tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19158895.post116894960885306414..comments2024-02-26T00:37:47.131-08:00Comments on Broomstick Chronicles: Marin Remembers MLKBroomstick Chronicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11217890674112142957noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19158895.post-1169027069786225372007-01-17T01:44:00.000-08:002007-01-17T01:44:00.000-08:00Funerals and such are not really interfaith activi...Funerals and such are not really interfaith activities, even though they may contain elements of more than one religion, depending upon the deceased and the deceased's family.<BR/><BR/>In interfaith, per se, one is presumed to be there as a peer, and in that case I don't like it when they overplay the Yahweh hand. I don't speak group prayers and such when they address 'god.' I am quiet and respectful. But that's different, IMO, from having one's religion viewed for what it is -- and that is not as a revealed religion but as an experiential one.Broomstick Chronicleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11217890674112142957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19158895.post-1168979175097722882007-01-16T12:26:00.000-08:002007-01-16T12:26:00.000-08:00"...But still I find that the majority Abrahamics ..."...But still I find that the majority Abrahamics tend to slip into their assumption that all the world's population is monotheistic" ... or that it ought to be. My way to do this when I have to be present (funerals, for example), is to be honourable, to be as respectful as I can, but not really a participant. I don't join in with prayers or hymns, even when I know them. (Not my god/s; what would I have to say? Why would I say anything?) Sounds a bit mean or rude, and proceeding this way can single one out and cause discomfort, but it makes me so very much more uncomfortable to take an active part, like I am lying, or approving, or being complicit, that I just can't. Needless to say, it curtails my activities somewhat in these areas. <BR/>Hraefna in CanadaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com