Society & Culture - 1 December 2007

i need suggestions on what to buy my grandmother for christmas.

heres details about her.

•she likes cross word puzzles
•she doesnt have a computer
•she likes jigsaw puzzles
•she likes sweat suits

thanks for your suggestions.[:

2007-12-01 12:10:27 · 6 answers · asked by word to your mother. 5 in Christmas

What are people's reservations if any?

2007-12-01 12:10:26 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

My sister-in-law is going through a hard time right now and I am looking for some christian songs that will help her focus on God. We both listen to music when we are feeling down. She is feeling like God is distant right now and is struggling to aline her dreams and desires with Gods will. My brother is serving in Iraq and she has had 3 miscarriages over the last 2-3 years and they may lose their house because of financial difficulties and they are being sued by someone they let stay with them for a time and who claims to be a christian. I am not just looking for songs to make her feel better but that are convicting as well. So far I have a lot of Barlow Girl and Kutless. Here are 3 songs that will definately be on the CD
Barlow Girl
-Surrender(convicting)
- Never Alone
Kutless
-promise of a lifetime
I would appreciate any suggestions you can give me.
Thanks and God Bless

2007-12-01 12:09:51 · 36 answers · asked by linnea13 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-01 12:09:43 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-01 12:07:27 · 15 answers · asked by NOSIE ROSIE 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-12-01 12:07:07 · 2 answers · asked by lexiluv 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

I have written a comic book for women. Things like hair, self esteem relationships are discussed. It is humor and reality. Before I put every cent I have into publishing, I really need to know about the market. If possible, in addition to your comments, could you rate on a scale 0-10. 0 means you would not be intereested and 10 means you think it is a go. Thanks community.

2007-12-01 12:05:25 · 3 answers · asked by shoes_717 4 in Other - Society & Culture

If I go to another country or something, its perfectly acceptable for the native language to be spoken, if I go to France, I should have to speak french or bring a french phrase book. Same with Greece or any other country.

I mean shouldn't English be spoken here, as the only one true language.

2007-12-01 12:05:19 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-01 12:04:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Community Service

I've heard a couple of people talking about the "atheist agenda." I'm an atheist and I wasn't even aware that we had one.

Could someone please explain to me exactly what the atheist agenda is, and how it effects the nation as a whole????

2007-12-01 12:04:23 · 22 answers · asked by Adam G 6 in Religion & Spirituality

are you going to send them a Christmas card?
they are working to change CHRISTMAS!!!!!!
ACLU
125 Broad Street
18th Floor
New York , NY 10004
if enough people send Christmas cards they will be spending time opening the cards and maybe that would leave them less time to work on changing Christmas. they will have to open all the cards because they couldn't take a chance of throwing away money that might be in them.
as for those of you who say they will just hire more people to open the extra cards. That would be good too we could help fight to keep Christmas and help someone get a job as well (two birds with one card)

http://www.aclu.org/index.html
you can also go to their web site at the bottom of the page you can click on (your local ACLU) to get the address of your local ACLU we should send cards to the main headquarters and to our local ACLU offices as well. this is something that we can all do:-)

2007-12-01 12:02:41 · 9 answers · asked by hmm 6 in Religion & Spirituality

How else could the world have been created if it wasnt for God? I really dont know. Enlighten me!

2007-12-01 12:02:14 · 38 answers · asked by Artist Formally Known As Muse06 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-01 12:01:43 · 7 answers · asked by The Apostle 2 in Languages

My mom has waaay too much crap. She is not as bad as the Clean House or Oprah hoarders but only because her house is smaller and she has this delusion that if things are stacked neatly (even if the stacks are, literally, to the ceiling, things aren't too bad). But she does have the same mindset- that some day she will need 20 year old receipts and 20 year old shoes stuffed in the bottom of the closet. She will fight tooth and nail if you want to get rid of anything- even broken stuff!

The other major contributor to the problem, like the Oprah hoarder, is that she shops for CRAP every single day. She does not let one day go by without going, at least, dollar store "shopping". YET, she still expects presenetS.

What do I get her crazy butt? And, no, she will not abide maid service or an organizer person or anything else that requires someone to come into her house. Help.

2007-12-01 12:01:32 · 11 answers · asked by CleoAlexkat 2 in Christmas

to find out if you are on people's contacts list?

2007-12-01 12:00:56 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

I know some people celebrate it even if they dont have a religion, but isnt witchcraft a religion?

2007-12-01 12:00:24 · 18 answers · asked by petey[molly] 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-01 11:59:31 · 31 answers · asked by Enigma®Ragnarökin' 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Considering that you eat halal, and defend the practise by claiming it is in the interests of animal welfare, why not avoid the risk and simply go vegetarian?

