http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/eboo_patel/2009/10/ethical_leadership_in_jerusale.html
This is a nice article about an Israeli Arab Muslim who has earned several high ranking degrees and created, supported and is aiding communities and businesses that help bring communities and people of different faiths together. He helped establish a YMCA in Israel that is run equally by Christians, Muslims and Jews. Quite a nice little article about him. His name is Forsan Hussein by the way.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Side comment
SO I was paging through the washington posts online submissions for religious conflict and 98% of the articles were about ... guess- ISLAM, the alqueda, Obama and Palestinians. I find this kind of upsetting. There should be 100 articles of religious conflict with Islam alone. where are the other articles hiding?
Islam free speech
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/eboo_patel/2010/05/free_speech_vs_fundamentalist.html
Here's another interesting article about free speech versus Islam. It is based off the controversy about the south park episode presenting Muhammad. Some college group chalked stick figures on themselves and called it Muhammad and said it was their right to free speech to do so and that south park was just doing the same ( I think). But the article goes on and has some good comparisons It's a little like sticking your chest out and claiming you beat up the school bully, when all you really did was pick on the little kid on the playground. The former may make you a hero. The latter makes you a jerk. Doing the latter while claiming the former, that just makes you a joke.""
The point it states clearest is It's not so different than saying that the black students on your campus remind you of the armed robber you saw on the 5 o'clock news because they share a skin color. That's called bigotry when it involves race, and it's called bigotry when it involves religion."" and I think that is quite true. All in all it is a good article, down to earth about how we seem to attack anything that's different or more restricted/ free than our own society or religion and claim it is under 'good' pretenses.
Here's another interesting article about free speech versus Islam. It is based off the controversy about the south park episode presenting Muhammad. Some college group chalked stick figures on themselves and called it Muhammad and said it was their right to free speech to do so and that south park was just doing the same ( I think). But the article goes on and has some good comparisons It's a little like sticking your chest out and claiming you beat up the school bully, when all you really did was pick on the little kid on the playground. The former may make you a hero. The latter makes you a jerk. Doing the latter while claiming the former, that just makes you a joke.""
The point it states clearest is It's not so different than saying that the black students on your campus remind you of the armed robber you saw on the 5 o'clock news because they share a skin color. That's called bigotry when it involves race, and it's called bigotry when it involves religion."" and I think that is quite true. All in all it is a good article, down to earth about how we seem to attack anything that's different or more restricted/ free than our own society or religion and claim it is under 'good' pretenses.
Pope takes back earlier statement: takes partial blame
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/11/AR2010051104949.html?wprss=rss_nation
So here is an interesting article that quotes the pope changing his stance on the pedophilia cases on his way to Spain. He had previously blamed media and bishops of the church for the scandal but in this article, sand I find this interesting, he is actually saying the church has been its own downfall, never giving justice to those who need it.Its scandals and secret pedo's have dug themselves this hole. It is still not surprising though to read further that he isn't doing more than accepting the resignations of a few bishops and clerics. He is doing the bare minimum, past due that is required for the actions of his people. Also at the end the pope mentions people not thinking about the ramifications of hum life in regards to abortion, and this is completely out of the blue (it was made legal there in 2007) and just not founded on his part. Of course they've considered it...
So here is an interesting article that quotes the pope changing his stance on the pedophilia cases on his way to Spain. He had previously blamed media and bishops of the church for the scandal but in this article, sand I find this interesting, he is actually saying the church has been its own downfall, never giving justice to those who need it.Its scandals and secret pedo's have dug themselves this hole. It is still not surprising though to read further that he isn't doing more than accepting the resignations of a few bishops and clerics. He is doing the bare minimum, past due that is required for the actions of his people. Also at the end the pope mentions people not thinking about the ramifications of hum life in regards to abortion, and this is completely out of the blue (it was made legal there in 2007) and just not founded on his part. Of course they've considered it...
Monday, April 26, 2010
Was she really a pagan.
SO I stumbled across this article in the star tribune dated April 8th 2010 about this woman in ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. who killed a man in a park; claiming to of been raped and killed the man in self defense. Problem is, she said she was a Wiccan- an earth worship based religion which does not advocate the killing of any creature or human, and she had the fellows name in her book as 'sacrifice' as well as stabbing him 11-13 times rather than the 3 she said she did. It is assumed that she killed him as a sacrifice for said ritual but stated in the article that she was not a known Wiccan (and they do not sacrifice people) and that the celebration she was 'celebrating' was still weeks away.
I'm just glad they mentioned what Wicca is an earth based religion, but did not mention the no sacrifice thing. Wicca is part of a wider range of religions known as paganism.
http://www.startribune.com/nation/90219062.html?page=1&c=y
I'm just glad they mentioned what Wicca is an earth based religion, but did not mention the no sacrifice thing. Wicca is part of a wider range of religions known as paganism.
http://www.startribune.com/nation/90219062.html?page=1&c=y
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Hello all. here is a new article about scientology, this couple, featured in the New York Times left scientology recently.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/us/07scientology.html?scp=2&sq=scientology&st=cse
Mrs. Collbran was on the Today show talking about it this morning.
