Society & Culture - 17 December 2007

"I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: 'I'm ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don't accept His claim to be God.' That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic -- on the level with the man who says he is a poached egg -- or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to." – Mere Christianity, pages 40-41.

2007-12-17 16:41:42 · 26 answers · asked by jubka1 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I did, I wore glasses and until a few years ago when I had my lazic surgery..I cried when I could see again because my eyes were so bad I couldn't get off the bed.. Anyhow

today I ran into a girl that tormented me throughout my childhood and she used to call me "four eyes" and all those putdowns that come from wearing glasses and being short..I said,"hi, how've you been?" and it was very civil I was actually happy to see her even though she's the one wearing very thick glasses now and no I don't feel like laughing because I've been there but I just thought how wierd life is and how things turn out in the end.

2007-12-17 16:41:32 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

Are there Godesses? Why would God need to have a gender, if there is nobody to procreate with? Do you feel that God's gender may have been inspired by the people that wrote the Bible?

2007-12-17 16:39:21 · 22 answers · asked by looks like a human 4 in Religion & Spirituality

My brother in-laws girlfriend( who I went to school with 5 yrs ago, but wasn't friends with) bought my husband and I a gift card for Christmas. Am I obligated to purchase her a present even though in the six months that they've been dating i've only seen her once, and i don't particularly like her.
My opinion is " NO" , but my in-laws think that i need too? What's you opinion?

2007-12-17 16:39:03 · 18 answers · asked by amt 4 in Christmas

and outside of a few claims of personal connection with various deities and their messages, we've just got a few texts that claim to speak for one god or another.
What makes the existence of your personal deity even remotely likely?

2007-12-17 16:38:47 · 13 answers · asked by ? 6 in Religion & Spirituality

If you were raptured or killed tonight, would you be ready? I saw a woman die in a highway crash tonight and it made me think ...Would I be comfortable looking God in the eyes tonight? What must I do to be saved?

2007-12-17 16:38:29 · 12 answers · asked by Mark 7 1 in Religion & Spirituality

are you very straightforward and brutally honest about it? An "I don't care what anyone else thinks" type of attitude?

Or are you more gentle and mild about it...choosing your words carefully to make sure you don't offend anyone?

2007-12-17 16:33:55 · 11 answers · asked by Dee 3 in Etiquette

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2007-12-17 16:33:14 · 11 answers · asked by Little Miss Cutie!™® 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Six criteria for Hijaab.

According to Qur’an and Sunnah there are basically six criteria for observing hijaab:

1.

Extent:

The first criterion is the extent of the body that should be covered. This is different for men and women. The extent of covering obligatory on the male is to cover the body at least from the navel to the knees. For women, the extent of covering obligatory is to cover the complete body except the face and the hands upto the wrist. If they wish to, they can cover even these parts of the body. Some scholars of Islam insist that the face and the hands are part of the obligatory extent of ‘hijaab’.

All the remaining five criteria are the same for men and women.
2.

The clothes worn should be loose and should not reveal the figure.
3.

The clothes worn should not be transparent such that one can see through them.
4.

The clothes worn should not be so glamorous as to attract the opposite sex.
5.

The clothes worn should not resemble that of the opposite sex.
6.

The clothes worn should not resemble that of the unbelievers i.e. they should not wear clothes that are specifically identities or symbols of the unbelievers’ religions.

2007-12-17 16:32:59 · 13 answers · asked by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Many times i keep getting all these pop-up's in my head about God and stuff.I feel bad because i feel as if i'm letting God down.Almost everyday i pray just because of the bad stuff i though about God.How do i fix this? also don't want to go to Ihell because of this.I never committed any major crime and i've be a good person.God loves everybody but there are thoughs in my head that are Very bad.

2007-12-17 16:31:42 · 32 answers · asked by Nick 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-17 16:31:36 · 24 answers · asked by Jason The Great 6 in Christmas

2007-12-17 16:31:30 · 6 answers · asked by sweetlady1 3 in Etiquette

Give me details or tell a short story. I have a great one, it involves chewing his *** off in front of all of his emplyees. He missed payroll twice and talked some crap behind most of our backs. His business has since closed due to his laziness.

2007-12-17 16:30:46 · 11 answers · asked by Ern 2 in Etiquette

if you want write a letter to get a grant for community project who would be the best organisation to contact to get help in writing the letter, the grant writers are too expensive, who would the best to ask for help in writing the letter in melbourne australia please, signed birdie

2007-12-17 16:29:58 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Community Service

I made the mistake of inviting my sister on my work's local work retreat. Spent a Saturday evening on the mountain, and co-worker (semi-bigwig) ended up hitting on her. Now my sister says she's gonna date him (she says this in anger and knowing that he has money & a GF). I'm at a loss. My sister is vindictive. I've worked diligently for this company for 3 1/2 years and I'm a sole provider to my daughter and I. My sis is $ hungry, looking for a free ride. He's (my co-worker-big-wig) is a 2-timer looking for a lay.
I'm just trying to keep the peace, without being extorted by my sister. What do I do? Tell HR? Tell the two-timing suitor that I am not associated?? I honestly dont know.
Please help. I need to know my rights. If you have any questions I'd be happy to specify.
BTW-There is not a chance this relationship could work. This is highly revolved around $, and not love of any sort.
Again, plz advise.

