Our Interfaith Future | Jake Haber

Check out our exploration of the concept of "Interfaith" and how it relates to human development and spiritual evolution. We talk about food courts, bumper stickers, clay pots, mystics, soup, and more. 

 

Quotes:

 

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks:

“Interfaith dialogue doesn’t mean that we have to agree on everything. It means we commit to a conversation, to listening, and to learning from one another.”

 

Yuval Noah Harari:

(Religion) enabled large numbers of strangers to cooperate effectively. But why should they do so? Why should an individual in a group of 100,000 people be willing to do things for the benefit of strangers? The answer is that large-scale human cooperation is based on our unique ability to believe in shared myths. This is the foundation of religions… This system establishes norms and values for cooperation and morality in human societies, which are crucial for keeping large groups together.”

 

Rumi:

“The lamps are different, but the Light is the same.”

 

Karl Rahner:

“The Christian of the future will be a mystic or will not exist at all” 

 

Martin Luther King Jr:

“We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now. Interfaith dialogue helps us navigate the waters of our shared existence.”

 

Desmond Tutu:

“My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together. Interfaith dialogue helps us find this common humanity, even amidst our differences.”

 

Swami Vivikenda:

“if there is ever to be a universal religion, it would be one which embraces every aspect of humanity and recognizes every path to truth as valid.”

 

Matthew 7: 16-18:

"But you will recognize them by their fruits. You don’t find sweet, delicious grapes growing on thorny bushes, do you? You don’t find delectable figs growing in the midst of prickly thistles. People and their lives are like trees. Good trees bear beautiful, tasty fruit, but bad trees bear ugly, bitter fruit. A good tree cannot bear ugly, bitter fruit; nor can a bad tree bear fruit that is beautiful and tasty."

 

Karen Armstrong:

“No one faith has all the answers, but together we can learn to live harmoniously, with respect and compassion for one another.”

 

Ilia Delio: 

“The Religion of Tomorrow… celebrates the idea that individuals can contribute to creating a sustainable and interconnected world, guided by love rather than rigid dogma.”