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Here is your Saturday STORY on: SOLVING PROBLEMS: I personally have a problem with jealousy and consistently fight its effect, as I guess does everyone. If I could help diminish its effect, would you be impressed? Opportunities arise regularly to dissolve big issues in life, but we forget to take them. Let me explain... What I have always endeavoured to do with a subject is to turn it on its head. Instead of jealousy being a problem, I've tried to view it from beauty. What is jealousy telling you? It is saying in a relationship for example that you are selfishly in love with your partner. But love is a beautiful thing! Being too selfish is where the trap is! In every aspect of your life, being too selfish can destroy what is good. As jealousy can often damage a relationship, isn't it then beautiful when you notice the moment a jealous thought enters your head, this is an opportunity to put things right? Today's story is about selfishness and to what extent you can take it. When you think you are right, you become so self-indulged that no other person can offer a better solution. The story although amusing and often used as a joke, has a stark reminder how selfish we can all be at times. THE FLOOD It was a day of heavy rain and the flood-waters came, a man, a religious man, was trapped on his own roof. As he saw the waters rise he prayed for God's assistance. "I know he will come and save me, " the man said. Two men came by in a small boat, "Hop in old chap, we can take you to dry land, " they said. "It's okay, " he replied, "God is coming to save me." A speed-boat then passed. "Jump in quick, the water is rising, " said the driver. "It's okay, " he replied, "God is coming to save me." As the waters began to rise a helicopter flew by. "Climb onto the rope ladder, we can still save your life, " said the rescuer. "It's okay, " he replied, "God is coming to save me." Eventually the man drowned. As he got to the gates of heaven, he was annoyed. "Where is God, I want a word with him, " he said in a raised voice. "I am God, what can I do for you?" The man continued, "You of all people should answer prayers, I drowned as a consequence of you!" God replied, "I sent a rowing boat, a speed boat and a helicopter, what else could I have done!" Opportunities are presented to you if you choose to take them. As soon as you see a jealous moment arrive, you have an opportunity to improve and thus lessen the grip it is likely to take. QUOTE: "Bad times have a value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss." (Ralph Waldo Emerson, Author & Philosopher).
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St. Andrew's gets serious about trivia - Memphis Commercial Appeal
4 Feb 2012 at 10:57pm During the night, 10 categories with 10 questions each were shown on a screen. Categories included sports, world religions, songs and medicine. After each category, members of the team would post their answers. A computer showed how many answers ...Read more...
Letter: Cheapening faith - Herald Times
4 Feb 2012 at 9:31pm I may be stating the obvious but, if a church claims faith in Jesus Christ but alters divine Scripture to reflect the current social attitudes of alternate sexuality or equates other religions to their belief in Jesus and his principals ...Read more...
Letter: Life lessons - Herald Times
4 Feb 2012 at 9:31pm The curriculum for the course must include theories from multiple religions, which may include, but is not limited to, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Scientology.? Let?s pretend I?m a public school science teacher ...Read more...
Religious attitudes, obligations discussed - Nanaimo Bulletin
4 Feb 2012 at 9:56am The need for religions to be more proactive in the community is the focus of an interfaith bridging dialogue Feb. 18. My Faith, My Community: Taking Action Together is hosted by the Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society. It takes place ...Read more...
9/11 attacks catchword of international terrorism: Pranab - Daily Pioneer
4 Feb 2012 at 5:39am Referring to Vivekananda's speech at Parliament of World Religions at Chicago on September 11,1893, Mukherjee said 108 years before the 9/11 attacks in New York City and Washington, "Swamiji had spoken of the dangers of fundamentalism and bigotry which ...Read more...
DALAI LAMA CALLS FOR TOLERANCE AND PEACE - American Reporter
3 Feb 2012 at 5:11am Therefore, he demands that we forget all differences between religions and nations, find the roots of violence and also decrease the gulf between the poor and the rich. "There is no me and they," the Dalai Lama said, "the whole world is me." In connection ...Read more...
EDITORIAL: Teaching creationism belongs in history, lit classes, not science ...
3 Feb 2012 at 1:58am A majority of Indiana senators approved a bill on Tuesday to allow the teaching of creationism, as theorized by Christianity and other world religions, in Hoosier science classes. The bill, SB 89, might have merit had those last two words ...Read more...
My Take: 'Real Catholics' not opposed to birth control - CNN
2 Feb 2012 at 4:54pm Editor's note: Stephen Prothero, a Boston University religion scholar and author of "God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions that Run the World," is a regular CNN Belief Blog contributor. By Stephen Prothero, Special to CNN (CNN ...Read more...
Are Eastern religions a good alternative to Western ones? - Daily Nexus
2 Feb 2012 at 1:31am If you ask Rick Santorum he?d say no, because Christianity is the only true way a human should live ? there is no ?good alternative? to the truth. And if you ask a devout Buddhist which is better, Eastern or Western, he?ll affirm his ...Read more...
Newt Gingrich Stands Up For 'Our Religions' - Huffington Post
1 Feb 2012 at 4:19pm "Our religions," Newt Gingrich said, "I think we need to have a government that respects our religions. I'm tired of being lectured about respecting every other religion on the planet. I want them to respect our religions." These, unbelievably, are the ...Read more...
