Did You Hear the One?

The story goes... In a time of great crisis, there was a meeting of religious leaders from around the world, each one representing the point of view from his or her faith tradition. Going around the room, the Rabbi began by saying "The Torah says..." and proceeded to present the Jewish point of view. The Buddhist monk began by saying "The Buddha once said..." and presented the Buddhist point of view. Likewise the Catholic referred to church doctrine, the Protestant to the Gospel, the priestess to a pagan ritual. The Hindu started, "In the Gita, it says...," and presented the Hindu position. The Muslim began with, "In the Qur'ran, Allah tells us...," and so on around the room, each person making reference to the source of their faith. Finally they got to the Unitarian Universalist who began, "Well, it seems to me..."