And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. (Acts 16:30-31).
There is no compassionate side of religion. People don't learn compassion from a book, There is no magical passage you can read to help you understand the suffering of others. It something one gains through interaction with the world and empathy. Dogmatic actions performed due to divine command, should never by themselves be justification for any action.
Excellent video. In a world full of genocides and apathy, compassion is one of the few things we've got that is truely good. It has the capacity to transcend every barrier, I sincerely hope that humanity as a whole may one day set aside violence and fear and learn to love and forgive. I hope that everyone can know happiness
You can speak all you want of compassion but "by your works ye shall be judged" and so far none of the world's religions are doing well. I'm better with the God that is me, thank you!
@Etular Is that what it's called? All I know is I gave organized religion the best years of my life only to be in a constant state of depression and guilt. Five years ago I had an awakening and haven't looked back. Now I'm happy and love my life and would never go back to religion again. Praise me! LOL
@WhiteStarWoman More accurately, the "God that is me" is Humanism, yet I point to Unitarian Universalism as the one religion that doesn't condemn - and allows people of any faith to join them. I would at least check out your local congregation *hint* *hint* . ;)
Facebook make devil from people!!!! Islam is peace religion (Im from Czech rep. 90% Krist) , but some people hawe bad explanation and make brainwash. But remeber: christian make evil too, Burn the witches, innocence woman and wife and mother!! and god forgive too. Im believer, but im not visit church!!!! Fuck terrorist, Fuck NATO, make peace and love!!!! greetings from Czech rep. (native ladn necessary: Miloš Forman, Jaromír Jágr, Václav Havel or Alfons Mucha this people you know in usa?)
The message of compassion is so needed today. I think Karen Armstrong has it totally right. She shows appreciation for all and NOT the idea that only certain believers are going to heaven and the rest are going to hell. Some of the most compassionate social workers and community organizers, who devote their lives to helping others are non-believers. What is important is compassion for others and as Armstrong says this is a message in all religions.
This is all well and good; however, the challenge with this ideology is that this type of compassion NEVER wants to confront the EVIL in the world. We have bombs going off on buses, attempts to blow-up planes, but it's never Islams fault, it's everyone else's fault. I'm all for hugging and singing Kumbaya, but there are EVIL people in the world that don't need a hug, they need a NOOSE!
if you believe there is many ways to God, and you are a "Christian" then you simply are not a Christian dont agree with me? John 14:6, and all religions seem the same but one stands out alone, Jesus died on the cross and was resurrected in Christianity, does Islam believe this? no...enough said, Jesus died for all sins , if there are many ways to God then Jesus died for no reason,this is the devils BIGGEST lie, the lie always makes it sound more appealing and attractive to believe,one way Jesus!
@danwazhere7 Yes, Jesus did come to us to bring the message of love, life, truth and salvation for all and especially for those suffering, but Jesus also said to the Pharisees “the letter kills, but the spirit gives life” and I feel that the essence of the message of the “Charter Compassion”, was Jesus message of Love above all.
@danwazhere7 It is dangerous to get bogged down in the law and miss the essence of Jesus command, which is to love and show compassion for one another above all. What is it if you have “so called” found Jesus and do not love.
I love Karen Armstrong ~ a super hero for Compassion!! I have a blog project happening now .. Compassion Challenge 2011 & would love if you or any other interested person would stop by and offer some Compassionate Comments ~ thanks!! findingcompassion.blogspot.com
What a bunch of bunk. The three abrahamic religions can never separate themselves from the evil that is built into their core no matter how much Karen Armstrong tries. Even the story of abraham itself contains a lesson in evil from The Great Invisible One - "Do as I command, no matter how evil it is. Do not practice thoughtful reasoning. Submit."
There is just no getting around it, religion is not just baseless (that should be enough to move on), but also pure evil.
If you want to truth why dont ask it your Creator who can show you bestly than him.Look all of the religions and its books and ask what is truth or what the truth is.According to Islam and its holy book Quran.Who turn its face to God,God says I will drive the hearts to the truth.
A nice concept until you come to the realization that the entire message is fundamentally flawed. Most major religious specifically state that worshipping other gods is unacceptable and in most cases, punishable by death. A "real" christian cannot live peacefully with a "real" muslim. If you want compassion, why not just ditch the religion nonsense altogether?
It's stupid bullshit at the point when you have to cherry pick tenets out of a supposedly infallible book. Grow up you dumb fucks.
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we must all be messengers of the absolute truth. theres to much denial and misled people in this world to do nothing about it. the creator will reveal himself to you once you can learn to stop lieing to yourself in everything you
think, do and perceive. Lies are evil energy that misguide you from reality and has created this society today. this world is completely covered in evil and manipulation with greed for money power and wealth. we need to Stand up for our natural thoughts of whats good verses whats bad, and share the message of compassion. which is a gift that the creator put in our reality
for when we do an act of kindness out of sacrifice from ourselves. i am 18 years old and i have fully dedicated my life to my natural human thought, which everyone is born with. and i will use what i have learned from the connections in my life that i have made to bring down all the evil inside people by calling them out for lieing to themselves. and only they can make the choice to be free from corruption. thats where our creator gave us our free will.
I would like to be able to share this video with other members of my church but we don't have an interned connection. Is it possible to so download this onto my computer?
@EverEvolvingApe you don't...in fact it is the opposite, compassion should be part of our psyche in order to carry on our species, we need tolerance and to help other people or we risk dying off.
@blocke06 That´s my point! Promoting compassion for the sake of compassion sounds a lot safer than promoting religion for the sake of compassion (like Karen Armstrong does).
If she admits that religion has caused fundamentalism and atrocities, why not discard it and just focus on compassion?
Karen Armstrong can suck a dick Im christian and dont think Im better thats just what people do they like to think they are better. This women has lost it this is bullshit the goverment is trying to feed the world... Major religons RULE!
Thanks so much for posting. We need to remind ourselves that as human beings we all share much more than that which divides us. Compassion is the river which nurtures all souls!!!
Nice sentiment. Except they forgot to mention Secular Humanism which is the only doctrine that doesn't, by definition, discriminate. Why? Because it's not a religion.
After all who's to say that a fundamentalist's interpretation is incorrect? If a Christian feels superior it's because the Bible says so, not because they misinterpreted it. Not because they choose to ignore other passages.
Scribes were not charged with creating peace on earth. Their sole purpose was to provide a sense of identity. We all know the best way to identify who you are is to identify who you are not. And in order to do this you have to show how your dogma is superior.
ALL religions have passages that espouse intolerance.
Religion, belief in the supernatural and anachronistic values are the problem. Not the solution.
Having love and compassion for everyone is exactly what we have when the Spirit of God is residing within us. And that's what Jesus had,,even for those who put him to death shown by him saying., "Forgive them Father for they know not what they do". When we're filled with the Spirit of Jesus Christ we love as Jesus loves,,not in our own strength though but through the power of the Holy Spirit who lives in those who live in Christ,,,And nothing can overcome the Spirit of Jesus Christ. LOVE TRUTH.
Many of these people are Christian. This is not some sort of NWO religion, it's really just a PAC for compassion. You can believe whatever you want and still support this group. Just don't hate; love.
you think my comment was hateful? just a question......as for me suppoting any group that pushes us closer to a one world religion...NEVER. i will give my life before i ever allow this to happen,the thing most people dont seem to understand,is it is the differences that keep this world moving as well as progressing!! unity and solidarity is a sign of absolute control which a figure head is controlling.just look through history ,,,when everyone was right everyone died...GOD bless
I never called you hateful. Calm down friend. If there is any kind of NWO I assure you it isn't these folks. They just want to promote tolerance and (it seems) non-violence. How could a non-violent group take over? I don't see a Gandhi ruling any nation. I agreee diversity is not something to be ashamed about. But if it leads to Islamic terrorists and Christians who kill abortion doctors then we should stand as one and fight back. Paranoia and fear help no one.
Believe it or not,,,the whole agenda behind the "one world religion" is to destroy Christianity and to undermine our faith in Jesus Christ. Deception at it's most dangerous is at it's most subtle. No matter how much love and compassion we may have for others it's never going to be enough to save our souls. Overcoming the sin which condems us to hell (keeps us from entering Gods Kingdom) is impossible without Jesus Christ,, who overcame death and sin for those of us who put all our faith in Him.
Friend, how can you condemn the majority of humanity simply because they may never have even heard of Jesus Christ? Is that sin enough? I agree with your comments that God is inside us, but having love and compassion is EXACTLY what will save us. Separating the world out into 'Christians' and 'The Condemned' will definitely not. In fact, it is currently what is destroying us. Putting our faith in God to 'save us', when we can't make the slightest effort to have love and compassion? Won't work.
Because of the act of one man sin entered into the world. We are judged by what light we are given. Those who do not know Christ still die lost, why? Because God does not nor cannot accept sin unless it has been taken care of by the cross. This is the ONLY solution for man, the cross. There is no other way, all others have failed miserably. The only hope for man is the cross and the only solution for mans problems is the cross.
"Failed miserably"? That does not contain one ounce of love or compassion. It just speaks of you, the chosen ones, the Christian few, lucky enough, by chance, to be born into the family and country you were. And that luck gives you the right to the breathtaking arrogance you display in condemning the rest of humanity? Can you explain to me exactly WHY we all have to go via the cross? Let me guess, because the Bible says so, and the Bible is God's word, end of story? Convenient, don't you think?
One is not "lucky" simply because one is born in america versus one born in India. Nor does one being born in america make one a christian. One must go thru the cross because that is the only answer to YOUR seperation from God. Christ made it perfectly clear, he is the ONLY way, there is no other. I could go into detail but that would take too much time. The fact is Mike, you are lost without love, it is love that was shown on the cross for you and me. The cross was an act of love.
Fair enough, but what about people who have never heard of Christianity? What about other religions who believe exactly a strongly and clearly as you do that they are right and have the only answer. They would believe that you are going to hell and that they are saved. Doesn't this all strike you as even slightly comical?
That's a great question. God can never receive sin, nor accept sin because of our failure. I will leave that final act of those who have never heard the gospel in God's hands. I cannot judge them so I leave that to the almighty. As for other religions, here is what the word says, "There is a way which seems to be right for man, but it leads to destruction." Proverbs 14:12 Christ said, there is but one way and that is thru him and him alone. Christ died, rose and is coming again, no one else is.
"There is no other way, all others have failed miserably" - that sounds exactly like you are judging them to me Elijah. And I looked up Proverbs 14 and nowhere does it say that the proverb you quote refers to other religions. It refers to Man's own folly of bad though and arrogance in turning away from Truth, but I agree with all that. I just don't think that God sits 'up there' on a fluffy cloud passing judgements that bear amazing similarity to our own man-made judgements.
It refers to man's religious attempt to create his own unique way to God. There is no other religion but the cross. Religion is man's attempt to come to God, the cross (faith) is God's way of coming to man. God still judges today, but he has reserved his extreme position down the road. The world is being shaken Mike, the world is being turned upside down, why? Christ is coming. Look around you, the final pages of revelation are today's headlines. We are in the last days.
No we are not, and if we are. I'll meet you at the gates of Heaven and we can have a good laugh about all this. The world is being shaken, yes. I agree with some of what you say. Just not that God judges or punishes, or needs us to fear him. It's where we started. Man has God within him. He can turn to God anytime by being still and turning inwards to his own heart ("Be still and know that I am God" - "I" meaning just that: we all have God within us).
Mike, I like our discussion, but for man, those who reject God there is a price to pay. The word says that man's heart is wicked, there is no good in the heart of man. If goodness was all that was needed, then Christ came and died in vain. Christ told many that they were the children of the devil. The ONLY person who is part of God's family is those who have repented of their sins and came to Christ.
Mike, I have a very popular facebook account that I have, why not come there and we can talk, debate and mesh things out? my name is christopher gregory and my image is a blue microphone. I see you are in the UK, when I was in the horror film industry as a film director of several popular B horror flicks, the UK was my base. Shepperton studios.
You oppose caring about human beings? Giving compassion a fictitious name made up by the conspiracy theorist fringe (calling it "The New World Order") doesn't make compassion evil. It just makes you sound really confused for thinking compassion is sinister. I guess the Good Samaritan was an agent of the NWO? "Love thy neighbor as thyself," which Jesus said, was NWO propaganda? And forgiving people "70 times 7"? Jesus TRIED to create a new world order, based on caring rather than hatred.
you are sadly confused with GODS words ..how can you compare the 2 .please do your homework,before you feed me the same garbage you eat everyday..its apparent you dont see the globalist agenda firmly entrenched at the root of this subpar movement...
Karen Armstrong has written many good books and is standing up 4 humanity. As a Muslim, i feel her views are objective and unbiased towards any religion. She is however a pioneer for human rights and I support this. We cannot argue against peace and global tolerance of every religion, as THE CREATOR I worship, and U worship is the same CREATOR of Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad.We unfortunately limit our CREATOR to the narrow mindedness we are restricted to.Peace and Blessings be upon us all
@Junaidally We do not follow the same creator. You are deceived. There is but one God and he is Jehovah not Allah. Muhammad was a blood thirsty prophet. They are NOT the same. Christ came to die for mankind so that the bridge could be restored due to man's rebellion and sin. It was by man that sin entered into the world and it was thru Christ, the second man, that forgiveness came into the world. Karen Armstrong is a deluded woman and her works speak volumes against christianity. Come to Christ.
Is this a Joke? You can't just follow your own understanding of good because for what is good to some people it might be bad for others. Some people love to be treated in some ways that others don't like. If you want to find a balance at least bother to know Jesus for sake of humanity.
Since when did calling a person who is not a born again Christian a SINNER become equal to intolerance? Jesus Christ made it perfectly clear, he is the only way, there is no other way but thru Christ. So, if that means I am labeled intolerant, so be it. I am intolerant to sin and those that promote sin and foolish pagan religions like islam, hinduism, buddhism and every other ism. If you do not know Christ, you are lost, blind, deceived and are going to hell. God is angry at you, so fix it.
@voiceofelijah2012: I have always felt that by "through me" Jesus meant following his footsteps, his heart - growing the same kind of clarity and compassion. Where did Jesus encourage judgement on people who don't talk about God with the same language as oneself?
@Aukikco, Just following his footsteps won't cut it without repentance. There needs to be a true 180 in a person's life and that is only through surrending to Jesus Christ and accepting him as Lord and Saviour. Christ made it clear that he was the only way, not him and muhammad, not him and Buddha, not him and Hinduism, but him and him ONLY. These people didn't die for you, he did, they didn't sacrifice themselves on a cross for you, he did. He gave his life for you so you would not die. believe
@voiceofelijah2012: I feel there's a lot of judgement in your words. Isn't that in conflict with what Jesus taught? Do you feel that pushing your absolute truth on people helps to spread the heart of Christ's message, which was to look inside and find compassion towards all beings?
@Aukikco, if you think that I am not following Christ's example then you don't know my Christ. Jesus preached repentance. Christ caleld some people dogs, snakes, liars, even the children of the devil. Absolute truth is only in Christ. The fact is, if you die without Christ, you will die lost, forever in a place called hell. It will be that same loving saviour who shall judge, and condemn you to an everlasting place of torment. I tell you this because u don't have 2 die lost. Come to Christ 2 day
@voiceofelijah2012 Hell is on earth, created in a persons mind by their own thoughts. The messages you have put on are divisive. They preach 'I'm better than the rest of the world because I'm Christian'. That is NOT unconditional Love. It is very conditional. It says you will only be loved by God if you are a Christian. I can't think of anything that is less Christian or less God than that.
@mikegeordie - unconditional love is based on one thing, the act of one man who died so that others might live. What is it about the cross you find so offensive?
@voiceofelijah2012 I find nothing about the cross offensive. I believe in Jesus and Christianity. I believe in them as much as I believe in Allah and Islam, Buddha and Buddhism, Shiva and Hinduism. There is a thread of Truth running through all the major religions, which can also be found in the hearts of the simplest people who have no religion. That Truth is Love & Compassion. Love and Compassion does not say "If you're not Christian, you're going to Hell"
@mikegeordie - Hi Mike, I'm glad you replied. You say you believe in Allah and Islam, Buddha and Shiva and Hinduism, why? What is the basis for this belief? What did ANY of these religions do for YOU personally?
Hi Elijah. I hadn't realised that I hadn't replied to your comment. The answer to your question is again Unconditional Love. Unconditional Love doesn't need to believe in something because you get something back in return. Unconditional Love doesn't do something just because it will get something back. Jesus may have died for our sins, but he did it out of selfless compassion because he truly understood that we couldn't atone for our own sins yet.
He didn't die on the cross because he knew that would make us indebted to him so that he would have a hold over us, threaten us and be able to then punish us with Hell if we didn't follow his wishes.
Unconditional Love (or simply 'God') doesn't do things in order to get a result, or get something back. It is UNCONDITIONAL. It asks nothing in return. The act of loving in itself is reward enough, and for a fully realised soul like Jesus, every act was a true act of Love.
Christ died on the cross because you are a sinner, needing a saviour. We are sinners needing a saviour. The cross bridged the gap between man and God due to sin. Yes, unconditional love DOES require something in return, it requires submission to the one who died for your sins. It requires man to come to God thru the cross. But it is the same love that will send a soul to hell for not accepting and not believing,. Christ made it very clear that those who reject him will die lost.
Surely you must see the gaping hole in your own argument there? If someone DOES require something in return, then that is NOT unconditional. If you "send a soul to hell for not accepting..etc", then by definition, that is not unconditional, it IS conditional. And it is not love either, not True love. It may be Man's idea of love, egotistical, conditional, 'tough-love', but then it is not Love at all.
Mike, God does in fact require something in return - repentance. It was God's love for us that he sent his son to die for us because of sin. It was love that he came and it was love that he died. People go to hell for one reason - rebellion. They go to a place they were never meant to go because of unbelief. You might think it wrong and unjust, but in God's point of view it's very just. He sent his son to die, sacrificed his son for YOU, but if you reject him, then you are rejecting God and luv
Hey Elijah. I don't think it wrong and unjust, because I don't believe God works in that way, in terms of 'requiring' things, and I especially don't believe he punishes us if we don't do what he wants. I believe he gave us free will, and what we do with that is up to us. I agree that Hell exists, but that it is a state of mind that you enter when you choose fear, hate or similar, over Love. God does love us and wants us to be happy, but no way does he punish us if we get it wrong.
Then Mike, you don't know Christ personally, for if you did you'd understand that God never changes. He makes it clear in 1 Corinthians 6:9 who will never inherit eternal life. Yes, free will is a two edged sword. You are free to reject the cross, but that freedom is also one that will send you to eternal damnation and seperation. Hell is not a state of mind, it's a real place, with real souls, with real punishment. Christ spoke about hell more than heaven. Matthew 10:28
The fact is Mike, and here is the gospel for you. Christ came to die for you. He loved you very much to give his life for you. No one else cared for you that much, but Jesus did. He wants to change your life, give you a new beginning and a new direction. He wants a relationship with you and so he is willing to hear you call to him, but it's up to you. He is a real person, with real answers. All he wants in return is your love. His yoke is easy, his burden is light. This is the love of Christ 4 u
We punish ourselves. We punish ourselves by judging each other ("I'm better than you because I'm Christian and you're not"). We punish ourselves by distorting Gods word and making it about right and wrong, and we then decide who is right and wrong. We punish ourselves every time we don't choose Love (God), and so yes, if we reject love then we reject God, but the punishment is hell now, in our minds and lives, not in some mysterious underground furnace.
