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Trying an experiment to have more community here in this forum, I was curious if everyone here would be able to list something about every religion they encounter - be it here on the board or elsewhere - and note what it is that they appreciate about it. We're all part of a global neighborhood as MLK says...
Martin Luther King said it best when noting that all life is interrelated. THere's an excellent article on the issue entitled All Life is Interrelated.
As Martin Luther King Jr. wrote in his sermon Where Do We Go From Here:
And seeing how interdependent we are, I was wanting to see if others in this forum could recognize how much we're all interconnected ...and discuss how that plays out practically when seeing all of the ways things have been difficult in the world.
Specifically, rather than note what it is that you do not appreciate about another religion - including those we may be at odds with - I wanted to see how much there can be growth in being neighbors who understand how to still find valuable things in other people we may find ourselves at odds with.
We can change a lot when we actually have conversation, even when we strongly disagree. So if you can name 2 to 3 things about each religion you've encountered/debated with, cool. Again, it often seems we are so quick to discuss what we do not like that we end up not even knowing how to see the things that are special about all of us - and before any religious stance, we're human beings first and foremost. And truly diverse. One can see that in the sheer amount of variations in those who are Black alone
And for some examples just to inspire,
Faces of East & Southern Africa
Faces of Cambodia
Faces of Myanmar
And to be clear, some of what follows has been shared before regarding my own appreciation for differing religions and what they contribute, as seen here:
Martin Luther King said it best when noting that all life is interrelated. THere's an excellent article on the issue entitled All Life is Interrelated.
As Martin Luther King Jr. wrote in his sermon Where Do We Go From Here:
All men are interdependent. Every nation is an heir of a vast treasury of ideas and labor to which both the living and the dead of all nations have contributed.
We are everlasting debtors to known and unknown men and women. When we arise in the morning, we go into the bathroom where we reach for a sponge which is provided for us by a Pacific islander. We reach for a soap that is created by a European. Then at the table we drink coffee which is provided for us by a South American, or tea by a Chinese or cocoa by a west African. Before we leave for our jobs we are already beholden to more than half the world
.We are inevitably our brothers keeper, because we are our brothers brother. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly.
And seeing how interdependent we are, I was wanting to see if others in this forum could recognize how much we're all interconnected ...and discuss how that plays out practically when seeing all of the ways things have been difficult in the world.
Specifically, rather than note what it is that you do not appreciate about another religion - including those we may be at odds with - I wanted to see how much there can be growth in being neighbors who understand how to still find valuable things in other people we may find ourselves at odds with.
We can change a lot when we actually have conversation, even when we strongly disagree. So if you can name 2 to 3 things about each religion you've encountered/debated with, cool. Again, it often seems we are so quick to discuss what we do not like that we end up not even knowing how to see the things that are special about all of us - and before any religious stance, we're human beings first and foremost. And truly diverse. One can see that in the sheer amount of variations in those who are Black alone
And for some examples just to inspire,
Faces of East & Southern Africa
Faces of Cambodia
Faces of Myanmar
And to be clear, some of what follows has been shared before regarding my own appreciation for differing religions and what they contribute, as seen here:
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