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My faith

Religious faith to me is an interpretation of life, a way for me to relate to other people, the world and God. I find that my faith compels me to seek the improvement of people's lives, to seek a more humane society in which the equality and dignity of men and women are preserved.

I believe in one God, who possesses the characteristics, qualities and images of male and female. In God's image, I find myself living up to God in "other- centredness". I learn that we human beings are not just living for our own self-interest, nor for our own nation, race or sexual preference, but for the whole of humanity. Hopefully, one day, love and kindness may be extended to the non-human world also.

I believe in Jesus. To me, he is not just a man, but a person who really lived up to the values he taught. Not only did he make friends on an equal basis — both male and female — but his was a compassionate attitude toward human suffering, and an uncompromising one towards human hypocrisy and evil deeds. As a woman follower of Jesus, I feel that this empowers me to work with needy, underprivileged men and women to achieve equality in society.