Your Self - Spirit
Politics of Compassion
by Debra Rae
To build relationships among communities of all major world faiths, the World Congress of Faiths encourages congregations everywhere to gather in celebration of the Charter for Compassion, a collaborative charter reminding us that the principle of compassion lies at the heart of all religious, ethical, and spiritual traditions. It is, after all, the Golden Rule.1
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Worldwide, over 150 religious and other organizations—Earth Charter, for one—endorse and affirm this Golden Rule. Problem is, the Earth Charter (a “green” constitution of sorts) binds humans to earth servitude; and advocates insist that it be imposed as a type of planetary commandment. Note that words as “binds,” “servitude,” and “imposed” hardly speak to compassion! 2
When first revealed (November 2009), the Charter of Compassion sparked a global movement even beyond “restoring compassionate thinking.” It brought “action to the center of religious, moral, and political life [emphasis added].” Accordingly, progressive thinkers, as Jim Wallis, and humanists, as George Soros, opportunistically align with religionists on behalf of their own political agendas. However, truth be told, the resulting “compassionate opportunist” is but an oxymoron—no hand-in-glove fit here.3
It takes spin to rightly align political and secular opportunists with the likes of Sojourner’s Jim Wallis. Reasonably, two cannot walk together in differing directions toward end destinations that likewise differ.4
Never mind that dogmas logically clash, the Charter for Compassion insists upon “hearing one another’s narratives.” And cosmic humanist Lucile Green explains why: Learning from religionists, as well as humanists, whether secular or cosmic, serves “to build the foundations of a new world order”—specifically, one distinguished by religious pluralism.5
Within the framework of compassion, it’s explained, there’s no room for opinionated, exclusive, intolerant beliefs. But then these are the very characteristics attributed to Jesus and His followers who “know in Whom they have believed,” 6 accept Him as “the only way,”7 and eschew syncretism while steadfastly remaining on the “narrow path” to salvation.8
For the sake of compassion, U.N. Ambassador for the Alliance of Civilization Karen Armstrong warns against breeding and/or encouraging hatred and contempt. The irony is this: Though open to most any belief system, agenda enthusiasts show ever-increasing rancor toward Judeo-Christian Bible believers who dismiss political correctness as mere “vanity.” In the new order of a new age, nonconformists as these are deemed “divisive” and simply must not be tolerated. (So much for compassion!)9
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For the sake of building upon “common ground”—this, in an effort to reconcile creeds that logically clash—willing inclusionists recast doctrines and/or for “the common good” forfeit (or feign to forfeit) traditional core doctrines. In contrast, biblically grounded believers realize that syncretism, albeit in the name of “compassion,” is not the stuff religious “harmony” and “solidarity” are made of; and truth is never subject to arbitrary belief systems.
1. www.charterforcompassion.org.
2. www.earthcharterinaction.org/content/pages/Read-the-Charter.html.
3. www.charterforcompassion.org.
4. Amos 3:3.
5. Lucile Green. Journey to a Governed World. (Berkeley: the Uniquest Foundation, 1992): 34. Note: In Latin “religion” means “to bind”—that is, to a belief or philosophy that might or might not involve worship of a god or gods. Powerful incentives of guilt and/or fear beckon the gullible to one-world dogma, as expounded in globalism’s bible, the United Nations Charter. Not the Ten Commandments. The UNESCO Declaration of Tolerance (1995) essentially elevates rejection of moral/religious absolutism to the status of legal requirement in one-world politics.
6. 2 Timothy 1:12.
7. Acts 4:12.
8. Matthew 7:14.
9. www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/03132009/profile.html.
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by Debra Rae
To build relationships among communities of all major world faiths, the World Congress of Faiths encourages congregations everywhere to gather in celebration of the Charter for Compassion, a collaborative charter reminding us that the principle of compassion lies at the heart of all religious, ethical, and spiritual traditions. It is, after all, the Golden Rule.1
Thumbs Down!
Worldwide, over 150 religious and other organizations—Earth Charter, for one—endorse and affirm this Golden Rule. Problem is, the Earth Charter (a “green” constitution of sorts) binds humans to earth servitude; and advocates insist that it be imposed as a type of planetary commandment. Note that words as “binds,” “servitude,” and “imposed” hardly speak to compassion! 2
When first revealed (November 2009), the Charter of Compassion sparked a global movement even beyond “restoring compassionate thinking.” It brought “action to the center of religious, moral, and political life [emphasis added].” Accordingly, progressive thinkers, as Jim Wallis, and humanists, as George Soros, opportunistically align with religionists on behalf of their own political agendas. However, truth be told, the resulting “compassionate opportunist” is but an oxymoron—no hand-in-glove fit here.3
It takes spin to rightly align political and secular opportunists with the likes of Sojourner’s Jim Wallis. Reasonably, two cannot walk together in differing directions toward end destinations that likewise differ.4
Never mind that dogmas logically clash, the Charter for Compassion insists upon “hearing one another’s narratives.” And cosmic humanist Lucile Green explains why: Learning from religionists, as well as humanists, whether secular or cosmic, serves “to build the foundations of a new world order”—specifically, one distinguished by religious pluralism.5
Within the framework of compassion, it’s explained, there’s no room for opinionated, exclusive, intolerant beliefs. But then these are the very characteristics attributed to Jesus and His followers who “know in Whom they have believed,” 6 accept Him as “the only way,”7 and eschew syncretism while steadfastly remaining on the “narrow path” to salvation.8
For the sake of compassion, U.N. Ambassador for the Alliance of Civilization Karen Armstrong warns against breeding and/or encouraging hatred and contempt. The irony is this: Though open to most any belief system, agenda enthusiasts show ever-increasing rancor toward Judeo-Christian Bible believers who dismiss political correctness as mere “vanity.” In the new order of a new age, nonconformists as these are deemed “divisive” and simply must not be tolerated. (So much for compassion!)9
Thumbs Up!
For the sake of building upon “common ground”—this, in an effort to reconcile creeds that logically clash—willing inclusionists recast doctrines and/or for “the common good” forfeit (or feign to forfeit) traditional core doctrines. In contrast, biblically grounded believers realize that syncretism, albeit in the name of “compassion,” is not the stuff religious “harmony” and “solidarity” are made of; and truth is never subject to arbitrary belief systems.
1. www.charterforcompassion.org.
2. www.earthcharterinaction.org/content/pages/Read-the-Charter.html.
3. www.charterforcompassion.org.
4. Amos 3:3.
5. Lucile Green. Journey to a Governed World. (Berkeley: the Uniquest Foundation, 1992): 34. Note: In Latin “religion” means “to bind”—that is, to a belief or philosophy that might or might not involve worship of a god or gods. Powerful incentives of guilt and/or fear beckon the gullible to one-world dogma, as expounded in globalism’s bible, the United Nations Charter. Not the Ten Commandments. The UNESCO Declaration of Tolerance (1995) essentially elevates rejection of moral/religious absolutism to the status of legal requirement in one-world politics.
6. 2 Timothy 1:12.
7. Acts 4:12.
8. Matthew 7:14.
9. www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/03132009/profile.html.
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