Society & Culture - 29 November 2007

A dumb Blonde died and went to Heaven. When she got to the Pearly Gates, she met St. Peter who said, "Before you get to come into Heaven, you have to pass a test."

"Oh, No!" she said, but St. Peter said not to worry he'd make it easy.

"Who was God's son?" said St. Peter.

The dumb Blonde thought for a few minutes and said "Andy!"

"That's interesting... What made you say that?" asked St. Peter.

Then she started to sing "Andy walks with me! Andy talks with me! Andy tells me..."

2007-11-29 10:11:46 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

I am planning on wearing it under my shirt. But the dress code is polos, and I'm afraid it might slip out. The school is very Christian (But it IS A PUBLIC SCHOOL). The necklace makes me feel protected.

To wear or not to wear?

2007-11-29 10:11:18 · 33 answers · asked by Cheez Doodle 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Has anyone ever done this? I'm really interested in doing this and i was just wondering what is like and what kinda of things would i do with the kid?

2007-11-29 10:10:34 · 2 answers · asked by Kelsey 2 in Community Service

Hello Muslims,

Why have you chosen Islam as your religion to follow? Many say "Aahh the text is wonderfull to read" - Yes. So is a storybook, but this dosnt mean I should worship it.

You cant say you follow it because of the marvelous miracles Mohhomed commited, because quite frankley, he did nothing a normal person could not do.

Then there are other religions, that came before your religion, have the same "peacefull" text (which you borrowed), but have holy figures commiting amazing miracles. Surely believing this is enough to make you join that religion - but Islam has very little things like this.

You join it because it is a very buetifull and peacefull religion?

"O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends"

"The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Command a boy to pray when he reaches the age of seven years. When he becomes ten years old, then beat him for prayer. "

Why join this cult?

2007-11-29 10:09:40 · 28 answers · asked by djstanleydjstanleydjstanley 1 in Religion & Spirituality

What did you do to make it better for yourself? Did you realize at some point why you were chosen for it? Did it make you a better person in some way? Did you ever ask to be released, or decline a calling?

2007-11-29 10:08:35 · 19 answers · asked by colebolegooglygooglyhammerhead 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Is there any scientific proof to disprove the Bible completely without using the Bible as a reference? Because I have heard proof without use of the Bible to prove the Bible, yet I have never heard of anything other than: insult, and useless circled arguements using (in many cases) out of context verses, without reading, and understanding the time period, and use of the scripture and what it truely means in the light of everything. (ie. divorce, Moses makes it so you have to have a paper to get divorced, Jesus says only on counts of adultry, does God telling Moses this mean God changed His mind? NO! God wanted us to realize divorce isn't a flipped thing, it should only be about serious things like adultry, which is a sin, and shows adultry as serious in a relationship, not that God doesn't care about the paper, or the adultry, it was to emphasize marriage, in a whole is more important and serious than a lot take it to be!)....so please any support?

2007-11-29 10:08:31 · 9 answers · asked by Confessions 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-29 10:06:45 · 21 answers · asked by Soda 4 in Religion & Spirituality

according to the NT Jesus was baptized by John (the baptist) and the text clearly states that the purpose JTB's baptism ritual was to wash away sins. Mainstream (Paulian) Christians claim
JC was a divine being, perfect and sinless. So why did he get his sins washed away if he didn't have any? I think this is a rare instance in the Bible that shows the real historical Jesus, a normal human being., not the divine fictional construct that was invented by Paul of Tarsus and others of his Ilk. I suppose hypothetically the divine Jesus could have been faking it for some reason but that would show JC to be a poser and insincere , If not a hypocrite. It could also be a bit of NT fiction as there is certainly plenty of that in the NT. what do you think?

2007-11-29 10:06:45 · 22 answers · asked by Vermin 5 in Religion & Spirituality

One is one whom is unforgiven and one is a more proud,'' I quit' way about it. They treat me the same right? Only thing is I made the decision. Thing is all the people I'll have to put on an act for will be hurt, right? Maybe I could be both disfellowshipped and dissasociated. Would that work? Maybe they'll leave me alone if I dissasociate myself. Should I? I might really feel prouder this way.What do you think?

