XPost: soc.rights.human, alt.atheism, talk.atheism   
   XPost: alt.agnosticism   
   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   I believe that there should soon be a global spiritual   
   summit which would develop a standard that all religions   
   would have to meet and that standard would include   
   tolerance of other religions that meet the standard.   
   I think most religions already meet such a standard   
   on paper but don't always live up to that.   
      
   Obviously large religions and large denominations would   
   have representation at this summit but what about small   
   religions?   I think there should be umbrella councils   
   consisting of representatives of small religions and   
   then the umbrella council could send a representative   
   (not leader, representative) to the main summit.  for   
   example there could be a pagan/neopagan umbrella   
   council and a traditional native spirituality umbrella   
   council.  Atheists should also have representation.   
      
   Also I think the main summit should interact with   
   and perhaps be sponsored by the UN and maybe a   
   UN representative could chair the summit.  Also   
   the standard mentioned above should include the   
   Universal Declaration of Human Rights   
   http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml .   
   It should also include a ban on war.   
      
   Good night,   
   David   
   http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html  Salmon on the Thorns   
      
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