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During history, the digit of wars which have been fought near the sacred text or opposite set book in the hand, are most too many to reckon. The cross-question is whether the religious teachings in these sacred books, of any persuasion, end in these wars. Are religious wars based on the teachings in sanctified books, I vision. As an example, were the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington incited by the Holy Koran? And on the different squad of the coin, wherever in the Christian Bible did George W Bush breakthrough the good opinion to assail Iraq? Probably those would have a tough instance discovery the violent robbery tips in the Koran, or an onrush on Iraq in the Christian Bible, after all their teachings are supported on historical facts to some extent than futuristic predictions.

It seems univocal. It's people's interpretations of their specialized blessed books that initiate wars and terrorist attacks. It is not what is transcribed in these books that does it. It is what general public read into them. Maybe that is even off beam. It is people's megalomanic rational that starts wars. And in demand to claim those actions, the consecrated books are brought into it. Bush wanted to cognizance protected in his own territorial division. That's what he says was his intention to go to war. But possibly it was more like, I'm an American don't you dare upheaval near me, attitude that got Bush into the war in the oldest example.

So what would have gotten a integral thicket of men opt that they required to spring up their lives for several produce. So they quoted the Koran in command to defend their appointments. But that's not why they did it surely? Whereas we can deduce where Bush and his slender intelligence came from, us Westerners have a snag explanation the reasoning astern the self-destruction pilots. We could follow the Japanese Kamikaze mortal pilots who were complete to offer their lives for their bucolic. But Saudi Arabians weren't liberal their lives for their bucolic. Were they openhanded their lives for a religion? What for. Who cares why they did it? We would lone want to cognize how to come to a close them. We only contemplation something like the trusting group who died. We don't truly attention whether a two of a kind of violent died as healthy. Most of us Westerners are not around to grant them hero cachet. Is someone else?

What has made me consider of all of this, is a blog I read. And one of the atmospheric condition in the journal were quotes out of the diverse sanctified Books which explained what that selective spirituality preached give or take a few how to switch your 'neighbour'. And in no of these quotes does it say thing excluding that you should acknowledge and observe your neighbour, or publication somebody you come up intersecting.

So present are the quotes for you to be stunned done. I was:

The Golden Rule

Christianity: "In everything, do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets." Jesus-Matthew 7:12

Hinduism: "This is the sum of duty: do not to others what would do discomfort if done to you." Mahabaratha 5:1517

Taoism: "Regard your neighbor's addition as you own gain, and your neighbor's loss as your own loss." T'ai Shang Kan Ying P'ien, 213-18

Native Spirituality-"We are as noticeably animate as we livelihood the planet alive" Chief Dan George

Buddhism: "Treat not others in ways that you yourself would brainstorm unkind." Udana-Varga 5.18

Judaism: "What is nasty to you, do not do to your neighbor. This is the total Torah; all the catnap is statement." Hillel, Talmud, Shabbat 31a

Islam: "Not one of you genuinely believes until you wishing for others what you choice for yourself." The Prophet Muhammad, Hadith

Sikhism: "I am a foreign person to no one; and no one is a recluse to me. Indeed, I am a human to all." Guru Granth Sahib

Baha'i Faith: "Lay not on any spirit a goods that you would not need to be laid upon you, and wish not for everybody the belongings you would not be after for yourself." Baha'u'liah, Gleanings

Jainism: "One should kickshaw all creatures in the international as one would like to be proofed." Mahavira, Sutravitanga

Unitarianism: " We affirm and boost regard for the mutuality of all state of which we are a section."

Zoroastrianism: "Do not unto others what is deleterious to yourself." Shayast-na-Shayast 13.29

I got these from Karen who writes her blog on - attitude ladened transmit here - and she gave me permission to use a number of of her content, which is as the quoted extracts from different bibles/holy books or voiced unadventurous fable. When one reads these, one if truth be told wonders wherever all those wars come in from. It's really not thing as documented in the scriptures. That's for assured.