How would an Animal Chaplain be able to light a path on promoting inter faith dialogues in our society?
The power of an inter faith movement. For years I have witnessed religious groups talk about working towards inter faith efforts. The goal was to break down the disagreements in their spiritual practices and have religions come together more often. The most common season of the year that this takes place is Thanksgiving.
Well intended as it is, I have not really noticed any sustained effort on this issue.
Animal Chaplains can be the ones to forge a path toward effective and peaceful inter faith efforts. In life and in death, animals have a way of bringing people together, and this can be used to bring inter faith efforts to new and sustained levels.
Just consider how you are more inclined to interact with a person on the street who is walking a dog, as opposed to if they were alone. In addition, it is more likely we would look past something “different” about that person and focus instead on the dog.
Consider how much this concept can help break down the walls of religions and build inter faith efforts while making the image of what you do so much more enhanced.
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