Society & Culture - 16 December 2007

2007-12-16 07:34:40 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-16 07:34:26 · 4 answers · asked by ? 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-16 07:33:52 · 26 answers · asked by Koko ; 4 in Religion & Spirituality

An atheist was walking through the woods.
'What majestic trees'!
'What powerful rivers'!
'What beautiful animals'!
He said to himself.

As he was walking alongside the river, he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him.
He turned to look. He saw a 7-foot grizzly bear charge towards him.

He ran as fast as he could up the path. He looked over his shoulder & saw that the bear was closing in on him.

He looked over his shoulder again, & the bear was even closer. He tripped & fell on the ground. He rolled over to pick himself up but saw that the bear was right on top of him, reaching for him with his left paw & raising his right paw to strike him.


At that instant the Atheist cried out, 'Oh my God!'

Time Stopped.
The bear froze.
The forest was silent.

As a bright light shone upon the man, a voice came out of the sky. 'You deny my existence for all these years, teach others I don't exist and even credit creation to cosmic accident.' 'Do you expect me to help you out of this predicament?Am I to count you as a believer'?
The atheist looked directly into the light, 'It would be hypocritical of me to suddenly ask you to treat me as a Christian now, but perhaps you could make the BEAR a Christian'?

'Very Well,' said the voice.

The light went out. The sounds of the forest resumed. And the bear dropped his right paw, brought both paws together, bowed his head & spoke:

'Lord bless this food, which I am about to receive from thy bounty through Christ our Lord, Amen.'

2007-12-16 07:33:06 · 31 answers · asked by Angel Eyes 5 in Religion & Spirituality

"Then Jesus said unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS, and follow me."

Does taking up your cross ever get so heavy that you've felt you could not walk any further?

2007-12-16 07:32:55 · 11 answers · asked by Virginia B (John 16:33) 7 in Religion & Spirituality

okay for spanish we were supposed to write the school we go to, what kind of student we are, what our classes are with the hour, times, and teacher name... when writing the times we hav to write it the 'long way' ex. instead of 2:30 it was dos y media. okay? o and at the end we were supposed to say our favorite class and our favorite teacher.
¡Hola! Me llamo Ximena Nicolita Hublein Dahlka. Yo tengo catorce años. Yo soy una estudiante buena y trabajadora del colegio de Santo Tomás More. En la 1ª hora, yo tengo la clase de matemáticas con la Srta. Forst desde las ocho menos diez hasta las nueve menos veintiuno. Desde las nueve menos diecisiete hasta las nueve y media en la 2ª hora yo tengo la clase de español con la Sra. Stewart. Yo tengo la clase de ciencias naturales en la 3ª hora desde las diez menos veinte seis hasta las diez y veintiuno con Sr. Blakely. En la 4ª hora yo tengo la clase de educación física con el Sr. Sheehan desde las diez y veinticinco hasta las once y doce.

2007-12-16 07:32:14 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

So many of the ways in which we observe Christmas are inherently unChristian, aren't they?

We give lavish gifts to our families and friends, silently confident that they will give to us, forgetting those who cannot or will not return our generosity. We make some token gesturs to the poor, but its really all about giving to our own small nuclear family or group, and also about receiving.

Is this Christianity?

I'm all for CELEBRATING Christmas. We should have a party. Its Jesus' birthday! But the party is to be for all humankind.

Instead, we just have all sorts of hedonistic rituals. And we let consumerism and greed enter into every part of Christmas.

2007-12-16 07:28:57 · 9 answers · asked by Zezo Zeze Zadfrack 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-16 07:28:46 · 4 answers · asked by the_tribal_returns 1 in Christmas

Darwinian scientists.

If Jesus had been crucified in 50,000 BC, would he have had a tail like a monkey?

2007-12-16 07:28:46 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Jesus's sunbeam or Santa's elf?

2007-12-16 07:28:24 · 27 answers · asked by Lady Claire - Hates Bigotry 6 in Religion & Spirituality

If youre right then nothing will happen but what if the Christians are right?

2007-12-16 07:28:00 · 40 answers · asked by J Dub 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I don't like it and it makes me feel weird.

2007-12-16 07:27:16 · 3 answers · asked by Jasmine S 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2007-12-16 07:27:10 · 12 answers · asked by The Church Lady 3 in Religion & Spirituality

of giving them highlights on things that happened this year or just talking about our christmas plans. But I'm not sure what to say. Does anybody have any ideas for what I could say?? Thanks!

