Society & Culture - 24 November 2007

I only see her a couple of times a year and don't really know what she is into. Any ideas?

2007-11-24 01:42:26 · 9 answers · asked by nrdeshotel 1 in Christmas

God and religion are separate. How God came into being (the leading role in a man made fairy tale or as creator) doesn't really matter. Can we throw out religion (a systematic response to God) and just have fun playing around with the idea of God?

2007-11-24 01:42:18 · 21 answers · asked by johnatplayct 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-24 01:41:22 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

Okay first off I hope not to offend anyone and if I do unknowingly I apologize. Anyway, I was reading an article in Newsweek about Michael Bloomberg. They said in the article he was Jewish and when his family tried to buy a house in some neighbordhood the owner didn't want to be the first to sell to a Jewish family. Okay let me get to the point. If Newsweek didn't state Michael Bloomberg was Jewish I wouldn't have known I mean he looks white. So in my head I'm thinking white poeple being prejudice agaisnt white people that would make no sense. Unless Jewish people aren't white. So I want to know are Jewish people white and if not why aren't they considered white??

2007-11-24 01:40:14 · 11 answers · asked by HoneyBrisk 4 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-11-24 01:38:25 · 23 answers · asked by anil m 6 in Religion & Spirituality

She's 31.

2007-11-24 01:38:21 · 7 answers · asked by jenae24_d 3 in Christmas

ok, here's what i got them:

Mom: pitched in with brother and sister to get her 2 new sets of dishes
Dad: an all-purpose voltage charge tester thingy he said he wanted
Katie (sister, age 20): a decall for her car, a fancy checkbook holder
Kason (brother, 18): $15 itunes giftcard, nice pullover collared dress shirt
Granny/Papa: picture frame with pic of us 3 kids in it, i painted them a ceramic plate they will be able to use
Gerri (severely mentally handicapped aunt): new baby bottles for her dolls, book of stickers, new notebook to put them in, new fancy hair-thing
A.Lynn/U.Phil: picture frame with pic of us 3 kids in it
A.Kim/U.Steve: picture frame with pic of us 3 kids in it
cousins (Kersten, 16, Kameron, 14, and Kalvin, 10): a glow in the dark basketball hoop, water balloon launcher
Grandma/Grandpa: picture frame with pic of us 3 kids in it


ok, which ones do i need to get more stuff for? i was thinking something else small for Katie, mom, and dad. thoughts? thanks.

2007-11-24 01:37:45 · 4 answers · asked by :) 3 in Christmas

2007-11-24 01:37:14 · 6 answers · asked by taisyu 2 in Languages

Hate in-laws gift exchange. I feel that I go with something nice and bring their re-gifted crap home. Last year they wanted to bump up the price because they said they can't find anything good for $30. I said no way. I am not doing the gift exchange. My brother and sister in law seriously must go to garage sales or shop on clearance racks for a $15 gift and pass it off as $30. You can tell because the boxes look like they have been on the shelf for 20 years. I have gone along with the exchange because it's my husbands family and don't feel it's my place to change traditions. However I'm seriously sick of spending money to get a crappy gift in exchange which no though was put into. How can I not participate when there is only 6 people at this event. I also don't want to suggest drawing names because before when we shopped individually for people I would put much though in the gift to receive bath products from these people that they must have received from a student 15 yrs ago

2007-11-24 01:36:10 · 8 answers · asked by Violet 4 in Etiquette

Here is an excerpt from an interview with the author before he had a movie to sell us.
Why would a Christian put money in this man's pocket?

"I'm trying to undermine the basis of Christian belief," said Pullman in an article by The Washington Post, adding that C.S. Lewis, the Christian author of Chronicles of Narnia, would describe his books as the “Devil's work."

2007-11-24 01:34:23 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

in another Q here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AhohrAvFXus_4LUNLTL5mhs8.Bd.;_ylv=3?qid=20071123224255AAElk25 someone answered "Free will doesn't require that all choices be pleasant". Does this mean that confessions obtained by torture are credible, as there still was free will?

2007-11-24 01:34:04 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-24 01:34:03 · 11 answers · asked by xxprincessniaxx 4 in Christmas

Imagine the benefits:
1. Able to watch films from all over the world without subtitles. Plus books, radio, internet blogs.
2. Quicker and easier and clearer diplomacy.
3. Easier and quicker trade.
4. Basically, the ability to communicate with people everywhere in a normal manner.
5. The international language could expand and adopt new words taken from interesting second (traditional) languages from all over the world.

