tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86788332011-09-02T13:45:44.051-07:00Comments from wherever I find them from people of good-will about brotherhood, unity, etc. The web-site (see profile) contains cross-references from various sources showing the simularities of scriptures, poets, and others across time and location. Also some information that, hopefully will improve understanding of some subjects that are based on wrong definition, translations, etc.Gareonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01213768700771143044noreply@blogger.comBlogger551100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8678833.post-86975290836033845142008-09-17T12:52:00.002-07:002008-09-17T13:22:56.431-07:00

I probably will not be updating this blog with stories as I no longer have the time for research.Here are a couple sites that are focused on good news in the news.Good News Daily is not Politically or Religiously connected or affiliated in any way. Our belief system is simple. The media portrays all news as bad when in fact many good things are happening around the world on a daily basis. Good

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Move over Sally Struthers. Three young entrepreneurs found an easier way to raise millions for struggling businesses almost anywhere in the world. But don’t call it a handout -- it’s a loan. And, it’s funded by everyday people, like you, $25 at a time.By KEVIN SITES, TUE AUG 21, 3:27 PM PDTIn their office in San Francisco's Mission District, Matt and Jessica Flannery and Premal Shah work with the

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New domain for the web site. The Synthesizer Network Gary "Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing which ever has." —Margaret Mead

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(CBS) In February, CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric began "The American Spirit," a series that reports on extraordinary people whose unique solutions to America's problems have had a major impact on the communities in which they were started, and are now also being echoed across the country.

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PENSACOLA - When the bikes Dennis and Tamie Leporin bought for Christmas to ride with their young son disappeared from their front lawn, the couple posted a sign to let the thieves know of their disappointment."I hope U crooks enjoy our bikes U stole; Merry X-Mas," the sign read.The next evening, the couple heard a knock at their door and found an envelope with $200 inside. A pickup truck was

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May the people on this planet be changed.Changed from hatred to love,Changed from greed to giving,Changed from selfishness to selflessness,Changed from apathy to action,Changed from jealousy to joy over someone's accomplishments,Changed from intolerance to acceptance,Changed from being destructive to being constructive,Changed from fighting to peace,Changed from killing to protecting life,Changed

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"We have to be careful in the details of our lives. Somebody once said God is in the details. A lot of people who are interested in the new consciousness tend to be broadstroke thinkers, efficient thinkers. We have to anchor the big vision in our everyday acts and our little kindnesses."—Marilyn FergusonThe man who fears no truthshas nothing to fear from lies.—Sir Francis Bacon

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" ... the question of loving one's neighbor is not a question of who you are living close to but a question of whether you and I are loving, caring individuals. By this definition every man is my neighbor and my responsibility; next to loving God supremely is to love him as myself. Difficult? Yes, but rewarding beyond measure. Our world needs more selfless devotion to caring about a hurting world

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By Daniel L. Buccino"This city needs a hug.""Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.""Dear World: Sorry. We tried our best. Half of America."The Dalai Lama has said, "My religion is kindness," and I'm all for hugging and apologies. But recent encounters with these prevalent bumper stickers have left me puzzled.Indeed, civility requires us to live one step beyond the Golden Rule -

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By Gregory Lewis Staff Writer - Posted November 3 2005 FORT LAUDERDALE � Smoked turkey and pork chops smothered in gravy simmered on a charcoal grill. Another small gas grill cooked up chops and onions.Essie Reed, known in the neighborhood as "Big Mama," sat before a larger gas grill with griddle attached, stirring a large pot of grits while frying bacon, French toast and eggs up or over.The

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Volunteer carpenters lend helping hands in Mississippi townBy GLENDA SANDERS, DAILY SUNFRUITLAND PARK - The 10 people aboard the small bus that pulled into Poplarville, Miss., less than an hour before midnight Sept. 18 didn't know what to expect.They had made the 10-hour trip from New Life Presbyterian in Fruitland Park to Ruth Memorial Presbyterian, 60 miles due north of New Orleans, because

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by Sarah Thomsen Since Hurricane Katrina, help from all over the country poured into the Gulf Coast, including volunteers from Clintonville. In their line of public service, utility workers are used to taking on big, messy jobs. So when Clintonville employees saw the hurricane's devastation, they offered their services. Steve Yaeger of the Clintonville Water and Electric Department said, "

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In Aquarius Now she writes, “We have the political freedoms to create the lives we wish to lead and the world we want to live in. But we are passive. We do not make use of our freedom. We have given away the fundamental freedom to visualize and shape our world. We allow actors, advertisers and politicians to dream for us. And a culture that does not dream is not free. We are not citizens but

