People have
used the excuse of religion to fight wars, to justify
prejudice, to enslave others. But the
scriptures teach the brotherhood of mankind
From the
Torah we have:
Have we not all the one Father? Has not the one God
created us? Why then do we break faith with each other, violating the
covenant of our fathers? (Malachi, 2:10)
From the
Analects of Confucius we have:
Of the adage "Only a Good Man
knows how to like people, knows how to dislike them," the Master said, "He whose
heart is in the smallest degree set upon Goodness
will dislike no one." (Book
IV-3,4)
From the
Quran we have:
O people, we created you from the same
male and female, and rendered you distinct
peoples and tribes, that
you may recognize one another. The best among you in the sight
of God is the most righteous....
(Quran, 49:13)
From the
Taoist scriptures we have:
The sage has no self to call his own;
He makes the self of the people his self. To the good I act with goodness;
To the bad I also act with goodness: T'hus goodness is attained. To the
faithful I act with faith; To
the faithless I also act with faith: Thus faith is attained... (The Tao-Te-King, XLIX)
From the
Buddhist scriptures we have:
Therefore, treat all beings as you would treat yourself, for the
Dharma for the human is no to harm, but to help.
(Dhammapada, Chapter 4)
From the New
Testament we have:
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your
soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.
(Luke, 10:27)
