Session 1 - January 6, 2012
Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 04:00PM Video:
Suggested small group discussion questions:
1. What is compassion? What does it mean really?
2. Is being compassionate, being religious?
3. Re: New Brain & Old Brain in the Preface. Old brain = 4 R’s (reptilian, basic drives) when triggered, there is no room for compassion or concern for “the other.” The new brain allows us to be compassionate and have concern for “the other.” Armstrong does not really address ‘the old brain’s force’ – but says that we need to focus/develop the New Brain. Is this realistic? Is it realistic that people, when faced with real life challenges will not give way to the drives of the Old Brain?
4. Is the world in such a state that it doesn’t really matter what we do?
5. In the TED video, Armstrong said that the term “Belief” as we know it didn’t come into effect until the 17th C. But that it originally meant “to love, to hold dear.” Can we ever go back to this understanding or has the term/language been changed forever?
6. Is the “Golden Rule” really ‘a rule’ to live by?
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