What: A city-wide
gathering lasting several hours to affirm monotheism and the need
for all who believe in God to recommit themselves to fulfilling
the requirements of their beliefs with utmost seriousness for
the sake of peace and justice.
Who: Pittsburgh
members of the Abrahamic faith traditions: Jews, Christians, Muslims.
Why: Surveys
reveal that over 90% of Americans claim to "believe in God".
This must give all adherents to the Abrahamic traditions pause
in light of the rates of crime and injustice in the United States.
Jews, Christians and Muslims can easily agree that the foundations
for all social and individual peace and justice is found in authentic
worship of the One True God. A society where this is absent or
inauthentic will display increased chaos and injustice, or will
simply fail to grow in peace and justice. We Abrahamic monotheists
can come together in order to call the city-- perhaps even the
country-- to a serious consideration of problems in America's
religious practice and authenticity, which is clearly lacking
given the statistics on belief in God.
Pros: Unique: no one has done it before
Positive Message: good news story
Easy: all groups can agree on the focus
only need to organize for at most a one-day event
Simple: no need to enter into specific
theologies
Cons: Leaves out polytheists and others
Some may insist on asserting specific theological statements
other than simple monotheism