this video i found on YouTube i was just looking for anything for this weeks open blog and i stumbled on this video and i really like it. if i could have made this video for our visual blog it would have been perfect . i like how the combined the people interviews with the sideshow of picture. it was well made.

this video puts religion into perspective.. they use the word compassion alot... and it fits appropriately with the message that the a trying to get across to the world. no matter what religion a person is or what race compassion and tolerance for one another is what will bring the world together in harmony. they also talk about the Golden rule "treat other how you want to be treated" if everyone did this we would have no problems. i understand the is a high reaching goal and it is most likely never to happen. but if you are to reach for a goal might as well reach for the top instead of doing only half.

also i was having a discussion with someone else and i showed them this video he commented by saying would you have compassion for extreme religion that kill people for their religion. and that question is tuffy at this point I'm not sure of how to deal with that so i will as that question to who ever reads this what would you do

a new religion

Our biography of Baha'ullah details the life of a man who would become the founder for of the Bahia. By the end of chapter 4 we see that there is a group known as the Bahia's. Write about what you see as the elements that go into founding a new religion.. Is it a sudden change or a long process? What is the relationship with past religions? What is the importance of a founder?

the process of establishing a religion doesn't happen over night the Bahia's went through many changes in location from Iraq to turkey Istanbul edime then to Egypt. i think that Bahia's had trouble finding and establishing a location because they wanted to find a place where people and their culture accept their beliefs. as far as what is needed to found a new religion is usually turmoil or discomfort in a set of belief that have taking place in a culture or society and a person or group of people want reform or change. this reminds me of happy feet where change and reform was not accepted by others. hence why the change in so many venues occurred until a place is found where the religion can be accepted and flourish.

this video gave my a better understanding of Baha'ullah and the basis for Bahia religion i better understand how difficult it was for him to do this spending most of his time in exile and trying to start this fascinating new religion. the ways that people sacrifice in life for what they believe in is an extraordinary when he could of gave up and gone home he persevered and pushed through that is a true testimony to ones character
watch this video it gave me goose bumps

Being a person who has strong conservative beliefs, abortion is a legitimate topic to talk about for this weeks open blog. I, myself, would never have an abortion with my significant other. The embryo is a living being and that would be murder. I do not think that couples that choose to have an abortion really think about what they are doing. They are missing out on a child, a son or daughter. That is their child and they deserve it to them to raise it to the best of their ability. At the very least, if they do not want to raise it, put the baby up for adoption so it will have the opportunity to live with a family that will raise it as if it was there own. Think of the friends that you have who were adopted. They would not be around if their parents would have had an abortion. Don't have sex if you are not willing to accept the responsibility of a child. I feel that is simple enough to understand. Yes it is wrong to make it a law to ban abortions, but I feel this is more of a moral issue. It is their conscious that this is going to be weighing on. I just say think about the child before you do anything. Think about the joy that child could be bringing you. This all goes back to the religion I believe in and how I was raised. All of us would not be here if our parents decided not to keep us.

this is a side note...... sorry if you don't like it.. i don't care....check out this video i know it might not be appropriate... but none the less it is funny.... haaaa haaaa haaa haaa. i know in the rasifarian culture is cool to smoke weed but.. at the same time i dont view a religion to promote those sort of things. honestly if your 12 year old kid.. says hey mom i want to be Rastafarian.. and the kid is sitting in his living room rolling a joint and then smokes it....... is that a religion that you would let your child have..

don't take this out of contexts and I'm trying to hypocritical, sorry if i offended anyone.


the video was very different from what i expected.. comparing it to bob Marley. for instance they wake up at 3 in the morning that is a little different. i don't believe Marley would enjoy that also it seem that they are more conservative than the normal Rastafarian belief. comparing the people in this video to Marley it would seem that they are much more traditional then the norm. also the bible passages or the bible lessons on the trees to remind the people as they walk the village is also unique.

the system of symbols in this video include what they wear as turbine the clothing solid and colors red green black and gold. also they smoke the ganja for meditation purposes. a couple of interesting things in this video they talk about black supremacy and they show a sign that says black over white good over evil... i don't take this symbol literally for all circumstances but you cant have equality for all people (another one of their signs) if you don't except all races. more so then not the Rastafarian religion shown in this video is very spiritual and there is nothing wrong with a religion that has a strong traditional background and does not harm other people that religion is good for human kind

bob marley

Robert Nesta Marley was born on Feb 1945 in a small village of nine mile in the saint Ann parish. Bob Marley was face with racial discrimination as a young child because his father was a white English Jamaican and mother was a black Jamaican, but a perfect quote by bob Marley reflecting on his mix racial orgins.

