World Parliament of Religions to be held!

[arthra]

I was very excited to hear this afternoon that the World Parliament of Religions will be held on December 3rd in Melbourne Australia!

This is always to me where the representatives of the world's religions can dialogue and find common ground!

From Baha'i Sources:

The 2009 Parliament of the World's Religions will take place December 3 through December 9 in Melbourne, Australia. Based on attendance at previous events, the Melbourne Parliament is expected to bring together 8,000 to 12,000 people to address key topics, including: Healing the Earth with Care and Concern; Securing Food and Water for All People; and Building Peace in Pursuit of Justice.
More than a century ago, Baha'u'llah told Baha'is to "Consort with the followers of all religions in a spirit of friendliness and fellowship." And Baha'is have been active in promoting interfaith dialogue and understanding since the mid-1800s.

A number of American Baha'is plan to participate in the 2009 Parliament, including Brian Lepard -- an international human rights law specialist and Law Alumni Professor of Law at the University of Nebraska. Lepard is the author of a number of books including Hope for a Global Ethic: Shared Principles in Religious Scriptures and In the Glory of the Father: The Baha'i Faith and Christianity by Baha'i Publishing.

Lepard is planning to present "A Baha'i Perspective on the Right to Development" at the Parliament and has also been invited to offer a Baha'i perspective in a panel on the adoption of a "Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the World's Religions."

Lepard is excited about participating in the Parliament because "it exemplifies one of the main themes of Baha'u'llah's teachings - bringing about greater unity and understanding among people of diverse faiths and beliefs." He goes on to explain, "I have sought in my personal and professional life to promote this teaching, which is sorely needed in a world riven by religiously-based conflict."

Participating at the Parliament is also an opportunity for him, as a specialist in law, to interact and collaborate with participants from other fields, including religion, philosophy, and ethics. "My academic work as a law professor and legal scholar has attempted to integrate law with these other disciplines, and to draw insights from ethical principles shared by the world's great religious traditions."

Source:

Parliament of the World's Religions holds special place in hearts of American Baha'is | Bahai Faith | Baha'i Faith

 

[Tiapan]

Oh no an invasion of my lovely secular city, after we just got rid of most of them.
At least they can get a glimpse of heaven on earth I guess.

Cheers

 

[darkendless]

Oh no an invasion of my lovely secular city, after we just got rid of most of them.
At least they can get a glimpse of heaven on earth I guess.

Cheers

Haha yeh i know, world youth day was rubbish aside from the fact that we made money out of it. Good for business and our economy. I guess thats what we hope will come out of this

I'm glad im to the north, don't have to deal with police cracking down on anti-religious sentiment and homosexual-rights campaigning. Maybe they should choose somewhere else where police don't look so terrible for doing what they're told and cracking down on anything anti-religious so leaders dont have to tolerate criticism.

 

[Humanistheart]

This is always to me where the representatives of the world's religions can dialogue and find common ground!


Source:

Parliament of the World's Religions holds special place in hearts of American Baha'is | Bahai Faith | Baha'i Faith

Well, it does seem they're doing better than the first world religions meetings held in the USA, which consisted mostly of protestant representatives.

 

[Morse]

I think I should have received a formal invitation to this.

 

[biomystic]

What needs to be held is a World Conference on the End of Abraham, i.e., a conference wherein religious and secular scholars review the growing evidence that Abraham and Sarah of the Jewish/Christian/Muslim religious foundation are actually characters borrowed by ancient Hebrews from Vedic sources, specifically Brahma and his consort Sarasvati.

The time has come to put an end to Abrahamic religious warfare against everyone else as well as other Abrahamic religionists. The Abrahamics have kept the world in warfare for over 2000 years and are responsible for literally millions of deaths to innocents. No one before has had enough political or military power to stop the Abrahamics but they are vulnerable to science of history and historical discovery can and will eventually do away with the Abrahamic faiths that use God as a club to clobber others with.

We don't need any ecumenical palsy-walsyism between killer faiths. We need them gone from the scene or greatly changed to reflect true humanitarian concerns and not a bunch of contradictory religious laws meant to define this person this way, that person that way, and no middle ground possible. The middle ground has always been there in the truth that we are all human beings in this together and we don't need self-selected bozos in their cult costumes telling us how to be when these people never have gotten their own acts together.

Stephen,
your post-Abrahamic prophesy bearer at large..:bow:

 

[Morse]

What needs to be held is a World Conference on the End of Abraham, i.e., a conference wherein religious and secular scholars review the growing evidence that Abraham and Sarah of the Jewish/Christian/Muslim religious foundation are actually characters borrowed by ancient Hebrews from Vedic sources, specifically Brahma and his consort Sarasvati.

The time has come to put an end to Abrahamic religious warfare against everyone else as well as other Abrahamic religionists. The Abrahamics have kept the world in warfare for over 2000 years and are responsible for literally millions of deaths to innocents. No one before has had enough political or military power to stop the Abrahamics but they are vulnerable to science of history and historical discovery can and will eventually do away with the Abrahamic faiths that use God as a club to clobber others with.

We don't need any ecumenical palsy-walsyism between killer faiths. We need them gone from the scene or greatly changed to reflect true humanitarian concerns and not a bunch of contradictory religious laws meant to define this person this way, that person that way, and no middle ground possible. The middle ground has always been there in the truth that we are all human beings in this together and we don't need self-selected bozos in their cult costumes telling us how to be when these people never have gotten their own acts together.

Stephen,
your post-Abrahamic prophesy bearer at large..:bow:

Amen brother. TO WAR!!!!!!!!

:fight:

 

[John4dlg]

It sounds so exciting.
I wish I could be there.

 

[Doodlebug02]

Oooh. How interesting!

 

[zenzero]

Friends,

Any one from RF! attending? officially or unofficially?

Love & rgds

 

[darkendless]

Friends,

Any one from RF! attending? officially or unofficially?

Love & rgds

No chance.

This will taint my opinion of Melbourne forever. Religious conventions should stay away from our secular cities.

 

[zenzero]

Friend darkendless,

Sorry in the end it appears to be dark when so much light will enter your city and leave it dark behind.

Similar is the state with Bihar a state in India. Most men have been enlightened in this one state than in any other BUT the population residing there are the most backward in today's parlance.
Well could we say the bottom of a cycle / period?
Yes, appears possible!

Love & rgds

 

[arthra]

Appeal for tolerance at Parliament of the World's Religions

11 December 2009
MELBOURNE, Australia — How can interfaith dialogue and religious freedom flourish when one religion declares that another is not a religion? Are tolerance and cooperation only possible among people who share the same doctrinal view of the world?
These questions were posed by a representative of the Australian Baha'i community at one of the sessions at the Parliament of the World's Religions, which has come to an end after a week of speeches, panel discussions, devotional programs, and artistic presentations.
Dr. Natalie Mobini made her remarks during a 30-minute presentation on the fifth day of the parliament, within a session on religious conflict and persecution that focused on Myanmar, Thailand, and Iran.
Reflecting on the origins of the interfaith movement - in particular the first Parliament of Religions in 1893 - Dr. Mobini related how its principal organizer believed that it had "emancipated the world from bigotry."
"The interfaith movement has continued to be inspired by the vision of a world in which the followers of different faiths are able not merely to engage with one another in a spirit of tolerance and respect but also to collaborate in contributing to the advancement of society," she said

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  Gary Sterling sings a passage from the writings of Baha’u’llah at the opening ceremony of the parliament. (BWNS photographs by Rachael Dere)
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  Dr. Marjorie Tidman of Australia reads from the Baha’i writings at the opening ceremony of the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Melbourne.
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  Different religious traditions were represented in the artistic presentations at the parliament.
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  Dr. A.K. Merchant, right, of India, gave a joint program with Professor Brian Lepard, left, of the United States. They presented a Baha'i perspective on the need… »
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  The Parliament of the World’s Religions drew more than 5,000 participants. It is now held every five years in the modern continuation of an event first held in… »
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  Moojan Momen, center, and Wendi Momen, right, of the United Kingdom, presented a session on structures needed to establish peace, social cohesion, and justice.… »
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  Shadi Toloui-Wallace, right, and her mother, Shidan, performed at the sacred music concert held during the Parliament of the World’s Religions. The duo are from… »