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Robert Hill navigated an all-terrain vehicle through the aisles of a 350,000-square-foot Jackson warehouse surveying pallets of supplies: generators from Japan, food from Italy and crates of every imaginable brand of bottled water.A skilled warehouse manager, Hill has traveled the country — and the world — responding to natural disasters. But the Birmingham native is not an emergency worker. He's

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Pie Ladies Make A Difference - GAUTIER, Miss., July 11, 2005(CBS) Those little acts of kindness really do add up. A group of women known as the pie ladies in Mississippi have accomplished quite a lot with a little flour and some elbow grease.The Early Show correspondent Melinda Murphy reports they're literally rolling in the dough (in more ways than one).The sleepy little town of Gautier, Miss.

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The five life principles -- BY BRUCE WEINSTEINThe secret to living a rich, satisfying, happy life is to be found in five simple principles. We've known about these principles for more than 5,000 years. Every religious tradition in the world teaches them, as do parents in every country. Without them, civilization would be impossible, because there would be nothing but chaos everywhere. These

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"Make A Difference Day began with a simple idea: Put your own cares on hold for one day to care for someone else."National Honorees:"Help from on high for kids with heart disease.Long Beach, Calif. -- Before launching her kite on the breeze last Oct. 23, Lisa Knight wrote on it the names of 14 children. Each had attended Camp del Corazon, the summer camp Knight co-founded a decade ago for

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House brought down by love By Jaine Treadwell, The MessengerHouse raisings have been a part of the American scene since the days of the pioneers. Today, "barn" raisings are not as common as they used to be, but they are still around, usually during times of need and out of love and concern for one's fellowman.However, seldom is a house brought down out of that love and concern. But it did happen

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Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA - Sat, Mar. 19, 2005TOLERANCE CONSTRUCTING - By Joe Orso - Columbia News ServiceFrom Tyler to Sausalito, people of different faiths build understanding, brick by brick, board game by board game.NEW YORK - When Anwar Khalifa left Egypt in 1969, he was a child growing up in a Muslim family and thought of Jewish people as the enemy, a remnant of his

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Charles Townes wins 2005 Templeton Prize - March 09, 2005Charles Townes, the Nobel laureate whose inventions include the maser and laser and who has spent decades as a leading advocate for the convergence of science and religion, has won the 2005 Templeton Prize. The prize, valued at more than $1.5 million, was announced today at a news conference at the Church Center for the United Nations in

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"The Niwano Peace Foundation (Nichiko Niwano, President; Kinjiro Niwano, Chairman) has decided to award the twenty - second Niwano Peace Prize to the Catholic theologian, Dr. Hans Kung, 76, president of the Global Ethic Foundation in Germany and Switzerland.The presentation ceremony will take place in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, May 11th, at 10:30 a.m. In addition to the award certificate, Dr.

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Bumpy road leads to doing good By Doug Moe February 15, 2005It's funny how a story about finding meaning in your life can involve car parts in Kansas City. Especially when you're from Wisconsin, and the story starts in California, and you find out about what matters in life at an orphanage in Guatemala. Car parts in Kansas City? It's funny, but that's how it is.On Friday, a 27-year-old UW-Madison

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Hello to all, This article from the Staten Island newspaper has some insightful comments I believe. Peace -- Gary W.Excerpts: "I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it." -- Dwight D. Eisenhower,

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Refugees find home in Quad Cities - By Thomas Geyer "With their few possessions in hand and obviously fatigued after a long journey as refugees from east-central Africa, Ntawemera Diomede Lumumba, 51, his wife, Bankundiye Pulusela, 32, and their four children arrived Friday night in the Quad-Cities. Waiting to greet the family from strife-torn Rwanda at the Quad-City International Airport were

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World Religion Day is observed on January 16, 2005. It was initiated in 1950 by the national administrative body of the Baha'is of the United States. The purpose of World Religion Day is to call attention to the harmony of spiritual principles and the oneness of the world's religions and to emphasize that world religion is the motivating force for world unity. As stated in Baha'i scripture " ..

