The Madaba Path is basically a belief in a certain "Ethical Monotheism"
The Madaba Path affirms that:
- God exists
- God is good
- God is there for everyone - God is a universal God
Any religion or belief system that also affirms those above three points corresponds to The Madaba Path
And has Madaba's support
As does any individual believer, if they dedicate their life to being good to all other humans and don't offend Madaba's standards, which are pretty reasonable really...
Madaba is all for any religion or spiritual movement that has those three essential characteristics
It is possible to walk The Madaba Path without engaging in any pre-existing religion or going down any pre-existing path
But that would be no fun and also quite lonely
Also, I believe that God is Panentheist in nature, but that term is not widely understood and Panentheism is Monotheistic - so I call what's going on "Ethical Monotheism" even though I believe in Panentheism
But I don't think any of that matters to Madaba, so long as you believe in him and treat others well
It's not the details that are important, it is the big picture
(this was written on Christmas day - happy Christmas!)
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