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GENESIS

GENESIS. Interfaith Day of Peace. Elephant (Drawing) by Jeff MacNelly (1947-2000) . Lotus flower – a Buddhist symbol of enlightenment.

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GENESIS

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  1. GENESIS

  2. Interfaith Day of Peace

  3. Elephant (Drawing) by Jeff MacNelly (1947-2000) 

  4. Lotus flower – a Buddhist symbol of enlightenment

  5. At a time when terrorism is being waged in the name of religion, it is vital to let the world know that all faiths abhor that twisted fallacy and that people of different beliefs and different cultures CAN and DO live together peacefully in this country. This InterFaith Concert is a magnificent demonstration of that principal. It is faith in action, here at home.“ -Austin Kiplinger, Interfaith Conference, Washington

  6. The title page from St. John’s Gospel in the Lindisfarne Gospels 7th Century Northumbria, England

  7. “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6

  8. “In the beginning was the Word… What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people… The true light, which enlightens everyone.” John 1

  9. Karl Rahner 20th Century theologian

  10. “In this man we have met God in a degree that puts Jesus in a class by himself.” Thomas N. Hart “He is the image of the invisible God.” Colossians 1.15

  11. "It is incompatible with the essential Christian affirmation that God islove to say that God brings millions into the world to damn them." "Hell is not eternal torment, but it is the final and irrevocable choosingof that which is opposed to God so completely and so absolutely that theonly end is total non-being." “Creation” by Michelangelo (1512) The Mystery of Salvation

  12. “Poverty has been eroded partly because people have fought together for justice: rich and poor, North and South, people of all faiths and all races. They didn’t give in to despair. They hoped – and acted.”

  13. Which of these quotes are from the Bible and which are not? “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” Matthew 6 “A kind word with forgiveness is better than charity followed by an Insult.” Sura 2.263 “An eye for an eye and the world is blind.” Ghandi “Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or rude.” 1 Corinthians 13 “Fear leads to anger: Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” Yoda – Star Wars

  14. Proverbs 12:15 “Fools think their own way is right; but the wise listen toadvice.” “Your lips are like a crimson thread, and your mouth is lovely.” Song of Solomon 4:3 “O! speak again, bright angel; for thou art as glorious to this night, being o’er my head, as is a winged messenger of heaven” Shakespeare – Romeo & Juliette “Everything that has a beginning has an end.” Matrix “Respect yourself and others will respect you.” Confucius

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