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The Soon Coming Judgment Of God Upon America and How To Escape It 390
interfaith service held by Bishop Swing in 1995. As reported by these papers, Bishop Swing
announced that “prayers, chants and incantations were offered to a dozen deities (gods).”
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Bishop Swing also performed a ritual where he took water from around the world
including: the Ganges, the Amazon, the Red Sea, and the River Jordan and others and mixed
them in a “bowl of unity” on the altar of his Church (Grace Cathedral). He proclaimed that these
waters were “holy.” As reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, Bishop Swing declared the
meaning of the ritual by stating: “As these sacred waters find confluence here, may the city that
chartered the nations of the world bring together the religions of the world.”
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(Emphasis
added)
Not only has the URI embraced all the false religions of the world but these false
religions were also involved in the planning of the URI. Two prominent New Agers that were
involved in the second United Religions Summit were Robert Muller and Barbara Marx
Hubbard.
The United Religions Summits were a series of conferences by which the URI was
planned and organized.
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Foundation magazine, which is published by the Fundamental Evangelistic Association,
said the following regarding the URI: “Satan’s Scheme Is To Replace The Lord Jesus Christ,
God’s Coming Perfect Prince Of Peace, With An Ecumenical Tower Of Babel. The United
Religions Initiative Is Yet Another Vain Attempt Of Man To Bring Unity And Peace Among
Men And Religions Apart From God’s Way As Found Only In The Bible.”
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In a manner of speaking, Bishop Swing himself has admitted that the goals of the URI are
more than just peace; he says that all religions must have an “agreed upon” “common purpose.”
This sounds like an amalgamation of the world’s religions to me. Swing stated: “The time
comes, though, when common language and a common purpose for all religions and spiritual
movements must be discerned and agreed upon. Merely respecting and understanding other
religions is not enough.”
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(Emphasis added)
Lee Penn has extensively researched and written on the URI. Concerning Bishop Swings
above statement, he writes: “If all religions are to have ‘a common purpose,’ and the purpose of
religion is to worship a god, then Bishop Swing is calling ‘all religions and spiritual movements’
to worship a shared god.”
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It is the modern New Age movement who has made the greatest
efforts to bring about an amalgamation of the teaching of the world’s religions. The writings of
the many prominent New Agers make it clear who this shared God is; it is Lucifer, the devil.
Tens of millions of Christian martyrs have died around the world over the past 2,000
years. They “were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held.” (Rev. 6:9).
According to URI Vice President Rankin, this is no longer necessary “no one has to die because
of God, or for God, any more.” These are the words of a true Luciferian. Christian martyrs don’t
die because of God; they die because of persecution brought on by Satan. Rankin writes:
The United Religions Initiative exists to bring people together from all the
religions of the world, to create a world where no one has to die because of God,
or for God, any more.
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As has been shown, key U.N. personnel have envisioned a one-world religion under its
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