World asked to help craft online charter for religious harmony

This is such crap I decided to register and respond...(Wouldn't be surprised if whitewashed soon)...

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Namaste

If a certain course of action makes the mouth-breathers furious, then that’s a good policy. – The Practical Environmentalist

One of the past popes wanted to reach out to other religions.
Queen Elizabeth wanted to allow Muslims to hold ceremonies in an English(Anglican?) church.
Many people throughout the ages have recognized the potential for peace and understanding from interaction and exchanges between world religions.

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“I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” –Jesus Christ

Case closed.

It's my way or the highway.
Mind closed.

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That's a horrible interpretation...

It doesnt matter whether or not the mind is closed...It's what ACTIONS you do unto others that don't hold those same beliefs...

There a difference between someone who believes in their god and goes through each day honoring him through good deeds and someone who believes in their god and goes through each day cursing those that don't and plans or supports violence towards them...

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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.

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nah...

He was just responding using his own beliefs...I didn't take that as a recommedation...

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The point is we are mostly aware of the differences we have.
Conferences or discussions like those proposed are to look for similarities.
Love is one.
The golden rule is another. It has a respected position within the writings of many religious creeds. Confucius, Buddhism, and the Bible to name three.
Even within the Christian religion there are vast differences, but organizations exist that involve many different Christian faiths for the purpose of eliminating violence brought by bigotry, alms to the needy, things like that.

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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.