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SHARED VALUES
MUSLIM AND CHRISTIAN
1: Belief in one God
– creator ) transcendent & immanent
– sustainer )
– source of mercy and compassion
– lover of peace
– who speaks through His prophets
– ultimate judge of all persons and things
2: Belief in Human Conscience
– value of prayer
– reflecting values of truth, honesty, fair dealing
– no envy or false witness
3: Recognition of Divine and Human Justice
– non-violence
4: Recognition of human virtues ie prudence, courage/fortitude, justice, temperance
– fasting – moderation/temperance
– one day per week of prayer/rest
– pilgrimages
5: Honouring Family Life
– respect for parents and elders
– nurturing of children and young people
– respect for life – eg unborn children, the dying/chronically sick/disabled
– value of life-long marriage
– respect for women
6: Positive treatment of those in need – eg
the poor/refugees/displaced/exiles/prisoners, detainees/captives etc –
those with learning difficulties, physical disabilities
7: Economic and social justice
NB – Zakat and Tithing – Value of honest labour
8: Developing the Whole Person – Education/Scholarship/Training/Research
Positive role of science
Belief in one God
But no belief at all in the Trinity of the one God. The only Christians who do not believe in the trinity are the Unitarians, as their name suggests.
Belief in human ‘conscience’ may ameliorate the disbelief in trinity, or for that matter, the tripartite soul.
“Respect for women” is very valuable.
How many Mps in the past,would have been out with their “temporary wives”, rather than caught capering with a whore?
Lord Hylton does right to try to keep us in the ‘big-picture’.
From http://www.unification.net/ws may also be quoted:
World Scripture
PROLOGUE
Many Paths To One Goal
The Truth in Many Paths
Tolerance and Respect for All Believers
One guiding principle behind World Scripture is that all religions are connected to the same Ultimate Reality and lead people toward a common goal. This is true even though the various religions make exclusive claims about themselves, sometimes asserting the uniqueness and incomparability of their God or ultimate principle. Nevertheless, in affirming the existence of Ultimate Reality or an ultimate principle, we assume that it can be only one, regardless of the various beliefs which people hold about it–be it described as one or many, impersonal or personal, absolute emptiness or absolute Being, and regardless of the name by which it is called.
Similarly, the goals of spiritual practice for each religion, while not identical, have much in common. Since the ideals imbued in human nature are universal, we may expect to find that people who have reached the goal, be it enlightenment, salvation, sanctification, self-realization, or liberation, indeed manifest the highest human qualities: love, compassion, wisdom, purity, courage, patience, righteousness, strength of character, calmness of mind, and inner joy. Regardless of religious belief, people who have realized such a goal inevitably impress others by their personal virtue. Ultimately, these goals converge and become one, inasmuch as they express the best of our common humanity.
This principle is neither a new idea nor the novel result of the interfaith movement. The scriptures of each religion contain passages which recognize that there are truths in other paths. They recognize that the God(s) worshipped by other faiths may be the same as their own God. They recognize that the teachings and practices of other faiths may be similar in many respects to their own teachings and practices. They also teach toleration and respect for righteous and sincere believers of other faiths. They condemn quarrels over doctrines for displaying egoism and enmity that have no place in the religious life. Some of these passages have been brought together in this chapter.
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thank you for your thoughtful comment
Hmm… You haven’t quite understood the point of monotheism, have you ??
Coke and Pepsi may be similar, but that isn’t ever going to be a message you will read in their advertising.
Gaining a monopoly through an ‘exclusive supply arrangement’ wouldn’t be such a great method of doing business had it not been fully ‘market tested’ by the world’s religions for several millennia.
Good heaven’s, if you could ‘swap teams’ or even support more than one, why, many of these would go out of business…
And Buddhists:
9: Form is emptiness and the very emptiness is form; emptiness does not differ from form, form does not differ from emptiness; whatever is form, that is emptiness, whatever is emptiness, that is form, the same is true of feelings, perceptions, impulses and consciousness.
Lord Hylton, take a break – explore a different reality.
Ref: About Buddhism: Emptiness
http://www.thebigview.com/buddhism/
I feel that a full understanding of what the aim of all religions are ‘before’ allowing them to colonize our country and Europe would have been a good place to start.
As it is, the only conclusion any sane person can draw is, the intention by consecutive governments was to deliberately change the basic culture of the European continent and the UK. It is impossible to imagine that what is taking place presently had not been thought through avidly and collectively prior to the present outcome. It is not as if other countries had not been subject to this event or the intention of the movement unknown to the West.
This was done without advising the nation or discussing the intention of the politicians to do this. In fact it was forbidden to do so.
http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&pq=the%20march%20of%20islam%20in%20the%20uk&xhr=t&q=tower+hamlets+taliban&cp=21&pf=p&sclient=psy&biw=1009&bih=480&source=hp&aq=0&aqi=&aql=&oq=tower+hamlets+taliban&pbx=1&fp=406b21159bfa7b1e&bs=1
This is one example with one borough in central London. However, it is widespread throughout the UK and Europe. And who wants to discuss it now? Who wants to change it now?
Those who run our country are allowing Muslim activists to forcibly threaten our population with death or some other evil retribution if they do not follow their belief system or allow it to flourish and encompass us all. Which is holding the people to ransom.
Government created this mess and government should be addressing it without playing around with the multiculturalism game.
We have been collectively stiffled of the right to free speech in order to conceal the truth from the people. This was carried out with the full knowledge that such an outcome would be resented and rejected by the majority.
Why? What did you really believe would be the advantage to the people of this country by such policies?
And so there is no confusion. The policies on immigration, by both sides of the Commons, Labour and Conservative, then sent from there to the Lords, were passed in both chambers.