Diary: Missed tea found book failed debaters and Syria:

~~I note my coffee with John, the perusal the new CSS book, my shorting the debaters and make some comments on the Syrian conflict.~~

Yesterday’s tea with Don turned out to be a misconnect in that he had today’s date scheduled. So, we’ll try again today. I did finally had a look at Verou’s ‘CSS Secrets’ book, which is quite impressive in content and price. Much has changed in CSS since I took my course in 2010, so I’ll start saving.

My morning coffee with John worked out fine and we had a good conversation. He told me that Derrick now has an apartment, which is better than house living, though he did have a cosy place. At ten today I’m scheduled for coffee at Rene’s, so my writing time is limited.

Last night I watched the leaders debate on CPAC, but turned it off towards the end as the debate became more of a brawl, with candidates talking at the same time.

Last night I watched the leaders debate on CPAC, but turned it off towards the end as the debate became more of a brawl, with candidates talking at the same time. Poor style and not conducive to understanding who stands for what. They all get an F for debate courtesy and effectiveness.

I turned to marking up yesterday’s Daily Entry, cruised the net news and printed Assad’s interview with RT, 12 pages. He accuses the West of using ISIS as an excuse to interfere in Syria’s civil war, in the way Turkey uses it to fight the Kurds. We’re still stuck with partisan interest’s use of local conflicts, instead of an aiming for a common solution that serves the local people and not the outsiders.

I did make an additional entry to my HandNotes analysis, adding entries 18 and 19 to the ‘Structuring’ category.

Writings: Wanted Tolerance among beliefs:

~~The lack of tolerance among differing ideologies has emerged as a major obstacle to conflict resolution in my study of belief systems.~~

Thinking this morning about my Norcom HandNotes as I call those, the notion of inter-religious tolerances emerges as a theme that has surfaced often in my studies of religions since about 2004. At first it was not an issue for me, nor was it a topic of discussion in the literature.

Rather, it emerged out of my studies of each religion’s values and teachings, when these were compared to political actions and intention in conflict areas, such as in Myanmar, Thailand, Palestine, Syria and Iraq and others.

However, today we need the teaching of tolerance towards the other believer, who is not even acknowledged by any religion except as an adversary or enemy even.

I know from my studies that each religious tradition teaches personal and communal identity and tolerance within it. However, today we need the teaching of tolerance towards the other believer, who is not even acknowledged by any religion except as an adversary or enemy even.

No tolerance for the human who holds different values and identity for dear. As a matter of fact religions teach intolerance towards other believers. This in turn justifies much acrimony, violence and prevents people from seeking solutions that could very well work and be beneficial to both parties.

Such an initiative would not result in the other becoming a convert to one’s own belief, which would serve - as intended - the power structure, but not the believer’s daily life on either side of the fallacious conflict.
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