Video: Call to Renewal (40 mins.):
Written Transcript (June 2006)For some time now, there has been plenty of talk among pundits and pollsters that the political divide in this country has fallen sharply along religious lines. Indeed, the single biggest "gap" in party affiliation among white Americans today is not between men and women, or those who reside in so-called Red States and those who reside in Blue, but between those who attend church regularly and those who don't.
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i am passionate about my belief, or make that unbelief but i seldom pontificate (if that's the right word) about it. one thing i noticed though is that i am more tolerant of other people's beliefs because i've lost my religion.
john lennon's "imagine" - that's my manifesto.
ah I missed this part. I've always been tolerant of people's religion and affiliation. I believe I became more progressive and tolerant when my son died. We were taught in the Catholic religion "to love one another" which also means to love believers and non-believers. The way to draw in believers is to be a good role model without being too evangelical. I know it can be such a turn off. Actions are clearly more influential than words.
i just admire people who know their passion... as long as it's for the greater good! i'm good! thanks for linking me up..
Religion and Politics, are two different things. But since long forgotten history, religion always have a major part in politics on which, imho, shouldn't be. But even still, history always find its way to repeat itself. :)
Thanks for the link!
I would call it faith more than a religion.
Thanks so much for the link!
bottomline, let us be tolerant of each other's religion, or the abscence of it. wars are always started by the insensitivity and intolerance of other people's faiths. nga pala, thanks for the link!
I think the U.S. should look no further than north of the Border to try to take away Religion out of Politics. We never let religion interfere with our politics as our politics never interfere with regards to people freedoms of conscience and religion. Our politics are mostly along the lines of The conservatives and the liberals and the socialists. I believe we are doing it right by putting up an indestructible wall between the two.
Thanks for the visit and a dedications.
BarackObama.com is one of the sites we admire and emulate for its content and effectiveness. Funny that I am saying this because we have been studying the site's structure and design (for one of our local client's website project). But it's only now that I have sit down and watched a full 39min BarackTV video. The message was very moving. Thanks!!
Pwnage is best served with fair-minded words. Nice find, Mike. :)
I'm not in a position to comment on Obama -- I barely understand politics here -- but something he said struck a chord:
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I think we make a mistake when we fail to acknowledge the power of faith in people's lives -- in the lives of the [American] people
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Indeed.
very well said by sen. obama.
i have been thought by my sunday school teacher to be tolerant of others' views and beliefs. Until now, I am doing it.
Thanks for the link.
All I can say is... what we believe has been part of our lives. Imagine, the faith we are into right now has been our faith since our baptism or birth. It has been nailed in our heads and was embedded in our very lives before we even gain consciousness about what our faith really is.
We have what we call INTERFAITH PLURALISM. Filipinos should start realizing that Christianity is not the only religion in the world.
thanks for the video/mp3 ;)
God to Christians, Allah to Moslems, the different gods–lakshmi, Brahma, Siva for Hindus, Buddha for Buddhists, etc., and none for Atheists.
What matters is that we own up to our beliefs, and respect one another, whether they believe in the Christian God, or Allah, or none.
I am a Catholic, by heart, word and action, but it does not stop me from interacting with other people, in a harmonious way. And it does not mean that I will impose on the other what I believe in.
Nice. =)
In a very broad sense, I do believe that religion divides people, but faith unites them.
Our passion for our beliefs should be as strong as our tolerance towards those of others, or their unbelief.
Overall it's a nice speech. Maybe I need a second listening so I can digest more what he said. The religious divide is happening because religion plays a considerable role in shaping public policies that affect EVERYBODY. It's just natural for politics to be divided so along religious line since the main issues of the day are often than not have been argued along the same religious lines. Is it bad? I believe not necessarily. It's just one of the possible imaginary "divides" there is. What's important is that the public debate must continue freely. Let ideas and policies be discussed and dissected for as long as people want to along any divide possible. Only, let's not resort to suppression of the same ideas, or to violence.
cheers!
Tony