Society & Culture - 9 December 2007

What, then, is the matter with you? How judge ye?

Holy Quran

2007-12-09 02:54:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Ramadan

the holidays are here.
Get up and dance.

2007-12-09 02:53:13 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2007-12-09 02:53:02 · 9 answers · asked by Kushang 1 in Languages

my grandfather told me once ,
he had only 4 years of school but had a lifetime of wisedom... this was said to me while he was on his death bed at 92 yrs old and it meant alot to me...i would like to get this tattoo in honor of him thank you....

2007-12-09 02:49:09 · 1 answers · asked by jnudo2000 1 in Languages

Would you avoid everyone at all cost and keep from speaking to them? What if it was your boss, the banker, a clerk at a store, dentist, doctor, etc.?

2007-12-09 02:49:08 · 10 answers · asked by Jereme K 3 in Religion & Spirituality

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loksatta_%28party%29

2007-12-09 02:49:05 · 0 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Is it a democratic process where whoever has the most Christians (which I believe is the Catholics) then they are the true Christianity?

My point is if there is only one God then why are there so many different kinds of Christianity with different interpretations of the Bible, Jesus, the holy trinity and more. If there is only one God shouldn't there only be only ONE Christianity?

2007-12-09 02:48:30 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Do you or your family have a unique Christmas tradition? I'd like to read about it.

2007-12-09 02:48:15 · 6 answers · asked by Mystery Buff 2 in Christmas

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Please state your faith/non-faith tradition.

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2007-12-09 02:47:41 · 14 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7 in Religion & Spirituality

What is the oldest coin you have and what is the one that is worth the most?

2007-12-09 02:47:03 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

ok im a clerk at a private hotel and I'm leaving a note to my boss so i just want to know it the punctuation i correct.

Attn: blank

For the last couple of weeks the Event Schedule has been wrong. Today Sunday the 9th, a group of individuals came in at about a quarter to nine, claming they had reserved the Garfield Room for a Jesse. The Garfield Room was not occupied so I led them in. Please note this is an inconvenience for us. The tables were not made and the rugs were not properly groomed; thus causing delays in check-ins and check- outs. Be advised that this is my first written notice. Thank you for your time
(my name here)

2007-12-09 02:46:43 · 6 answers · asked by elias s 2 in Etiquette

An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God. He asks one of his new student to stand and…

>Prof: So you believe in God?

>Student: Absolutely, sir.

>Prof: Is God good?

>Student: Sure.

>Prof: Is God all-powerful?

>Student: Yes.

>Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn’t. How is this God good then? Hmm?

>Student is silent.

>Prof: You can’t answer, can you? Let’s start again, young fellow. Is God

>good?

>Student: Yes.

>Prof: Is Satan good?

>Student: No.

>Prof: Where does Satan come from?

>Student: From God

>Prof: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?

>Student: Yes.

>Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it? And God did make everything. Correct?

>Student: Yes.

>Prof: So who created evil?

>Student does not answer.

>Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible
>things exist in the world, don’t they?

>Student: Yes, sir.

>Prof: So, who created them?

>Student has no answer.

>Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the
>world around you.

>Tell me, son…Have you ever seen God?

>Student: No, sir.

>Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?

>Student: No, sir.

>Prof: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have

>you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter?

>Student: No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.

>Prof: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student: Yes.

>Prof: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says

>your GOD doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?

>Student: Nothing. I only have my faith.

>Prof: Yes Faith. And that is the problem science has.

Now the student said can I ask something to you Professor.

>Student: Professor, is there such a thing as heat?

>Prof: Yes.

>Student: And is there such a thing as cold?

>Prof: Yes.

>Student: No sir. There isn’t.

>(The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)

>Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, Mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don’t have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat.
We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.

>(There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)

>Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?

>Prof: Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?

>Student: You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light… But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and its called darkness, isn’t it?
In reality, darkness isn’t. If it were you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?

>Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man?

>Student: Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.

>Prof: Flawed? Can you explain how?

>Student: Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can’t even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully
understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be
ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it.
Now tell me Professor, Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
>Prof: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of
course, I do.

>Student: Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?

>(The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument is going.)

>Student: Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work
and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?

(The class is in uproar.)

>Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?

>(The class breaks out into laughter.)

>Student: Is there anyone here, who has ever heard the Professor’s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have
done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable,
demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures?

>(The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face
>unfathomable. )

>Prof: I guess you’ll have to take them on faith, son.

Student: That is it sir… The link between man & GOD is FAITH. That is all that keeps things moving & alive.

u know who was tht student
He was Albert Einstein .

2007-12-09 02:46:07 · 33 answers · asked by Purple Rain 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Is it just another excuse for receiving gifts?

2007-12-09 02:45:46 · 7 answers · asked by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 in Hanukkah

2007-12-09 02:44:26 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If you can see the distinction, you would have seen the Truth.

What say you all?

2007-12-09 02:43:17 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-09 02:42:03 · 7 answers · asked by Бэлзeбот 2 in Religion & Spirituality

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071206/REVIEWS/712060302/1023

2007-12-09 02:40:42 · 12 answers · asked by Бэлзeбот 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Since stars are very regular & on time throughout history. And in the beginning, God said that they would be signs, etc... (Not talking about astrology). But God said that he knows where all the stars are & none are out of place.

The latest star information is in the DVD I just watched http://www.bethlehemstar.net and current scientific astronomers can see what the stars did 1000s of years ago to that date, when they use the lates technology. Daniel said that knowledge would increase... And obviously knowledge is sooo increased today & also in astronomy.

So? Finding out that December 25th is more than just heathens holiday. That is the date the star stopped over Jesus (Jesus was older than newborn & in a house). This is the date the Magi brought gifts to the young King of Israel.

2007-12-09 02:39:34 · 2 answers · asked by t a m i l 6 in Christmas

2007-12-09 02:39:30 · 15 answers · asked by Sparkle♥ 5 in Christmas

2007-12-09 02:39:12 · 33 answers · asked by anil m 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-09 02:39:02 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Sometimes I feel this way and I don't like it. What can I do to make this feeling go away?

2007-12-09 02:37:39 · 5 answers · asked by Rachel 7 in Etiquette

Why do you all think you have the answers? Atheists for example, are sure there is no afterlife/gods and will argue with theists over this. Christians/theists on the other hand will go around trying to "convert" everyone which we all know isn't very pleasant.

Get this through your skulls: We're ALL human, and we ALL know that we do not have ANY answers pertaining to anything of a spiritual/afterlife nature—if anything to this nature even exists.

Why can't everyone be truthful to themselves and be an agnostic, so that there'll never be these pathetic types of arguments again. There's no proof God exists, and there's no way of proving he/it/whatever doesn't exist.

2007-12-09 02:37:17 · 9 answers · asked by Neighborhood dude 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-09 02:36:51 · 10 answers · asked by cuddles 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-09 02:36:50 · 6 answers · asked by KrishanRam(Jitendra k) 3 in Religion & Spirituality

what i am looking for is different ideals in small ways folks can save money (very small amounts) that all senions can use

example -- have your bills taken directly out of your checking account so you do not have late fees and save on stamps - 3 utility bills a month can save about $15.00 a year or a bottle of wine or 24 pack of beer!!!

2007-12-09 02:36:18 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

Koran, Hadith, historical evidence

2007-12-09 02:35:47 · 33 answers · asked by sam arama 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-09 02:35:24 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

2007-12-09 02:33:51 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I'm in Buffalo, NY and NO ONE does that up here. I lived in NJ for a few years and EVERYONE seemed to do this--even school bus drivers. lol.

2007-12-09 02:33:45 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture