Response to Welcome, Parliament of Religions, Chicago (1893)

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All religions should be accepted as true, not merely tolerated

Their wordsI am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance. We believe not only in universal toleration, but we accept all religions as true.

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All religions should be accepted as true, not merely tolerated

Their wordsI am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance. We believe not only in universal toleration, but we accept all religions as true.
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Sectarianism, bigotry and fanaticism have filled the earth with violence and held human society back

Their wordsSectarianism, bigotry, and its horrible descendant, fanaticism, have long possessed this beautiful earth. They have filled the earth with violence, drenched it often and often with human blood, destroyed civilisation and sent whole nations to despair. Had it not been for these horrible demons, human society would be far more advanced than it is now.

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