We, the undersigned clergy representing a diversity of religious backgrounds and organizations, are deeply pained by all acts of terror, and especially those acts committed in the name of God. Our faiths are designed to promote peace and mutual understanding, not terror or indiscriminate death. Those who believe that such acts are in anyway heroic or noble, are the victims of insidious deception. Such acts do not guarantee entry to heaven. To the contrary, those who commit such atrocities walk a road that is divorced from our sacred traditions and alien to God. The clerics who convince others to give their lives and take the lives of others are charlatans. They have abused their power and influence, recruiting others to advance their own personal political and military objectives with false promises of eternal bliss. We unequivocally condemn their actions and demand that they cease from further profaning God’s name.
We know that that the dark and broken world in which we live is temporary. And we know that the power of God’s love is far greater than the hateful acts committed in God’s name. We dare not be silenced by those who have distorted God’s great message to all of humanity. That is why we have signed our name to this petition.
Co-Sponsored by the Interfaith-Council of Syosset-Woodbury &
The Long Island Board of Rabbis (LIBOR)
Updates
December 11, 2015
The momentum behind this movement proves that the charlatans exploiting religion for violence are finally losing their grip on the narrative. People of faith are rising up to reject this filth and we will not stop until these hate-mongers are stripped of their influence.
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We are asked to love all others as we love ourselves and as we have been loved. Harming others, in the end, harms all of us.
we denounce all acts of terrorism , including those committed under the name of God and religion . Terrorist do not have any religion
"The love for power is not connected with goodness but with qualities that are the opposite of goodness , such as pride , cunning and cruelty ". - Leo Tolstoy .
Jewish tradition teaches about the mitzvoth (God's instructions in the Torah and sacred literatures): "Ve'chay ba'hem", "And you shall live by them." The emphasis is on 'you shall LIVE', they should promote life, the sacredness and holiness of life.
The power of God's love, in human hands, is far greater than hateful acts committed in God's name
To invoke God to justify the murder of innocent people is an act of obscenity
To invoke God to justify the murder of innocent people is an obscenity.
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We, the undersigned clergy representing a diversity of religious backgrounds and organizations, are deeply pained by all acts of terror, and especially those acts committed in the name of God. Our faiths are designed to promote peace and mutual understanding, not terror or indiscriminate death. Those who believe that such acts are in anyway heroic or noble, are the victims of insidious deception. Such acts do not guarantee entry to heaven. To the contrary, those who commit such atrocities walk a road that is divorced from our sacred traditions and alien to God. The clerics who convince others to give their lives and take the lives of others are charlatans. They have abused their power and influence, recruiting others to advance their own personal political and military objectives with false promises of eternal bliss. We unequivocally condemn their actions and demand that they cease from further profaning God’s name.
We know that that the dark and broken world in which we live is temporary. And we know that the power of God’s love is far greater than the hateful acts committed in God’s name. We dare not be silenced by those who have distorted God’s great message to all of humanity. That is why we have signed our name to this petition.
Co-Sponsored by the Interfaith-Council of Syosset-Woodbury &
The Long Island Board of Rabbis (LIBOR)
Updates
December 11, 2015
The momentum behind this movement proves that the charlatans exploiting religion for violence are finally losing their grip on the narrative. People of faith are rising up to reject this filth and we will not stop until these hate-mongers are stripped of their influence.
16 Comments
Outraged that 21st century citizens of the world can promote terror in the name of religion.
We are asked to love all others as we love ourselves and as we have been loved. Harming others, in the end, harms all of us.
we denounce all acts of terrorism , including those committed under the name of God and religion . Terrorist do not have any religion
"The love for power is not connected with goodness but with qualities that are the opposite of goodness , such as pride , cunning and cruelty ". - Leo Tolstoy .
Jewish tradition teaches about the mitzvoth (God's instructions in the Torah and sacred literatures): "Ve'chay ba'hem", "And you shall live by them." The emphasis is on 'you shall LIVE', they should promote life, the sacredness and holiness of life.
The power of God's love, in human hands, is far greater than hateful acts committed in God's name
To invoke God to justify the murder of innocent people is an act of obscenity
To invoke God to justify the murder of innocent people is an obscenity.
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Outraged that 21st century citizens of the world can promote terror in the name of religion.