{"id":54932,"date":"2023-12-28T10:31:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T09:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/laws\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:17:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:17:21","slug":"do-no-harm-stop-allowing-clergy-to-promote-the-violation-of-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/do-no-harm-stop-allowing-clergy-to-promote-the-violation-of-human-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"54932\" class=\"elementor elementor-54932 elementor-17616\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a2ea7fc elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"a2ea7fc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ffeed4\" data-id=\"2ffeed4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ceb5f8 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4ceb5f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">LIVE WITHOUT HARMING! STOP ALLOWING CLERGY TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS \n\n \n\n \n\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2b6869f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2b6869f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4afb4f5\" data-id=\"4afb4f5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c7c06d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c7c06d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Clergy.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-62830\" src=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Clergy-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Clergy-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Clergy-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Clergy-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Clergy-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Clergy.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p><p>It is a reality that fanatical imams, <span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">intransigent pastors<\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\"> and intolerant priests encourage the passing of laws <\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--base-2);\">that violate human and civil rights <\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--base-2);\">and deliver sermons that encourage doing so, especially in Muslim-majority countries and in Africa.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/tolerance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read LIVE WITHOUT HARMING: Be tolerant<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/respect-others\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT HARMING? Respect others <\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1. OPPRESSIVE LAWS<\/strong><\/p><p>In Muslim-majority countries, there is pressure from traditionalist clergy (<span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">for example, Wahhabi imams<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--base-2);\"> in Saudi Arabia)<\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\"> for laws to be in line with Sharia<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); background-color: var(--base-2);\">. This is one of the reasons why in many of those nations there are regulations that violate international standards for the human rights of women, girls, LGBTQI+, atheists, agnostics, Jews, Christians, Hindus, etc. They also tend to be oppressive toward those who leave Islam (apostasy), criticize this religion (blasphemy), etc. <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); text-align: start; background-color: var(--base-2);\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/islam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Read more&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Something similar happens in countries with a conservative Christian majority, especially in Africa. Over recent years, there have been regulations introduced in Africa to punish those who have intercourse with people of the same sex: they are sentenced to prison or even death. This is due to pressure exerted by evangelical pastors, Muslim imams and Catholic priests, all of them traditionalists. When <u>an innocent person is imprisoned, it is called kidnapping, and when they are killed, it is called murder<\/u>.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><em style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/reform-the-harmful-side-of-religions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FOR A WORLD WITHOUT HARM: SEE the harmful side of religions<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Likewise, in some traditionalist Christian countries, they have succeeded in criminalizing women who do not dress according to their puritanical codes, as well as creating an oppressive environment in which men publicly strip women who follow such guidelines. There are also other types of laws that cause harm to innocent victims, such as blasphemy laws.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, <span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">in the Russian Federation and other countries under its influence,<\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\"> lobbying for legislation that violates human and civil rights has also been successfully carried out by the patriarch and the priests of the Russian Orthodox Church. And even in the West, part of the Christian clergy exerts pressure, sometimes successfully and sometimes not, for laws to prohibit same-sex marriage, euthanasia, the abortion of non-sentient fetuses, etc.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-align: justify; background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\">Therefore, one component of reforming religions (as important as the brakes on a car) to make them 100% benign consists of stopping the promotion of this type of legislation that harms others. And reversing the harm caused by pushing for the repeal of those harmful religiously-based laws they managed to introduce. To achieve this, it is necessary for <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-align: justify; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); background-color: var(--base-2);\">believers and religious leaders of good faith to explicitly and firmly oppose the above, convince others and exert pressure.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/reform-the-harmful-side-of-religions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THE ART OF LIVING WITHOUT HARMING: REFORM <span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">the harmful side of religions<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/do-no-harm-push-for-the-change-of-the-harmful-side-of-religions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">AVOID HARM! Push religions to change their harmful side<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/speaking-up-loud-and-clear-against-injustice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">THE REVOLUTION OF LIVING WITHOUT HARMING: Speak loud and clear against injustice<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anyone has the right to believe that certain ways of living life are preferable, but never to impose them on others as long as they do not cause harm other than in legitimate self-defense, nor to cause them suffering for not following those preferences.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/avoid-harming-others\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AVOID HARMING OTHERS!<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>2. SERMONS OF EVIL<\/b><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PREDICAS.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"SERMONS\" src=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PREDICAS.jpg\" alt=\"SERMONS\" width=\"547\" height=\"308\" \/><\/a><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The path towards truly respectful and harmless religions includes not only avoiding harmful legal promotion, but also social promotion of harm, such as fostering hatred and abuse in society towards the LGBTQI+ community, atheists, agnostics, Jews, believers of other religions, critics of that particular faith, women who exercise their sexual freedom, and other groups that do not conform to their dogmas. This is happening especially in countries with Muslim and traditionalist Christian majorities by imams, pastors, priests, bishops and cardinals, including one who was among the nominees for Pope.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A religious organization that claims to be benign and tolerant cannot consent to the above, and must attempt to persuade that part of the clergy to refrain from sowing hatred and malice. If this is not achieved, it is advisable to remove the recalcitrant individuals from their positions, like a doctor who uses a scalpel to separate malignant tumors from a body so that it can heal.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What can a noble and decent person do to avoid all that malice?<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On one hand, sign the following campaigns to request:<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. All Muslim religious leaders to interpret the Quran in a benign way. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/interpretar-el-coran-de-forma-benigna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. All Christian organizations to reform their doctrine so that it is 100% benign and free of cruelty. Sign&#8230;<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. All governments to prevent hate speech and harm. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/no-discusos-de-odio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. All governments to repeal crimes of religious origin, such as apostasy, blasphemy, adultery, fornication, sodomy, etc. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/derogar-delitos-religiosos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5. The immediate expulsion of all foreign clergy who have come to deliver sermons of hatred and rejection of innocent people. Sign&#8230;<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6. To prevent the entry of that type of immigration. Sign&#8230;<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And, on the other hand, share these signature campaigns and this article with as many people as possible. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/convince-others-not-to-cause-harm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you for doing so to make this good purpose a reality,<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91fc2da elementor-share-buttons--view-icon elementor-share-buttons--shape-circle elementor-share-buttons--align-center elementor-share-buttons--skin-gradient elementor-grid-0 elementor-share-buttons--color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-share-buttons\" data-id=\"91fc2da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"share-buttons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_whatsapp\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on whatsapp\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-whatsapp\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_email\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on email\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fas fa-envelope\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_x-twitter\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on x-twitter\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-x-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_facebook\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on facebook\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_linkedin\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on linkedin\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aa5635b elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aa5635b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8568c88\" data-id=\"8568c88\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6e3a5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6e3a5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong> Xavier Paya <\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Live Without Harming initiative<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #e5ac1b;\"><a style=\"color: #e5ac1b; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1705739656386000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0r_zOrwTRU9jKMsNGkX-Vn\">www.institutodelbienestar.com<\/a><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">LET&#8217;S NOT HARM ANYONE, except in legitimate self-defense against an aggressor.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Read:<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #e5ac1b;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #e5ac1b; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/no-danes\/publicaciones\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1705739656386000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Y-BstuMG-ZGz1yLfoAV21\">other<span style=\"color: #e5ac1b; text-decoration: underline;\"> articles<\/span> from DO NO HARM!&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71a965c elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71a965c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>With the <b>Live Without Harming initiative<\/b>, we strive to prevent any kind of suffering or harm from being caused to you, your loved ones, and others.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LIVE WITHOUT HARMING! 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