Society & Culture - 30 November 2007

2007-11-30 05:58:55 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

2007-11-30 05:58:33 · 9 answers · asked by ccrider 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Ever since high school, I was always confused by that phrase. I can only assume that people who use it have never read the book (I think this is a fair assumption).

In Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe) it is true that Tom was on overseer of sorts, but he was hated by the plantation owner for refusing to whip other slaves, in fact he was whipped for refusing to whip others. Tom ultimately was beaten to death because he talked other slaves into escaping and refused to give any information as to their whereabouts.

Uncle Tom sacrificed himself for the cause (and he was about to become a free man).

So why do we call people Uncle Toms?

2007-11-30 05:57:08 · 12 answers · asked by $0.02 4 in Other - Cultures & Groups

I intentionally misspelled "Christian" in a question to point out the intentionally misspelling of the word "atheist". And when one answer misspelled the word "mis-spelled" to point out my error, I almost fell out of my chair in laughter.

2007-11-30 05:56:19 · 17 answers · asked by I'm an Atheist 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-30 05:56:12 · 16 answers · asked by Slayer 2 in Mythology & Folklore

How does god feel about any surgery? Im not talking about plastic surgery. Im talking about when youre shoulder has a torn rotator cuff and needs surgery to fix it and if you don't it can pop out of place and cause you pain sometimes. Or if you break your leg and if you dont get it reset it could heal wrong. What if your jaw gets cracked and if your mouth isnt wired shut for 2 months it could heal wrong and lead to problems. What about those surgeries? How does god feel about those?

2007-11-30 05:55:24 · 24 answers · asked by Spook 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Seriously....

1/10 questions are about that stupid bear...and posting questions is NOT going to change anything. If you want to get people to realize how wrong it is...write to the senators and representatives, to the white house, etc. and tell them you want them to speak out against this....


Can we please just stop for an hour or so with the stupid bear?

2007-11-30 05:54:47 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I did not drink many sodas for years but in the past year I have realized I traded half of my usual coffee imbibing up for Coca-Cola. The calories, the acid--I don't care at this point. I want sugar and caffiene.
I tell myself well it is cheaper than Crown Royal...and I don't become loop legged.
There a ton of other things I do that are not the healthiest, but hey have to save somethings for future Q's & A's.

2007-11-30 05:54:11 · 43 answers · asked by Southern Comfort 6 in Senior Citizens

what if i name a teddy bear jesus ? i will not do that i respect other religions epically the book of gods religions , wouldn't u feel angry for that ?!!!
she dis respect us just imagen it for ur own religion ? so what we did is the right thing we are protecting our religion from insulting why dont u leave us alone & respect us

2007-11-30 05:52:10 · 16 answers · asked by miliy 5 in Religion & Spirituality

there was a question if loving diamonds has something to do with prostitution???

2007-11-30 05:51:42 · 7 answers · asked by qwq 5 in Valentine's Day

I've seen some women who only wear long skirts everyday .what religion(baptist,jw,mormans?) requires this and why?

2007-11-30 05:51:16 · 6 answers · asked by Gizmo3 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-30 05:50:52 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

I personally prefer going to the ashram because I prefer quiter forms of worship (such as meditation, matras and trance) as opposed to loud singing that is synonymous with temples. I personally think that ashrams are better to focus prayer and meditation which allows the soul to bond with god properley and I find ashrams to be slightly more professional than temples as there are no loud and boisterous pundits :-)

2007-11-30 05:50:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

In my mind, a teddy bear never sins, provides happiness and comfort. So isn't a teddy bear at the very least deserving of this name?

2007-11-30 05:50:31 · 18 answers · asked by Mark G 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Is there one thing you believe in YOUR heart YOU could NEVER forgive?
Why?

2007-11-30 05:49:18 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

The pope stated as a fact that atheism is responsible for "some of the "greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice" in history.". What is he smoking? Did he not remember the crusades? Did he not remember the Spanish Inquisition? The witch hunts? All of the torture and murder of innocent people throughout history all in the name of Christianity? How many millions of people were burned at the stake because they were believed to be witches by the Christian faith? They were burned with no evidence, no real trials, etc. What about the Native Indians of Central and South America and North America, who were tortured and murdered to force their conversion? The mass murdering of prisoners during the crusades by Christ's warriors, because the prisoners were Muslim?

Pope Eggs Benedict is obviously off his rocker and has lost his mind. Hopefully more and more people realize the evil that religion actually is, here is a person from the Hitler youth telling you this. Great job.

