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Candidates’ Religious Backgrounds; Peace in the Qur’an
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Election 2016: Candidates’ Religious Backgrounds; The Meaning of Peace in the Qur’an
Election 2016: Candidates’ Religious Backgrounds; The Meaning of Peace in the Qur’an
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
Candidates’ Religious Backgrounds; Peace in the Qur’an
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Election 2016: Candidates’ Religious Backgrounds; The Meaning of Peace in the Qur’an
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>>> AND A PROMINENT SCHOLAR STUDYING THE KORAN AND WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT PEACE.
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IN THE LAST DAYS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, THE CANDIDATES ARE STEPPING UP THE FAITH BASED OUTREACH.
THIS PAST WEEK HILLARY CLINTON VISITED A BAPTIST CHURCH IN THE BATTLEGROUND STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA CAROLINA.
SHE SPOKE TO MOTHERS THAT LOST CHILDREN DUE TO GUN VIOLENCE.
>> WE'RE ASKED TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
WE'RE NOT ENCOURAGED OR URGED BUT COMMANDED.
JESUS SAID IT WAS THE GREATEST OF HIS COMMANDMENTS.
>> CLINTON'S RUNNING MATE TIME KAINE VISITED A BLACK BAPTIST CHURCH AND SPOKE ABOUT CLINTON'S FAITH.
MIKE PENCE ATTENDED A FREEDOM RALLY IN OHIO AND SAID TRUMP'S OPPOSITION TO ABORTION.
TRUMP HAS BEEN DOING A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS TARGETING CONSERVATIVES AND CATHOLICS.
THIS WEEK HE APPEARED TWICE ON THE CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK AND THAT INCLUDED A LONG TIME TALK WITH LONG TIME LEADER PAT ROBERTSON.
>> I AM PRO LIFE.
I SEE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE GOING THAT ROUTE.
>> TRUMP DID AN INTERVIEW ON THE CATHOLIC ETERNAL WORLD NETWORK.
A NEW POLL FROM THE PUBLIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE FINDS A SHARP DIVIDE AMONG VOTERS.
66 PERCENT OF WHITE SAY THAT THEY WILL VOTE FOR TRUMP COMPARED TO ONLY 17 PERCENT FOR CLINTON.
THE OTHERS SAID THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW OR WERE SUPPORTING ANOTHER CANDIDATE.
NEARLY HALF OF WHITE CATHOLICS ARE SUPPORTING TRUMP WITH ABOUT FOUR SUPPORTING CLINTON.
THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITIES OF THE HISPANIC AND CATHOLICS ARE FOR CLINTON.
NONCHRISTIAN VOTERS ARE ALSO STRONGLY FOR CLINTON.
>>> IN OUR CONTINUING ELECTION COVERAGE, WE HAVE A SPECIAL REPORT TODAY ON THE RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND OF THE MAJORITY PARTY CANDIDATES AND HOW RELIGION INFLUENCES THEIR POLITICS.
>> I AM A METHODIST BOTH BY BIRTH AND BY CHOICE.
>> ACCORDING TO THOSE THAT KNOW HER HILLARY CLINTON HAS BEEN PROFOUNDLY SHAPED WITH THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND STRIDER IS THE LONG TIME SPIRITUAL ADVISER.
>> IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND HER.
>> CLINTON COMES FROM GENERATIONS OF METHODISTS.
GROWING UP THEY ATTENDED FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN ILLINOIS.
>> WHILE THE CHURCH ITSELF WAS A TRADITIONAL MAIN LINE CHURCH, THE YOUTH MINISTER WAS INCREDIBLY INVOLVE LD IN THE SOCIAL GOSPEL MOVEMENT WITHIN THE CHURCH AND PRODISTANT AT THE TIME.
>> CLINTON RECALLS THE TIME THAT THE CHURCH.
>> HIS WORDS POWER AND THE EXAMPLE AFFECTED ME DEEPLY AND ADDED TO THE LESSONS OF MY MINISTER TO FACE THE WORLD AS IT IS AND NOT AS WE MIGHT WANT IT TO BE AND TO COMMIT OURSELF TO TURNING IT INTO WHAT IT SHOULD BE.
