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Faith

All faiths seek to make sense of the miracle of life which we all share. We have been taught to see our differences, when in fact our similarities are more striking. Tolerance is part of being a New Yorker.

We don’t represent any religion

We write about faith in the hope that sharing traditions leads to the discovery of our common humanity. Whatever way makes sense to you, may you and your family be blessed.

In colonial times, Roman Catholicism had a major influence on the Latin world, but Latins are of all faiths including science, nature and nothing at all. Protestantism was a historic response to some of Catholicism’s failings. Judaism has a big influence on what it means to be a New Yorker and an American. Islamic Spain produced a civilization equal in stature and influence to the Roman Empire and the Renaissance. Voodoo, Santería and Candomblé are important faiths across the Black Americas. Indigenous beliefs are also part of who we are as Americans.

In competition, faiths demonize each other. But if any human faiths are false, they are all false; and if any human faiths are true, they are all true.

The earliest human concepts of faith are based on the forces of nature. The sun, moon, wind, and water are in everywhere around the world. We make the mistake of naming them, claiming them and then fighting over who knows the right name.

These are some of the names of the Great Spirit: Kishelemukong, Wakan Tanka, Teotl, Hunab Ku, Inti, and Olodumare, Bondyé, Atabey, and Ahura Mazda, Yahweh, Father, and Allah.

They are Lenape, Sioux, Aztec, Maya, Inca and Cuban, Haitian, Dominican/Puerto Rican Taíno, and Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian and Islamic, but they are all names of the One.

Spiritual Places in NYC

We invite everyone to respect New York City’s faiths.

Faith (Korn Vitthayanukarun/Dreamstime)
Faith (Korn Vitthayanukarun/Dreamstime)
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