Society & Culture - 10 December 2007

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

Hebrew: שבע מצוות בני נח, Sheva mitzvot B'nei Noach), often referred to as the Noahide Laws, are a set of seven moral imperatives which, according to the Talmud, were given by God to Noah as a binding set of laws for all mankind. According to Judaism any non-Jew who lives according to these laws is regarded as a Righteous Gentile and is assured of a place in the world to come (Olam Haba), the Jewish concept of heaven.

2007-12-10 16:15:20 · 8 answers · asked by Bruce 7 in Religion & Spirituality

he was spanish.

he came up to me while i was reading waiting for my mom. my sister said loudly "sarah! look!" she pointed to the window a man in plaid was there he was knocking on the window to roll it down. since the car was turned off i couldn't so i opened the door open a peek. it was an automatic response. so then he gave me a piece of paper it said

"hello

my name is joe
i am deaf
please give me money so i can buy food and drink

i flipped it over and it was translated in spanish. i opened the car again and returned the note. it was really hard to breathe cause he was smoking weed at the time.

he was picking at 4 quarters. i shook my head and said i couldn't give him anyhing. he walking away.
now my mom is perinod. i'm 12.
i feel guilty i didnt give him something.

how can i feel better about this? i feel like a mean person.

2007-12-10 16:14:29 · 20 answers · asked by Sarah G 2 in Etiquette

are you one or the other?

Peace.

2007-12-10 16:12:18 · 30 answers · asked by -Tequila17 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-10 16:11:22 · 12 answers · asked by lyndlyn 3 in Christmas

2007-12-10 16:09:43 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Eagle Letters of congratulation ? I know you can send in letters to people requesting letters for Eagle Scouts does anyone know any cool people who do this. My brother really wants one from George Lucas does he do them?

2007-12-10 16:09:26 · 3 answers · asked by us.littlefairy 3 in Community Service

A great many of The Old Testament’s stories come from earlier tales (e.g., Gilgamesh, etc) and the style is, mostly, a direct rip-off of The Egyptian Book Of The Dead.

To learn more of TOT times, view this YouTube film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7iQRFP_e90

The New Testament, well.....to learn more than enough of TNT’s creation, view this two part YouTube film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzY2bVsZK5s

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

May you all have a delightful ‘Someone’s Been Embezzling Oil And Selling It On The Side’ Eightdays, a wonderful Solstice, the happiest possible Humbug and may your Hollowdays be filled with the most joyous of pleasures.

So, are these 'Holidays' or 'Hollowdays'?

Stay on groovin’ safari,
Tor

2007-12-10 16:08:28 · 4 answers · asked by Tor Hershman 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Explian what you know about God,
please give only your real experience and not what you have known from your religion.

2007-12-10 16:06:38 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

if given the option to choose between your spouse or loved one and jesus christ...which one (only) would you choose...
and i am prepared for the non believers answers...

2007-12-10 16:06:25 · 37 answers · asked by ? 6 in Religion & Spirituality

im kind of embarrassed about all the hair on my legs, but and pubic region

2007-12-10 16:04:22 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

classical composer have you listened , when you come home from and just felt you need to relax? thanks

2007-12-10 16:03:15 · 7 answers · asked by steven25t 7 in Other - Society & Culture

What if the crew of the HMS Beagle never got off the first island they visited alive? Better yet, what if the natives let Darwin smoke or taste a bit of their good stuff?

2007-12-10 16:03:02 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-10 16:02:04 · 18 answers · asked by Kevin G 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-10 16:01:59 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

2007-12-10 16:01:08 · 10 answers · asked by tariba2004 3 in Religion & Spirituality

The first and second book of adam and eve alone is much much more interesting than whats found in genesis. That version just makes more sense.

Like how Cain and Abel were each born with a twin sister.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/fbe/fbe080.htm

2007-12-10 16:00:44 · 8 answers · asked by $0.02 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I watched this movie a few years ago. I want to see it again, is it a popular movie? Can I get it in Blockbuster?

2007-12-10 15:59:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

People have a free will but then they always say it's God's will that counts in the end.

2007-12-10 15:58:16 · 10 answers · asked by Razor 5 in Religion & Spirituality

with any celebrity alive today, who would it be?

2007-12-10 15:58:14 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

2007-12-10 15:58:06 · 10 answers · asked by Kevin G 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Mine was in August-took daughter to college-overshot the turnoff by 40 miles and had to backtrack.

2007-12-10 15:56:25 · 48 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

on a television series, what would it be?

2007-12-10 15:54:44 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

What are some of the really funny Christmas song parodies that you would recommend me listening to?

The only funny Christmas songs I can think of is Bob Rivers' "I am Santa Claus" (a parody of Black Sabbath's Iron Man) and Bob Rivers' "12 Pains of Christmas".

2007-12-10 15:54:33 · 8 answers · asked by Fell In Love 7 in Christmas

Why did Alma not know when Christ was coming (Alma 13:21-26) even though he possessed plates and Lehi and Nephi had written precisely when he would arrive?

2007-12-10 15:51:18 · 5 answers · asked by 2telldatruth 4 in Religion & Spirituality

For those of you who do not embrace organized religion, what book gives you hope, inspires you, sums up your views on life, draws you in again and again?

Mine is Contact by Carl Sagan, because of his ability to express the importance of wonder and awe in all its forms.

2007-12-10 15:51:04 · 8 answers · asked by sqwish1984 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I have a number of misconceptions about this holy month and i want to root them out.

2007-12-10 15:48:26 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I'm now 19!!! And people are freakin' calling me a retard, damn it!!!

2007-12-10 15:48:23 · 13 answers · asked by <3 my nut brown maiden 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2007-12-10 15:46:54 · 44 answers · asked by Mutations Killed Darwin Fish 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Personnally i am very against the whole political correctness thing where people get looked upon badly for wishing someone a Merry Christmas. I bring it up because a store i used to work at made it policy to say Happy Holidays and we were not allowed to wish someone a Merry christmas.

I think that we should all say whatever we like and everyone take a chill pill and stop getting so offended. I don;t know a single person how said Merry Christmas with ill intent.
What do you guys think?

2007-12-10 15:46:31 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

The argument that all of religion should be condemned by atheists (including religious moderates and liberals) has been made by a couple of prominent figures now, including Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins.

The idea is that religious fundamentalists validate religious extremists, that moderates validate fundamentalists, and that liberals validate moderates (see Harris' 'concentric circles' argument below).

Does this argument hold water?

Atheists and agnostics: should we buy this argument? Is it of the 'slippery slope' form (if so, is that okay)? Should we regard moderates no differently than religious extremists, or should we be tolerant of anyone not actively violent and oppressive?

Religious moderates: do tolerant religious people create a 'cultural shield' for religious extremists? If so, is there something that the average religious moderate can do about it?

2007-12-10 15:46:14 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality