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...Religious tolerance was the theme of a United Methodist youth camp in North Carolina last week that included Islamic prayers. The United Methodist News Service says about 30 Christian, Jewish, and Muslim boys, ages 9 to 11, attended the interfaith event. The camp's director, Pete Parish, said it represented a dream come true for him. As he put it: "We've got to stop the next generation from being tainted with the bigotry and prejudice that our parents fed us." Parish told the campers "we're all on a journey to God, or Allah ... and sometimes things get in the way." The report says that by midweek, some of the Christian and Jewish boys were learning about Muslim prayer time by participating in the Islamic prayers. The camp's apparent endorsement of a philosophy that teaches there are many acceptable ways to God is likely to outrage many Bible-believing Christians. In John 14:6, Jesus himself said, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No man cometh unto the Father, but by Me."