Society & Culture - 31 December 2007

2007-12-31 13:23:17 · 32 answers · asked by Virginia B (John 16:33) 7 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-31 13:22:38 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I have had close contact with some of the big names in Charities. Some Cancer Care Societies, Medical research foundations, United Ways, and some others. All the people working in these work on targets to raise donations. They publish these numbers of how much they raised this year. None of these ever publish numbers of where they spent these dollars. They even get permission from the governments to run lotteries for raising funds.

Some charities have the ratio as low as 12 cents spent of charitable cause for every dollar they raise. The balance 88 cents are spent on their staff and advertising budgets. Are they really doing business by showing emotional advertisements to us. Or is it my mis-conception.

If you are a simple / emotional / gullible person, who donates a few dollars from modest earnings. Have you ever tried asking these establishments "How much donations they raised last year and how much was spent on what?"

2007-12-31 13:21:29 · 2 answers · asked by Razorback 3 in Community Service

if aliens become discovered what do you think will happen to our earth. what would happen to religion?

2007-12-31 13:21:10 · 20 answers · asked by Trent N 2 in Mythology & Folklore

First, I am a Christian, and I believe Jesus died on the cross for my sins, so that I could have eternal life.

But, I guess I'm still confused on the act of forgiveness and repentance of sins.

My question is, if Jesus paid the ultimate price for every last sin a man could commit, then even though I fail as a Christian at times, I'm forgiven of all of my mistakes, even the ones I haven't even made, yet, correct?

Do I have to keep asking God for forgiveness of my sins upon commiting them and hope that I asked forgiveness for every last one of them before I die, or is simply putting my faith in Jesus that he is my savior and I am forgiven of every sin the catch-all for all of my short-comings? In otherwords, repentance is merely acknowledging I am a sinner and in need of a savior, and not having to necessarily worry about whether or not I am going to continue to sin because all my sins (past, present and future) have been forgiven, correct?

I hope I didnt make your head spin

2007-12-31 13:19:37 · 23 answers · asked by King_aaron 2 in Religion & Spirituality

Lets face it , there are not that many fellow wiccans living next door to people like us.Some of us have to hide our preferences for the fear of being judged , ridiculed , and put down as my parents will do if they discover what i am! so the only option left for us is to go online and find a forum , but still we dont feel as happy as having our little group like any other religion , at least me)
I wanna know how being lonely impact your practices?have any of your friends left you alone when he/she discovered this about you?...it happened to me , this stupid boy believed i put a spell on him after he had an accident , i cant believe him anyways...
What can all of us do to let people see this is not a religion of the devil as they say...
and i wish a happy , magical new year! btw
blessings
)o(

2007-12-31 13:19:33 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

What do you look foward to in 2008?

2007-12-31 13:18:48 · 7 answers · asked by Alex 5 in Other - Holidays

u know, referring to that god knows everything... so why did he create a human being knowing that he will be bad and torture him for a long time by burning him over and over again after changing his skin everytime it melts !! why ?

2007-12-31 13:17:48 · 32 answers · asked by John Do 2 in Religion & Spirituality

I am going to visit my grandchildren soon and haven't seen them since they were infants. It's going to be strange to be called Grandma (or something else) for the first time!

2007-12-31 13:17:45 · 47 answers · asked by Snow Globe 7 in Senior Citizens

Such as "State plural form of lápiz/estación/nación"
Like sometimes the plural form has an accent, but sometimes it doesn't. Is there are formal way to tell if it needs one?

2007-12-31 13:17:22 · 7 answers · asked by patteeheeadidas3 2 in Languages

"Heart" as in the "love" sense of the word. I've done some research and seen "pectus," and other translations, but I don't know if that is correct. I'd love if anyone who knows Latin or anything about latin could help me out!

2007-12-31 13:16:35 · 15 answers · asked by spuget 2 in Languages

2007-12-31 13:14:00 · 12 answers · asked by TheEmoFreak 3 in Languages

2007-12-31 13:13:55 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

You are There?

2007-12-31 13:13:05 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

2007-12-31 13:12:11 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

im having a trivia for a party. what are good questions to ask them? they range from ages 8-12.

answers too please (:

thank you!

2007-12-31 13:11:54 · 17 answers · asked by ♥ 5 in Religion & Spirituality

not including the ones on here.

2007-12-31 13:11:06 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

What is your perspective on a proposal to split the R & S section into a series of sub-sections? For example, there could be a subsection for all the world's major religions" one for Christianity, another for Islam, Hinduism etc., as well as a section for general spiritualists. There could also be an "other" section for participants whose main religion/spiritual belief is not indicated by a definite subsection. This new system could have the advantage of (1) Providing a more direct and specific array of questions and answers available to participants - for example, if you want to ask a question and you specifically want answers from Christians, you go to the Christian section. (2) Reducing congestion (particularly with teh flooding of questions) associated with teh present system. Some disadvantages: (1) Some sections may be overactive, while others remain quite inactive. (2) Many people might just miss the old fast pace, congested, open and fun system. So what is your perspective?

2007-12-31 13:10:50 · 32 answers · asked by Spurious 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Is it not that choosing between good & evil rests on free will?

2007-12-31 13:10:37 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If a truck carrying 80 million Bees overturned and they called you to count them what would you say?

2007-12-31 13:09:25 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

2007-12-31 13:08:12 · 3 answers · asked by Carlos M 2 in Other - Society & Culture

What did you consider the worst show?

2007-12-31 13:08:05 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

that God himself will make us sin, to put his son on a cross....show me we are damed from birth...or do you just dame yourslefs.

2007-12-31 13:07:59 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

like on the news, they call the terrorists "islamic terrorists". why do they have to go by their religion? i personally think that it's not fair to others of that religion because it just makes some people think that that religion is automatically bad because they screwed up.
what do you think?

2007-12-31 13:07:19 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

http://youtube.com/watch?v=P8Aq00yJSxo

watch it what do you think

2007-12-31 13:04:29 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Is there anyone else there that was raised to believe to eat black eye peas for gd luck or green s for money and what ever you do for new years you ll be doing for the whole year? or am i the only one that was raised this way??

2007-12-31 13:04:03 · 12 answers · asked by ... 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Or still watch VHS tapes?


Shout outs from anyone still listening to eight tracks?

2007-12-31 13:03:06 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-12-31 13:02:54 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Mine did. And there was a playground and we would have to go play in our pajamas if we wanted to play before the movies started.

2007-12-31 13:01:48 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Senior Citizens

about the talmud, when it was written?

Did they have a way of shipping books around the world at that time?

2007-12-31 13:00:36 · 9 answers · asked by You may be right 7 in Religion & Spirituality