A rose by any other name is not a rose…so there!
The first chapter of the Gospel of John refers to Jesus as the Word, Who was with God in the beginning sent down to earth. That’s why I believe Jesus was sent here to unify us into a one people, fulfilling God’s promise of unification to Abraham and preparing the way for his second coming. And He summed it up beautifully when he told us that the second commandment is like unto the first – that we unequivocally love our neighbor.

Jesus also said he came to fulfill every Holy Scripture by giving those of us who believe in God, regardless of faith, the power to withstand Satan and prepare the way for his return. Therefore, if I were Satan, my offensive game plan would include subtlety sneaking man-made verses into our holiest scriptures and influencing misinterpretations of the meanings of those I did not change. Sadly, today the responsibility for the correct interpretation of the true Scriptures is often lost in the doings of the services and the blind faith of the followers. After all, denominations in every major faith are created by multiple interpretations of the same words. The way to correct today’s misinterpretations is for each religious leader to take on a responsibility for being right that is born out of the commandments God gave Jesus to give us.

Clinically speaking, to be right one must do their homework. One must consider what they already know about the historical cause-and-effect consequences of previous occurrences as they relate to the subject. By taking the time to either learn, or experience historical data, one at least is being responsible. The relevance of these requirements has to do with teaching our children how to face the realities of life. Therefore, being right is a responsibility essential to preventing children from developing criminal tendencies, race hatred, and other negative societal tendencies. A strong sense of right and wrong teaches our children to deal with root causes that include accepting personal responsibility when they are wrong.
The best way to explain what I call “the responsibility of being right”, comes from an axiom I try to be aware of at all times that in the absence of truth, anything I want to believe becomes the truth-to me! In other words, if I do not allow anyone to be right unless they have my permission, then no one is right but me and I don’t have to change if I don’t want to…..so there.

Maybe it’s just me but I believe that the primary cause of all divisionary forces that divide human beings is as simple as misconceptions in our minds as the only determinant of right and wrong. The cure for this disease begins with better education and communication than what is taking place now. Aren’t we supposed to be living by ‘What would Jesus do?’

I believe the leaders of every faith should practice being responsibly right. If they do, we can create a lasting peace through brotherly love by just eliminating religious rituals and traditions in favor of doctrine. But in order to make it last, there would have to be an understanding that the objective of the responsibility of being right is to improve communications between all of us. If religious could leaders want to achieve genuine responsibility to be right about what they say and do, they need to understand up front that they will lose many of their followers – which is also why less than one percent would even consider it. If one is self centered and egotistical, it is good to have a following, so the last thing they would want is for us to become one people, one world, living in one accord with one another. That’s why every major religion has denominations. Pleasse feel free to visit our other blogs at http://doyouagree.info and http://www.thelegacyofjesus.org.

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