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TOLERANCE
We would have dinner and spend the rest of the night talking till the wee hours about religion—he from his perspective and me from mine as a Scientologist—starting with comparisons of morals and over a few evenings getting deeply into our spiritual nature.
TOLERANCE
Imagine yourself at your local DMV office renewing your driver’s license. You’ve spent several hours filling out forms, standing in various lines, demonstrating your knowledge of the rules of the road and having your vision tested.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
We do not have to hate each other, we do not have to fight, we do not have to natter and criticize and we do not have to be as desperately unhappy as so many of us are when filled with disgust for our fellow man.
TOLERANCE
When we care for and nurture others, when we know that life is about what we DO not what we own, and when we can care more about others than about ourselves, only then are we truly happy, and truly thankful.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
He started bringing new people by and introducing them. I joked with him that he was training new people and I must be an easy touch. He said I was the only person on my street that would open the door for him.
TOLERANCE
So you were right all along. All that “no man is an island” stuff is true, after all. You bother me or yell at me or snub me, and the world changes for the worse. I do something bad to you and we ALL get irked on some level.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
How exactly do you ask, in politically correct terms: “What religious group can we profit from the most by misrepresenting and stirring up hate?” “Can we get a lynching?”
TOLERANCE
The world can be very cruel. Certainly if you sit back and let mass media and pop culture swamp you, it can seem that way. But look closer. Good people are doing good things all around us.
TOLERANCE
We must all be vigilant for the fabricated, evil and false accusations that can hurt both individuals and communities.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
The mind can absorb 20 images per second. Video runs at about 25 images per second. That means that for every second of TV or YouTube or any video, good or bad, well-intended or not, 5 images get implanted without our knowledge or consent.
