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I really liked this quote “Two faiths praying to the same God, in a different way, within [the] same building,” wrote Kadri. The thing I find interesting is that both faiths claim to be the one true faith. Even so, the picture and quote do capture a sense of unity that transcends religion and the “I’m right, you’re wrong” mentality. Happy to see that happen in an LDS building.
http://kutv.com/news/local/muslim-mans-photo-of-prayer-in-lds-church-is-going-viral ” class=”bbcode_url”> http://kutv.com/news/local/muslim-mans-photo-of-prayer-in-lds-church-is-going-viral Loved it when I saw it. I saw it yesterday and it made me cry. I wish we had a 1000 of these experiences. We all need it. At first I cynically thought it was some kind of scripted, staged thing. But now that I look closely, it’s very moving – just simple courtesy within the familiar burlap walls of an LDS chapel. Quote:Joseph once said, citing the book of Daniel, “You must make yourselves acquainted with those men who like Daniel pray three times a day toward the House of the Lord” (Teachings, p. 161).
I like the image too. The thought came to me: why does the church select certain organizations to use our buildings & exclude others?
For example, I don’t know why AA or other similar recovery groups are not allowed access & others like the Muslim religion can?
The church has come up with it’s own recovery program. They should be commended for it. But why invent our own recovery program?
I’ve never gone to the church program. I’ve heard good things about it. I’m sure it has something to do with how we utilize our buildings too.
Just curious.
Minyan Man wrote:I like the image too.
I don’t know why AA or other similar recovery groups are not allowed access & others like the Muslim religion can?
Just curious.
I’m not sure what you mean. I don’t think the Muslims have more access to church buildings than AA. This was just something that “happened” during a tour of the church building. I bet ward missionaries would be happy to give a tour to an AA group, of course they’re not likely to start a spontaneous sharing circle there in the chapel, but if they wanted to, I bet the bishop would be willing to lend them a room for it.
Minyan Man wrote:I like the image too.
The church has come up with it’s own recovery program. They should be commended for it. But why invent our own recovery program?
I’ve never gone to the church program. I’ve heard good things about it. I’m sure it has something to do with how we utilize our buildings too.
Just curious.
I just posted another thread about this.
Apparently some Christian faiths take strong exception to the idea that Muslims and Christians worship the same god. Of course, they would probably insist that Mormons worship an altogether different god as well.
Roy wrote:Apparently some Christian faiths take strong exception to the idea that Muslims and Christians worship the same god.
Of course, they would probably insist that Mormons worship an altogether different god as well.
Maybe they are right. I guess it depends on what “Worship God” actually means. Does what you believe about Him change who it is? Does how many of Him there are change that? I would argue that we worship the same God as Hindus, even though they have many gods. I think we probably worship the same god as atheists or new age people who worship the Universe. At least the idea of surrendering to a higher power is the same.
Maybe the caption should say, “Different faiths worshiping their own concept of a higher power in different ways in the same building.”
Really, who cares? It’s a symbol of people coming together and focusing on sharing similarities and celebrating differences. Any differences that cannot be celebrated are not highlighted. I really appreciate the challenge of building interfaith relationships because most religions claim to be THE TRUTH, everything else is either false, or falls short in some way. Turning that switch off for the sake of building genuine relationships is not easy. I’ve usually felt there is some sort of missionary angle behind interfaith events.
Roy wrote:Apparently some Christian faiths take strong exception to the idea that Muslims and Christians worship the same god.
Yeah, but these same people probably would love the world to think that Mormons and Muslims do.:crazy: After all, Mormons are no more “Christian” than Muslims.:wtf: I absolutely loved the story and posted a link to it on two other forums I participate on (both of which are devoted to religious discussion in general). People loved it. I was so glad.
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