One fact we must prioritize is this: There is no one Judaism, no one Christianity, and no one Islam. Jewish, Christian, and Muslim are “umbrella terms.” This is the 21st century and we know a lot about their histories. We have access to powerful technologies. We have to learn how to see, examine, and discuss the very big elephants that are in the room. Most people know they are there, but don’t how to talk about them! Continue reading at - http://mailchi.mp/67ac8009df8d/we-must-examine-our-own-belief-systems-asap
What am I? Now that’s a question a lot of people have asked in the history of humans. We ( Rabbi Jeffrey Leynor and former pastor Jim Myers ) created two models for working with that question – after wrestling with it for over 25 years . You may have noticed that use models instead of answers. Most questions about life are better understood by using models that reveal potentialities than statements of either/or answers . Our models emerged from two sources in which our research and studies focused on during our journey together – one source is an ancient wisdom account embedded in our shared religious texts and the other source is modern science . This makes our approach at the TOV Center unique in many respects – we combine the wisdom of ancient texts with the facts of modern science to maximize human experiences . As pointed out above, we created a model from each source to help us better understand humans: (1) Ancient Wisdom Model – Humans are creatures that share t...
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