New Posts For Thread: Sen's day - news lately (2 June 2010)http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/24940337/Sens_day_-_news_lately_(2_June_2010)Conference in Egypt on media and religious discrimination:Basma Mousa, a prominent Baha’i activist, talked about the need for journalists to seek primary sources when tackling any issue. “The media should seek the truth from its sources wKimball spent most of his adult life working with mules and other stubborn farm animals, and as such developed a rather colorful vocabulary and a short temper. This, coupled with his quick wit, made him something of a folk hero because he so very ofthttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/24940337/Sens_day_-_news_lately_(2_June_2010)?post_id=450513425#450513425Kimball spent most of his adult life working with mules and other stubborn farm animals, and as such developed a rather colorful vocabulary and a short temper. This, coupled with his quick wit, made him something of a folk hero because he so very oftThu, 03 Jun 2010 22:32:37 -0500About two years ago, someone snuck over to the building I go to in the middle of the night, painted a pentagram on the ground, and stapled a dead deer atop it so as to give the impression that someone was going to sacrifice the thing.A few months lathttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/24940337/Sens_day_-_news_lately_(2_June_2010)?post_id=450512785#450512785About two years ago, someone snuck over to the building I go to in the middle of the night, painted a pentagram on the ground, and stapled a dead deer atop it so as to give the impression that someone was going to sacrifice the thing.A few months latThu, 03 Jun 2010 22:23:02 -0500Comfort zone. Suppose you lived all your life being told that X was true.Then someone came along and told you that Z is the actual truth.Human nature is to reject Z and stick with X, owing to the fact that X is regarded as "safe" and "secure" in thehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/24940337/Sens_day_-_news_lately_(2_June_2010)?post_id=450512185#450512185Comfort zone. Suppose you lived all your life being told that X was true.Then someone came along and told you that Z is the actual truth.Human nature is to reject Z and stick with X, owing to the fact that X is regarded as "safe" and "secure" in theThu, 03 Jun 2010 22:15:25 -0500Dear Ironhold,Thank you for contributing that wonderful history! Please, "step in" more often.Your stride is most welcome. It is good to hear from good folk!Pardon the pun, but is what J. Golden Kimball told them called a "gory goring story"?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/24940337/Sens_day_-_news_lately_(2_June_2010)?post_id=450493929#450493929Dear Ironhold,Thank you for contributing that wonderful history! Please, "step in" more often.Your stride is most welcome. It is good to hear from good folk!Pardon the pun, but is what J. Golden Kimball told them called a "gory goring story"?Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:00:07 -0500...oh, and I almost forgot. I too, thought Mormons we're crazies with horns. That is, until I actually read books about them from non anti-Mormon sources. They ain't so bad. My friend recently joined your church, and I seem to be one of the few, ifhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/24940337/Sens_day_-_news_lately_(2_June_2010)?post_id=450482545#450482545...oh, and I almost forgot. I too, thought Mormons we're crazies with horns. That is, until I actually read books about them from non anti-Mormon sources. They ain't so bad. My friend recently joined your church, and I seem to be one of the few, ifThu, 03 Jun 2010 17:19:55 -0500Iron - Obviously I know and recognize that about the "older" generations. I mean the "younger generations," the ones you refer to as having internet, "western luxuries," etc. While there are groups of these Muslims that want equal treatment for Bahhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/24940337/Sens_day_-_news_lately_(2_June_2010)?post_id=450482205#450482205Iron - Obviously I know and recognize that about the "older" generations. I mean the "younger generations," the ones you refer to as having internet, "western luxuries," etc. While there are groups of these Muslims that want equal treatment for BahThu, 03 Jun 2010 17:17:11 -0500*steps in* If I may...By virtue of being a Latter-Day Saint (better known as the Mormons), I've had the misfortune of seeing such things up close and personal. Human psychology holds that, at the most basic level, people will automatically be wary ofhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/24940337/Sens_day_-_news_lately_(2_June_2010)?post_id=450384233#450384233*steps in* If I may...By virtue of being a Latter-Day Saint (better known as the Mormons), I've had the misfortune of seeing such things up close and personal. Human psychology holds that, at the most basic level, people will automatically be wary ofWed, 02 Jun 2010 23:52:15 -0500"According to this story, the Bahais in the holy city of Qom, on the holy evening of Ashura when Shiah Muslims mourn the martyrdom of Imam Husayn, held a loud festivity where alcohol was served, killed a Muslim boy they had kidnapped, and laid his bohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/24940337/Sens_day_-_news_lately_(2_June_2010)?post_id=450328473#450328473"According to this story, the Bahais in the holy city of Qom, on the holy evening of Ashura when Shiah Muslims mourn the martyrdom of Imam Husayn, held a loud festivity where alcohol was served, killed a Muslim boy they had kidnapped, and laid his boWed, 02 Jun 2010 15:08:30 -0500Conference in Egypt on media and religious discrimination:Basma Mousa, a prominent Baha’i activist, talked about the need for journalists to seek primary sources when tackling any issue. “The media should seek the truth from its sources whttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43851/24940337/Sens_day_-_news_lately_(2_June_2010)?post_id=450254073#450254073Conference in Egypt on media and religious discrimination:Basma Mousa, a prominent Baha’i activist, talked about the need for journalists to seek primary sources when tackling any issue. “The media should seek the truth from its sources wWed, 02 Jun 2010 04:18:39 -0500