>> CAROLINE DAVIS IS THE DEPUTY DRIK OR THE OF THE CENTER FOR THE PUBLIC THEOLOGY.
>> SO HILLARY CLINTON IN THE RELATIONSHIP WAS REALLY INTRODUCED TO THE IDEA THAT FAITH FORMATION IS DEEPLY LINKED TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND TO SOCIAL JUSTICE.
>> THE ACCEPTANCE SPEECH, CLINTON QUOTED ONE THAT SHE REPEATS FREQUENTLY.
>> DO ALL THE GOODS YOU CAN FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE YOU CAN AND ALL OF THE WAYS YOU CAN AS LONG AS EVER YOU CAN.
I COME TO SEE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE ALWAYS BE ASKING OURSELF HOW WE DO TRANSLATE THE FAITH INTO ACTIONS.
>> CLINTON TRANSLATES THE FAITH AT THE LIBERAL END OF THE THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE.
MANY IN HER OWN DENOMINATION CRITICIZE THE STRONG AND UN APOLOGETIC SUPPORT FOR ABORTION RIGHTS.
SHE SPEAKS OVER PERSONAL SPIRITUALITY.
>> I AM GRATEFUL FOR SPIRITUAL AL SKPRAGS THE GREAT OBLIGATION OF THE SOCIAL GOSPEL.
[ APPLAUSE ] >> TO USE THE GIFT OF GRACE WISELY, TO REFLECT THE LOVE OF GOD AND FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF JESUS CHRIST.
>> AFTER THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION SPEECH, CLINTON'S CAMPAIGN TWEETED A VIDEO WITH HER AND TIME KAINE AND THE FAMILIES PRAYING TOGETHER.
THEY SAY THAT PRAYER IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HER.
>> SHE HAS AN ACTIVE PRAYER CIRCLE AND A GROUP THAT SHE PRAYS WITH AND THEY PRAY FOR HER.
>> AND CLINTON SAYS THAT THE FAITH HAS HELPED HER THROUGH SOME DIFFICULT TIMES.
>> I'VE MADE MY CHAIR OF MISTAKES.
I DON'T KNOW ANYONE THAT HAS NOT.
EVERYONE HERE TODAY HAS STUMBLED ON THEIR OWN PATH.
IT'S GRACE THAT LIFTS US UP AND LEADS US HOME.
>> I BELIEVE IN GOD.
>>> I BELIEVE IN THE BIBLE.
I AM A CHRISTIAN.
>> DONALD TRUMP IDENTIFIES HIMSELF AS A PRESBYTERIAN.
HE WAS CONFIRMED AT FIRST PERCENTCHURCH IN NEW YORK.
ONE OF THE NATIONS OLDEST PROTESTANT CONGREGATIONS.
TRUMP AND HIS FIRST WIFE WERE MARRIED THERE AND HE IS NOT CURRENT LISTENLY AN ACTIVE MEMBER.
HE WAS KNOWN FOR PREACHING OF THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING.
>> I WANT TO TALK TO O YOU ABOUT WHY POSITIVE THINKERS GET POSITIVE RESULTS.
>> TRUMP SAYS SEVERAL TIMES THAT THE MANY SUCCESSES WERE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE POSITIVE THINKING.
THEY SAY THAT TRUMP'S AFINTY CAN BE SEEN IN THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH HIGH PROFILE PREACHERS.
TRUMP DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND FAMOUSLY MOCKED FOR CALLING A BOOK OF THE BIBLE TWO CORINTHIANS INSTEAD OF SECOND.
>> SIMILAR THINGS WERE JUST, I THINK AN INDICATION THAT THIS IS NOT -- HIS FAITH IS MORE IN THE BACKGROUND THAN THAT.
IT'S NOT PART OF HIS EVERYDAY LANGUAGE.
>> SOME PEOPLE OF FAITH THAT HAVE MET WITH TRUMP SAY THAT IT WOULD BE WRONG TO CONSIDER HIM A NONBELIEVER.
ONE THAT'S CATHOLIC HEADS THE PRO LIFE ADVISORY COUNSEL.
