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God’s love does not protect us from suffering. God’s love protects us in the midst of suffering.

Hans Kung

However, if the religions in essence merely repeat statements from the United Nations Human Rights Declaration, such a Declaration becomes superfluous; an ethic is more than rights.
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Essence Myself Nation Religion Right
Alluding to hell is a warning that a person can completely neglect his purpose in life. I don’t believe in an eternal hell.
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Forever Hell Life Myself Neglect Person Purpose Warning
For many people, the pope is still, to a certain extent, a positive role model and a moral force, although others feel that this aspect has suffered greatly.
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Force Greatness Moral People Positive Suffering
We should think about whether canonizations, which are an invention of the Middle Ages, still make sense today.
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Age Day Invention Thinking
The Gospel has to be the norm.
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Religious Scripture Standard
At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bases for what is helpful and what is unhelpful for men and women, what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil.
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Aware Evil Goodness Man Religious Time Tradition Various Woman
Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.
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Pure Religion War
All historical experience demonstrates the following: Our earth cannot be changed unless in the not too distant future an alteration in the consciousness of individuals is achieved.
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Achievement Consciousness Distance Earth Experience Follow History
God’s love does not protect us from suffering. God’s love protects us in the midst of suffering.
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Deep God Love Protection Suffering
There will be no peace among the nations without peace among the religions. There will be no peace among the religions without dialogue among the religions.
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Nation Peace Religion
As a matter of fact, you have deficiencies in all religions, but you have truth in all religions.
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Fact Religion Truth Yourself
Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order.
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Better Economics Global Humanity Order Possession
It is not certain that everything is certain, neither is it certain that everything is uncertain.
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Change Unknown
Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia – even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.
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Conflict Hate Inspirational Leadership Time
I don’t cling to earthly life because I believe in eternal life. That’s the big distinction between my point of view and a purely secular position.
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Forever Life Myself Point Position
That is the Roman way: to give favors to the favorites.
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Favor Myself Roman Way

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