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Religion claims its place in Occupy Wall Street
The Associated Press ^ | October 23, 2011 | Jay Lindsay and Karen Matthews

Posted on 10/23/2011 1:44:26 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Downtown Dewey Square is crammed with tents and tarps of Occupy Boston protesters, but organizers made sure from the start of this weeks-old encampment that there was room for the holy.

No shoes are allowed in the "Sacred Space" tent here, but you can bring just about any faith or spiritual tradition.

A day's schedule finds people balancing their chakras, a "compassion meditation" and a discussion of a biblical passage in Luke. Inside, a Buddha statue sits near a picture of Jesus, while a hand-lettered sign in the corner points toward Mecca....

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TOPICS: Islam; Judaism; Mainline Protestant; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: buddhism; christianity; judaism; occupy; occupywallstreet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I bet it wasn’t: Shall not Covet.


21 posted on 10/23/2011 4:23:37 PM PDT by cruise_missile
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To: Tennessee Nana

Exodus 32:26
John 14:6
Ephesians 4:28

paraphrase of verses from the koran like: 2:190-191, 2:193, 3:12, 3:151-152, 4:89, 5:33, 8:12-13, 8:67, 9:5, 9:73


22 posted on 10/23/2011 4:27:08 PM PDT by Kandy Atz ("Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want for bread.")
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To: righttackle44

General Jackson, so far as I know, wasn’t a minister.


23 posted on 10/23/2011 4:47:22 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.~Admiral Yamamoto)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
A day's schedule finds people balancing their chakras, a "compassion meditation" and a discussion of a biblical passage in Luke.

I wonder if they'd like a discussion of John 14:6, Acts 4:12, or perhaps Isaiah 42:8?

Jesus doesn't share the stage with the fake gods.

24 posted on 10/23/2011 5:47:27 PM PDT by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: re_nortex

I’m surprised a Muslim caring about the direction of Mecca was ever in the tent, seeing that the Buddha and Jesus are still there.


25 posted on 10/23/2011 6:13:53 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wonder where they put the temples to Baal and the Asteroth poles.


26 posted on 10/24/2011 7:38:10 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: TigersEye

One false god or another..


27 posted on 10/24/2011 10:38:57 AM PDT by RnMomof7
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To: RnMomof7

The only people who claim Buddha is a god are non-Buddhists. :-)


28 posted on 10/24/2011 10:45:03 AM PDT by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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