Society & Culture - 30 November 2007

When a boy is named after his dad, he is called 'Junior,' but what do you call a girl that is named after her mother?

2007-11-30 05:18:07 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

hay guise, my freind sarrah drenk sum waturr an den sarrah start act liek she are possess??? is demun possess hurr?????

2007-11-30 05:17:44 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

why is there so much violence involved? It seems strange that a merciful god would have his people whip people over a word or kill people senselessly. I have been reading on Allah and the word merciful comes up so many times it is like a broken record.

2007-11-30 05:17:37 · 10 answers · asked by redfeather1972 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I think a lot of Christians are racist. That's why they have a hard time accepting that Jesus was an African American.

2007-11-30 05:17:22 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

crimson and clover just picked my answer for one of her questions it was really weird. are the end times near?

2007-11-30 05:17:14 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I've noticed when I (or other people) sometimes give answers or ask questions that are not "expected" for a gay guy to give, people assume I'm straight and give me thumbs down, but if I add an edit saying I'm gay, they start to give me thumbs up. Is there a little bit of a "us versus them" mentality going on here?

Similarly, I notice atheists who seem to side with Christians or vice versa on some topics and state their denomination afterwards tend to get mixed reviews before and after they add if they are atheist or Christian.

2007-11-30 05:16:52 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

In other words:

1) Can a person only know 1% of truth and still go to heaven?
That is: can a person believe the basic Gospel message and so be saved, yet at the same time know next to nothing about the Bible, doctrine, and theology?

(like an Afghan native who but once heard a basic Gospel presentation over the radio from Pakastan…repented and believed, but then died shortly thereafter…never having even seen a Bible?)

2) Can a person know a great deal of all truth (say, even 99%) and still go to hell?
This person could know much truth about physics, biology, philosophy, history, and even theology – knowing and even having memorized the entire Bible, mentally and intellectual grasping the basics of the Gospel, and rightly understanding more difficult doctrinal issues - yet still, at heart level have no faith in the basic Gospel message and still go to hell?

Finally:
If 1 and 2 are true, what practical implications does this hold – for Christians and non-Christians alike?

2007-11-30 05:15:51 · 16 answers · asked by yachadhoo 6 in Religion & Spirituality

do you think God will send this kitty elsewhere to .. ??? ....
for working as a pole dancer ...?

http://www.freakingnews.com/Dancing-Animals-Pictures--1710.asp

2007-11-30 05:14:38 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22039372/

2007-11-30 05:14:26 · 16 answers · asked by Bastet's kitten 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Would you prefer a black-and-white, no questions asked moral code, or one with shades of gray? Why?

Disregard "legislated morality" please -- i.e., the government just might be wrong.

This is double-posted in philosophy as well, if you want to comment from 2 angles.

Thanks all!

2007-11-30 05:13:36 · 6 answers · asked by herfinator 6 in Religion & Spirituality

The crusades were not the brainchild of an ambitious pope or rapacious knights but a response to more than four centuries of conquests in which Muslims had already captured two-thirds of the old Christian world. At some point, Christianity as a faith and a culture had to defend itself or be subsumed by Islam. The Crusades were that defense. What say you?

http://www.crisismagazine.com/april2002/cover.htm

2007-11-30 05:13:28 · 5 answers · asked by Kaliko 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I found a quote from Thomas Jefferson that I really liked and agreed with.

"Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear. "

So I looked up more quotes by TJ and found this one to be interesting.

"I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature. "

What was he refering to with "orthodox christianity"?

2007-11-30 05:13:06 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_(lingerie)

probably I guess

2007-11-30 05:12:19 · 28 answers · asked by GEISHA 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Every year we put out a painted Santa and a homemade HoHoHo sign next to it. This year our new neighbor came over and told me that our HoHoHo sign was offensive to women and that I should take it down. I certainly don't want to offend people, but I've never even thought of that Christmas decoration as being taken that way. What do you think?

2007-11-30 05:11:29 · 26 answers · asked by 4ofus 2 in Christmas

Charismatic: Only 1
Hands are already in the air.

Pentecostal : 10
One to change the bulb, and nine to pray against the spirit of darkness.

