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To: Maeve
In keeping with last month's Fátima congress, which called for the development of a "One World Religion" where individual faiths can live side-by-side under one umbrella, the interior ministers called for a coming together of European religions to establish peace and prosperity in the European Union. Religious observers at the conference suggested that there should be a sharing of mosques, Christian church buildings and other places of worship between the various faiths.

No, no, no! To force religions to unite is to deny human rights. Freedom of religion and conscience is nothing if one's religion is forcibly melded with another. Religions have every right to have as exclusive and non-left-wing belief systems as they want, so long as others in society are not physically harmed. And a one-off ecumenical event is no excuse for permanent use of worship places by different faiths.

3 posted on 11/07/2003 12:35:07 PM PST by Unam Sanctam
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To: Unam Sanctam
No, no, no! To force religions to unite is to deny human rights. Freedom of religion and conscience is nothing if one's religion is forcibly melded with another. Religions have every right to have as exclusive and non-left-wing belief systems as they want, so long as others in society are not physically harmed. And a one-off ecumenical event is no excuse for permanent use of worship places by different faiths.

I agree. "Real" Jews don't want to be a part of "One World Religion" any more than "Real" Christians do.

5 posted on 11/07/2003 12:40:03 PM PST by malakhi (Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.)
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