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The Assisi Decalogue For Peace
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of King's University College, University of Western Ontario
Posted: October 25th, 2008
http://www.uwo.ca/kings/ccjl/docs/catholic_docs/assisi/assis...
What if leaders of the worlds major religions got together one day and denounced all religious violence? What if they unanimously agreed to make this plain, clear and bold statement to the world? Violence and terrorism are opposed to all true religious spirit and we condemn all recourse to violence and war in the name of God or religion. It could change the world. More than 200 leaders of the worlds dozen major religions did get together January 24 in Assisi, Italy. Pope John Paul II and a number of cardinals were at the meeting. So was Bartholomew I, spiritual leader of all Orthodox Christians. So were a dozen Jewish rabbis, including some from Israel. So were 30 Muslim imams from Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Pakistan. So were dozens of ministers representing Baptists, Lutherans, Anglicans, Methodists, Presbyterians, Pentecostals, Disciples of Christ, Mennonites, Quakers, Moravians, The Salvation Army and the World Council of Churches. So were dozens of monks, gurus and others representing Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs and Zoroastrians and native African religions. They unanimously agreed to condemn every recourse to violence and war in the name of God or religion. They also said, No religious goal can possibly justify the use of violence by man against man. And that Whoever uses religion to foment violence contradicts religions deepest and truest inspiration. They called their statement the Assisi Decalogue for Peace. Maybe you missed the story. It didnt even make the newspapers the next day, hidden inside or not. What if leaders of the worlds major religions got together one and denounced all religious violence - and no one cared?
Note: Why is it that news about war and terrorism so frequently makes headlines, but the amazing news that leaders of religions from around the world got together to denounce all violence in the name of God and religion did not even warrant an article or story in any major media?
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