Religion Standard-Examiner Saturday, October 16, 2004 5D WSU panel: Avoid religious branding — BY JAMIE LAMPROS ‘Standard-Examiner correspondent Deadline for submissions is Monday at 5 p.m. For more information call 629-5220. Elder Gary S. Bingham, son of Gary and Peggy Bingham of Roy, will serve in the New Hampshire Manchester Mission. He will enter the Missionary Training Center Oct. 20. Elder Caleb Crookston, son of Allen and Sherry Crookston of Kaysville, will serve in the Brazil Curitiba Mission. He wae enter the MTC Oct. 27. Sister Alisha Hansen, daughte? of Alan. enter the MTC Oct. 20. Elder Keith Jones, son of France and Franceen Jones of North Ogden, will serve in the Taiwan Taipei Mission. He will enter the MTC Oct. 20. Elder Cole B. Thorpe, son of Bruce and Coleen Thorpe of North Ogden, will serve in the Mexico Monterry East Mission. He will enter the MTC Nov. 10. Elder Jason Allen Tilby, son of Layne and Deanna Tilby of West Haven, will serve in the California Ventura Mission. He will enter the MTC Oct. 20. _ and Vicki Hansen of Clearfield, will serve _ in the Russia Novosibirsk Mission. She will Deadline for submissions is Monday at 5 p.m. For more information call 629-5220. Elder Jordan Aaberg, son of Eugene and Barbara Aaberg of North Ogden, served in Elder Scott Chantry, son of Don and Sue Chantry of Ogden, served in the Puerto Rico _The religion calendar, published each Saturday, is a listing of community reli- e The United Church of Christ Congretional Fair Trade Handcraft Sale from 10 Blvd., Ogden. 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Information, 392-5012 or Carolyn Somer, 782-5668. e The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 2374 Grant Ave., in Ogden is having a Holiday Craft Sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be a raffle, vendors, bake shop, white elephant, bottle table and e New Zion Baptist Church Annual Fall Revival and 46th Loyalty Day Celebration with the theme “A Church Pressing Toward to Mark,” will be held 7 p.m. through Oct. 22, at the Church. The Loyalty Day celebra- tion will be held at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 24. Guest speaker will be Rev. Michael Ross, Pastor _ and temporary emotional reaction, and the outbursts were tempered by many acts of | Kindness toward Muslims by non-Muslim _ heighbors and co-workers. Three years later, many Muslims say the _ atmosphere seems much bleaker. Anti-Mus- of St. Paul Baptist Church in Boise, Idaho. The church is located at 2935 Lincoln Ave., Ogden. Information, 721-7328. Upcoming } aged than at any time since the September _ 2001 terrorist attacks. 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Today Morris was participating on a panel discussion during the 6th Annual Diversity Conference. Other students on the panel represented different religions. _ Witcher, who is originally from Aruba. _ “There are more members of the church - outside of the United States than there are inside the country. Most of them speak the 30-minute weekly PBS program Reli- gious events. Items for consideration should be submitted by 5 p.m. Monday. For information, call 629-5220. _ people have concerning atheists.” _ ally upset me because everyone thought all ' Muslims were like the terrorists.” Naomi Witcher, a member of the LDS church, said she has been told that she _ doesn’t look like a typical Mormon.“What San Juan Mission. Elder Bryant Jensen, son of Les and Kathy Jensen of Farr West, served in the Washington Seattle Mission. : Elder Brady Grant Teuscher, son of Robert the Bulgaria Sofia Mission. a.m. to 2 p.m, at the church, 3350 Harrison © ee Crookston en Bingham OGDEN — Students at Weber State University said they have experienced religious branding, but hope more open discussions and education can eliminate those stereotypes. For instance, Justin Morris, an atheist, said they are not evil people without any _ morals who go around committing crime. “According to the FBI only two percent of prison inmates call themselves atheists,” Morris said. “Thisis my one and only life _and I’m certainly not going to go out and do something that’s going to cause me to spend it in prison. To me that’s a huge stereotype lim sentiment appears to be hardening into a _ permanent feature of public discourse, and ge) _ Muslim advocacy groups report an increase in hate erimes and discrimination» to clear up the fact that we are Christians. | We believe in Jesus Christ and believe he is the leader of our church.” Monica Querciagrossa said the publi So perception that Catholic priest’s molest children really bothers her. “Statistically only four percent of all priests in the United States have been accused and only 10 percent of them have been found guilty,” she said. “There are a lot of Protestants who abuse their members but you rarely hear about it.” : _ The students said they are all human beings who, for the most part, believe in the same Supreme Being. They would like to learn more about each © other, stop making assumptions and _ find more similarities. “We don’t have to constantly confront each other,” said Marcos Guerreiro. “We don’t have to have the same belief system as each other and we can still get along.” Morris said being an atheist isn’t always easy. He was raised by a religious mother who eventually turned atheist and a non-believing father. He said when people find out that he is atheist they can be confrontational. “It really depends on who you talk to, . he said. “I’ve had friends at work who have stopped talking to me because I’ve said I’m an atheist. It’s pretty sad. I didn’t just wake up one day and decide to be an atheist. I have strong. morals and a strong sense of right and wrong.” Jaber said since 9-11 she has had the opportunity to speak at other churches about her faith.“It’s really helped a lot,” she said. “Now people understand what our religion is all about. I think it’s important to study each other’s religions and learn as much as we can about each other. It will only help us get along better.” been sent to his organization in-the last two years. The “viciousness” of such messages has gone way up compared with the period immediately after 9-11, Hooper said. Many American Muslims believe that the U.S. government has contributed to the deepening of anti-Muslim sentiment by treating them more as foes than allies in the war against terrorism. | They say the government has done this by singling out Muslims for special scrutiny at airports, investigating Islamic charities and detaining Muslims who eventually are found innocent of criminal activity — all of which leads to a growing perception that the war on terrorism has become a war against Islam. “T hear a lot of people saying that today, especially moderate Muslims, people I never thought would have this feeling,” said Mohamed Magid, imam of the Area Muslim Society, a mosque All Dulles in Sterling,