Jesus is and has changed my life, thank you. You are right about that. I just don't agree that 'He' is the only way, or that our health, happiness and whether we are 'saved' or not depends on us 'giving him props'. It's crazy. God doesn't need our worship or our fear. It is wonderful that the burden is light and all, but it doesn't sit very well that I get a seat in 'God's Lifeboat' when everyone else has to go down with the ship just because they thought they had the right boat too.
How can you declare that Christ changed your life when you don't believe? That's being double minded. He cannot change your life if you don't ACCEPT him as your saviour. Repentance is denying your way of thinking and accepting God's way of thinking. That means a change. Romans 10:9-10 that is salvation. God does in fact need our worship because without him none of us would ever be here in the first place.
I haven't accepted YOUR version of Christ. These are all YOUR versions of thing, based on your interpretation. I do deny my way of thinking and accept God's way, just not YOUR version of what YOU say God says and thinks. I agree God is worthy of worship, but my point was simply that he does not NEED or REQUIRE it, nor does he punish us if he doesn't get it.
It's not my version, it's based on Christ's own words. He said, he that follows me will do the will of my father, what is the fathers will? That all come to repentance, love others and take up their cross and follow him -Christ.
@mikegeordie Good observation. My personal belief is that by making LOVE more important than COMPASSION, w have gone down the wrong track. COmpassion and Love are NOT the same thing, not by a long shot. I do not believe that it is a neccesary condition that humans MUST be hellish to one and other, however, so I will disagree with you on that point.
@NBTY4ever I am not sure which point you are responding too. Where did I say that humans must be hellish to each other? I have to disagree with you though in that Love and Compassion are not the same thing, but that Love encompasses compassion, and the 2 are inextricably linked. You can't have one without the other. I would be interested to know why you think it's "by a long shot", like they are poles apart or something?
@mikegeordie Compassion has a cognitive element in it, the ability to understand anothers motivations. Understanding = Thought, not pure feeling. Love does not have this element. Love is pure emotion. They are not the same. Compassion is not just a circuit on loves motherboard, they are seperate and distinct concepts. Fear is closer to love, and so is greed.
@NBTY4ever as you state yourself, compassion has a cognitive 'element', but it is not everything that it is, and so cannot be as you describe. And you limit it drastically by saying it's about 'understanding'. Far from it. Compassion can be witnessing someone in great distress and feeling that distress yourself, such that it brings you to tears. That is not thought, that is pure feeling. I would say that if thought is involved, then it is not true compassion, but simple reason.
@mikegeordie It is the understanding itself that leads to tears. The thought is what elicits the feeling. That is the sequence of events. The tears do not arise spontaneously and of their own accord. Therefore the thought is part of the emotion. Love on the other hand is more knee-jerk, more spontaneous. Love can go against reason, the key scene in MATRIX 2 when Neo chooses love instead of our salvation. Compassion includes thought, love excludes it.
@NBTY4ever Are you a scientist? You reason and speak like one. It is very left-brain and dispassionate, and speaks of never having really felt true emotion, been truly moved by something. You could not write the way you do if you had been.
True compassion does not need thought (even though thought is always present whatever we are engaged in). It arises when we are totally connected to and engaged with where we are. We can't know what makes another cry. So what thought would make us then cry?
@mikegeordie I think you’re a pretty intelligent guy Mike, and you do hit a lot of good points, but some of them need a little tweaking here and there, as I see it.
“It is very left-brain and dispassionate”. My argument is that compassion allows us to be analytical AND emotive at the same time. Yeah, I am pretty heavy in logic, BUT…even emotion is based on cause and effect, and I do think that emotion can be analyzed.
@NBTY4ever I agree. Everything can be analyzed, but somethings can't be fully understood by analysis, they have to be experienced. The old 'you can describe ice-cream but it won't tell you how it tastes' thing. What you may be talking about is emotional intelligence, and that is where I think the future lies. Only with left brain (analysis, thought, understanding) and right brain (empathy, feeling, intuition) working together, can we really live, feel, understand, love.
@mikegeordie Karl Barth (one of the most important Christian thinkers of the last century) would argue to the contrary; that no Christian should think himself better than a non-Christian; rather, the whole affair is a matter of grace, God's grace. The Christian response is to see clearly that He is in no better position than the non-Christian by his own merit, that all he has that his fellow hasn't is God's gift, and that He must share it. But He must share it as it is, as he received it.
@NihilNominis Thank you for your input, but I'm not sure what you're referring to. What was it that I wrote that prompted your response to suggest the contrary?
At the end of the day, all of this is a bit redundant anyway, as Christian/ Non-Christian, God really doesn't care. What's in your heart is all that's important. The thing I do agree with you on though is that when you are touched by Grace, it fills you up so much that you can think of nothing but sharing it. That is available to all
@NihilNominis God does care. But not what religion you are, or if you even follow a religion.
This kind of back and forth is why I had stopped entering into these discussions. It never goes anywhere. You have your view, which isn't going to change much, and I have my view, and I know what I believe. Let's just leave it at the eh? : )
The Messiah was the inverse of Muhammad. He made himself a living sacrifice, building a bridge between our polluted world and his perfect one. He died that we might live. He lives that we might never die.
Muhammad was unable to give his followers a reason to live, so he gave Muslims a reason to die. And tragically, they did and are now. Allahs prophet has sacrificed three billion souls upon the altar of his selfish ambitions.
Malice and negligence are treated the same way if they result in the same injury. The guy whose leg you broke when you ran over him in your car doesnt much care if you aimed at him on purpose, couldnt control your vehicle because you were drunk, or were simply too irresponsible to watch where you were going.
If you fire a gun randomly into the air and hit somebody three blocks away having a backyard barbecue, youre no less guilty than if you had been purposely aiming at him. Would we do the things we do if we knew that the same pain we had caused would be inflicted in turn upon us? I doubt it. Everything we do in this life should be calculated to show mercy and kindness to our fellow man—to be as harmless as possible in every situation.
We are watching this in a high school class. We have watched it several times. Its just asking for manners! Its just asking us to show each other a little compassion. Its not more complicated than that!
Just another attempt by MAN to Play GOD, once again breaking the first of HIS commands. The one guy said we should all live by the "Golden Rule." So then the implication would be that if you do not live by this rule "WE" meaning the world religious system that is coming will force you. It's TYRANNY packaged with a veneer of false compassion.
Please join me and thousands around the world to make a real difference in the lives of others. It's only true Compassion when you are moved to feel the pain of others.
Get ready for the One World Religion as prophesied in the Bible. THIS is BOGUS. Compassion SHOULD be practiced, BUT, the message ere is that EVERY religion is "ok" and should be respected. UH... NO! Jesuse comes for HIS church, the TRUE BELIEVERS.. That is IT. Those who believe on the Christ. This message is a LIE and an altering in of a One World Religion, therefore DECEIVING the people.
Christianity has tried for 1500 years to become a ONE WORLD RELIGION. Now it is in great competition with Islam. Islam & Christianity are like the Hatfields & the McCoys of Religion.
Religion is unnecessary and irrelevant in a conscious reality.
I'll be the first one to tell you that Christianity will NOT be the "One World Religion" because just as you are proclaiming here in this comment it is in "great" competiton, but NOT with "Islam" let me tell you. The Christ has ALWAYS be rejected and always will be until He comes again (IF you believe, which I do), so there's no need to worry your head about that. What YOU need to worry about it being deceived into believing the lie you watched in this video. THAT is what you should fear.
I fear nothing. As a former Christian and someone who now sees Christianity for the delusion it is and am able to live without all the absurd baggage the religion brings with it (fear, indoctrination, self-loathing, contradiction, hate & war-mongering, fables, and other nonsense) my ability to view reality rationally and logically has been crystalized. You can keep your sky-fairies and mythical demons and magical kingdoms like Heaven & Hell. I'll live REAL.
And, you're coming here for what? "Guidance"? I'm sure this "religion" has sparked your interest, because why?.. You're "not in fear"? Better fear the Lord Almighty because as you point out that you once were a "Christian" you then know that the day will come when you will bow down on your knees to the Christ our King. And, if I'm wrong, so what?, but what if I'm right? Now, there's a "thought". Peace to you Sister or Brother.
Almighty WHAT? Dollar? Sorry. The "god" you grovel before is your own imagination. The religion of Christianity was contrived from various former and contemporary faiths of the region from which it sprang. The names were changed, sure, but it was created to homogenize the Roman Empire under Constantine. It has serve the same purpose in every nation that has used it ever since. You are deluded.
No, it is what the FACT bear out. Anyone willing to study Christianity from an unbiased HISTORICAL perspective utilizing unbiased, non-circular sourcing and retain an open mind, especially when reading the Bible, rather than defaulting to indoctrination, it is quite easy to see the facts clearly. It is not easy, though. I grant you. My own indoctrination in Christianity was very strong. Once I let go of it, however, I was able to see and awaken form the delusion.
So, you DON'T believe? you're arguing. That's not where my intersts lie. You have YOUR beliefs, and I have mine. That's it. No need to argue. Your "awakening" will come when the Christ comes. It's funny because I can clearly see prophesies come to pass TODAY, right now, that are talked about in the Bible, and people STILL denounce the Christ. Lol. THAT is sad. Now, have a nice evening. I commented what I thought about these lies I've heard here. that's it. MY opinion. Try not to be so intrusive.
I'm not so much arguing as clearing the air from your bogus indoctrinated claims of hysteria.
"You have YOUR beliefs, and I have mine"
Any "beliefs" I have are grounded in evidence and logic, not myths and fear.
"Your "awakening" will come when the Christ comes."
