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Karen Armstrong @ TED2008

One of the highlights at TED2008 was TED Prize winner Karen Armstrong. She shares her wish for greater compassion among religions.

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3 Responses to “Karen Armstrong @ TED2008”

  1. Peggy Says:
    March 20th, 2008 at 3:26 pm

    Well, didn’t you hear Alan Hirsch’s “acting our way into a new way of thinking”… and just as she mentioned about belief not being ascent to knowing information, but a call to action, so the depth of “yada” comes to the fore. It is to know intimately and, consequently, bonding with the other — resulting in the looking out for the best interest of the other that is the core of hesed.

    It will be interesting, indeed, to see what happens next.

  2. John Says:
    March 20th, 2008 at 11:33 pm

    I wonder how far this kind of thinking can really go? We see the merit in compassion, empathy, the reciprocity of “other,” the need for bridges rather than walls (etc..).

    But (I perceive) most religious followers do not think much about these things. Religion has (overwhelmingly) created a neat and tidy system for people to follow, and to stray from the safety inside the walls is grounds for tribal expulsion.

    I love what Karen is saying, and have tried to live my life with this kind of ecumenical embrace. But I think we’re a tiny minority who think and practice these ideals.

    Jesus is journaled as being militantly biased against the dominant / institutional religion(s) of his day. That’s a model I can live with – along with a healthy embodiment of what we ARE and what we are FOR – which is the kind of “religion” Karen and so many others are promoting.

  3. MAUREEN L SHANG Says:
    April 1st, 2008 at 9:13 am

    There is a religion that promotes the unity of God, Religion, and mankind. It is called the Bahai Faith. Please check it out.

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