truth dancer wrote:I love the GR, imperfect as it may be, it is in my opinion, one of the best guides to help us manage life.
I also love the scripture, (slightly altered by me), "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these thy brothers and sisters, ye have done it unto me."
While I do not believe in a personal man/God/being up in heaven directing the world, I do find that for me, the idea of treating people recognizing their divinity helps me treat others more kindly and compassionately. Not that I am great at this but it is a vision I hold.
While the scriptures are certainly taught in church I have rarely heard emphasis on the Golden Rule.
~dancer~
I agree! It is imperfect, yet it's a good one to rely on.
I'm not so great with living up to my own visions, at times. I suppose wanting to is half the battle, though. :)
The Nehor wrote: You just do the best you can. It's a very broad rule. Also depends on how much influence you have with the person. Basically, you try to figure out how to help that person as much as humanly possible to be happy.
I should mention that my implementation of this rule is still a work in progress.
I think you should mention that it's a work in progress. Seems like a tricky one. Get back to me when you figure it out. ;)
truth dancer wrote:I love the GR, imperfect as it may be, it is in my opinion, one of the best guides to help us manage life.
I also love the scripture, (slightly altered by me), "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these thy brothers and sisters, ye have done it unto me."
While I do not believe in a personal man/God/being up in heaven directing the world, I do find that for me, the idea of treating people recognizing their divinity helps me treat others more kindly and compassionately. Not that I am great at this but it is a vision I hold.
While the scriptures are certainly taught in church I have rarely heard emphasis on the Golden Rule.
~dancer~
I think there's a reason for that. Like many teachings, what is taught is sometimes not practiced very well. Since Christianity is mostly a borrowed religion from Paganism and earlier Greek traditions, The GR is also borrowed. But when you really dig deeply, Christians are among the major religions today that don't follow it well:
"In our opinion, the greatest failure of organized religion is its historical inability to convince their followers that the Ethic of Reciprocity applies to all humans, not merely to fellow believers. It is our belief that religions should stress that their membership use their Ethic of reciprocity when dealing with persons of other religions, the other gender, other races, other sexual orientations, etc. Only when this is accomplished will religiously-related oppression, mass murder and genocide cease."
It seems that the GR is best practiced outside of the major religions that stress unique truth, which ironically are the ones that profess to teach it best. The very statement of "we have more truth than you" creates conflict with the core of the GR by not really respecting another's rights.
I gave a talk once on the Golden Rule. And on treating people with kindness. It was interesting that the people who were hardly ever treated with kindness were the ones who thanked me for the talk and said how much it inspired them to treat others with kindness.
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.
LCD2YOU wrote:I always thought the Golden Rule is:
They who have the GOLD makes the RULES
Extend your arms straight in front of you. Bend your elbows so your hands face up on either side of your head. Now twiddle your fingers back and forth while slowly moving your arms up and down. While doing this roll your tongue to create a soothing purring sound.
You should now find yourself in happy lala wouldn't it be wonderful Moniker land.
The Nehor wrote: You just do the best you can. It's a very broad rule. Also depends on how much influence you have with the person. Basically, you try to figure out how to help that person as much as humanly possible to be happy.
I should mention that my implementation of this rule is still a work in progress.
I think you should mention that it's a work in progress. Seems like a tricky one. Get back to me when you figure it out. ;)
I think I'll have to be omniscient for it to work perfectly. I'll look you up in the next life and see if the idea survived.
"Surely he knows that DCP, The Nehor, Lamanite, and other key apologists..." -Scratch clarifying my status in apologetics "I admit it; I'm a petty, petty man." -Some Schmo
Moniker wrote:How do you determine what they need vs. what they want? How does one go about doing that? What if the beggar does not desire more than handouts? I've known quite a few homeless/squatters in my early years and they enjoyed where they were. They would have curb stomped anyone that tried to tell them they weren't living the American dream. :)
So it is my (and socieites') responsibility to support this guy, give him food, clothes, shelter when it's cold because he doesn't want to work for it?
That's what Charity is, isn't it, Charity?
Whoa...is that a chiasm?
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