I have been making some bold Facebook posts recently, basically coming out of the closet as an all-inclusive mystic. I did receive push back from some conservative evangelical Christians. I am copying a few here as an altar of remembrance: 1 EXCLUSIVISM: Great Walls, barriers, or Star Trek Klingons are tribal and fundamentalist. UNIVERSALISM: conquest empires like Rome or the Star Trek Borg make every distinctive part of the collective. INCLUSIVISM: Existing together, groups allow freedom for individuals within as well as outsiders 2
I take issue not with either democrats or republicans per se but with the polarized politics that has led to an almost Machiavellian extremism in both camps. Likewise, I take issue not with any belief--whether atheism, Buddhism, Daoism, Paganism (Norse, Greek, Celtic, Egyptian, and so on), Judaism, Christianity, Islam, or what have you--but with the fundamentalist versions of any of them. I pray the day comes when extremism and exclusivism automatically discredit adherents of any party or faith. 3 3 LEVELS OF HATE 1. Criminal offense: genocide, holy war, burning of heretics 2. Civil offence: discrimination, prejudice, and exclusion 3. Moral offense: believing in your heart or teaching children that those with faiths different from yours will burn in hell
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