Here’s a much more concise wording:
"The wisdom of the world’s great historical religions - the Abrahamic faiths Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, but also eastern religions like Buddhism.
Prophetic words and deeds - religious, humanistic, and earth-centered - from diverse traditional and modern cultures worldwide.
Voices of reason and science, skeptical of ideology and dogma, but learning from contrasting life experiences.
Contemplative, collective, ethical, and artistic quests."
Note to authors and proponents of amendments that weren’t prioritized or presented:
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