The Brookings Interfaith Dialogue was a great experience that has furthered my comprehension of multiple religions, as well as introduced me to a brand-new religion (An NRM, to be exact). The evening was filled with short stories, tales and general bits of wisdom from religions like Islam, Christianity, Hinduism and Baha’i since the theme of the night was “Favorite Fables”
At first glance, the room appeared very diverse which is something that I was expecting. There seemed to be people of a multitude of skin colors and ethnicities. We were very kindly greeted by a woman of the Hindu faith whose name escapes me, as well as Dr. Fathi Halaweish. Dr. Halaweish even sat and ate dinner with us, questioned us about school and life, as well as the occasional joke – He seems like an awesome guy. It was great to be welcomed so warmly almost immediately upon entrance …show more content…
It sparked my interest so much so that I had to quickly google it under the table after the woman said that was her faith. I eventually came to find out the Baha’i seemed like a very all-inclusive type of religion. Baha’i is monotheistic and believes that humanity is inherently good, but strays off that path from time to time. When people stray off that path, a “messenger” from god is sent. The Baha’i woman told me that these “messengers” have manifested themselves in the form of basically every prophet or founder of the most important religions today. Some of these messengers include Jesus, Mohammed, Zoroaster and Buddha. I thought that was very interesting because it is a relatively unique way to think about religion. I think this has some similarities to the “People of the Book” idea that is proposed by Islam. Baha’i is a religion that originated in Persia, modern day Iran, and has around 5 million followers. It is defined as a new religious movement as
At first glance, the room appeared very diverse which is something that I was expecting. There seemed to be people of a multitude of skin colors and ethnicities. We were very kindly greeted by a woman of the Hindu faith whose name escapes me, as well as Dr. Fathi Halaweish. Dr. Halaweish even sat and ate dinner with us, questioned us about school and life, as well as the occasional joke – He seems like an awesome guy. It was great to be welcomed so warmly almost immediately upon entrance …show more content…
It sparked my interest so much so that I had to quickly google it under the table after the woman said that was her faith. I eventually came to find out the Baha’i seemed like a very all-inclusive type of religion. Baha’i is monotheistic and believes that humanity is inherently good, but strays off that path from time to time. When people stray off that path, a “messenger” from god is sent. The Baha’i woman told me that these “messengers” have manifested themselves in the form of basically every prophet or founder of the most important religions today. Some of these messengers include Jesus, Mohammed, Zoroaster and Buddha. I thought that was very interesting because it is a relatively unique way to think about religion. I think this has some similarities to the “People of the Book” idea that is proposed by Islam. Baha’i is a religion that originated in Persia, modern day Iran, and has around 5 million followers. It is defined as a new religious movement as