Greetings Reverend Malcolm Stonestreet, Lucien Cosyns, and Friends, respectively,

May Peace Be With You.

The article on the progression of United Religions Initiative in Britain is interesting. The insight of the experiences, the lessons learned, and the objectives for the future are valuable and appreciated. As can be expected, there is much similarity between the InterFaith initiatives described in this article and InterFaith initiatives taking place in other locations throughout the World, including here in the Great Lakes region of the Western Hemisphere.

The notion of the Shared Sacred Spaces is particularly interesting. This notion is similar to the specific initiative of this InterFaith Settlement. This InterFaith Settlement is an intentional community that welcomes adherents of the respective religious traditions of the World, including Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam. The function of this InterFaith Settlement is to maintain a shared space, intrinsically sacred, that facilitates daily and pragmatic interaction between the respective adherents of the respective religious traditions of the World.

Lucien Cosyns, your consideration pertaining the maintenance of a global concentration is appropriate. There was an interesting tendency within the speech, Reverend Malcolm Stonestreet, to emphasise a British national identity to foster the progression of the InterFaith initiative. And consequently there was an emphasis on the solicitation of money to facilitate such progression. This is understandable, and the genuine efforts that you and your colleagues with URI UK have made to progress the objective of InterFaith and interreligious tolerance and understanding and Peace throughout the World and Universe are appreciated.

It may be provided that there are additional means through which to make similar progression. For example, one of the guiding principles affiliated with this InterFaith Settlement is to abstain from holding or exchanging money. This may be compared to the prohibition practised by certain Buddhist monks as well as the teaching of Jesus, ‘Render unto Caesar that which belongs to Caesar and render unto God that which belongs to God.’ The practical benefit of this approach is a comparative perception of integrity in pursuing the communicated objectives of this InterFaith Settlement and a comparably tangible and direct measurement of the benefits provided to this InterFaith Settlement with the tangible as well as intrinsic (or intangible) benefits provided by this InterFaith Settlement.

Lucien Cosyns, the website that you offer is rather interesting. The provision of the resources and the cooperation that is provided through your website are appreciated.

On a side note, I may provide that the ‘hotmail’ email account that has been previously utilised in conjunction with this InterFaith Settlement has been closed by Microsoft Networks, though interestingly enough, the web log service provided by Microsoft Networks remains functional.

With humble and benevolent regards,

Peter F Womack

Peace belongs throughout the Universe.

All Praise Belongs To God.