Father Bede Griffiths in our own century also celebrates the commonality of mystical experience among world traditions. Other pagans honored in the Hebrew Scriptures as holy people include the ancient patriarchs such as Abel, Seth, and Enoch and also Noah and Job. It is clear from these many and various examples that Deep Ecumenism will demand much of us. Religion alone will not do. Shouting that our God is better than your God will not do.
Experience is what is shared in Deep Ecumenism.
If our faith has not given us experiences to share, then we ought to spend more time with it or find another. But experience also leads to Deep Ecumenism, for when one encounters the beloved, one wants to share that encounter and one is curious about the encounters others behold. Many questions are aroused by love experiences. In subsequent sections of this book we will examine some of these common questions and themes. The first of these has to do with our shared existence, the reality of Creation itself.