Society & Culture - 28 November 2007

because it a mandate from God or do they just use an essentially peaceful religions as an excuse to further human greed & lust for power & control??

2007-11-28 01:52:02 · 6 answers · asked by BorgPet6of10 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I was dating this guy (he's bi) fairly strong for about a year, then he decided that he couldn't handle it - stating he wasn't ready for a relationship and our feelings for each other were too strong. He stated that he had some priorities to deal with financial and family (two kids w/ ex wife), and he abruptly cut me off - although we still spoke occasionally. I never told him how much I really loved him, and maybe that was a mistake - I didn't want to pressure him. Later I saw he was online a lot on a gay dating site, and I know he was "getting his groove on." A couple months ago he reemerged - started calling and wanting to go out again, but not as often as before. I learned that he was dating an old girlfriend all summer and still is (he cut her off when we dated), but a couple weeks ago he was with me intimately, and he deleted his account on the gay site a couple weeks ago. I am confused about his intentions - What does he really want from me? Should I tell him how I love him?

2007-11-28 01:51:48 · 8 answers · asked by Mal 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-11-28 01:51:46 · 7 answers · asked by kim m 1 in Christmas

Was there one particular way? Also before any answers are considered, please add book, chapter, and verse. Thank you.

2007-11-28 01:49:40 · 18 answers · asked by mlcros 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I decided to take a different approach to Christmas. I was run ragged with the idea of buying for my friends and family. WHY? Why should we give to grown adults that probably have so much "crap" at home anyway. I decided to donate to reputable charities in a few people's name. Finally a gift to someone who really will appreciate a gift and although I won't be there to see them at least I know I did something for someone who really needs a present.

2007-11-28 01:49:08 · 6 answers · asked by Rosie M 2 in Christmas

2007-11-28 01:46:52 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-28 01:45:32 · 1 answers · asked by Rahul S. 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2007-11-28 01:44:53 · 43 answers · asked by Mr-Kay 7 in Other - Society & Culture

2007-11-28 01:43:03 · 4 answers · asked by Katie129 2 in Christmas

Or do pick and mixers go to hell?

2007-11-28 01:43:01 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

How do you react to someone with that name? Do you avoid saying it?

2007-11-28 01:42:09 · 26 answers · asked by K 2 in Other - Society & Culture

2007-11-28 01:41:50 · 18 answers · asked by xray68p 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-28 01:41:24 · 15 answers · asked by ? 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I have never asked a question before, but I was thinking about all the demands for the proof of God, and thought, wow, I bet you that it is just as hard to prove that Science exists. So where is science; where did it come from; is science omnipotent; is science only the product of our imaginations? If all humans died, would there be such a thing as science? If so, if there were no humans, who would be doing the science? Science is delusional?

2007-11-28 01:41:10 · 42 answers · asked by Gone 5 in Religion & Spirituality

do your respect gay marriage why or why not and What gives us the right to tell who can get married or not cause of they love someone of the same sex? It is not like they are going to marry a relative or something. Just because the bible says being gay is wrong isnt a good enough answer. If the bible told you to jump off a bridge cause God told you to would you do it?

2007-11-28 01:40:37 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071127/ap_on_re_us/child_s_remains_16

And just yesterday in my state of Michigan, I heard on the radio about a man who raped a TEN DAY OLD NEWBORN!

This is happening every minute, every second all over the F'ING world!

I ask you, how am I supposed to have faith and believe in an all-powerful, all knowing, PERFECT AND GOOD GOD when he SITS BACKS and allows this to happen!!!!

Please, I'm beginning to wonder if there is a God to begin with!!

2007-11-28 01:40:10 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Are we celebrating the annointed one's birthday or the roman winter solistice? The scriptures relay the fact that our mother Mary was sitting under either a fig or a date tree, because when the baby was hungry that's what she fed him. Now both of those fruits are not the fruits of winter.
You know if everyone of us decorated a tree every other christmas, you know how many trees would be saved? Or one tree between various family and friends households. There were a billion trees planted in 2007 according to the U.N. And who do you think paid for those? The citizens. So what's going on here? Emperor constantine was both a political and a religious leader, so he had to meet a middle ground. This is a cultural tradition not a religious, just look at our jewish and muslim brothers and sisters, they are mixing the two. I guarantee you that "have a happy jolly christmas" was not sung at the last supper.

Love,
Your brother

2007-11-28 01:39:44 · 12 answers · asked by diviner2025 1 in Religion & Spirituality

If the English of the KJV is inspired of God, there would be no alternates!

2007-11-28 01:38:11 · 3 answers · asked by King James 33 1/3% 4 in Languages

My parents are atheists and they raised me as one, but I guess I felt like they were imposing their views on me, so I went ''religion shopping'' and ended up being a Muslim. Now that I'm out of that mess, I'm a confirmed atheist (long story and completely irrelevant now). The thing is I have a 5-year-old son who is already asking questions about universe and I don't want to do what my parents did. I don't want to tell him straight away that there is no God, I want him to come to that conclusion himself. But I would also like to spare him the pain I went through while rejecting the concept of God which I adopted later on. So my question would be how does one acomplish that?

~is panicking already~

2007-11-28 01:38:02 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-28 01:36:40 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I have doubts about the beginning of the sentence:

a) Bettering order to provide an understanding into Reinhild Hoffmann’s choreographic career, it is necessary to take into consideration several modes of inquiry.

b ) To better provide an understanding into Reinhild Hoffmann’s choreographic career, it is necessary to take into consideration several modes of inquiry.

