<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Greetings to each of you.<div>Many of you know Mark Davies due to his collaboration with us in sponsoring the four Symposiums at Oklahoma City University beginning ten years ago. He has continued to be working daily with us in the Human Community Network through the years since. This is a sample of his writings. I invite you to read this and then look at his other postings under one of our partnering relationships called the One World House. All of his postings there are a worthy resource of insight and care. Then feel free to let me know what you think. <br><br>Peace be in your hearts in this time of transition. <br><div dir="ltr">Bill Parker <div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> One World House - Mark Davies <comment-reply@wordpress.com><br><b>Date:</b> May 21, 2023 at 12:53:17 PM CDT<br><b>To:</b> bparker1251963@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[New post] The Value of Pluralism</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> One World House - Mark Davies <comment+7yde62opokf_ihllqblxpax@comment.wordpress.com><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p style="font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, blinkmacsystemfont, "Segoe UI", Roboto,
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<p style="font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, blinkmacsystemfont, "Segoe UI", Roboto,
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<p style="font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, blinkmacsystemfont, "Segoe UI", Roboto,
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<p style="font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, blinkmacsystemfont, "Segoe UI", Roboto,
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<p style="font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, blinkmacsystemfont, "Segoe UI", Roboto,
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<p style="font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, blinkmacsystemfont, "Segoe UI", Roboto,
Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0; line-height: 1.7; padding: 0; color: #101517; margin-bottom: 24px;">And this is true of other religions as well. Imagine what a loss for the world it would have been if Gandhi had not engaged the thought of Olive Schreiner just because she was not Hindu, and what if Thich Nhat Hahn had not learned from the thought of Martin Luther King Jr. just because he was not a Buddhist. We all need each other, and we have so much to learn from each other in pluralistic beloved community.</p>
<p style="font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, blinkmacsystemfont, "Segoe UI", Roboto,
Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0; line-height: 1.7; padding: 0; color: #101517; margin-bottom: 24px;">In looking at the value of pluralism within my own faith tradition of Christianity, I think it is important to remember that what we experience as Christianity is various forms of institutionalization of the Jesus movement. If this institutionalization had not occurred, Christianity would not exist today. Religious movements require institutionalization for their survival. In the process of institutionalization, beliefs and practices become codified into doctrine, which is used to create a sense of religious identity that will persist over time, and this in turn supports the stability and viability of the religious institution.</p>
<p style="font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, blinkmacsystemfont, "Segoe UI", Roboto,
Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0; line-height: 1.7; padding: 0; color: #101517; margin-bottom: 24px;">What we know about Jesus primarily comes to us though the writings that occurred during the process of the institutionalization of the Jesus movement. As is the case with the institutionalization of all religious movements, this process is influenced by a number of religious, cultural, political, and economic factors. This process of institutionalization is a human process, and like all human processes, it is subject to human fallibility and all of our human frailties.</p>
<p style="font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, blinkmacsystemfont, "Segoe UI", Roboto,
Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0; line-height: 1.7; padding: 0; color: #101517; margin-bottom: 24px;">As Christianity became co-opted by the Roman Empire in the 4th Century C.E., the cultural, political, and economic influences on the institutionalization of Christianity come more directly from the empire, which had political and economic interests in seeing Christianity unified under a prescribed set of beliefs and practices that were conducive to the well being of the empire. The most widely accepted creedal statements within the institutions of Christianity today were formed during the 4th Century as the empire used violence, exile, and execution fo enforce a set of doctrines conducive to imperial interests. A plurality of views about Christianity was not in the empire’s interest for conformity and order.</p>
<p style="font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, blinkmacsystemfont, "Segoe UI", Roboto,
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<p style="font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, blinkmacsystemfont, "Segoe UI", Roboto,
Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0; line-height: 1.7; padding: 0; color: #101517; margin-bottom: 24px;">The acceptance of religious pluralism and pluralism in thought and action in general is vital for the maintenance of a vibrant democracy and for the freedom and flourishing of persons within beloved community. Every authoritarian and autocratic movement rejects the value of pluralism within society. Nationalism, especially religious nationalism, is built on the rejection of pluralism, which is expressed through actions that discriminate against and oppress persons who are considered to be the “other.” The value of embracing pluralism not only contributes to our learning from views different than our own, it also helps us realize that we can be one beloved and diverse human community, not in spite of our differences but actually because we accept and embrace our differences. Our diversity contributes to the overall flourishing and wellbeing of all persons within community. Acceptance of pluralism is at the very core of a free and democratic society.</p>
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