Society & Culture - 27 November 2007

2007-11-27 05:01:56 · 5 answers · asked by Macy 2 in Religion & Spirituality

was the Church considered as the official religion of Rome immediately after the ascension of Christ?

2007-11-27 05:00:41 · 21 answers · asked by caij 1 in Religion & Spirituality

i have a mate at work who is really in to god and the church, he used to be a bit of a boy around town! but is now just church church church. he told me that he was in his bed 1 night and felt like he was pinned down and could not move and then he was assaulted by something and it happened a few times to him! he knew no 1 was in his room but could not figure out what was happening. he later spoke to a priest who gave him a book on evil spirits and it was in this book, he has shown me the book and i have read it for myself, but i still find it hard to believe it!

2007-11-27 05:00:30 · 46 answers · asked by slick dik 2 in Religion & Spirituality

HINDUISM BEING THE OLDEST AND MOST DIVERSIFIED RELIGION IN THE WORLD IS NOT GETTING PROPER RESPECT WE HAVE PROOFS THAT LORD RAMA AND LORD KRISHNA EXISTED WE ALSO HAVE PROOF THAT THERE ARE MIRACLES OF GOD ALL OVER INDIA BUT OUR GOD IS STILL CONSIDERED STORY WHERE AS CHRISTANS DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT RACE WAS JESUS OR WHY DID MOHAMMAD MARRIED 9 YEAR OLD GIRL?????????????

2007-11-27 04:58:09 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-27 04:57:41 · 14 answers · asked by caij 1 in Religion & Spirituality

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2007-11-27 04:56:56 · 12 answers · asked by mjd_dabest123 1 in Other - Society & Culture

I love Christmas time....if only this Christmas would be a white Christmas.

2007-11-27 04:55:01 · 8 answers · asked by *~aLySsA~* 3 in Christmas

Tell me what you think I am telling you about myself....

2007-11-27 04:55:00 · 28 answers · asked by chralissia 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Did you know that the number .999... (aka .999 continued) is equal to 1?
I'm speaking of this as a matter of fact. The symbol .999... and 1 represent the same value.
Here are a couple of simple ways to establish this.
Subtract .999... from 1. You get 0.000...
Add .999... to .999.... Do it again. And again, and again. You'll notice that each time you do, the value of your sum increases by exactly 1.
Here's another way of looking at it. There is no number, no matter how small, that you can add to .999... that would make it 1. Any number you add will result in a sum of more than 1.
Keep in mind that there is no such number as .000...1. The idea of the whole "repeating" denotation is that the 0's continue on that way forever; placing a 1 on the end is a contradiction in terms.
I love a good argument, so please, tell me if I'm wrong :)

2007-11-27 04:54:59 · 28 answers · asked by slinkywizzard 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Unless the international community agrees to cut carbon emissions by half over the next generation, climate change is likely to cause large-scale human and economic setbacks and irreversible ecological catastrophes, a United Nations report says on Tuesday....

"We could be on the verge of seeing human development reverse for the first time in 30 years," Kevin Watkins, lead author of the report, told Reuters.

Dangerous climate change will be unavoidable if in the next 15 years emissions follow the same trend as the past 15 years, the report says.

To avoid catastrophic impact, the rise in global temperature must be limited to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius). But carbon emissions from cars, power plants and deforestation in Brazil, Indonesia and elsewhere, are twice the level needed to meet that target, the U.N. authors say.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071127/ts_nm/un_development_climate_dc_1

2007-11-27 04:54:01 · 17 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7 in Religion & Spirituality

This is set forth not to be antagonistic... I really want to know why.

If God is omniscient, it stands to reason that he knew exactly what was going to happen with Adam and Eve. Why, then, would he create them knowing that they would not live up to what he would set forth as his expectations? His set forth expectations contradict his true “expectations.” He knew they would fall from grace, therefore, that is exactly what he expected. And, why would he set forth false expectations that he knew no one would ever fully live up to? Why would a "loving" God set his creations up to fail so miserably? I just don't get it. Can someone tell me why he would do this?

2007-11-27 04:53:44 · 28 answers · asked by Trina™ 6 in Religion & Spirituality

HINT: this is a trick question

2007-11-27 04:53:18 · 14 answers · asked by I'm an Atheist 3 in Religion & Spirituality

how would you write:

My friend likes to swim

in spanish??

not just mi amigo te gusta nadar but I mean with the correct verbs


*10 points*

2007-11-27 04:53:01 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

Who do I submit the proposal to?
All those in favor say "aye"

2007-11-27 04:51:54 · 20 answers · asked by queen of snarky-yack again 4 in Religion & Spirituality

There are people in this city living on the streets from all different age groups for all different reasons. My name is Lowell my ministry is at groups.yahoo.com/groups/ministrybloodofjesus. God has called me to minister primarily with words. What is he calling you to do?

