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Tuesday, 30 April 2013

P is for PARDON MY PLANET

Today's cartoon struck a chord with me as I pondered the pandemonium going on in the world right now.  So much pain is caused by someone's religious beliefs, something that has gone on since the beginning of time.  It is "time to move on: religion has cost too much."  Take a look at this article online - it talks about how monotheism, in particular Christianity and Islam has caused so much violence.  You may not agree with it all, but it does make one ponder. I am a Christian, but don't go to church because I have to keep my personal beliefs in check.  I would end up arguing with the so-called leaders as they would consider me to be what they call a "pluralist."  From Wikipedia:

Religious pluralism is an attitude or policy regarding the diversity of religious belief systems co-existing in society. It can indicate one or more of the following:

  • As the name of the worldview according to which one's religion is not the sole and exclusive source of truth, and thus the acknowledgement that at least some truths and true values exist in other religions.
  • As acceptance of the concept that two or more religions with mutually exclusive truth claims are equally valid. This may be considered a form of either toleration (a concept that arose as a result of the European wars of religion) or moral relativism.
  • The understanding that the exclusive claims of different religions turn out, upon closer examination, to be variations of universal truths that have been taught since time immemorial. This is called Perennialism (based on the concept of philosophia perennis) or Traditionalism. 
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  • Can we not just live in peace with our fellow man?  Your thoughts?

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14 comments:

  1. Roger Owen Green30 April 2013 at 05:11

    As a Christian, I think that is definitely a PLAN.

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  2. MERYL JAFFE, PhD - parent, psychologist, teacher, author...30 April 2013 at 06:35

    Religious pluralism is important. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and the Reverend Martin Luther King did a great deal to move their worlds towards religious pluralism and we should all take a cue from that and from so many others who have tried to move this world to a more harmonious whole. From my rattled perspective though, we are preaching to the choir.

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  3. Carver30 April 2013 at 07:11

    Good post. I think it's so important to accept that there isn't only one path to the truth.

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  4. Nonnie30 April 2013 at 14:16

    peace is something for which I pray

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  5. ChrisJ30 April 2013 at 16:07

    For as long as mankind has been around, it has been shown sufficiently enough, I would think, for scientific proof to acknowledge that NO, for some profound reason, we cannot all live in peace. Whatever you want to call it, I call it SIN. We have evolved in almost every other aspect of humanity, but not in morality. There is something wrong with us, something deep within, that negates our best intentions. It is not popular to call it sin, but whatever you call it, there it is. We can blame religion, but many are those who have tried to reach peace within and without by ignoring religion and still only found disillusionment and frustration. Tolstoy comes to mind. Somehow, something, someone has to deal with it.

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  6. LONDONLULU30 April 2013 at 21:27

    You said it so well and so PERFECTLY.

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  7. AmitAag30 April 2013 at 23:15

    Great thought...wonderfully presented!
    My contribution: P is for Paradise:
    http://amitaag.blogspot.in/2013/01/paradise-regained.html
    Thank you Roger, Denise, Carver, Rose and the team, for hosting:)

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  8. Unknown1 May 2013 at 01:39

    hoping here for worldwide peace

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  9. Jannibele1 May 2013 at 04:04

    That is Precisely how it is:) Well said! Have a happy abc ande thank you very much for hosting!

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  10. aspiritofsimplicity1 May 2013 at 04:23

    wonderful P post. Right on the money there.

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  11. Unknown1 May 2013 at 07:59

    Pray for Peace that's all the world need right now.
    Mine is a bit light with P for Parties as I have showcased my speciality in doing Birthday Parties for my sons!

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  12. Lise2 May 2013 at 05:37

    Your post is perfect. If only all we needed was love, imagine how peaceful the world would be...love those Beatles:)

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  13. Martha2 May 2013 at 11:48

    I have to agree with Chris. It is the heart of man that is the real problem, deceitful and desperately wicked. We all need "heart transplants" in order for there to be true peace.

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  14. Unknown14 May 2013 at 16:18

    I am at peace with many different religions and find similarities to my own beliefs, but those which want to state they are the one and only true followers and they and they alone will enter heaven cause me pause to wonder. A God is great enough to create a world cannot love all His children?

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