[Faith-talk] Farewell

[Joshua Lester]

Tom, why didn't you respond to the E-mail, with the Youtube video I sent you?
did you get it?
Thanks, Joshua

On 6/14/11, Tom Vos <vost at iowatelecom.net> wrote:
> On an email list called Faith Talk, I expect we will find representatives of
> all kinds of faiths.
> I suspect the members of this list are predominantly Christian, but someone
> who is Mormon or Muslim could claim a rightful place here too, since we
> generally use the word, "faith" that broadly.
> And when we get people from divergent faiths together, there is bound to be
> disagreement about beliefs and practices.
> Isn't that part of the reason for such a list?  To learn what different
> strands of Christian faith, and even other faiths stand for?
> When we do that we are inevitably going to distinguish our beliefs from
> others.
> If Faith Talk is going to be open in its membership it should not require
> that everyone agree, nor should disagreement mean rejection.
> Since I stand within the Christian tradition I am most familiar with it, and
> see a pattern that has repeated itself over and over again.  We disagree and
> we separate.
> I don't have a great solution for this, because some differences are
> fundamental.
> But Faith Talk is not a list that is exclusive.  It is a kind of ecumenical
> gathering point where we will express points of view, distinguishing
> beliefs, and in the process of listening, perhaps come to a better
> discernment of why we believe what we believe.
> I have learned from some of the discussions that go on here.  I have not
> been persuaded to change my beliefs, but have a new understanding of where
> others are coming from.
> I will continue to listen.
> Blessings,
> Tom
>
>
>
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