Osama Bin Laden caught my attention in the newspaper last week. I’m requesting a meeting with him to discuss the following subjects and anything else that may be on his mind.
There is one Creator of the world. Everything I know about that Creator keeps bringing me back to one word – Love.
If this Creator is associated with love, why does so much hatred exist?
Some of us don’t believe in this Creator because we don’t want to work too hard to come to really know and establish a relationship with God. All relationships take work and because many of us are having a hard enough time working on relationships at work, school and home, we don’t have much left in our tanks to try and figure out this Creator who may or may not exist.
What better use of our time could there be than to learn how to sustain inner-peace, hope and love at all times? Our minds, souls and world peace depend on that investment in ourselves. Peace is established one mind at a time.
Many people who were born into a faith or who have developed faith later in life have come to know God because of a particular religion. I’ve come to know and love God through Christianity. I am thankful for that gift on a daily basis.
That very faith has taught me that each person on the planet is my brother and sister. It’s taught me that it’s my responsibility to love each and every one of my brothers and sisters.
Once I chose to become aware of other faiths, and their predominance in countries and continents around the world, I now know that billions of great people around the world have come to know and love God through many other faiths. My faith asks me to love each and every one of them.
How we come to know and love God is much less important to me than the love that we show to God and to each other. People of differing faiths have much to teach each other as we work toward building our love and compassion for each other. As I’ve begun studying other faiths, that knowledge has helped me to increase and solidify my Christian faith. The knowledge of other faiths has also allowed me to respect and appreciate our diverse paths that lead to the same outcomes:
- Love of God
- Love of all humans
- Unity with and dependence upon each other
I’ve yet to read a word about any faith or religion which does not proclaim love for God and love of others.
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This post was mentioned on Twitter by BobGregoire: Whatever your faith, the word Creator means one thing: love. http://cli.gs/LTZYj...
bob..people like osama bin laden can’t be reasoned with. they view the west with its “modernity” and secularism as a threat to islam. they want to reset the world to the year 700. he is a true believer…and never try to argue or reason with a true beliver…it is a waste of time..
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