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I thought we were discussing a bridge that would allow world religious leaders and indirectly their flock to get along better with each other.

Quoting from the Koran or Bible or words of Confucius to limit that discussion is a defeatist attitude.
I was responding to that.
If you know that your faith is right and others are wrong, no bridge is possible because you cannot approach it without conceding that your own faith may not be totally right after all. The Bible says that the Koran (as well as every other non-Biblical religious writing) is wrong. There can be no dialog that does not accept this premise.
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And you cannot honor your God if you go around paying homage to everyone else’s.

Exodus 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Your faith is of no effect if it isn’t sufficient enough to enable you to say that other faiths are wrong. If you don’t know beyond a shadow of a doubt that other faiths are wrong, you have no guarantee that yours is right.
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If you know that your faith is right and others are wrong, no bridge is possible because you cannot approach it without conceding that your own faith may not be totally right after all. The Bible says that the Koran (as well as every other non-Biblical religious writing) is wrong. There can be no dialog that does not accept this premise.
A website... urges people worldwide to help craft a framework for harmony between all religions.
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Armstrong's wish is to combine universal principles of respect and compassion into a charter based on a "golden rule" she believes is at the core of every major religion.


"The chief task of our time is to build a global society where people of all persuasions can live together in peace and harmony," Armstrong said.
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Charter for Compassion invites people from "all faiths, nationalities, languages and backgrounds" to help draft statements of principles and actions that should be taken.

Did I miss something? It's not asking you to give up your personal religion. A combined effort would ask us to strive for high goals that are precepts in most of our faiths.
I am Christian and I believe in Jesus Christ as the son of God and part of the trinity which was is and ever shall be.
That doesn't mean I cannot find common ground with people of most other faiths including agnostics and atheists.
Remember the woman of faith who petitioned the heretical king? She pestered him and his good nature won out as he honored her request.
If we can get satisfaction from the worldly how much more eager our own personal savior is to open the door to us and grant answers to a plea.
We must in all instances even when visiting a church of our choice "put a hedge (prayer) around ourselves" , arm ourselves with the word.
We belong to many organizations throughout our lives that have a clear focus other than religion. Nursing associations, business associations, animal rights, GOPrs for progress, Democrats, Mother's Against Drunk Drivers. Not all the members are going to be Christian, but we can find a common ground to form and complete goals that are beneficial to all without giving up our Jewishness or our Christianity or our Muslim faiths.
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A website... urges people worldwide to help craft a framework for harmony between all religions.
There is no harmony between the Lord God and the false religions that He will destroy. The ultimate purpose of this website is to prompt Christians to deny God’s plans.
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There is no harmony between the Lord God and the false religions that He will destroy. The ultimate purpose of this website is to prompt Christians to deny God’s plans.
It looks to me as if the goal of the website is to promote harmony.
Harmony=good=life
harmony is he opposite of chaos
Chaos=evil=death=sin

To promote discord in this instance where so may are searching for good would be to err mightily.
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It looks to me as if the goal of the website is to promote harmony.
Harmony=good=life
harmony is he opposite of chaos
Chaos=evil=death=sin

To promote discord in this instance where so may are searching for good would be to err mightily.
To reject the Words of the Lord God would do likewise.
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We reject any of Gods words we don't think apply to our civilization. We do it everyday. So why would trying to promote harmony be any different. God will be the ultimate judge in the end. In the mean time we all have to live on this spinning sphere. I don't mind putting up with all you religious folks. Its when you all start speaking for gods will is when things get out of hand.
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I don't mind putting up with all you religious folks. Its when you all start speaking for gods will is when things get out of hand.

Psalm 14:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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Psalm 14:1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Do you suppose they might have an alterior motive for saying that.....
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Do you suppose they might have an alterior motive for saying that.....
Human nature being what it is (self-centered, self-serving), why would someone recognize a righteous God on their own volition and thereby impose on himself an obligation to be righteous? Worldly people would be better off recognizing a god that would let them stay worldly.
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It's my way or the highway.
Mind closed.
Wrongo, sis. Truth is exclusive of lies. Demanding that 1+1=2 does not mean that you're close-minded to 1+2=2, it just means that you understand the truth and reject the lie.
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