OUR COMMON GROUND -- Building common bonds in the Interfaith Community to form collective political will.
Let us confirm our common beliefs as reason for our collective political will against gun violence.
Can we agree that:
- Our Scriptures proclaim God's word and will.
- There is but One God who is Sovereign over all.
- God is creator of all.
- This makes everything and everyone sacred.
- God created human beings in God's image and likeness.
- Our purpose is therefore to reflect our Creator God.
- God hears the cry of the poor and marginalized.
- God is loving, forgiving, and merciful.
- God is Love and Peace.
- Life is sacred, sin is forgivable, and mercy is demanded.
Each of our faiths sponsor: Peace over violence and love over hatred, bigotry and prejudice.
With this as our common theological ground:
We stand against gun violence as it goes against our faith in the Creator's purpose and intent.
It threatens God's sacred life.
