[Jewelry making - Article 00461] - Re: [Orchid] Universal interfaith symbol

[Jim Reitze]

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    Okay, I have read a bunch more responses and it is time to chime in
    again. Perhaps we are spending too much time worrying about this
    outward symbol and not enough worrying about the underlying mindset. 
    If we would put this energy toward doing right in the world, we might
    get somewhere eventually. I have a similar thought when I'm in
    church.  I like going at some points in my life, especially around
    Christmas, but often I wonder if we aren't mostly wasting time.  If
    everyone in our church on a given Sunday morning would instead go out
    to the local Habitat for Humanity site, for instance, think how many
    more houses could be built.  If all of the time spent in churches
    around the world were actually devoted to doing something rather
    than talking about it, many of the world's problems might be better
    under control.  Likewise, if all of the time we are spending on this
    thread were devoted to working in a soup kitchen, volunteering at a
    children's hospital, etc, think of the results.  Now I'll climb down
    from my soapbox and go do something. Jim 


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