The
Church of Scientology in Nashville is opening its doors to all religious
communities for a special interfaith breakfast and dialogue in observance of
World Interfaith Harmony Week in 2018.
In
July, the USA Today had an article on The State of Hate in America. It covers a
wide variety of hate incidents dividing Americans in a land that was long ago
intended to be “land of the free and the home of the brave.” Included are incidents
from a white man in a Chicago Starbucks filmed calling a black man a slave, a
white woman in a New Jersey Sears videotaped making bigoted comments against a
family she believed was Indian (they were not), and two men on a Portland train
stabbed to death trying to stop a white supremacist's anti-Muslim tirade
against two teenagers.
“In
order to truly combat religious discrimination in this day and age, we have to
come together and learn about the religious other,” says Rev. Brian Fesler,
Pastor of the Church of Scientology, who has called together people of many
different faiths and cultures to take part in an innovative interfaith dialogue
at the beginning of World Interfaith Harmony Week.
Rev.
Fesler is passionate about bringing together all peoples and plans to reach out
to many different faith leaders for this special service. “Everyone, regardless
of their race, religion, culture—everyone deserves to have a voice, to live in
peace, and to practice their religion in harmony with the rest of mankind,” he
says.
The
Church of Scientology’s creed begins with the words: “We of the Church believe
that all men of whatever race, color or creed were created with equal rights;
that all men have inalienable rights to their own religious practices and their
performance…”
“It
is part of our very fabric to support others’ rights and abilities to practice
their religion in peace, so that is what we are lifting up through this dialogue,”
says Rev. Fesler.
The
World Interfaith Harmony breakfast and dialogue will take place on February 1,
2017 in the Church of Scientology community hall in Nashville, Tenn. To
participate or learn more, visit scientology-ccnashville.org.
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