Among intellects, community leaders, and even children, religion can often be a sensitive topic to discuss.  It provides us with a sense of direction, it provides morals, ethics and boundaries, but it can also breed its own monsters. 

If you are ever stuck for conversation and want to learn a little bit more about the people in your life, try discussing your own viewpoints on the different religions you have participated in whether personally or vicariously through others.  In my family for example I was baptized Catholic, my mom is Anglican, my dad Muslim and my step-mom and younger brother are Hindu.  What this has done, is not divided my family but made me appreciate the variety of religions in the world. Whether we are devoted to our doctrines, agnostic, or atheist, no one set of beliefs is better than the other and the root of any person’s intentions should always be to exercise compassion for himself and others in their life. What are your feelings on religion and compassion?  What is the future of religion in your eyes? 

Here is a clip from a TED Talk by Karen Armstrong who examines the unified theme found throughout all of the major religions including Islam, Christianity and Judaism; the base of all religious belief known as The Golden Rule, “Do unto other as you would have done unto you”.  We must extend our compassion not only to our family, friends, or secular group but to humanity as a whole!

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-Team thinkGood.

Tags: Karen Armstrong, religion, TED Talks

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