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Religion and violence (Vol 2 No 52)

 World religions foster justice

Teach of wisdom to pursue;

Why then is there so much malice

In what some believers do?

One religion is no better

Should ‘the Faithful’ win a war;

Seeking any fierce vendetta

Has no place.  Love urges more.

We can rise above the vi’lence

Parented by bigotry;

In our difference find acceptance;

Let love have the victory.

Godliness, when flowing freely,

Hope, goodwill begin to shine,

For the Sacred knows no fury;

Peace alone is called Divine.

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