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High Wycombe hosts Islamic parade
2:19pm Wednesday 5th March 2008
Comments (22)A PARADE celebrating the birth of Islamic prophet Muhammad is set to take place in High Wycombe on Sunday.
The Wycombe Islamic Mission is organising the procession which will begin at Jubilee Road Mosque and continue on to High Street, Wycombe General Hospital and back to Jubilee Road.
The 20th annual Milaad' celebration in High Wycombe will start at 11.30.
The procession will stop in the High Street for messages and a prayer to the people who are ill in Wycombe General Hospital.
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m, Wycombe says...
2:53pm Wed 5 Mar 08
Elmo, High Wycombe says...
2:58pm Wed 5 Mar 08
...and I'm a white atheist!
Elmo, High Wycombe says...
2:59pm Wed 5 Mar 08
...and I'm a white atheist!
GlynnCreaser, Buenos Aires says...
2:59pm Wed 5 Mar 08
influxuk, terriers says...
3:39pm Wed 5 Mar 08
Marmite, HW says...
3:39pm Wed 5 Mar 08
Marmite, HW says...
3:44pm Wed 5 Mar 08
influxuk wrote:So churches don't exist?
religion isnt real for ***** sake!!!
Elmo, High Wycombe says...
4:01pm Wed 5 Mar 08
tom, marlow says...
5:31pm Wed 5 Mar 08
and a prayer to the people who are ill in Wycombe General Hospital.
As far as I'm aware the only properly designed, controlled, study of the efficacy of prayer on medical outcomes showed that the patients who were prayed for had slightly worse outcomes - but only if they knew they were being prayed for. It had no effect on a control group who didnt know they were the target of prayers. You can read about it in one of Richard Dawkins books.
Mind you, if I recall correctly they were christian prayers. Maybe muslim prayers work better.
Might be best though, to be on the safe side, to hide all copies of the BFP in Wycombe General, so the patients dont know about it.
Mutley, High Wycombe says...
6:44pm Wed 5 Mar 08
As far as I'm aware the only properly designed, controlled, study of the efficacy of prayer on medical outcomes showed that the patients who were prayed for had slightly worse outcomes - but only if they knew they were being prayed for. It had no effect on a control group who didnt know they were the target of prayers. You can read about it in one of Richard Dawkins books.
You could hardly read a Richard Dawkins book and expect anything other than an anti-religious, anto-faith conclusion. Conversely, an article on BBC News website (http://news.bbc.co.
uk/1/hi/uk/1844076.s
tm) states...
But, remarkably, many modern tests have reached similar conclusions. Professor Leslie Francis of the University of Bangor has studied 31 experiments (conducted to the "highest professional standards") into the effectiveness of prayer.
The trials would typically take a group of hundreds of patients recovering from heart surgery, randomly divided into two groups, one of which is prayed for. None of the patients would know they were or weren't being prayed for.
"The findings are quite staggering," he says. "Studies show that patients in hospital who are being prayed for (even when they do not know they are being prayed for) are more likely to recover."
Fortunately, we have freewill to accept or reject faith/religion as we wish. But be careful which you choose!
somewhereelse, home says...
8:33pm Wed 5 Mar 08
tom, marlow says...
9:26pm Wed 5 Mar 08
Dawkins may be the spawn of satan but he does tend to emphasise evidence as the basis for the views he presents.
tom, marlow says...
9:30pm Wed 5 Mar 08
mr_wright, Wyc says...
8:23am Thu 6 Mar 08
Elmo, High Wycombe says...
8:53am Thu 6 Mar 08
somewhereelse wrote:I expect so, organise one.
will they allow us a st.george day parade and march
However there is one for Easter, if you want to join that.
Steve, Totteridge Hill says...
9:24am Thu 6 Mar 08
m, Wycombe says...
9:45am Thu 6 Mar 08
religion isnt real for ***** sake!!!
The act of "joining up with others to achieve inner peace and strive for peace and the greater good of mankind" does exist. Some call it religion others may have different names for it.
Elmo, High Wycombe says...
9:51am Thu 6 Mar 08
The act of "joining up with others to achieve inner peace and strive for peace and the greater good of mankind" does exist. Some call it religion others may have different names for it.
Some require unswerving belief in an unprovable concept, whilst others can manage the same thing without it.
Bernard, HW says...
4:23pm Thu 6 Mar 08
Glad to see that the Muslim community will also be welcoming all to come and have a look and see what its all about.
And i think Elmo is right, if you want a St. Georges day parade, then get on and organise one, i am sure a lot of people will turn up, and a great deal of them will be from religions other than Christianity.
psaras, wycombe marsh says...
10:21pm Thu 6 Mar 08
m wrote:I think you might be referring to the act of shopping
religion isnt real for ***** sake!!!
The act of "joining up with others to achieve inner peace and strive for peace and the greater good of mankind" does exist. Some call it religion others may have different names for it.
Ash, High Wycombe says...
9:50am Tue 18 Mar 08
influxuk wrote:It's called having faith., u piece of ****.
religion isnt real for ***** sake!!!
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GlynnCreaser, Buenos Aires says...
2:43pm Wed 5 Mar 08