2007-11-29 10:06:00 · 2 answers · asked by ? 6 in Religion & Spirituality

i need to know some Irish people who have done great things, like knobel prize winners and human right leaders and stuff. these people must be born in Ireland and be semi-well known. i also need to know what these people did and any dates and detail would be really good. i need about 100 examples so anyone and everyone who i may be able to use would be great. thanks! please help!

2007-11-29 10:05:15 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

everyone and anyone please tell me things that I probably don't know, they could be things about your beliefs, things about, the world, likes and dislikes, silly trollish junk, anything and everything you can think of, (within the YA AUP), the most enlightening and or entertaining one to me gets the 10 points...

2007-11-29 10:04:54 · 22 answers · asked by vegan_geek 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Why do all the Catholics and Atheists bait each other all the time? What is the point?

2007-11-29 10:04:26 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-29 10:03:42 · 1 answers · asked by Macy 2 in Religion & Spirituality

How do I celebrate Christmas with him without stepping on his toes?

2007-11-29 10:02:06 · 41 answers · asked by chris j 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I Live in the US, so my nationality is American, but what do I look like I'm used to a variety of things so I'm curious. I would prefer you would say the country or nationality (ex: French, Brazilian, Syrian, Japanese etc.) but I suppose a general guess is ok (Black, Hispanic, White, Asian etc.)
Here are the pictures:

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2007-11-29 10:00:50 · 29 answers · asked by CheeyoDeeyo 3 in Other - Cultures & Groups

why do atheists not say anything about islam or buddhism??

2007-11-29 09:57:42 · 40 answers · asked by jprosk25 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I mean, the figures coming out lately about the slide of comparative education levels in USA are alarming to say the least. The secular European nations are well ahead, and let’s not forget atheist China. The US government seems to rely on religion to control the masses but as the world progresses, this antiquated form of control is proving to be a real hindrance. The constitution says to separate religion from state but as atheism is not a religion at all, maybe the government will very subtly start to support atheism for the purpose of increasing America’s competitiveness in education and technology? Because those statistics that show a distinct negative correlation between education and religion speak for themselves….

2007-11-29 09:57:37 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I was wondering what people thought about Latter Day Saints (Mormons) and what they think that the religion is all about.

2007-11-29 09:57:15 · 17 answers · asked by smarttkdgirl 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-29 09:57:14 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If you can't apply his name to any physical representation, why are so many muslims named Mohammed?

2007-11-29 09:56:22 · 3 answers · asked by robert43041 7 in Religion & Spirituality

in this passage it states the jesus curses a fig tree simply because it was out of season and had no figs on it

what does this passage mean exacttly aside from jesus having anger managment problems??

2007-11-29 09:56:01 · 9 answers · asked by T 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-29 09:55:24 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Would it be too immature if I changed my picture to a teddy bear and my name to Muhammad?

That situation just annoys the crap out of me...

2007-11-29 09:53:27 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-29 09:52:34 · 30 answers · asked by soccerchick xx3 3 in Mythology & Folklore

Then they return and I swear I hear a booming voice yell "SIKE", along with what seems to be an evil chuckle; is that God or Yamster?

2007-11-29 09:52:18 · 10 answers · asked by queen of snarky-yack again 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-29 09:52:10 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I do kind of feel it is becoming a sort of a "trend." It's happening way more now than ever ( yes I know becuase society is more expecting blah blah blah) but i've heard black men say that they feel black women are too assertive, loud, brash etc. they get this stereotypical thing in their head about black women, and just automatically most of the time don’t give them a chance or the time of day. So in a way some men are rejecting black women.

2007-11-29 09:51:58 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

we have a tradition where we go and get one every year at the same place. what do you do?

2007-11-29 09:51:26 · 23 answers · asked by Screw Monetarism 4 in Christmas

Are gays virgins and which one gets to wear the wedding grown?

2007-11-29 09:50:38 · 16 answers · asked by Od Ephraim Chai 4 in Religion & Spirituality

my job gives a csd day. .. .which stands for community service day . . they will allow me to work with a organization like the salvation army and just pay us like we came to work.. .. i cant think of any other organizations but that one, , ,do you have any ideas to where i can use my time

2007-11-29 09:50:35 · 4 answers · asked by MACK 3 in Community Service