Dan Nerren Secular Invocation
Let us open our hearts to the welfare of all people in our community by respecting the inherent dignity and worth of each person, and realize our differences of race, religion, and party affiliation are merely superficial. Our common humanity unites us all, and may we recognize that through our interdependence we share a common fate.
In order to achieve the greatest good as citizens of Tulsa, it is important for us to maintain an open mind, and honor and respect the human rights of each other. We should consider the benefit provided by differing perspectives, and be willing to question assumptions that serve only to obstruct our path to progress.
Rather than bowing our heads and closing our eyes in deference, we should open our eyes widely to face the reality that confronts us, without losing sight of our ideals of what we could achieve.
Through the prudent use of reason and compassion we can ensure the success of this great city.
Lastly, we must remember that in the face of adversity we need not look above for answers, but instead recognize the proven potential within ourselves and in each other to overcome any challenges we face.
Thank you.
Notes:
Dan Nerren, founder of Atheist Community of Tulsa, made history by being the first atheist to give an invocation at the Tulsa City Council Meeting on August 30, 2012.
Folksonomies: secularism
Taxonomies:
/religion and spirituality (0.551719)
/religion and spirituality/atheism and agnosticism (0.416640)
/law, govt and politics/legal issues/human rights (0.305818)
Keywords:
Nerren Secular Invocation (0.985713 (neutral:0.000000)), Tulsa City Council (0.949218 (neutral:0.000000)), Dan Nerren (0.859251 (neutral:0.000000)), Atheist Community (0.619166 (neutral:0.000000)), inherent dignity (0.598210 (positive:0.602787)), party affiliation (0.571707 (negative:-0.569745)), common fate (0.550202 (neutral:0.000000)), common humanity (0.547717 (positive:0.407264)), human rights (0.542572 (positive:0.670455)), open mind (0.529059 (positive:0.700729)), great city (0.506658 (positive:0.973997)), eyes (0.326096 (neutral:0.000000)), deference (0.300795 (neutral:0.000000)), interdependence (0.296032 (neutral:0.000000)), face (0.284785 (negative:-0.515151)), adversity (0.283634 (negative:-0.515151)), assumptions (0.281950 (neutral:0.000000)), ideals (0.272188 (negative:-0.376783)), compassion (0.269850 (positive:0.973997)), founder (0.268247 (neutral:0.000000)), sight (0.268097 (negative:-0.376783)), history (0.268021 (neutral:0.000000)), hearts (0.267734 (positive:0.602787)), Meeting (0.267596 (neutral:0.000000)), differences (0.266387 (neutral:0.000000)), welfare (0.263728 (positive:0.602787)), people (0.263051 (positive:0.602787)), worth (0.262786 (positive:0.602787)), reason (0.262765 (positive:0.973997)), race (0.262520 (neutral:0.000000))
Entities:
Atheist Community of Tulsa:Organization (0.928216 (neutral:0.000000)), Dan Nerren:Person (0.795410 (neutral:0.000000)), Tulsa City Council:Organization (0.785621 (neutral:0.000000)), Tulsa:City (0.702192 (positive:0.709303)), founder:JobTitle (0.501020 (neutral:0.000000)), human rights:FieldTerminology (0.493572 (positive:0.670455))
Concepts:
Human rights (0.919311): dbpedia | freebase | opencyc | yago
Respect (0.813554): dbpedia | freebase | opencyc
Tulsa, Oklahoma (0.700249): geo | website | dbpedia | freebase | census | yago | geonames
Bowing (0.629384): dbpedia | freebase | opencyc
Virtue (0.613885): dbpedia | freebase | opencyc
Face (0.560700): dbpedia
Open Our Eyes (0.560525): dbpedia | freebase | yago
Columbia Records albums (0.536107): dbpedia
Secular Invocation Resources