Why oinly one religion gets it's own section?

I'm pretty sure that there's a Catholic thread that I see occasionally and other threads that are "faith based" - even a thread for non-believers.  You could start your own - just look at a forum that it would fit best and think of a good title and ask other Morman women to join you.

You can reach a moderator by doing a private message (PM) to "Moderators".  I also think that I remember that there's a thread for "Moderators" at the end of the list of Forums.

Kicks:

I was almost correct.  The next to last item on the list of forums (see the "Jump to a Forum" pull down box) contains a lisiting for "Comments, Suggestions, Feature Requests".  I think that this would be a place to ask the Moderators to set up a section for your faith.

Kicks:

As I said in my prior post, if you go to the topic near the bottom of the Forum list (Comments, Suggestions, Feature Requests) you can start a thread there call "Can we have a Forum for Mormon BC patients".  You should be able to have a dialog with the Moderators there.  I also find that doing a PM to a Moderator usually results in a quick answer.

kicks- I think I understand your question. I never realized that the Muslim Women's topic was an actual forum section, not just a thread. I think you have a very valid point and I would send a question to the Moderators (private message and search "moderator" from member list). I would think it would be more correct to have threads (Jewish, Muslim, Mormon, Buddhist whatever) in the Connecting with Others section, not a stand alone Muslim Women's section.  That way, if a BC person with some other spiritual or religious belief wants to start a thread, all things are equal. By the way, I don't care if you can't spell or type Mormon, I am sure you know what you are!

Athena-  I couldn't agree more.  We seem to have way too many subcategories in every direction.  However, kicks makes a very good point that only Muslim Women with BC is a forum unto itself, not just a thread.  If that is the model, the Moderators will have to create forums for every conceivable religion and inclination. 

I am going to take a stab at this one and see if I can get through tonight without a scathing from someone.

I don't see this Muslim section as being totally religious in nature.  I always viewed it as the women are living in countries where healthcare if scarce - treatment can be hundreds of miles from home and that those wonderful ladies living in other countries may need to connect in order to find doctors that they can use.  Take Morrocco for example.....my dh went over there for 3 weeks last year and ran into a native morrocan whose wife was diagnosed with BC.  They lived hundreds of miles from the nearest medical facility so trying to do radiation for instance was impossible for them let alone chemo.  The wife ended up with a double masectomy and no reconstruction because that was not available for her either.

The muslim culture is very different from the typical US culture so there is that issue to deal with.  Communication maybe extremely limited and they don't have the operating systems to go through hundreds of threads to connect with one another.  My dh was lucky to get on line every 4 to 5 days as he was in a very remote part of Morocco and there was one week I didn't even hear from him.

Whatever it is worth - I don't get the point of "we all need to be treated fair" mentality.  So what if the muslim women have their own forum - does it really matter?

what jancie said.

Add to the logic, it can be really hard for Muslim women to seek and find treatment and information. Anything that helps a sister get the treatment she needs is just fine by me.

I find it odd that this is such an issue to you, Kick.

While I am not LDS, I do know that the general conferences in the past 5 years have been emphasizing the LDS community to be more accepting and less judgemental of those people of different religions.  You have come across as one that is totally insulted that there is not an LDS forum on this board and BCO has been discriminating towards the LDS faith.

The people that have been subject to a great amount of criticism and discrimination in the past 10 years have been the muslims and if they have their own forum - well so be it - maybe it makes them feel a little bit more safe and just maybe they have had to deal with a lot of crap from others because of their religion, faith, country they are from, etc.

I think if everyone had to live in a 3rd world country for sometime that maybe they would be a little bit more appreciative of what they have.

And if you are wondering - no, I am not muslim, I am not LDS but my mother-in-law who died of breast cancer was muslim -she was a great woman, wonderful mother and a great wife to my father-in-law who is a Coon Ass from LA.

I live in Utah - I am in a LDS state and believe me I have a lot of friends that are LDS.  They accept the fact I am not LDS and I accept the fact that they are LDS - it goes both ways.  This is why this thread is eating me up inside because I feel that the LDS community is not being represented in the manner they are taught to act. 

Just a suggestion....

Use the search box to find other folks that are Mormon. See what forum they post in most often.

Just put Mormon, LDS or both in the search box.

I know a lady that is a Jehovah's Witness, she tried that and was able to connect with other Witnesses.

If I wanted to start a thread to connect with others of my faith, I'd start in the *Prayers and Spiritual Insiration* forum

Kicks has a very valid point.  Why not make a "Spiritual Issues" section and turn the 'Muslim Women with BC' section into a thread and put it in there.  That way, anyone can start their own thread for their own spiritual group or beliefs and everyone will be represented equally. 

Oh Lord/Allah/J.Smith/Budah/Sun Goddess/big person in the sky have mercy!  We have no idea how Kicks feels about other religions, she simply suggested a new topic and from there it took on a life of its own.  Is it really necessary to a) mock someone for a spelling mistake b) questions someones beliefs?  I find it interesting that people here are urging Kicks to be more accepting of others but it doesn't appear as though anyone is being very accepting of her.  No matter who you pray to, being kind to others should be a given.  No I am not LDS, I am not Muslim but I am a woman going through breast cancer just like the rest of you and I come here to find and give support to others who understand and can relate to my erratic state of mind, regardless of religion, race, gender, geographic location, stage, node involvement, IDC, ILC, DCIS, LCIS, hormone reception and anything else that might make us different.  That is the beauty of this place...we are all DIFFERENT in one way or another.  Let's get back to supporting each other.  I will now step off my soap box and get back to living my life.

Next thing you know the Catholics, Buddists, and Pagans will each want their own forum - they have been more than happy to start a "thread" in the Prayers and Spiritual forum but hey.....let's give each and every religion their own forum and then it will take forever to sift through it all to make sure you post in the correct forum at all times.

Again, the muslim forum appears to be a cultural based forum - it is a means for them to communicate with one another regarding breast cancer and how to obtain treatment that meets their religious requirements, etc. 

This is just getting out of hand and if Kicks were so adament about meeting up with other Mormons she would have already started a thread - and she hasn't.

 Muslims I guess is because their religion affects all parts of their daily living, I saw that in the middle east,it is more a culture  , it is a way of living.

For others our religion is more  spiritual  and we do not separate from others because of our differences in faiths.

We do not need to assimilate to Western culture and  we can find friends of any religion, I guess it is not that easy for them.

It's obvious that the moderators hate America. There's no other possibility. Oh, they could be terrorist-loving, communist, anti-Semitic, atheists.

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