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"At the same time, the havoc that religious intolerance is continuing to wreak in our world now poses a more serious threat to humanity's progress and well-being than at any previous time in history."
Dr. Mobini explored how the interfaith movement might encourage mutual respect and cooperation among the followers of all religions and beliefs. She asked how dialogue can occur when one religion attempts to delegitimize another because of underlying theological differences.
In the case of Iran, the results of such an attitude have included the imprisonment of the Baha'i community's leaders, the desecration of its cemeteries, and the destruction of its holy places.
Referring to the Islamic government of Iran denying that the Baha'i Faith is a religion, Dr. Mobini asked, "Is this not the same as the past, when Christianity claimed that Islam is not a true religion?"
"And when the machinery of the state is used for the purpose of eliminating that religion, the challenge moves into sharper focus," she said.
The lives lost during the crusades highlighted the prejudice that colored the attitudes of Christians towards Muslims in past centuries because Christianity did not recognize Islam as a "divine" religion, she noted.
"Christians today have, however, been able to transcend that intolerance without compromising their own theological beliefs and engage in interreligious dialogue with Muslims with an open-minded spirit. The world needs to learn from this."
Dr. Mobini cited examples of Islamic and other religious leaders who have held respectful dialogue and collaborated with others in spite of theological differences.
"Should not everyone seek to find within the particular framework of his or her beliefs how to set aside exclusionist claims in order to collaborate with followers of religions whose beliefs are different?" she asked.
In the case of Iran, the Baha'i Faith does not need to be recognized as "divine" in origin, said Dr. Mobini, "but simply asks that the fact of its existence be accepted and the rights of its followers upheld."
Responding to a question from the audience about what action individuals can take to combat such instances of human rights abuses, she replied that the support of the interfaith movement was appreciated. She said that the transformation of attitudes begins at the grass roots and urged individuals to take the spirit of the parliament back to their communities.
More than 5,000 people from some 80 countries attended the parliament, which ran from December 3 to 9. Some 70 members of the Baha'i community played an active role in the proceedings, including participating in panel discussions with members of other religions, including Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, and Islam as well as indigenous faiths and traditions.
"It is evident that growing numbers of people are coming to realize that the truth underlying all religions is in its essence one," Dr. Mobini said.
"This is the challenge of all of us here and to all who desire to overcome religious intolerance and hatred: how to live up to a 'golden rule' that is at the heart of each of the world's religions; urging us to treat the followers of other faiths as we ourselves would wish to be treated."

 

[biomystic]

Appeal for tolerance at Parliament of the World's Religions

11 December 2009
MELBOURNE, Australia — How can interfaith dialogue and religious freedom flourish when one religion declares that another is not a religion? Are tolerance and cooperation only possible among people who share the same doctrinal view of the world?
These questions were posed by a representative of the Australian Baha'i community at one of the sessions at the Parliament of the World's Religions, which has come to an end after a week of speeches, panel discussions, devotional programs, and artistic presentations.
Dr. Natalie Mobini made her remarks during a 30-minute presentation on the fifth day of the parliament, within a session on religious conflict and persecution that focused on Myanmar, Thailand, and Iran.
Reflecting on the origins of the interfaith movement - in particular the first Parliament of Religions in 1893 - Dr. Mobini related how its principal organizer believed that it had "emancipated the world from bigotry."
"The interfaith movement has continued to be inspired by the vision of a world in which the followers of different faiths are able not merely to engage with one another in a spirit of tolerance and respect but also to collaborate in contributing to the advancement of society," she said

1. 1
2. 2
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5. 5
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• 
  
  Gary Sterling sings a passage from the writings of Baha’u’llah at the opening ceremony of the parliament. (BWNS photographs by Rachael Dere)
• 
  
  Dr. Marjorie Tidman of Australia reads from the Baha’i writings at the opening ceremony of the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Melbourne.
• 
  
  Different religious traditions were represented in the artistic presentations at the parliament.
• 
  
  Dr. A.K. Merchant, right, of India, gave a joint program with Professor Brian Lepard, left, of the United States. They presented a Baha'i perspective on the need… »
• 
  
  The Parliament of the World’s Religions drew more than 5,000 participants. It is now held every five years in the modern continuation of an event first held in… »
• 
  
  Moojan Momen, center, and Wendi Momen, right, of the United Kingdom, presented a session on structures needed to establish peace, social cohesion, and justice.… »
• 
  
  Shadi Toloui-Wallace, right, and her mother, Shidan, performed at the sacred music concert held during the Parliament of the World’s Religions. The duo are from… »