2007-12-16 07:26:14 · 5 answers · asked by americasnextopfashiondesigner 2 in Christmas

2007-12-16 07:26:13 · 20 answers · asked by The Church Lady 3 in Religion & Spirituality

When i was 7 years old, i completely believed in god. I even became reborn just to try and be closer to him. I praised him and exalted his name. l prayed to god let my father stop beating my mother all the time. I did not ask for the abuse against me to stop because the bible taught me that would be for personal gain. The abuse never stop, it became worse. It took me 38 years to overcome the psychological damage i suffered as a child. My mother is a broken woman today. When my prayers was not answered i researched the origins of the god concept. It is then that i realised how my hope and trust in a god was created by the men who made these religious doctrines. There is no god! I am annoyed because i wasted a lot of fruitless energy believing in a non-existent god. Don't you realise the harm you cause when you make little children believe in a god that does not exist? Especially children who are being abused or who have to live in the streets or from welfare.

2007-12-16 07:24:01 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

deserts or a side dish, either work.

2007-12-16 07:23:50 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

I have this friend who recently moved out and is living with a friend and she doesn't really have much. I don't want to get her something that she wouldn't use, but I can't really come up with anything that would clever. Ideas?

2007-12-16 07:23:35 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

JWs believe if they can prove all the other religious groups are "pagan" - then by default, they are the true religion.

2007-12-16 07:23:00 · 19 answers · asked by Nina, BaC 7 in Religion & Spirituality

If i did it with Jesus?

2007-12-16 07:22:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

EASTER: The day celebrated of Jesus' death and ressurrection, also at this time of year the pagan festivals to their goddess were held. It was NOT stolen, it's just coincidence they are celebrated at the same time. But many pagan traditions, (bunnies, chocolate eggs, the name 'Easter'), were carried on to Christianity as the two festivals were blurred.

HALLOWEEN: Don't know much about it, but the day of All Saints' Day, a day set aside for all the Saints, was set as this time of year to cancel out the pagan festivals. MANY pagan traditions, (pumpkins, trick-o-treating, monsters, ghosts), were carried over.

CHRISTMAS: Same as Hallow'een, used to convert the early pagans from their own beliefs. Still, it is celebrated as the birthday of the Son of God when He entered this world in the flesh of a man.

So is this true? I gathered it myself. I personally believe as long as we're not going too deep into paganism, it's alright to celebrate these festivals. What do you think?

2007-12-16 07:21:27 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

A woman and a baby come into the doctor's office.
She is taken into an examining room and waits for the doctor.

After arriving there, the doctor examines the baby, and finds him not gaining much weight and asks the woman, "Is he breast fed or on the bottle?"

"Oh...he is breast fed!", replied the woman.
"Well then, strip down to your waist," orders the doctor.

She takes off her top and bra and sits on the examing table.
The doc starts pressing, kneading and pinching both breasts for quite a while in a very detailed and thorough examination.

The doc motions to her to get dressed, then the doctor says -
"No wonder this baby is so hungry. You don't have any milk!"

The woman with a wry grin on her face responds..."Well of course I don't."
"I'm his aunt - but I'm SURE GLAD I brought him in!"

2007-12-16 07:18:34 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

Sick of the usual and fancy trying somthing different.

2007-12-16 07:18:29 · 9 answers · asked by angeldust4791 2 in Christmas

2007-12-16 07:17:32 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I am not after any German lessons, I speak and write the language very wellI. I would just like to be able to use those characters when contacting my German friends. Is there a site where could download just those few typically German letters?

2007-12-16 07:17:11 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Languages

2007-12-16 07:16:48 · 16 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7 in Religion & Spirituality

If the Bible was true then how did God write it? That sounds impossibe. The Bible from my understanding depicts God as someone that's mean, he kicked adam and eve out of eden just because they ate his apple? what's up with that? How do we know the things like the flood in the bible ever happened? and why would God want to make a bunch of people drown? that doesn't seem loving. If God created people out of his own thing or whatever thenn why do people do evil things? If God can do anything why does he allow pain and suffering in the world? He doesn't even give starving children innn africa a chance because they can die as kids and not evenn have a chance to learnn who God is let alone care?

2007-12-16 07:16:22 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

MERRY CHRISTMASSSS

2007-12-16 07:15:44 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

2007-12-16 07:15:23 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

a) The right amount
b) Too little
c) The wrong way where you have thoughts about what you would do to the horny little so and so if you ever got hold of him

2007-12-16 07:15:15 · 29 answers · asked by Lady Claire - Hates Bigotry 6 in Religion & Spirituality