please listen to a 10 minute ted talk on the golden rule by Karen armstrong…its on the web…easy to find…
this could make for an interesting discussion on religion and spirituality…
Why don’t you link it?
This one?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhHJ4DRZNZM[/youtube]
yes thank you james…
It would but the rapprochement or getting closer that she promotes falls on dead religious ears. They do not want to get closer but prefer just their own little theifdoms to grow independently. Greed stops rapprochement.
Karen is a non-literalist trying to persuade literalists and fundamentals.
The foolishness of literal reading of myths must stop first before global fellowship can really take place.
Regards
DL
So when you use the Word God, you are not being literal? Apotheosis? Literal or just a metaphor for say getting some insight into a non-literal being.
please listen to ted talk…what do you think of the golden rule…
Consequentialist style golden rule usually is a good idea.
But also you can’t let yourself be “weak”.
Love from a strong independent person is much different than love from a sick person.
dan did you listen to the ted talk by Karen Armstrong…
Enjoyed the ted talk. Armstrong is right on. But, I’m afraid her talk will fall on deaf ears that are plugged by ego. It is imperative that we learn empathy and compassion for one another. Without that, we descend into hell, which is the ultimate focus on self.
it falls on deaf ears…you are right…people don’t seem to understand how important it is to factor the golden rule in when deciding how to treat people…we are moving too fast and are addicted to all kinds of things…we probably need to fall down before we get it…the sharks are always there also…
An important part of Armstrong’s message is that the major religions reach unanimity with respect to the golden rule. It is the literalists of all the religions that cannot see this. I know whereof I speak. I lost a daughter who was trying to convince me that homosexuals were an anathema to God. For her, the golden rule is less valid than the many other rules for human conduct one finds in the Bible.
Yes.
God is a title to me and wrongly thought an actual being by some of the less intelligent believers.
And yes, all Gods should be thought of as myths unless you suffer an apotheosis. Even then, you should set aside what you found and seek anew. Only then should belief be given to anything that we think of as otherworldly.
My apotheosis showed that the only God we have ever had is a cosmic consciousness. Not a miracle working super daddy God. It is more of a universal consciousness and just a benign depository of our essence after death.
Man is supreme here and not some God.
Regards
DL
the whole idea here is the golden rule not god