From the web site of Charter For Compassion:The Charter for Compassion is a collaborative effort to build a peaceful and harmonious global community. Bringing together the voices of people from all religions, the Charter seeks to remind the world that while all faiths are not the same, they all share the core principle of compassion and the Golden Rule. The Charter will change the tenor of the conversation around religion. It will be a clarion call to the world.Clarion call? You bet, though not in the same way as you’d define it, Ms Armstrong.It was painful to sit through this 21-minute talk by Karen Armstrong, but it will help you understand what she and her “Council of Sages” at the Charter For Compassion are advocating. There’s also a 3:31 minute video on the Charter’s web site.For more information on this Golden Rule initiative, I’ll direct you to a very comprehensive series written by a good sister, Bonnie, starting with this updated post.I’m no prophet, but it does look like it won’t be too long in the future when Christians who insist that Jesus Christ is the only way and the only truth (John 14:6) will be seen as uncompassionate people, along with other “lovely” labels we’ve already been bestowed with, e.g. “homophobes”, “intolerant”, “fundamentalists”, “bigots”, etc.Similar Posts:The Ecumenical Movement and the Golden RuleTagged With ImpactChurch-ianityMary, Queen of All?Short Takes — Things That Make You Go Hmm…
From the web site of Charter For Compassion:
The Charter for Compassion is a collaborative effort to build a peaceful and harmonious global community. Bringing together the voices of people from all religions, the Charter seeks to remind the world that while all faiths are not the same, they all share the core principle of compassion and the Golden Rule. The Charter will change the tenor of the conversation around religion. It will be a clarion call to the world.
Clarion call? You bet, though not in the same way as you’d define it, Ms Armstrong.
It was painful to sit through this 21-minute talk by Karen Armstrong, but it will help you understand what she and her “Council of Sages” at the Charter For Compassion are advocating. There’s also a 3:31 minute video on the Charter’s web site.
For more information on this Golden Rule initiative, I’ll direct you to a very comprehensive series written by a good sister, Bonnie, starting with this updated post.
I’m no prophet, but it does look like it won’t be too long in the future when Christians who insist that Jesus Christ is the only way and the only truth (John 14:6) will be seen as uncompassionate people, along with other “lovely” labels we’ve already been bestowed with, e.g. “homophobes”, “intolerant”, “fundamentalists”, “bigots”, etc.Similar Posts:
The Ecumenical Movement and the Golden Rule
Tagged With Impact
Church-ianity
Mary, Queen of All?
Short Takes — Things That Make You Go Hmm…