>> I THINK THAT HE HAS A BUDDING FAITH.
WHEN HE NOTICED SOMETHING ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE THAT YOU THINK WHAT MAKES THAT PERSON DIFFERENT.
THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE AND PERMANENT ABOUT THAT PERSON AND PRESENCE.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT I SEE IN HIM.
HE IS REALLY DRAWN TO THE PEOPLE OF FAITH.
>> A TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OUR CHRISTIAN HERITAGE WILL BE CHERISHED, PROTECTED, DEFENDED LIKE YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
>> WHEN SPEAKING TO THE AUDIENCES, TRUMP RECOGNIZES ISSUES RATHER THAN FAITH.
HE TALK S ABOUT RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND THE ATTENTION TO APPEAL THE JOHNSON MISSION.
>> THAT WAS MY IDEA.
I FIGURE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT I'M GETTING INTO HEAVEN, SO THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT.
>> TRUMP IS ALSO APPEALED TO THE RELIGIOUS CONSERVATIVE TO AOPPOSE THE ABORTION RIGHTS AND APPOINT PRO LIFE JUDGES.
THE STANCE ON THOSE HAVE THOSE TO SUPPORT HIM DESPITE THE SEVERAL MARRIAGES AND COMMENTS THAT WERE OFFENSIVE.
OHIO PASTOR HAS BEEN ONE OF THE TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN LEE LIASAN.
>> I CARE THAT HE HAS RAISED HIMSELF UP.
>> SPEAKING TO RELIGIOUS AUDIENCE TRUMP REFERS TO GOD'S HAND ON THE NATION.
>> THERE'S A BIBLICAL VERSE THAT I HAVE OFTEN READ, AND I WANT TO REPEAT IT AGAIN.
I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO WHAT WE'RE TRY TO GO ACHIEVE RIGHT NOW FOR THE COUNTRY.
IT'S FROM FIRST JOHN CHAPTER 4 NO ONE HAS EVER SEEN GOD, BUT IF WE LOVE ONE ANOTHER, GOD LIVES IN US AND HIS LOVE IS MADE COMPLETE IN US.
SO TRUE.
>> FOR ME MY MOTIVATION IS THE SPIRITUAL AND RELIGIOUS ONE.
>> TIME KAINE'S ROMAN CATHOLIC FAITH HAS PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE.
HE ATTENDED CATHOLIC SCHOOLS.
>> I WENT TO COLLEGE AND LAW SCHOOL AND I KIND OF DRIFTED AWAY AND WAS IN THE REBELLIOUS PHASE OF ADOLESCENT MALE HOOD.
>> THEN HE REACHED A POINT THAT HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HE WANTED TO DO.
HE TOOK A YEAR OFF AND WENT TO WORK IN HONDURAS.
HE DISCUSSES THE DEEP IMPACT OF THAT EXPERIENCE SOMETIMES USING ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
>> I REALLY LEARNED ABOUT THE POWER OF FAITH FROM MY FRIENDS IN HONDURAS AND FAITH AND FAMILY, HARD WORK.
>> WORK AMONG THE PRIESTS AND COMMUNITIES THAT HE WAS WORKING WITH.
IT IS INTRODUCED TO THE IDEA OF LIBERATION AND SO TIM KAINE GETS TO KNOW THE IDEA THAT GOD IS ON THE SIDE FIRST.
THAT THE POOR AND UNDERSERVED HAVE THEIR LOVE.
>> BY THE TIME I CAME BACK TO LAW SCHOOL, I WAS REALLY FOCUSED ON USING THE LEGAL CAREERS FOR THE LEST OF THESE.
>> FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS KAINE AND HIS WIFE HAVE ATTENDED A AFRICAN AMERICAN CATHOLIC CHURCH WERE THEY WERE MARRIED IN 1994.
KAINE SINGS IN THE CHOIR.
>> IT'S IN THE CITY OF TIME KAINE KAINE HE TOLD US THAT HE URGES OTHERS TO DO THE SAME.
IN ALLOWING EK CUSHION AND SOMETHING THAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OPPOSE.
I BELIEVE IN THE TEACHING OF THE WHICH YOU CH CHURCH.
