the upper 40's with a supposed high today of 51 which is freezing to us here. It was 80 only a few days ago.)

2007-11-24 06:43:29 · 11 answers · asked by Eve 5 in Senior Citizens

2007-11-24 06:43:17 · 28 answers · asked by alan555 1 in Christmas

There was conclusive proof that some or all of the events in the Bible did not happen?
The question is intended to find out how central the Bible is to your faith and if you discovered that the Bible contained many fabricated stories would your faith be shaken such that may stop believing? So please don't tell us your convictions about how true the Bible is. Tell us if the Bible was not literally true would you continue to believe in God?

2007-11-24 06:42:09 · 29 answers · asked by johnatplayct 3 in Religion & Spirituality

i need to bring a good wite elephant gift (or gag gift) to work for a christmas party.

any good ideas?

2007-11-24 06:41:23 · 5 answers · asked by missy 2 in Christmas

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer inwaht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt .. "..if you liekd taht tinhg palese tpye an anwser in the same wau..tahnks..

2007-11-24 06:41:11 · 10 answers · asked by Mike 4 in Languages

Where do you work?

2007-11-24 06:40:49 · 17 answers · asked by sas 4 in Christmas

2007-11-24 06:40:02 · 1 answers · asked by shelby 1 in Community Service

2007-11-24 06:39:48 · 1 answers · asked by SBF 2 in Christmas

My teacher is cool and all, but shes a little revealing. She wears shirts and pants that are see through with no bra and a thong underneath. We recently wen swimming as a class and my teaacher cam inside of the pool. This isn't so bad...BUT SHE CAME OUT IN A BIKINI! She has her HUGE boobs nearly out of it, showing A LOT of cleavage. And to make matters worse, the boys had to change in hte same room as hte teachers, without any stalls. Me and my teacher were the last and only ones in the room and I saw her...BUTT NAKED! she is pretty good looking for 25
When we went to quebec she knocked on our door to tell us to quiet down, and u could see her bare back and her naked butt and vagina. She is 25 nd she told us she is a DD, is this appropriate?

2007-11-24 06:39:36 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

what did you do, and how did they treat you?

2007-11-24 06:39:03 · 8 answers · asked by Olive 2 in Etiquette

My most recent question, along with a ridiculous story, was a little 'too informal', and, I'm sure, some folks found it somewhat odious (maybe even odorous).
"I must apologize, and from now on I will try to keep my flatulent stories to myself."

By the way, the question was ingloriously removed by the powers that be.

2007-11-24 06:38:58 · 8 answers · asked by TRAF 4 in Senior Citizens

If she was how did God let her know? If she wasn't was it rape?

2007-11-24 06:38:37 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Just wondering....And why does everyone disappear? Is there some curse or something? (although I don't believe in such stuff)

2007-11-24 06:35:40 · 25 answers · asked by Tropical 2 in Mythology & Folklore

I am confused and sad by the way people say things that are offensive to Christians. After cycling through some of these answers people have been posting up, I've noticed a lot of Christian hate. I'm sorry if I offend anyone in anyway. I don't mean for this to seem biased, but I am just a person looking for an honest answer.

2007-11-24 06:31:23 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-24 06:31:09 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

We went this morning to help decorate our church for Christmas. Some of the older ladies there were "supervising" and telling everyone what to do? It wasn't extreme, just kind of funny. It made me start thinking that a lot of people are like that...to the extreme. What do you do when you encounter someone like that?

2007-11-24 06:30:48 · 8 answers · asked by MiMi 5 in Etiquette