Society & Culture - 27 November 2007

Why?

2007-11-27 14:06:59 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I have never participated in a charity walk. I am interested in doing so to raise money for ALS but the dollar amounts that have to be raised are very intimidating. For those of you who've done it, how did you manage to raise the money? How much effort did you have to put in and would you do it again? Any tips for a newbie?

2007-11-27 14:04:26 · 2 answers · asked by quirkyfunnyone 1 in Community Service

I would like to start raising money for charity. Specifically, I would like to raise money for a good charity that funds research into treatments/cures for ALS. A couple questions:

1. I have never raised money for charity before, so I am very intimidated to do a walk where I am expect to raise several thousands of dollars (although maybe those of you who have can tell me how you did it).

What are other ways I can get involved and raise money without the pressure of such a high dollar amount? For example, I thought of asking for donations in lieu of Christmas presents or donating a percentage of my part-time income towards the charity. Other ideas??

2. Charities really vary in how good they are. How can I find the charity that will put the money towards the best use?

2007-11-27 14:02:42 · 1 answers · asked by quirkyfunnyone 1 in Community Service

2007-11-27 14:02:23 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

my friend invited me to come over to her house. the thing is she wants me to help her write an English paper due tomorrow. I have my own homework to do, but I told her I'd see what I could possibly do to help her, she expects me to call her back in a few minutes. what do i do?

2007-11-27 13:59:49 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

Hi, My German friend is sick, and I would like to send her a message saying "I hope you get well/better soon"

can someone give me a German translation for this please? or maybe something along the lines of it?

Thanks

2007-11-27 13:59:14 · 5 answers · asked by godly.gambit 2 in Languages

2007-11-27 13:58:22 · 8 answers · asked by shiningStar 2 in Etiquette

2007-11-27 13:57:30 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I just read about Eagle Down's son
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AqubT1wQCWj2vu3Vy5useibsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071127132932AA6zgyk
And it got me thinking. Have you ever not believed yet still prayed in some way? I remember saying a little prayer or 2 when Debra M fell ill and feeling the same way. I have prayed that whatever higher being take suffering away from other people. I have never prayed for myself.
I mean my theory is even if I do not believe, if there is a God then he would know my prayer is sincere.
I am agnostic so I guess I think if there is a God then it couldn't hurt and if there isn't what did I lose by trying?
Does this make any sense?
Does one really have to be a believer to pray for someone else?

2007-11-27 13:56:44 · 11 answers · asked by queen of snarky-yack again 4 in Religion & Spirituality

some guy who lives above me talks so freakin' loud. everytime he says something, i hear him. and my walls and ceilings aren't even thin.

2007-11-27 13:55:55 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

I am collecting lose change and putting it in a bag. Once the bag is filled im going to donate it to charity.
I only have 2 ideas.
1. Animal shelter
2. Homeless shelter

i need more ideas to donate it to.
(is this a good thing to do?)

P.S. Im glad i am doing this (i should be, right?)lol

2007-11-27 13:55:12 · 8 answers · asked by doggy4life21 3 in Community Service

2007-11-27 13:53:30 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Of the many things I have learned in my short life, one stands out clearer than any: the ways of God are much more complex than my small human mind can comprehend.

We are stuck here in a physical world that consists of what we manage to see, feel, taste, hear and smell. Beyond this, it takes our imagination to comprehend much. While our science has seemed to open up the atom as well as the universe to us, much is still theory and beyond what we can comprehend.

We find the same in the case of heaven. As children we are told of a heaven that really seems to be a lot like a nice place on earth. But I would submit that heaven is much more than this, in fact much more than we can comprehend it is. As our Lord tells us today, heaven is a place where we neither marry, nor die. What is it like? Well I cannot say for sure, but I know it is a place completely filled with God’s love and other than that, there is nothing more I need to know.

What do you think?

2007-11-27 13:51:45 · 22 answers · asked by SpiritRoaming 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I became a Catholic again because my mom told me that she had a dream of Virgin Mary saying how I didn't know her anymore and I cried because I knew it was true that I had been ignoring Virgin Mary ever since I became tried trying out other Christian religons and Buddhism. I told God after that that I would always be Catholic...

but one of my most intelligent friends that I know told me to look up the ten commandments and then look at the Catholic church and I would see how corrupt it is.
he told me to notice how many statues they have, and that because everyone is becoming Atheist now the church is sheltering the illegal immigrants for money.
He said their excuse is to shelter them from the law, but in the Bible it says to respect the law, thus one must know that the catholic church has a different agenda.
He said that churches were only built after Jesus died. The modern day churches is not what Jesus would have wanted.