2007-11-27 04:51:51 · 8 answers · asked by Lowell I 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Gold is light & the tablets would have to be too big to weigh the amount Joseph smith said they weighed. Every one would have seen the tablets if they were written on real gold.

After all the angel 'MoronI' is the angel that presented them. 'Moron' means 'foolish' (or make foolish) in Greek.

2007-11-27 04:51:43 · 9 answers · asked by t a m i l 6 in Religion & Spirituality

According to fundamentalist Christians, God allows people to be tortured for eternity for the crime of a distant ancestor, unless they accept the torture and death of God's son (who is really God) in their place.

Torture and the punishment of a person for the crimes of another are forbidden in civilized societies (though both were practised by e.g. the Nazis).

Are we better than God, and shouldn't He be taking lessons from us rather than vice versa?

2007-11-27 04:50:45 · 29 answers · asked by 2kool4u 5 in Religion & Spirituality

When I was 18 and incredibly stupid, I got a tattoo of a Playboy Bunny on my left shoulder blade with my name under if in pretty cursive. (Please, no "I Told You So" or "Serves You Right" lectures about tattoos, I regret it enough as it is and plan on getting it removed). If I were to wear the halter, my tat would show like a sore thumb.

I'm pretty sure this wouldn't be appropriate at all and I'm planning on covering it up with a little method I learned when I was a cheerleader in high school, but my boyfriend is under the assumption that it wouldn't be a problem since other women in my office have tattoos.

What's your opinion on this?

2007-11-27 04:50:28 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

2007-11-27 04:50:19 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-27 04:49:54 · 7 answers · asked by Alpha Mucho Macho 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I know it's not "once" as you'd have all renounced your faith sometime in the last hour, I know its not a figure under 50 as accross the board we must've asked you to prove it 50 times today it's gotta be more than a good few hundred times as or you'd have kicked God into touch in the last week or so

Surely the "prove it" rant isn't futile? surely if we ask you enough times.......(sarcasm)

Can we improve/inspire the least of Atheists toward an actual exchange of ideas?

2007-11-27 04:49:47 · 32 answers · asked by . 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-27 04:46:11 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-27 04:45:44 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

It seems to me, in America at least, there's always someone who feels oppressed or that the threat of such oppression is looming on the horizon.

Take for example the "impending secularization/theocracy" fear. In the 1990s, many bible-belt Christians felt that certain "negative trends" were eating up their faith. They cowered before conspiracy theories involving large poweful government/multinational organizations controlled by (fill in blank). So they got organized to head-off this threat...

..which leads us into the reversal today. America is becoming a Theocracy, or so i've been warned on many occasions. The same types of fear have been expressed but with different actors/agents.

I have to ask now - what is there really to fear? Is every shift in opinion that contradicts a person's views cause for the declaration for the End? Do we overstate our own fears? Why always the sense of urgency?

2007-11-27 04:45:25 · 10 answers · asked by D.Chen 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I am looking for some pagan rituals or traditions for this time of year. We still do the Santa Claus thing with my kids but they are quickly growing out of it and I wanted to start traditions, which go along more with our beliefs that are more spiritual pagan belief.

I feel very hypocritical following the Christmas tradition seeing as I don't believe what they do.

Any suggestions?

2007-11-27 04:44:03 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-27 04:41:07 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

2007-11-27 04:40:45 · 26 answers · asked by Nick 4 in Religion & Spirituality

If you were sitting in your church on any given day and some gunmen came in and said they intended to kill all in the room. However, they do give everyone one chance to deny their faith and leave the church prior to any shooting. How many people do you think would remain in their seats?

2007-11-27 04:40:27 · 32 answers · asked by miki 2 in Religion & Spirituality

can you give me the verse and explain.

2007-11-27 04:39:57 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

To prove religion is untrue, if there is only one God, then wouldn't it be one to us all? No more individually excluding "my god" from yours, but rather one god since we are all the same species here on planet Earth. To believe in different gods and think their god favorites them is mere selfish childish behavior on human beings behalf than actuality.

2007-11-27 04:39:07 · 17 answers · asked by The Only Quest 1 in Religion & Spirituality