Society & Culture - 11 December 2007

2007-12-11 06:11:12 · 8 answers · asked by Wal 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2007-12-11 06:10:56 · 3 answers · asked by STFU Dude 6 in Religion & Spirituality

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2007-12-11 06:10:20 · 33 answers · asked by ? 5 in Religion & Spirituality

In religion class, my teacher asked a question : "Were not people saved through other religions before the time of Chritianity. ?". He meant that because we believed in God, we are saved, but imagined ancient people who believed in idols or no God, were they not saved !

I've contemplated about the question and I had my own answer for it but I want to see other perspectives.

So please answer in details. Thank you.

2007-12-11 06:09:45 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-11 06:09:09 · 5 answers · asked by STFU Dude 6 in Religion & Spirituality

For example: sex before marriage, homosexuality, adultery, pornography, abortion, etc

2007-12-11 06:08:48 · 14 answers · asked by chosen_isaiah61 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Prior to Jesus's mortal birth, God spoke with man, revealing His will through men called as prophets.

While Jesus was living on the Earth, God spoke with man, revealing His will through the words and miracles of Jesus.

After Jesus ascended into Heaven, God spoke with man, revealing His will through the words and miracles of the apostles.

Then one by one, the apostles were killed off. Since then...nothing. No new scriptures, no prophets, no apostles, no continuing revelation.

Why did God change? Did He stop caring about mankind? Did He lose the ability to communicate His will to mankind? Does mankind no longer need God's will? Or is there another reason?

2007-12-11 06:08:24 · 13 answers · asked by Open Heart Searchery 7 in Religion & Spirituality

I know Veritas Lux Mea, means Truth is my light. I don't know how to properly conjugate shield or even if I'm using the proper verb... I know Tego can mean roof, to conceal, even to lie as in to hide the truth... but it can also mean to shield or to protect. Thank you for your help.

2007-12-11 06:08:20 · 1 answers · asked by cyrano 1 in Languages

The situation is this: I met this person at work. He was there for training purposes from another country. We got comfortable talking, we got along and exchanged email id's when he was to leave. He seems like a decent, nice, good natured person. He is married. I am single. He went back to his country. We have exchanged a few offline messages and a couple emails now and then, but nothing regular. And now, I get an email saying it has been a long time since we spoke and he asked if he can have my phone number.

I am not sure at all, if his wife knows? Should I ask him?

Or is she supposed to know who he calls? Am I that important?

I am feeling a little hesitant about giving him my number, although am quite sure he means it only as a friend. I surely will like to have him as a friend, but I also feel his wife should know. But we aren't even in the same country, leave alone city.

Am I making a big deal of this? Should I just give him my number?

2007-12-11 06:07:28 · 16 answers · asked by ? 6 in Etiquette

We are having a company xmas party this sat. We have to auditon thursday. all of sudden last minute my sister in law asks me do to do. We want to do "The boy is mine".....

should we do it. This is a company with a 1000 people and their guests........... and i know everyone will laugh and joke on us on monday..... but we have a chance at winning money...

i want to..... but i am scared the girl who asked me i might now feel comfortable with. She is my husband's nephew s wife and we work together..... WE just started actually getting along but never hung out except work and family........ never as "friends" if that makes since......

what do u think? should we go for it? it might be fun but i get so nervous sometimes. I wish it was karoke. I love karoke!

2007-12-11 06:07:16 · 4 answers · asked by Cutie 3 in Christmas

Why do Catholics pray to saints, many wonder

In the Catholic understanding, prayer is a "request". When we pray to those who have gone to heaven ahead of us, we are making a "request" of them. And what is that request? It is that THEY pray for US. Protestants do it all the time, but they limit themselves to making this request only of people still on earth. In this, the protestant view of the Church is very narrow. You see, Romans 8: 38-39 says: "neither death nor life... ...neither the present nor the future.. ..neither height nor depth, nor anything else.. ..will be able to separate us". The Family of God transcends death. We ALL LIVE IN CHRIST.

It is important to note that praying to saints is not a requirement of Catholics, just an option: Just as a protestant doesnt HAVE to ask a friend to pray for them, but they can

Heb 12: 22-24 says that as we approach God, Jesus and the angels, we also approach "the spirits of righteous men made perfect". In other words, THE SAINTS

2007-12-11 06:05:24 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Are gay men or gay women more likely to want them? Why?

2007-12-11 06:05:03 · 7 answers · asked by TatersPop 5 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

I am having a holiday party this weekend.The e-vites went out the first week of November I asked for everyone to RSVP by the 5th. On the 7th I bought the party favors based on that RSVP total. Of course since I've bought the favors 6 more people have informed me that they are coming.
Additionally, guests were 'encouraged' to bring a holiday treat to share. Some people have let me know what they will be bringing, others havent.

My question is who should get the party favors? Those who RSVP'd by the deadline or those who have brought something to share (as a thankyou)?