2007-11-27 13:49:35 · 24 answers · asked by Yuri ^_^ 5 in Religion & Spirituality

what would be his goals, expectations and plan for followers and advice for the people today?

All people are welcome to answer. You may interchange Jesus with (Muhammad, Buddha, Moses, Gandhi, Confucius, etc. if you want.)

2007-11-27 13:49:16 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

what you guys hoping for?

2007-11-27 13:48:05 · 9 answers · asked by Bennah 1 in Other - Holidays

a cat, a garnet ring or a laptop?

2007-11-27 13:48:00 · 12 answers · asked by coconuts 4 in Christmas

2007-11-27 13:46:00 · 11 answers · asked by Gruntled Employee 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-27 13:45:17 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

What do you guys think about this quote I found while skimming through a book on the Ethics section of the public library:

"In the distant future, ove-promotion of same-sex matrimony has led into declining world population whilst over-influence of conversion to atheism has balanced this situation"

So, basically, the quote is saying: There will be a decrease in births since same-sex cannot reproduce, but the atheists (having no morality I guess?) will go on a wild sex-orgies and increase the population.

What do you think of this quote? What's your interpretation?

I think this is bull**** ' (although quite amusing to a degree) cuz same-sex couples can always choose artificial insemination via a host-donor. As for the atheist part, though they may not believe in religion doesn't mean they have no morals: just a different view of life. And they (atheists) can still be chaste after all.

2007-11-27 13:43:45 · 14 answers · asked by ♥Curious♥chick♥flick♥ 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-27 13:43:15 · 27 answers · asked by huskie_spirit 1 in Thanksgiving

God clearly say I'm God there is none beside me (Isaih 45:6). Jesus said I am the way the truth and the light, no man comes to the father except by me (John 14:6) I didn't hear a pope mentioned. Call no one on earth your father, you have but one father in heaven Mathew (23:9). Father forgive me for i have sinned; sound familiar. Never follow man.

2007-11-27 13:42:41 · 12 answers · asked by Rambo 4 in Religion & Spirituality

how would you cope with this visitor?

2007-11-27 13:42:17 · 30 answers · asked by apho 3 in Religion & Spirituality

The Wikipedia entry says some fans believe Collinsport was supposed to be a ficticious version of Bar Harbor, Maine. I know the series was set in Maine but they didn't say why it was Bar Harbor specifically and not some other town.

2007-11-27 13:42:06 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

domanda a un compagno/una compagna di classe se ha fatto le seguenti cose leri

1.scrivere una lettera
2.aprire la finestra della tua carnera da letto
3.fare una passeggiata
4.prendere un gelato dopo il pranzo
5.bere un scco d'arancia
6.correre una gara
7.vincere la partita di calcio
8.perdere il portafoglio
9.leggere una rivista
10.mettere la bicicletta nel garage
11.chiudere la porta a chiave
12.vedere la mia racchetta

what are they asking for?

2007-11-27 13:41:54 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

if you can. Can you?

2007-11-27 13:41:15 · 26 answers · asked by -skrowzdm- 4 in Religion & Spirituality

when you died what would it be?

2007-11-27 13:40:54 · 16 answers · asked by The Girl 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Please offer criticisms of these chewy little haikus

Cow wets in the grass
The chicken laughs at his feet
High by Potatoes

Swallowing the blade
Forgetting I forgot
My wife was afraid

Remember Jesus
All the stupid pharisees
Crying for a throne

Dismal in context
Is complex and rasberry
In the skin of tarts

Midnight animals
Bouncing all upon my lung
In diamonds and shoes

I know you so much
I haven’t seen you before
Please don't decompose

Here are the liars
We’ve got a new song for you
It is old and false

I did not write these by myself. I had the help of an acclaimed artist who requested to remain anonymous.

2007-11-27 13:40:06 · 5 answers · asked by Harry Lillis 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-27 13:37:38 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-27 13:34:05 · 10 answers · asked by Brad 1 in Religion & Spirituality