{"id":160,"date":"2011-11-15T18:06:41","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T23:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/?p=160"},"modified":"2011-11-20T23:13:43","modified_gmt":"2011-11-21T04:13:43","slug":"unca-interfaith-dialogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/160\/pagan-perspective\/unca-interfaith-dialogue\/","title":{"rendered":"UNCA Interfaith Dialogue: &#8220;Is Religion Relevant?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bluebox_thinborder\">UPDATE: The event was lively and interesting, and the audience was SRO! Watch a video of it at <a title=\"Video by Latisha Hedden of UNCA Interfaith Dialogue: Is Religion Relevant?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ewN2Pi8Xkgw&amp;feature=share\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ewN2Pi8Xkgw&amp;feature=share<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/interfaith_200x200.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-161\" title=\"Interfaith dialogue panel at UNC Asheville\" src=\"https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/interfaith_200x200.png\" alt=\"Symbols of many religions encircle the Earth\" width=\"200\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/interfaith_200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/interfaith_200x200-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/interfaith_200x200-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Please join us at a free Interfaith Dialogue panel at UNC-Asheville Thursday Nov. 17, 2011, from 7:00-8:30 PM at the Highsmith Student Union, downstairs in the Grotto. The Dialogue will have two main parts to it, the discussion from 7:00-8:00, and then the question and answer from the audience from 8:00-8:30 PM.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the list of religions and representative\u00a0 panelists as sent us by the student organizers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Catholicism<\/strong>: Father John P. Cahill<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wicca<\/strong>: Lady Passion and *Diuvei<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zen Buddhism<\/strong>: Sunya Kjolhede<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conservative Judaism<\/strong>: Rabbi Robert Cabelli<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reform Judaism<\/strong>: Rabbi Batsheva Meiri<\/li>\n<li><strong>Humanist<\/strong>: Ms. Jackie Simms<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sikhism<\/strong>: Hari Mandar Singh Khalsa<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bahai<\/strong>: Dr. David Gillette<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sokka Gakkai Buddhism<\/strong>: Laura Petritz<\/li>\n<li><strong>Christian Pastor (Paradigm Church)<\/strong>: Terry Hollifield<\/li>\n<li><strong>Muslim<\/strong>: Imam Kamal and Dr. Abdel Mayyas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>UNCA students derived the topics and questions. They are:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Major Topic: Is religion relevant to the individual?<\/strong><br \/>\nSub-topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Does a religious view of the Afterlife shape the individual? If so, how so?<\/li>\n<li>Does religion give us the answers to the meaning of life?<\/li>\n<li>Does religion help individuals navigate the ups and downs of life?<\/li>\n<li>How does religion affect the individual&#8217;s understanding of morality?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Major Topic: Is religion relevant to society? Is religion relevant to politics?<\/strong><br \/>\nSub-topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pledge of Allegiance \u2014 &#8220;under God&#8221; \u2014 should we remove this, or keep it?<\/li>\n<li>Do you believe that Asheville is a &#8220;cesspool of sin&#8221;?<\/li>\n<li>Why are places of religious worship important to have in terms of community?<\/li>\n<li>Does evil exist? How does your religion address evil?<\/li>\n<li>What is your perspective on war?<\/li>\n<li>How does religion address secular influences?<\/li>\n<li>Is religion an opiate of the masses?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SHOULD BE A LIVELY DEBATE, and we hope to see you there! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: The event was lively and interesting, and the audience was SRO! Watch a video of it at http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ewN2Pi8Xkgw&amp;feature=share. Please join us at a free Interfaith Dialogue panel at UNC-Asheville Thursday Nov. 17, 2011, from 7:00-8:30 PM at the Highsmith &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/160\/pagan-perspective\/unca-interfaith-dialogue\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pagan-perspective"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":164,"href":"https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160\/revisions\/164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldenwilde.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}