(February 18, 2014 at 7:29 am)Sword of Christ Wrote: They had Lao Tzu and Confucius delivered teachings similar to Jesus such as the Golden Rule. So some basic guidance from God was there in ancient China.
"When abroad, behaveto everyone as if interviewing
an honored guest; in directing the people, act as if
you were assisting at a great sacrafice; DO NOT DO
TO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD NOT LIKE DONE
TO YOURSELF: so there will be no murmuring
against you in the country, and none in the family;
your public life will arouse no ill-will nor your private
life any resentment."
No god required for this.
This is the law of reciprocity.
Many other social species have this attribute to some extent.
Bonobo chimps have it in spades.
When a bonobo share their food even if it is in short supply, adopts orphaned bonobo babies, helps protect others of their group from predators even at risk to themselves, etc, did they get guidance from Yahweh?
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