2007-12-17 16:29:35 · 4 answers · asked by tobelove75 3 in Etiquette

Answer these questions:

1. Is Heaven a literal place or is it a metaphor for something else?
2. Is it here and now or is to come?

Give opinions and or theological answers if you wish.

2007-12-17 16:29:34 · 28 answers · asked by PHIL B 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Cuando te cases con el otro iré a tu boda,
Cuando pregunten en seguida me opendré,
Y si pregunta el jura que porque me opongo,
Yo le diré que porque tu eres mi querer,
Y si se enoja el que irá ser tu esposo.

Saco mi cuete y me pongo a disparar
Al fin y al cabo yo no le tengo a la muerte
Y voy al bote porque soy la autoridad

(chorus)
Ay! Anselma, Anselma, Anselma
Chaparra de mis penares,
O, dejas que te visite
O, te mando a los jendarmes

Y si te niegas a matrimoniar conmigo
Les quiteo el rancho y propiedad de tu papa
Les pongo ipuestos y hasta les quemo la casa
Porque por algo soy aquí la autoridad

Yo ordeno, y mando en todo este munisipio
Yo te lo digo por si quieres escapar
Aya en el otro el que manda es mi tío elijio
No más le digo y te tiene que agarrar

2007-12-17 16:29:24 · 1 answers · asked by Charlotte Sometimes 2 in Languages

Who are you going to blame? Yourself?

2007-12-17 16:26:58 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I've never been before, Im pretty nervous (going by myself for the first time and all)

2007-12-17 16:25:52 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

who does the religious right have to replace the popular 'god' icon of prez. Bush?

will religion really sway politics again this year?

2007-12-17 16:25:30 · 7 answers · asked by voice_of_reason 6 in Religion & Spirituality

just curious if God can be found to be a lier. He said man would only live to 120... I asume that is the max a person has live...cuss no one lives that long. Not that I am trying to make him into a lier, but to increase my faith.

2007-12-17 16:25:12 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I am an atheist. All of the evidence around me seems to implicate a godless universe.

However, I have the desire to be a Christian. I have no idea why. I wish every day that desire would go away. I don't want to end up converting and being a mockery of myself.

So...why do I have the desire to convert and what can I do about it?

2007-12-17 16:25:02 · 36 answers · asked by Nowhere Man 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-17 16:24:27 · 13 answers · asked by Morshidi S 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Please read this:

"Brother U r right women gets double the rights than man than why they want more in my life i have seen many women beaten by their husbands and in 90 % cases the fault is of a woman and she doesn't give a ****
medically it is proved that man and woman are different so they can be simillar but not equeal their rights should be the that each one gets totality equal but may differentiate in between

u can read this answer from dr. xakir naik
Question:

Why does Islam degrade women by keeping them behind the veil?

Answer:

The status of women in Islam is often the target of attacks in the secular media. The ‘hijaab’ or the Islamic dress is cited by many as an example of the ‘subjugation’ of women under Islamic law. Before we analyze the reasoning behind the religiously mandated ‘hijaab’, let us first study the status of women in societies before the advent of Islam"

2007-12-17 16:23:36 · 13 answers · asked by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-17 16:22:52 · 15 answers · asked by Cracker's back 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-17 16:22:19 · 21 answers · asked by mario m 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-17 16:21:20 · 10 answers · asked by youngandfly 1 in Religion & Spirituality

if you value your culture... you might understand this...I think ther are spirit whether u believe it or not.. there are some place they are hunted the only way to pass is show respect to the spirits who own the place.... what to you say?

2007-12-17 16:21:06 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I have always wondered how those in the military that directly cause the death of another by the firing a weapon rationalize this when it's in direct conflict with the 10 Commandments.

I'm an Atheist but was raised as a Protestant. I quit going to church when I got my drivers license and my parents quit driving me (I would go to the arcade at the mall ! lol). I just didn't buy it (the Bible) or any of it sounds made up to me.

I spent 6 years in the special forces in the Navy from 89-95. I fear no repercussions from my actions while serving my country because of my belief system. So for me doing what had to be done was never an issue.

2007-12-17 16:21:05 · 11 answers · asked by lv_consultant 7 in Religion & Spirituality

what does it mean?

2007-12-17 16:20:26 · 3 answers · asked by David G 6 in Religion & Spirituality