Bringing back compassion & Amazing Faiths

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Two things, first - here's an excellent little presentation by Karen Armstrong. She talks about how Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have been diverted from their moral purpose, which should be to foster compassion.

[View the presentation on TED.com]

Next, if you haven't heard of the Amazing Faiths Project you should check it out. It's an interfaith effort which started with a book, then went to hosting dinners where people of different faiths came together to share their beliefs (not debate!). I've been in two of these dinners representing Humanism. Their next dinner is November 12, 2009.

[Visit the Amazing Faiths website]