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Could the golden rule really be the one moral truth?

April 26, 2017culture Golden moral Religion rule Society spirituality Truth

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Could the golden rule really be the one moral truth?

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I heard some Christian tell me that the Golden Rule was better then the other none Christian source moral parables because it say “to do” something instead of “don’t do something” I knew right then that this person was beyond hope.

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Thank you for the website: http://www.religioustolerance.org/recipr… As I read through it, I divide it into 3 groups: The Supreme Golden Rule, the Golden Rule and the Negative Golden Rule. The Judeo-Christian Supreme Golden Rule is unique and beyond the law of reciprocity as it comes from a transformed heart instead of following the laws and rules. It loves instead of just do. It gives without expecting anything back and thus makes the world better instead of playing the zero sum game. The value of an ideology also depends on the quality and quantity of its teachings. Judeo-Christian ideology is unique because it intertwines it with God’s vision of world peace through goodwill in people. Jesus vision is world peace through goodwill in people (Luke 2:14). The core of His teachings is the First and Second Greatest Commandments which is based on the Old Testament: “’You shall love YHVH your Elohim with all your he