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Dallin

"Why should we love our enemies? The first reason is pretty obvious. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction. So when Jesus says 'Love your enemies' [Matt. 5:44], he is setting forth a profound and ultimately inescapable admonition. Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies – or else? The chain reaction of evil – hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars – must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation." – Martin Luther King Jr., Strength to Love (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1977), 53.

#love#peace#forgiveness
Debby

Happy Birthday, Zamenhof! 🎉💚

Today, we celebrate the 165th birthday of Ludoviko Lazaro Zamenhof, the visionary creator of Esperanto. His goal was to establish a language that would facilitate communication among people from different countries and cultures, thereby contributing to peace and cooperation among nations.

Esperanto is now the most successful planned language in the world, with millions of speakers in over 120 countries. It is utilized on the internet, in social media, and even in some universities and institutions. But Esperanto is not just a language—it's a movement. It represents a community of individuals united by the common goal of promoting peace, unity, cultural richness, understanding, and cooperation among all people. Esperanto is a language of hope, unity, and love.

Zamenhof's vision is more relevant than ever. In an era of increasing globalization and interconnectedness, Esperanto provides an opportunity for people from diverse cultures and countries to communicate and collaborate without language barriers.

Moreover, Esperanto serves as a valuable tool for inclusion and accessibility, thanks to its simplicity and regular structure. It not only eases communication between speakers of different native languages but also supports neurodiverse individuals who may struggle with learning natural languages or navigating irregular writing systems like English orthography. Thus, Esperanto can promote accessibility in education.

What makes Esperanto so special? Its simple, logical grammar and vocabulary derived from the most common European roots make it incredibly easy to learn. Its phonetic spelling features one sound per letter and one letter for every sound, unlike English or French. Beyond its practical benefits, Esperanto embodies the noble ideals of mutual understanding, cultural exchange, and the brotherhood of all people.

In our increasingly interconnected world, Esperanto has found new life on the internet, where online communities and resources allow learners to connect across borders. It is truly a language of the digital age, used for everything from casual conversation to academic discourse.

As we celebrate Zamenhof's 165th birthday, let us embrace his timeless vision of a more harmonious world, where Esperanto serves as a bridge between cultures. By learning this beautiful language, we honor the legacy of its creator and take a meaningful step toward a more peaceful and productive coexistence for all.

Happy birthday, Zamenhof! Your dream lives on. ✨ Thank you for your inexhaustible legacy and the inspiration you have given us all. Let us unite humanity and reach for the stars! ✨

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**Interesting Facts about Esperanto 🌎💚:**

* Esperanto is the 14th most used language on the internet, according to 2022 statistics.
* The website "Duolingo" offers an Esperanto course, which is one of the most popular courses on the platform.
* The University of Amsterdam includes an Esperanto course as part of its program in international communication.

#Zamenhof#Esperanto#Peace
Felix Berthold :berti: :hlr:

KONZERTTIPP
Unser Konzert mit der Bad Schwalbacher Kantorei, in der ich im Tenor singe, rückt näher, mit einem schönen Programm an "Liedern des Friedens"
Chorkonzert und Texte zum Frieden – Sonntag, 17. November 2024 – 17 Uhr – Reformationskirche Bad Schwalbach
badschwalbach.ekhn.de/startsei

badschwalbach.ekhn.deLieder des Friedens: EKHN ǀ Evangelische Kirche in Hessen und Nassau
#Konzert#Kirchenmusik#Chor
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Erin Conroy

"political systems that give everyone a voice in government generally prove more stable & more peaceful for everyone"

"Envisioning return requires uprooting deeply entrenched structures of Jewish supremacy & Palestinian subordination"

"To ensure that this reckoning never comes, the Israeli government [offers] a range of… arguments against refugee return [that, w]ere they applied to any group other than Palestinians, American Jewish leaders would likely dismiss them as immoral & absurd." #Peace

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Erin Conroy

"The consequences of these efforts to rationalize & bury the #Nakba are not theoretical. They are playing themselves out right now on the streets of #SheikhJarrah. The Israeli leaders who justify expelling Palestinians today in order to make Jerusalem a Jewish city are merely paraphrasing the Jewish organizations that have spent the past several decades justifying the expulsion of Palestinians in 1948…historical crimes that go unaddressed generally reappear, in different guise"

#Peace
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Erin Conroy

"Palestinians—from Darwish to Edward Said to law professor George Bisharat to former Knesset member Talab al-Sana—have alluded to the bitter irony of Jews telling another people to give up on their homeland & assimilate in foreign lands.

We, of all people, should understand how insulting that demand is. Jewish leaders keep insisting that, to achieve peace, Palestinians must forget the #Nakba, the catastrophe they endured in 1948…more accurate to say that #peace will come when Jews remember"

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🇨🇦 Michael Porter 🇨🇦

@Mrfunkedude @_
@Mrfunkedude @_ I have a theory, ahem 🦕

There’s a phenomenon in psychology called “mirror neurons” - These are brain cells that fire in similar ways when we do something, or when we see someone else doing that thing. I think the idea is that we see someone doing something, our brain tries to recreate that action, with *ourselves in the starring role*, so we can try it on and understand it. That neural activity extends to a small amount of muscular activity as well.

There's a great experiment (that I can't track down, there's too much interference by a different study in the search results) where they had subjects look at pictures of people smiling, and the subject had to decide whether the smile was real or fake. Normally we're about 60% proficient but some groups with more experience judging emotions do better. Apparently, if you do the same test while clenching a pencil between your teeth, your score drops to random chance, 50%. You've locked up the muscles that your brain uses to "try on" the smile and decide if it feels real or not.

Okay, here's my idea. When your standard troglodyte looks at someone with purple hair, or being gay, or wearing something not made of denim, their brain creates a model where *they* have purple hair, or is gay, etc., and that makes them very uncomfortable. They're not uncomfortable with *you* having purple hair, they're uncomfortable with *them* having purple hair. You are the cause of that discomfort, so they get mad at you. You're causing them deep-seated pain, and you must be punished for that.

I’m convinced, more and more, that this is the cause of almost every reaction that makes you ask, “Why do you care? It has nothing to do with you!”

Hashtags for debate, and so people can correct my layman mistakes 😄
#Psychology #MirrorNeuron #Prejudice #Peace

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