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2004 Citizen of the Year - 01/11/2005 In November, when Mukit Hossain learned that many of Herndon's day laborers did not have winter coats, he immediately began soliciting donations through the All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) Center and from Muslim-owned businesses in the area. In a matter of hours, he had raised more than $10,000 to buy new coats for the laborers and their families."I

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Harold W. Andersen: It's tough to wish a happy 2005 after Asia's tragic end to 2004 BY HAROLD W. ANDERSEN WORLD-HERALD CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Published Sunday January 2, 2005 I had planned to start my column today on an upbeat note, sort of a "happy talk" way to bring in a new year in a season in which "Happy New Year!" is on nearly everyone's lips. But the enormity of the tsunami tragedy in

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As 2004 comes to a close, the time between Christmas and the New Year should call us to reflect on life, the growth (or lack of growth) we personally have experienced, the difference we have made in others' lives, the mistakes we have made, and the things we didn't get quite right. Undeniably our life affects the lives of others. The English poet, John Donne, gave poetic expression to the fact in

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Web Log Note: An example of someone "doing what they can, with what they have, where they are at." Person of the Week: Matt Dalio Harvard Students Gives Chinese Orphans New Hope Dec. 24, 2004 — After spending a summer working in a Chinese orphanage four years ago, Matt Dalio, a junior at Harvard University, returned home and started China Care, an organization he now runs out of his dorm room. 

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I read a book years ago called "Games People Play." One of the "games" was called "lets you and him fight". In the micro one person starts or adds fuel to an argument between 2 others. Then once it is going good they sit back and watch the fun. In the macro imagine 2 groups having a "flinging match." Whether it be 2 armies flinging grenades and bullets or 2 picket lines flinging bricks and

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Not much going on in the news about brotherhood lately. Here are a couple quotes from my website on the subject. " ... Martin Buber said he sensed a rising hunger for relatedness ... Men would no longer rise in rebellion merely against one oppressor or another but against the distortion of a great yearning, 'the effort towards community.' " " ... I think that people are more and more dismayed by

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SACRED SPACE: Bond of Brothers [ TUESDAY, DECEMBER 07, 2004 12:00:00 AM ] Let your aims be common, and your hearts of one accord, and all of you be of one mind, so you may live well together. - Rig Veda O mankind! We created you from a single soul, male and female, and made you into nations and tribes, so that you may come to know one another. Truly, the most honoured of you in God's sight is the

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Islam stands for universal peace By Abdul Muqit Chowdhury Dec 3, 2004, 10:40 Human dignity has been proclaimed in the Holy Quran :"And surely we have honoured the children of Adam...." (17:70)Fraternity and unity of mankind has also been proclaimed :"Mankind was one single nation....."(2:213)"Verily this brotherhood of yours is a single brotherhood..." (21:92)"Mankind was but one nation, but

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By Shamil Idriss - Tuesday, November 23, 2004 William Butler Yeats once wrote: "The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity." He was commenting on violence in the 19th century, but his words resonate today. In the relationship between the U.S. and the Muslim world it seems that the best among us are paralyzed and muted while the most extreme proceed to determine

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A small group of local Christians, Jews and Muslims have hammered out what they call a "declaration of peace." Now they ask others to join them. By BRENDA MOORE Herald Staff Writer Rabbi Bruce Greenbaum has been in the Monterey Bay area for a decade but had never been to a local mosque until two months ago. That visit, to the modest Seaside building where some Muslims meet and hold their prayer

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Tuesday, November 16, 2004 By Maricel V. Cruz , Reporter | THE United Nations has adopted the Philippine government’s proposal for an interfaith dialogue among nations to support peace-building efforts of the international community. ... Both President Arroyo and de Venecia first proposed the interfaith dialogue to US President George W. Bush in the presence of US officials Secretary of State

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Monday, October 18, 2004 | A record 1,000 people walked three miles around downtown Sunday taking part in the National Conference for Community and Justice's fifth annual Walk as One Walk-a-thon. ... Church groups, law firms and businesses turned out a crowd of black and white, young and old, Christians, Jew, Hindus and Muslims. "We are pleased to be a part of it," said local Bright House

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Thursday, October 21, 2004 | The great Jewish sage Hillel, who lived just before the beginning of the Common Era, was truly a forward-thinking man ... Rabbi Hillel was known for his kindness and his concern for humanity. His sayings are as relevant today as they were more than 2,000 years ago. In Ethics of the Fathers, a tractate of the Talmud, these famous lines appear: "If I am not for myself,

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08 November, 2004 GABORONE - Junior Chamber International (JCI) says it is committed in developing young leadership ... the president of JCI, Fernando Sanchez-Arias said better leaders result in a good society ... Sanchez-Arias said JCI wants young people to grow by actively organising projects and activities that benefit themselves and their communities. ... "Being a member also means engaging

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“In 2001, I was on Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. While at the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, I was asked by a group of Muslims from several countries what it was like to be Muslim in America. Specifically, they were curious about whether I was able to practice Islam freely.My response was perhaps as surprising to them as their question was to me. I said, ‘yes I can live my religion freely; that there

