Welcome to Interfaith, Everyone!
This is the place on DU for coming together in mutual harmony to learn and discuss all types of faith, belief and non-belief, religions, spirituality, events, and how it all impacts our lives and the world. We welcome all opinions of a non-disruptive nature, where the intent is to add to the gnosis of the group and the individual.
Diversity of thought and opinions is also encouraged. So, if you know anyone around DU that could benefit from taking a look or participating, please invite them over. Being an "echo-chamber" is truly the last thing to which we aspire here.
That said, we hosts will take action when behavior of a member warrants it. Disruption is not tolerated, plain and simple. Please take note of how I've worded this welcome, as it contains guidance to desired behavior of our members and visitors. Everything is taken on an individual basis, and most will find that we are far more tolerant of disruptive behavior than other groups and forums on DU. Nonetheless, we have our limits. Please refrain from testing them. (For those that may ask, this is not a re-writing of the SOP; that will remain as established.)
Of all the things we might put on a pedestal here, civility of individual interaction would at the top of my list. Harmony makes everyone happy, and is a basic tenet for which I and others here personally strive.
So, let's develop an even greater group here, beyond what we have culled together to date. The world needs more harmony, and we'd like to give those of you visiting or staying here the means to make that happen.
Namaste, y'all! 
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It's a great group of people that frequent this place and I hope that more will join in the future.
I know they mock me for it, but here's to kumbayah.
Thanks to the hosts for an excellent job of keeping this a safe and civil place. It's one of the few places on DU where people of faith and their allies can go without being attacked.
I wrote it up this morning, originally thinking of including something about Iris, the Greek goddess of the Rainbow, and messenger of the gods. While she is described as one of the Greek goddesses, she ends up working more as a messenger. So, that wasn't quite a good fit, and then I discovered Harmonia, the goddess of harmony and concord.
The big problem is that Greek gods are often more flawed (or cursed) than the humans worshiping them, and not always a good choice for representing a certain ideal
Here's one of the better images of Harmonia (with the other Kharites) and a description:
Detail of three of the younger Kharites - Eudaimonia (Happiness), Harmonia (Harmony) and Paidia (Play) - , from a painting depicting the retinue of the goddess Aphrodite. Other figures in the scene (not shown) include the Erotes (Loves), Eurynoe, Pannychis (Night Festivity), Chrysothemis (Golden Custom), Hygieia (Good Health), and Pandaisia (Festivity).
HARMONIA was the goddess of harmony and concord. As a daughter of Aphrodite, she presided over marital harmony, soothing strife and discord; as a daughter of Ares, she represented harmonious action in war. Late Greek and Roman writers sometimes portrayed her as harmony in the more abstract sense : a deity presiding over the cosmic harmony.
Harmonia was born of Aphrodite's adulterous affair with the god Ares. She was awarded to Kadmos, the hero founder of Thebes, in a wedding attended by all the gods. Hephaistos, however, was still furious over his wife's betrayal, and presented Harmonia with a cursed necklace, which doomed her descendants to endless tragedy.
A string of family catastrophes caused the couple to emmigrate to Illyria, where they battled various local tribes to establish their new kingdom. Later the pair were turned into serpents by the gods and transferred to the Islands of the Blest, to live in peace and harmony for the rest of eternity.
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