Society & Culture - 4 December 2007

2007-12-04 13:44:36 · 24 answers · asked by Ironman 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Atheist, is your goal to "end all religion" or is to ensure freedom of ALL religion? As in are you trying to put a "stop" to Christianity" (not in govt but in everyday life) or are you trying to equalize ALL faiths?

2007-12-04 13:44:02 · 33 answers · asked by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 in Religion & Spirituality

i'm just curious. what situation made you tell yourself that there couldnt possibly be a God? was it a build-up of disasters in your life (or in others')? was it the overview of the world and how much chaos it contains? or was it a science thing? if so, what exactly?

i promise i am not trying to challenge atheists or make anybody angry! i just really wanna know.

2007-12-04 13:43:36 · 16 answers · asked by horizon 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-04 13:43:24 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

"God", the ethereal, invisible being that is everywhere at all times not only wrestled with Jacob, but injured his hip. Amazing.

2007-12-04 13:40:26 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

How theoretically possible would it be for, say, a girl or woman with HIV and a wobbly tooth/bleeding gums to infect a boyfriend with a mouth ulcer, simply by kissing? Any real, true-to-facts data on something like this? -- What about a person with hepatitis C biting a cookie, dropping & losing it, and a child picking it up off the sidewalk or carpet the next morning, eating it and getting infected (--- since they say that hepatitis C stays alive for 24 hours outside the body)? Yeah, I know its a wild scenario, but if those sorts of "contacts" happened, how much real danger if any would exist, and if it were indeed miniscule, who would ever bother themselves to care? I used to drink after siblings, even friends, as a child -- of course, I wouldn't allow backwash & wiped the top, afterwards; yet, you know that a lot of this stuff has been around unspoken about for years, and I don't trade sips on drinks & still refuse to eat off of a used fork. Ever think about it? Modern life.

2007-12-04 13:39:53 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

If so, what are they?

2007-12-04 13:39:04 · 3 answers · asked by mthebee 2 in Hanukkah

the origin of the universe. The big bang theory is one that aethists most gravitate towards. If this is your theory, then where did the original object (cell, nucleus, atom, proton, whatever) come from? If "matter" is your proof source, where did the orignal "matter" come from?

2007-12-04 13:39:01 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

The more I travel around the world, the more dismayed I am about the swift disappearance of anyone who has the knowledge and skill to make traditional handicrafts, the things that forty years ago were still commonplace. Back then, when you were in a foreign country, and bought a "souvenier", it was something typical of the region, and locally made. It was a real souvenier, because it was local.

Now all we get is CFC (Crap From China). Just recently, I was in Dubai. I saw these two amazing horse sculptures, like toy rocking horses. Unfortunately, nothing like that was actually for sale; everything was CFC.

Is there any organization that promotes these vanishing arts? It seems that, unless you are talking about phenomenally expensive art, no one making traditional handicrafts. No one is working with wood, or weaving baskets, making original pottery, etc.

It would be a shame if the skills required to make these traditional handicrafts were lost. How can this be supported

2007-12-04 13:38:50 · 4 answers · asked by pachl@sbcglobal.net 7 in Other - Society & Culture

about atheism do you find the most absurd?

2007-12-04 13:37:46 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I received some nice gifts from my family- a wireless keyboard and a new digital camera.

2007-12-04 13:37:02 · 6 answers · asked by Allyson 2 in Hanukkah

Ex:
What do you think about these religion?

Muslim:
Christian:
Jehovah:
Budhist:
Jewish:
catholic:



what do you think about them?
Give a comment of each of them.
:)
please?

2007-12-04 13:36:09 · 24 answers · asked by Grack 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Could you please explain your position to me? Thanks.

2007-12-04 13:35:45 · 14 answers · asked by frenzy-CIB- Jim's with Jesus 4 in Religion & Spirituality

This would make a beautiful coin, to which no possible citizen could object. This would relieve us from the ignominy of heathenism. This would place us openly under the Divine protection we have personally claimed. From my hearth I have felt our national shame in disowning God as not the least of our present national disasters.

To you first I address a subject that must be agitated.

