emilynghiem
Constitutionalist / Universalist
Faith is something I believe. How would I prove I believe it?
Why would I lie about it? Why does it bother you?
Dear Viktor
What we could prove are the FACTORS that
allow people to reconcile despite differences or conflicts in belief
and the FACTORS that cause conflicts to escalate instead of allowing reconciliation.
We may or may not be able to change anyone's beliefs.
But we can prove what allows people to reconcile anyway
so it doesn't MATTER how different our beliefs are. That's not the issue.
The REAL issue is how
* FORGIVENESS and INCLUSION correlates with
ability to reconcile and work with differences in beliefs (religious OR political)
* UNFORGIVENESS and REJECTION correlate
with FAILURE to reconcile between people or groups of different religious or political beliefs.
If we can use social statistics to show CORRELATION
then by proving the REAL differentiating factor is
FORGIVENESS vs. UNFORGIVENESS
that's the secular equivalent of proving the principal
meaning behind "faith in Christ Jesus or God"
in terms of faith in RESTORATIVE JUSTICE to
establish unified agreement on common TRUTH
between people (or between groups) that saves relationships.
By the time we can PROVE using statistics that
having faith in FORGIVENESS is the KEY FACTOR,
then through that process we will end up forming
AGREEMENTS between people that this is the
EQUIVALENT of what God/Christ mean, in secular terms.
So that's like proving we can establish "God's Truth"
through "Christ Jesus" or the process of "Restorative Justice."
We can "prove" that by demonstrating this approach
has a healing effect on people, relationships and
whole communities, institutions and nations.
And in the process, people will come to understand
that spiritual process is universal to all humanity
and is the meaning represented by Jesus, God and the Bible
which are Christian personified terms used to symbolize
this process of "Restorative Justice" based on forgiveness
and correction to heal humanity, break the cycles of injustice
and bring peace to society, starting with individuals and
our relationships first, before transforming institutions and whole nations as a collective result.