2019
Mataupu Faalelotu: O Se Faamanuiaga i o Matou Olaga ma Nuu
Iulai 2019


Mataupu Faalelotu: O Se Faamanuiaga i o Matou Olaga ma Nuu

Religion: A Blessing to Our Lives and Communities

O le faatuatua ma mataupu faalelotu o se vaega autu o lo tatou faasinomaga. O lo tatou faatuatua, ma mataupu faalelotu lautele, e aafia ai o tatou olaga i aso taitasi. O ni suesuega eseese a lotu Kerisiano ma isi lotu ua maua ai faapea o tagata talitonu e sili atu le malolosi ma e foliga mai e saofaga i o latou nuu. O taunuuga o suesuega ua faaalia iinei ua na o se faataitaiga o le tele o auala e faaleleia ai e mataupu faalelotu o tatou olaga:

Tagata lotu.

Nuu

  • E masani ona sili atu le ofo fua mai,1 foai atu i galuega fesoasoani,2 ma auai i kalapu ma vaega.3

Sootaga

  • E sili atu ona fiafia “sootaga ma isi ma sili atu ona mautu faaipoipoga” e faapea foi i fegalegaleaiga lautele i upegatafailagi.4

  • “E matele lava ina faaipoipo ae itiiti le tulaga o le tatala o faaipoipoga [ma latou] te faaleo atu tulaga maualuluga o le faamalieina i o latou taitoalua.”5

Soifua Maloloina

  • “Pe a ma se tasi vae tolu e masani ona … fai atu o loo latou fiafia lava.”6

  • E itiiti le tulaga o le faanoanoa ma itiiti le popole.7

  • E matele lava ina fitu tausaga e umi ai le ola nai lo tagata e le lolotu.8

Faamatalaga

  1. Tagai Arthur C. Brooks, Gross National Happiness: Why Happiness Matters for America—and How We Can Get More of It (2008), 52.

  2. Tagai Rodney Stark, America’s Blessings: How Religion Benefits Everyone, Including Atheists (2012), 4.

  3. Tagai Robert D. Putnam, Bowling Alone (2000), 66–67.

  4. Tyler J. VanderWeele, “Does Religious Participation Contribute to Human Flourishing?” Big Questions Online, Jan. 14, 2017, bigquestionsonline.com.

  5. Stark, How Religion Benefits Everyone, 4.

  6. Brooks, Gross National Happiness, 48.

  7. Tagai Andrew Sims, Is Faith Delusion? Why Religion is Good For Your Health (2009), 220.

  8. Tagai Stark, How Religion Benefits Everyone, 4, 106–107, 111.