That is you indoctrination speaking/threatening me with baseless nonsense. Besides your people have claimed the same thing for 2000 years. I know you are thinking 2 Peter 3:4, but that is simply how your lies keep you indoctrinated
Well, if your "air" needs to be "cleared" that's really YOUR problem isn't it. I make a STATEMENT on my beliefs, and you make yours, So what" Believe in what you wish to believe in. I don't recall commenting you. I recall you intrusively commenting me. Why? Because you have nothing, or no one else to comment to? The video did not "inspire" you? MY comment inspired you to argue. To intrude YOUR beliefs onto me. You sought ME out. Who's the one who's arguing? Lol. As I said, have a nice evening.
I simply replied to a nonsensical comment you posted. Then you replied back, and so on. THAT is why I commented to you and why this discussion has been happening. I'm not arguing. I'm just calling you on the nonsense you keep claiming. Nothing more. No intrusion. You posted on a public forum.
Queeny, you are simply being "played" by the system. However, I wouldn't deny you the right to remain a pawn. Even so, I see though the ignorance you spew quite easily now. Go ahead and maintain you delusion. That's your right. I don't play "thought police", but I do level the playing field with reality.
A video on "compassion" is very inspiring. You were the one claiming this was designed to bring about a "One World Religion". That is nonsense. Religion has reached the end of any real value. Christianity and Islam as showing they are going through their death rattle as they attempt to make one last grab at playing all the cards they have left. Once that is done, we will gratefully see it diminish in strength and lure.
The golden rule (reciprocity) exists outside religion. It's the only universal value across all cultures and all times. There is no need for a charter. Everyone, including atheists, agree de facto by nature, on reciprocity and compassion... The exception to that rule are the psychopaths (neurologicaly incapable of empathy) and religious fundamentalists (they exclude infidels from humanity, but they reciprocate between them)
"I am against this charter because it rehabilitates religion and says it's ok to be religious."
Yeah. In a way it does.
But it would be a great step forwards if religious people would at least be compassionate.
(And tolerant to people with no faith or "wrong" faith, and open-minded to other explanations than "goddidit" and would realize that their beliefs are just beliefs whereas science is based on actual research and facts.)
Everything in life is a metaphor, a lesson to be learned, a vehicle for us to reach a higher place, a safety net a faith when we feel in despair. Religion should not be taken literally, and science changes fact as time passes, but lessons on values are timeless. These lessons can not be corrupted by political agenda.
Thats quite alright idea but i have just two simple questions, why ppl always put stuff like that in dusty shelf with the religion (why not philosophy or morality) and (if we capable to global 'stuck' with idea for sake of question) how long will take to people start using this as a power lever.
Be rahmatan lil alamin (be compassionate)...is the message of Karen! This is our original fitra imprinted in our own being by the Creator the merciful and compassionate.
Deceived? Based on what? Based on what your belief system? Based on the indoctrination that you cling to? Let go, and experience God directly.....and you'll see the Truth in what these people are talking about.
for starters i no god as he is my personal saviour all im saying is read yor bible and youll see that this along with a lot of other things was said to come to pass truss me youll see it not good its all part of satans agenda
youll gna reply bk saying its not but thats kool =]
I grew up in a pentecostal denomination in the South, in the Bible Belt. So believe me when I saw I know fundamental-evangelical views. I have read and studied the Bible, the history and origins of the Bible. The Bible is a book about God, but it is not a book given by divine instruction. God is the Source of all that is, without an opposing force. There isn't a "Satan" or any satanic agenda. This video is promoting Love. God is the Source of all Love. How is this evil?
This is an immense, much needed endeavor. How large a passion and vision Ms. Armstrong has. The best to you all in bringing this vision to everyone, of all faiths, everywhere.
How can we ensure our that our information gathers, analysts, planners, and decision makers all have empathy and compassion skills? They were never listed as part of any government job description.
Great video! True Love and Compassion are very powerful and healing forces - they provide a pathway for transformation at national, societal and individual levels.
I am a Muslim and I absolutely agree with this movement. Personally I do not see any conflict (problem) with others because of what they believe in or not believe in. Mine shouldn't bother you too.
This vid is absolutely cool * IF * proselytization is not it's agenda. Religio-Cultural genocide via neuro-linguistics and proselytization are the greatest threat to religio-cultural diversity.
Will all Animist and Polytheistic religions as opposed to Monotheistic believers (who had a bloody history with each other thus far) be respected as equals?
Then there are Atheists, Agnostics and Pacifist worshipers of " Adversary " Gods. They too deserve a place. Emanate respectfully, we are aware.
As a Christian minister in Australia, I so strongly applaud, suppor and encourage these understanding and calls to us all. So may it be.
denishawkey 3 days ago
And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. (Acts 16:30-31).
Kyouryuu5000 5 days ago
There is no compassionate side of religion. People don't learn compassion from a book, There is no magical passage you can read to help you understand the suffering of others. It something one gains through interaction with the world and empathy. Dogmatic actions performed due to divine command, should never by themselves be justification for any action.
coryischosen 2 weeks ago 2
Kudos! Cha-cha, way to go. Good work in the closed captioning of the Charter for Compassion video.
AlanKinNA 1 month ago
Excellent video. In a world full of genocides and apathy, compassion is one of the few things we've got that is truely good. It has the capacity to transcend every barrier, I sincerely hope that humanity as a whole may one day set aside violence and fear and learn to love and forgive. I hope that everyone can know happiness
girlintheicysky 2 months ago
You can speak all you want of compassion but "by your works ye shall be judged" and so far none of the world's religions are doing well. I'm better with the God that is me, thank you!
WhiteStarWoman 5 months ago
@WhiteStarWoman It surprises me how few people have ever heard about Unitarian Universalism.
Etular 5 months ago
@Etular Is that what it's called? All I know is I gave organized religion the best years of my life only to be in a constant state of depression and guilt. Five years ago I had an awakening and haven't looked back. Now I'm happy and love my life and would never go back to religion again. Praise me! LOL
WhiteStarWoman 5 months ago
@WhiteStarWoman More accurately, the "God that is me" is Humanism, yet I point to Unitarian Universalism as the one religion that doesn't condemn - and allows people of any faith to join them. I would at least check out your local congregation *hint* *hint* . ;)
Etular 5 months ago
Facebook make devil from people!!!! Islam is peace religion (Im from Czech rep. 90% Krist) , but some people hawe bad explanation and make brainwash. But remeber: christian make evil too, Burn the witches, innocence woman and wife and mother!! and god forgive too. Im believer, but im not visit church!!!! Fuck terrorist, Fuck NATO, make peace and love!!!! greetings from Czech rep. (native ladn necessary: Miloš Forman, Jaromír Jágr, Václav Havel or Alfons Mucha this people you know in usa?)
maryjuan23 7 months ago
@maryjuan23 Czech 90% catolic and 5% budhist (imigrant from vietnam) but we live in peace :D
maryjuan23 7 months ago
Here is and interesting point: this video has had more views that the charter has signitures.
atthehops 7 months ago
The message of compassion is so needed today. I think Karen Armstrong has it totally right. She shows appreciation for all and NOT the idea that only certain believers are going to heaven and the rest are going to hell. Some of the most compassionate social workers and community organizers, who devote their lives to helping others are non-believers. What is important is compassion for others and as Armstrong says this is a message in all religions.
marianshapiro 9 months ago
This is all well and good; however, the challenge with this ideology is that this type of compassion NEVER wants to confront the EVIL in the world. We have bombs going off on buses, attempts to blow-up planes, but it's never Islams fault, it's everyone else's fault. I'm all for hugging and singing Kumbaya, but there are EVIL people in the world that don't need a hug, they need a NOOSE!
truthbtoldUSA 9 months ago
if you believe there is many ways to God, and you are a "Christian" then you simply are not a Christian dont agree with me? John 14:6, and all religions seem the same but one stands out alone, Jesus died on the cross and was resurrected in Christianity, does Islam believe this? no...enough said, Jesus died for all sins , if there are many ways to God then Jesus died for no reason,this is the devils BIGGEST lie, the lie always makes it sound more appealing and attractive to believe,one way Jesus!
danwazhere7 10 months ago
@danwazhere7 Yes, Jesus did come to us to bring the message of love, life, truth and salvation for all and especially for those suffering, but Jesus also said to the Pharisees “the letter kills, but the spirit gives life” and I feel that the essence of the message of the “Charter Compassion”, was Jesus message of Love above all.
shazzylogo 6 months ago
@danwazhere7 It is dangerous to get bogged down in the law and miss the essence of Jesus command, which is to love and show compassion for one another above all. What is it if you have “so called” found Jesus and do not love.
shazzylogo 6 months ago
@FunnyJoe100 you must be joking.
jesswilson8 10 months ago
thanks for the inspiration =)
BBsmoke1990 11 months ago
I got goosebumps.
13lackIII 11 months ago
When has there been a history of intolerance in Taoism or Buddhism?
DSXmachine 11 months ago
interesting video ;P
Tie1Die 11 months ago
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I love Karen Armstrong ~ a super hero for Compassion!! I have a blog project happening now .. Compassion Challenge 2011 & would love if you or any other interested person would stop by and offer some Compassionate Comments ~ thanks!! findingcompassion.blogspot.com
findingcompassion 1 year ago
What a bunch of bunk. The three abrahamic religions can never separate themselves from the evil that is built into their core no matter how much Karen Armstrong tries. Even the story of abraham itself contains a lesson in evil from The Great Invisible One - "Do as I command, no matter how evil it is. Do not practice thoughtful reasoning. Submit."
There is just no getting around it, religion is not just baseless (that should be enough to move on), but also pure evil.