IT'S A MORAL THING.
>> ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL KAINE SPEAKS ABOUT THE FAITH N. THE 2012 INTERVIEW HE TOLD US THAT HE URGES OTHER DEMOCRATIC POLITICS TO DO THE SAME.
>> WE CAN BE INCLUSIVE AS RELIGIOUS PEOPLE WITHOUT SACRIFICING THE BELIEFS.
WE CAN DO IT IN AN INCLUSIVE WAY.
>> >> I AM A CHRISTIAN, CONSERVATIVE AND REPUBLICAN IN THAT ORDER.
>> MIKE PENCE GREW UP IN INDIANA IN A DEMOCRATIC FAMILY.
>> MOM AND DAD STRONG FAITH BUT FOR ME I FOUND SOMETHING WAS MISSING AS I CAME UP, AND I WENT OFF TO COLLEGE AND LARGELY WALKED AWAY FROM THE FAITH THAT I WAS RAISED TO BELIEVE IN.
>> AT COLLEGE HE GOT INVOLVED WITH A NON DENOMINATIONAL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP.
>> I WENT TO A CHRISTIAN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND HEARD ONE PREACHER TO ANOTHER AND NOT TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT JESUS HAS DONE TO SAVE THE WORLD, BUT HE DID FOR ME, AND MY HEART BROKE WITH GRATITUDE, AND I GAVE MY YOU LIFE TO JESUS CHRIST.
IT'S MADE THE DIFFERENCE.
>> HE FOUND THERE A DIFFERENT KIND OF SPIRITUALLY.
ONE THAT SEES A MUCH MORE DIRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUAL AND JESUS.
THAT REALLY HAS BEEN A FUNDAMENTALLY IMPORTANT PART OF HIS DEVELOPMENT.
NOT JUST AS AN INDIVIDUAL, BUT AS A POLITICIAN.
>> ALTHOUGH PENCE REFERENCED TO HIMSELF AS A CATHOLIC, IN RESENT YEARS HE IS SOLELY ATTENDED A SERIES OF PROTESTANT CHURCHES.
>> FAITH IS IN THE DNA.
IT'S WHO HE IS, AND A NATURAL EXTENSION OF WHAT HE IS ABOUT.
IT IN FORMS HIS LIFE CHOICES AND POLICY CHOICES.
HE AND KAREN PRAY BEFORE EVERY MAJOR DECISION AND WHETHER TO BE THE VP OR NOT.
>> LIKE CLINTON AND KAINE, PENCE TALKS ABOUT PUTTING FAITH INTO ACTION.
>> YOUR PRESENCE HERE TODAY DEMONSTRATES THAT YOU'RE COMMITTED TO PUTTING FEET ON THE VALUES, FEET ON THE FAITH.
>> FOR PENCE FAITH IS TRANSLATED INTO CONSERVATIVE POLICIES AND THE FIRM OPPOSITION OF THE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
>> I LONG TO SEE THE DAY THAT ROW IS SENT TO THE ASH HEAP OF HISTORY WHERE IT BELONGS.
>> AS GOVERNOR OF INDIANA PENCE SIGNED A BILL THAT HE SAID PROTECTED LIBERTY.
IT WAS SUPPORTED BY ANGEL CALS.
>> MIKE PENCE HAS BEEN DEEPLY FORM IN THE TRADITIONS AND WHAT'S THOUGHT TO PUT INTO PUBLIC POLICIES AND THE REFLECTION OF THE RIGHTS.
>> PENCE'S POSITION ON THE REPUBLICAN TICKET HAS REASSURED SOME WHO HAD RESERVATIONS ABOUT TRUMP.
MANY OF THEM AGREE WITH PENCE'S VIEW THAT GOD EXTENDED THE SPECIAL GRACE TO AMERICA.
>> IN THESE TROUBLED TIMES AT HOME AND ABROAD, THESE CHALLENGES TIMES FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES IT'S TRUE THAT IF HIS PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY HIS NAME WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY, HE WILL AGAIN HEAR FROM HEAVEN AND I KNOW AND I KNOW AND I KNOW HE WILL HEAL THE LAND.
