The
Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the revealed true
word of God. But the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is
not a religion. God does not want to be worshipped. God wants
to be loved. And the way you love God is by loving one
another.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is not God's Law. It
is God's hope. It is not a law; it is a goal… 'a common
standard of achievement'… something to strive for. When all
people have read it, understand it, and come into alignment with
its teaching and wisdom, there will be peace on earth, goodwill towards others, and people will act towards one another
in a spirit of brotherhood.
When you love God you are fearless, but you do not practice
war; you are fearless in your love for others. You are not
afraid of ideas and you are not afraid of the truth or your
own ignorance. You want to know how to improve as a human
being so you are humble in your beliefs, knowing that you are
not perfect, that you sometimes make mistakes, that you do not
always understand.
When you and the nation you live in come into alignment with
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, all citizens in your
country will be free to think and speak and learn and grow
according to the truth of their own experience, and do so without denying
others the freedom to do the same. And it is in that freedom
that people will learn to live together in peace and justice.
All things are possible where there is freedom being expressed
in a spirit of brotherhood.
In all nations there will be freedom of religion and that
means there will be no such thing as a Christian nation or a
Muslim nation or a Jewish nation. All peoples must be free to
think and to change and to grow and to love. Practicing
religion does not give you permission to rule anyone but
yourself.
God loves you no matter what religion you practice
and God loves you if you don't practice religion. God is not
small. God is great. God is present and closer to you than
your own breath.
God is real and not a myth.
I dedicate what I've written here to three of my friends
who died in May 2006... Esther Robbins Hutton, Ruth Dasche,
and Barbara J. Wood... in loving memory.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Declaration
of Legitimate Government
Declaration
July 4, 2011
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