Bill Moyers Essay: Freedom of and From Religion
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Never allow your wanton desires to interfere with the basic needs and interests of others and live simply so others may simply live
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The progress of social justice is slow and measured. Its growth depends on an increasing number of us becoming aware of the truth and consequences of our actions.
I believe that it is morally wrong to allow our wanton desires to interfere with the basic needs and interests of other sentient beings.
I believe the physical and psychological abuse – confinement, social deprivation, mutilation, genetic and reproductive manipulation, and profit exploitation – imposed by us on other animals is morally wrong.
I believe the suggestion that the exploitation of other sentient beings by humans can be achieved without cruelty, violence, or injustice is false and misleading.
As an advocate for all life, committed to compassion and justice, I refuse to take part in the exploitation of other sentient beings or to collaborate with those caught up in such injustice.
I pledge to do my best to live a life that conveys a clear, sincere and uncompromised message that is free of resentment, fear, exploitation, anger, cynicism, and manipulation.
Furthermore, I pledge to continue to support a broad range of nonviolent initiatives and programs that will hopefully one day eliminate the needless pain and suffering we inflict upon all the many wonderful creatures with whom we share this planet.
I believe that it is morally wrong to allow our wanton desires to interfere with the basic needs and interests of other sentient beings.
I believe the physical and psychological abuse – confinement, social deprivation, mutilation, genetic and reproductive manipulation, and profit exploitation – imposed by us on other animals is morally wrong.
I believe the suggestion that the exploitation of other sentient beings by humans can be achieved without cruelty, violence, or injustice is false and misleading.
As an advocate for all life, committed to compassion and justice, I refuse to take part in the exploitation of other sentient beings or to collaborate with those caught up in such injustice.
I pledge to do my best to live a life that conveys a clear, sincere and uncompromised message that is free of resentment, fear, exploitation, anger, cynicism, and manipulation.
Furthermore, I pledge to continue to support a broad range of nonviolent initiatives and programs that will hopefully one day eliminate the needless pain and suffering we inflict upon all the many wonderful creatures with whom we share this planet.
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1 comment:
Good one! I would like to have heard that whole address Obama was giving...
I am all for freedom from religion and the de-stigmatizing of the word, 'atheist'.
Certainly, churches want freedom of expression and no governmental impingement on the ways they manipulate the minds of their followers. As for the Catholic church, well conversions to Catholicism are small in number. Mostly the church grows by making sure their members have plenty of babies. And by all means, baptize them into the religion while they are still infants!
The religious freedoms churches have should carry some responsibility to the larger society. In a world of ecological crises, wholesale poverty, and over-population, the Catholic church would do better advocating for planned parenthood and contraception.
(One half of my family history is Catholic...my mother's side. I love them all. Mom left the church when she met my dad. Her family 'disowned' her for a good while after that. Tsk....tsk....)
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