Enlarge images

"At the same time, the havoc that religious intolerance is continuing to wreak in our world now poses a more serious threat to humanity's progress and well-being than at any previous time in history."
Dr. Mobini explored how the interfaith movement might encourage mutual respect and cooperation among the followers of all religions and beliefs. She asked how dialogue can occur when one religion attempts to delegitimize another because of underlying theological differences.
In the case of Iran, the results of such an attitude have included the imprisonment of the Baha'i community's leaders, the desecration of its cemeteries, and the destruction of its holy places.
Referring to the Islamic government of Iran denying that the Baha'i Faith is a religion, Dr. Mobini asked, "Is this not the same as the past, when Christianity claimed that Islam is not a true religion?"
"And when the machinery of the state is used for the purpose of eliminating that religion, the challenge moves into sharper focus," she said.
The lives lost during the crusades highlighted the prejudice that colored the attitudes of Christians towards Muslims in past centuries because Christianity did not recognize Islam as a "divine" religion, she noted.
"Christians today have, however, been able to transcend that intolerance without compromising their own theological beliefs and engage in interreligious dialogue with Muslims with an open-minded spirit. The world needs to learn from this."
Dr. Mobini cited examples of Islamic and other religious leaders who have held respectful dialogue and collaborated with others in spite of theological differences.
"Should not everyone seek to find within the particular framework of his or her beliefs how to set aside exclusionist claims in order to collaborate with followers of religions whose beliefs are different?" she asked.
In the case of Iran, the Baha'i Faith does not need to be recognized as "divine" in origin, said Dr. Mobini, "but simply asks that the fact of its existence be accepted and the rights of its followers upheld."
Responding to a question from the audience about what action individuals can take to combat such instances of human rights abuses, she replied that the support of the interfaith movement was appreciated. She said that the transformation of attitudes begins at the grass roots and urged individuals to take the spirit of the parliament back to their communities.
More than 5,000 people from some 80 countries attended the parliament, which ran from December 3 to 9. Some 70 members of the Baha'i community played an active role in the proceedings, including participating in panel discussions with members of other religions, including Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, and Islam as well as indigenous faiths and traditions.
"It is evident that growing numbers of people are coming to realize that the truth underlying all religions is in its essence one," Dr. Mobini said.
"This is the challenge of all of us here and to all who desire to overcome religious intolerance and hatred: how to live up to a 'golden rule' that is at the heart of each of the world's religions; urging us to treat the followers of other faiths as we ourselves would wish to be treated."

A waste of time because human beings as a species are biologically conditioned to respect and obey winners of combat, trials by ordeal. No amount of ecumenical comraderie will erase the violent histories of most religions. The strong religions are instituted and maintained through violence. They will always be in competition with each other to establish dominant position and until we recognize this fact of life we are merely fooling ourselves trying to get each religion to obey their Golden Rules. Golden Rules get sidelined in practice where one religion butts up against another--it is the way human beings are. That is why Jesus Christ "won" over all the other religions in influence of humankind. Jesus deliberately went into the Arena, the trial court of his world's most powerful Alphas, Rome's man in Jerusalem, Pilate, and the Jewish Sanredrin. He seemed to lose the battle but didn't really as history records. God pulled a fast one on the Archons with Jesus' sacrificial death. This biologically driven human behavior wherein alpha males battle each other for top spot on the human hierarchy of religious beliefs is a major reason I am here dethroning established religious beliefs in order to clear the decks for a universal religious perspective. There can only be one way to God that is true for every human being.

 

[zenzero]

Friend arthra,

There can only be one way to God that is true for every human being.

Very true BUT personal understanding is that any organised religion has the same inherent quality of falsity as Lao Tsu had stated that*Truth once spoken is falsified.*. Yes, there can be organisations like Sanatan Dharma which are open ended for each individual to state his own path and leave it to others later to use the path of x, y or Z.
Love & rgds

 

[biomystic]

Friend arthra,


Very true BUT personal understanding is that any organised religion has the same inherent quality of falsity as Lao Tsu had stated that*Truth once spoken is falsified.*. Yes, there can be organisations like Sanatan Dharma which are open ended for each individual to state his own path and leave it to others later to use the path of x, y or Z.
Love & rgds

