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I felt uncomfortable and a little silly sitting on the floor, facing two Buddhist nuns garbed in gray robes, their heads shaven, their demeanor so unpretentious, their faces radiating peace. These women were anything but sanctimonious. They laughed loudly, they gestured broadly.
Babies develop key concepts, like what is good and what is bad, way before they can understand, much less explain them.
A few decades ago, before I had any gray hair, I was a missionary in Peru and worked among people who lived in huts without electricity or water -- huts that lined only one side of the dirt street because the other side was an open ditch where they threw their garbage, including human waste.
What Islam Really Says About Violence, Rights and Other Religions
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