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Monday, October 11, 2004 MUSCAT — The principal, staff and students of Indian School Muscat have organised a special assembly on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti in order to pay homage to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ... Principal Ainsley Edgar told the students that “the best way to remember Mahatma Gandhi was to remember what he stood for all his life — his philosophy of love, universal

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Cultivating an understanding of diverse religions and culture, along with the universal need to feed the world – these were the life and breath messages from God literally ebbing and flowing through the hearts and souls of the more than 100 people who participated Sunday afternoon in the 5th annual Anoka County Cropwalk. For Aisha Bashir, and her husband, Sikandar, from the Islamic Center of

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In this time of war and worry about the future, a trailer behind St. Francis in the Foothills United Methodist Church is quietly being transformed into a Library for Peace."It's big dreams and big visions," said Anne Hoff, who has spearheaded the effort to convert the trailer into a multifaith, multicultural library and learning center. The soon-to-open library will hold more than 1,500 books

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VATICAN CITY, OCT. 25, 2004 (Zenit.org).- Here is the presentation of the "Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church," made today in a press conference by Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. ... "[this] text is presented as an instrument for fostering ecumenical and interreligious dialogue on the part of Catholics with all who sincerely seek

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Law, Justice and Parliament Affairs Minister Barrister Moudud Ahmed here on Friday said the war on terrorism should be defined clearly to clarify that it is not a war on Islam ... "Taking the war on Iraq as 'war on Islam' will be dangerous," Moudud said in his address as chief guest at "All Religion Conference for Global Peace" ... "He reminded that the "underlining spirit of all religions are

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EditorialPost breakfastUN, OIC and the Muslim worldMuhammad Zamir"We need to understand and convey to the rest of the world the positive and moderate elements in the Holy Quran and in Islam. In this context I am reminded of some Ayats from the Holy Quran. Verse 171 of Sura Nisaa urges believers not to 'commit excess in your religion's as it might lead the person away from the very spirit of

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=="God has told you what is good; and what the Lord asks of you? Only to act justly, to love loyalty, to walk wisely before your God."¾Micah 6:8 NEBBy Religion News ServiceThe Rev. Jay Geisler invited Call to Renewal to his church because he's weary of Christians squabbling over ideology, and desperate to address the poverty and hopelessness in the neighborhoods around St. Stephen Episcopal

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Pope John Paul II has not lessened his desire to foster greater understanding between religions not only for their own enrichment but also to draw them together for issues which affect humanity and its future and which are more than peripheral to their religious vocation. This desire is the moving force of the central offices of the Holy See charged with Inter-religious Dialogue. This is a

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MILFORD - Bringing together people of different religions to talk about their faith sounds like a good way to start an argument. Or, perhaps, to start an agreement. "The idea is that instead of automatically seeing what’s different between us, we try concentrating on what’s the same," said Stephanie Rutt, whose Middle Street studio will host the series “To Hear How Others Pray.” ... "The idea

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"…Most religions claim an exclusive connection with the creator and by extension claim to be the only path to salvation. They are not hesitant to block the way and ambush - literally and figuratively- others during the journey to the mountaintop. History is replete with examples of self-righteousness and highhandedness of the followers of most religions. What good is it, and the questions begs

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"In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land: Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance."¾Isaiah 19:24-25 …There is indeed a growing divide in the world, but it is not a timeless, intractable or divinely inspired conflict. It is a conflict

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President Sezer: Freedom Of Belief And Worship Is The Most Important Guarantee Of Social Peace ANKARA - ''Freedom of belief and worship is the most important guarantee of social peace,'' Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer said on Monday. Addressing the opening of 3rd meeting of the Religion Council, Sezer underlined that secularism in Turkey was enforced not with the reports prepared by some

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-------------------------------------Greetings from INQ7.net.A friend or colleague of yours thought you might be interested in this article:Religion for our timePosted 04:38am (Mla time) Oct 14, 2004By INQ7.netOUR generation is fortunate to be witness to a number of positive signs in the various political, economic and social realities that affirm the tension of the world towards peace. Events

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MEXICO CITY - The Dalai Lama on Monday told more than 1,000 people at the National Cathedral he doesn't believe differences between fundamentalist Islam and the religions of the West are the cause of war and modern violence. The 14th Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, joined representatives from 11 other major religions to lead a prayer session for peace in the heart of historic

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"The Muslim and the Christian community today constitute about 20% and 25 % of global population respectively. It would be unthinkable for such big communities to live in conflict and confrontation. Apart from the force of interdependence in an era of globalization to which reference has already been made the emergence of what writers like V S Naipaul describe as an "universal civilization and

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