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What does it mean?
Shelley says love people even if their religion differs, since birthplace shapes belief.
In plain terms
Love people of different faiths since birthplace shapes belief.
What can you take from it?
Love people despite religious differences caused by chance.

Where it applies

  • interfaith relations
  • conflict resolution
  • daily life

Putting it to work

  • love across differences
  • avoid judgment
  • practice empathy

Questions to consider

  • How do you judge others' beliefs?
  • Can love overcome difference?

Another view

Some religious differences may involve genuine ethical conflict.

More from Percy Bysshe Shelley

  1. A Christian, a Deist, a Turk, and a Jew, have equal rights: they are men and brethren.

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  2. Once, early in the morning, Beelzebub arose, With care his sweet person adorning, He put on his Sunday clothes.

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  3. Belief is involuntary; nothing involuntary is meritorious or reprehensible. A man ought not to be considered worse or better for his belief.

    Permalink to quote #12

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