Society & Culture - 20 December 2007

I have a few friends I love debating with. One of our debates was about morals (it was related to political issues I won't go into). One point they raised was my moral belief is because of the culture I was brought up in. The idea being that if I lived in an Aztec culture I would think that human sacrifice is alright. If I lived in feudal Japan I would think boiling any non-Japanese alive was perfectly normal, etc.
My counterpoint to this is that if it is this absolute then the American Revolution never happened, the story of Moses is completely false (since he was raised Egyptian), and serial killers don't exist.
On the other hand there is some evidence that we are becomming desensitized to violence the more it becomes the norm in the media (all media).
How much of a role do any of the three have in our morality? I lean towards instinctive simply because there are some things I won't do that no one ever told me not to do, I just feel they are wrong "instinctively".
Thoughts?

2007-12-20 16:25:11 · 3 answers · asked by ? 6 in Other - Society & Culture

think its reasonable to conclude that there is a Creator?

2007-12-20 16:24:03 · 25 answers · asked by curious_inquisitor 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Do the people on here preaching the bible really think that they can change athiests (or people of other religions) minds?
If they didn't believe it before, why would they believe it now?

2007-12-20 16:21:39 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I am a 28 year old, single, straight, successful, educated, male from NY. I have never had a girlfriend and I have only gone on a total of two dates in my entire lifetime. I have not even experienced my first kiss yet! LOL! I know that may seem a little funny! I am very involved in my career, community and in furthering my education. I am so busy on a daily basis, that on the days that I don't have work or school, I am just so tired that I sleep most of the day. I simply don't have the time to really think about girls I could ask out, much less actually go out and start a relationship. Here is the question: Why is it that when female coworkers, acquaintances, etc., find out about a guy being single they want to set him up? They ask him why he does not date and act appalled when they discover he never had a girlfriend. I'll start dating if I ever truly develop the interest. I am simply focusing on the more important aspects of my life at this time.

2007-12-20 16:20:27 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

I'm just curious coz' some of them are americans yet they don't know how to write things here with correct grammar.. I'm just confused coz' I believed that they only speak english so that would mean that they're really good with the language.. but unfortunately they're not.. I'm not from there yet I know more about english grammars than them..I'm not trying to insult someone or anything.. I'm just wondering..

2007-12-20 16:19:10 · 13 answers · asked by Ren2x 2 in Languages

feel free to ramble....

2007-12-20 16:19:09 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

is a hoax?
http://videos.humpingfrog.com/20243/2007/11/the-tree-man.html

2007-12-20 16:16:29 · 12 answers · asked by Ju ju 6 in Senior Citizens

2007-12-20 16:16:26 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I need information on when saying grace started. The actual saying of a prayer at mealtimes. I have found Deuteronomy 8:10 but I need more verses to explain God's purpose or reasoning for us to pray at meal times. I am doing a children's sermon and would like to find some examples to encourage the children to say some sort of prayer daily thanking God for all he does. Mealtime or bedtime is a perfect reminder for children to remember to also thank God for all he has done for us.

2007-12-20 16:14:05 · 6 answers · asked by Susan R 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Anyone else decide today that they will never shop at the Gap again?

2007-12-20 16:13:32 · 37 answers · asked by Wickwire 5 in Senior Citizens

who can tell me that the information stated in the bible is true and the other book like koran were not.

2007-12-20 16:12:42 · 20 answers · asked by cute! 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Such as"Pillow Talk" "Please Don't Eat the Daisies" "The Paleface" "Harvey" etc....

My all time favorites are "No Time for Sergeants"- PLO/Permanent Latrine Orderly
and "Mister Roberts" and "Man's Favorite Sport"..

2007-12-20 16:09:13 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

Someone calling themself the Angel Moroni just dropped off these gold plate at my house. He said he would be back to pick them up. I'm writing a book about them, The Book of Beavis.

2007-12-20 16:09:07 · 19 answers · asked by Beavis Christ AM 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Really, what do you think? I watched him a few times and boy this dude has issues

2007-12-20 16:08:54 · 3 answers · asked by Mr. Speaker 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-20 16:08:47 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-20 16:06:58 · 4 answers · asked by gsparks61 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-20 16:06:54 · 8 answers · asked by Wqe E 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I believe that mary was a bad mother.
She never said "Jesus, I love you" or even bothered to say that Joseph was not the true father of Him.

She did alot of things that werent motherly, try to prove me wrong, but all she did was worship GOD not JESUS, son of GOD.

PS: I thought of this coz i was boreed. no negative comments, and if you HAVE to say something negative, do it in a nice way. (NOT "this sucks [please])

2007-12-20 16:05:54 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-20 16:05:20 · 3 answers · asked by Lutfi S 1 in Other - Holidays

If "Evolution" is true, and we did in fact evolve from apes, why can I go to the zoo and still see "Apes" in a cage? Were they the unlucky ones? Did they miss the evolution-bus? And why have we stopped "Evoluting"? If we came from apes through evolution, shouldnt we have heads with 900 pound brains in them by now after all these millions of years of evolution? I think the truth of the matter is that our friend "Darwin" was into some heavy s.h.i.t Weather it was Heroin, Cocaine, Acid, Maybe all 3, But he sure had some hellacious hallucinations that is a fact I know for sure!!!! evolution, HA!

2007-12-20 16:04:45 · 13 answers · asked by KatVic 4 in Religion & Spirituality

I have never thought of myself as a lesbian but there is a woman I work with that i find myself attracted to not so much sexually as more like a companion. I have had thoughts of hugging and kissing her but nothing more. She just always makes me happy i find myself getting giddy when i know i will see her. I know she is not gay and no one in my life would approve of these feelings at all. I have two kids and have been with the same guy for 9 years. Im just really confused and dont know what is wrong with me. I should note that she is also 14 years older than I am but we are both grown adults. Please help me.

2007-12-20 16:02:31 · 17 answers · asked by monkey spunk 1 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2007-12-20 16:01:37 · 14 answers · asked by ! 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I don't see the contradictions.
Through God all things are possible, right?
When God created Adam, couldn't that process of molding him from the earth have taken place of millenia? And wouldn't that be viewed by us as evolution. When the bible states that the earth was created in 7 days and man in 1, why couldn't that 1 day represent centuries?

2007-12-20 16:01:34 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

This is the religious section, right? The section where subjects as war, abortion, sexuality, world politics, euthanasia, eternal punishment and the meaning of life and afterlife are discussed, right?

How is it possible that everybody remains so friendly in this section, with all those tough subject? Subjects with so many possible different opinions. How do you people manage to stay so civilized?

Sorry, I get so tired of 5 times an hour reading (and every time disagreeing with) "why is everybody so mean to each other?", I figured it was time to post a question like this.

2007-12-20 16:01:32 · 22 answers · asked by ? 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Jesus. Shut the door when you go out, were you born in a barn?

2007-12-20 15:58:11 · 30 answers · asked by Beavis Christ AM 6 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-20 15:57:11 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I enjoy a women's gentle touch it relaxes me. I quess a women gentle touch is one of the great tools to make her charm hard to resist.

2007-12-20 15:56:45 · 3 answers · asked by Sonic 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

I heard from someone that kwanzaa was a racist holiday and that it was started by a rapist. So I did some research and it seemed to cooberate this. Then it got me wondering why do people celebrate a racist holiday and why does the media accept a racist holiday?

2007-12-20 15:54:38 · 15 answers · asked by Burnin' 2 in Kwanzaa

My aunt is throwing an engagement party for my cousin(his son) which I don't really see much, all the family will be there, I am really broke, just had a baby, do I need to bring a gift? If so, how much do you generally spend on an engagement gift?

2007-12-20 15:52:41 · 10 answers · asked by Lovemygirls 1 in Etiquette

And why?

2007-12-20 15:52:26 · 24 answers · asked by pizza192002 3 in Other - Cultures & Groups