I'm filing this item under the "Say what? category. -gw
Only the Old Testament books (and the Book of Mormon, and the Quran) are "conservative", and there are many exceptions. The New Testament (and the Baha'i stuff) is downright socialist! They should abandon misquoted / mistranslated 2000-year-old gibberish and read some Objectivist epistemology instead...
Last edited by Alex Libman; Today at 12:23 AM.
http://www.debatepolitics.com/religion-philosophy/57730-conservatizing-bible.html#post1058292812
George,
Maybe you have heard of a fairly new singer, Brett Dennen, who will appear on Letterman this Friday... likely to sing this song with Natalie Merchant... seems to catch the spirit:
Brett Dennan and Natalie Merchant sing "Hope for the Hopeless" (Heaven)
Lyrics:
Beyond the rules of religion
The cloth of conviction
Above all the competition
Where fact and fiction meetThere`s no color lines or casts or classes
There is no fooling the masses
Whatever faith you practice
Whatever you believeHeaven. heaven.
What the hell is heaven?
Is there a home for the homeless?
Is there hope for the hopeless?Throw away your myth misconceptions
There ain`t no walls around heaven
There are no codes you gotta know to get in
No minutemen or border patrolYou must lose all earthly possession
Leave behind your weapon
You cannot buy your salvation
There is no pot of gold(chorus)
Heaven ain`t got no prisons
No government no business
No banks or politicians
No armies and no policeCastles and cathedrals crumble
Pyramids and pipelines tumble
The failure keeps you humble
Leads us closer to peace
www.mythicalmatters.com
Canada's original diversity calendar!
Book 8: The CovenantThe eighth book of the sequence is still in development.
The ninth book of the sequence is still in development.
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On BBC.co.uk... There is only one question up, but it's a start. Below is a previous coverage of the Faith on the site.-gw
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is on Facebook. She is a Baha'i. Facebook is uniting the world. -gw
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Jack Lenz is an acclaimed composer, producer and musical director who has composed music for motion pictures (Mel Gibson's $600 million U.S. blockbuster Passion of the Christ, Men With Brooms), television (Designer Guys, Little Mosque on the Prairie, Monk, Due South, Goosebumps, TV Movies-of-the-Week Céline and Don Cherry), documentaries, Canadian news programs, children's series and award shows. Lenz's prolific output on hundreds of prominent TV series and feature films has earned him numerous SOCAN, Gemini and SESAC Awards. He's also composed the popular jingles "Thank You Very Much Milk" and "7UP - Are You Up For It?" and served as musical director for the Canadian Country Music Awards, The Genies and the YTV Youth Achievement Awards. The Eston, Saskatchewan-born composer also co-wrote Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays anthem "Okay Blue Jays."Lenz Entertainment continues to produce innovative in-house series ranging from the two-time Gemini Award-winning PBS and CBC pre-school program Nanalan and Disney's Playhouse's Ooh, Aah & You to Nickelodeon and CBC's offbeat teen puppet series Mr. Meaty and YTV's animated Weird Years. Earlier this summer, the company added a new Creature shop and recording studios to its holdings.Lenz Entertainment's latest lifestyle for TV, Mansions, will debut on Canada's HGTV shortly, while an adult puppet series, Swami Jeff's Temple Of Wisdom, is currently in production for Teletoon.
Melodies of the Nightingale for the Family has finally been re-released! It has been about 2 years since it was out of stock and I was wondering for sometime whether or not to re-issue it. A number of people wanted to purchase the CD especially on CDbaby but I didn’t feel it was worth reprinting at that time. The CD was produced in 2001 and since the arrangements are more simple compared to Fire and Gold and Birds of Love, I wasn’t sure how I felt about releasing my older music. After several requests for it, Prosoul found a solution in ordering on demand any number of CDs that a bookstore would like to order. It works beautifully for now as I didn’t want to release a large number of CDs once again given how much the music industry is changing. The CD will eventually only be available digitally but until then you can find the Melodies of the Nightingale for the Family by clicking here.
Mick Jagger~God Gave Me Everything~LA 2001~Rolling On | play abriendo puertas | play Gotta Serve Somebody-Bob Dylan | play 
Jem – Finally woken | play Jem – Finally Woken | play Amame – leonor dely | play http://dailyme.com/story/2009100300001376/strapped-nasa-seek-space-partners.htmlWASHINGTON -- If the White House decides to return astronauts to the moon or send them to explore the solar system, NASA may have to look to Moscow, Paris, Tokyo and possibly even Beijing for help. The reason: money. Without a massive increase in its budget, the agency won't be able to send humans past the International Space Station anytime soon, according to a presidential panel that recently reviewed NASA's manned space program. Teaming up with foreign space agencies -- as suggested by that 10-member panel -- would significantly shift the direction of NASA, from overseer of a purely American push for the stars to a part of a global science project funded by dollars, euros, rubles and yen.
