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The following ten commandments were recently discovered in a small booklet that I obtained entitled Religious Book List: Read Books of Spiritual Value that was published in 1947 by the National Conference of Christians and Jews. You can locate these ten commandments along with lists of numerous other publications that you’ve more than likely never seen by reading this booklet in its entirety. This booklet is located in the oi hoi polloi shared file box and listed as ReligiousBooklist.pdf. As I read through it… I kept wondering how different the world would now be if more people were aware of the existence of this tiny little booklet and embraced the following ten commandments:

TEN COMMANDMENTS OF GOODWILL

I

I will respect all men and women regardless of their race or religion.

II

I will protect and defend my neighbor and my neighbor’s children against the ravages of racial or religious bigotry.

III

I will exemplify in my own life the spirit of goodwill and understanding.

IV

I will challenge the philosophy of racial superiority by whomsoever it may be proclaimed, whether they be king, dictators or demagogues.

V

I will not be mislead by the lying propaganda of those who seek to set race against race or nation against nation.

VI

I will refuse to support any organization that has for its purpose the spreading of anti-Semitism, anti-Catholicism, or anti-Protestantism.

VII

I will establish comradeship with those who seek to exalt the spirit of love and reconciliation throughout the world.

VIII

I will attribute to those who differ from me the same degree of sincerity that I claim for myself.

IX

I will uphold the civil rights and religious liberties of all citizens and groups whether I agree with them or not.

X

I will do more than live and let live… I will live and help live.

Walter W. VanKirk