2007-12-11 06:04:54 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

2007-12-11 06:02:44 · 22 answers · asked by J K 3 in Religion & Spirituality

That way it's easier to just tear them down. I think some poeple do this so they don't have to listen to the other person or actually think about a different position/pov.
For example if I say....
I am vegetarian...do you automatically assume I am a PETA member who hugs trees and thinks meat should be illegal and we should treat ants as our equals?
I am an atheist...do you assume I hate all theists and would like them all killed and support the guy who did just that (who was NEVER identified as an atheist)?
I believe humans contribute greatly to climat change...do you assume I worship and support everything Al Gore does and think nobody should have kids and we should all live in mud huts?
I am a Christian...do you assume I go to Jesus Camp and home school my kids, teaching them the world is 6000 yrs old and everyone not like me is evil?

2007-12-11 06:02:42 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Why or why not?

2007-12-11 06:02:28 · 6 answers · asked by Samar A 1 in Mythology & Folklore

i don't have stastics but i have faith. there are less than 0.001% athiests in theworld if you include population in asylums of fools.


so there are less than 100 athiests in the world. who wants to be in such minority?

2007-12-11 06:02:24 · 33 answers · asked by Mahal 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I was raised Catholic and it really wasn't until I met my husband that I started looking into other religions. My husband is a Wiccan. I'm finding myself more and more uncomfortable about things he talks about and I'm not sure if it's part of his religion or if he might be going insane.
He talks about when he's asleep he's not really in a dreamworld, he's actually in another dimension. And he says things about talking to fairies and seeing them. He talks about demons, other realms, and that he's not really a mortal.
It kind of freaks me out, and I don't want to seem unsupportive of his religion, but at the sametime I'm not really sure this is a sane.
Any help and explaination would be nice, and I would really prefer no bashing about his religion.

2007-12-11 05:58:32 · 25 answers · asked by crystalcandi 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Don't you have to admit that you DO see Christians who try to live what we preach? Be honest! Do you expect Christians to be nonhuman? We should strive against sin, but sometimes we may stumble.

2007-12-11 05:58:26 · 17 answers · asked by Grandma 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Giuliani-Catholic
Romney-Mormon
Huckabee-Southern Baptist

None of these religions allow women into positions of leadership in the church...clergy, deacons, etc...Southern Baptists believe in the subjective role of women as defined by the Apostle Paul...and do not believe women should be in government either....so, these men still prescribe to religions that live in the dark ages....if this is how they choose to believe in their personal lives...how will they choose correct decisions in matters of government...your thoughts?

2007-12-11 05:57:28 · 8 answers · asked by G.C. 5 in Religion & Spirituality

If so, how do you keep your spirits up when people talk down to you as if they think you're a servant? (I've worked in many jobs working with the public, and there are always people who do this)

Does your religion or spirituality help you get through those tough situations?

I know we'd all like to tell those people off, but it'd be kind of hard to keep our jobs that way.

How do your beliefs help you?

2007-12-11 05:57:05 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

definition of original sin: In Christian theology, the condition of sin that marks all humans as a result of Adam's first act of disobedience. Adam transmitted his guilt to his descendants.

2007-12-11 05:56:57 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

No cookies or candy. Our priest is very conscience of healthful foods.

2007-12-11 05:56:18 · 18 answers · asked by Lilli 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-11 05:56:01 · 37 answers · asked by Mahal 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-11 05:55:49 · 19 answers · asked by G 5 in Religion & Spirituality

atheists are vilified as anarchistic and evil anti-religionists, who want nothing more than to rob other people of their right to practice their beliefs. Only a small portion of atheists are open (out of the closet) about their atheism, and as a result we are viewed as a much smaller percentage of the population than we really are.
So what are atheists like? It's hard to say. To me, one of the best components of atheism is the freedom of thought and mind. Prejudice against people of other sexes, races, or sexual preferences is rare, because most of such prejudice is religion-based and completely illogical. We argue with each other, thrive on debate, and feel like we're better people after we've been proven wrong. We do good because it's the right thing to do, not out of a selfish fear of eternal damnation or a need to "win points" with a deity.

Other than that, we are a very diverse group of people. We are writers and poets, philosophers and scientists, teachers and businesspeople

2007-12-11 05:54:58 · 10 answers · asked by GEISHA 3 in Religion & Spirituality

We ( parents ) have seen each other a couple of times and had tea in the house. What to buy for the father, the mother and the son? or is it not necessary?

2007-12-11 05:54:30 · 8 answers · asked by jody 1 in Etiquette

why is islam considered a violent religion when there is just as much promotion of violence by god in the bible as there is in the quran?

2007-12-11 05:52:10 · 25 answers · asked by just curious (A.A.A.A.) 5 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-11 05:50:34 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

if one religion is the "true church", what happens to all the rest? are they sent to "hell"? are the re-educated on the "real church". I mean honestly...

2007-12-11 05:50:14 · 6 answers · asked by blackcat2016 3 in Religion & Spirituality