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"Don't do good to others because you want them to ...

2009-11-16T11:47:43.464-06:00

"Don't do good to others because you want them to do good to you."

The Golden Rule is Mathhew 7:12. We are to treat others as we would want to be treated. Has nothing to do with what they do to us in return.

I do not feel, in any way, that this Charter says my faith's main tenent is "The Golden Rule." It is simply the common ground they have

Christine, I just stumbled on your blog recently, ...

2009-11-16T08:54:58.246-06:00

Christine, I just stumbled on your blog recently, but I already respect you as a believer and as an adopter of hurt children. Also, this is your blog and your platform to magnify Jesus, not mine, so this will be my final word on the matter.

If this charter simply a statement to "show compassion", how could anybody oppose it? You'd sound crazy to oppose anything so pure

Amen. thank you Christine

2009-11-15T21:23:31.602-06:00

Amen. thank you Christine

well said, christine. well said indeed. the wa...

2009-11-15T11:15:48.649-06:00

well said, christine. well said indeed.

the way i understand it, the charter is not a call to abandon the tenets specific to any faith in favor of the golden rule as god, but to remember that each faith, at its core, calls its practitioners to follow the golden rule.

faith-based violence cannot happen when that truth is remembered.

I think, perhaps, you are immediately assuming thi...

2009-11-15T08:10:13.804-06:00

I think, perhaps, you are immediately assuming this means it is not okay to say you believe Christ is THE way, THE truth and THE life. Or that this is some slippery slope toward watering down our Gospel and the words of our Christ. Or that it is somehow going to stop us from practicing "iron sharpens iron."

That's where I think you can miss the point. Unless you follow

Ed, It's like nails on a chalkboard to me. I'm g...

2009-11-15T01:42:41.134-06:00

Ed,

It's like nails on a chalkboard to me. I'm guessing you amd me are a bit similar.

Sounds nice...or dead wrong...dead dead wrong.

Dawn

I absolutely agree with the goal of the Charter of...

2009-11-14T18:23:29.465-06:00

I absolutely agree with the goal of the Charter of Compassion. Has nothing to do with whether or not I agree with her theology.

I'm sure I do not.

From Wikipedia: [Karen] asserts that "All the grea...

2009-11-14T16:39:10.810-06:00

From Wikipedia: [Karen] asserts that "All the great traditions are saying the same thing in much the same way, despite their surface differences." They each have in common, she says, an emphasis upon the overriding importance of compassion, as expressed by way of the Golden Rule: Do not do to others what you would not have done to you.

That really defines what Karen

god bless karen armstrong.

2009-11-14T13:57:36.393-06:00

god bless karen armstrong.

thanks for the reminder.

2009-11-14T12:36:39.009-06:00

thanks for the reminder.

Is "do unto others" really the core of christianit...

2009-11-14T11:50:44.731-06:00

Is "do unto others" really the core of christianity? If it is, the video is right: all the world's major religions can be simplified to the golden rule. And we don't need an executed Christ.