This is why I come as a prophesy bearer bearing witness that God is sick and tired of organized religions. They just interfere with people's ability to have direct access to God by putting Scripts and Priests in place of God which they can come to on their own powers in our day and age. The Scripts and Priests are just baggage that the sooner human beings leave behind as museum pieces and ancient mythologies, the sooner religiously inspired warfare between ethnic groups and nations will end. Spirit is free and cannot be boxed in organized religious traditions as Lao Tsu pointed out. The minute a religious vision is written down it loses its Spirit and acts like another Law to be obeyed. Therefore, religious visions should be treated as guidance pointers only letting the seeker of truth to discover his or her own way to the reality of God and the spiritual realm that underlies the material world. I am a Gnostic Christian and this is what we Gnostics know as the Solitary Path. "No man can tell another what to do" goes the Lakota wisdom and the Solitary Path's wisdom is similar: No one can tell another how to seek, find, and worship God. Seek and ye shall find.

 

[zenzero]

Friend biomystic,

Personal understanding is that religion is something personal and more of an individuals search towards the *self* and he/she is free to use all the pointers of all enlightened people who made the journey.

Love & rgds

 

[Karmartia]

This is why I come as a prophesy bearer bearing witness that God is sick and tired of organized religions. They just interfere with people's ability to have direct access to God by putting Scripts and Priests in place of God which they can come to on their own powers in our day and age. The Scripts and Priests are just baggage that the sooner human beings leave behind as museum pieces and ancient mythologies, the sooner religiously inspired warfare between ethnic groups and nations will end. Spirit is free and cannot be boxed in organized religious traditions as Lao Tsu pointed out. The minute a religious vision is written down it loses its Spirit and acts like another Law to be obeyed. Therefore, religious visions should be treated as guidance pointers only letting the seeker of truth to discover his or her own way to the reality of God and the spiritual realm that underlies the material world. I am a Gnostic Christian and this is what we Gnostics know as the Solitary Path. "No man can tell another what to do" goes the Lakota wisdom and the Solitary Path's wisdom is similar: No one can tell another how to seek, find, and worship God. Seek and ye shall find.

Just out of curiosity, what do you suppose the Western World would be like today, if Gnostic Christianity had won out over Orthodox Christianity in the first few centuries after Christ? I wonder if the Gnostics would have tolerated dissenters any more than the Catholics did? Would the Solitary Path path have been able to survive the centuries? I wonder how their rituals would have evolved, and what Gnostic mysticism would have become in today's world? I think this would make a great backdrop for a novel. Anyone have Dan Brown's number?

 

[biomystic]

Friend biomystic,

Personal understanding is that religion is something personal and more of an individuals search towards the *self* and he/she is free to use all the pointers of all enlightened people who made the journey.

Love & rgds

Where did you learn the idea that religion is an individual's search towards the *self* except from your organized religion's texts? What happens if a person is raised in an American fundamentalist household and never see a Vedic text? You think the idea of religion being an individuals search for self would be that person's natural idea about the meaning of religion? I don't think so. And I think the old religious texts have a stranglehold on people's mentality disallowing them to really think in ways outside of their religious traditions.

I never was a seeker myself, certainly not interested in seeking my *self*. I was raised in a secular home, mother an atheist, father escaping his own Evangelical Christian up-bringing. The only time religion came up in our family was when my missionary aunt stayed with us on her trips to Bolivia (she was one of those First Contact missionaries like the ones in the End of the Spear movie). Otherwise, never thought about God or the Bible much at all. I called myself an "agnostic" but I was really an atheist until age 35 when God came to me "out of nowhere" and put me through a three-day crash course in spiritual reality. This experience seems to have completely erased my former atheistic mindset as at age 65 I have never once experienced doubt about God. Many doubts about my particular role in God's Plan but not about the existence of God and the spiritual realm.

God came to me in the religious language of the Judeo-Christian epic but right from the first God gave strong reason to believe that these texts told only a partial story of God and spiritual reality. My "Christian" belief system now has gone past even Gnostic Christian heretical lines as God unites Old and New World spirituality in my religious vision and work. I wonder what my main religious identification would be had I been born in India or Borneo for that matter. I'm rambling on but trying to make a point that I believe it's best to take God where one finds God trusting that God is truly universal in Spirit and able to reach most anyone who asks or as in my case, doesn't even know to ask.

 

[biomystic]

Just out of curiosity, what do you suppose the Western World would be like today, if Gnostic Christianity had won out over Orthodox Christianity in the first few centuries after Christ? I wonder if the Gnostics would have tolerated dissenters any more than the Catholics did? Would the Solitary Path path have been able to survive the centuries? I wonder how their rituals would have evolved, and what Gnostic mysticism would have become in today's world? I think this would make a great backdrop for a novel. Anyone have Dan Brown's number?

Oh please! I just threw down Dan Brown's latest novel The Lost Symbol in disgust that a friend wanted me to read and discuss with him. I just can't stand Brown's usage of esoteric knowledge for building these inane conspiracy theories replete with thriller-diller murderous plots and way too much reading into what are basically just ancient sympathetic magic techniques for invocation of spiritual consciousness. Who cares if our nation's founders belonged to the Masons and all their Elks Club/Skull and Crossbones/Egyptian magic mumbo-jumbo. You read Washington's Papers and see a man dedicated to serving his new nation, plain and simple, as best he knew how. What matters if these early father of our nation used the esoteric knowledge they found in the Masonic framework instead of building a new Solomon's Temple design for the White House? Or the Egyptian model Washington Obelisk. The Vatican has several such Egyptian obelisks as well as numerous other pagan statuary. But what is the real power of the Vatican other than act the way Machiavellian Italian royalty did, i.e. no matter what their collection of ancient religious documents holds, in practice these people were just plain ordinary egotistical power-hungry jerks dressed up in fancy garb and opulence much like other European royalty.

The old Gnostics lost out to the Roman Catholics because of the Solitary Path course they advocated. One Gnostic branch that did copy the organized religious route were the followers of Mani, the Manicheans, who at one point rivaled in numbers and power, the early Roman Catholic Church. But otherwise, Gnostics just weren't much interested in forming the "archonic" hierarchies necessary to institute organized religions so Gnostic Christianity lost out to Pauline Christianity which spread the Christian religion all around the world. I don't like Paul's theology at all but I have to credit him for spreading the teachings of Jesus however warped they became under Paul's dominating influence. As for Gnostic religious warfare, I only know of the Cathars in Languedoc, France who engaged in it, again losing to the far more numerous and powerful Catholics with their political/religious holds over European kingdoms. Languedoc was where the Catholic Inquisition started by going after Gnostic Manichean Cathars.

Having rejected organized religious institutionalism, I seriously doubt Gnostic Christianity would have been able at any point in the past to compete successfully with organized Pauline Christianity. It can only be in our times that spiritual truth can be gained fairly easily by individuals who seek spiritual truth. Before it almost had to be done through organized religious institutions, otherwise one could and would be branded heretics and shunned by the majority. Now people in Western countries don't care as much having seen far too much murder and mayhem from what organized Abrahamic religious thinking does to their societies. Muslims have yet to learn this lesson as they are still reacting to Western incursions for power over their lands.

It will be interesting to see what happens to the Biomystical Christian belief system God is delivering to the world through this prophet's puny efforts. Stay tuned, folks. See the Magic Sword of Peace, Paxcalibur, fulfill this event that started Christians on their way so goes the Story..

A hundred and twenty disciples of Jesus witness this at Pentecost:

"Now when the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem, Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven. And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were confused, because everyone heard them speak in his own language. Then they were amazed and marveled, saying to one another, 'Look, are not all these who speak Galileans? And how is it that we hear each in our own language in which we were born?" "Parthians and Medes and Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus, and Asia. Phyrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs--we hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God. So they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, Whatever, could this mean?"

This was the Story written by the author of Acts, "Luke" writing perhaps a century or more after the supposed fact.

Over 500 real live people witnessed a real live Sign of God "speaking to them" without need of any one language. Paxcalibur, Sword of Peace and Sign of the Messiah was able to communicate God's will without need of written or spoken words. This event happened and will happen every time Pax is shown to believers of all faiths and nations. Someday soon Paxcalibur will perform another Sign from God, the touching of the Israeli Apartheid Wall and starting in motion it's eventual dismantlement within three years. But will these events start a new Christian religion? I don't know. Me, I'm going to write a thriller-diller screenplay replete with esoteric knowledge that saves the world from a cabal of baddies plotting the world's doom just in case..