I got curious after reading a question just now. Here's the source, but what is wrong with the argument?

http://www.ustreas.gov/education/fact-sheets/currency/in-god-we-trust.shtml

2007-12-04 13:34:48 · 8 answers · asked by Chapter and Verse 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-04 13:33:45 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Why do christians insist that they are constantly being critisized and "discriminated" against by atheists when they themselves critisize and discriminate everyone that doesn't see things their way? Is it possible in the small unopen minds of a christian to consider the fact that they are no better that the extremist muslims? Maybe not so much violently now as in the past, but do any of you remember learning about the crusades? Just curious to see what kind of responses I can get. And NO I am not attacking christians "morals" or whatever. I just want to see what kind of wierdos are out there. LOL!

2007-12-04 13:32:10 · 21 answers · asked by Lisa B 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I don't mean being showered with compliments.

I mean having a conversation with a person who has NOTHING else to talk about except how wonderful they think you are?

2007-12-04 13:29:09 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I have about 9 boxes of C9 Lights, each box has 24 Bulbs. Do you think it would be safe to put all of them up?

2007-12-04 13:28:56 · 1 answers · asked by John Q 2 in Christmas

people got stoned to death, pressed, hung and burned at the stake?
Or more recently, a woman was threatened with death because of a teddy bear. What...we haven't learned from our mistakes?
I don't care if you believe in god. I don't care if you worship a pencil. Just don't bring it into the govt. That's what freedom is for. Have we not learned?

2007-12-04 13:28:38 · 20 answers · asked by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Is the world really going to end on December 21 2012? How do people know this? What's going to happen?

2007-12-04 13:28:30 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-04 13:27:52 · 13 answers · asked by Willow 4 in Mythology & Folklore

2007-12-04 13:27:46 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

Thanks for the homework help Nicholas!

2007-12-04 13:27:39 · 1 answers · asked by kb6419 2 in Other - Society & Culture

I said "their children", I dont really like that phrase, because it implys they OWN them, and that kind of sounds like slavery.

2007-12-04 13:27:06 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Ok, got it in your head? Now, answer it!

2007-12-04 13:26:34 · 14 answers · asked by I'm an Atheist 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Allah is only God there is and Mohammed is him only true represnt on eart

2007-12-04 13:25:09 · 22 answers · asked by Mustafa F 1 in Religion & Spirituality

My new boyfriend wants a dog, but he doenst have time for one. i thought it would be a cute idea if i went to build-a-bear and make him a stuffed animal of a dog. but i also wanted to custimize m&m's for him. im clueless. help me please.

2007-12-04 13:23:18 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Valentine's Day

What's the worst thing you ever did at catholic school?

I'll go first. I didn't attend one but my cousin did. Her school was having a little fair and my grandma took us to it. We got bored and went into the bathroom to throw spitballs on the ceiling. When the ceiling was full we got the mirrors, then the walls.

2007-12-04 13:23:17 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I personally don't trust god, the tooth fairy or santa clause. I think it reflects poorly on our nation that we stamp our money (a symbol of our culture) with such childish absurdity. Might as well have a unicorn or dragon on the front of our currency instead of a president. Its absoloutly crazy to still have god written on anything in this day an age. I'll bet it's taken off within the next 20 years. What do you all think?

2007-12-04 13:21:48 · 48 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071204/ap_on_re_us/prison_evangelism_ban

DES MOINES, Iowa - A federal appeals court ruled Monday that the state of Iowa cannot fund an evangelical Christian prison ministry program because doing so advances or endorses religion, violating the Constitutional separation of church and state.

Prison Fellowship Ministries, which contracts with InnerChange Freedom Initiatives Inc. and other organizations to conduct faith-based programs, must repay about $160,000 to the state for money received between June 2006 and June 2007, said Mark Early, the group's president.

He said the ruling would clarify how faith-based programs could work with government agencies.

"We're pleased because in this opinion there are some clarifying guidelines to help us and other faith-based organizations working in government settings, such as prisons, to be able to fashion a program and make sure they do comply with current understanding of constitutional law in this area."

2007-12-04 13:21:35 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality