Society & Culture - 21 December 2007

I think god would forgive us.
Boycot the Gap.

2007-12-21 11:05:25 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I am typically apolitical, so forgive any ignorance, but someone used this phrase in an answer and it did not make sense to me.

2007-12-21 11:05:17 · 5 answers · asked by mismembered 3 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2007-12-21 11:04:38 · 3 answers · asked by aratnoid 2 in Christmas

2007-12-21 11:04:09 · 8 answers · asked by [[Princess For The Day]] 2 in Religion & Spirituality

here are the hints:

-shiny
-the size of a church hymn book
-usable
-plastic covering (which i can feel from the outside)

2007-12-21 11:03:33 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

FACT: She plagiarized about 75% of writings.
FACT: No Biblical prophets were challenged by most Christians, many close-to-modern-day "prophets" are (such as White and the Mormons' "prophet").
FACT: She suffered an injury to her head as a child and this may have affected the way she thought. Her "visions" may have truly been her thinking about what she learned and piecing it together in her mind; because of the injury, these thoughts warped into what she interpreted as a vision.
SDAs (Seventh Day Adventists) say: She was a real prophet because she wrote so many great books.
SDAs: In the middle of a sermon, she was holding a heavy book w/ one hand and suddenly had a vision; while in vision, she continued holding the book.

Was she or wasn't she?

I'm a fourth generation SDA but I'm beginning to question the religion because of the Ellen White issue and the fact that SDAs believe only they will make it to heaven. I'm trying to make up my mind whether I should stay or leave the church.

2007-12-21 11:03:15 · 11 answers · asked by the fire within 5 in Religion & Spirituality

I guess I'd fit under the half full catagory. Having half of something is better than having all of nothing.

2007-12-21 11:03:10 · 50 answers · asked by judy b 4 in Senior Citizens

Here every 3-4 hours some theists question atheists' morality, implying that atheists do not have morals. Very annoying.

I know there are many good religious golden rules. But most religions (esp Christianity and Islam) also include the intolerant moral teaching that "those who believe in other things are wrong". And this justifies murders of pagans/native Americans/etc in the name of God as well as modern atrocities also in the name of God.

On the other hand, atheistic morality came from simple common sense that we should treat others the way we want to be treated. I never heard of atrocities in the name of Nothing.

So, try to be fair. On this aspect, don't you think atheistic morality is more tolerant and peaceful?

2007-12-21 11:02:32 · 3 answers · asked by Russ 4 in Religion & Spirituality

You know...the one that keeps playing over and over on the side. If you had your sound on, you'd know how annoying this thing is.

2007-12-21 11:02:03 · 19 answers · asked by Alex H 5 in Religion & Spirituality

Stop making excuses for this God and realize how demented that really was.
The great and powerful God couldn't solve the problem any other way...........What hope do we have?????????????

2007-12-21 11:00:55 · 55 answers · asked by mw 7 in Religion & Spirituality

Ok I live in Canada and at school the Asian girls always try to talk to me or stalk me!! I got blonde hair, blue eyes, and pale skin. I don't want them near me! They just want to impure my genes with their stinky dominant genes. I got rare recessive traits and it should be preserved! But all the White girls go for the Asian guys here!

My fellow White Canadian guys are falling for Asian girls, I cannot save them! How do I keep these yellow stinks away? Why don't they go down to America or something?

2007-12-21 11:00:24 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

The doctor said don't worry about it, she is self expressing no harm done. But doctor the photographs are for her passport.

2007-12-21 11:00:21 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

It seems impossible to me that something could come from nothing. Nevertheless, this is what some people believe - they think a god exists who made the universe from absolutely nothing... but physics suggests that absolute nothingness is a state that cannot possibly exist, and therefore, since the universe does unarguably exist, it cannot have come from nothing. This makes sense to me because it disposes of a seemingly insuperable problem.

So, how do religious folks justify believing this 'something from nothing' notion? How is that possible? It's clearly not satisfactory to hand-wave this away with "God works in mysterious ways" or something. If someone believes that a god created the universe from nothing, they ought to have some idea how he managed to pull it off. Any ideas?

2007-12-21 11:00:10 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-21 10:59:36 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Merry Christmas Everyone.
Pax et Bonum,
Debra

2007-12-21 10:58:24 · 13 answers · asked by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-21 10:57:45 · 28 answers · asked by [[Princess For The Day]] 2 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-21 10:57:00 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-21 10:55:19 · 8 answers · asked by American Spirit 7 in Christmas

My parents aren't very religious. They only celebrate Christmas mostly for presents and family time. I can understand that. The thing is they want me to stay the night. Most people that may not seem like a problem, but at my parents it constutes as sleeping on the floor, sometimes they will give us a mattress but most of the time they give us dirty sheets. This may not sound like a problem but they have an extra bed they refuse to let us use. My nephew will be over for the holiday also and my mom has bought him $200 worth of gifts, his parents have bought him $250 worth, and we also got him about $50 dollars worth. So he will be getting a lot of gifts, my daughter however will only be getting the $50 worth that my husband and I bought her. I know that Christmas is about Christ and I don't care about presents, but at the same time I don't think it fair to take my daughter over to their house to watch him open presents, and her not have very many. Also if I don't go over there I

2007-12-21 10:55:00 · 3 answers · asked by Confused 2 in Christmas

(Matthew 2:10-11) . . .. 11 And when they went into the house they saw the young child with Mary its mother. . .

wise men went into a house and only mary was there with jesus

2007-12-21 10:54:42 · 9 answers · asked by gary d 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-21 10:54:21 · 14 answers · asked by [[Princess For The Day]] 2 in Religion & Spirituality

My friend Zalem has been asking some depressing questions lately. I think he's lost his way... which is all too common this time of year. How can I show him the penetrating warmth of our Lord.

ex:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AtfJx1MBG2wJSR.6XDo3nebsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071220105352AAgRves

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AlIUclMR7KRx33vQBk5BNdvsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071221134510AA0lBug

2007-12-21 10:51:21 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I found these, which show the Holy Ghost:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sq-YUdq1OI


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DylNVUN_3I&feature=related

2007-12-21 10:50:17 · 7 answers · asked by The Burninator 1 in Religion & Spirituality

We have 2 dogs and 7 guniea pigs and the kids want me to but with all those animals I'd have to skip the kids : ) .

2007-12-21 10:50:10 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

If an increases the risk of HIV transmission that is involved with anal sex makes it wrong to be a gay man. Wouldn't logically it would be wrong for a woman to have sex with a man, since it's much more safer for her to be a lesbian?

2007-12-21 10:50:04 · 6 answers · asked by Lisa 4 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

on a toilet and forget to put the seat down

2007-12-21 10:49:14 · 18 answers · asked by gggggg 6 in Senior Citizens

There is a lot of things that can't be explained with formulas or measured with instruments, but does that by definition mean God must not exist?

2007-12-21 10:48:51 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

My best wishes to all my friends here, I appreciate all the support you have been to me. Your kindnesss and help has certainly made my life much better and enjoyable. I laughed many times with you, I cried for you and felt so bad for what's going on with you. These memories should stay with me forever. I enjoy your friendship that is priceless.

I'm sorry if I have been nasty at times with you, I get moody sometimes.

(((My friends)))

This question is a dedication for Jack that has always been there for his friends. The time and effort he has spent for his friends here is matchless. He deserves to be appreciated for that and mentioned for his tremendous care.

(((Jack)))

Merry Christmas to all of you!

2007-12-21 10:48:12 · 10 answers · asked by ? 6 in Religion & Spirituality

I just want a logical answer. I have been hated for being wiccan before anyone even talked to me. I just want a reason.

2007-12-21 10:47:46 · 21 answers · asked by Kimi A 1 in Religion & Spirituality

I'm only 11, so I don't read the Bible, even though I have one. But why do the call her Virgin Mary if she gave birth to Jesus? I've wondered about this for awhile.

2007-12-21 10:47:10 · 27 answers · asked by ♥ Chelsea ♥ 2 in Religion & Spirituality