Thanks

2007-11-28 01:35:58 · 12 answers · asked by Flyinghorse 6 in Languages

2007-11-28 01:35:36 · 4 answers · asked by Akki 2 in Languages

It was the British that beat the British. There were no Germans, Italians Spanish Poles or any other nationalities. They were almost all first or second generation British. We have always considered it to be a civil war so where do the Americans get of saying that they threw us out? In there dreams

2007-11-28 01:35:06 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

I want a real answer here - nothing funny! I had some men come to my door last night (8:30pm EST - it was dark out and sort of freaked me out!) Even my comments on how late it was did nothing to put them off. So I went to the website to send an e-mail, but there is no link to "Contact Us", etc. Only if you want them contacting you. Since they wanted me to pray about it - fine - I do anyway, but I do not want to encourange them in anyway. I took bookletts from the Jehovah Wittness' - so as not to be rude, but now they come back every month! I'm being pretty persistant that I am not interested, I teach at my church and have been a member there for 15 years! Any advice from someone who knows? Thanks!

2007-11-28 01:35:02 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-28 01:34:18 · 22 answers · asked by Albert 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm not having one yet, but I thought I'd see what you do, and share something I recently heard.
Try this: Stop at the pharmacy, & purchase a rectal thermometer made by Johnson & Johnson. Be very sure you get this brand. When you get home, lock your doors, draw the curtains and disconnect the phone so you will not be disturbed. Change into very comfortable clothing & sit in your favorite chair. Open the package & remove the thermometer. Now, carefully place it on a table or a surface so that it will not get chipped or broken. Now the fun part begins. Take out the literature from the box & read it carefully. Notice in the small print the statement: "Every Rectal Thermometer made by Johnson & Johnson is personally tested and then sanitized". Now, close your eyes and repeat out loud five times, "I am so glad I do not work in the thermometer quality control at Johnson & Johnson." Have a nice day & remember there's always someone with a job that is more of a pain in the butt than yours :)

2007-11-28 01:34:05 · 12 answers · asked by Tonya in TX - Duck 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Atheism is not a belief system in opposition to religion. Atheism is simply the lack of any belief in gods. Atheism is the way all people would view reality if religious belief was removed from the picture.
Everyone's an atheist until they adopt theistic beliefs

2007-11-28 01:32:33 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

*Twas the month before Christmas*
*When all through our land,*
*Not a Christian was praying*
*Nor taking a stand.*
*See the PC Police had taken away,*
*The reason for Christmas - no one could say.*
*The children were told by their schools not to sing,*
*About Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and things.*
*It might hurt people's feelings, the teachers would say*
* December 25th is just a " Holiday ".*

*Yet the shoppers were ready with cash, checks and credit*
*Pushing folks down to the floor just to get it!*
*CDs from Madonna, an X-BOX, an I-pod*
*Something was changing, something quite odd! *
*Retailers promoted Ramadan and Kwanzaa*
*In hopes to sell books by Franken & Fonda.*
*As Targets were hanging their trees upside down*
* At Lowe's the word Christmas - was no where to be found.*
*At K-Mart and Staples and Penny's and Sears*
*You won't hear the word Christmas; it won't touch your ears.*

*Inclusive, sensitive, Di-ver-si-ty*
*Are words that were used to intimidate me.*
*Now Daschle, Now Darden, Now Sharpton, Wolf Blitzen*
*On Boxer, on Rather, on Kerry, on Clinton !*
*At the top of the Senate, there arose such a clatter*
*To eliminate Jesus, in all public matter.*
*And we spoke not a word, as they took away our faith*
; * Forbidden to speak of salvation and grace*


*The true Gift of Christmas was exchanged and discarded*
*The reason for the season, stopped before it started.*
*So as you celebrate "Winter Break" under your "Dream Tree"*
*Sipping your Starbucks, listen to me.*
*Choose your words carefully, choose what you say*


*Shout MERRY CHRISTMAS ,

not Happy Holiday!*

2007-11-28 01:29:50 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Holidays

Alright, now I have a question, and I'm not even going to go into deep theology, just an easy question...

When I talk to people about the origin of christmas, they often say "well not it centers Jesus' birth so it's not pagan"
I have a question about this, and to answer, all you will have to do is look around you.

How much of the celebration of christmas actualy centers Jesus?
How many of the Movies/shows even MENTION Jesus?

Here comes the Question:
If the main things celebrated in christmas are pagan (list to follow) and we rarely even remember Jesus (not everyone but most) then how can we claim that we aren't celebrating pagan things?

Pagan aspects of Christmas (christmas things with pagan origins - and meanings) - not complete list.

* The tree
* The giving of gifts
* Santa Clause
* Santa's sack of goodies
* The giving of cookies to Santa
* Yule
* Kissing under mistletoe
* Adorning the home
* The Date of Dec 25 (birth day of every pagan god)
...& more.

2007-11-28 01:29:49 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

for eg. we borg learn some of these:

- humans r passionate about their beliefs & will defend it at all cost

- humans know none of them are prefect, the sort of "sin" concept?

- humans r capable of great love & great hate??

please enlighten us, thanks in advance!

2007-11-28 01:29:25 · 5 answers · asked by BorgPet6of10 2 in Religion & Spirituality