My Religion is beautiful

MY RELIGION IS BEAUTIFUL TO ME,
AS YOURS IS BEAUTIFUL TO YOU.

I dedicate this to Reshmi Inamdar as this was born out of a posting on her facebook, however this statement was made in 2009 when I was recognized as a religious communicator of the year by Religious communications Council of Dallas - http://mikeghouseforamerica.blogspot.com/2009/04/mike-ghouse-honored-by-rcc.html

 

MY RELIGION IS BEAUTIFUL

My religion is beautiful to me,
as yours is beautiful to you.

Religion is about humility,
that builds bridges.

Religion is not arrogance,
arrogance causes  conflicts.

You did not get your religion right,
if it makes you look down on others.

If religion causes you to hate the other,
then you did not get your religion right.

So, I declare today;
that my religion is NOT superior to any,
my religion makes me humble and caring,
and respecting the otherness of others.

 My religion is beautiful, so is yours!

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Mike Ghouse is a speaker, thinker and a writer on pluralism, politics, peace, Islam, Israel, India, interfaith, and cohesion at work place. He is committed to building a Cohesive America and offers pluralistic solutions on issues of the day at www.TheGhousediary.com. He believes in Standing up for others and a book with the same title is coming up. Mike has a strong presence on national and local TV, Radio and Print Media. He is a frequent guest on Sean Hannity show on Fox TV, and a commentator on national radio networks, he contributes weekly to the Texas Faith Column at Dallas Morning News; fortnightly at Huffington post; and several other periodicals across the world. His personal site www.MikeGhouse.net indexes all his work through many links.