Society & Culture - 7 December 2007

2007-12-07 09:00:36 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

number of romance languages??

What does R.I.P. stand for in its original language?

2007-12-07 08:59:39 · 9 answers · asked by me 1 in Languages

does it mean anything? What actually are you swearing to? I know being a Christian, you are swearing before God. But what does it mean for a non believer? Just curious.

2007-12-07 08:59:28 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I am a loving follower of God, and I just had a moment of weakness, when questioned by a young man at a party how the Christian faith explained the Dinosaur theory. Unfortunately I did not know so the young man smirked at me as if he were right?

2007-12-07 08:59:01 · 6 answers · asked by stevenrox1 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I just read in "Islam Unveiled," by Robert Spencer, that the "prophet" Mohammed married a 9-year old girl when he was in his 50s, and that he had sexual intercourse with her. Is this true? If so, doesn't it mean that over 1 billion people are following the teachings of a pedophile?

2007-12-07 08:58:40 · 22 answers · asked by Shane 7 in Religion & Spirituality

This question I ask with respect, but with sincere doubts. I believe mantras have true spiritual power, and truly do help us connect more deeply with God, if we choose our mantra/s by divine inspiration.

I'm looking to find some Hindu mantras to increase my spiritual energy. I am attracted to the meaning of Ganesh (remover of obstacles). I'm LDS (monotheistic, believe God is a divine human).

I feel in my heart that God would not have the head of an elephant... I believe there is vast truth in Hinduism, but I feel that there as aspects that aren't true.

I am trying to understand who Ganesh really is... Hindus say that all the gods are really (aspects of) One God.

Each Hindu god is given a certain visage (an image of how they look). Are the images of the Hindu gods believed to be truly representative of their actual appearance, or are the images just a way to remind ourselves of the qualities that each god helps us with?

(And should I capitalise god for Hindu gods?)

2007-12-07 08:58:23 · 30 answers · asked by MumOf5 6 in Religion & Spirituality

don't you think

2007-12-07 08:58:13 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

pepole we need to honor GOD more. its about him not us.jesus is lord..

2007-12-07 08:55:32 · 17 answers · asked by BABA 1 in Religion & Spirituality

....even though we have time saving devices and other conveniences, everyone I know is running themselves ragged !!!

2007-12-07 08:53:58 · 13 answers · asked by Pamby 2 in Other - Society & Culture

why didn't he know he was a muslim, he should have only taken the muslims. its about as strange as christians not knowing that jesus was a jew or that allah, the moon god and his wife allat, was worshipped at the kabbah and other locations from spain to egypt for over 4,000 years.before mohammad and allah. yes' they where gods being worshiped at the kabah before mohammad. is it a law that muslims can't read history?

2007-12-07 08:53:42 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I am referreing especifically to law enforcement and not to the wars America is currently conducting. Examples: the recent massacre in a mall in Nebraska by a teen with an AK-47, Virginia Tech massacre, the three small children that allegedly raped an 11 year-old, female teacher who allegedly had sex with a 13 year-old male student of hers, professional athlete who ran illegal dog fights, children who beat up an autistic child and post it on Youtube, girls who post beatings on fellow classmates on youtube, teen convicted of taking a gun to school and killing the principal for doing nothing about bullies, and so on. Criminals seem to get younger every year.

2007-12-07 08:53:24 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

if God is greater than us, then we cannot possibly "HURT" him, if He is compassionate and merciful, if He is love, why would he torture, seek vengeance, condemn, curse, send us to an ever lasting torment, etc? Moreover, if he created us fallible, then why punish us when we fail? Man, like any other living creature, from an amoeba to a whale, is born, growths, develops, peaks and then gets old and dies, these are facts. So why fear an eternal Torment if God is supposed to be so "LOVING"?

2007-12-07 08:52:38 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Inspired by this question.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AqDXEFx8XHc4U2vSTDyZDCDsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071207120915AAPJOp1&show=7#profile-info-AA10410743

2007-12-07 08:52:00 · 24 answers · asked by Senator John McClain 6 in Religion & Spirituality

You might say, who cares. But I guarantee you that in the future it will.
A clue. Quantity is not quality.

2007-12-07 08:51:50 · 7 answers · asked by kollo 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Matthew 10:16

2007-12-07 08:51:39 · 16 answers · asked by Dr. G™ 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Before I begin, I want to thank everyone who responded to my last question. I have also been asked this question because people I know tend to ask me for advice.

Anyway, not only does religion defines you as a person, it also defines your morals. Personally, I think that doing something that glorifies God with all your heart is the right thing, and anything wrong you do you are forgiven when you realize what you have done and ask God to help you to resist those things. But what do YOU think?

2007-12-07 08:51:00 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I'm talking like 8.5 or higher.

2007-12-07 08:50:50 · 6 answers · asked by johnadams838383 2 in Other - Society & Culture

2007-12-07 08:48:39 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Well I am 18 and meeting a man in a hotel soon. I never met the guy but have met him online. I have only seen pictures of him from years ago, no recent picture. I have been talking online with him; he is a bear and likes younger boys. What can I do to make sure I am safe and he is not some psycho killer?

2007-12-07 08:48:37 · 42 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

I have heard of them, but don't know who or what they believe in. I am curious.

2007-12-07 08:47:04 · 16 answers · asked by DeAnna 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-07 08:46:41 · 15 answers · asked by Lisa2000 3 in Religion & Spirituality

And what would you put on the menu...
And, Mr. Ed, we will have an open bar just for you!

2007-12-07 08:46:23 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

i have just been wondering if santa is real.i figured he was real since he was declared a saint, jolly old saint nicholas.

2007-12-07 08:46:22 · 37 answers · asked by headstrongrock 1 in Christmas

I'm going to try this again...I'll take it one at a time this time.

We will start with this one:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071207113735AAqhUxk

Yes, he is asking for confirmation...but three atheists respond that he has a good argument. But looking at it now...do any atheists think his logic is sound and that it is correct to "equate the kingdom of god with nothing"?


Here is why I think it is illogical. He takes a riddle that is a play on words...the answer implies the poor have nothing. So he finds a verse in the Bible that says "blessed are the poor for theirs is the kingdom of god". He then substitues the "nothing" from the riddle...that has nothing to do with Bible...and comes up with his "equation"...."kingdom of god equals nothing".

Please, if you really think this is a sound logical equation...give details on how it is.

2007-12-07 08:44:57 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

santa is the anti christ.
am i or am i not right??

2007-12-07 08:44:35 · 17 answers · asked by david m 1 in Mythology & Folklore

Did not Jesus say that "all who seek, find"? Yet so many people ask really dumb questions. Didn't any one Go to Sunday School, or perhaps CCD? 2000 years ago a man named Jesus was born & compleatly turned the world upside down. Even the calender denotes this.
What was that all about anyway? Isn't any one curious?

2007-12-07 08:44:01 · 27 answers · asked by Dave G 3 in Religion & Spirituality

or even asked a Latter-Day Saint questions about their faith?

2007-12-07 08:42:49 · 20 answers · asked by Ethan M 5 in Religion & Spirituality

generally good or evil?

2007-12-07 08:41:50 · 7 answers · asked by daddio 7 in Other - Society & Culture

Inversion therapy takes all the pressure off your spine and sends more oxygen to your brain. If so, how did you like it?

2007-12-07 08:41:50 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

Do they ever truly grow up?!?!?

2007-12-07 08:40:52 · 12 answers · asked by Wandering In The Wilderness 4 in Senior Citizens