Because we believe that our ethnic group, our society, our political party, our God, is better than your God, we kill each other.
Interpretation
Beliefs and identities can lead to conflict and violence when one group perceives itself as superior to another.
This quote by Neale Donald Walsch highlights the tragic consequences of tribalism and the belief that one's own group or ideology is superior to others. It suggests that such a mindset fosters division and can result in violence against those deemed different or inferior, emphasizing the need for understanding and acceptance among diverse groups to prevent conflict.
In practice
During a speech on unity and peace, one could use this quote to highlight the dangers of division.
What you hope, you will eventually believe. _x000D_ What you believe you will eventually know. What you know, you will eventually create. What you create, _x000D_ you will eventually experience. What you experience, _x000D_ you will eventually express. What you express, _x000D_ you will eventually become. _x000D_ This is the formula for all of life.
Fear and guilt are your only enemies. Love and awareness are your true friends. Do not confuse one with the other, for one will kill you, while the other gives you life.
Your whole life is a message. Every act is an act of self-definition . Everything you think, say and do sends a message about you.
Love lets go. Need holds on. This is the way you can tell the difference between need and love. Let go of expectation, let go of requirements and rules and regulations that you would impose on your loved ones.
When you find peace within, you also find that you can do without. This means simply that you no longer need the things of your outside world, and not needing is a great freedom.
Giving up is not the answer. Neither is giving in. Stand your ground. There is a way of doing that without having to be combative. There is a way of hanging on to your true self, and demonstrating it, without resorting to aggression. But giving up and giving in is not the way. Simply and quietly claiming your right to be You is the way.
If you're going to have a story, have a big story, or none at all.
Star Trek was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate, but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in life forms.
Where's evil? It's that large part of every man that wants to hate without limit, that wants to hate with God on its side.
All over Harlem, Negro boys and girls are growing into stunted maturity, trying desperately to find a place to stand; and the wonder is not that so many are ruined but that so many survive.
God defines himself as "I am who I am", which also means: My being is such that I shall always be present in every moment of becoming.
Look around, and you see everywhere the exertions and acts of individuals restricted, regulated, or promoted, on the principle of the common welfare.
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