1. A Vision for Peace: One Family Under God

2. What Defines Our Common Humanity?

3. We All Have a Common Origin.
God
Allah
Jehovah
Common Origin
Tao
Yahweh
Ultimate Reality
Great Spirit

4. How Can We Learn About Our Common Origin?
Study of religion, scripture and philosophy
Common Origin
Study of the
natural world
through science

5. Judaism The heavens are telling the glory of God; And the firmament
proclaims his handiwork.
Psalm 19.1

6. Christianity
Ever since the creation of the world his eternal power and deity has been perceived in the things that have been made.
Romans

7. Islam
There is no god but He, the Living, the Self-subsisting, Eternal. No slumber can seize Him nor sleep. His are all things in the heavens and on earth.
Qur’an 2:255

8. Hinduism Eye cannot see him, nor words reveal him…
When the mind is cleansed by the grace of wisdom
He is seen by contemplation.
Mundaka Unpanishad 3.1.8

9. Insights About God from Religion
Creator of Heaven and Earth.
The Ultimate Reality
Source of truth, beauty, goodness, and peace
Parental, loving heart

10. Artists Are Known through Their Work.
David
Creation of Adam
Michelangelo

11. Insights About God from the Natural World
God’s divine attributes
Artist’s character
(invisible)
Works of art
(visible)
Creation
Recognize the artist’s character through works
Recognize God’s divine attributes through creation

12. Learning About God from the Natural World
I see DNA … as God's language, and the elegance and complexity of our own bodies and the rest of nature as a reflection of God's plan.
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, USA

13. Universality of Masculinity and Femininity
Man
Woman
Human beings
Animals
Male
Female
Plants
Pistil
Stamen
Minerals
Positivity
Negativity
Origin

14. Complementary Pairs

15. Universality of Internal Character/External Form
Mind
Body
Human beings
Animals
Instinct
Body
Plants
Form
Inner nature
Minerals
Physical laws
Matter
Origin

16. What We Learn From the Natural World
Nature exists in complementary pairs; therefore, the original source also has masculinity and femininity.
In addition to complementary physical energies, there are complementary aspects of internal character and external form.
There is ample scriptural back up for this point. Genesis talks of God creating man in his image, male and female he created them, and the animals go on the ark two by two, etc.

17. Integrating the Approaches to Knowledge
The religious path to knowledge is by spiritual experience, prayer, meditation and intuition, while the scientific path is empirical.
Integrated knowledge harmonizes various religious approaches as well as the different paths of religion and science. 17 17

18. Integrating the Approaches to Knowledge
Science without religion is
crippled, religion without
science is blind.
Albert Einstein 18 18

19. Integrating our Understanding
Abrahamic faiths emphasize a God of character, who created humanity from Adam and Eve as one family.
Far Eastern religions emphasize an original being of duality and harmony. 19 19

20. Integrating our Understanding
Some scriptures refer to God as our common origin.
All these insights can help us in our understanding of God.
God can be understood as the Parent of all humanity. 20 20

21. Judaism Have we not one father? Has not one God made us all?
Malachi 2:10 21 21

22. Christianity Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Matthew 6:9 22 22

23. Adi Granth, Majh M5 Sikhism Thou art Father, Mother, Friend, Brother.
With Thee as succorer
in all places,
What fear have I?
Adi Granth, Majh M5 23 23

24. Buddhism You men are all my children, And I am your Father.
For age upon age, you
Have been scorched by multitudinous woes,
And I have saved you all.
Lotus Sutra 3 24 24

25. One World Family Under God

26. God’s Purpose for Human Life
We are one family under God.
God wants and expects human beings to live in harmony and peace, and scriptures refer to this.
God has a clear and consistent purpose for human beings that should guide our individual and common life.

27. The Basis for All Relationships: Cooperative Give and Take Action
God
Subject
partner
Giving
Object
partner
Receiving
Existence
Development

28. Living for the Sake of Others
Although God is the master and king of
power, money, and material, He will not ask you to come to Him with these things. He would say that anyone can come to Him if they live for the sake of others Sun Myung Moon
We should some time with give and take action, showing how it applies to individuals, families, corporations, government, nations, pulling from that nice expansion in Level 4. The conclusion would indeed be living for others, but then again, living for others has its critics as well--I’m thinking of Ayn Rand and conservative thought in general that dismisses it as utopian and asks us to deal with human beings as we really are. And Adam Smith does a fine job of arguing that people living for themselves and their families will, with the godly social structure of free markets and limited government, live for others without intending to, and those who set out to intentionally live for others usually make a total mess of things.

29. God’s Original Blessing to Humanity
Dimensions of Peace
God’s Original Blessing to Humanity
Be fruitful,
multiply,
and have dominion….
Judaism, Christianity
Genesis 1:28

30. Achieve Individual Maturity
Body
Mind
God
Good Character
Mind/body unity
Growth in character
Closeness to God 30 30

31. Establish a Family of True Love
Wife
Husband
God
Child
God-centered marriage
Devoted parents
Godly children
Harmonious families
A peaceful world
Family
Nation
World

32. Build an Ideal World Healthy environment Material prosperity for all
Natural World
Humans
God
Peace and
Prosperity
Healthy environment
Material prosperity for all
Science and technology benefit human beings and the natural world 32 32

33. God’s Original Ideal W H G C Obedience to God’s Word Spiritual
Maturity
Family Ideal
Growing
Period
Obedience to
God’s Word
Original Ancestors 33

34. What is Success in Life? Family Character
Be of benefit to others by words and example.
Family
Establish a marriage and family of true love
Have a parental heart towards all.
Environment
Exercise good stewardship and dominion over nature. 34 34

35. The Spiritual Foundations of Leadership
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