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TEXASGRANDMA
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To those who have only a passing interest in Religion, having a one world religion sounds like a great idea. If for instance all you knew about Church was seeing people fight over religion, you would welcome a one world religion and a government leader who banned extremists. This logic will be the motivation used to outlaw anyone who believes in anything but the new age religion. To those who have a casual relationship with Church and their religion will see nothing wrong with it. The world will lump Christians, Jews and Muslims into one package, radical extremists. One day there will be a one world religion and all others will be illegal. I believe that is the main motivation for the devil making the Muslim religion so violent. It is to the devil’s advantage to have violent crimes committed under the name of religion. Then the anit-christ can come on the scene and outlaw all religions except the new age, all under the disguise of ending violence against mankind.
To those who have taken Religion casually, they will not see anything wrong with outlawing praying to Jesus. They will see praying to God and leaving Jesus out of the picture an acceptable compromise. But, the Bible says anyone who tries to enter Heaven without entering through Jesus’ name is a thief. I believe the Church will have to be out of the picture before the anit-christ is revealed and I daily pray that this is true. But one day the anit-christ will force a one world religion on the world. One thing the Bible is clear on, as Christians we are not being asked to stock pile for the future. We are being asked to work while the day is here for the night will come. Christians work will finish one day and the devil will have his time. We must work and pray until the Church is called to Heaven.
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Luk 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
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The World Council of Churches Shows It’s True Colors. Another Step To The One World Religion…
http://www2.wcc-coe.org/pressreleasesen.nsf/index/pr-05-33.html
World Council of Churches - News Release
Interreligious dialogue should help solve world's pressing problems say representatives of ten world religions
While interreligious dialogue has contributed to overcoming some human suffering and helped combat fundamentalisms, much more grass-roots participation is needed, especially of women and youth, and concrete cooperation should be its main goal.
Some 130 participants from ten world religions shared this assessment of the current interreligious scene at the beginning of the "Critical moment in interreligious dialogue" conference organized by the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva from 7-9 June.
Improving the living conditions of women and children and helping to overcome economic and political exploitation were mentioned by participants as being part of the positive impact of interreligious dialogue over the past few decades. This impact also includes efforts to combat racism, casteism, and HIV/AIDS, and involvement in environmental issues.
Within religious communities themselves, interreligious dialogue has helped to challenge fundamentalisms and divisive ideologies (Note from SoftTouch: Such Divisive Ideologies would include the Bible’s Satement of Jesus’s Own Words “I AM The Way, The Truth, and The Life. No One comes to the Father but by Me.” This is in their opinion divisive and Fundamentalism – which is True, but it’s also THE TRUTH) while dispelling fear and opening people up to the rich treasures of all religions. But some important elements are still missing, particularly the participation of women and youth, as well as gender issues.
The main criticism levelled against interreligious dialogue is that it does not really reach the "ordinary people" in religious communities, being mostly restricted to the religious leadership and involving mainly liberal-minded activists. Nonetheless, participants also pointed out, the positive long-term effect of trust-building among religious leaders should not be underestimated.
The whole endeavour should be oriented and lead to concrete cooperation on issues of common concern in specific contexts. Only in this way, participants agreed, is interreligious dialogue worth the effort.
> Beyond the conversion mentality
Sharing his own assessment of the impact of interreligious dialogue, Professor Dr Wande Abimbola from Nigeria challenged the sincerity and inclusiveness of "the dialogues which the Christian missions have staged so far".
According to Abimbola, who is a priest and Awise Agbaye (spokesperson) of the Yorùbá religion, "rarely have these dialogues included the primal religions of the world, such as the indigenous religions of Africa and the Americas".
A dialogue oriented "to solve the pressing problems of the world" must be "all-inclusive and all-embracing", with all the religions being "accepted at the table on an equal basis," he affirmed.
A prerequisite for interreligious dialogue, according to Dr Heba Raouf Ezzat, a Muslim political scientist from Egypt, is to have left a "conversion mentality" behind.
Religions have the right to invite people to share their beliefs, but not to impose them. This principle applies not only to religions, but also to today's proponents of liberalism and capitalism, who are trying to convert all the nations of the world to their own values.
The challenge is not an alleged "clash of civilizations", but a threat to humanity. "The human dimension, the sense of values and dignity, has to be kept, against the sweeping forces of materialism and capitalism in our world," Ezzat said.
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I found this linked to on www.rapturenews.com
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Psalm 119:104Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. 105Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
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