>> I AM KIM LOCTON REPORTING.
>>> THE AL SMITH DINNER HOLD IS AN O OCCASION FOR LEADING POLITICIANS TO SHOW OFF THE GOOD HUMOR.
AT THIS YEAR'S GATHERING DONALD TRUMP WAS SO CUTTING HE WAS BOOED AND HILLARY CLINTON'S PRESENCE WAS CONTESTED BECAUSE SHE SUPPORTING THE RIGHT TO ABORTION WHICH CATHOLIC TEACHING OPPOSES.
SOME VOICES HAVE CALLED FOR AN END TO ALL AL SMITH DINNERS.
THEY INSISTED THAT THE VEPT WAS AMERICA AND THE CHURCH AT THEIR BEST.
AL SMITH WAS GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK IN THE 1920s.
HE WAS KNOWN AS THE HAPPY WARRIOR.
>>> IN OTHER NEWS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS CLARIFIED THE INSTRUCTIONS ON CREMATION.
IN RULES RELEASED THIS WEEK THEY MAINTAIN THE PREFERENCE FOR BURIAL OVER CREMATION, BUT THOSE THAT PICK THAT SHOULD NOT SCATTER IT ON THE AIR, LAND, SEA OR SOME OTHER WAY.
INSTEAD, DECREE MATEDREMAINS SHOULD BE IN CEMETERIES OR OTHER SACRED PLACES.
THEY ISSUED THE GUIDELINES BECAUSE OF THE UN STOPPABLE INCREASE IN CREMATION.
THE CHURCH BAND CREMATION FOR CENTURIES BUT BEGAN TO ALLOW THE PRACTICE IN 1963.
>>> IN ANOTHER NOD, POPE FRANCIS HAS GIVEN UP THE SUMMER RESIDENCE WITHOUT EVER HAVING SPENT A NIGHT THERE, HE HAS ORDERED THE PALACE AND GARDENS TO BE TURNED INTO A MUSEUM.
THE VATICAN HAS OWNED IT SINCE 15 9D 1596 AND EXPANDED IT OVER THE CENTURIES.
IT COVERS 135 ACRES.
DURING WORLD WAR II IT HOUSED DISPLACED PREGNANT WOMAN AND AS MANY AS 40 GAVE BIRTH ON THE POPES BED.
THEY WERE DATE OF BIRTHEDNAMED THE POPE'S CHILDREN.
>>> THESTUDENTS THAT REPORT SEXUAL ASSAULT WILL NO LONGER FACE THE POSSIBILITY OF PUNISHMENT FOR HONOR CODE VIOLATIONS SUCH AS DRINK OR EXTRA MARRIAGE SEX.
ONE STUDENT REPORTED BEING RAPED IN HER OFF CAMPUS APARTMENT.
OTHER STUDENTS CONFESSED THAT THEY AVOIDED TELLING THE SCHOOL ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE ON SEXUAL ASSAULT FOR FEAR OF PUNISHMENT AND ASKED THE UNIVERSITY TO CHANGE THE POLICY.
>>> NOW A CONVERSATION WITH JUAN COAL PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AND THE MUSLIM'S WORLD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WEST.
COLE WAS IN WASHINGTON AND WHAT DOES THE QURAN HAVE TO SAY ABOUT PEACE AND HARMONY.
WE SPEAK WITH COLE AT THE CONGRESS.
>> MY SUBJECT IS PEACE AND HARMONY IN THE QURAN.
I AM AWARE THAT I'M SWIMMING AGAINST THE TIDE A LITTLE BIT HERE WITH THIS SUBJECT, BUT LET ME SEE IF I CAN MAKE MY CASE TO YOU.
PEACE HAS TO DO WITH NOT THE ABSENCE OF CONFLICT BUT WITH A SENSE OF WELL BEING OF PROSPERITY, FLOURISHING AND IT'S VERY CENTRAL TO THE CULTURALS OF THE MIDDLE EAST.
YOU GREET SOMEONE BY SAYING PEACE BE UPON YOU.
THAT'S HOW YOU SAY HI.
THAT'S THE FOMPLRM OF A PRAYER.
