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potpourri.
Jun. 16th, 2005 10:01 amInterested in religion in today's society? Want to hear discussion about bridging gaps and learning tolerance?
I've been loving listening in and pondering about the show Speaking of Faith on NPR. There's been a really cool dialogue between Rabbi Harold Schulweis and Muslim scholar Khaled Abou El Fad.
The relevance is that we're in a world that has almost always been polarized by religion (spirituality, belief systems, whatever), and this isn't likely to ever change, even for the irreligious, and this brings the best of what these systems have to offer and how reconciliation and peace is possible. Common ground isn't so common, it seems, and the definition of saint is one who tries to create it themselves.
"She has soulless eyes...they're like shark eyes! ...No, it's like she's been taxidermied!"
Without you everything just falls apart :(
I've been loving listening in and pondering about the show Speaking of Faith on NPR. There's been a really cool dialogue between Rabbi Harold Schulweis and Muslim scholar Khaled Abou El Fad.
The relevance is that we're in a world that has almost always been polarized by religion (spirituality, belief systems, whatever), and this isn't likely to ever change, even for the irreligious, and this brings the best of what these systems have to offer and how reconciliation and peace is possible. Common ground isn't so common, it seems, and the definition of saint is one who tries to create it themselves.
"She has soulless eyes...they're like shark eyes! ...No, it's like she's been taxidermied!"
Without you everything just falls apart :(