Presbyterians: None
Lights will go on and off at predestined times.

Roman Catholic: None
Candles only.

Baptists: At least 15.
One to change the light bulb, and three committees to approve the change and decide who brings the
potato salad and fried chicken.

Episcopalians: 3
One to call the electrician, one to mix the drinks and one to talk about how much better the old one was.

Mormons : 5
One man to change the bulb, and four wives to tell him how to do it.

Methodists: Undetermined
Whether your light is bright, dull, or completely out, you are loved. You can be a light bulb, turnip bulb, or tulip bulb. Bring a bulb of your choice to the Sunday lighting service and a covered dish to pass.

Nazarene : 6
One woman to replace the bulb while five men review church lighting policy.

2007-11-30 05:10:30 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I heard from one of my friends that bible says that a father can have sex with his own daughter and marry with her.
Is this true?
And if this is ture do Christian fathers have sex with their own daughters?

OH my God I can not believe this.

2007-11-30 05:10:11 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Yes..... an amalgamation of 3 religions.

2007-11-30 05:09:38 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Because we've only gone on full blown wars with two of them thus far....they are allowing a woman to live (while protesting that she should die) is killing tens of thousands of them enough to show them protesting one should die is wrong? is that REALLY enough? i mean, wouldn't you all rather spend another 1.5 trillion and attack iran and sudan too? that will show them how much more peaceful our religion is that theres!

2007-11-30 05:09:22 · 13 answers · asked by Jeff S Phoenix_AM 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-30 05:08:10 · 4 answers · asked by Fashion 3mma 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-30 05:07:13 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

Is all the Muslim over reaction a result of things that women have done? I know that women are held in low regard in the Muslim world, so I'm curious if this is a factor in the sentences of jail and lashes.

Yeah, so what if a man was gang raped - who would get the lashes? The rapist or the guy for allowing it?

If a man was a teacher and named the teddy bear Muhammed, would he be punished at all? Would he have even been reported...Considering how much smarter Muslim men are than Muslim women, he should know what he's doing, right??

2007-11-30 05:05:32 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

When someone near retirement age...
loses all savings... for whatever reason...

how can you help them? (if not financially)...

2007-11-30 05:05:13 · 7 answers · asked by C Sunshine 6 in Senior Citizens

To the nice people whom answered my question by stating that their mother would not have gone to sudan.

Is it your selfishness or your lack of compassion for another human being that has blinded you?

I admit to have laughed at one of the questions.
But in retrospect, I deeply regret it!

2007-11-30 05:04:34 · 29 answers · asked by Yahoo! 5 in Religion & Spirituality

The plant I work at is closing down next week. There is NOTHING to do. My boyfriend works in the layout dept. and HIS whole department got this whole week (and probably all next week) off with pay. For some unknown reason, my department (customer service) has to show up and help pack. Should I feel guilty for sitting on my butt and browsing R&S instead of making myself useful? Is this much of a moral dilemma?

2007-11-30 05:03:38 · 16 answers · asked by ~Smirk~ Resurrected 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-30 05:03:35 · 35 answers · asked by Fahima k 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-11-30 05:03:08 · 19 answers · asked by ndnquah 6 in Senior Citizens

What is your mental picture of the devil. Considered as the epitome of all sin, and the root of it. What kind of person would the devil be in your opinion?

2007-11-30 05:02:26 · 16 answers · asked by Retroism 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm burned out to the whole idea even. Yes I feel the neighborhood pressure to conform. The holiday coctails still sound good though.

2007-11-30 04:59:12 · 3 answers · asked by kim 7 in Halloween

Read the featured article on the Bristish teacher teddy bear, and ask yourself if we should risk American lives for these people? Screaming for the execution of a woman because she allowed the children to give a teddy bear a name. Why would you want to save a country that hates anything that doesn't adhere to a hardline version of Islam. Isn't this like saving the Taliban? When will you people learn anything from the south vietnamese?

2007-11-30 04:54:06 · 14 answers · asked by EyeLuvSophie 2 in Other - Society & Culture

2007-11-30 04:52:38 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality