From August 29 to September 2, a Multicultural Dialogue was held in Guadalajara and was reported in this newspaper on September 7 by John Pint. Many of the participants in this inter-faith gathering considered it a landmark moment because it managed to bring together widely differing religions, philosophies and beliefs which, in some cases, had previously dedicated much of their energy to slandering or even slaughtering one another.
Here, Elias Gonzalez, a student of philosophy at ITESO (Guadalajara’s Jesuit University), presents his reflections of the event. The translation is by Bill Quinn.
Ever since I was little I’ve loved reading about religions, cultures, history – how I see myself as syncretic. Sometimes I feel I’m too Catholic to be Buddhist, too new age to be Catholic, and too Buddhist to be new age. But I can’t help but wonder, are these three positions really so separate that they can’t co-exist?
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