"I don't have prejudice against meself. My father was a white and my mother was black. Them call me half-caste or whatever. Me don't dip on nobody's side. Me don't dip on the black man's side nor the white man's side. Me dip on God's side, the one who create me and cause me to come from black and white"

Bob Marley religion was Rastafarian whose culture was tied to reggae a type of music that bob Marley played with a group called the wailers. the Exodus album that the produced was voted the #1 album in the 20th century. Marley was a deeply religious Rastafarian and there is nothing wrong with that ...but his love for his religion also could have killed him also. Marley had a malignant melanoma caused by a broadcaster on his right toe.. Marley could have had his toe amputated but it was against his religion Rastafarian's believed the body had to be "whole" Marley sought for voodoo type of treatment but the didn't work and 3 year later Marley died that last words were to his son.."money cant buy life".

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http://www.kingsolomonsgate.com/images/GezerSheba.jpg according to this website this is the first archaeological proof of the bible... proving that the stories are true.

Queen Sheba heard about King Solomon and his fame and fortune and wisdom that Solomon possessed so she went to listen to him speak and fine out for herself if what she heard was true. so she went to his kingdom and made several trip as did king Solomon. finally king asked her to stay at his house for awhile, but the made truce that the kind would not take her by force (virginity) and the king replied as to say as long as you do not steal from my house. well one evening the king prepared a feast to make the queen thirsty at night and as the queen searched for water the king "found her stealing water" so the truce was off and the slept together result in a son (Menelik).

in Ethiopia at this time women were not aloud to "know men" lost virginity so she was not able to still be queen but that was fine to her as long as the thrown stayed in her blood line and it did starting with Menelik.

this story in significant because it give the nation a starting point of king starting with Menelik this is important because I'm sure many Ethiopian can related to this part of history.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conceptual_blending this link may help you understand conceptual blending and its background

Gilles Fauconnier describe conceptual blending by using metaphors and many short stories. the two that i liked the most are a clippers ship that sail in in the 1800's and a catamaran ship that is sailing the same course as the clipper ship but in 1993 and it is a race between the past and present. the other is a ski instructor teaching a beginner how to ski and uses metaphors to help the student learn to ski.. the metaphors is being a waiter and having a tray of croissants in one hand and in the other a plate of champagne theses metaphors are to teach the student the correct balance and position of his arms.. Gilles is using metaphors to enhance our thought process and creative thinking which in turn gives us meaning to the way we think feel and the activities in our life.

while Gilles does not talked about religion in conceptual blending it can offer tie that link the two things together. for example in church the a priest reads a story from the bible and uses metaphors to relay the example to the congregation he does this because he probably know more and understands the bible and how to interpret better than the people in church but more so he uses metaphors to help the people understand the bible and what God is trying to teach us or how he wants use to live our lives. there are metaphors everywhere in the bible. for example Noah's arc might have not have happened exactly the way it is in the bible but a lesson for people to read and understand how god want use to act or guide line for how we should act the like in the baseball field example what is considered out of bounds

religion vs religion

this is a great discussion about religion between two people that couldn't be farther apart on the political scale.... both have have a solid argument about religion...

i don't agree with bill maher about the idea the science and rationality should persuade us more the religious belief but i can say that i do agree when bill talks about religion is a bureaucracy with man...
one more thing bill says well if you were born in pakastan that you wouldnt be rasied christan. that point to me is very true and interesting becuase in christianity you must believe in god and jesus christ to be accepted in heave but what about religions that believe in a god but not the same god i believe in... that question is deep and must be hard to answer it may take a life time for me to have a rational answer but maybe someone else can help me

but i think that religion is a community where people can come together and everyone believe in a basic idea of a certain religion and that it does have a purpose in today society and hopefully in the future too.. i cant imagine when I'm 70 years old and more people believe in Scientology over Protestant or Catholicism that to me would be disappointing but we will see

here is another web site of bill maher on religionhttp://tr.truveo.com/Bill-Maher%E2%80%99s-Views-on-Religion/id/1033451638