For the past three years I have been involved with a wonderful organization in Los Angeles called ICUJP: Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace. This community of activists that meet every Friday morning at 7:00 has spurred me to action way past any cerebral blurriness I would normally have at that hour. We have become a place for people to come when their faith traditions are not giving them the answers that feel right – answers to questions like:
• Why should I hate gay people, or fear those with AIDS, or be afraid of women who speak their mind and heart?
• Why is the Prayer of Jabez becoming more important than Jesus call not to neglect "the least of these"?
• How can you characterize the Koran, or the Torah, or the Dhammapada as evil if you have never read them?
• I don’t lump all Christians with unreasoning, polarizing, elitist, warmongering Fundamentalists, why do you define all Muslims as terrorists?
And most importantly:
• Why are we at war with someone who did not attack us?
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