Anglican Church issues 9 Twitter commandments

Thou shalt not share: Diocese draws up 'Nine Commandments' for Anglicans using Twitter  -- "The Church of England has come up with a new way of adapting its teaching to the digital age – by drawing up a list of nine commandments... "

[see also : theguardian.com]

The nine commandments of Twitter:
1 Don't rush in
2 Remember updates are transient, yet permanent
3 You are an ambassador for the church
4 Do not hide behind anonymity
5 Think about the blurring of public/private life boundaries
6 Safeguarding: communicating directly online is like meeting someone in private
7 Stay within the legal framework
8 Respect confidentiality
9 Be mindful of your own security

On the same shelf:

• 5 Social-Media Commandments For Better Brand Tweeting 
• The 10 Commandments of Concert Social-Media Etiquette
• Ten Commandments of Social Media 
• Facebook and the Ten Commandments
• How the Buddha would Facebook
• The Ten Twitter Commandments 
• Ten commandments for social media research analysts
• Cyber Worship Resource of the Week is The Ten Commandments of Access
• Vatican issues 10 Commandments for driving -- Faithwise Review of the Week
• Nash Papyrus Digitized: Ancient Copy of Ten Commandments Goes Online 

Nash Papyrus Digitized: Ancient Copy of Ten Commandments Goes Online

Extract:
By Stoyan Zaimov , Christian Post Reporter
The Cambridge University Library in the U.K. has released a copy of the Ten Commandments dating back two millennia in what is one of the oldest known manuscripts from the Old Testament.
"Cambridge University Library preserves works of great importance to faith traditions and communities around the world," University Librarian Anne Jarvis said in a statement. continue reading

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Cambridge Digital Library

Cyber Worship Resource of the Week is The Ten Commandments of Access

Here is a sample from inside the Book: Cyber Worship in Multifaith Perspectives--full of resources that will facilitate building bridges in a Multifaith society. Table of Contents / Reviews

Chapter 4. 'Navigating the Deep Sacred Space via Experiences of the Wise':

Resource of the Week is: The Access Web - The Ten Commandments of Access (see similar content on pages 131-132). Order the book with Publisher:

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The 10 shopping commandments @ Women's fashion, MSN Shopping

Give praise to the shopping gods with our credit crunch-friendly commandments. Obey and ye shall be rewarded...

• Thou shalt not buy smaller sizes
• Thou shalt not waste money on passing trends
• Thou shalt understand the difference between necessity and luxury
• Thou shalt not forget to read the care labels
• Thou shalt not be a slave to sales
• Thou shalt not buy rogue clothing
• Thou shalt not turn thy nose up at budget labels
• Thou shalt not impulse buy
• Thou shalt not be afraid to return
• Thou shalt not spend more than thou can afford

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF REFERENCE, by Harry S. Martin III, April 1990

Vatican issues 10 Commandments for driving -- Faithwise Review of the Week

Message to motorists: watch your driving and your mouth, Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

Here are the "Drivers' Ten Commandments" as listed by the Vatican's Office for Mirgrants and Itinerant People:

1. You shall not kill.
2. The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of mortal harm.
3. Courtesy, uprightness and prudence will help you deal with unforeseen events.
4. Be charitable and help your neighbour in need, especially victims of accidents.
5. Cars shall not be for you an expression of power and domination, and an occasion of sin.
6. Charitably convince the young and not so young not to drive when they are not in a fitting condition to do so.
7. Support the families of accident victims.
8. Bring guilty motorists and their victims together, at the appropriate time, so that they can undergo the liberating experience of forgiveness.
9. On the road, protect the more vulnerable party.
10. Feel responsible toward others. source read also: Vatican issues '10 Commandments' for good motorists

New York City rewards poor with cash for good behaviour Read also: In God’s Name: Religion for Captive Audiences, With Taxpayers Footing the Bill, By DIANA B. HENRIQUES and ANDREW LEHREN

Chicken served to pundit; airline fined
Kuala Lumpur: A Malaysian court has ordered the country's national carrier to pay an Indian Brahmin Rs 2 lakh in damages for serving him chicken on a flight four years ago.

