Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 9:09pm
Earth is One Country
Column: My Day
The Foundation for Pluralism covered two double headers on their agenda for Unity Day USA, in remembrance of 9/11.Unity Day USA was born to express that each one of the 297,018,658 of us are part of the mosaic that is America. Peace and prosperity for every American is their visions. In order to achieve that, the need is to remain connected to one another, come together as one nation under God, with liberty and justice for all.
Come together is one of those meaningless buzz words used by every other speaker about anything, everything and nothing. It is abused and misused. But the Foundation for Pluralism uses the statement and carries a ‘big stick’ of politicians and faiths to seal and see the vision. The 2006 theme was Co-Existence and Harmony. Impressively seated on the lengthy dias was the Honorable Mayors of five(5)Texas cities, one Councilperson from Carrollton, a former FBI Chief and one of the oldest and largest civic organization of our times, a chapter of The Lions Club.
On the other side of the dias was the clergy of twelve(12)faiths. Each clergy submitted a prayer. Respective members of that faith were requested to stand by the stage and join the prayer leader upon their turn. Faiths represented were the African Yoruba, Bahai, Buddhist, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Sikhism, Wicca, Zoroastrianism and American Native. Wicca was the only one I was unfamiliar with.
One by one the politicians joined in with their religion. Now, I have a question for you. How many of the aforementioned faiths are you familiar with? Are there any that should be added? If so, you can contact Mike@foundationforpluralism.com. Mike adds that pluralism includes Atheism. Just remember though that Atheism is a non-prophet organization. Whatever your belief the point here is respect and tranquility within and with our neighbors.
What is Pluralism you might ask? Pluralism is an attitude of acceptance and respecting every beautiful way people have come to worship the Divine, including but not limited to
the other systems of belief. As I touch the redial button in my brain every religion is recorded as ‘the first and the chosen one.’ Every religion is the ‘only way’, and there are snow-top mountains of century old paperwork and documentation archived to substantiate the credence of these beliefs. But the bare truth is that earth is one country and a higher power under any name, made it.
I was fascinated by the strength of The Foundation for Pluralism to connect elected leaders and leaders of faith under one tent in large numbers. The evening ended with the ever togetherness of food from the Texas Ranch Buffet, Wok of Fame, Halal Chinese Restaurant, Fadi’s Mediterranean Cuisine, Brick Oven, Kasbah Grille Moroccan Cuisine and Afrah Restaurant & Pastries.
No problems here. Food in any language is a blessing.
Ester Davis is a writer and television host on
Cable and network stations. Look for The Ester
Davis Show online this Fall. She can be reached at
Host@esterdavis.com. Copyright 2006 Ester Davis
Come together is one of those meaningless buzz words used by every other speaker about anything, everything and nothing. It is abused and misused. But the Foundation for Pluralism uses the statement and carries a ‘big stick’ of politicians and faiths to seal and see the vision. The 2006 theme was Co-Existence and Harmony. Impressively seated on the lengthy dias was the Honorable Mayors of five(5)Texas cities, one Councilperson from Carrollton, a former FBI Chief and one of the oldest and largest civic organization of our times, a chapter of The Lions Club.
On the other side of the dias was the clergy of twelve(12)faiths. Each clergy submitted a prayer. Respective members of that faith were requested to stand by the stage and join the prayer leader upon their turn. Faiths represented were the African Yoruba, Bahai, Buddhist, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Sikhism, Wicca, Zoroastrianism and American Native. Wicca was the only one I was unfamiliar with.
One by one the politicians joined in with their religion. Now, I have a question for you. How many of the aforementioned faiths are you familiar with? Are there any that should be added? If so, you can contact Mike@foundationforpluralism.com. Mike adds that pluralism includes Atheism. Just remember though that Atheism is a non-prophet organization. Whatever your belief the point here is respect and tranquility within and with our neighbors.
What is Pluralism you might ask? Pluralism is an attitude of acceptance and respecting every beautiful way people have come to worship the Divine, including but not limited to
the other systems of belief. As I touch the redial button in my brain every religion is recorded as ‘the first and the chosen one.’ Every religion is the ‘only way’, and there are snow-top mountains of century old paperwork and documentation archived to substantiate the credence of these beliefs. But the bare truth is that earth is one country and a higher power under any name, made it.
I was fascinated by the strength of The Foundation for Pluralism to connect elected leaders and leaders of faith under one tent in large numbers. The evening ended with the ever togetherness of food from the Texas Ranch Buffet, Wok of Fame, Halal Chinese Restaurant, Fadi’s Mediterranean Cuisine, Brick Oven, Kasbah Grille Moroccan Cuisine and Afrah Restaurant & Pastries.
No problems here. Food in any language is a blessing.
Ester Davis is a writer and television host on
Cable and network stations. Look for The Ester
Davis Show online this Fall. She can be reached at
Host@esterdavis.com. Copyright 2006 Ester Davis