The Gods of Thanksgiving

The Thanksgiving holiday is a popular time for interfaith celebrations. Various gods of the world's religious systems are represented at these events. One has to wonder toward which god are the particpants expressing gratitude.

Here's a few examples:

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN: Hundreds Gather for Interfaith Service
Leaders of Islam, Judaism and Catholicism celebrate at the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Andrew. "The Interfaith Service not only acknowledges the community's differences, it embraces all beliefs in a true spirit of unity."

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH: Interfaith Service Stresses The Equal Worth of All People
19th annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service held Sunday at the Salt Lake Masonic Temple, featuring remarks by Buddhist, Episcopal, American Indian, Latter-day Saint, Jewish, Greek Orthodox, Muslim and Catholic leaders. "The goodness of God — in whatever form or theology — is that all people are of equal worth, despite the spectrum of their differences."

MONTGOMERY CTY, MARYLAND: Interfaith Service Focuses on Religious Commonalities
Presbyterian, Jewish, Muslim congregations come together for Thanksgiving. Normally, Hazzan Sunny Schnitzer's exclamation of "I'm a Muslim!" would have shocked members of the Bethesda Jewish Congregation. But at Saturday's services, Schnitzer was simply getting into the interfaith spirit with his counterpart, Sheikh Abdul Jaleel, and everyone had a good laugh.

RALEIGH, N.C.: Interfaith Thanksgiving Service in Raleigh
Houses of worship come together to give thanks. Participating houses of worship include: Beth Meyer Synagogue, Millbrook Baptist Church, Millbrook United Methodist Church, Saint Andrew Presbyterian Church, St. Philip Lutheran Church, St. Raphael the Archangel Catholic Church, and Imam Abdul Hafeez Waheed, a chaplain at Duke University.

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