Reply #4: Not necessarily

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

For example, Jesus told his followers that they would be known by their works, and put down those who would make a show of their faith. That's the sort of thing we're seeing now--people who bleat about being Christian, but doing very un-Christian acts. It's the values that should be stressed, rather than the faith, as there are values common to many, if not all, faiths--such as looking after those who are less fortunate than you, working on your own faults before judging another's actions, etc, etc. As is said in the prayer Khatoum--"Raise us above the distinctions and differences which divide us." You do this by acting, and not labeling an action the result of one particular philosophy.