Lets get modern. I think English, but some people would say Spanish, French, or Chinese. Overall a single language would be a good thing>>>>

With English we have a great global language, it's already second language in many nations. But what positives can North Americans, Oceanianians, Irish, and Britons learn from other cultures too?
1. Maybe drink less, and rely less on getting going out and getting drunk (especially younger people).
2. Maybe do more exercise, and eat more healthily.
3. Maybe focus more on long-term rather than short-term relationships etc et

2007-11-24 01:29:29 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

i am a young 16 year old boy. i am aware that i am gay, but i am to shy to come out of the closet. is there any way to find out if people are gay, or to give them some kind of sign that you are gay.

like a week ago i went to the movies, and some guy offered me some candy, out of no where. i am not sure, but i think he was flirting with me. but i wasnt sure and i did not want to make any conclusions. and if he was flirting with me, i had no idea of what to do to let him know i am gay.....

so is there any edvice out there

2007-11-24 01:28:40 · 27 answers · asked by Oliver 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

I was baptised anglican, but i don't really go to church adn i find i don't agree with a lot of the stuff the church is saying. for example the issues of abortion and homosexuality. i don't know if i want to be anglican anymore but i need some kind of spirituality. Any suggestions? I don't know very much about other religions, except Buddhism.

2007-11-24 01:25:13 · 31 answers · asked by karaem33355 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Are Idols just pointers in Hinduism ?

Perhaps in Sanskrit its said, "Viseshal Grahyathe ithi Vigraha", somewhat meaning An Idol is an adjective of God, thru which some aspects of God can be understood and identified.

Is Idol something like an adjective of God, which explains God in someway as adjectives explain the next word, the Bigger thing, with a theme Is and Beyond ?

The same way an adjective explains a thing, but the thing is and much more than the Adjective.

For example "The Sweet Sweet". The Sweet is Sweet, but can be of Jaggery, Sugar or Ghee or all together. Does the adjective Sweet praising the Noun Sweet, the relation between the Adjective Idol (Vigraha) and the Noun God ?

What are your thoughts in this regard ?

Only the thoughtful need to answer ...

2007-11-24 01:24:04 · 10 answers · asked by jayakrishnamenon 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Where did this holiday originally come from? Some people say this holiday actually celebrates the Antichrist's who was Nimrods son? Is that true??

2007-11-24 01:21:34 · 14 answers · asked by Oracle 3 in Christmas

the Internet and journals are full of pages of haitians talking and talking in forums and blogs about the abuse and slavery commited by the dominicans againt the haitians in D.R. That´s not true !

2007-11-24 01:21:28 · 4 answers · asked by tonydeleons 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

only to dismiss it due to your godless beliefs?

2007-11-24 01:20:30 · 26 answers · asked by Ste B 5 in Religion & Spirituality

in your life time?

2007-11-24 01:20:16 · 21 answers · asked by cliffordw hippiefied ol fart 7 in Other - Society & Culture

need coffee

2007-11-24 01:18:53 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

that now i refuse to state my sexuality and it is OBVIOUS that i am bisexual, because i say if i fancy a guy or a girl, for some reason it is attracting more admirers?
it's like people find it sexy, i'm not joking btw this is the honest truth.

2007-11-24 01:16:21 · 12 answers · asked by ♥SPARKLES♥™ 5 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

What would be your answer?

2007-11-24 01:14:32 · 8 answers · asked by crackerjack 3 in Languages

Every year I put up my artificial tree, & I try for hours to make it look full without any big spaces in it. I always have several big spaces in it that is very noticeable. My husband says I'm too picky. What can I do to make it look better to me???

2007-11-24 01:14:14 · 7 answers · asked by Tammy L 1 in Christmas

"los empleados no trabajaran y mucho menos sus jefes."

2007-11-24 01:11:52 · 12 answers · asked by Dohko 5 in Languages

The number of Christians in prison far outweighs the population of atheists, and the studies account for the difference in overall population: "Note that atheists, being a moderate proportion of the USA population (about 8-16%) are disproportionately less in the prison populations (0.21%). "

http://www.holysmoke.org/icr-pri.htm

Also:

http://www.skepticfiles.org/american/pri...

2007-11-24 01:08:34 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-24 01:04:20 · 25 answers · asked by handyman 1 in Etiquette

Because if you do, you'd be world famous! You see, scientists, REAL scientists have looked and there really isn't a single shred of credible evidence to support the myth of a worldwide flood. And no revising the story with answers like "well it was in the middle east, that was Noah's world... blah, blah, blah..." because that's just a cop-out. Clearly the bible states that the flood was worldwide event so there must be evidence of such.
I'll check back often and reply often too.
We eagerly anticipate your replies.

2007-11-24 01:03:26 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

improvements ,changes or stay the same?

2007-11-24 01:03:03 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Do you feel that you know what path in life God intends for you?

Do you KNOW that you know!

How did that happen for you?

Is it reasonable to expect God to protect or shield you from the trials and tribulations of life?

Making it to heaven, on the action of Jesus, to pay for my sins, is WONDERFULL?

But some how waiting to arrive in heaven just doesn't seem to be good enough. How can I serve Him? How do you?

He said "Go yea into all the world".

Is this YA forum obedience to Him?

Some times I feel like I am just throwing "straight lines" to unbeliever "commedians" who stalk this R & S forum, despite their complete LACK of religion and spirituaity (and apparent disinterest in the subject). Why do they bother to evangelize for unbelief? Do they think we never have doubts enough of our own!?!

I pray that I wll reach some one here. God judges the heart. I pray that He finds my intentions are honorable.

How can we KNOW?

do I have to go physically?

2007-11-24 00:57:03 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality