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Accepting a greater love
This article originally appeared on csmonitor.com
During a recent planning meeting for a women’s interfaith group that I’m a part of, one of the members raised the question of the need to know the basic religious beliefs of others. Some of us felt that in order to really understand one another, we need more information about the individual religions represented in the group. Certainly, part of loving others can include wanting to understand and appreciate their faith. That’s one of the reasons interfaith groups exist.
But the point was also made that we don’t need to know all the details about people’s faith in order to accept the people themselves. That particular issue was significant to our group because we welcome women of all faiths, some of which are quite unfamiliar to us.
That point really got me thinking. What is it about people that makes us love them as the Bible instructs us to love one another? Do we really need to know people’s beliefs in order to love the people?
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February 18, 2013 issue
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Letters
JSH-Online comment, Linda Eysenbach, Anne Holway Higgins, Joyce McClure and Gayle Steinmetz
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To end all wars
Michael Pabst
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Clearing 'hurdles' with God
Wallace Wethe
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'Mightier than the noise of many waters'
Fernand Feig
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Accepting a greater love
Juli Vice
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Mary Baker Eddy and Abraham Lincoln
Judy Huenneke
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Apology accepted
Madora Kibbe
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God's saving wisdom
Ann Edwards
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Au pair ad led to answers
Colette Gilroy
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What got me started
Karenlee Mannerino
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Kids ask...
Answer offered by Chet Manchester
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Diagnosed lung cancer healed
Troy Noonan
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Severe chest pain overcome
Cindy Snowden
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Several generations of healing
John H. M. Whitaker
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No more alcohol
Dorothy Davis with contributions from Tom Davis
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Build the economy on Truth
The Editors