Please note, this isn;t an attempt to debate halal; I have already debated this until I am blue in the face. I just don;t understand why, if animal welfare is paramount, a vegetarian/vegan diet isn't a better bet than halal. neither is this a bias against Muslims ratgher than Jews, as Ihave already discussed ritual slaughter with Jews as well.
As far as I know there is no Koranic obligation to eat meat. Surely then, instead of going for halal, cutting out meat altogether would be better? Apparently animal welfare was of great importance to the Prophet, peace be upon Him, and some have suggested he abstained from meat. A vegetarian diet is also better for our planet, which would surely be in keeping with Islamic concerns for the environment?

2007-12-01 11:59:26 · 4 answers · asked by Z 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I built my house on a crack rock...is that a good foundation.

Should I have used granite? Roxbury pudding stone?

2007-12-01 11:57:27 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Inspired by: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AnUzXp95RqBIwDEPyhfQq6Td7BR.;_ylv=3?qid=20071201163943AAWqWhl

Atheism doesn't hurt people. Atheism (in and of itself) doesn't hurt atheists (though discrimination against it does). Ignoring the whole "burn in Hell!" thing, as atheists do not believe in it, how is atheism harmful in ANY way?

2007-12-01 11:54:27 · 31 answers · asked by Beletje_vos AM + VT 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Should foreigners be made to learn English and speak it when in a job setting.

No offense, but I just find it rude when sitting down and next thing you know you hear either Spanish, french, Japanese or some other language. And you don't have a clue what they are talking about. They could be talking about you and you wouldn't have a clue or when they are talking in English first then you walk in and then its their language.

Should there be a law stating English shall be spoken in all public places.

2007-12-01 11:53:44 · 47 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I'd be interested to hear it no matter how small you think it is.

2007-12-01 11:52:33 · 3 answers · asked by sisterzeal 5 in Religion & Spirituality

do you go to Eid prayer or not ?

2007-12-01 11:51:53 · 5 answers · asked by sim sim 6 in Ramadan

But is too lazy to get up.....

2007-12-01 11:51:06 · 7 answers · asked by DaisyDoll 3 in Etiquette

Its like casual xmas thing. I can wear what i want. And what I want is to wear my new green cookie monster teeshirt. Is that pushing it?

2007-12-01 11:49:00 · 7 answers · asked by darkling 5 in Etiquette

If you just looked at a map, you would guess that Calais, France would have the most closely related speech - it's so close to Dover.

Wondering what language you feel has the most overlap in pronunciation and diction. Especially interested in the opinion of people who actually know Dutch, German or Norwegian.

And yes, "American English" I know. But seriously ...

2007-12-01 11:48:23 · 11 answers · asked by Mr Milquetoast 3 in Languages

What is up with preps? In my 17 years I have been picked apart by every "clique" that I've come across. Yes, I know that me being Goth probibly has something to do with it, but why are they so judgemental? Why do they hate anyone and everyone that is different? Why do they look down upon people who don't have bleach-blonde hair, that don't have the annoying voice, and people who don't worship Paris Hilton and act stupid like they do. Does anyone here agree with me?

2007-12-01 11:45:26 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

I asked why you think a god created things...to provide your train of thought. I get garbage like this:" and nothing explains how wonderfully everything is made except the existence of a Creator."

Can anyone give me a train of logical thought that gets from 'there are trees and cars and things' to 'a god made it'. Or is it all a big blank in your mind that you parrot?

2007-12-01 11:45:01 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Asking again with yet another verse. The verse below tells us if we overcome our name will not be blotted out of the book of life. Doesn't this seem to say that if we do not overcome our name will be blotted out? If our name is in the book of life we are saved. However this verse talks about blotting out names in it. If your name is blotted out of the book of life wouldn't you no longer be saved?

Rev 3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

2007-12-01 11:44:18 · 18 answers · asked by Bible warrior 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I was at my friends house today when she said that she wanted me to see something. So we went into her room and she pulled out a Ouija board. We put our fingers on it and asked it what it's name was. To my horror, the triangle thing started moving!!! I asked my friend a million times if she was moving it, but she wasn't. We found out that his name was Ian who died in a car crash 8 days ago and that he wanted us to help him. We asked what he wanted. It spelled out B....L....O....O..D we were TERRIFIED and we immediately hid the board.
Now I'm at home and I'm scared. But is it really something to worry about? =S

2007-12-01 11:43:38 · 40 answers · asked by lilharpseal 2 in Religion & Spirituality