[Oe List ...] Try this compact . . . as an alternate

Tue Nov 23 10:43:45 CST 2010

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--- On Tue, 11/23/10, Herman Greene <hfgreene at mindspring.com> wrote:

From: Herman Greene <hfgreene at mindspring.com>
Subject: [Oe List ...] Thomas Berry on the Mayflower Compact
To: "'Order Ecumenical Community'" <oe at wedgeblade.net>
Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 9:18 AM

First the compact 

IN
THE name of God, Amen. 

We
whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign Lord,
King James, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland king,
defender of the faith, etc., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and
advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our king and country, a voyage
to plant the first colony in the Northern parts of Virginia, do by these
presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, and one of another,
covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our
better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by
virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws,
ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be
thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which
we promise all due submission and obedience. 

In
witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape-Cod the 11 of
November, in the year of the reign of our sovereign lord, King James, of
England, France, and Ireland the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth.
Anno Domine 1620. 

Then Thomas Berry (from The Great Work) 

In his chapter on “The North American
Continent,” Thomas juxtaposes the culture of the American Indians and
that of the Europeans settlers. The arrival of the Europeans in
 North America , he says, “could be considered as one
of the more fateful moments in history, not only of this continent but of the
entire planet…. Every living being on this continent might have shuddered
with foreboding when that first tiny sail appeared over the Atlantic
horizon” (p. 40). 

      The first peoples of
 North America and the European settlers held two sharply
contending views of nature. “To indigenous people…the natural world
was the manifestation of a numinous presence that gave meaning to all
existence…. As seen by the Europeans the continent was here to serve
human purposes though trade and commerce, as well as through the more immediate
personal and household needs of the colonists. They had nothing spiritual to
learn from this continent. Their attitude toward the land as primarily for use was the critical issue” (p. 44). 

      Culturally derived
anthropocentrism caused insuperable difficulty for the Europeans in
establishing any intimate rapport with the North American continent or its
people. To Thomas, “Such orientation of Western consciousness had its
fourfold origin in the Greek [humanistic] cultural tradition, the
biblical-Christian religious tradition, the English political-legal tradition,
and the economic tradition associated with the new vigor of the merchant
class” (p. 45). To the Europeans “[t]heir human-spiritual formation
was complete before they came. They came[, they thought,] with the finest
religion of the world, the highest intellectual, aesthetic, and moral
development, the finest jurisprudence. They needed this continent simply as a
political refuge and as a region to be exploited” (p. 43). They were
committed to a “divinely commissioned task of commercially exploiting
this continent [and] could even experience a
high spiritual exaltation in what [they] were doing” (p. 46). 

From:
oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of Geri Tolman

Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010
8:50 AM

To: ' Order
 Ecumenical Community '; 'Colleague Dialogue'

Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Salmon:
Mayflower Compact 

here's a link: 

http://www.nationalcenter.org/MayflowerCompact.html 

Happy Thanksgiving! 

Geri 

From:
oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of Ann Shafer

Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010
8:19 AM

To: ' Order
 Ecumenical Community '

Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Salmon:
Mayflower Compact 

I would love a copy of both or anyway the
Mayflower Compact. Thanks! Ann Shafer 

From:
oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of William Salmon

Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010
6:47 AM

To: Order
 Ecumenical Community

Subject: [Oe List ...] Salmon:
Mayflower Compact 

George and Carol -- 

    I have a copy of that conversation--or at
least a copy of the Compact. Do you want a copy? 

    Bill  

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From: M.
George Walters  

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Sent: Monday, November
22, 2010 9:51 PM 

Subject: Re: [Oe List ...]
Happy Thanksgiving 

I have been going
through old files for days trying to find my old copy of the Mayflower Compact
conversation. 

Everybody have a
great Thanksgiving! 

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21:15

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Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Happy
Thanksgiving 

The Parekh family joins all our beloved colleagues in
celebrating Thanksgiving with a deep sense of gratitude for enriching our
lives.  

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Subject: [Oe List ...] Happy
Thanksgiving  

Dear Friends and
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In the season if gratefulness, I am deeply grateful for all of you on these
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I lift a glass full of gratitude to you all! 

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