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Karen Armstrong: 2008 TED Prize wish: Charter for Compassio

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http://www.ted.com As she accepts her 2008 TED Prize, author and scholar Karen Armstrong talks about how the Abrahamic religions -- Islam, Judaism, Christianity -- have been diverted from the moral purpose they share to foster compassion. But Armstrong has seen a yearning to change this fact. People want to be religious, she says; we should act to help make religion a force for harmony. She asks the TED community to help her build a Charter for Compassion -- to help restore the Golden Rule as the central global religious doctrine.

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Man is a finite ... ( 2 months ago by vilgessuola)
Man is a finite creature so it is impossible that he could offend god infinitely, or that an infinite being could be so petty, vicious and tyranical as to cast any finite and fallible creature into hell.
'He who offers to ... ( 2 months ago by vilgessuola)
'He who offers to me only a leaf, or a flower, or a fruit, or even a little water, this I accept from the yearning soul, because with a pure heart it was offered with love.' Bhagavad Gita, 9-12. This makes the Christian concept of God look pretty ugly.
Array ( 2 months ago by truthandtruthonly)
Hi vilgessuola.
Holy God is also just. Yupe, just-justice can at time and to some, look ugly. Yet God is also gracious & merciful, through His providing humans a sure way to escape His wrath and judgement - by having His only Son Jesus Christ to personally pay the sin sacrifice on our behalf, & by delaying the coming of His Judgement Day.
Makes no sense. ... ( 2 months ago by vilgessuola)
Makes no sense. Omniscient, omnipotent God creates man but fails to foresee the Fall. Fails to find any way to save his creation without sacrificing his son, and this without the vast majority of humans being informed of it or in time to be saved. He condemns man to eternal hell for temporal faults, gives him intelligence and curiosity but forbids him to exercise them. No justice in this anywhere.
Hey, vilgessuola. ... ( 2 months ago by truthandtruthonly)
Hey, vilgessuola. Ur line, "...He condemns man to eternal hell for temporal faults,..."
He condemns man NOT because of man's temporal faults. He condemns those humans, who choose to finish their life on earth rejecting His offer of eternal reconcilation and salvation through His Son crucified.
And what a vicious, ... ( 2 months ago by vilgessuola)
And what a vicious, petty, evil tyrant that would make him, if it were true! Most humans are above that sort of crackpot jealousy, so the creator, if he exists, has to be at least as moral as his creatures.
Are u a parent, 49 ... ( 2 months ago by truthandtruthonly)
Are u a parent, 49 yr old vilgessuola?
Wud one have his or her will to include any son or daughter, who wilfully rejects him or her as being the rightful parent? Wud the same person also have his or her will, to include his or her wilful adulterous spouse, who rejects him or her as being his or her rightful & lawful spouse?
Wud u, 49 yr old vilgessuola?
49 yr old, ... ( 2 months ago by truthandtruthonly)
49 yr old, vilgessuola.
U agree, or disagree? Islam's allah is a PROSTITUTING GANGSTER imposter-allah & bogus-allah, no-allah.
Proof text: Quran 9:29. Gist of Quran 9:29. Infidels who refuse to convert to Islam AND who refuse to regularly pay up Islam's GANGSTER jizyah extortion money to Islam, are to be killed by Muslims. Infidels who refuse to convert to Islam but wud regularly pay up the jizya, are to be protecte
d by Muslims and to be allowed to remain infidels.
49 yr old, ... ( 2 months ago by truthandtruthonly)
49 yr old, vilgessuola.
Look at the face of former Roman Catholic nun, Islam expert, defender of "Allah's final & only non-corrupt religion for humnakind" Islam, collector of high lecture fees plus "other" benefits NON-MUSLIM Karen Armstrong in the video.
Face of an intellectual and spiritual PROSTITUTE; or face of a honest & chaste person?
How cud an expert PASSIONATELY defend Islam's allah, and yet remain a fee & "benefits" collecting non-Muslim?
She is not ' ... ( 2 months ago by vilgessuola)
She is not 'passionately defending Allah'. She also mentions Jewish scholars, Confucious and Taoism. She's a historian of religion,not an apologist, so quit burbling on about prostitution. If she does collect high fees for lecturing, good for her: I certainly wouldn't lecture for peanuts.
All religions in ... ( 2 months ago by vilgessuola)
All religions in their exoteric forms have their flaws and their ugly side, and Christianity, especially of the fundamentalist kind, is pretty damn unpleasant, so get the plank out of your own eye.
There is a huge ... ( 2 months ago by vilgessuola)
There is a huge difference between cutting someone from a will, and throwing them into hell for eternity. Bad analogy. If my children rejected me I would certainly not reject them.
Aah, vilgessuola. ... ( 2 months ago by truthandtruthonly)
Aah, vilgessuola.
Lesson #101 on the word "fundamentalist" - one who fundamentally obeys the fundamentals of a principle/belief. A fundamentalist Christian is fundamentally holy, that Holy Allah and His Son Jesus Christ are holy. A fundamentalist Muslim is fundamentally wicked and evil, that bogus-allah Islam's
allah aka Lucifer aka Satan and his "prophet" Mohd are wicked and evil.
A fundamentalist ... ( 2 months ago by vilgessuola)
A fundamentalist anybody is a fearful person who cannot bear uncertainty or the possibility of being wrong. May the gods preserve us from Christian, Muslim, and Jewish fundamentalists and their anti intellectual, anti science and illiberal doctrines. Please don't reply to this as I have no more to say on the matter.
vilgessuola. Ur ... ( 2 months ago by truthandtruthonly)
vilgessuola. Ur posts, "A fundamentalist anybody is a fearful person who cannot bear uncertainty or the possibility of being wrong. May the gods preserve us from Christian, Muslim, and Jewish fundamentalists and their anti intellectual, anti science and illiberal doctrines. Please don't reply to this as I have no more to say on the matter."
Who do, shud & wud u entrust ur brain or heart operation to? A fundamentalist illiberal specialist; or a liberal "specialist" of/with no fundamentals?
truthandtruthonly, ... ( 1 month ago by gumboot55)
truthandtruthonly, you are stupid.
nice reply.... ( 1 month ago by mfnaushad)
nice reply....
This woman is the ... ( 1 month ago by baabroma)
This woman is the most brilliant religious scholar alive. I'm a Christian, her speech gives me hope for a return to compassion, and a reconciliation between the world faiths. We should not pay as much attention to dogma but have compassion for everyone!
Finally an ... ( 1 month ago by vilgessuola)
Finally an intelligent comment on KA and her credentials and purpose!
I met her, she is ... ( 1 month ago by aleshkai)
I met her, she is well jokes :D
thanks for the ... ( 1 month ago by baabroma)
thanks for the comment: I think this quote helps to give light to the essentials of Karen Armstrongs message: "My heart has opened unto every form: it is a pasture for gazelles, a cloister for Christian monks, a temple for idols, the Ka'ba of the pilgrim, the tablets of the Torah and the book of the Qur'an. I practice the religion of love...." -Ibn 'Arabi, a Spanish Sufi, or Islamic mystic
outstanding. thanks ... ( 1 week ago by Johric01)
outstanding. thanks for uploading.
sign me up! Each ... ( 6 days ago by bzymum)
sign me up! Each person can change their little spot of the planet. Teach your children. Talk to your neighbors. Talk to your family. Be a member of the golden rule club. Well done indeed!!
Damn you, Stan! ( 42 minutes ago by katarac)
Damn you, Stan!



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