Posted by Lou Pilder on December 12, 2002, at 15:02:40
In reply to Re: A Faith board answer » Lou Pilder, posted by oracle on December 12, 2002, at 14:04:33
oracle,
I appreciate your humor. But there is a serious part of your post in question that I was asking for clarification of. You see, It is my understanding that the faith board is created for those that are seeking support in [faith in God] and that it [goes without saying] that people can express their faith there without being labled as being [unsupportive to other faiths] by those of a diffferent faith, or no faith or agnostiscism or something else. This is what I understand [freedom of religion] to be. It means [to me] that we accept other's faiths and we do not take the position that if someone expresses their faith [that is puts down someone else's faith, or is non-supportive of the oter's faith]. We take the position of [tolerance].
When I tell of my faith experiance here, I understand that there are other faith expriances by others here and I respect their faith and I am not saying that your faith, or other's faith is wrong or that mine is the only way. And I have been striving here to try to clarify my own position and that is why I was asking for you to clarify [your] post in question. You see, I do not know what other's faiths entail. I understand that the Road that I found myself on was just that. The Road that I found [myself]on. You and others could be on some other Road and I respect that. I am only telling of my expeiance here, and others are telling their experiance here also, because we have been invited here to do so because this is a mental health board and if there are positive things from faith that people want to share with others so that the potential to help others has that possibility, then the faith board is the place to do so. And the guidlines are such, now, that the faith board is open to do so without haveing to be concerned that one's faith experiance constitutse the [non-support] of other faiths. It is my understanding that the guidline now is if those that feel that their faith is being [non-supported] because someone has a different faith than them, that the faith board is not for them. I would like to hear any one's faith experiance here and anyone can express their faith in God on the faith board without the fear of beng labled as [putting down others, or being non-supportive] because of it. People that talk about, for just one example, Mormomism, do not put down my faith or are deemed [non-supportive] by me. I think that it is wonderfull for those of different faiths than mine to express their faith here.
Lou
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