Society & Culture - 11 December 2007

me, I don't buy into Christianity but I do believe there is a power beyond our knowledge and a purpose to life besides becoming worm food. I was wondering if any atheists there believe in some form of afterlife. This line of questioning arose when I wondered what stopped atheists from committing suicide when they become infirmed. My belief in a higher power (not Yaweh, Jesus, Allah or anything defined with what I consider stupid rules and myth backgrounds) would keep me from suicide.

2007-12-11 12:15:19 · 36 answers · asked by davster 6 in Religion & Spirituality

things Brazil does on christmas

2007-12-11 12:14:41 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

That is disgusting. It is really a shame that the most powerful country in the world has such evil people. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_white_woman_syndrome

2007-12-11 12:14:14 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

I asked a similar question earlier and not one Protestant knew what this means. That was so unbelievable I had to ask again. Has the book of Acts been taken out of Protestant Bibles in the last five years. I know it was there when I left Protestantism and became Catholic.

2007-12-11 12:12:01 · 6 answers · asked by cristoiglesia 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-11 12:10:52 · 9 answers · asked by mw 7 in Religion & Spirituality

(Optional) Please mention your religious background to help my understanding of your response.

2007-12-11 12:06:55 · 19 answers · asked by Ted 7 in Religion & Spirituality

How did people in Israel entertain themselves? I know that they danced and they told stories, but how else?

2007-12-11 12:06:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Who rules over your life, your daily decisions, moral choices, who determines what is right and wrong for you. If you say "Me." Are you God over your life? If you were God over your life, would you say you make a good God?

2007-12-11 12:05:41 · 22 answers · asked by Traveler 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Is there a site that has pictures of christmas lights taken from space. I just think that it would look really cool and wanna see it. I googled and yahoo'ed it and got nothing. Any bright ideas out there?

2007-12-11 12:05:17 · 2 answers · asked by bketron424 2 in Christmas

For making a really bad decision? .......Like marrying someone who's not good for them?.....After they asked your opinion & did it anyway?

2007-12-11 12:04:56 · 24 answers · asked by shermynewstart 7 in Senior Citizens

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/mussolini_roman_catholic.htm

"Mussolini had to foster good relations with the Roman Catholic Church simply because, regardless of his dictatorship, the Roman Catholic Church was such a powerful institution in Italy. While Mussolini governed the political side of Italy, the Roman Catholic Church governed the spiritual side. In this sense, Mussolini could not afford to anger the Roman Catholic Church."

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

"While the loyalist forces presented the war as a struggle to defend the Republic against Fascism, Franco depicted himself as the defender of "Christian Europe" against "atheist Communism."
http://nobeliefs.com/Hitler1.htm

[In Mein Kampf] Hitler wrote: "I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord.."

2007-12-11 12:04:35 · 13 answers · asked by Brendan G 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-11 12:04:08 · 27 answers · asked by oin r 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I was in class today and i asked this question to my religious teacher and he didnt know the answere...

What is the importance of the covenant for the jewish people??

2007-12-11 12:03:24 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-11 12:02:25 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

Do you think that the Religion & Spirituality category and the Mythology & Folklore category should be combined?

Why or why not?

Please use sound logic and reasoning techniques to clearly articulate and defend your position.

2007-12-11 12:01:52 · 21 answers · asked by jobel 3 in Religion & Spirituality

my husband got me a vara wang perfume gift set, and nice card. but his love is more to me. then things.

2007-12-11 12:01:51 · 10 answers · asked by Angel L 3 in Christmas

2007-12-11 12:01:42 · 18 answers · asked by Gyspy 4 in Religion & Spirituality

Dear Dr. Dover:

I wish to apply for an operation to make me sterile. My reasons are numerous. After being married for seven years and having had 7 children, I have come to the conclusion that contraceptives are useless.

After getting married I was advised to use the rhythm method. Despite trying the Tango and the Samba, my wife fell pregnant and I ruptured myself doing the Cha-Cha. Apart from that, where do you find a band when you get the urge at two o'clock in the morning?

A doctor suggested the safe period. At the time, we were living with the in-laws and we had to wait 3 weeks for the safe period, when the house was empty. Needless to say this didn't work, and the wife got pregnant.

A lady of several years' experience said if we made love while breast feeding we would be all right. Well, I finished up with clear skin, Silky Hair and was very healthy, but the wife got pregnant yet again.

Another tale we heard was if the wife jumped up and down after intercourse this would prevent pregnancy. She slipped a disk but still got pregnant again.

I asked the chemist about the condoms and he demonstrated them, so I bought a packet. My wife fell pregnant again, which did not surprise me as I never did believe how stretching one of those things over your thumb could prevent babies.

We tried the coil next but that didn't work. It had a left-hand screw and my wife is definitely a right-hand screw.

The Dutch cap was next and seemed to be our answer, but my wife got severe headaches when the only size available was too tight across the forehead.

Eventually we tried the Pill, but it kept dropping out, so she tried it between her knees and I couldn't get anywhere near her.

You must appreciate my problems. If I can't have the operation I will have to resort to oral sex, and I can't believe that talking about it is any substitute for the real thing.

Yours sincerely,

2007-12-11 12:00:38 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

2007-12-11 12:00:32 · 11 answers · asked by just me 2 in Christmas

seeing that he or she is homosexual many laws would more than likely be changed or tryed to be changed .
would you vote for them or not ?
explain.

2007-12-11 12:00:26 · 48 answers · asked by technician68 3 in Religion & Spirituality

According to New York TImes Magagzine (and Hardball), Mike Huckabee recently asked this question. Where did he get that idea?

2007-12-11 11:59:58 · 33 answers · asked by Steve B 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-11 11:58:11 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

who is lds here thank you all for answering i am also. lds

2007-12-11 11:57:42 · 11 answers · asked by matthew v 3 in Religion & Spirituality

There some mean people in the world!Fed ex left a package in my doorway ,which was my grand-babies Christmas's gift .It was a dora teIevison & dvd player. can't prove it but i believe ,My neighbor stole it ,she told me that the fed ex man rang my door ,while she was in her car about to leave ,he ask her do she know White which is my last name.she told him no .Check this out i live on first floor but she claim he took it to basement in left in the doorway....then she ask me will i be able to get another.I don't have insurance on this item. What should i do?This really breaks my heart!

2007-12-11 11:57:33 · 16 answers · asked by holla 2 in Christmas

2007-12-11 11:57:15 · 3 answers · asked by i_think_its_me_17 2 in Christmas

Good night
Gooden nacht
Spakoina notch
Beuna notte
Bonsoir
Buenas noches

2007-12-11 11:56:19 · 9 answers · asked by ? 6 in Religion & Spirituality

let's say that a person has made the conscious decision to accept Christ into his life but finds it almost impossible to have full and absolute conviction in supernatural events and processes that he cannot see or even feel. Is this person still saved?

If not, what must this person do besides praying in anguish constantly in order to get saved? Or is this person simply not one of God's "chosen people" and is completely hopeless?

2007-12-11 11:56:09 · 18 answers · asked by Thop ite 2 in Religion & Spirituality

David and I have been hanging out for a couple months now. He is white and I'm mixed.

He made a comment the other day about "*******" I was so shocked that I did not say anything at the time.

I really like this guy but I don't know if I can look past it.

2007-12-11 11:55:19 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

is he

2007-12-11 11:55:06 · 41 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

2007-12-11 11:54:23 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages