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| Interdependency on Diverse Strategies to Overcome Problems |
Humanity's long-term wellbeing is dependent on the incorporation of diverse and co-operative strategies: incorporating the sciences and religion as standard fare alongside the traditional political and economic methods. It is becoming clearer that integrated long term solutions are required and that many "quick fixes" actually create more problems than they solve. Such comments are coming being reflected from a range of fronts, including those battling against AIDS, to looking for solutions to overcome poverty, to finding peace.
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| Iraq: Taking Responsiblity for Peace Making |
The Iraqi people are again demonstrating wisdom and resiliency as they attempt to form a framework that encourages peace, in spite of the provocations from various violence mongerers. Over 800 tribal chiefs have unaminously signed a pact of honour pledging to support the Iraqi prime minister's national reconciliation plan to wipe out sectarian violence and terrorism that has been tearing the country apart.
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| Kyoto: Religions for Peace World Assembly |
The theme of the eigth Peace World Assembly is "confronting violence and advancing shared security." During the four day conference participants are discussing wasy to eliminate violence and work on developing shared security through conflict transformation, peace building and sustainable development. The four day conference is being attended by 2000 people from over 100 countries; including 500 religious leaders from 70 countries.
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| Building The Vocabulary For Religious Diversity |
Religious Diversity. What is it? How do we do it? Should we be doing it? Would our God approve? What does that mean? How do we cohabitate with "the other" without losing or compromising what makes us unique? These are the sort of questions that are starting to be discussed. The mystics tell us that before something can be made manifest within this world, it must first be understood and envisaged. These are important discussions and questions that will shape our world and civilizations not just for the next few days or months, but for decades and generations to come.
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| Ethical Stem Cell Research Breakthrough? |
The science pages are humming that there might have been a breakthrough in embryonic stem cell research, where cells can be harvested without damaging the embryo. If true, this is excellent news. However this potentially lucrative market has already proven it can elevate fraudulent science with the recent Korean scandal. Therefore the cynical would call for evidence of "safely harvested" embryos then being allowed to grow to maturity to demonstrate that the embryo is both viable and suffers no congenital defects as a result of the stem cell harvesting.
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