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When interfaith dialogue groups become competitive instead of collaborative

Our interfaith book club started as a beautiful experiment in understanding each other across traditions but lately every discussion becomes a subtle competition about whose interpretation is more enlightened. We're all committed to the group but the dynamic has shifted and no one wants to name what's happening.

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What we've seen

A community seeking mutual understanding has unconsciously created a hierarchy of spiritual insight that undermines its original purpose.

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