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Tony Villari

Little Green Men

  • We'll need to get passed this proper name for God issue.  Allah, the Great Spirit, Brahman, Tawa, Wankan Tanka, and Yaweh, to name a few, are really just other names for the one God.  Who is right?  Well, as the Bible says, who are we to judge?  Each of us will stand or fall before our own master, so let's try to get over it.  When we meet whatever awaits us "out there," I'm sure they will also have their own name for the creator.  If we can't accept the cultural diversity of our own thoughts and beliefs, how will we accept the diversity of their thoughts, beliefs, and culture?

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4 comments
  • Rev. Yoda  . Aka.. JG
    Rev. Yoda . Aka.. JG The tribal way is "us and them" so they give different names to God as an ownership issue... It becomes "our God and their False God" and then war & hate begins.... :-)
    December 11, 2015 - 1 likes this
  • CM (Cindy)  Pickett
    CM (Cindy) Pickett The tribal way consists of traditional indigenous cultural practices, which are ingrained in communal beliefs. The concept of "us and them" is found only in societies that value the individual (ego and self) over the community. The belief that one perso...  more
    December 11, 2015
  • Rev. Yoda  . Aka.. JG
    Rev. Yoda . Aka.. JG http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB115325852604910271
    December 11, 2015
  • CM (Cindy)  Pickett
    CM (Cindy) Pickett The "tribal way of war", as in the article presented, is something altogether different than the tribal way of being (or simply the "tribal way"), which describes traditional indigenous knowledge and culture...
    December 11, 2015