Society & Culture - 1 December 2007

I have heard this idiocy from many protestants all my life. They even teach it in school. But the truth of the matter is that the Roman Catholic Church never taught in any official universal Church capacity that you can buy your way to heaven. There have been abuses but it was never, ever the official teachings. Show me an official document, place, name, pope, etc, who ever said that you can buy your way to heaven?

2007-12-01 05:07:32 · 16 answers · asked by hossteacher 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-01 05:06:53 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Holidays

no smoking, no live music without an expensive license.
interior decor that looks like an episode of friends.

what happened to the old fashioned British pub?

2007-12-01 05:05:52 · 9 answers · asked by thunor 5 in Other - Society & Culture

Do you think that, given a fair chance, creationists would be able to prove that evolution is bunk and creationism is true?

I think that, even with bias, the system works well enough to ensure that anyone with good research will get published and have an influence. Creationism simply isn’t real science. That's why you don't see any real scientific articles that support creationism.

What do you think?

2007-12-01 05:05:45 · 14 answers · asked by Alex H 5 in Religion & Spirituality

And I want to watch something that is at least reated PG, and has real people in it. So nothing TO kidish, you know? In my family, I have my parents, and a fifteen almost sixteen year old sister, and me, an eleven almost 12 year old!

2007-12-01 05:04:27 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

2007-12-01 05:04:12 · 3 answers · asked by Joe3Beets 1 in Languages

The bible fully states that this will happen in the end time, not when we get to heaven. Everything from the foundation of the world is stored in our superconscious and the akashic records, since we were in Him before the would was, how will this be translated to the contiousness. how will this be revealed, that's a lot of knowledge and how can we contain this?

2007-12-01 05:04:03 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

what should i do for a 12 year old's spa party! my sis really wants one but my mom and i don't know what to do!

2007-12-01 05:03:30 · 5 answers · asked by ♥♥♥ 3 in Other - Holidays

2007-12-01 05:00:26 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

http://time-blog.com/middle_east/

2007-12-01 04:54:48 · 2 answers · asked by bsxfn 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Why do we say that God requires us to have faith and then turn around and try to make rational and logical arguments ?

We tell atheists that God can (almost) be proven by looking at creation and then remind each other that our real proof is our walk with God.

2007-12-01 04:54:41 · 15 answers · asked by Bebe 3 in Religion & Spirituality

i know he is but just wanna make sure

2007-12-01 04:53:10 · 14 answers · asked by Kyndail 1 in Religion & Spirituality

From the current edition of "The Advocate":

Twenty-eight retired generals and admirals released a letter Friday urging Congress to overturn the ban on gays serving openly in the military, according to The New York Times. The letter cites information showing that 65,000 gay men and lesbians are currently serving in the military and that there are more than 1 million gay and lesbian veterans who have "served our nation honorably."

“We respectfully urge Congress to repeal the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy,” the letter says. “Those of us signing this letter have dedicated our lives to defending the rights of our citizens to believe whatever they wish.”

The pressure to repeal the ban is on members of Congress, as the Department of Defense is on record saying it will uphold whatever legislation Congress passes on the subject.

Each of the Democratic candidates running for president has pledged to end the "don't ask, don't tell" policy should they become president. In contrast, Republic

2007-12-01 04:52:03 · 22 answers · asked by troymariner 5 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Of course the answer is no. And since there is not a single word in your "Holy Bible" (in any of it's rewritten forms) about "god" creating any more human beings after the "great flood", then I guess the answer is that dreaded word (like a mirror to a vampire)..... evolution. Or will you make stuff up out of thin air as an answer to this problem? (This ought to be fun)

2007-12-01 04:52:03 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

how do you get all the different races out of two people adam and eve.

me and my friends were talking about this and someone said maybe adam was one race and eve was another what do you think

2007-12-01 04:51:23 · 8 answers · asked by youngandfly 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I am sorry I know you are tired of answering the same question over and over but my question is directed to those who think that the british lady deserves what happened to her.

For those who think the British lady deserves what happened to her, do you think prophet Muhammed (PBUH) is happy with what the Sudani Police did. We all know that prophet's Muhammed job was to teach people about Islam and attracts them to it so they endorse it. However, what the Sudani police did is just the opposite of that. They gave a bad idea about Islam and people now probably hate Islam more than before because of that action. They are just driving people away of Islam. Just the opposite of what prophet Muhammed wanted and did, so do you think he is happy with them?

Salaam

2007-12-01 04:50:36 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Ramadan

Or wait to see the expression on their face Christmas morning?

2007-12-01 04:49:48 · 25 answers · asked by ? 6 in Christmas

just got this response to an actual serious question.

"Actually, I think YOU are the punishment for sin....
Imagine a perfect world, with no snarky ppl....
But alas, we have fallen
And we get some terrorists, too...yay"

I don't know but I am failing to see the love in this "snarky to terrorism connection"
So would the world be better off with out "snarkiness"
This appears to be one of the most hateful responses I have ever recieved...am I over reacting?

2007-12-01 04:49:26 · 13 answers · asked by queen of snarky-yack again 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-01 04:47:18 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

seriously, everyone once in a while, i check out people's points to see what level they're at. i've been on this thing for like a year, and i think i spend too much time on it at times. i have just over 2300 hundred points. so when i see people who have well over 30000 points, i start doing the math in my head. i don't think yahoo answers has been around for 10 years. i could be wrong. the majority of these people are christians too. and these are the same people who believe god has a plan for all of us. i'm wondering then, "is this god's plan for you?" to sit on an online forum all day and argue with atheist? shouldn't you get out and meet some people. before i get hounded with a million christians responses. i'm not talking to all of you, just the folks who have these ridiculously high ratings.

2007-12-01 04:45:33 · 17 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I don't really like anything about the church, the people, the music, etc.

2007-12-01 04:44:25 · 39 answers · asked by mryungbp 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Are you an edge or a middle person?
I think someone should come up with a way to match middle people with end people so we could always have the pieces we like.
Also Nuts or no nuts? On top or baked in?
Personally edges only (we fight over corners), Nuts, baked in.

2007-12-01 04:43:11 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

any religions god.

2007-12-01 04:42:39 · 20 answers · asked by ? 6 in Religion & Spirituality

My friend and I are interested in starting a coomuntiy service project. Any ideas? How do we get funding?

2007-12-01 04:40:32 · 3 answers · asked by Justin C 1 in Community Service

Any cosmic suggestions for my funky haired friend?
I think he'd like Gothos, from Star Trek
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trelane

2007-12-01 04:39:05 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion

2007-12-01 04:38:48 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

While working with a client on a holiday letter, we discussed the idea of having a contest for the worst gifts received. You can read more about it at www.WhatNotToGive.com and maybe win a prize for sumitting one there as well, but I'd love to hear your stories here, the more detail the better. You can send me a message if you'd like to talk or have pictures of some of the items. Thanks for sharing. Encourage your friends to answer this one. My wife and I have had some great laughs already this season!

2007-12-01 04:38:31 · 2 answers · asked by John H 3 in Christmas

Were doing this thing at my Christian church tomorrow (which Im forced to go to -_-, although I'm an atheist. Anywho we put questions on a piece of paper, the pastor pull it out and answers them.

What questions should I put on there?

Some of the questions I have are...

1. How can you be sure when you 'hear' God tell you to do something, not your imagination?

2. Isn't the concept of God logically and scientifiaclly impossible?

3. Give me proof God exists, and dont say the bible.

2007-12-01 04:38:19 · 22 answers · asked by AC 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-01 04:36:51 · 12 answers · asked by mryungbp 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-01 04:36:42 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture