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   destiny, yet we are people divided by religion, politics, and war.   
      
   We stand at a crossroads in human history with one path leading to peace and   
   prosperity that can last for millions of years yet to come. The other path   
   leads to continued war and destruction which will eventually lead to the end   
   of the human race.   
      
   If we are to survive as a species, we must bring our spiritual understanding   
   and our political systems into balance with our technical scientific   
   ability. We must come together as one people with one destiny and end the   
   continuous cycle of poverty, injustice, violence, and destruction that   
   threatens our very survival as a species.   
      
   Religion in one form or another has always been used to validate our   
   position, demonize our enemies, and justify the carnage we cause. Every day   
   another young person straps on a suicide vest or climbs into another suicide   
   vehicle and kills himself and others in the name of God, believing they have   
   secured their place in Paradise. Every day another young soldier goes out to   
   either kill the enemy or die, for God and Country. It is time for God to   
   give mankind a clear, unambiguous answer as to what his plan for mankind is,   
   and who amongst us is following the true path of enlightenment.   
      
   Every religion teaches us that those, who follow the teachings of their   
   religion, follow the will of God and are blessed by God. Every religion   
   teaches us that God answers the prayers of the righteous. If that is true,   
   God will respond to your prayers, and God will answer this challenge.   
      
   My challenge to you is very simple. For the duration of this challenge, stop   
   the killing, stop the violence, stack your weapons, and call your people to   
   prayer. Whatever religion you follow, find the true believer amongst your   
   flock that have the courage to offer their lives to God as a defender of the   
   faith. Send forth your Defending Martyr's and pray to God for a sign. If   
   your prophets are not false, and your leaders have not been deceiving you,   
   God will answer your prayers. The defending martyr from the true path of   
   enlightenment will taken up to be with God forever at the exact same time   
   that God takes my life. My body will be turned to dust leaving only my right   
   hand as proof the challenge has been answered. In the exact same nanosecond   
   my life is taken, all Defending Martyr's from God's chosen people will   
   disappear and be taken up to dwell with God for all eternity.   
      
   In this Martyr's Challenge, no one commits suicide, and no person kills   
   another person. The challenging martyr and defending martyrs simply put   
   their lives into God's hands, we are offering our lives to God as a conduit   
   through which God can clearly reveal himself to the world. In this Martyr's   
   Challenge, all of humanity is making a direct request to God, asking for an   
   answer as to who God's chosen people are, who the true believers and the   
   keepers of the faith are. If God cares about the human race, listens to our   
   prayers, and wants mankind to follow the true path of enlightenment, then   
   surely God will not let the challenge go unanswered.   
      
   No matter who you are, no matter where you live, no matter what your   
   religion is, I ask that you stop whatever you are doing, contact everyone   
   you know, ask them to participate, raise you voice in prayer, and pray for a   
   clear unambiguous answer from God. If God answers your prayers, you will   
   know because I will simply disappear leaving my right hand behind untouched   
   and undamaged. In the exact same nanosecond that my body is turned to ash   
   and dust, somewhere in the world, the defending martyrs and followers of God's   
   chosen path will also disappear, and you will know the path God wants   
   mankind to follow. God will have taken us home, and you will have a clear   
   unambiguous answer as to whom the true prophets have been, who God's chosen   
   leaders are, what form your sectarian governments should take, and which is   
   the true path to enlightenment and salvation.   
      
   If God does not answer this challenge in the prescribed manor within the   
   prescribed time, no one will die, and the answer to those age-old questions   
   will still be clear. God favors no one religion over any other, no one   
   nation over any other, no one person over any other. God is not on anyone's   
   side in this or any other war that has ever been fought. There has never   
   been a Covenant between God and any people anywhere on this planet, and no   
   person rules or prospers because it is God's will. If God does not respond,   
   the destiny of the human race is in our hands alone and God will not   
   intervene. The future of mankind will be up to mankind alone and if we are   
   to survive, we must come together as one people with one destiny, equal in   
   the eyes of God. If God does not respond to this challenge and intervene in   
   this conflict, peace and justice will only come when we change, and we   
   ensure that all people everywhere have equal opportunity, with equal rights   
   and equal protection under the rule of law.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)