The Baha'i Studies Listserv *"Recently at a Study Circle a new believer expressed concern as to whether Baha'is might be persecuted now that we have a "Muslim' as a president."*
I think it is concerning that the President has to "ease" the tension by claiming that he's *not *a Muslim, which implies that there is somehow something bad about being a Muslim. Like 'Muslim' is synonymous with 'evil', 'murderer', etc. I know that he doesn't think that. On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Susan Maneck <sman...@gmail.com> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > Dee Hock is the founder and the former CEO of Visa International and has > a > > very good book called, "The Birth of the Chaotic Age". He notes, "The > > problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts in your mind, but > how > > to get the old ones out." > > > > Problem with CBing materials is that they leave a permanent imprint in > our > > mind, bias our view and everything else we read is colored by that bias. > > This not just true about CBer materials, but any sort of negative or > attack > > material. For instance, if I read "Obama is a smoker", the thought of > him > > being a smoker (not that there's really anything wrong with being a > smoker) > > lingers on and colors everything else I read or hear about Obama. > > Dear Ahang, > > More maliciously, think of how this crazy notion that Obama is not > really a US citizen has caught hold, largely a result of the internet. > The fact that his birth certificate has been widely published on the > internet as well, does not change the effect that these accusations > have had on a significant portion of the population. Recently at a > Study Circle a new believer expressed concern as to whether Baha'is > might be persecuted now that we have a "Muslim' as a president. When I > pointed out that Obama wasn't a Muslim, that he was a member of the > United Church of Christ, she insisted, "Why hasn't he produced his > birth certificate." Offering to show her the birth certificate on the > internet did nothing to change her mind. > In cyberspace, the more things get repeated the more they get believed > regardless of their merits. > > As for Obama's smoking I'm rather amused by the image of him sneaking > an occasional cigarette on some porch of the White House hoping > neither his wife or a reporter catches him. > > warmest, Susan > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:matthewhaa...@gmail.com > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto: > leave-523840-953325.e9a9b042dd227e4657deb0ff0d384...@list.jccc.edu > Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to > ly...@list.jccc.edu > Or subscribe: > http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu > Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st > News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st > Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai...@list.jccc.net > New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu > > __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-523983-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai...@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
