Japan Is A Great Nation. It Should

The Starting Point Is The Recognition That Throughout History, Religion Has Been A Cause Of Bloodshed, And It Remains So Today. Because Religion Has Contributed To The World's Problems, It Must Develop Specific And Practical Ways To Help Solve Those Problems.

We Have A God-given Commission, But It Is Not A Commission To Be Self-righteous Know-it-alls- Quite The Contrary. Our Work In God's World Begins With The Acknowledgment That We Are Not God, And That Our Most Bitter Rivals Are Made In God's Image.

In The Middle East, Iraq, Sudan, The Former Yugoslavia And Northern Ireland, And Many Other Places In The World, Religion Has Been So Divisive That People Have Killed One Another, Believing They Were Doing The Work Of God.

Plenty Of Kind, Decent, Caring People Have No Religious Beliefs, And They Act Out Of The Goodness Of Their Hearts. Conversely, Plenty Of People Who Profess To Be Religious, Even Those Who Worship Regularly, Show No Particular Interest In The World Beyond Themselves.

The Loudest Voices We Hear Are Those Who Advocate Conflict, Divisiveness.