Tommy Davis, the current spokesperson, said that she and her husband were banned from the church and are bitter while the Collbrans said they went through an extensive process to leave, Mrs. Collbran needed to get pregnant to get out of their 'Elite organization' the SEA org.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/us/07scientology.html?scp=2&sq=scientology&st=cse
Mrs. Collbran was on the Today show talking about it this morning.
Tommy Davis, the current spokesperson, said that she and her husband were banned from the church and are bitter while the Collbrans said they went through an extensive process to leave, Mrs. Collbran needed to get pregnant to get out of their 'Elite organization' the SEA org.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Katie Holmes and Scientology
While looking through articles in PEOPLE (my Mom's subscription---really), I was drawn to an article about the actress Katie Holmes and the speculation that she was thinking of having another child because she had been spending a lot of time at the Scientology center "auditing," to see whether she was indeed worthy to have another child. The article went on to give a quick explanation of "auditing." It said it was somewhat like therapy, but a person is hooked up to a weird machine called an e-meter. The article said Katie had been getting "reprogrammed," to be the perfect Scientology wife. The whole process intrigued me and I spent time researching more about auditing and its role in a woman's decision to have another child.
According to a website run by the Church of Scientology, followers believe the "health and the sanity of the child begin long before birth." Scientology auditing is "used to restore confidence, happiness and spiritual freedom and involves answering questions or following directions with the aim of being freed from unwanted barriers that inhibit natural ability." (www.auditing.org)
The definition of auditing from the site is: auditing: Scientology counseling, taken from the Latin word audire which means “to hear or listen.” Auditing is a very unique form of personal counseling which helps an individual look at his own existence and improves his ability to confront what he is and where he is.
An auditor is: a minister or minister-in-training of the Church of Scientology. Auditor means one who listens, from the Latin audire meaning “to hear or listen.” An auditor is a person trained and qualified in applying auditing to individuals for their betterment. An auditor does not do anything to a preclear, he works together with the preclear to help the preclear defeat his reactive mind.
A testimony from an audited person claims, "“Scientology auditing cleared away the cobwebs that were standing in my way. In other words, my intelligence had always been there, but it was dormant. Auditing totally expanded my viewpoint in terms of what I want for my life and the people around me.”— S. R.
Whew.
This is not the first time Katie has undergone a special treatment at the Scientology Center.
Last year, it was written that she had had a Scientology Sparkle Makeover. (PEOPLE, June 19, 2009). Katie followed the Purification Rundown. It involves a heavy-duty detox. High doses of vitamins are taken and a person spends many hours in a sauna. One person on the Church's website said of the Purification process: "After the Purification Process, I was more aware of my environment around me and I felt more alive, with much more energy. "
As I read and learned more about the auditing and the sparkle makeover process, I wondered what "state of mind," auditing and the makeover left Katie in and what controlling influences they had on her and her existence and her life decisions. It's intriguing to me.
According to a website run by the Church of Scientology, followers believe the "health and the sanity of the child begin long before birth." Scientology auditing is "used to restore confidence, happiness and spiritual freedom and involves answering questions or following directions with the aim of being freed from unwanted barriers that inhibit natural ability." (www.auditing.org)
The definition of auditing from the site is: auditing: Scientology counseling, taken from the Latin word audire which means “to hear or listen.” Auditing is a very unique form of personal counseling which helps an individual look at his own existence and improves his ability to confront what he is and where he is.
An auditor is: a minister or minister-in-training of the Church of Scientology. Auditor means one who listens, from the Latin audire meaning “to hear or listen.” An auditor is a person trained and qualified in applying auditing to individuals for their betterment. An auditor does not do anything to a preclear, he works together with the preclear to help the preclear defeat his reactive mind.
A testimony from an audited person claims, "“Scientology auditing cleared away the cobwebs that were standing in my way. In other words, my intelligence had always been there, but it was dormant. Auditing totally expanded my viewpoint in terms of what I want for my life and the people around me.”— S. R.
Whew.
This is not the first time Katie has undergone a special treatment at the Scientology Center.
Last year, it was written that she had had a Scientology Sparkle Makeover. (PEOPLE, June 19, 2009). Katie followed the Purification Rundown. It involves a heavy-duty detox. High doses of vitamins are taken and a person spends many hours in a sauna. One person on the Church's website said of the Purification process: "After the Purification Process, I was more aware of my environment around me and I felt more alive, with much more energy. "
As I read and learned more about the auditing and the sparkle makeover process, I wondered what "state of mind," auditing and the makeover left Katie in and what controlling influences they had on her and her existence and her life decisions. It's intriguing to me.
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