If you threw 100 nice people into a room

You wouldn't call it a religion...

Not unless you're theologically and culturally bereft.

This from the otherwise inspiring people at TED: the "Charter For Compassion". They even have a heretic nun on their "Council of Sages". Bravo.

And it's so inspiring to know that Forest Whittaker and Cameron Diaz are on board. That makes all the difference.