[SynchroBlog] September 17th Synchroblog

[Phil Wyman]

Hey Adam,

I don't have any concerns about including atheists in discussion  
actually.  Unless the discussion is assumed to be religious without  
challenge to the acceptance of religion as valid for human experience  
- this is the mature of interfaith discussion.  I simply would not  
want to falsely advertise "interfaith."

Phil

On Sep 4, 2008, at 8:56 AM, Adam Gonnerman wrote:

> I can understand the concerns about including atheists in the  
> discussion, but I do believe their unbelief is a specific religious  
> viewpoint.  As I've mentioned, I think it's coming down to a  
> question of whether this interfaith synchroblog will focus on  
> discussing issues between faiths, or sharing individual  
> perspectives from different religious traditions on a common  
> topic.  It is also very apparent that there is a question of how  
> narrowly we are going to define "religious tradition" or "faith."   
> If atheists are to be excluded, then we are going to need to work  
> how what the limits actually are.  Can agnostics join?  I assume  
> not.  What about people who have no specific belief in a deity or  
> deities but who consider themselves "spiritual"?  There are many  
> forms of Buddhism that include no specific doctrines regarding a  
> deity, spirit/soul or the afterlife.  Are they to be included?< /div>

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