Good without god.
frid9999 1 year ago
If you want to truth why dont ask it your Creator who can show you bestly than him.Look all of the religions and its books and ask what is truth or what the truth is.According to Islam and its holy book Quran.Who turn its face to God,God says I will drive the hearts to the truth.
yigitinebolulu 1 year ago
A nice concept until you come to the realization that the entire message is fundamentally flawed. Most major religious specifically state that worshipping other gods is unacceptable and in most cases, punishable by death. A "real" christian cannot live peacefully with a "real" muslim. If you want compassion, why not just ditch the religion nonsense altogether?
It's stupid bullshit at the point when you have to cherry pick tenets out of a supposedly infallible book. Grow up you dumb fucks.
nineinchtaint 1 year ago
@nineinchtaint douche? take a chill pill.
gladnorrlaning 1 year ago
Salaam, shalom, shanti, Frieden, paz, peace to all beings!
langradler 1 year ago
But the problem is scripture, people will always dig it out if its in there.
LouisPlume 1 year ago
""""Read from top to bottom on all three paragraphs"""""
we must all be messengers of the absolute truth. theres to much denial and misled people in this world to do nothing about it. the creator will reveal himself to you once you can learn to stop lieing to yourself in everything you
crazylegz4330 1 year ago
think, do and perceive. Lies are evil energy that misguide you from reality and has created this society today. this world is completely covered in evil and manipulation with greed for money power and wealth. we need to Stand up for our natural thoughts of whats good verses whats bad, and share the message of compassion. which is a gift that the creator put in our reality
crazylegz4330 1 year ago
for when we do an act of kindness out of sacrifice from ourselves. i am 18 years old and i have fully dedicated my life to my natural human thought, which everyone is born with. and i will use what i have learned from the connections in my life that i have made to bring down all the evil inside people by calling them out for lieing to themselves. and only they can make the choice to be free from corruption. thats where our creator gave us our free will.
crazylegz4330 1 year ago
I would like to be able to share this video with other members of my church but we don't have an interned connection. Is it possible to so download this onto my computer?
suzieblain 1 year ago
@manoliosYA look up what prejudice means. it doesn't fit what you're trying to say here. I understood, though.
NMRA 1 year ago
I think this video has information that we need to hear, especially in relation to religious intolerance's. Compassion is necessary.
glappano 1 year ago
THANK YOU! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
CECILDARCY 1 year ago
THANK YOU!
CECILDARCY 1 year ago
Fuck islam.
lesleyhenriquez 1 year ago
God have mercy on us all...
quickvue 1 year ago
Why do you need religion to be compassionate?
EverEvolvingApe 1 year ago
@EverEvolvingApe you don't...in fact it is the opposite, compassion should be part of our psyche in order to carry on our species, we need tolerance and to help other people or we risk dying off.
blocke06 1 year ago
@blocke06 That´s my point! Promoting compassion for the sake of compassion sounds a lot safer than promoting religion for the sake of compassion (like Karen Armstrong does).
If she admits that religion has caused fundamentalism and atrocities, why not discard it and just focus on compassion?
Her agenda is so obvious!
EverEvolvingApe 1 year ago
Karen Armstrong can suck a dick Im christian and dont think Im better thats just what people do they like to think they are better. This women has lost it this is bullshit the goverment is trying to feed the world... Major religons RULE!
ponchatoula420 1 year ago
Notice how none of the good stuff requires religion but most of the bad stuff does...
jodiebug1 1 year ago
Nice video. Humanity has a long way to go before this state of affairs becomes a reality. But every little helps. Keep fighting the good fight.
PowerAndPerception 1 year ago
Thanks so much for posting. We need to remind ourselves that as human beings we all share much more than that which divides us. Compassion is the river which nurtures all souls!!!
aquamoon22 1 year ago 2
@aquamoon22 Well said. My writings focus on the difference between COMPASSION and love, and believe me...the differences are staggering!
NBTY4ever 1 year ago
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Nice sentiment. Except they forgot to mention Secular Humanism which is the only doctrine that doesn't, by definition, discriminate. Why? Because it's not a religion.
After all who's to say that a fundamentalist's interpretation is incorrect? If a Christian feels superior it's because the Bible says so, not because they misinterpreted it. Not because they choose to ignore other passages.
manifest08 1 year ago
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manifest08 1 year ago
Scribes were not charged with creating peace on earth. Their sole purpose was to provide a sense of identity. We all know the best way to identify who you are is to identify who you are not. And in order to do this you have to show how your dogma is superior.
ALL religions have passages that espouse intolerance.
Religion, belief in the supernatural and anachronistic values are the problem. Not the solution.
manifest08 1 year ago
Having love and compassion for everyone is exactly what we have when the Spirit of God is residing within us. And that's what Jesus had,,even for those who put him to death shown by him saying., "Forgive them Father for they know not what they do". When we're filled with the Spirit of Jesus Christ we love as Jesus loves,,not in our own strength though but through the power of the Holy Spirit who lives in those who live in Christ,,,And nothing can overcome the Spirit of Jesus Christ. LOVE TRUTH.
Rob187ok 1 year ago
Many of these people are Christian. This is not some sort of NWO religion, it's really just a PAC for compassion. You can believe whatever you want and still support this group. Just don't hate; love.
MassLiberal1 1 year ago
you think my comment was hateful? just a question......as for me suppoting any group that pushes us closer to a one world religion...NEVER. i will give my life before i ever allow this to happen,the thing most people dont seem to understand,is it is the differences that keep this world moving as well as progressing!! unity and solidarity is a sign of absolute control which a figure head is controlling.just look through history ,,,when everyone was right everyone died...GOD bless
hefeltbad 1 year ago
I never called you hateful. Calm down friend. If there is any kind of NWO I assure you it isn't these folks. They just want to promote tolerance and (it seems) non-violence. How could a non-violent group take over? I don't see a Gandhi ruling any nation. I agreee diversity is not something to be ashamed about. But if it leads to Islamic terrorists and Christians who kill abortion doctors then we should stand as one and fight back. Paranoia and fear help no one.
MassLiberal1 1 year ago 2
Believe it or not,,,the whole agenda behind the "one world religion" is to destroy Christianity and to undermine our faith in Jesus Christ. Deception at it's most dangerous is at it's most subtle. No matter how much love and compassion we may have for others it's never going to be enough to save our souls. Overcoming the sin which condems us to hell (keeps us from entering Gods Kingdom) is impossible without Jesus Christ,, who overcame death and sin for those of us who put all our faith in Him.
Rob187ok 1 year ago
Friend, how can you condemn the majority of humanity simply because they may never have even heard of Jesus Christ? Is that sin enough? I agree with your comments that God is inside us, but having love and compassion is EXACTLY what will save us. Separating the world out into 'Christians' and 'The Condemned' will definitely not. In fact, it is currently what is destroying us. Putting our faith in God to 'save us', when we can't make the slightest effort to have love and compassion? Won't work.
mikegeordie 1 year ago
Because of the act of one man sin entered into the world. We are judged by what light we are given. Those who do not know Christ still die lost, why? Because God does not nor cannot accept sin unless it has been taken care of by the cross. This is the ONLY solution for man, the cross. There is no other way, all others have failed miserably. The only hope for man is the cross and the only solution for mans problems is the cross.
voiceofelijah2012 1 year ago
"Failed miserably"? That does not contain one ounce of love or compassion. It just speaks of you, the chosen ones, the Christian few, lucky enough, by chance, to be born into the family and country you were. And that luck gives you the right to the breathtaking arrogance you display in condemning the rest of humanity? Can you explain to me exactly WHY we all have to go via the cross? Let me guess, because the Bible says so, and the Bible is God's word, end of story? Convenient, don't you think?
mikegeordie 1 year ago
One is not "lucky" simply because one is born in america versus one born in India. Nor does one being born in america make one a christian. One must go thru the cross because that is the only answer to YOUR seperation from God. Christ made it perfectly clear, he is the ONLY way, there is no other. I could go into detail but that would take too much time. The fact is Mike, you are lost without love, it is love that was shown on the cross for you and me. The cross was an act of love.
voiceofelijah2012 1 year ago
Fair enough, but what about people who have never heard of Christianity? What about other religions who believe exactly a strongly and clearly as you do that they are right and have the only answer. They would believe that you are going to hell and that they are saved. Doesn't this all strike you as even slightly comical?
mikegeordie 1 year ago
That's a great question. God can never receive sin, nor accept sin because of our failure. I will leave that final act of those who have never heard the gospel in God's hands. I cannot judge them so I leave that to the almighty. As for other religions, here is what the word says, "There is a way which seems to be right for man, but it leads to destruction." Proverbs 14:12 Christ said, there is but one way and that is thru him and him alone. Christ died, rose and is coming again, no one else is.
voiceofelijah2012 1 year ago
"There is no other way, all others have failed miserably" - that sounds exactly like you are judging them to me Elijah. And I looked up Proverbs 14 and nowhere does it say that the proverb you quote refers to other religions. It refers to Man's own folly of bad though and arrogance in turning away from Truth, but I agree with all that. I just don't think that God sits 'up there' on a fluffy cloud passing judgements that bear amazing similarity to our own man-made judgements.
mikegeordie 1 year ago
It refers to man's religious attempt to create his own unique way to God. There is no other religion but the cross. Religion is man's attempt to come to God, the cross (faith) is God's way of coming to man. God still judges today, but he has reserved his extreme position down the road. The world is being shaken Mike, the world is being turned upside down, why? Christ is coming. Look around you, the final pages of revelation are today's headlines. We are in the last days.
voiceofelijah2012 1 year ago
No we are not, and if we are. I'll meet you at the gates of Heaven and we can have a good laugh about all this. The world is being shaken, yes. I agree with some of what you say. Just not that God judges or punishes, or needs us to fear him. It's where we started. Man has God within him. He can turn to God anytime by being still and turning inwards to his own heart ("Be still and know that I am God" - "I" meaning just that: we all have God within us).
mikegeordie 1 year ago
Mike, I like our discussion, but for man, those who reject God there is a price to pay. The word says that man's heart is wicked, there is no good in the heart of man. If goodness was all that was needed, then Christ came and died in vain. Christ told many that they were the children of the devil. The ONLY person who is part of God's family is those who have repented of their sins and came to Christ.
voiceofelijah2012 1 year ago
Mike, I have a very popular facebook account that I have, why not come there and we can talk, debate and mesh things out? my name is christopher gregory and my image is a blue microphone. I see you are in the UK, when I was in the horror film industry as a film director of several popular B horror flicks, the UK was my base. Shepperton studios.
voiceofelijah2012 1 year ago
I might just do that, as I've enjoyed our discussions too. It is late here and I'm off to bed, but will look you up soon. Night : )
mikegeordie 1 year ago
This is great we are all discussing what we have been told not to... religion.
