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Originally Posted by Eelco
Okay if faith is the common denominator. Faith in what exactly.
My vote would be the faith in the human potential to surpass his or her "personal" desire and become a harmless, radiant beacon of light, hope, and Love. Whether through the idea that it's our nature or the gift of God flowing through us.
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While you clarified your perspective on it ( which is very good and valid ) ,few more things that come to my mind are : - faith in
1. single universal creator of universe and brotherhood under the fatherhood of this universal creator
2. in good and ethical conduct with ingenuity , alertness and dexterity
3. connecting with and researching the deeper meaning of the one's own and other religion with progressive outlook
4. identifying & doing away with any incorrect degenerated practices in our religion which may not be in sync with the real spirit of the religion while helping others do it for themselves in a dignified manner.
5. building bridges (cultural,social,economic,political ,spiritual,psychological, educational etc) between communities.
6. Finding and creating innovative framework for common community work like tree plantation ,environment protections , disaster relief , blood donation camps etc
7. holding genuine goodwill with people of all faith (including faith of self)
8. promoting the use of reason in faith so that practitioners of faith gains benefit of faith in this life also besides after-life
9. Promoting the faith neutral ethical framework / literature / people /education (Secularism talks about faith neutral state . But in reality ethics is lost with secularism)
10. Not antagonizing any existing faith (including our own) in promoting interfaith framework.
While all these may sound a very tall order , but everything in life u find worthwhile is a tall order when it was first conceived. So we should not be worried about concrete details on such things .