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From the Ted Talk by Karen Armstrong: My wish The Charter for Compassion
Unscramble the Blue Letters
There's also a great deal, I think, of religious illiteracy around. People seem to think, now equate religious faith with bnelievig things. As though that — we call religious people often believers, as though that were the main thing that they do. And very often, secondary goals get psheud into the first place, in place of compassion and the geodln Rule. Because the Golden Rule is dufciflit. I sometimes — when I'm speaking to congregations about compassion, I sometimes see a mnuiutos expression crossing some of their faces because a lot of roigliues people prefer to be right, rather than compassionate. (Laughter)
Open Cloze
There's also a great deal, I think, of religious illiteracy around. People seem to think, now equate religious faith with _________ things. As though that — we call religious people often believers, as though that were the main thing that they do. And very often, secondary goals get ______ into the first place, in place of compassion and the ______ Rule. Because the Golden Rule is _________. I sometimes — when I'm speaking to congregations about compassion, I sometimes see a ________ expression crossing some of their faces because a lot of _________ people prefer to be right, rather than compassionate. (Laughter)
Solution
- mutinous
- religious
- believing
- pushed
- golden
- difficult
Original Text
There's also a great deal, I think, of religious illiteracy around. People seem to think, now equate religious faith with believing things. As though that — we call religious people often believers, as though that were the main thing that they do. And very often, secondary goals get pushed into the first place, in place of compassion and the Golden Rule. Because the Golden Rule is difficult. I sometimes — when I'm speaking to congregations about compassion, I sometimes see a mutinous expression crossing some of their faces because a lot of religious people prefer to be right, rather than compassionate. (Laughter)
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