Society & Culture - 7 December 2007

People say I ask too many questions, but I'm curious & don't know that much about certain subjects, like politics, law, taxes, criminal justice, business administration, etc. & they say I'm retarded with no common sense & they see my curiosity as childish & they think I'm giving people an opportunity to take advantage of me with finances, cars, & business transactions. How can I be knowledgeable if I'm forbidden to ask questions? But then people say if I don't knowsomething I should ask.

I graduated from college & got my BA degree & got a 2.3 GPA because I have EXTREMELY poor reading comprehension. I don't understand what I'm reading. I also have poor concentration because of my mental disability, & I had 2 strokes @ age 5. My former foster mom kept me couped inside all day, enslaving me, making me clean up. She & other foster family members were abusive & punished me for no reason. I'm 24 & JUST beginning to learn common sense & street sense.

2007-12-07 12:29:20 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

I still love Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. The one with the misfit toys and the elf who wanted to be a dentist.

2007-12-07 12:28:31 · 10 answers · asked by true blue 6 in Christmas

Was he messing with Noah and his family? Or did he just take a little break and hover around, waiting for the water to subside?

2007-12-07 12:27:49 · 42 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

ok yeah im goth but i dont wear black all the time. also my friends say that im a prep but i hate preps with such a passion. im seriously goth but im not sure whether or not my friends can accept that........should i change?

2007-12-07 12:27:44 · 11 answers · asked by i luv joe jonas 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-12-07 12:27:34 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-07 12:25:12 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Why is your religion not the oldest religion? Did your god not start telling people about himself untill a while in? Was there no word of mouth from those first people he created?

2007-12-07 12:24:16 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

degrading. As a Christian, some of your tactics bother me. I just read a question that classified all atheists as devil worshipers. If you know God, you should bear your witness, not make a mockery of it. That is done in a gental and kind way, not hateful and critical.

2007-12-07 12:24:04 · 19 answers · asked by Kricket T 3 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-07 12:22:50 · 12 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6 in Religion & Spirituality

For real, whats the deal. It seems that any movie or idea that comes out that portrays any independent thoughts about life, defying the laws of nature is automatically anti-Christian or anit-Muslim. The Golden Compass that came out the other day is being bombarded with stupid comments coming from Christians that are afraid that this will corrupt the minds of our youth. WHat are you afraid of???

2007-12-07 12:22:19 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

1) “Christians” with false assurance: Christians (tares) that are 100% sure that they are going to heaven, yet are deceived. They are not known by God, and are on their way to hell.
2) Christians with no assurance – Christians (wheat) who often feel condemned in their sinfulness, fearful that they will go to hell, with absolutely no assurance.

There are Catholics and Protestants that fall in both of these categories, of course, but it is certainly evident (given the theological differences) that Protestant are more likely to fall into the first trap…and Catholics into the second.

Before Protestants answer with their infallible certitude: I would remind you of Matthew 7:21-23, which speaks about people who were “sure”, yet were not known by God and went to hell. So, how do you answer the possibility of Matthew 7:21-23 for yourself?

Before Catholics bash “assurance” altogether: I would remind you that while your church does not teach “infallible certitude”, it absolutely teaches that you may have assurance that only barely falls short of 100%:
http://www.catholic.com/library/Assurance_of_Salvation.asp
So, how do you answer this?

Shouldn’t we warn the first to repent and to work out their salvation with fear and trembling (Philippians 2:12) and make their calling and election sure (2 Peter 1:10), and educate the second about the truths proclaimed most powerfully in 1 John (specifically 1 John 5:13) and by Paul (Philippians 1:21)?

2007-12-07 12:22:03 · 9 answers · asked by yachadhoo 6 in Religion & Spirituality

This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with [his] finger wrote on the ground, [as though he heard them not].

John 8:6

What do you think he was writing in the ground and why did he start to write in the ground when they came at him?

2007-12-07 12:21:22 · 21 answers · asked by thundercatt9 7 in Religion & Spirituality

hi there, i need some help with religion.
you see my family isn't religious, but then i still believe in god and all that, and i know about all that kinda stuff, i pray and stuff and so i was wondering if i can call myself christian or whatever even though i don't have a religious family background and don't go to church but i still believe in god and pray to him etc.
btw. even if you're not religious (like me) can you still go to heaven and stuff like that?

2007-12-07 12:21:15 · 14 answers · asked by E-B 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Usher singing Singing In The rain?

Its great!

2007-12-07 12:20:42 · 5 answers · asked by ncgirl 6 in Senior Citizens

Is this a legitimate christian rock band?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPdFrW076R0

2007-12-07 12:20:22 · 7 answers · asked by turner 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Acts 2 1:1-13

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

... A crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking in his own language. Utterly amazed, they asked: "Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans? Then how is it that each of us hears them in his own native language? Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome; Cretans and Arabs - we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!"

2007-12-07 12:20:17 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

What say you all - especially those who love Truth and are for Truth?

2007-12-07 12:16:46 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-07 12:16:21 · 13 answers · asked by Je Marche Drôle 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Our workforce is of about 30 guys organised into crews on different trucks doing removal/packing work plus all the office staff etc... The party is at a local venue. With partners, I guess there'll be around 100-120 people.
Only thing is, there's a 20-something year old lad who works for the company who has told me he's bringing a knife to the party in case anyone should 'try & start anything' or 'have a go'.

Should I tell someone else about this in advance?

2007-12-07 12:15:19 · 26 answers · asked by Shiv 2 in Etiquette

I just don't get it.

(actually I do but apparently many others don't...so drink and answer me damn it!!)

2007-12-07 12:15:10 · 36 answers · asked by queen of snarky-yack again 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-07 12:14:17 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-07 12:12:59 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

Instead of Israel and so avoiding displacing the Palestinians from their homeland?
The USA should have given the Jews some land and let them create "The Promised Land" inside America. Many hundred of thousands of lifes would have been spared since the creation of Israel in Palestinian territory.

2007-12-07 12:12:08 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-07 12:09:12 · 11 answers · asked by someguy 2 in Other - Society & Culture

What, if anything, BESIDES THE BIBLE, would lead you to refer to your deity as "He?" Would you consider referring to your deity as "It" or "She?"

2007-12-07 12:07:55 · 30 answers · asked by Lady Morgana 7 in Religion & Spirituality

do you have to completely understand how complex life came about to agree with evolution or do you accept the outline that is told to you?

2007-12-07 12:07:07 · 41 answers · asked by The Angry Stick Man 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-07 12:06:53 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Asalam Alaykum...

As I have said, inshaAllah I am going to start wearing the hijab soon. When I'm shopping for clothing, what kinds of clothes should I be looking for to dress as modestly as I can? Are jeans totally unacceptable?

Jazak Allah Khair.

2007-12-07 12:06:26 · 25 answers · asked by ♥IslamForever♥ 5 in Ramadan

give you signs and wonders; and great miracles that demonstrate His power, if you're not even grateful for the simple things,the percieved small things that He's already done for you?

If I'm not mistaken,no sane parent in the world would give their kids more reward or responsibility if they have not yet shown to be faithful in the little things.So why would God change for you?Becuase you yell,scream,stomp your foot and roll around on the floor in frustration?


Luke 12:48-But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

2007-12-07 12:01:13 · 60 answers · asked by Maurice H 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-07 12:00:09 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality