Other - Society & Culture - 8 September 2007

Adam and Eve were forbidden to eat from the tree of knowledge - this part of genisis makes a good deal of sense to me and my question is this:-

Putting aside whether this story came from God or someone making up a story about what God said or even if God exists - was this story created to protect us from ourselves?

Just suppose for a moment we knew completely how our brains worked - why we are self-aware - why we dream - why we sleep & ultimately why we die - everything that makes us 'tick' & of course the really big one - why we are here in the first place - is this why we have religion in our societies - as a 'coping mechanism' until we have answers for all the things that we don't understand - and ultimately is it a bad thing for us to know all these things, because then there would be no challange for us to live our lives?

Is this what's making our society descend further and further morally & ethically?

Is our gathering of knowledge making us jaded and cynical....

2007-09-08 23:57:50 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-08 23:14:51 · 4 answers · asked by darkling 5

2007-09-08 23:10:30 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

Shouldn't a widow be wearing black? It looked strange, everyone was in black except her, who was in green... was there a reason for that?

2007-09-08 22:35:44 · 2 answers · asked by Mar 3

the technology has provide us so many facilities,but though we r suffering from problems?
the technology has given us phones,internet etc. facilities to talk to our relatives & frnds...but as we know we r losing trust from our frnds or relative...
we use internet to talk to the people around the world but we havent time to talk to our neighbors or family members or relatives who r related to us deeply...what do u say?

2007-09-08 21:50:10 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Religion are spread in the world by different people.

Language is the tool for communication.

We require different language to promote our product, technique, knowledge or skill to sell into the global market.

Different race/people has different talent or language. It is vital to train & motivate the right candidate for the right tusk. Avoid to put fishes & birds in the flying race. Our fishes are talented in swimming. Our single are earning performance money from the other country. All of them are a team of nation with different talent to trade.

To have many University set up in the country, University of Malay language, Indian language, English, Chinese, medical singing & etc. This enhance & equip the nation with skill, technique, knowledge, languages & etc to compete in the global market.

This will encourage people at different corner to learn in Malaysia to improve Malaysia economically & global status.

2007-09-08 21:43:23 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-08 21:43:06 · 20 answers · asked by Narky 5

I don't mean to be cynical but many people seem to have theirs turned off.

2007-09-08 19:36:41 · 8 answers · asked by esha26 1

2007-09-08 19:35:43 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Are you sure that all the promises you made through your life, you kept them!! or did you forget anyone intentionally??

2007-09-08 18:41:36 · 32 answers · asked by Ghanouge 4

Were you ever jealous of a country you liked, but moved to another? I feel that way, and I wanna see if others do too!

2007-09-08 18:03:29 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Imagine you are asked to travel in a car with someone who u kno is under the influence of drugs or alcohol....

2007-09-08 17:33:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-08 17:33:20 · 6 answers · asked by Aaron S 1

I got my grandson to download a whole bunch of barking dog mp3s and I put them into a big list on itunes. I play it and turn my speakers up as loud as they'll go and I leave it on when I leave to try and torment my neighbors, because they are loud too, huh? That's mostly why I don't like any of them, it is not because they are fat which is what they think.

2007-09-08 17:32:20 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-08 17:17:34 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-08 16:55:45 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a tele but I don't watch it. I mostly spend my time on my laptop. I can catch shows online and movies online so the tele isn't my thing anymore. What about you?

2007-09-08 16:39:50 · 5 answers · asked by Kooties 5

We could work three jobs on minum wage just to make ends meet. The ammount a college educated worker gets paid has gone dismally low in the last couple of years. That diminishes earning power which diminishes our buying power and capitalism is driven by the consumers so if you kill the consumers and make a nation of slaves who does it benifit? The rich need the middle class to survive so is it logical to destroy the middle class for what reason? Wouldn't a country better be better off if they take care of the people and make sure the people are prosperous. If they wanted a stronger nation?

2007-09-08 16:25:36 · 4 answers · asked by Vivianna 4

Five-year-old high on P in drug house

Police found a five-year-old boy high on P during a raid on a drug house where methamphetamine was being cooked in a bedroom.

Read here for more information:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4195797a10.html

2007-09-08 15:56:24 · 6 answers · asked by Kiwi 2

i like the name Laila

2007-09-08 15:22:21 · 15 answers · asked by apple 5

I think that's very lame, one can never think enough.....

2007-09-08 14:43:36 · 8 answers · asked by SilentFox12345 3

2007-09-08 14:41:21 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

should you do? what has happened here? are you in danger?

2007-09-08 13:37:52 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-08 13:35:54 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Let's face it, women spent thousands of years submitting to men's demands (many millions still do) and only woke up a mere century ago. What is wrong with them?

2007-09-08 13:09:13 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-08 13:02:26 · 8 answers · asked by cherie8five 2

2007-09-08 12:58:43 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-08 12:54:10 · 7 answers · asked by nistem 1

Honestly, when white people consider the economic disparity between whites and blacks, do you guys think it has nothing to do with slavery which gave way to Southern terrorism (lynching) which begat segregation which begat white flight which begat discriminatory housing policy (especially in the post-Depression era when many Americans had to start from scratch) which begat lower-funded public schools in the segregated black areas which is the beginning of the cycle that produces crime and poverty.


This is not about making white folks feel guilty or even finding a solution to these problems really. I just wonder how many even good-natured white folks think "history has nothing to do with the way things are today". Sometimes it just seems that they think things that happened before 2003 don't effect attitudes and circumstances today.

2007-09-08 12:45:29 · 20 answers · asked by Bill Jones 3

please...
& this isnt a question...
you cant just leave me..breathe..

2007-09-08 11:51:30 · 3 answers · asked by cloud16 4