Karen Armstrong: Let's revive the Golden Rule

http://www.ted.com Weeks from the Charter for Compassion launch, Karen Armstrong looks at religion's role in the 21st century: Will its dogmas divide us? Or will it unite us for common good? She reviews the catalysts that can drive the world's faiths to rediscover the Golden Rule.

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[VulgarityDivine]

Honestly I'm an atheist and other atheists aren't fucking listening...lol This has nothing to do with religion what she wants is a world where people are kind to each other no matter how much they hate each other okay? this is a good thing not a bad geez your just as bad as a modern christian if you're prejudging it...

[hockeybum90n5]

Pure science doesn't explain the entirety of the human experience; anybody who's felt deep emotion cannot put into a logical framework what exactly they've felt. That is what art attempts to accomplish.

Pure scientific reasoning is merely another dogmatic train of thought that fears change. Remember: "Blind respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth." -Albert Einstein

[couthyband]

@hockeybum90n5..some name !...Einstein also talked about people being "a prisoner of their own ideas"..this is how i view zealots wether it is in religion, politics, or even football...good Science breaks out of the prison using Socratic questioning.. "do you believe in God?"..answer.."what do you mean by God ?"..or perhaps more interestingly ..what did you feel when you experienced God ? .

[crudhousefull]

@CleverAssessment Let's highlight the words 'entices you secretly to serve other gods'. Really shows why idiot Americans and other Christians are aimed at by the Muslims. Basically mind your own goddamn business! US/NATO/UN...GET OUT OF THE MIDDLE EAST

[crudhousefull]

Great rule. I will try to practise it

[JohnF30Music]

@hockeybum90n5 lol. bullshit, neuroscience can explain that emotion perfectly.

[011giant]

why so many dislikes this is a good speech

[joshlazarus]

Empathy is innate in us. Excluding sociopaths of course.

[ModernEcumenicalChur]

The Modern Ecumenical Church supports Karen's focus on compassion.

The church invites people to consider that agnostics can have a beneficial spirituality NOT based on myths or superstition which can foster a compassionate life.

for more information, we invite people to visit the our website

[busigaberit]

@rollinglibs101

Sounds like you are the wolf like many religious people are, because unconsiouniess and heartless fundamentalism.

[CleverAssessment]

"That which is hateful to you do not do to your neighbor. That is the Torah and everything else is only commentary" Rabbi Hillel

Directly from the Torah: "If your own brother, or your son or daughter, or your beloved wife, or your intimate friend, entices you secretly to serve other gods…do not yield to him or listen to him, nor look with pity upon him, to spare or shield him, but kill him." (Deuteronomy 13:7-12)