tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post1973912262711122534..comments2024-03-25T15:31:12.151-07:00Comments on We Live In A Political World: #364 / Quaker EvangelismGary A. Pattonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15049925834933920507noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post-65145932906291984002021-12-30T09:09:17.400-08:002021-12-30T09:09:17.400-08:00While these are good principles, which my wife and...While these are good principles, which my wife and I follow scrupulously (without the God part), they do not require a religion to make them part of our lives. <br /><br />The problem with religions is that they are based on faith, not on open and unfiltered, rational observations of the world, the entire world, around us. <br /><br />Faith in gods is exclusively human centered, and does not apply to the natural world, setting humans apart as "special" and not subject to natural processes and interrelationships with all life.<br /><br />Yes to:<br /><br />SIMPLICITY-- focusing on what is truly important and letting other things fall away.<br /><br />PEACE --seeking justice and healing for all life; taking away the causes of conflict with the natural world and each other in the ways we live.<br /><br />INTEGRITY -- Acting on what we know to be true, telling the truth, and doing what we say we will.<br /><br />COMMUNITY -- supporting all others in our life journeys and in times of joy and sorrow; sharing with and caring for each other.<br /><br />EQUALITY -- treating every living thing, everywhere, as equally precious, recognizing that every being has gifts to share.<br /><br />SUSTAINABILITY -- caring for the earth and all that herein lives, valuing and responding to all life; using only a necessary share of the earth's resources needed by all life; working for policies that protect all life. Michael A. Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04980105313542633114noreply@blogger.com