So can understanding that we are all created in the image of God. We don't have to go to some far eastern religion to hear it from the Dalai Lama. We've had that truth in our grubby western hands for six thousand years.
Discussion
Christianity is approximately 2,000 years old; Buddhism is approximately 2,500 years old; Judaism is approximately 4,000 years old; Hinduism is approximately 5,000 years old.
This teaching has echoed throughout human civilization for thousands of years over multiple cultures and religious and spiritual traditions.