YOU'RE PRAYING THAT GOD WILL GIVE YOU THE OTHER PEACE AND WELL BEING.
THESE THINGS CAN BE ABSURD BY POLITICS.
SOME OF THE MIDDLE EAST ARE OPERATING ON THE QURAN.
IF YOU SEE IT IT'S PUT SELECTIVELY OR THEY WILL QUOTE HALF A LINE.
I THINK MOST HAVE NOT READ IT, OR IF THEY HAVE IT WAS DIFFICULT KNOWING.
THEY CAN NOT SEE THE CORE OF IT VERY EASILY.
CANNOT JUST READ THE QUARAN AND YOU HAVE TO STUDY IT.
WE THINK THAT THE QUARAN BEGAN TO COME IN SIX TEN OF THE COMMON ERROR.
ALL HAVE A CONTEXT IN WHICH THEY MERGE AND THEN THE BOOK ITSELF CONTINUES TO SPEAK TO PEOPLE THROUGH THE CENTURIES.
THE VERSES ARE MEMORIZED BY 1.6 BILLION PEOPLE AND IN FORM THE LIVES AND SO IT CONTINUES TO BE MEANINGFUL.
♪♪ ♪♪ >> VERY EARLY ISLAM WAS NOT AND THE EVIDENCE FROM THE QUARAN WAS THAT THEY WERE PUTTING TOGETHER THE COALITION OF PEOPLE AND CHRISTIAN AND JEWS AND MUSLIMS, YOU DID NOT HAVE TO CONVERT AND MORE OVER THAT IT SEES ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT BELIEVED IN THE ONE OF GOD AND WHO BELIEVED IN MORE LIFE.
ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE GUARANTEED SALVATION IN QUARAN.
THEY'RE ALL GOING TO HEAVEN.
PEOPLE ARE USING RELIGION NOW IN THE MIDDLE EAST FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES, AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RELIGION.
WE'RE IN A MOMENT WHERE THE MUSLIM WORLD IS PARTICULAR TURBULENT.
THEY POST COUNTRIES AND EMERGING FROM A LONG PERIOD OF THE DOMINANCE IN WHICH THEY WERE TOLD THAT THE LANGUAGE IS BAR BAR I CAN AND THE RELIGION IS NO GOOD.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE GOING DOWN VERY DISSTRUCKIVE PATHS.
IT HAS THE PASSAGES ABOUT WAR AND PEACE.
LIKE THE BIBLE IN THAT REGARD.
IT SEEMS CLEAR TO ME THAT THE PASSAGES ABOUT WAR IMPLY A PERIOD OF JUST WAR.
AGGRESSIVE WARFARE IS FORBIDDEN.
IF SOMEONE ATTACKS YOU, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DEFEND YOURSELF AND FIGHT THEM.
IF THEY SUE FOR PEACE ON JUST TAERM TERMS, YOU HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT AND MAKE PEACE WITH IT IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT.
>> SOME IMAGINE HEAVEN AS THE COMMUNITY AND THEY'RE WISHING PEACE UPON EACH OTHER AND THEN IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT IT'S DEPICTSDEPICT DEPICTING THIS AS A MODEL FOR HUMAN LIFE.
IT'S THE PENIN PINNACLE IS PEACE AND IF THEY'RE WISHING EACH OTHER PEACE, THEN SURELY THAT'S WHAT THE QUARAN WANTS DOWN HERE AS WELL.
THE ULTIMATE GOAL SHOULD BE PEACE.
>>> FINALLY ON THE CALENDARS HINDUS AND SEEKS AND JANE CELEBRATE THE LIGHTS.
IT'S MARKED BY GIFTS AND DRIED FRUIT AND NUTS AND FIREWORKS AND OTHERS LIGHTS.
>>> ALSO PROTESTANTS HAVE THE REFORMATION ON SUNDAY AND COMMON RATING MARTIN LUTHER' NAILAND HALLOWEEN OR HALLO EVES IS FOLLOWED BY SAINTS DAYS WHEN THEY HONOR SAINTS AND MAR TARS.
SEF V NOVEMBER 2nd IS WHEN CHRISTIANS PRAYER FOR THE LOVED ONES THAT HAVE DIED.
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