On Religion and beliefs.
"Blessed are the Peacemakers, for they shall inherit the Earth."
Speakers of Peace of the Prophets:
THEY ALL CAME TO TEACH GOD'S LOVE.
By Eds. on Wednesday, March 5, 2003 - 10:38 pm:
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/ Pope John Paul II
http://www.dalailama.com/ The Dalai Lama
http://www.ammachi.org Ammachi
These holy men and women of the Christian, Buddhist, and Hindu faiths have dedicated their lives to Peace and Love. Please visit their web pages linked above when our faith is weak with revenge in our hearts. They stand for a new dignity and inalienable human rights, and thus stand one step closer to God.
By Eds. on Sunday, March 9, 2003 - 12:25 am:
http://www.alislam.org/ Ahmadiyya
Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Islam and Muhammad
"The Movement Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835-1908) started is an embodiment of the benevolent message of Islam -- peace, universal brotherhood, and submission to the Will of God -- in its pristine purity. Hadhrat Ahmad proclaimed Islam as the religion of man: 'The religion of the people of the right path.'"
http://www.bahai.org/article-1-7-2-1.html Baha'i, Universal House of Justice
Ali Muhammad Bab; Bahaullah
"The Great Peace towards which people of good will throughout the centuries have inclined their hearts, of which seers and poets for countless generations have expressed their vision, and for which from age to age the sacred scriptures of mankind have constantly held the promise, is now at long last within the reach of the nations. For the first time in history it is possible for everyone to view the entire planet, with all its myriad diversified peoples, in one perspective. World peace is not only possible but inevitable. It is the next stage in the evolution of this planet--in the words of one great thinker, 'the planetization of mankind'."
http://www.srigurugranthsahib.org/sggs/ Sikhism Sri Guru Nanak Dev
Yogi Bhajan, Siri Singh Sahib
"As a world leader and champion of world peace, the Siri Singh Sahib, Yogi Bhajan, has been actively involved with inter-religious dialogue. In June of 1985 he established the first International Peace Prayer Day. This annual event has become a day of unified prayer for world peace and is attended by many prominent, internationally recognized figures in the realms of religion, politics and humanity."
By Eds. on Sunday, March 9, 2003 - 01:13 pm:
Why is there so much hate? Why so much war?
The Holy Bible
Jesus, son of Mary
The Noble Qur'an
Muhammad, seal of the Prophets
The Torah
Moses of Egypt
Mahayana Sutras
Buddha Gotama
Bhagavad Geeta
Lord Krishna
Doctrine of the Mean
The Master Confucius, Kong Zi
""Sincerity is the way of Heaven." -Kong Zi
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UNITY OF RELIGION: The Three Golden Rules.
The following are quotes found in the Scared Scriptures of the western world's three main religions: Judaism, Christianity, Mohammedanism. Their common thread of belief sharing in Love, Peace, and the Golden Rule, are as follows:
GOLDEN RULE: "Do onto others as you would have them do onto you." Matthew 7:12: "Whatever you would have people do for you, do the same for them." Mohammed, the Hadith, 138: "Do unto all men as you wish to have done unto you; and reject for others what you would reject for yourselves."
PEACE: Mishna 1:18: "The world is preserved by three things: truth, justice, and peace." Isaiah 2:4: "They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." Proverbs 24:17: "Rejoice not when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles." Matthew 5:44: "Love your enemies, bless them who curse you, do good to them who hate you. And pray for them who spitefully use you and persecute you." James 3:18: "The fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by peacemakers." Matthew 5:9: "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God." Mohammed, Koran, 5:35: "He who slays one human being, it is as if he had slain all mankind; he who saves one human being, it is as if he had saved all mankind." Mohammed, the Hadith, 340: "Shall I tell you what are better acts than fasting, charity, and prayer? Making peace between enemies are such acts; fir enmity and malice tear up the heavenly rewards by the roots."
LOVE AND COMPASSION: Mohammed, Koran, 2:191: "God loves all those who do good." Mohammed, the Hadith, 198: "God is gentle and loves gentleness." Matthew 19:19: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." 1 John 4:16: "God is love; and he who dwells in love dwells in God." Leviticus 19:18: "You shall not take vengeance or bear any grudge against your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself." Micah 6:8: "O man, what is good, and what does the Lord require of your? Only to do justly; to love mercy; and to walk humbly with your God." Christ, John 13:34: "A new commandment I give unto you: That you love one another."
(Copied from "Peoples Book 2000", entry dated 8/22/1999, as compiled by Isaac Cavaliero.)