ldsgurl_2002 Posted March 20, 2006 Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 here is a link about the story....very shocking...i've always thought of church as a safe protected placehttp://www.news14charlotte.com/content/top...asp?ArID=115842 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrawberryFields Posted March 20, 2006 Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 I saw this on my local news channel last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaf1984 Posted March 20, 2006 Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 I had a companion from Northern Ireland who told me his chapel was burnt down because someone thought it was catholic. Why they would think that I do not know. I am convinced that the most hate people exercise, the more stupid they become. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christos Posted March 20, 2006 Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 This is very sad.I had a companion from Northern Ireland who told me his chapel was burnt down because someone thought it was catholic. The Northern Ireland hostilities are scary and frightening are beyond disputations between churches, they are a form of patriotism and family pride .I wonder what the Northern Irish would think of me? An Orthodox , neither Catholic or Protestant but of the original church estabilised on the day of Pentecost AD33. [feel like I am treading on thin ice on this forum posting that]We must never think of our houses of worship as being protected. They are built from earth and are of Earth. It is not the building itself but what it houses that is of value.In some parts of the world armed men have been known to disrupt worshippers and hold them hostage.Even though I live in a country that is low on the terrorism list I do keep in my mind the constant threat of such a thing happening. It makes me want to cry when I think of those who are persecuted for their faith. One day I will visit the holy land but I know that security will be the dominant issue , I would also like to see Petra (Jordan) and Babylon (modern day Iraq).There was also a Turkish Priest who was killed in Turkey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldsgurl_2002 Posted March 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 We must never think of our houses of worship as being protected. They are built from earth and are of Earth. It is not the building itself but what it houses that is of value.i heard somewhere that a tornado literally went around a temple instead of destroying it...does anyone know if this is a true story and if temples are protected? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenRaines Posted March 21, 2006 Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 Another great Mormon Urban Legend. Even in the tornado in SLC back in 1998 I think it was there was damage to the new conference center. No great damage but there was damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laureltree Posted March 21, 2006 Report Share Posted March 21, 2006 BUT THE TEMPLE WAS MISSED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john doe Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 BUT THE TEMPLE WAS MISSED So were a lot of other buildings in the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 We must never think of our houses of worship as being protected. They are built from earth and are of Earth. It is not the building itself but what it houses that is of value.i heard somewhere that a tornado literally went around a temple instead of destroying it...does anyone know if this is a true story and if temples are protected?In the SLC Tornado, the temple was missed, but some costly damage was done to the visitors center where the Giant Statue of Christ faces the windows. I remember this because some Mormon Fundamentalists were calling it God's "Shot across the bow". Or in other words, a warning to the LDS to get their crap together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiannan Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 If this had happened to a mosque it would be in the national network press being reported as a hate crime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindy Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 The Northern Ireland hostilities are scary and frightening are beyond disputations between churches, they are a form of patriotism and family pride .I wonder what the Northern Irish would think of me? An Orthodox , neither Catholic or Protestant but of the original church estabilised on the day of Pentecost AD33. [feel like I am treading on thin ice on this forum posting that] Actually I like what you put about a form of patriotism and family pride about the North of Ireland. I in good conscience don't like calling it Northern Ireland. It IS a matter of patriotism... and few see it as such. And I wouldn't worry too much about your religion... it's not a matter of religion..but politics actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christos Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 If this had happened to a mosque it would be in the national network press being reported as a hate crime.If it happened to a mosque, the world would be at war in an instant.Saying that, a Sunni Shrine was bombed recently (and Sunni's are thought of as being the more orthodox form of Islam, the She'ites are thought of as heretics....but that is an outsider view, I know little about islam)As for Lindy's message, I believe it is very true.Religion is a scapegoat for political activity and so it has been for centuries, one of the most extreme cases being the anti-semetic actions of the National Workers Socialist Party of Germany....otherwise known as the NAZI's.Are we any different?Terrorism = middle east = islam = muslims are terrorists.The government tries to cover up this steriotype (and scapegoat) by trying to show favour towards Islam (often at the expense of Christians).There was a T.V. programme recently on our screens (in the U.K.) about a white man who died his hair and skin dark and grew a beard to see how people would react to someone who appears to be muslim. He would wear traditional dress and would carry a back pack and he got very dirty looks of people in the underground and was targetted often by the police who were "carrying out safety proceedures". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matilda Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 Hello everyone! I was working at the church building when the tornado hit SLC and it really did go around the temple. The really interesting point of it is there was this tree there that they were going to take out because it was to old and rotted but people loved this tree. Brides would sit init to have their picture taken, anyway there was a debate on would they really take it out or not weellll guess what the tornado did. The tree was in front of the temple and to the south. In the back of the temple the tornado was to the north going east. it started at a north east direction shiffted went south east around the temple and then headed again to the northeast. All I can say is that it was very scary as tornados are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prisonchaplain Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 here is a link about the story....very shocking...i've always thought of church as a safe protected placehttp://www.news14charlotte.com/content/top...asp?ArID=115842Guess not...but some prisons are. The Federal Detention Center in Miami, FL was actually hit by a tornado--the thing BOUNCED OFF! Go figure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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