Religion is the politics of spirituality, spirituality being the connection to ones spirit.
This spirit which is connected to what we call god which is everything. You see there can only be one infinite being.
And this being only has one rule and it is visible all around us. Everyone knows, you reap what you sow.
"The Golden Rule" He with out sin cast the first stone. None of the prophets would be happy today.
Kealamdead 2 years ago 2
You oppose caring about human beings? Giving compassion a fictitious name made up by the conspiracy theorist fringe (calling it "The New World Order") doesn't make compassion evil. It just makes you sound really confused for thinking compassion is sinister. I guess the Good Samaritan was an agent of the NWO? "Love thy neighbor as thyself," which Jesus said, was NWO propaganda? And forgiving people "70 times 7"? Jesus TRIED to create a new world order, based on caring rather than hatred.
Leonesse1 2 years ago
you are sadly confused with GODS words ..how can you compare the 2 .please do your homework,before you feed me the same garbage you eat everyday..its apparent you dont see the globalist agenda firmly entrenched at the root of this subpar movement...
hefeltbad 2 years ago
Hail Satan.
shadows08 2 years ago
this is the new world order religion.....moral relatavism.....its garbage....
hefeltbad 2 years ago
yes.
it's garbage.
it's like The Body Shop, GAP and Bennetton decided to get into the ethics market.
ttimothymurphy 2 years ago
thanks at finally somebody that isnt sleep walking
hefeltbad 2 years ago
There is nothing relativistic about the Golden Rule.
MassLiberal1 1 year ago
Karen Armstrong has written many good books and is standing up 4 humanity. As a Muslim, i feel her views are objective and unbiased towards any religion. She is however a pioneer for human rights and I support this. We cannot argue against peace and global tolerance of every religion, as THE CREATOR I worship, and U worship is the same CREATOR of Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad.We unfortunately limit our CREATOR to the narrow mindedness we are restricted to.Peace and Blessings be upon us all
Junaidally 2 years ago 3
@Junaidally We do not follow the same creator. You are deceived. There is but one God and he is Jehovah not Allah. Muhammad was a blood thirsty prophet. They are NOT the same. Christ came to die for mankind so that the bridge could be restored due to man's rebellion and sin. It was by man that sin entered into the world and it was thru Christ, the second man, that forgiveness came into the world. Karen Armstrong is a deluded woman and her works speak volumes against christianity. Come to Christ.
voiceofelijah2012 2 years ago
@Junaidally Who is KAren Armstrong?
NBTY4ever 1 year ago
Is this a Joke? You can't just follow your own understanding of good because for what is good to some people it might be bad for others. Some people love to be treated in some ways that others don't like. If you want to find a balance at least bother to know Jesus for sake of humanity.
fernandop1 2 years ago
Since when did calling a person who is not a born again Christian a SINNER become equal to intolerance? Jesus Christ made it perfectly clear, he is the only way, there is no other way but thru Christ. So, if that means I am labeled intolerant, so be it. I am intolerant to sin and those that promote sin and foolish pagan religions like islam, hinduism, buddhism and every other ism. If you do not know Christ, you are lost, blind, deceived and are going to hell. God is angry at you, so fix it.
voiceofelijah2012 2 years ago
@voiceofelijah2012: I have always felt that by "through me" Jesus meant following his footsteps, his heart - growing the same kind of clarity and compassion. Where did Jesus encourage judgement on people who don't talk about God with the same language as oneself?
Aukikco 2 years ago 3
@Aukikco, Just following his footsteps won't cut it without repentance. There needs to be a true 180 in a person's life and that is only through surrending to Jesus Christ and accepting him as Lord and Saviour. Christ made it clear that he was the only way, not him and muhammad, not him and Buddha, not him and Hinduism, but him and him ONLY. These people didn't die for you, he did, they didn't sacrifice themselves on a cross for you, he did. He gave his life for you so you would not die. believe
voiceofelijah2012 2 years ago
@voiceofelijah2012: I feel there's a lot of judgement in your words. Isn't that in conflict with what Jesus taught? Do you feel that pushing your absolute truth on people helps to spread the heart of Christ's message, which was to look inside and find compassion towards all beings?
Aukikco 2 years ago 3
@Aukikco, if you think that I am not following Christ's example then you don't know my Christ. Jesus preached repentance. Christ caleld some people dogs, snakes, liars, even the children of the devil. Absolute truth is only in Christ. The fact is, if you die without Christ, you will die lost, forever in a place called hell. It will be that same loving saviour who shall judge, and condemn you to an everlasting place of torment. I tell you this because u don't have 2 die lost. Come to Christ 2 day
voiceofelijah2012 2 years ago
@voiceofelijah2012: so why exactly do you choose to ignore what Jesus teaches about compassion and judgement?
Aukikco 2 years ago 3
@voiceofelijah2012 Hell is on earth, created in a persons mind by their own thoughts. The messages you have put on are divisive. They preach 'I'm better than the rest of the world because I'm Christian'. That is NOT unconditional Love. It is very conditional. It says you will only be loved by God if you are a Christian. I can't think of anything that is less Christian or less God than that.
mikegeordie 2 years ago 10
@mikegeordie - unconditional love is based on one thing, the act of one man who died so that others might live. What is it about the cross you find so offensive?
voiceofelijah2012 2 years ago
@voiceofelijah2012 I find nothing about the cross offensive. I believe in Jesus and Christianity. I believe in them as much as I believe in Allah and Islam, Buddha and Buddhism, Shiva and Hinduism. There is a thread of Truth running through all the major religions, which can also be found in the hearts of the simplest people who have no religion. That Truth is Love & Compassion. Love and Compassion does not say "If you're not Christian, you're going to Hell"
mikegeordie 2 years ago 15
@mikegeordie - Hi Mike, I'm glad you replied. You say you believe in Allah and Islam, Buddha and Shiva and Hinduism, why? What is the basis for this belief? What did ANY of these religions do for YOU personally?
voiceofelijah2012 2 years ago
Hi Elijah. I hadn't realised that I hadn't replied to your comment. The answer to your question is again Unconditional Love. Unconditional Love doesn't need to believe in something because you get something back in return. Unconditional Love doesn't do something just because it will get something back. Jesus may have died for our sins, but he did it out of selfless compassion because he truly understood that we couldn't atone for our own sins yet.
mikegeordie 1 year ago
He didn't die on the cross because he knew that would make us indebted to him so that he would have a hold over us, threaten us and be able to then punish us with Hell if we didn't follow his wishes.
Unconditional Love (or simply 'God') doesn't do things in order to get a result, or get something back. It is UNCONDITIONAL. It asks nothing in return. The act of loving in itself is reward enough, and for a fully realised soul like Jesus, every act was a true act of Love.
mikegeordie 1 year ago
Christ died on the cross because you are a sinner, needing a saviour. We are sinners needing a saviour. The cross bridged the gap between man and God due to sin. Yes, unconditional love DOES require something in return, it requires submission to the one who died for your sins. It requires man to come to God thru the cross. But it is the same love that will send a soul to hell for not accepting and not believing,. Christ made it very clear that those who reject him will die lost.
voiceofelijah2012 1 year ago
Surely you must see the gaping hole in your own argument there? If someone DOES require something in return, then that is NOT unconditional. If you "send a soul to hell for not accepting..etc", then by definition, that is not unconditional, it IS conditional. And it is not love either, not True love. It may be Man's idea of love, egotistical, conditional, 'tough-love', but then it is not Love at all.
mikegeordie 1 year ago
Mike, God does in fact require something in return - repentance. It was God's love for us that he sent his son to die for us because of sin. It was love that he came and it was love that he died. People go to hell for one reason - rebellion. They go to a place they were never meant to go because of unbelief. You might think it wrong and unjust, but in God's point of view it's very just. He sent his son to die, sacrificed his son for YOU, but if you reject him, then you are rejecting God and luv
voiceofelijah2012 1 year ago
Hey Elijah. I don't think it wrong and unjust, because I don't believe God works in that way, in terms of 'requiring' things, and I especially don't believe he punishes us if we don't do what he wants. I believe he gave us free will, and what we do with that is up to us. I agree that Hell exists, but that it is a state of mind that you enter when you choose fear, hate or similar, over Love. God does love us and wants us to be happy, but no way does he punish us if we get it wrong.
