gryffron wrote:I think they'd need to agree amongst themselves first.
Sunni vs Shia, Protestant vs catholic, even the Jews have ultra-orthodox extremists.
If each individual sect cannot agree what is "right", I don't hold out any hope for the major faiths uniting.
Gryff
This is quite true. Christianity has hundreds of subdivisions, so asking for complete unity is probably not going to happen. If Christianity itself is not unified, how can we unify with Judaism or Islam?
Now, the three major religions could perhaps unite around the concept that we all think of ourselves as, and that is "a religion of peace". We all claim this, but at times it manifests itself in a way that is 180 degrees from peace. I am almost certain we, along with the non believer, can agree on feeding the poor, housing the homeless and the like. I am sure this happens a lot, but isn't as advertised as much as the divisions and errors.
I can't speak for Muslims or Jews, but as a Christian, or perhaps "Christian", if we as a religion can't agree on a fundamental concept like Baptism, it is hardly likely we would unite with Judaism or Islam. We should settle our differences first before we try and take on that task, imho. You can't ask for unity with a people that are hardly unified themselves.
RR