2007-11-30 05:48:08 · 11 answers · asked by disturbed001500 2 in Religion & Spirituality

You have these old men in red and with white beard walking everywhere.. sitting in stores handing out presents.. coming to homes giving out presents..real people.. what is there to believe or not believe in ?? Children are not so stupid to think that these people are fake .. Or that they are not your mummy or daddy. They know that every santa they see has a different personality, has a different eye colour, has different glasses etc.. so what exactly did you think of when someone asked you as a child do you believe in snata.. ??

For example.. I always thought that there is only one real santa, and he is a soul.. a transparent soul.. that can enter any room through a wall.. and still be able to carry solid presents with him.. and then there were small helpers, also souls..

2007-11-30 05:46:29 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

i go to a 3rd level institute of tech, notices have been placed around campus asking people to go to debates (as part of the social studies students projects),these debates cover social topics such as racism, religion etc.

1 notice out of the 20 or so notices was titled "does religion play a part in our society" in the centre of this brief notice (about 5 lines in total) was a picture of the bible. Under the picture in small font were words to the following effect

"the bible -when all the works of science can be ignored by cattle sacrificing primatives who believed all animals existed within walking distance of noahs house".

- is this religious intolerance?

i made a complaint (granted it was made late on a friday) and someone said they would take it down, however it remained up until i left at the end of the day.

i realise its as part of a debate - but do colleges usually allow insults against one section of society to be displayed? does your univesity or college?

2007-11-30 05:46:18 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

im not christian, but i just think its funny how christian america lives....very very funny...hahaha and its good question, i think

2007-11-30 05:46:09 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-30 05:45:54 · 13 answers · asked by scoot 1 in Religion & Spirituality

some hate to love, yet, love to hate? Be it for differences in race, religion, gender biases, etc. What is derived from it? What is served by it? What are your opinions? Please no thumbs down or violations.

2007-11-30 05:45:50 · 16 answers · asked by Semp-listic! 7 in Other - Cultures & Groups

When the last European Pope died who hid child crimes from USA police, George Bush, Jr. lowered the America flag to 1/2 staff and went to the European Pope's funeral.

Should George Bush, Jr. be impeached over doing that?

http://www.archbishopmilingo.org/
http://www.beliefnet.com/

2007-11-30 05:44:23 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Do you really think that God is just going to show up in front of your eyes? You say you need to see it to know that it is there right? Well I guess you can't see ;your brain so that doesn't exist either, right?

2007-11-30 05:44:22 · 44 answers · asked by redfeather1972 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I love being Wiccan, its the best thing that ever happend to me, its made be more in touch with nature and happyer, people think i sacrafic things, they think i will burn if i go into a church and now i cant see my best friend because her parents think im a leader of an "evil" witch gang! Its crazy, i except other religions, why cant people except mine?

2007-11-30 05:44:08 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

according to the bible can a woman lead the nation.

im not against anything
i wonder if she can according to the bible

2007-11-30 05:44:02 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

This is a secular nation. Let's kick that old Nazi in the Panzers with some good old American sign waving.

The first leg of Benedict's visit to the U.S. will be Washington, where his agenda includes an official White House reception on April 16.

Benedict also will celebrate Mass at the new Nationals stadium in Washington on April 17 and hold meetings with Catholic priests, university presidents, diocesan educators and youth organizers.

After that, the Pope flies to New York, where he is slated to address the United Nations on April 18 and celebrate Mass two days later for thousands at Yankee Stadium.

2007-11-30 05:42:23 · 31 answers · asked by 2 5 in Religion & Spirituality

"VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, in an encyclical released on Friday, said atheism was responsible for some of the "greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice" in history."

Right!!! Like the Inquisition was caused by us baby-eating, demon-worshiping atheists.

He is filled with a large amount of a brown, disgusting, semi-solid substance that has been eliminated from the digestive tract of a sexually functional male bovine!!!!!!!
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2007-11-30 05:42:01 · 7 answers · asked by Weird Darryl 6 in Religion & Spirituality

If a person with disability dates a person that is active do you think that they will work out?

2007-11-30 05:41:22 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in People with Disabilities

How long will it take for those who are playing the MTB question game take before they start slurring their typing?

2007-11-30 05:41:15 · 9 answers · asked by Sister blue eyes 6 in Religion & Spirituality

This a question in regard to the Teddy Bear incident !

2007-11-30 05:41:01 · 10 answers · asked by allure45connie 4 in Religion & Spirituality