[violetgorman]

http://www.paganlibrary.com/fundies/other_people.php

Lets see if this side of the isle can discuss without pissing people off. ULC.net didn't get a passing grade on being nice so I had to close it.

Anyway, I found this article fascinating and wanted to share it.

Post your opinions, if you can be nice.

[Cogebrego]

http://www.paganlibrary.com/fundies/other_people.php

Lets see if this side of the isle can discuss without pissing people off. ULC.net didn't get a passing grade on being nice so I had to close it.

I had to laugh at the Addam's Family decor! My husband has a "Warlock" guitar that's as close as we come to Addam's Family. BTW, my husband is Christain, but doesn't practice any religion. - We both handle the Witnesses in different ways depending on our mood.
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On this forum, we can usually discuss anything and not get out of hand.

[VottCetaVeivE]

Well, my involvement in a discussion would be limited as my interest factor would be rather low.

The fundies don't even visit me anymore. I think they all have scratched my address off their lists.

Yeah, we are pretty easy to get along with here as long as you don't start telling us that we are all screwed up. Hehehe. Those folks don't last long here.

[q9h9pPne]

The article was very interesting. My only issue is simple: I do not believe that the Bible is a history book; but I do believe that it is an allegorical book. It was a book written for the Jewish people, not for the rest of us. So to be honest, in a certain way, we are the other people. But in a very profound way, all of us are the Children of the Supreme. Sri Shyamacharan Lahiri (1828-1895), the founding Guru of my spiritual tradition used to say, "God is the God of all". Pagans, Jews, Christians, Muslims, Buddhist, Hindus, people of all religions, races, nationalities, and ethnicities should be considered as sisters and brothers, members of one human family.

Hermano Luis
Moriviví Hermitage

[unlomarma]

interesting article.
i am one of the"other people"in that i have no deity at all.to each as they find.

[tyclislavaify]

I've found that "interfaith" does not mean what I once thought it did and does not include me. Anymore than the "Coexist" bumper sticker speaks for me when it's missing a pentacle. (among other things)

[parurorges]

As they say, over at the Monastery -- "We are all children of the same universe." A good line. It includes those who don't like talking about God.

It is difficult, sometimes, to celebrate the diversity with people who believe that they have the truth -- and the rest of us need to be brought to that truth -- from our error. Very difficult. Interfaith breaks down in the face of "my truth and your superstition."

Most of the people in the ULC -- all of the ULC -- try very hard to make Interfaith work. Alas, some of our family think that tolerance means that they can proclaim their truth -- and everybody else' error. Sometimes, it is best to celebrate the diversity from a distance. (Not my line. It came from a Star Trek book.)

[6M8PJigS]

Sometimes, it is best to celebrate the diversity from a distance. (Not my line. It came from a Star Trek book.)

Sometimes it is best to keep our mouth shut. (My line.)