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/1086203.htmlLouie Gong grew up eating American Indian bread for breakfast and Chinese dinners cooked on a camp stove. In the evening, his Chinese and native relatives got together for mah-jongg. Gong’s mother was of French and Scottish descent. His father was half Chinese, part Nooksack and part Squamish. ... Today, Gong, 35, is a rising young figure in the world of multiracial culture and advocacy. An educator and activist, he’s using art and modern media to help multiracial people gain self-respect for their mixed heritage.
Which statement do you most agree with?
Mine is the only true religion 12% Many religions are valuable but mine comes closest to the truth 17% All religions have validity 59% No religion has validity 12%
Cary Enoch Reinstein Speaking of Dizzy Gillespie, "He was a Baha'i," she says. "We used to have great conversations about
Judaism and Baha'ism and the oneness of mankind. But I do say when I
play, I also feel Diz, I feel his connection with me, and that feels
really special."
Louisiana Cypress Baha'i School
Performing at Cypress this year is... -gw
Jarome Matthew "True loss is for him whose days have been spent in utter ignorance of his self" - Baha'u'llah
The Olympics can express many of the ideals of the Bahá'í Faith. Their very existence—the modern Olympic games were inaugurated in 1896—reflect the shrinkage of the world into a neighborhood, a fact the Bahá'í scriptures anticipated in the 1860s.In the Olympics, the entire human family comes together to celebrate human achievement in a common endeavor. Nations vie with each other and watch records bettered by faster runners, higher pole vaulters, and more elegant figure skaters.
People of all colors, speaking the varied languages of humanity, live, eat, strive, and celebrate together. The rest of the world watches and shares conversation about the same events. In these ways the Olympics reflect the Bahá'í principle of the oneness of humanity and serve as a laboratory for strengthening and furthering world unity.
The Olympics also provide opportunities for new interfaith cooperation. Members of all the world’s religions will come to Chicago to compete or watch and will need religious services. Many recent Olympics, such as Atlanta and Salt Lake City, have had interfaith committees, and Bahá'ís have actively contributed to them.
It is this small little old folks kareoke bar! And there isn’t a person under 39 in the building!I made friends though! With Fran, the lady running the songbooks, and Bev
But legs aside… practise went well! And I’m glad i went!
I ran out of there by 10PM and caught a bus to UVic where I went to catch the end of the soccer game that the Baha’i team, Twin Arrows, was playing in. I just got there, watched less than a minute of the game and then the whistle blew… I guess its the effort that counts
Steven has been reporting for CNN (phone interviews) and this morning a reporter from CNN flew in and will be staying with us.Today Steven is accompanying His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Ta'isi (the Head of State) around the island. Iosefa is taking the CNN reporter out and translating for him. I am at home feeding visitors.
| Irene F. Kosobuski Von Gonten HAMILTON - Irene F. Von Gonten (nee Kosobuski), 84, passed away on Wednesday at Hamilton Continuing Care, where her husband of 58 years, Eugene, visited her every day for three years until his death in 2005. She was surrounded by her loving family and friends as she passed from this life and was reunited with her beloved husband, Gene. Irene was born and lived in Trenton and Hamilton, NJ, her entire life. Her daughter, Cathy Von Gonten of St. Thomas VI, introduced her to the Baha'i Faith in 1975 and Irene had enjoyed the friendship and caring of the Baha'i Community of Hamilton since then. Irene's loving and caring nature will be missed by the many family, friends and four-legged friends she loved and cared for over her many years. + |
Liam and his mom Cornelia are back from Cape Cod and Cambridge, so Deb and I were over at their place tonight, Deb to tutor Ruhi 4. With Baha'i study going on in the living room, Liam and I were on the floor of his bedroom reading books and doing puzzles.
is the 100-piece puzzle he put together lickety-split with hardly any help from me. -gw
"What a loss, what a loss, what a loss!" This was a remark made years ago by the then-head of the Baha'i community in response to the sudden passing of a notable Baha'i, but I feel it applies equally to the all too sudden demise of this notable magazine. Gourmet has been part of our family's household for as long as I can remember, along with National Geographic and Reader's Digest. So many of our family's recipes came from those pages; even I got brave enough to try one! It seems hard to believe that I will no longer see any more stunning front covers, or read Sugar and Spice, You Asked for It, London Journal, and New York Journal - just to name a few familiar titles.
My condolences and thanks to Ruth Reichl and all of her talented staff, and indeed to all those who served at this illustrious magazine for so many decades.
Sincerely,
Valerie Smith
Old Saybrook, CT