VERBATIM."Religions have to become the vehicles of peace and human dignity Human dignity is an expression that can be used as a moral concept or as a legal term. Sometimes it means no more than that human beings should not be treated as objects. Beyond this, it is meant to convey an idea of absolute and inherent worth that does not need to be acquired and and stop being battlefields of spiritual dominance or arrogance Arrogance See also Boastfulness, Conceit, Egotism. Artfulness (See CUNNING.) amber traditional symbol of arrogance. [Gem Symbolism: Jobes, 81] Arachne ." --Belgian Jesuit missionary Michael Windey (UCA News, July 14, 2001) "Civil libertarians civil libertarian n. One who is actively concerned with the protection of the fundamental rights guaranteed to the individual by law: "Civil libertarians tend to assume such tests must be an illegal invasion of privacy" who react with horror if the word God is mentioned over the public-address system pub·lic-ad·dress system n. Abbr. PA An electronic amplification apparatus installed and used for broadcasting in public areas. public-address system Noun at high school football games have yet to respond to the increasing number of schools that allow advertisers to buy commercial time over the PA." --Columnist Stephen L. Carter (Christianity Today, July 9, 2001) "Globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation is neither good nor bad. It will be what people make of it." --Pope John Paul II (Catholic Trends, May 26, 2001) "We must learn to perceive 'the poor' not as a problem to overcome but rather to see poor people as precious resources who have been ignored--people who have gifts and talents that will enrich the community once they are permitted to sit as friends and neighbors in the circles of our lives." --Jim Wallis, editor of Sojourners magazine (Dallas Morning News, April 14, 2001) "When I see them happy, I cannot feel tired. Their happiness gives me strength. I need no recharging." --Hindu leader Mata Amritandandamayi, who hugs and blesses follower after follower for up to 18 straight hours (Chicago Tribune, July 5, 2001) |
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