On Interfaith Dialogue: So it was the islamic soc, the christian union and the baha'i society

The interfaith movement is strongly felt at edinburgh uni, apparently. -gw

on monday went for a fantastic interfaith session. it was pretty interesting. for their own reasons, the jewish society wasn't involved. which was kinda sad. so it was the islamic soc, the christian union and the baha'i society. got to know people, and eat free food, then they got us split up into groups and talking to each other. it was pretty fab. my group (creatively called we're all wearing jeans.) initially consisted of a northern irish guy from the cu, and an english guy from the baha'i soc. the most fascinating part was how similar we all were when it comes to the way we deal with our respective religions. all of us agreed that nature helped us be closer to God, and that temptation was hard to avoid in university. also we discussed how the most important thing when it came to the people we hung out with was the presence of some kind of moral guideline, something that drove people, which prevents people from being shallow and kind of silly, really. its not really religion, because there are people who don't believe in anything who still have moral direction, but i think those people who honestly don't even think about what they're doing in a larger context tend to be hard to be with. its not just annoying in its self-centredness, but its tiring as well.

Coloured Light, "Friday, February 09, 2007," Food Friends Fluff

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