Hugs and handshakes? Not in school, please see also: 'We need no bans' 19 Jun, 2007 l 0000 hrs ISTlNIKHILA PANT /TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Online exclusive: A sacred space for immigrant rights

Interfaith Leaders Meet In Chicago Around the Issue of Labor Justice and Immigration
WASHINGTON, DC - June, 19, 2007 (MASNET) The Interfaith Worker Justice (IWJ) held its 2007 national conference on the campus of North Park University in Chicago. This year's theme focused on welcoming, struggling, and organizing for worker's justice. It highlighted the opportunities and challenges that people of faith have in America to make a difference in the life of working people.
The conference also focused on the challenges for working people in an American climate that has become increasingly xenophobic and anti immigrant. The Muslim American Society (MAS) was represented at the conference by its executive director, Mahdi Bray, who is also a board member of IWJ. At the conference, Bray served as a workshop leader, moderator, and speaker. Visit the Website: Interfaith Worker Justice

Miracle diet pill with teeny-tiny side effect

Buddhism new obstacle between India, China21 Jun, 2007 l 0030 hrs ISTlIndrani Bagchi/TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Don't scapegoat multiculturalism, Haroon Siddiqui @ The Toronto Star, Jun 10, 2007
"Immigration and multiculturalism are linked. One serves as a lightning rod for the other. Unease with either, or both, rises in times of economic and social insecurity."
"Too often these debates have been initiated by right-wing commentators as thinly disguised strategies for attacking immigrants, particularly Muslims, often accompanied by apocalyptic predictions about how Canada's experiment in multiculturalism is on the verge of collapse."
It isn't.
On the contrary, Wilfrid Laurier's dream of Canada as a Gothic cathedral is now an entrenched reality:
"I want the marble to remain the marble, the granite to remain the granite, the oak to remain the oak – and out of all these elements I would build a nation great among the nations of the world."

India does not belong to any single race - Faithwise Review of the Week

India does not belong to any single race, Indo-Asian News Service, New Delhi, November 2, 2006,

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday stressed that India would remain a pluralistic country where "socio-religious variety" was respected and said the country did not belong to any group of religious extremists.

The prime minister also called for dialogue between different religious groups for better understanding among them.

"While rituals, theologies and institutions might vary from religion to religion, the basic religious values are common in all the great religions; the basic values in one religion are complementary to the other.

"Dialogue is the only way to promote better understanding between the various religious communities," he said.

York gives prof. place to toke up, Nov. 3, 2006. DANIEL GIRARD, Toronto Star,
York University is cool with a criminology professor smoking pot on campus.
Brian MacLean will get his own private, ventillated room beginning Monday after the school agreed to accommodate his use of medical marijuana for a severe form of degenerative arthritis.

Morality comes from nature, not God, Faith Commons
Dawkins suggests that a New Ten Commandments is called for. He offers up this example that he found on an atheist website. It makes a lot more sense to me than the Old Ten Commandments.

(1) Do not do to others what you would not want them to do to you.
(2) In all things, strive to cause no harm.
(3) Treat your fellow human beings, your fellow living things, and the world in general with love, honesty, faithfulness and respect.
(4) Do not overlook evil or shrink from administering justice, but always be ready to forgive wrongdoing freely admitted and honestly regretted.
(5) Live life with a sense of joy and wonder.
(6) Always seek to be learning something new.
(7) Test all things; always check your ideas against the facts, and be ready to discard even a cherished belief if it does not conform to them.
(8) Never seek to censor or cut yourself off from dissent; always respect the right of others to disagree with you.
(9) Form independent opinions on the basis of your own reason and experience; do not allow yourself to be led blindly by others.
(10) Question everything. Full article @ Church of the Churchless

Muslims negotiate cost of peace in Gujarat villages, Neelesh Misra, Sunderna (Gujarat), November 3, 2006

In a few months, it will be five years since Shakil Bhai last heard the call of the muezzin from the mosque by his village pond.

In a few months, it will be five years since the life of the gentle grocer and his community changed.

Muslims in many villages have given up azaan, or the call to prayers from mosques. In others, they cannot openly sell meat, and must observe festivals with a low profile. Most significantly, a large number of Muslims have had to withdraw criminal cases they had brought against fellow villagers, a necessary condition for their return.

Expedition to foster inter-cultural dialogue, Gulf News, Friday, November 03, 2006.
Connecting Cultures was launched in the United Kingdom by Evans in 2005.

"After spending almost nine years in the Middle East, I felt that the media portrayal in Europe was not in conformity with the reality of the Middle East region. Connecting Cultures was set up to bridge this gap in perceived notions by promoting inter-cultural dialogue in which people meet face-to-face and discuss various issues," Evans said.

Witness: The World Under God? Religion but not compassion in Missouri: One state, under God (sort of), Alan Freeman, today at 4:08 PM EST
Missouri’s God, it seems, believes in personal responsibility above all. Taking care of one’s neighbours doesn’t seem to figure into the equation.