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Information, Knowledge

  • Missionary Church of Kopimism says that all knowledge is for everyone and copying/sharing information is sacred.
  • The KJV Bible, 1 Corinthians 13:2 is says that having all the knowledge in the world is useless, without the desire for charity (sharing).
  • The Douay-Rheims Bible, Philippians 1:9 is says "And this I pray, that your charity may more and more abound in knowledge, and in all understanding".
  • All Christian Bibles, Hosea 4:6 are saying that obstruction of the flow of knowledge could be the destruction of mankind.
  • Vidya Daan(विद्या दान) translated as Knowledge Charity, a concept in Daan, is a tenet of all Dharmic religions that also values the sharing of Knowledge.
  • Gyan yoga, Jnana yoga(ज्ञान योग) translated as Wisdom Exercise or Knowledge Path, is the sacred search for True Knowledge, in all Dharmic religions.
  • In Hinduism, Right Knowledge is a form of God, and anything Knowledge is written or recorded on is considered sacred, to be protected from obscurity:

अपूर्व: कोपि कोशोयं विद्यते तव भारति |
व्ययतो वॄद्धिम् आयाति क्षयम् आयाति संचयात् ||

  • Translation: Oh Goddess Saraswati, your treasure of knowledge (Vidya) is indeed very amazing! If used(shared) it grows and if unused(obscured) it shrinks!
  • In Islam, the prophet Muhammad said: "Wisdom is the lost property of the faithful; wherever he finds it he has the right to take it"
Prophet Mohammed also said: "Whoever is asked about a knowledge that he knows about and then hides it and keeps it away, he will be bridled on the day of judgement with a bridle of fire."

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