mikegeordie 1 year ago
Then Mike, you don't know Christ personally, for if you did you'd understand that God never changes. He makes it clear in 1 Corinthians 6:9 who will never inherit eternal life. Yes, free will is a two edged sword. You are free to reject the cross, but that freedom is also one that will send you to eternal damnation and seperation. Hell is not a state of mind, it's a real place, with real souls, with real punishment. Christ spoke about hell more than heaven. Matthew 10:28
voiceofelijah2012 1 year ago
The fact is Mike, and here is the gospel for you. Christ came to die for you. He loved you very much to give his life for you. No one else cared for you that much, but Jesus did. He wants to change your life, give you a new beginning and a new direction. He wants a relationship with you and so he is willing to hear you call to him, but it's up to you. He is a real person, with real answers. All he wants in return is your love. His yoke is easy, his burden is light. This is the love of Christ 4 u
voiceofelijah2012 1 year ago
We punish ourselves. We punish ourselves by judging each other ("I'm better than you because I'm Christian and you're not"). We punish ourselves by distorting Gods word and making it about right and wrong, and we then decide who is right and wrong. We punish ourselves every time we don't choose Love (God), and so yes, if we reject love then we reject God, but the punishment is hell now, in our minds and lives, not in some mysterious underground furnace.
mikegeordie 1 year ago
Jesus is and has changed my life, thank you. You are right about that. I just don't agree that 'He' is the only way, or that our health, happiness and whether we are 'saved' or not depends on us 'giving him props'. It's crazy. God doesn't need our worship or our fear. It is wonderful that the burden is light and all, but it doesn't sit very well that I get a seat in 'God's Lifeboat' when everyone else has to go down with the ship just because they thought they had the right boat too.
mikegeordie 1 year ago
How can you declare that Christ changed your life when you don't believe? That's being double minded. He cannot change your life if you don't ACCEPT him as your saviour. Repentance is denying your way of thinking and accepting God's way of thinking. That means a change. Romans 10:9-10 that is salvation. God does in fact need our worship because without him none of us would ever be here in the first place.
voiceofelijah2012 1 year ago
I haven't accepted YOUR version of Christ. These are all YOUR versions of thing, based on your interpretation. I do deny my way of thinking and accept God's way, just not YOUR version of what YOU say God says and thinks. I agree God is worthy of worship, but my point was simply that he does not NEED or REQUIRE it, nor does he punish us if he doesn't get it.
mikegeordie 1 year ago
It's not my version, it's based on Christ's own words. He said, he that follows me will do the will of my father, what is the fathers will? That all come to repentance, love others and take up their cross and follow him -Christ.
voiceofelijah2012 1 year ago
@mikegeordie But the cross is a symbol of human sacrifice, I find human sacrifice to be very offensive.
PowerAndPerception 1 year ago
@PowerAndPerception I don't understand your reply to me. What comment of mine are you referring too? Did you mean to reply to 'VoiceofElijah?
mikegeordie 1 year ago
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that70sgoddess 1 year ago
@mikegeordie Good observation. My personal belief is that by making LOVE more important than COMPASSION, w have gone down the wrong track. COmpassion and Love are NOT the same thing, not by a long shot. I do not believe that it is a neccesary condition that humans MUST be hellish to one and other, however, so I will disagree with you on that point.
NBTY4ever 1 year ago
@NBTY4ever I am not sure which point you are responding too. Where did I say that humans must be hellish to each other? I have to disagree with you though in that Love and Compassion are not the same thing, but that Love encompasses compassion, and the 2 are inextricably linked. You can't have one without the other. I would be interested to know why you think it's "by a long shot", like they are poles apart or something?
mikegeordie 1 year ago
@mikegeordie Compassion has a cognitive element in it, the ability to understand anothers motivations. Understanding = Thought, not pure feeling. Love does not have this element. Love is pure emotion. They are not the same. Compassion is not just a circuit on loves motherboard, they are seperate and distinct concepts. Fear is closer to love, and so is greed.
NBTY4ever 1 year ago
@NBTY4ever as you state yourself, compassion has a cognitive 'element', but it is not everything that it is, and so cannot be as you describe. And you limit it drastically by saying it's about 'understanding'. Far from it. Compassion can be witnessing someone in great distress and feeling that distress yourself, such that it brings you to tears. That is not thought, that is pure feeling. I would say that if thought is involved, then it is not true compassion, but simple reason.
mikegeordie 1 year ago
@mikegeordie It is the understanding itself that leads to tears. The thought is what elicits the feeling. That is the sequence of events. The tears do not arise spontaneously and of their own accord. Therefore the thought is part of the emotion. Love on the other hand is more knee-jerk, more spontaneous. Love can go against reason, the key scene in MATRIX 2 when Neo chooses love instead of our salvation. Compassion includes thought, love excludes it.
NBTY4ever 1 year ago
@NBTY4ever Are you a scientist? You reason and speak like one. It is very left-brain and dispassionate, and speaks of never having really felt true emotion, been truly moved by something. You could not write the way you do if you had been.
True compassion does not need thought (even though thought is always present whatever we are engaged in). It arises when we are totally connected to and engaged with where we are. We can't know what makes another cry. So what thought would make us then cry?
mikegeordie 1 year ago
@mikegeordie I think you’re a pretty intelligent guy Mike, and you do hit a lot of good points, but some of them need a little tweaking here and there, as I see it.
“It is very left-brain and dispassionate”. My argument is that compassion allows us to be analytical AND emotive at the same time. Yeah, I am pretty heavy in logic, BUT…even emotion is based on cause and effect, and I do think that emotion can be analyzed.
NBTY4ever 1 year ago
@NBTY4ever I agree. Everything can be analyzed, but somethings can't be fully understood by analysis, they have to be experienced. The old 'you can describe ice-cream but it won't tell you how it tastes' thing. What you may be talking about is emotional intelligence, and that is where I think the future lies. Only with left brain (analysis, thought, understanding) and right brain (empathy, feeling, intuition) working together, can we really live, feel, understand, love.
mikegeordie 1 year ago
@mikegeordie Karl Barth (one of the most important Christian thinkers of the last century) would argue to the contrary; that no Christian should think himself better than a non-Christian; rather, the whole affair is a matter of grace, God's grace. The Christian response is to see clearly that He is in no better position than the non-Christian by his own merit, that all he has that his fellow hasn't is God's gift, and that He must share it. But He must share it as it is, as he received it.
NihilNominis 10 months ago
@NihilNominis Thank you for your input, but I'm not sure what you're referring to. What was it that I wrote that prompted your response to suggest the contrary?
At the end of the day, all of this is a bit redundant anyway, as Christian/ Non-Christian, God really doesn't care. What's in your heart is all that's important. The thing I do agree with you on though is that when you are touched by Grace, it fills you up so much that you can think of nothing but sharing it. That is available to all
mikegeordie 10 months ago
@mikegeordie You referred to those who preached that they were better than others because they are Christian.
Nevertheless, that is not to say that God doesn't care. God cares immensely.
NihilNominis 10 months ago
@NihilNominis God does care. But not what religion you are, or if you even follow a religion.
This kind of back and forth is why I had stopped entering into these discussions. It never goes anywhere. You have your view, which isn't going to change much, and I have my view, and I know what I believe. Let's just leave it at the eh? : )
mikegeordie 10 months ago
@mikegeordie You say a thing rarely said, the content of almost no revelation, very confidently. But you seem set in it, so let's leave it indeed.
NihilNominis 10 months ago
The Messiah was the inverse of Muhammad. He made himself a living sacrifice, building a bridge between our polluted world and his perfect one. He died that we might live. He lives that we might never die.
materialclassified 2 years ago
Muhammad was unable to give his followers a reason to live, so he gave Muslims a reason to die. And tragically, they did and are now. Allahs prophet has sacrificed three billion souls upon the altar of his selfish ambitions.
materialclassified 2 years ago 3
Malice and negligence are treated the same way if they result in the same injury. The guy whose leg you broke when you ran over him in your car doesnt much care if you aimed at him on purpose, couldnt control your vehicle because you were drunk, or were simply too irresponsible to watch where you were going.
materialclassified 2 years ago
If you fire a gun randomly into the air and hit somebody three blocks away having a backyard barbecue, youre no less guilty than if you had been purposely aiming at him. Would we do the things we do if we knew that the same pain we had caused would be inflicted in turn upon us? I doubt it. Everything we do in this life should be calculated to show mercy and kindness to our fellow man—to be as harmless as possible in every situation.
materialclassified 2 years ago
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I disagree. These people are stupid. Your class deserves a punt.
Religion is evil.
kishinkageri 2 years ago
We are watching this in a high school class. We have watched it several times. Its just asking for manners! Its just asking us to show each other a little compassion. Its not more complicated than that!
SpazzyJones 2 years ago
Just another attempt by MAN to Play GOD, once again breaking the first of HIS commands. The one guy said we should all live by the "Golden Rule." So then the implication would be that if you do not live by this rule "WE" meaning the world religious system that is coming will force you. It's TYRANNY packaged with a veneer of false compassion.
Cicero75BC 2 years ago
...it simply will not work for long...we know human nature....!
yedon68 2 years ago
Please join me and thousands around the world to make a real difference in the lives of others. It's only true Compassion when you are moved to feel the pain of others.
mtbakerboys 2 years ago
Get ready for the One World Religion as prophesied in the Bible. THIS is BOGUS. Compassion SHOULD be practiced, BUT, the message ere is that EVERY religion is "ok" and should be respected. UH... NO! Jesuse comes for HIS church, the TRUE BELIEVERS.. That is IT. Those who believe on the Christ. This message is a LIE and an altering in of a One World Religion, therefore DECEIVING the people.
Queenyinthehouse 2 years ago
Christianity has tried for 1500 years to become a ONE WORLD RELIGION. Now it is in great competition with Islam. Islam & Christianity are like the Hatfields & the McCoys of Religion.
Religion is unnecessary and irrelevant in a conscious reality.
xephyr1000 2 years ago
I'll be the first one to tell you that Christianity will NOT be the "One World Religion" because just as you are proclaiming here in this comment it is in "great" competiton, but NOT with "Islam" let me tell you. The Christ has ALWAYS be rejected and always will be until He comes again (IF you believe, which I do), so there's no need to worry your head about that. What YOU need to worry about it being deceived into believing the lie you watched in this video. THAT is what you should fear.
