Indeed, part of what it means to respect other religions is to respect their differences, even to some extent appreciating and celebrating both sides of those differences, except perhaps where those religions take stands on urgent moral questions that directly clash with our positions on those issues. One of my main points at that time was that, even while respecting other religions and the sincerity of belief of many of their members, we should be under no illusion that all religions are the same. I understand this talk as a continuation of my January talk about how religions and religious denominations relate to one another,Īnd how liberal religious people should relate to other religions ( "Universal Religion and Religious Diversity," With that measure we mete, it shall be measured to us again. The individual, race, or nation which does wrong, which sets at defiance God's great law, especially God's great law of love, of brotherhood, will be sure, sooner or late, to pay the penalty. One day he will make restitution for blood He will call the oppressors to account. Jan Garrett Presented October 1, 2000, at the Unitarian-Universalist Church of Bowling Green KY Modified NovemGod is not dead-nor is he an indifferent onlooker at what is going on in this world. Black Christianity and the Prophetic Church Black Christianity and the Prophetic Church Insights from the Black Theology of James H.
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