Demonstration and Peaceful Protest March for Preservation of Religions of the World

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Demonstration and Peaceful Protest March for Preservation of Religions of the World during Papal Visit to United Nations (& Yankee Stadium) in April 2008

Religion is the one of the most potent forces shaping world affairs. This has always been the case, but it is particularly true right now. Much of the charity as well as the strife in the world today is inspired by religion.

When religion can be such a force for love, compassion and spirituality, why is it also such a cause of strife and war? One specific aspect of some religions is the root cause of the problems: exclusive truth claims which teach that other religions are false and have to be eradicated through conversion and even killings.

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Diversity is the rule of the creation. Only in diversity can the human mind survive. Such diverse religions as the indigenous religions of Africa, Americas and Australia; Buddhism, Baha'i, Druids, Gnostics, Hinduism, Romuva, Slavic and Wiccans, Zoroastrians ... all are faces of a grand prism expressing their understanding of creator and his creation that unites every human being, nay every creature and the creation itself.

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