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A Vision for Peace: One Family Under God

A Vision for Peace: One Family Under God. What Defines Our Common Humanity?. We All Have a Common Origin. God. Allah. Jehovah. Common Origin. Tao. Yahweh. Ultimate Reality. Great Spirit. How Can We Learn About Our Common Origin?. Study of religion, scripture and philosophy.

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A Vision for Peace: One Family Under God

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  1. A Vision for Peace:One Family Under God

  2. What Defines Our Common Humanity?

  3. We All Have a Common Origin. God Allah Jehovah • Common Origin Tao Yahweh Ultimate Reality Great Spirit

  4. How Can We Learn About Our Common Origin? Study of religion, scripture and philosophy • Common Origin Study of the natural world through science

  5. Judaism The heavens are telling the glory of God; And the firmament proclaims his handiwork. Psalm 19.1

  6. Christianity Ever since the creation of the world . . . his eternal power and deity has been perceived in the things that have been made. Romans 1.19-20

  7. Islam There is no god but He, the Living, the Self-subsisting, Eternal. No slumber can seize Him nor sleep. His are all things in the heavens and on earth. Qur’an 2:255

  8. Hinduism Eye cannot see him, nor words reveal him… When the mind is cleansed by the grace of wisdom He is seen by contemplation. Mundaka Unpanishad 3.1.8

  9. Insights About God from Religion • Creator of Heaven and Earth. • The Ultimate Reality • Source of truth, beauty, goodness, and peace • Parental, loving heart

  10. Artists Are Known through Their Work. David Creation of Adam Michelangelo

  11. Insights About God from the Natural World God’s divine attributes Artist’s character (invisible) Works of art (visible) Creation Recognize the artist’s character through works Recognize God’s divine attributes through creation

  12. Learning About God from the Natural World I see DNA … as God's language, and the elegance and complexity of our own bodies and the rest of nature as a reflection of God's plan. Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, USA

  13. Universality of Masculinity and Femininity Man Woman Human beings Male Female Animals Plants Pistil Stamen Minerals Positivity Negativity Origin

  14. Complementary Pairs

  15. Universality of Internal Character/External Form Body Mind Human beings Animals Instinct Body Plants Form Inner nature Minerals Physical laws Matter Origin

  16. What We Learn From the Natural World • Nature exists in complementary pairs; therefore, the original source also has masculinity and femininity. • In addition to complementary physical energies, there are complementary aspects of internal character and external form.

  17. Integrating the Approaches to Knowledge • The religious path to knowledge is by spiritual experience, prayer, meditation and intuition, while the scientific path is empirical. • Integrated knowledge harmonizes various religious approaches as well as the different paths of religion and science. 17

  18. Integrating the Approaches to Knowledge Science without religion is crippled, religion without science is blind. Albert Einstein 18

  19. Integrating our Understanding • Abrahamic faiths emphasize a God of character, who created humanity from Adam and Eve as one family. • Far Eastern religions emphasize an original being of duality and harmony. 19

  20. Integrating our Understanding • Some scriptures refer to God as our common origin. • All these insights can help us in our understanding of God. • God can be understood as the Parent of all humanity. 20

  21. Judaism Have we not one father? Has not one God made us all? Malachi 2:10 21

  22. Christianity Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Matthew 6:9 22

  23. Sikhism Thou art Father, Mother, Friend, Brother. With Thee as succorer in all places, What fear have I? Adi Granth, Majh M5 23

  24. Buddhism You men are all my children, And I am your Father. For age upon age, you Have been scorched by multitudinous woes, And I have saved you all. Lotus Sutra 3 24

  25. One World Family Under God

  26. God’s Purpose for Human Life • We are one family under God. • God wants and expects human beings to live in harmony and peace, and scriptures refer to this. • God has a clear and consistent purpose for human beings that should guide our individual and common life.

  27. The Basis for All Relationships: Cooperative Give and Take Action God Subject partner Giving Object partner Receiving Existence Development

  28. Living for the Sake of Others Although God is the master and king of power, money, and material, He will not ask you to come to Him with these things. He would say that anyone can come to Him if they live for the sake of others.Sun Myung Moon

  29. Dimensions of Peace God’s Original Blessing to Humanity Be fruitful, multiply, and have dominion…. Judaism, Christianity Genesis 1:28

  30. God Mind Body GoodCharacter Achieve Individual Maturity • Mind/body unity • Growth in character • Closeness to God 30

  31. God Husband Wife Child Establish a Family of True Love • God-centered marriage • Devoted parents • Godly children • Harmonious families • A peaceful world Family Nation World

  32. God Humans NaturalWorld Peace and Prosperity Build an Ideal World • Healthy environment • Material prosperity for all • Science and technology benefit human beings and the natural world 32

  33. G H W C Growing Period God’s Original Ideal Spiritual Maturity Family Ideal Obedience to God’s Word Original Ancestors

  34. What is Success in Life? • Character • Be of benefit to others by words and example. • Family • Establish a marriage and family of true love • Have a parental heart towards all. • Environment • Exercise good stewardship and dominion over nature. 34

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