Queenyinthehouse 2 years ago
"THAT is what you should fear."
I fear nothing. As a former Christian and someone who now sees Christianity for the delusion it is and am able to live without all the absurd baggage the religion brings with it (fear, indoctrination, self-loathing, contradiction, hate & war-mongering, fables, and other nonsense) my ability to view reality rationally and logically has been crystalized. You can keep your sky-fairies and mythical demons and magical kingdoms like Heaven & Hell. I'll live REAL.
xephyr1000 2 years ago
And, you're coming here for what? "Guidance"? I'm sure this "religion" has sparked your interest, because why?.. You're "not in fear"? Better fear the Lord Almighty because as you point out that you once were a "Christian" you then know that the day will come when you will bow down on your knees to the Christ our King. And, if I'm wrong, so what?, but what if I'm right? Now, there's a "thought". Peace to you Sister or Brother.
Queenyinthehouse 2 years ago
"Better fear the Lord Almighty..."
Almighty WHAT? Dollar? Sorry. The "god" you grovel before is your own imagination. The religion of Christianity was contrived from various former and contemporary faiths of the region from which it sprang. The names were changed, sure, but it was created to homogenize the Roman Empire under Constantine. It has serve the same purpose in every nation that has used it ever since. You are deluded.
xephyr1000 2 years ago
That's what YOU believe. YOU.. Peace to you.
Queenyinthehouse 2 years ago
No, it is what the FACT bear out. Anyone willing to study Christianity from an unbiased HISTORICAL perspective utilizing unbiased, non-circular sourcing and retain an open mind, especially when reading the Bible, rather than defaulting to indoctrination, it is quite easy to see the facts clearly. It is not easy, though. I grant you. My own indoctrination in Christianity was very strong. Once I let go of it, however, I was able to see and awaken form the delusion.
xephyr1000 2 years ago
So, you DON'T believe? you're arguing. That's not where my intersts lie. You have YOUR beliefs, and I have mine. That's it. No need to argue. Your "awakening" will come when the Christ comes. It's funny because I can clearly see prophesies come to pass TODAY, right now, that are talked about in the Bible, and people STILL denounce the Christ. Lol. THAT is sad. Now, have a nice evening. I commented what I thought about these lies I've heard here. that's it. MY opinion. Try not to be so intrusive.
Queenyinthehouse 2 years ago
I'm not so much arguing as clearing the air from your bogus indoctrinated claims of hysteria.
"You have YOUR beliefs, and I have mine"
Any "beliefs" I have are grounded in evidence and logic, not myths and fear.
"Your "awakening" will come when the Christ comes."
That is you indoctrination speaking/threatening me with baseless nonsense. Besides your people have claimed the same thing for 2000 years. I know you are thinking 2 Peter 3:4, but that is simply how your lies keep you indoctrinated
xephyr1000 2 years ago
Well, if your "air" needs to be "cleared" that's really YOUR problem isn't it. I make a STATEMENT on my beliefs, and you make yours, So what" Believe in what you wish to believe in. I don't recall commenting you. I recall you intrusively commenting me. Why? Because you have nothing, or no one else to comment to? The video did not "inspire" you? MY comment inspired you to argue. To intrude YOUR beliefs onto me. You sought ME out. Who's the one who's arguing? Lol. As I said, have a nice evening.
Queenyinthehouse 2 years ago
I simply replied to a nonsensical comment you posted. Then you replied back, and so on. THAT is why I commented to you and why this discussion has been happening. I'm not arguing. I'm just calling you on the nonsense you keep claiming. Nothing more. No intrusion. You posted on a public forum.
xephyr1000 2 years ago
Queeny, you are simply being "played" by the system. However, I wouldn't deny you the right to remain a pawn. Even so, I see though the ignorance you spew quite easily now. Go ahead and maintain you delusion. That's your right. I don't play "thought police", but I do level the playing field with reality.
xephyr1000 2 years ago
YOUR "reality" not mine. DEFINITELY NOT mine. I'm done. You're blinded. You had an "awakening".. Lol.. WOW!
Queenyinthehouse 2 years ago
"The video did not "inspire" you."
A video on "compassion" is very inspiring. You were the one claiming this was designed to bring about a "One World Religion". That is nonsense. Religion has reached the end of any real value. Christianity and Islam as showing they are going through their death rattle as they attempt to make one last grab at playing all the cards they have left. Once that is done, we will gratefully see it diminish in strength and lure.
xephyr1000 2 years ago
The golden rule (reciprocity) exists outside religion. It's the only universal value across all cultures and all times. There is no need for a charter. Everyone, including atheists, agree de facto by nature, on reciprocity and compassion... The exception to that rule are the psychopaths (neurologicaly incapable of empathy) and religious fundamentalists (they exclude infidels from humanity, but they reciprocate between them)
FreddyFuFu 2 years ago 2
I am against this charter because it rehabilitates religion and says it's ok to be religious.
I am not, however, against compassion.
Atheism does not, ny its nature, favor uncompassionnate intolerant violent behaviors. Religion, by nature, creates a "Us vs Them" mentality.
Religion = set of moral rules and traditions based on superstitions (revelations) that evolved to maintain social order in a community.
Religious people are mentally ill and can be cured by knowledge.
FreddyFuFu 2 years ago
@FreddyFuFu
"I am against this charter because it rehabilitates religion and says it's ok to be religious."
Yeah. In a way it does.
But it would be a great step forwards if religious people would at least be compassionate.
(And tolerant to people with no faith or "wrong" faith, and open-minded to other explanations than "goddidit" and would realize that their beliefs are just beliefs whereas science is based on actual research and facts.)
I guess I'm asking too much. ;-)
doGoNsIylbaborPerehT 2 years ago 2
Everything in life is a metaphor, a lesson to be learned, a vehicle for us to reach a higher place, a safety net a faith when we feel in despair. Religion should not be taken literally, and science changes fact as time passes, but lessons on values are timeless. These lessons can not be corrupted by political agenda.
leecombo 2 years ago
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This smells like new world order to me and I don't like cheap perfume.
ErnestoParrilla 2 years ago
Thats quite alright idea but i have just two simple questions, why ppl always put stuff like that in dusty shelf with the religion (why not philosophy or morality) and (if we capable to global 'stuck' with idea for sake of question) how long will take to people start using this as a power lever.
VooDooMadMan 2 years ago
Be rahmatan lil alamin (be compassionate)...is the message of Karen! This is our original fitra imprinted in our own being by the Creator the merciful and compassionate.
rahmanuraheem 2 years ago 4
love, forgive, peace ... lather, rinse, repeat ;)
geofferykehrig2010 2 years ago
That's it!! Yes, thank you Karen!! Love is it.....God is love!!
NashvilleJermz 2 years ago
u r decived my friend
Travz91 2 years ago
Deceived? Based on what? Based on what your belief system? Based on the indoctrination that you cling to? Let go, and experience God directly.....and you'll see the Truth in what these people are talking about.
NashvilleJermz 2 years ago 3
for starters i no god as he is my personal saviour all im saying is read yor bible and youll see that this along with a lot of other things was said to come to pass truss me youll see it not good its all part of satans agenda
youll gna reply bk saying its not but thats kool =]
Travz91 2 years ago
I grew up in a pentecostal denomination in the South, in the Bible Belt. So believe me when I saw I know fundamental-evangelical views. I have read and studied the Bible, the history and origins of the Bible. The Bible is a book about God, but it is not a book given by divine instruction. God is the Source of all that is, without an opposing force. There isn't a "Satan" or any satanic agenda. This video is promoting Love. God is the Source of all Love. How is this evil?
NashvilleJermz 2 years ago 4
This is an immense, much needed endeavor. How large a passion and vision Ms. Armstrong has. The best to you all in bringing this vision to everyone, of all faiths, everywhere.
kollmar813 2 years ago 2
great video
TheCannabisChannel 2 years ago
Hate is not the way
philosophermike 2 years ago
How can we ensure our that our information gathers, analysts, planners, and decision makers all have empathy and compassion skills? They were never listed as part of any government job description.
ldragon8er 2 years ago
A shame that the narrowness of dogmas cuts down on life's "Great Mystery", which is different and beautiful for each person-even athiests.
Peace.
skeletonmom 2 years ago
I think "慈悲" would be a better translation for "compassion", compared to "憐憫"
trust1021 2 years ago
interesting video and concept
TheCannabisChannel 2 years ago
The Golden Rule should be basic common sense in every culture. Unfortunately, man's desire for revenge usually overpowers the Golden Rule.
BigBangTheory888 2 years ago
I'm all in favor of world peace & religious tolerance, but the idea of creating a charter for compassion is ridiculous.
People know what compassion is, it doesn't need to be redefined.
AlaskanSky 2 years ago
I KNEW IT!! I KNEW THE BACKGROUND MUSIC WAS FAMILIAR.
9 Ghosts I by Nine Inch Nails
gronx7 2 years ago 3
Great video! True Love and Compassion are very powerful and healing forces - they provide a pathway for transformation at national, societal and individual levels.
cynm77 2 years ago
absolutely... even the koran states that God formed tribes and nations so people could know one another.
JohanR888 2 years ago
I am a Muslim and I absolutely agree with this movement. Personally I do not see any conflict (problem) with others because of what they believe in or not believe in. Mine shouldn't bother you too.
lubusalam 2 years ago 6
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This vid is absolutely cool * IF * proselytization is not it's agenda. Religio-Cultural genocide via neuro-linguistics and proselytization are the greatest threat to religio-cultural diversity.
Will all Animist and Polytheistic religions as opposed to Monotheistic believers (who had a bloody history with each other thus far) be respected as equals?
Then there are Atheists, Agnostics and Pacifist worshipers of " Adversary " Gods. They too deserve a place. Emanate respectfully, we are aware.
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cygnetomega 2 years ago