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Part 1 of 3:
Introduction to the religions of the world:
Our logo, again. Religious symbols.
Quotations.
Introductory thoughts.
Our web site logo (repeated from the menu):
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Symbols of some of the major religions of the world with intra-faith versions:
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Approximate religious membership as a percentage of the world population:
Five quotations that we have personally found particularly meaningful:
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Rumi, a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic said:
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Senator Cory Booker (1969 - ), a Baptist, the former Mayor of Newark, NJ, and more recently a Democratic Senator in Congress said:
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Anon:
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Attributed to Saint Francis of Assisi (1181-1226 CE), but probably not actually said by him:
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Introductory thoughts:
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What is religion? There are many definitions for the term "religion" in common usage. On this web site, we define it very broadly, in order to include the greatest number of belief systems:
Thus we include
here all of the great monotheistic religions, Eastern religions; Neopagan
religions; a wide range of other faith groups, spiritual paths, & ethical
systems; and beliefs about the existence of God(s) and Goddess(es). We
recognize that most people define "religion" in a much narrower
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What is our web site's "unhidden agenda?" Many religions, many subdivisions within religions, and many secular philosophies have a holy book or tradition that promotes an ethic of reciprocity, like the Golden Rule. This promotes harmony and caring. But many also have passages and sections that are often interpreted as promoting hating and even the extermination of "the other" -- those people different from themselves. We feel that if the human race is going to survive into the next century without destroying itself in a religiously triggered nuclear war, then we are going to have to learn how to get along with other faith groups much better than we have in the past -- both with people within our religion and with those of other religions, and none. The best way to promote this is to spread accurate information about other religions, so that people can understand not only what others believe, but why they believe it. That is our main goal. Another goal is to help believers become aware of any evil teachings and practices advocated by their faith group in the hope that they will work from within to correct them. These goals differentiate us from at least 99.9% of the other religious web sites on the Internet. Their main goal is to promote the teachings of their webmaster's or sponsoring agency's faith group. |
This topic is continued in the next essay
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